After 500 image and xml files manually hand-edited by me, pretty much everything is done! :3 Live Mode, CAS, Buy Mode, Build Mode, Create A Style. For anything I haven't finished, I'll update it later down the line.
There's some special extras in the download, such as a dynamic main menu that changes based on your computer's time of day (thanks Arro!) and a couple of loading screen variations.
DOWNLOAD (MTS)
Special thanks to:
dino-rex on MTS for reverse engineering the Sims 3 UI
remixicon for providing many of the icons used in this UI
@arro-now for graciously helping with some UI stuff and letting me use his cursor and Season icon mods
@misspats3 for graciously helping test and give feedback to the UI all this time
@nectar-cellar for the yaoi bug testing, feedback and promo help
The Simology panel is a true nightmare… so I went on a mission to make it at least a bit better and more tolerable. And now, here I am – presenting the Better Simology Panel mod.
Filter Your Sim's Info with New Categories
Right at the bottom of the Simology panel, you'll now find five filter buttons. Each button helps you quickly jump to different aspects of your Sim's life:
👤 Personality: Sim's Traits, Lifestyles, Character Values, Ghost Powers, and Robot Modules.
👍🏻 Preferences: Likes and Dislikes and Relationship Preferences.
🏆 Accomplishments & Growth: Milestones, earned Degrees, and Resolutions.
🌟 Public Standing: Public Image and Faction Reputations (from Batuu...).
☑️ Neighborhood Action Plans: the cursed community NAPs.
Better Simology Panel | Patreon
Currently available in Early Access.
Public release: June 24th.
I figured it would be cool to finally publicly share what I've been working on behind the scenes, as well as some mockups!
A few of you on Patreon or Discord may have already seen sneak peeks/given feedback. I kept things quiet because I wasn’t sure I’d even do it in the first place as a next modding project, and I didn’t want to let anyone down.
Luckily, @lazyduchess’s Monopatcher made the job ten times easier. The biggest hurdle was that I would've had to make a core mod to override UI code (I’m normally anti–core mod), but the patcher solved that and let me push ahead.
(Psst, if you're looking at seeing the mockups bigger, I also posted this post on my site: Simblr.cc 😉)
Creating the Mockups
Fun fact: I actually have a degree in UI/UX design! (for websites) While principles like “How wide should this padding be?” or “Which colors send the right signal to the user?”—game UI is a whole different beast.😬
Main Menu
I started with the main menu:
Cut the SimPoints clutter and the “Buy TS4!” banner—after a decade, we get it exists 😉.
Grouped items into clean blocks
Added a text-free “Create New Family” icon
Swapped lot thumbnails for family shots (still baffled by EA’s original choice).
Dropped an options gear in the bottom-left; might label it if it’s too subtle.
Different backgrounds: one solid blue, one closer to the classic gradient.
A lil' sneek peek of where I'm at:
She's not finished, but it's definitely getting there! 😉
Load Screen
Not much has changed here! It's just less... busy I suppose, lol!
2 Different backgrounds to choose from
Moved the Game Tips to the bottom, so the main focus stays on that loading bar 😉
I also have a third option but I'm strongly leaning towards just having the loading bar as it's the most clear!
Live Mode
The hardest of them all lol. Kudos to EA for figuring that one all out! I really struggled with this one in regards to shape and what to even move around/remove!
I figured, it should be nice to pull really into that glassmorphism I've been using over the Mockups! Now I do realise that it can hamper user experience in the sense of not being able to read anything. But these are pictures! So that should be all fine and dandy.
The active item in the queue will now be more "visible". The queued item however, you'll see look a bit more "unactive" compared to what the current version has.
I also completely overhauled the thumbnails for your sims, showing their moods a bit better, and giving the active sim a tiny plumbob! :D
And now the real deal: The control panel! You might notice it's not the whole thing, but I'm still working on that part.
I removed the camera controls from the panel. However, upon feedback, I did hear that it's better to have them as some people are limited in their hand movements on their keyboard and that those controls are really useful. So I will make sure to share 2 versions :)
I also realised I completely forgot the Build/buy mode buttons 😬 So, err, stay tuned for that? lol.
Notifications I really just tidied up :p
I am aware that the space where the text is and the thumbnail is huge, and normally I'd wrap the surrounding text, but apparently in TS3's UI stuff that's practically impossible. Hence that they got this "2 column" effect to them 😉
About releasing the UI:
I'm hoping to release them all in bits and pieces! So first up is the Main Menu (and possibly the Loading screen given it's simplicity).
After that, I hope in my second "update" to release a big portion of Live mode, but that's a bigger task on it's own of course 😉
Any feedback at this point is also completely welcome by the way!
overrides the font used in game with the font "The Sims Sans"
Compatible: with every UI mod I could find, I tested it
Installation: just put the file in your packages-folder
Conflicts: Font Replacement by simstateTS3, poppins font override by shellseasims and font replacements by lwillowlthewicked
Patch: v1.67/v1.69
Download
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Installation
just put the file in your packages-folder, the usual way, nothing special required.
How to create your own font replacement:
1. Find your font somewhere online
2. Download your font as a ".ttf" file
3. Download my mod
4. Open my mod with S3PE
5. Right click on the "HelveticaNeueLTStd-Md" entry > Replace > choose your font in .tff format
6. Right click on the "TextStyles" entry > notepad > a new window with CSS Code opens (this really easy to read, believe me)
7. CTRL + H (to replace text within the file) > replace all occurences of The Sims Sans with the name of your font (do not remove anything else, only replace the name with your font name)
8. Check if all got replaced right. Each quote symbol has to be present, just like before. Then Save the file and close the text editor.
9. Save the package file in S3PE. You're done.
10. Test the result in game.
Replace Chinese Font
find the font you want to replace it with and download it in ".tff" format
download the file "chinese_font_replacement_template", it's in the downloads tab
open it with S3PE
there are two Chinese character sets available: Chinese Traditional and Chinese Simplified, you can replace both or just one, you decide
5. if you replace Chinese Traditional:
right click at the entry with the name "bhei01m" > Replace… > choose your font in ".ttf" format > submit
right click at the entry with the name "TextStylesTChinese" > Notepad > (a new Window with Text opens) > Edit > Replace > enter the first text box: AR Heiti Medium B5 (it's the name of the original font) > enter in the second text box the name of your new font > Replace All > Save the file and close the text window
6. if you replace Chinese Simplified:
right click at the entry with the name "ggtr00b" > Replace… > choose your font in ".ttf" format > submit
right click at the entry with the name "TextStylesSChinese" > Notepad > (a new Window with Text opens) > Edit > Replace > enter the first text box: AR YuanGB Bold (it's the name of the original font) > enter in the second text box the name of your new font > Replace All > Save the file and close the text window
save your package in S3PE and close it
place the package file in your mods folder. Start the game. Does the new font show up in your language?
You're done. You made a new font replacement.
Now share it with the world, upload it to ModTheSims, Simblr or Tumblr and link this tutorial and share the love for this awesome game
Replace Japanese Font
find the font you want to replace it with and download it in ".tff" format
download the file "japanese_font_replacement_template", it's in the downloads tab
open it with S3PE
right click at the entry with the name "DF-KaKouGothic-W5" > Replace… > choose your font in ".ttf" format > submit
right click at the entry with the name "TextStylesJapanese" > Notepad > (a new Window with Text opens) > Edit > Replace > enter the first text box: DFGothicP-W5 (it's the name of the original font) > enter in the second text box the name of your new font > Replace All > Save the file and close the text window
save your package in S3PE and close it
place the package file in your mods folder. Start the game. Does the new font show up in your language?
You're done. You made a new font replacement.
Now share it with the world, upload it to ModTheSims, Simblr or Tumblr and link this tutorial and share the love for this awesome game
Replace Korean Font
find the font you want to replace it with and download it in ".tff" format
download the file "korean_font_replacement_template", it's in the downloads tab
open it with S3PE
right click at the entry with the name "AsiaSDNREA" > Replace… > choose your font in ".ttf" format > submit
right click at the entry with the name "TextStylesKorean" > Notepad > (a new Window with Text opens) > Edit > Replace > enter the first text box: AsiaSDNR EA (it's the name of the original font) > enter in the second text box the name of your new font > Replace All > Save the file and close the text window
save your package in S3PE and close it
place the package file in your mods folder. Start the game. Does the new font show up in your language?
You're done. You made a new font replacement.
Now share it with the world, upload it to ModTheSims, Simblr or Tumblr and link this tutorial and share the love for this awesome game
Replace Thai Font
find the font you want to replace it with and download it in ".tff" format
download the file "thai_font_replacement_template", it's in the downloads tab
open it with S3PE
right click at the entry with the name "PSK SarabunSim3" > Replace… > choose your font in ".ttf" format > submit
right click at the entry with the name "TextStylesThai" > Notepad > (a new Window with Text opens) > Edit > Replace > enter the first text box: PSK SarabunL (it's the name of the original font) > enter in the second text box the name of your new font > Replace All > Save the file and close the text window
save your package in S3PE and close it
place the package file in your mods folder. Start the game. Does the new font show up in your language?
You're done. You made a new font replacement.
Now share it with the world, upload it to ModTheSims, Simblr or Tumblr and link this tutorial and share the love for this awesome game
Technical Details
this mod edits two resources in the UI.package, located in the installation directory of sims
any other mod that overrides fonts conflicts with this mod
Conflicts: Font Replacement by simstateTS3, poppins font override by shellseasims and font replacements by lwillowlthewicked
Additional Credits:
The Sims Sans Font Download
@cowplantcartel on tumblr, for inspiring me to do this mod
@shellseaisms on tumblr, for giving me a perfect mod template
S3PE
@you-will-never-find-me-anymore for letting me use her Bonehilda for my awesome profile picture
⚠️ Please remove the old version and re-install the mod as I've moved files around.
// 10 March '26
Restored stair railing sliders and Royalty pack settings in the Game Options menu
Fixed Career Selector UI causing last exceptions
[CONFIG] Chalk'd UI now has full dark mode compatibility with Better Simology Panel (UI Cheats ver) and Better World Select by SimMattically. Original mods are not required since my files are built using their base files w/ permission. The Standalone version (w/ original UI functionality) is still available to choose from
[CONFIG] Separated the Family Tree text file into the CONFIG folder to delete if you use other family tree mods
[Phone Icon Addons] added new overrides for adeepindigo's Custom Nuptials, Lot51's Hotel Suite, NisaK's TamTam Tab, and thatssojordy's mods (Business Casual, Digital Romance, Growing Pains, and World Tour- some phone icons are still untouched). Several files have also been merged so please remove the old phone overrides and reinstall the new files
[Extras] ReadMe.txt file has been updated for more info regarding compatibilities
grab the updates on patreon and simfileshare (main mod only)
I recently downloaded @cowplantcartel's AMAZING Cloud UI recolour tool and decided to upload my own UI project!
I present to you: Obsidian UI!
More info + Download under the cut
It is very basic, ik but as a first project I wanted to do something fairly simple. I hope you all enjoy!
The mod also went through different phases: Originally it was going to be called "Thunder UI" but it didn't have ANY other colours than black so I didn't think the name "Thunder UI" was very fitting.
And before that it was going to be red UI but I settled on the black, Obsidian UI
Other mods that go well with Obsidian UI:
Vesko_Sims3's Modern Map Tags: https://modthesims.info/d/684807/modern-map-tags.html
Hey yall! So I thought to myself, "What if I want my UI to match my Too much cream loading screen and splash screen?" I started researching how to make it happen and got the shit to work!
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS A WIP.
What you see now may change with updates. For example, I may change the manage worlds background back to white but the banner at the bottom will stay brown (unless yall like it like that. yall better tell me cause I'll change it in a heartbeat LMAOOO)
The only things not done are the gallery, CAS, live mode, and build buy and I also haven't made it compatible with the UI Cheats mod or BetterBuildBuy. Please keep this in mind when downloading as it may cause conflict with those mods.
S/N: Photo may look different as I am using G-shade in my game.
