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SYONE 90'S SAVE FILE DOWNLOAD version 1.0 - Oasis Springs

download and info below

It's the first version, so for now there's only Oasis Springs. I'll update it every time I add a new world. I know it took much longer than I said it will, but I kept adding characters and optimizing it for better experience. Anyway, after 4 years of work, it's finally here 😌

The concept was to build lore like it was done in the sims 2 and 3, but from scratch and without reusing already existing characters from the series. There are completely new families created with the same depth. Every world has a different theme (just like it was with Pleasantview, Strangetown, Midnight Hollow etc). There are a few bigger stories that include most residents from one world (like it was with disappearance of Bella Goth) and then there are stories that connect households from different worlds. Besides that, each household member has their own story and given a starting point for you to make a decision when you start gameplay. I found that earlier games felt more interesting because the game guided you in which direction you should go, so I tried to recreate that. I also did my best for it to actually have consequences and playtested dynamics/different scenarios. Except from things stated in household bios, I added smaller side-stories or expanded a few backstories that you can only discover if you play the household and actually deep dive. Everything takes place in the 90s - outfits and builds are inspired by this era, but because it's hard to find stuff like this, you'll probably see some early 2000s inspiration too lmao.

Important info & download:

THIS SAVE FILE IS NOT CC FREE. You need it or all sims will be bald and deformed. I made pdf with all the download instructions. Please read it before downloading. Even if you have downloaded my sims before - read it, because I made a few changes.

I made a post going in detail about each world and families. Bios in game are short and only used as a reminder of what the household is about. To get the whole context and read the full household biographies, see links below.

I used all packs and kits, but it's used mostly for builds, so it shouldn't be a big problem - missing objects will be replaced.

DISCLAIMER:

It's still a work in progress. Sims in "other households" are either NPCs or townies from different worlds that will get an actual family when the world they come from will be added. For now, they are treated as a background characters to add depth to Oasis residents. For this reason, they don't have bios and have only basic features added to them. I might also slightly change their looks in the future updates.

Not all service NPCs are done, I will make an update with them because I want them to have background and think it through.

If a sim is mentioned, they exist. I just haven't made them yet and they will come with the future updates. For that reason not everyone has a lot of people they know - it will change when I add new characters.

▸ SEE HOUSEHOLD BIOS ▸ READ DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS FIRST ▸ DOWNLOAD SAVE FILE

Things you'll find in the save file:

9 community lots

12 residential lots, with 2 apartment units ready to move in

13 households, 39 playable sims and 44 npcs/townies

Each sim has skills, careers, relationships, sentiments, lifestyles, reputation, milestones, likes and dislikes and turn ons/offs, fears, custom voices, etc. All the basic things.

7 new, unique clubs - some are actual clubs to meet and do stuff, some are used as social circles, etc. Each club description gives you something to start from, some include lore hints. More to come in the future updates.

Mysteries to solve, guided gameplay and lots of things to discover

New holidays in the calendar

All builds are playtested, some doors are locked on purpose.

Now, some extra stuff I added:

Not everything is obvious - stuff mentioned in the bios and actual truth may vary. Some things are left out on purpose. I left hints everywhere: epitaphs, inventories, boxes, memories, pictures, ghosts, lot descriptions etc. Some are more subtle than other, some are contradicting. To some stories you will find a solution and some are made to have multiple interpretations. (because it's wip not everything can be completely solved yet)

I tried to bring back features from previous games, so that means scripted events. Of course, I couldn't actually script them, but I made something similar. At the start of the game, for the first two weeks, you should get notifications about different things taking place in different households. It worked like this for all playtesters, however, there's a possibility it will only show up after loading the specific household. It's not set up for all households and it will only happen once for each.

Individual bios make come back as well. You can read them in the notebook in live mode. They add more context and different perspective. Some include hints.

Wants are individually chosen for each sim and pinned to give you a starting point, like it was in the sims 2. Instead of a bunch of listen to music ones lol.

It was a small detail, but I liked how every sim used to have something unique in their inventory. I did it for some sims and I also added different books in bookcases for different households for more personalization.

Milestones go back to each sims' childhood - the ones I could, I unlocked with specific sims. Some will be unlocked in the future updates when new sims are added. IMPORTANT: milestones are not chronological, unfortunately no matter what I do, the order keeps going back to random.

The amount of money is calculated, so if the sim is supposed to go broke if they won't do something, that's exactly what's going to happen.

More than usual amount of traits and more than one outfit per category, depending on the sim.

Also every career outfit is customized, so they won't look goofy until their next promotion.

No more deformed faces after aging up. Premade kids are made in a way so their features will look normal and similar to their parents when they age.

Because in-game photos break and can slow down saves, I made one cc photo for each world instead.

I set up number of days in the age group to get an idea who's older

I ignored preferences like decor or clothes style, so sims won't behave out of character if something has the wrong tag.

Npcs have personality, their own (just less complex) story and connections to main sims for more immersive gameplay.

I just wanted it to feel like watching one of those late 90s/early 2000s tv shows, so you'll probably find a few cliches and iconic tropes or popculture references like it was always done in the previous games : )

Any feedback is appreciated, I'm constantly looking for ways to improve it. If there's something you'd maybe like to see in the future or run into any problems, feel free to reach out to me. Enjoy!

TERMS OF USE I've put an insane amount of work into this, so please respect it. Do not claim anything included in the save file as your own. Do not reupload the save file, my sims or my builds in any way.

THANK YOU to everyone for your continuous support this whole time. Especially that it took so long. I read every single reblog, ask, comment and message and really appreciate it. I wanted to abandon this so many times and it actually kept me going more than you think lol.

THANK YOU to all the playtesters, your feedback helped me out a lot. @heffalumps @naomisimsfinds @naj4445

CREDITS to all the talented mod and cc creators. It wouldn't be possible without you. I included list with all their names in the file, since it wouldn't fit in the post. Go check out their work!

[syonesims]

What do you use to make your sims have this cartoonist style?! I love your work.

Hii, thank you sm <3

I'm not sure if that's what you meant, but cartoon and comic shaders for reshade should do the job, that's what I use!

[syonesims]

What are you up to Syone? We miss you!!!

Hiii, that's so so sweet <3

Thank you for checking on me, I hope you're doing good!

Lately things been a little stressful for me, I'm looking for a job and graduating, so I have to focus all my energy on finishing my bachelors dissertation. I found myself in a bit of a burnout because of that, but I still have so many ideas I genuinely can't wait to share with y'all. I miss you and I miss creating so I'll definitely come back - probably in august or september when I sort everything out <3

[syonesims]

Roger's wife, Charlotte - now and 30 years ago, back when she was still relevant 😌

I decided to share the Vain family first and then go with the teenagers. I'm almost done with Willow Creek townies and really can't wait to start on Windenburg!

[syonesims]

☼ rules: type 'me core' in pinterest and pick nine photos

thank you for the tag @eclipsiesims4!!

im tagging everyone who wants to participate!!

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Roger's wife, Charlotte - now and 30 years ago, back when she was still relevant 😌

I decided to share the Vain family first and then go with the teenagers. I'm almost done with Willow Creek townies and really can't wait to start on Windenburg!

[eclipsiesims4]

🍽️Dining Room in Lenox Hill

[syonesims]

Where is Ryan’s watch from? I can’t wait to have him in my game.

I promise I'm finishing him up! His watch is from get famous expansion 😌

[syonesims]

heey! i was wondering what lighting mod do you use for your CAS pictures, specifically the ones used in ryan's photos? or are they renders? thanks!

Hii! I don't use any lighting mods, it's relight shader for reshade :)

[syonesims]

Chloe's and Rebekah's worst nightmare - Ryan : )

Sorry for not posting, I really needed a break because I felt like I'm stuck. I have so many ideas but it takes so much time to create and make it work with everything else that it overwhelms me and I don't know where to start so I end up doing nothing (and my terrible organization skills def don't help lmao). I thought that besides main families I'd also add bin families like it was in the sims 2, so those ideas won't go to waste. They'd have their own story and could provide more context to some dynamics, but wouldn't be necessary. Just a fun addition and getting them would be completely optional so the save isn't too heavy.

Alsooo I was thinking about starting to post a few scenes (maybe with dialogues?) from specific sims' lives. It wouldn't solve any of the mysteries, it'd be more like extras to already existing story (all of Lesly's ex relationships, flashbacks from how Gigi behaved when she was alive, whole timeline of Rebekah/Chloe situation etc.). Just to show a glimpse of their personality and how things already mentioned happened.

[syonesims]

Chloe's and Rebekah's worst nightmare - Ryan : )

Sorry for not posting, I really needed a break because I felt like I'm stuck. I have so many ideas but it takes so much time to create and make it work with everything else that it overwhelms me and I don't know where to start so I end up doing nothing (and my terrible organization skills def don't help lmao). I thought that besides main families I'd also add bin families like it was in the sims 2, so those ideas won't go to waste. They'd have their own story and could provide more context to some dynamics, but wouldn't be necessary. Just a fun addition and getting them would be completely optional so the save isn't too heavy.

Alsooo I was thinking about starting to post a few scenes (maybe with dialogues?) from specific sims' lives. It wouldn't solve any of the mysteries, it'd be more like extras to already existing story (all of Lesly's ex relationships, flashbacks from how Gigi behaved when she was alive, whole timeline of Rebekah/Chloe situation etc.). Just to show a glimpse of their personality and how things already mentioned happened.

[syonesims]

Hello! First of all I want to say thank you for all of your hard work, you are my absolute favorite Sims creator. The new update has borked my save file in a way that's hard to test via 50-50 (I need to play for like 10mins then it breaks lol) and I'm trying to pin down mods that need to be updated in the hopes that I can fix it. Are you by chance testing the mods in your save file so that I can hunt down updates? (no worries if not, you do a bunch of work and I can do this legwork too!)

Hi, thank you so much! <3 I'm aware of the bugs that came with the newest update and I'm so sorry to hear that. The usual 50/50 method doesn't work because the problem is not consistent - once the cc from specific creator works, another time it doesn't. I tried to look into this but no luck, its really just EA problem, not the cc. You can try deleting stuff from these creators: sentate, serenity, aharris00britney, caio (and I'm not even 100% sure if it will work, just saw people saying that deleted their stuff, but that was only temporary fix). Like I said, it's not on them and even if it works once it might be broken again when you open your game. I also saw that adding only cc files with no folders or making new folders worked for some people. For mods, I know it was the color slider mod and chingyu's traits that were broken. I'd just update all gameplay mods you have. You can also check this thread for possible solutions. I really wish I could help more, for now I have locked my version of the game from before the update so I can still work on the save without issues. If it turns out there's a fix, that will be the first thing I'll check and update everything 🥲

[o-starsims]

The twins are here!👶🏽👶🏽

I aged them up to see the genetics and they look exactly like there father lol, i love them ❤️

[paletdays]

That day, when Enrique came home, Madelyn experienced the shock of her life. Had this mama's boy now ruined the one thing he was good at, his “job”? Were there debts to pay and a ruined reputation? Madelyn, who was already uncomfortable with Valeria's toxic “mothering” of her children, lost her mind that day. She had never wanted to work because she had married Enrique at a young age, but now she couldn't stand Valeria's insults. Madelyn might be uneducated, but this couldn't go on!

[paletdays]

(This is entirely fictional and based on the story of Syone Sims.)

For a long time, there was nothing in Daniel's life but Buddy and depressing court documents. A little dog food and a good pack of cigarettes on the way home... that was enough for him, more than enough. Ever since he paid off his brother's debts and cut ties with his family, people meant only one thing to him: “trouble.”

[o-starsims]

My Favorite Couple ❤️

Sims made by: @syonesims

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YAYY i love them together

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SIMBLR QUESTION TIME

thank you for tagging me <333 @eclipsiesims4

1. Age you started playing The Sims?

I think like 8 years old?

2. The first ever family you played?

It was either Newbie family or I made my own sim, I'm not sure. It was a guy working in the military and I tried to get with Betty Newbie, then with Bella and neither worked out lmao. Then I discovered actual premade families like Landgraabs and Goths. It was the sims 1!

3. Favorite 3 expansion packs?

1. Get together, because Windenburg is one of my favorite worlds and I love club feature. 2. High school years because I love reenacting everything I saw in early 2000s comedies and shows and it compliments me playing out my american dream in Willow Creek perfectly lol. 3. Business&Hobbies because I love custom tattoo feature and I use it for basically every sim, it gives so much freedom and since I tried it I can't imagine not having it.

4. Thing you would like to be added to the game?

BRING BACK FUNCTIONAL WALLPHONES AND NEWSPAPERS. I miss this so much. Looking for a job using newspapers and having only a few random job options was so realistic, I'd love to have this again. Also a proper singer career, bands and one sided relationships. Maybe something that would let your sim be an occult in secret, because I love playing with vampires and hate how everyone just knows about their existence and is chill about that lol. ALSO it's a very small thing but it drives me crazy how descriptions have to be so short, especially individual bios, so I'd change that too. I have so many ideas honestly.

5. Top 5 favorite worlds?

I haven't tried newer worlds, I stopped at like Chestnut Ridge so I'm not taking them into account lmao. If I still played the sims 3, my top would be Midnight Hollow and Palm Springs, they're my favorite of all time and I think they're better than any other worlds in sims in general. But for sims 4 it's like this: 1. Willow Creek. It's just a classic for me, it has many lots and you can turn it into whatever. And like I said, I can play out my american dream because of the vibes it has. 2. Windenburg? I'm not sure. I really like this world because of how many lots it has and that I can do a lot with it, but I don't really like all these very modern stuff that I can't delete and I can't turn it into something else as freely. It ruins it for me lol. 3 and 4 would be Newcrest and Oasis Springs, because again, classics, many lots and I can do whatever I want. I just don't have as much of a vision for it as I do with WIllow Creek and Windenburg. 5. Probably an unpopular opinion, but either Forgotten Hollow or Del Sol Valley, because they remind me of Midnight Hollow and Palm Springs. I have so many ideas for both of them and absolutely love the aesthetic, I just wish they were bigger because I can't really bring to life everything. But still, there are worlds that have more lots yet I have no idea what to do with them, so these still win. Especially Forgotten Hollow, I'm in love with how dark it is and I really wish we had more worlds like that in ts4.

6. Your 3 traits from The Sims?

Perfectionist, loyal, vegetarian. I have no perception of myself so 💀

7. What would've been your toddler trait?

Fussy x1000

8. EXPOSE YOURSELF! How many hours you played sims?

Back in 2021 I had over 2000 hours and since then I've been playing so much more so probably 3 times as much 😭 Unfortunately, I have no way to check the exact number.

9. Last screenshot you took?

concept of a mall I did for fun, newest sim and random stuff i've sent to my friend lol

i tag: @miomole @idletrait @sausagepantomime @pixelblooming and anyone who wants to join!