a collection of things

cc finds from @sweetbeagaming ✿

[sweetbeafinds]

@sweetbeagaming finds

A curation of my favorite CC for The Sims, with a few other games thrown in there occasionally. You can use the search bar above on desktop to search for specific things, but I'm also including a clickable index below. I hope you enjoy!

Reshade - Photoshop - Misc. Resources + Tutorials

TS4

buy ・ build ・ deco ・ pets ・ clothing ・ shoes ・ accessories ・ hair ・ makeup ・ skins ・ eyes ・ eyelashes ・ eyebrows ・ lots ・mods ・ poses ・ TS4 resources [infants] [kids]

TS3

buy ・ build ・ deco ・ clothing ・ shoes ・ accessories ・ hair ・eyebrows ・ makeup ・ skin ・ eyes ・ eyelashes・ lots・ worlds ・ mods ・patterns ・ TS3 resources

TS2

buy ・ build ・ deco ・ clothing ・ accessories ・ hair ・ eyebrows ・ makeup ・ skin ・ eyes ・ lots ・ mods ・ TS2 resources

TS1

buy ・ build ・ bodies + heads ・ mods ・ TS1 resources

Animal Crossing New Horizons

custom patterns

Want a better understanding of what each category has? I have a glossary here! ☆

[tinycoffeecups-sims]

✨Sleep In Bed Replacement Poses✨

Depending on your sim's mood, the sleep pose could change from arm under pillow (Happy, Embarrassed, Sad, Shy, Silly, Bored, Depressed) to arms stretched out (Passionate, Dazed, Furious, Flirty, Angry) They can do the same sleep pose if their moods are similar.

DO NOT use this if your sim uses those beds where the blanket doesn't cover your sim. You will be horrified.

Sleeping Animation by Zlostudio: Sleeping Pack

Arm Under Pillow Pose by @herecirmsims: Sleeping Ugly Pose Pack

✨Pillow Talk Override ✨

I really liked this kiss animation by Igor_Santos_Adonai, so cozy after a steamy night. And also Cuddles On The Couch By d'Violet, cute and comforting after giving up the goods.

*Its not perfect but I tried my best with overriding this*😭 (Vid shows both animations)

🚨Take out any other pillow talk mod mod you have if you wish to see theses animations🚨

DL (Free Patreon)

[andallthatparalives]

I made a mod that makes lip details fully customizable in Paralives

Yeah, you heard that right. Pick and choose highlights and shadows to create your own custom lips for your para, separate and compatible with lipsticks. It also allows modders to add their own custom lip masks that the player can choose from.

You can find it for download on the Workshop here.

Due to the lack of dependencies on the workshop, it's impossible to add new highlight and shadow options to these categories, so artists out there have my full permission to clone this mod and add their own new options so long as you link back to the original. I'd love to someday have one huge mod with a dozen different artists' skin detail options that folks can choose from...

[playpara]

Modular Eyelights: The Update

Steam Workshop

Literally a day after it first went up, I made this mod 4x bigger. The most nightmarishly massive all-you-can-eat buffet of eyeshine effects ever, for cartoon, sci-fi, and realistic paras. No matter your preferred art style, there's a cool thing to put in your eye.

(Or you can just use the circle to recolour the pupil.)

[momo-cc]

Momo-cc STUDYBLR Set ♥ PARALIVES & SIMS

My first mod post for Paralives with many more to come ♥ You can download this set for both Sims and Paralives. Enjoy ♥

♥ FREE DOWNLOAD ♥

[gvbesims]

[PSA] PARALIVES MODS LIMIT INFO

Apparently there's a limit of 50 mods (downloaded from the workshop) to be loaded at a time by Paralives. Downloaded Households and Lots count to that limit unfortunately. So if you have mods disappearing from the game and not showing up in the "Mods" list, that's probably why (it was happening to me and was driving me CRAZY).

EDIT:

Someone made a plugin where you can install plugin mods for the game, including one to REMOVE the 50 limit for workshop downloads! Here (click) is the link for the plugin!

From inside the game, on the main menu go to Mods > Plugin Hub and there you'll find the option to install the Workshop mods limit fix.

Thanks @honowo for sharing! 🫶

Below the cut is the previous workaround I had posted.

Here's a workaround:

I'd recommend doing this just to Households & Lots only. DON'T DO IT TO MODS and custom content, in case the creator updates their mods you won't receive them.

The folder for items downloaded from the Workshop for Paralives is this one:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\1118520

To find the AppData/LocalLow/Paralives folder do the following:

Press Win+R in your keyboard

Type %appdata% > enter

It'll open the Roaming folder, go back to "AppData" by clicking it on the top bar

Open the LocalLow folder

Go to the Paralives > Paralives folder, it'll look like this:

I did it to all lots and households I had downloaded, then unsubscribed them on the Workshop. And now you have more space for mods 😌🫶

Do show love to the stuff you download on the Workshop, rate them & leave a comment if you really liked it. Let's lift everyone up!

[andallthatparalives]

Great news, Paralives fans... I've figured out how to convert hairs from TS4. Now that this cursed secret knowledge is known to me, I will be unstoppable! Check it out on the workshop here <3

The Horse Ranch EP hair worn by the game's premier they/them Dani Davila is now available for your paras too! With custom drawn textures and all hat chops. Currently not compatible with roots/tips because the mask system is uh... glitching. Will be updated once I figure that out.

I'm planning to take screenshots of the process of creating my next conversion in order to create a guide y'all can follow! This is totally an altruistic thing and not at all because I want more good hairstyles in this game without having to work for it...

[plumbug]

Privacy Fence in Countryside Cabin Colors

Waaaah! Haiyooo everyone! I'm so happy to be back! :3 I really liked this fence when I saw it in a post of @polarmoon's, and he tracked it down (thank you again 💛). It turns out it was originally uploaded by @tony-veis! So, a big thank you to both of you! Now you can all enjoy this fence in @i07jeuu's countryside cabin colors. ✨

You can't have both this version and @tony-veis' since I defaulted my tan color on the original.

These fences are 'hood deco and you can find them in landmarks (that's where I put my fences at least)!

There are nine colors and three different pieces: a post, short fence, and long fence for each color.

SFS ✨ MF everything is compressed :-)

@polarmoon — post that interested me and finding the link! @tony-veis — original 'hood deco fence @i07jeuu — countryside cabin colors

[cosmolojay]

Fully recolorable baggy jorts, pre-loaded with 5 swatches. Compatible with most tops. This pair has angel wings, but if you'd like to see more variants in an update, feel free to let me know! If you're interested, you can find them here:

Steam Workshop::Baggy Denim Shorts

[plumbug]

Summer at the Quarry 🏖️

I have for you today a sand default, pond bottom default, and a pond overlay. I made these for myself and figured I'd share. I wanted a beach sand that more closely matched the vibe of Michigan and Ohio beaches with all the shells and rocks. :-) I made the pond bottom rocky since I'm making a swim-able quarry in Haddock Bay, aaand needed an overlay to tie everything together. Happy summerrrr! 🐚✨

This is a default for the 'hood / lot sand.

I used two of @tristan-sims' terrain paints together.

You can use it with any default 'hood terrain you have, just remove the sand package that comes with your default first.

I used @criquette-was-here's guide for removing 'hood sand in my 'hoods, but keep in mind that the sand will still be present if you're in lot view by the water.

I defaulted on @simsantoinc's default.

I used a small stones terrain paint from @tristan-sims' terrain paints.

the pond overlay is jon119's mesh and @pforestsims pond tint. All I did was lower the tint's opacity a little bit and slap it on the mesh because it was bigger. I needed the overlay to cover a larger area for my quarry! :-)

There are two meshes, a small and a large, and you can find them both in plumbing > misc.

SFS ✨ MF everything is compressed :-)

@jon119 — pond overlay mesh @pforestsims — pond tint gradient @tristan-sims (deactivated) — terrain paint textures @simsantoinc — original pond bottom default @criquette-was-here — guide for removing 'hood sand

[creesims]

NL Sit 'N Grin Photo Booth in @luasims Colors

I used one of @poppet-sims recolors as a base but switched out the graphics with a couple of TS4 Icons and some textures from the Ribba picture frame. This object has 2 subsets so you can mix and match the colors

Download - Alternate

The PSDs are in my PSD folder, the graphics are on a separate layer so you can easily replace them

[millicent-bystandr]

Changeable Game Boards

I love @jacky93sims invisible chess board and I'm planning to use it everywhere all the time. But what if it was easier to switch the game board?

So I present...changeable game boards!

With one board, you can choose between all the options Jacky converted from ATS, plus two from @decat2's ACNH conversions.

All the games are included in the download. The alternate games don't show up in the catalog to eliminate clutter, but you need all the files for it to work.

Unfortunately, changing the model this way removes the ability to change the recolor, so it's one option each. But I did change the GUIDs so they don't overwrite the originals if want the recolor options. You'll just have to place those the old-fashioned way.

Download: Simblr.cc | SFS

Enjoy watching your sims play something other than chess! :)

Thank you to: @jacky93sims for the Invisible Chess Board @decat2 for the ACNH conversions @blueheavensims and HugeLunatic at the The SimForge Discord for pointing me to the dynamic menu tutorial (and @picknmixsims for making that video) and for trying to help me get the recolors working.

[moglikes]

I had recoloured this mesh by SkittlesSims before but I wanted to try again and do something a little different.

so when I got a request to recolour it I decided to jump in again :D .. not much of the original texture remains. :P base texture is now a frankenstein of multiple different TS4 textures and a lot of "hand painting" not perfect by any means, but I think pretty cute .. and seasonal! (for one hemisphere anyway)

comes in these 15 colours plus one additional with some extra details I decided not to go with in the end.. may or may not appeal to someone more but I just liked this a little "plainer" patterns from the usual places.. ^^; hope your little ankle biters enjoy em! download (CU)

bonus Jasper refusing a hug from his sister because it made me laugh

"ugh! no thanks!"

[sim-novels]

How to install the Sims 3 and make it run smooth

With DXVK and S3SS living their high days, older Sims 3 installment guides are rapidly starting to become outdated. So here's a brand new and up-to-date step-by-step guide to go through when you do a fresh install of your game that will help you get the best performance you could possibly imagine for this old and laggy gem of a game.

Have Sims 3 installed, but is it performing abhorrently? I highly recommend a fresh install. You don't have to delete your saves or mods. Just get yourself a fresh bin to work with by uninstalling, going into your program files The Sims 3 folder and deleting any remnant files still in there. Then follow my guide!

All of the steps to follow are below the line ->

Step 1: install your game through your respected platform.

Just follow the regular steps and install the game without adding any other stuff yet whatsoever.

(I personally have a legit copy of the Sims 3 on Steam. If you use another app and have any questions, I'll probably not be able to help you.)

Step 2: run the game once through the official launcher. Once you get to the main menu, you can quit again.

It is very important you run your game through the original launcher at least once after installing it. Not doing so can cause problems with programs like CC magic. You only need to do it the first time. After that, we'll be skipping the launcher entirely.

Step 3: Create a short cut of TS3W.exe on your desktop.

You'll be skipping the launcher from now on. This helps with performance and it starts up your game much faster. It is also important to do this because of DXVK.

You can find TS3W.exe in your bin folder. For me (Steam version) it's in this location:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\The Sims 3\Game\Bin

Right click TS3W.exe, click 'show more options' and choose 'create a shortcut'. Place this shortcut on your desktop and Run Sims 3 from there from now on.

Step 4: Run the GPU Add-on Support patcher

You can find this patcher here. It is essential to run this because Sims will otherwise not recognize your graphics card unless it's over 10 years old. This patcher helps to get your GPU recognized.

The patcher will create a new Graphicsrules.sgr and new Graphicscards.sgr for you in your bin folder. After installing this, you can move the ones that have _old behind them somewhere else (or delete them).

Step 5: Install DXVK

Make sure you follow this guide by Nornities and do every single step. Don't skip anything! Make sure you install the version in this guide (DXVK 2.3.1)

I'd say DXVK is pretty essential nowadays, especially if you have a modern graphics card with 6GB of VRAM or higher. It'll greatly help to keep your game stable and can prevent a lot of crashes. The way Dxvk works, is that it loads textures through your VRAM instead of your RAM. Especially when you use a lot of CC or HD textures, this will make a huge difference for your RAM usage. Sims 3 can only use 4GB of RAM at once and will start crashing once you hit the 3GB mark in your task manager. With DXVK, you will use a lot less RAM and it'll take much longer for your game to reach this hard cap.

When not to install DXVK: if you have a shitty GPU (like an integrated graphics card on a laptop, or one with 4GB of VRAM or less).

Step 5: Start up the game

Use your new desktop shortcut that also has 'run as administrator' permissions now if you followed the DXVK guide properly.

Step 6: set up all your settings through the ingame options menu

The best graphics settings for you will highly depend on what computer you're using. But there are some things you should always turn off because they negatively affect performance. I will share my (relevant) settings with you (I use a custom UI so your screen style will look a little different from mine). Click on the images to enlarge them so you can read them:

Things of note about these settings:

I recommend you play in windowed mode, especially if you plan to use ReShade. Playing fullscreen is possible, but it does make Reshade presets behave differently in your game. I will include a step in this guide that you can follow to play windowed borderless. So, when you plan to do this: make sure you set the resolution to your display resolution.

Enable object hiding helps with performance. Advanced rendering is essential because otherwise your game looks like absolute shit.

Set your High Detail Lots to any value between 2 and 4. Don't go lower or higher, because you'll get rendering issues that lag out your game.

All other graphics settings can be set to your heart's desire. I'd say start with the highest settings and only go down if you notice your frames per second are bad.

Disable shop mode and lessons and fully disable memories or use this mod to severly limit them. Disable interactive loading screens as well. These are all performance eaters. Interactive loading screen also causes crashes. Memories also don't do anything for your sim, it's just a scrap book with no in-game effects.

Disable any online mode feature. This also lags out your game. Unless you really want to use these features it's best to just play fully offline.

Save your settings, close the game again.

Step 7: Install Sims 3 Settings Setter

This is the most recent magic genie that Sims 3 was blessed with. Especially combined with DXVK it is a life changer. Installing it is simple. You download the most recent version here and drop the .asi file in your bin. Also grab 'wininet.dll' from here (the 32 bit one) and drop that one in your bin too.

Start up your game and load up a save. Once you're inside your save, you press 'insert' to open up the menu for Sims 3 Settings Setter. Go to the 'patches' tab and enable what you like. These are my enabled patches and they all work really well for me, but feel free to experiment with them to find your own performance sweet spot:

Only enable uncompressed textures if you have a GPU with at least 8gb of VRAM. My game will use over 6gb of VRAM easily with this enabled, so you've been warned.

Once you have everything you desire enabled, press 'file' in the top left corner and click 'save settings'.

Step 7.5: if you're playing windowed mode: go into the Other/QoL tab and enable 'Borderless Window'. Set it to 'Full Screen'.

Save your settings and close your game again. No need to save the game you entered for this unless you want to.

Step 8: Install Nraas Errortrap, MasterController and Overwatch

These 3 mods by Nraas are pretty much essential to keep your game from breaking down in the long run. You can download the mods here. Have you never installed a mod for Sims 3 before? Here's a guide (skip the part about Sims3pack and go straight to the part where it explains how to install .package mods).

That's it! You can now play The Sims 3 and it'll be as smooth and stable as it'll ever be. From here on, you can stock your game with more mods and CC (check out my mods masterlist!), or you can install Reshade (here's a guide).

Some important things to keep in mind while playing:

Clean up your game regularly. You can easily do this by using Regul Save Cleaner.

When you install a new mod or update/change Sims 3 Settings Setter, always restart and clear your caches.

Use CC Magic for installing CC, because it merges your files and this really helps with performance. Here's a handy guide on how to use it. Don't put your script mods in here, just your CC.

If you plan to travel to vacation destinations in the EP World Adventures, Nraas Traveler is a must to prevent most of the bugs and crashes that happen in this expansion.

Always keep in mind: mods and corrupt CC can still break your game, make it laggy or unplayable. Always be mindful of the mods you add, so you can always trace any issues you're having back to the mod causing it. I highly recommend not downloading a ton of mods in one session, but adding them step by step and see what they do to your games performance.

Use 'Reset the entire town' from Nraas MasterController at least every other sim week. It'll help clear up any lag that happens because of NPC sims getting themselves stuck routing or annoying stuff like that.

Got a slow CAS? Use Nraas MasterController Compact mode! (Make sure you have the Nraas MasterController Integration module installed).

Navigate to NRaas > MasterController > Settings > CAS.

Set the following to True:

Show in Compact Form: Accessories

Show in Compact Form: Clothing

Show in Compact Form: Hats

[surely-sims]

Happy Paralives Early Access Launch Day! 🌞

To celebrate the launch, I spent some time converting my Office Space and Perfect Party Carpets to test out the in-game Modding tools! I plan to play around with it a lot more in the future. I love indie games, and I'm so so excited to see where this game goes!!

⭐ You can grab them both on the Paralives Steam Workshop Hub for freeeeeeeeee! (which is a bitch and a half to link to cause it's technically in beta)

[surely-sims]

Right now there's an issue with Steam Workshop importing Custom Floors (don't I feel special) but Shoobs was able to find a workaround.

Step 1: Sub to the Mod and open Paralives. Step 2: Click the Mods Tab on the Main Menu. Step 3: Find the Mod and hit the Folder Icon to locate the folder on your PC. Step 4: Move the Whole Folder to C:\Users\YOURCOMPUTER\AppData\LocalLow\Paralives\Paralives

It should work after that. This isn't a great solution, but I'm going to leave these up in hopes this import bug gets fixed in the future. 👍

[serenity-cc]

Eyebrows N.º1 

The first drop of this month is yet another addition to the Serenity Beauty Line! This set features 6 eyebrows focusing on a natural style, with varying shapes from thin to thick:

More Details:

EA Default hair color palette.

Custom Thumbnails.

Teen-Elder; Female / Male.

Base game compatible.

🔗DOWNLOAD ( Early access on Patreon) 📆 Public release: June 2nd

FAQ | Website | Instagram | Twitter | Pinterest

[plaidsimmer]

🎒🚌School Responsibilities Mod 🚌🎒

🍎This mod adds more realistic schoolwork responsibilities for child and teen Sims. Instead of school performance being based mostly on regular homework, students can now receive extra assignments after school that must be completed at home before the next school day.

🍎These assignments include studying for tests, writing book reports, completing Home Economics projects, and completing Art class projects. Studying can be completed on the computer or via the homework book. The mod is designed to make children and teens feel more like active students with school obligations outside of the classroom.

🍎Completing assignments improves school performance, while ignoring them lowers school performance.

How Assignments Work

🍎Each child or teen student has a chance to receive one school assignment after school.

🍎By default, the mod checks for assignments between 3:00 PM and 9:00 PM.

🍎Each selectable child or teen has a 60% chance per Sim day to receive one assignment. A Sim can only have one active assignment at a time.

🍎Assignments are due the next school day. The Sim will not immediately receive a grade result after completing the work. Instead, the result is processed after the Sim arrives at school the next day.

Assignment Types

The mod can assign four types of school responsibilities:

🍎Tests

Students may be assigned a test and must study before school the next day.

🖍️Children may receive tests in:

Math

Science

Literature

History

🖍️Teens may receive tests in:

Algebra

Calculus

Biology

World History

To complete a test assignment, click the Sim’s homework book or a computer and choose the study interaction under the School Responsibilities menu.

🍎Book Reports

🖍️Students may be assigned a book report that must be written at home.

🖍️Children receive shorter book reports with lighter topics.

🖍️Teens receive longer and more dramatic book reports inspired by funny real-life 2000s movie-style themes, such as popularity drama, sparkly vampires, pirates, teen romance, dance battles, and school hallway chaos.

🖍️To complete a book report, click the Sim’s homework book or a computer and choose the book report interaction under the School Responsibilities menu.

🍎Home Economics Projects

🖍️Students may be assigned a Home Economics project.

🖍️The assignment notification will tell the player that the Sim needs to cook something at home and bring food to school in their inventory.

🖍️To complete the project, the Sim should cook food at home and have the finished food in their inventory before going to school the next day.

🖍️If the Sim arrives at school with food in their inventory, the project should count as completed.

🍎Art Projects

🖍️Students may be assigned an Art class project.

🖍️The assignment notification will tell the player that the Sim needs to paint something and bring the finished painting to school in their inventory.

🖍️To complete the project, the Sim should create a painting and have the finished painting or canvas in their inventory before going to school the next day.

🖍️If the Sim arrives at school with an art project in their inventory, the project should count as completed.

Where to Find the Interactions

The mod adds a School Responsibilities menu to several objects.

🍎Homework Book

Click the Sim’s homework book and look for:

School Responsibilities...

Possible options include:

Study for Upcoming Test

Write Book Report

The available interaction depends on the Sim’s current assignment.

🍎Computer

Click a computer and look for:

School Responsibilities...

Possible options include:

Study for Upcoming Test

Write Book Report

The available interaction depends on the Sim’s current assignment.

🍎Fridge

Click a fridge and look for:

School Responsibilities...

Possible option:

Cook Home Ec Project

This appears when the Sim has a Home Ec project assigned.

🍎Easel

Click an easel and look for:

School Responsibilities...

Possible option:

Paint Art Class Project

This appears when the Sim has an Art project assigned.

School Performance Results

Assignment results happen only after the Sim gets to school the next day.

🖍️If the assignment was completed

The Sim receives a positive notification saying they passed the test, did well on the book report, or turned in the project successfully.

Their school performance increases.

🖍️If the assignment was not completed

The Sim receives a negative notification saying they failed the test, forgot the project, or did not turn in the assignment.

Their school performance decreases.

Fun Motive Changes

Like real life, schoolwork reduces Fun while the Sim is actively working.

🖍️Default Fun reductions:

Studying for tests: small Fun decrease

Child book reports: moderate Fun decrease

Teen book reports: slightly stronger Fun decrease

Home Ec and Art projects: small Fun decrease

This is meant to make school responsibilities feel like work without heavily punishing the Sim.

Assignment Frequency

🍎 By default, each child or teen student has a 60% chance per day to receive one school responsibility assignment.

🖍️The possible assignment types are weighted like this:

45% chance the assignment is a test

30% chance the assignment is a book report

13% chance the assignment is a Home Ec project

12% chance the assignment is an Art project

🖍️Since the daily assignment chance is 60%, the real daily chances are approximately:

27% chance of a test

18% chance of a book report

7.8% chance of a Home Ec project

7.2% chance of an Art project

40% chance of no assignment

These values can be adjusted in the tuning file which will be provided separately with this mod in xml format.

Tips:

For relaxed gameplay, leave the assignment chance at 60% or lower it to 30–40%.

For stricter school gameplay, increase the assignment chance to 80–100% and increase the performance penalty for missed work.

Important Gameplay Notes

The mod only assigns school responsibilities to child and teen Sims who are enrolled in school.

Boarding school Sims are ignored.

Non-selectable Sims are ignored by the assignment generator.

Assignment results are only processed when the Sim is at school.

A Sim cannot receive a new assignment while they already have an active assignment.

The mod does not replace regular homework. Regular homework still works normally.

Download

Public Release 6/28