Updated to AKSOR4 on 10/2/2025
This is the first of two projects that I considered and gave up on multiple times before finally pulling through and getting at least a good solid start on pre-hiatus. ;>.< I tried using Aikea Guinea’s Wall Writing mesh (1) first, but the lighting (and therefore the color) was off, so I kept poking around until I finally ran across CatherineTCJD’s Wall Overlay sets over on MTS (2,3,4).
And they were perfect! ...Until I remembered why I hadn’t used them the first time I’d run across them; somehow among the various fixes over the years, the meshes had gotten slightly skewed, so they just didn’t perfectly match with the wall patterns they were supposed to replace.
But! Now that I have much more experience in MilkShape, I stiffened my resolve and fixed it myself. So! All 3 meshes (INside/Outside/Border decorative overlays) have been shifted slightly downward to match the underlying patterns exactly, and the lighting has been fixed on the INside and Border meshes to match the Outside mesh. The fixed meshes are included with their respective recolors. I recommend you check out Catherine’s original pages for the rest of the explanations regarding what these overlays do and do not.
So, without further ado... Each wall overlay comes in all 110 colors of the AKS Object Rainbow 4 (5). A few colors/actions are borrowed from others; each individually packaged recolor file is labeled with the original creator, palette, and name, but it’s all abbreviated so check the included documentation to fill in the missing letters.
Five Of A Kind Diamond recolors individually packaged: http://simfil.es/3561478/
OR Five Of A Kind Diamond recolors in 1 package: http://simfil.es/3561479/
AND
Basic Maxis Borders Set (basic) recolors individually packaged: http://simfil.es/3561480/
OR Basic Maxis Borders Set (basic) recolors in 1 package: http://simfil.es/3561481/
AND
Fancy Maxis Crown (basic) recolors individually packaged: http://simfil.es/3561482/
OR Fancy Maxis Crown (basic) recolors in 1 package: http://simfil.es/3561483/
AND
Atomical Tile Plain (2-row) Set recolors individually packaged: http://simfil.es/3561475/
OR Atomical Tile Plain (2-row) Set recolors in 1 package: http://simfil.es/3561476/
Preview pictures, swatches, and color info are included with each download. I own nothing so you can’t sell it. :)
(1): https://www.thesimsresource.com/artists/aikea_guinea/downloads/details/category/sims2/id/649776/
(2): https://modthesims.info/d/422783/wallpaper-overlays-the-borders-edition-plus-a-maxis-border-hider-file.html
(3): https://modthesims.info/d/430730/wallpaper-overlays-the-inside-edition-plus-a-maxis-wall-hider-file.html
(4): https://modthesims.info/d/430386/wallpaper-overlays-the-outside-edition-plus-a-maxis-wall-hider-file.html
(5): https://aliksims.tumblr.com/post/713353318051856384
PS- I compiled and reorganized a few of Catherine’s wall overlays to match my organizational system. THIS IS NOT ALL OF THE OVERLAYS SHE OFFERED so if you want all of hers, you’ll still need to download them from MtS (linked above). The reorganized files can be downloaded here: http://simfil.es/3565156/
...Did I first decide I had to organize all potential Maxis overlays first? Well of course! Should you become inspired to do your own wall overlay recolors (please tag me so I’ll know where to go find them!) and would like to use my attempt at a numbering system to keep them somewhat organized:
This is how I’ve organized all potential border mesh recolors: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i0Ep1LYmOhij_fm2hgWo6OHSPeBmzrES38dAlWzgrQA/edit?usp=sharing
And inside mesh recolors: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ADf7Yj1y50AfptBokldKG1Ofc-pF29TrwPf2kBYnVcM/edit?usp=sharing
And outside mesh recolors: https://docs.google.com/document/d/197vQclXEwkR9M8XnCg91MRbKLBxUPgqcM1c00KqgcNY/edit?usp=sharing
