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@squibzify
First post. After lurking quietly for... I dunno, four years? Whatever, I’m no extrovert. Felt like it was about time I popped my posting-cherry and learned how.
Anyways, my name is Squibbie (she/her, 30) and I guess this is my Simblr. No grand intentions yet, like making CC or making full stories, just... existing here, for now, maybe sharing bits and pieces of my existing story’s universe. <3
If I ever share anything that was AI generated it is purely by accident. I hate that it's getting harder and harder to tell and it makes me want to never use the internet again. It definitely had its faults, but man I miss the internet of the 2000s so much.
Adding to this: please TELL ME if I share something that is genAI and you know it is. I want to know this information.
😁Tips to Keep Your Sims 4 Save from Breaking Down! 💣🤞🏾
If you've been on YouTube lately, you've probably seen the wave of players dealing with corrupted saves, forever loading screens, and worlds breaking beyond repair. It’s frustrating, but after months of rebuilding my own save (with over 30,000 mods and CC files—yes, really😕), I’ve found some ways to keep major errors at bay.😁
While no save is completely error-proof, these tips might help you avoid game-breaking issues and keep your Sims’ world running smoother.
1️⃣ Backup, Backup, Backup!
Always keep a copy of your save outside the game—on your desktop or an external drive. Do NOT rely on the in-game "Recover Save" feature, because if your save is corrupted, chances are the recovered version is too.
2️⃣ Use "Save As" Instead of Spamming Save
Instead of constantly clicking "Save," use "Save As" and create a fresh save. Overwriting the same file multiple times (7-10 times or more) can bloat the file and slow down your game. Once you've saved a new version, delete the old one (since you have a backup anyway!). This keeps your save cleaner and prevents sluggish performance.
3️⃣ Be Mindful of Lot Placement
Some worlds are known for stuck items, exclamation mark errors, or disappearing lots—especially San Myshuno, Oasis Springs, Willow Creek, and Evergreen Harbor. If you're having issues, avoid placing residential-Rental lots there.
However, I’ve found Del Sol Valley, Ciudad Enamorada, Tomarang, and Ravenwood to be much more stable for residential and rental lots!
4️⃣ Don’t Go Overboard with Mansions
Large homes with tons of clutter and objects can bog down your game. If you don’t love playing super-rich Sims in mansions, consider using large lot spaces (50x40 and up) for community lots instead of oversized residential builds. It helps keep your save lean and functional.
5️⃣ Stop Hoarding Photos
Sims’ in-game photographs and screenshots take up a surprising amount of space. Keep only 10-20 photos per household and delete the rest. Also, regularly empty the "Screenshots" folder in your Sims 4 directory to avoid unnecessary bloating.
6️⃣ Keep Your World Clean
While your Sims sleep, take a quick scan of the neighborhood and delete random objects left lying around (plates, trash, random items). This helps prevent save file bloat and keeps the world from lagging.
7️⃣ Purge Unnecessary NPCs
Check Manage Households and delete unneeded NPCs. The game constantly generates new townies, and over time, they clog up your save. You don’t have to delete all of them, but clearing out a chunk can help performance.
Bottom Line
When your save file becomes bloated with unnecessary things, it becomes unstable! That means it will start to break down and cause issues—just like the errors many players are experiencing right now.
Keeping your save clean and optimized is the best way to prevent crashes, long load times, and corruption before they happen.
Final Thoughts
😕Is my game completely error-free? Nope. Right now, I’m dealing with rain and snow falling inside my Sims’ apartments and houses (because of course, EA). And I still get the occasional MCCC Last Exception (but they’re minor).
However, I’m NOT experiencing the major game-breaking errors that are all over YouTube. A few months ago, my save was nearly unplayable, but these changes made a huge difference.
I hope this helps! If you have any other tips that have worked for you, feel free to share.
Happy Simming! 🏡✨
This is such good advice and after losing a save to corruption not once but twice, let me tell you, these tips are good. Especially the one about in-game photos—they are massive and take up a ton of space and can corrupt your game and tray file so easily. Even though it's annoying as hell, I actually just do cc recolors for my family photos now. It ensures I always have them.
Ugh, if you need me, I'm currently doing a massive backup and some save file spring cleaning 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
hey you... yea, you! need textures for your cc and understandably are fucking exhausted of ai garbage clogging up searches? i gotcha bro
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Small Space-Friendly Versions of OVERSIZED Household Activities
(1) Robotics Table, (2) Karaoke Machine, (3) Microscope, (4) Telescope, (5) Arcade Machine, (6) Archeology Table, (7) Chess Table, (8) Power Generator, (9) Bonsai Tree, (10) Jungle Gym, (11) Bar, (12) Crib
Tysm to the brilliant cc creators ♡: @hamsterbellbelle, @somecreativecc, @lumenniveus, @simadream, @surely-sims, @aroundthesims, @dollishsims, @ravasheencc
psa for everyone who doesn't know:
you don't need to update to play and access the gallery! Open the EA-App -> deactivate your internet connection -> wait until the app shows its offline screen -> click on TS4 to start the game -> re-activate your internet connection -> play the game.
what do you mean elon musk did a nazi salute on live tv at the united states presidential inauguration twice and is now erasing the evidence off the internet by replacing the footage with the crowd cheering instead?
would be a shame if people reblogged this, wouldn’t it?
Sul sul Simmers, I was asked to make a tutorial about hairs and here it is. This tutorial took a lot of time to make and edit, so I really h
It's finished! This tutorial took way too much time to make and that's why I really hope you like it! Also, thank you so much for 500 subs 💕
The 25 minute long video covers all the topics you need to make a mesh edit of a The Sims 4 hair from the beginning to the end. And the best thing is: you don't need any experience with Blender or Sims 4 Studio. I explain everything step by step. And if I am too fast, you can pause the video or repeat a step.
Some interesting keywords (even for non-beginners): blender controls, proportional editing, uv map changes, hat chops, bake shadow map, create LOD's
Share how you figure out blender and stuff
Hey!, um- i don't know what you mean with "stuff" and I've learned blender many many years ago, but i had to relearn it recently for the most updated versions and this playlist was the one doing it for me:
The forth donut series
I didn't actually take any courses on the matter. I did participate in some Photoshop classes but they didn't teach me anything new from what i had learned on YouTube, so i guess YouTube and the sims4studio forums are your new BFFs!! Good luck and don't forget to have fun!
Batch Edit CAS Display Index w/ S4S v3.2.0.8 (Star)
I was looking around S4S full changelog until my eyes caught something interesting 👀
+ Added a batch edit menu to folders in My CC + Added a batch edit option to set the CAS Display Index of all packages in a folder.
Previously, the only way you can group CC creators together is if you edit their CAS display index per packages in S4CASTools. Now, with the new S4S update, you can do so with a batch edit and voila!
If you plan on doing this, make sure you backup all your CCs first into an external drive in case things go wrong! This can quickly use up your storage if you want to sort all your CCs out.
Note for creators: if you use decimals in your display index, this will override that. I believe when you set all your CCs to a specific index number it will automatically sort by date (forgot if it's ascending or descending). So it's up to you if this is useful for you, organization-wise.
Here's how to:
01. You'll have to get the recent update to S4S (v3.2.0.8).
02. Separate files into folders based on creators. Here I have Gorillax3 & clumsyalien's ccs into their own respective folders:
03. Go into My CC, right click a folder, and it will show you the option to batch edit CAS Display Index.
04. Once you click the option, it will ask you which folder you're doing the batch fix on & the backup folder, and ask you what value you'd like for all packages in that folder. I set clumsyalien's folder to 70 and gorillax3's to 75.
05. Click OK and it will tell you which files has been edited. Results are below:
⚠️ Do note that for every batch fix you do, it will create a backup folder with all the files in \Documents\Sims 4 Studio\Batch Fixes, which can bloat your storage quickly. Do your batch fix in small batches, regularly check in-game if it works correctly, and continue. You might need to delete the backup files in the folder if you're no longer using that version.
Enjoy the new info :D
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This just saved my life and my pinkie finger from doing this manually!!!
I don't care if you build, gameplay, story tell, create custom content -- or all of the above. If you're over the age of 30 -- reblog!
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Studies show that approaching youth with a bystander-intervention model is actually a lot more effective for reducing sexual assault, and it is also more enthusiastically received than programs that bill themselves as anti-rape.
We can tell youth that they are basically “rapists waiting to happen” (anti-rape initiative), or we can tell them that we know they would intervene if they saw harm happening to someone and we want to help empower them to do that (bystander intervention). The kids jump in with both feet for the latter! It was amazing to see children (and young boys in particular) excited to do this work and engage their creativity with it. Also, studies show that not only do they go on to intervene, but they also do not go on to sexually assault people themselves. Bystander intervention also takes the onus off the person being targeted to deter rape and empowers the collective to do something about it. It answers the question in the room when giggling boys are carrying an unconscious young woman up the stairs at a house party, and people are not sure how to respond and are waiting for “someone” to say or do something.
Richard M. Wright, “Rehearsing Consent Culture: Revolutionary Playtime” in the anthology Ask: Building Consent Culture edited by Kitty Stryker
This is also, btw, how the US drastically reduced drunk driving in the US. Telling people they shouldn’t drive when intoxicated made absolutely zero difference. A slogan-and-ad-campaign for “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk!” changed drinking culture. Going after the bystanders is quite often the most effective thing to do in any social change.
#empower people to make the changes they want to see#don’t feed their fear that they are one wrong decision away from being the evil they despise (tags via @rum-and-shattered-dreams)
Dr. Gachey with foxglove, 1890
Some of Van Gogh’s best work was done during a period of his life that he spent in a hospital being treated for his mental health problems. I could be wrong but I think Starry Night was among those.
This is consistently the case. Creators tend to do their best work when they are in a healthy place and receiving proper treatment and not being self destructive in their efforts to cope. Go figure.
All our experiences, good and bad, inform what we create, but suffering is not the price of great art. Suffering is what prevents artists from completing great art.
(I bring to mind this @tkingfisher / Ursula Verson quote about once a week <3)
Seeing some worries on my timeline re. the game automatically updating to DX11 and reshade not working.
There's a super easy fix! Simply go to the install and change the file named d3d9.dll to dxgi.dll and it'll work again. You don't need to reinstall it ✨
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hey you... yea, you! need textures for your cc and understandably are fucking exhausted of ai garbage clogging up searches? i gotcha bro
Free seamless PBR textures with diffuse, normal, height, AO and roughness maps.
Get Free Stylized Skybox (HDRI), 3D Models, Textures and Game Ready Assets . For Game Developers, 3D Stylized Games, 3D Artists and Indie De
go forth!! never let the limitation of being too lazy to make your own textures stop you again!!
