Special Credit: Silent Pines is heavily inspired by and uses a very similar style to the stunning @windbrook savefile by @folkling, the gorgeous portsim savefile by @florwal, and the amazing builds by @moonwoodmillz. Thank you all for your hard work, I take a lot of inspiration from you all.
Silent Pines is a base-game only save file inspired by Life is Strange with 3 major worlds, a whole new set of townies, and a complete mystery to solve.
Version 2 contains;
Willow Creek as Silent Pines
Oasis Springs as Eclipse
Newcrest as Twilight Bay
DOWNLOAD, INFO, AND SCREENSHOTS BELOW
Willow Creek as Silent Pines
13 Community Lots
3 move-in ready homes for your sims
A total of 9 houses, 6 of which are filled with townies
18 households with jobs, story, and drama
A complete mystery to solve (should you want to) + The Mystery Update
Oasis Springs as Eclipse
11 Community Lots
3 move-in ready homes for your sims
13 households with jobs, story, and drama
Newcrest as Twilight Bay
10 Community Lots
2 move-in ready homes for your sims
8 households with jobs, story, and drama
I used S4Studio to rename all the worlds, and I've decorated all the neighbourhoods with T.O.O.L. As I said before, Silent Pines is completely base-game friendly, absolutely no packs or kits are used.
There is some custom CC, mainly posters that add to the story. The CC is one package file and adds nothing other than some customisation to the story. It is not required.
For example the missing poster of Cleo Emerson, a girl who disappeared under mysterious circumstances;
DISCLAIMER: Only Silent Pines (Willow Creek) has the mystery to solve; the other 2 worlds are just for playing in. Also, the 'Harris' household has been notoriously difficult to load into, for which I apologise. If you'd like to explore their house, please bring a sim to visit them <3
🌲 Download (Patreon) 🌲
Gallery ID: Cosmoosims - all builds can be found here!
SPECIAL THANKS
A very special thanks to all my beta testers from both V.1 and now V.2, I really am very grateful for your help. You've been amazing!
And thank you to everybody who has waited for Silent Pines V.2 to come out. When I first started this save file, I had far fewer packs and really wanted to make a save made entirely out of base game that is as fun and cozy as possible. I hope that I've achieved that with Silent Pines, and that you all enjoy playing in this world!
hello! im completely obsessed with your save file. can i translate it in brazilian portuguese and re-upload it? i will only translate the family descriptions, the world descriptions etc.
Hi there! Yes of course, that's so amazing thank you. I would love if you translated it, feel free to do anything you like <3
Maybe I'm dumb and should just play the save to solve the mystery myself, but the case file just feels so unfinished… there's a single glaring hole in it for me, and it's the fact Forrest going missing is just completely glossed over. There's not even a picture for him in the case file or anything, tbh feels like he's the bigger mystery here than Cleo? Am I right about that or just thinking too hard? Lol
Hi! Thanks for the ask, that's really fair criticism. When I first made Silent Pines and the case file, I intended the mystery to be a small thing, as I really just wanted to build a base game save file with background lore. Since the Sims 4 base game is also pretty limited, I was limited with what I could do, but I tried to be as creative as I could in the game! As for Forest and Luca (mentioned in a household bio), those were 2 mysteries I had planned to delve further into, but since it had been 2 years since V1, I decided to just focus on building and getting what I promised out, if that makes sense?
I would recommend playing the save for the mystery, that's most of the fun lmao. The case file was really just to have all the photos and family connections in order in 1 place, plus the full intended story at the end, as like an answer sheet for when you've found all the clues in the save :)
If I ever make another save with a mystery, I definitely want to get more creative and put in more effort with everything that I've learned.
Monica Padilla | My first makeover of the townie Sims in @cosmoosims' Twilight Bay version of Newcrest! I love the small-town feel of this save file and am working on a fun, retro, colorful version of it for my own rotational gameplay. Clearly, Monica had a lot of fun with the sidewalk chalk! 🌈
Playtesting @cosmoosims's upcoming Silent Pines V2 save file which includes the beautiful pixel towns of Silent Pines, Eclipse, and Twilight Bay. I'm starting out a bit of rotational gameplay with a household with some simmering tea.
I'll be posting a gameplay miniseries to showcase some of this beautiful save file's townies/worlds while also testing a new personal gshade I'm working on.
🌳 Download the Silent Pines Save File (V2 releasing publicly soon) @silentpinessave
Hi guys, as I'm finalising everything for Silent Pines V2, I'd like to make sure the save runs for other people, as well. EA recently got rid of the James Turner way of disabling packs, which was how I made my game base game only, and now I'm using the in-game pack disabler. I have no clue if that's affecting the save, so I'd love for some people to test it out for me and see if there's anything weird going on!
If you'd like to playtest, please reach out to me here on Tumblr. Silent Pines is a base game only save, so anyone can playtest if they'd like <3
I can't wait to show you guys the final save, and I hope you like it!
This is a complete build for my base-game only save file: Silent Pines V2. Swan Avenue includes: the Houndstooth Café, the community swimming pool, and the Garber, Redwood, and Sullivan households. Heavily inspired by the PNW and the Twilight movies.
Love from, Silent Pines.
Hi everyone, I'm back :) After almost 2 years, I've come back to Simblr to say I've finally completed Silent Pines V2. It's all ready to ship, I'm just waiting to update my game. Hearing everyone's mods and CC broke is kind of scaring me. (Also, this whack Marketplace is actually nightmare fuel).
I'm really sorry for the years spent away. I was knee-deep in my final year of university, and then I entered a master's programme that took all of my mental health with it. But now I'm done, just heading into the research for the summer, and through it all, I've been steadily building every single lot for Newcrest (Twilight Bay) and Oasis Springs (Eclipse)
If you'd like to see more frequent updates, check out my Patreon here: Patreon 🌲
My asks box is super full with everyone I need to get back to, but if you've already sent me a message, please feel free to re-send it, so I can answer it now!
Thank you to everyone who still plays Silent Pines and is awaiting V2. I'm really grateful for your patience and all your kind words <3
I've gotten many messages from console players and people who would like to download Silent Pines on the Gallery, so I took the time to upload every build!
You will find:
All Silent Pines lots
Both furnished and unfurnished houses
Each lot has a little description explaining what it is
How to find the builds;
You can find the Silent Pines builds on the gallery by searching #silentpinessave as pictured above, or by searching my Gallery ID cosmoosims.
*MORE UPDATES COMING*
I've heard the reports that the Harris household is crashing games, and I'm trying my best to find a fix for that. I think it must be the house itself, so I've uploaded a game items-only version on the gallery (aka without any custom items from the gallery) and an empty version as well. For now, let me know if that works!
The Mystery Update
A more comprehensive outline for this update will be coming soon, but essentially it will contain;
Hopefully the fixed Harris household
More mystery clues to make the mystery more engaging and easier to solve
Better and complete lot descriptions
The Case File: A Google Docs file that will help give more guidance to the mystery, sort of like a detective's case file!
Thank you to everyone who has downloaded and played in Silent Pines, it's been amazing to see the screenies and messages from people! Please let me know any more bugs/issues with the save file, so I can add them to the Mystery Update before I start work on V.2 with Oasis Springs and Newcrest!
V.1: Silent Pines, 1998
Special Credit: Silent Pines is heavily inspired by and uses a very similar style to the stunning @windbrook savefile by @folkling, the gorgeous portsim savefile by @florwal, and the amazing builds by @moonwoodmillz. Thank you all for your hard work, I take a lot of inspiration from you all.
Silent Pines is a base-game only save file inspired by Life is Strange with 3 major worlds, a whole new set of townies, and a complete mystery to solve.
Version 1 contains;
Willow Creek as Silent Pines
13 Community Lots
3 move-in ready homes for your sims
A total of 9 houses, 6 of which are filled with townies
18 households with jobs, story, and drama
A complete mystery to solve (should you want to)
DOWNLOAD, INFO, AND SCREENSHOTS BELOW
I used S4Studio to rename all the worlds, and I've decorated all the neighbourhoods with T.O.O.L. As I said before, Silent Pines is completely base-game friendly, absolutely no packs or kits are used.
There is some custom CC, mainly posters that add to the story. The CC is one package file and adds nothing other than some customisation to the story. It is not required.
For example the missing poster of Cleo Emerson, a girl who disappeared under mysterious circumstances;
SPECIAL THANKS
Thank you to my beta testers @theemodernsim, @authorspirit, @acuar-io, @aridridge for all your help! You've been amazing and I really am very grateful.
And thank you to everyone who has liked, reblogged, followed, and generally supported Silent Pines. It means the world to me to be able to share my work with people!
🌲 Download (Patreon) 🌲
Gallery ID: Cosmoosims
DISCLAIMER: There have been reports of the 'build mode item missing' message popping up, especially in the downtown area. I've tried to fix this to the best of my ability, and I hope it's alright! Also, if there is anything I should fix or have left out, please let me know. Thank you for your patience <3
ALSO: Due to the Sims 4 being a broken game, I really don't recommend playing Silent Pines with Rental Units, in case the T.O.O.L objects up and disappear lol.
Silent Pines is heavily inspired by Life is Strange, the Windbrook save file, florwalsims' Portsim save file, as well as the hazy nostalgia of the late 90s and early 2000s. I hope to see you all soon for V.2!
The Mystery Update
After a long time coming, the update is here! This update includes;
NEW LOT: The Silent Pines Police Station
This replaces the old Post Office located beside the Gym
It includes Sheriff Pangborn's office, with a Suspect Board full of clues and a suggested search route.
A few new clues (not many)
The Case File: A Google Docs file that will help give more guidance to the mystery, sort of like a detective's case file!
Find the Mystery Update on Patreon here: Download (Patreon)🌲
got the chance to playtest the incredible @silentpinessave and i am in LOVE! there's so much life in this save and it's SO nostalgic, the decor and the vibe is so clear and cohesive from lot to lot, and there are so many little details sprinkled in each lot that you can really dig into the stories; it really reminds me of the sims 3 (a high compliment bc that's my favorite of the sims series!!)
@silentpinessave's base game save file based in the 90's! I asked to beta test the save & was in aw by how much was put into this! I am specifically really obsessed with the mystery aspect of this save.
Silent Pines is a Base-Game-only save file set in the late 90s and is heavily inspired by Life is Strange. It's completely CC-free, but there are some optional bits of custom CC that add to the story!
I'm hoping to release Silent Pines on Saturday 23rd of March. Right now the save is being playtested (thank you to everyone who asked to playtest, I'm so happy to be sharing it with you!) I need to complete the families, finalise some details, and get everything ready for your sims to move into Silent Pines!
Thank you so much for waiting for this long, and I hope to see you all in Silent Pines soon.
ahh i'm in love with your save! i've come back to sims after almost a year of not playing it and i'm really back into twin peaks at the moment and your save gives so many twin peaks vibes! really really looking forward to it :)
That's so kind, thank you! I must say, I've been playtesting the save when I'm tired of building and it's been a lot of fun, especially playing a legacy challenge or anything with goals and restrictions.
is your save file inspired by a movie/game/series? i came across your builds and loved the vibes!
Thank you very much! Each world is inspired by a different thing.
Silent Pines (Willow Creek): Life is Strange, other save files like Windbrook, etc.
Twilight Bay (Newcrest): Twilight, very obviously lol
Eclipse (Oasis Springs): Life is Strange 2, some parts of California, Arizona, just the 'desert' part of America really
It's been really fun trying to actualise these styles in the base game, even though it's a bit challenging sometimes. But I'm learning about how fun I can make the game even with no packs installed.
Do you have a gallery ID by any chance featuring some of your previous builds? Would love to have some in my game in the meantime. And fun anecdote (more of a dumb one actually) ; when I saw your post I was so excited I started recording a YouTube video for it and I waited until I read the whole post to be recording my reaction and as I was reading the post.. I read it was not finished! Hahahaha so I was ok I’m so dumb and stopped recording😅 looking forward to the save tho xoxo!
Very sorry for the late reply, but I do have a gallery ID! I will be sharing it alongside the release of Silent Pines v.1, but currently I don't have any builds on there.
A YT video would be amazing! Silent Pines is coming very soon, probably sometime next week around my birthday. But I will make a bigger announcement for it! I'm glad you're looking forward to the release.
