all except one featuring actual paintings from historical manuscripts! i thought this would be a wonderful way to celebrate the eid while honoring islamic art.
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you should be able to find them in the build-buy catalogue by searching for "postcard". i actually wrote descriptions for each, giving credit to the original artworks but couldn't find a way to make them appear in the game 😒
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so for anyone curious, here's the credits for the artworks:
from left to right, top to bottom:
Painting from a Shahnama manuscript, Shiraz, Iran. 1480. Today in Chester Beatty Library, Dublin. [link] (btw the subject is Alexander the Great's pilgrimage to the Ka'ba in Mecca lol)
Detail from Mir Sayyid Ali’s painting Majnun Visits Layli’s Camp, from Shah Tahmasp's manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami. Tabriz, Iran. c. 1540s. Today in the British Library, London. [link] (i cut out the lovers, layli and majnun, bc i was interested in the sheep, oops)
Painting from the Dara Shikoh Album, Agra (?), India. c. 1630s. Today in the British Library, London. [unfortunately this one is not publicly available]
Painting from the Dara Shikoh Album, Agra (?), India. c. 1630s. Today in the British Library, London. [same album as in 3, not publicly available]
Painting from a Futuh al-Haramayn manuscript, probably Iran, c. 1525-1550. Today in Chester Beatty Library, Dublin. [link] (this one is from a pilgrimage guidebook)
edited screenshot that i took in-game haha
i guess sharing the info here has the advantage of giving more details and sharing the links. apologies this is very safavid and mughal focused, but those are the traditions that im most familiar with.
A preset for Paralives already? Yes, I know! I'm that crazy person who can't live without ReShade. Judge me all you want, I'm good. 😌
This one is inspired by the all time favorite preset "Sumahama" by @/Wilderbees — hence the name "Parahama". 🥺
Made with ReShade 6.7.3
Install on Paralives for DirectX 11
DOWNLOAD: PATREON (FREE)
P.S. No DOF, MXAO or any other depth-based shader on this preset. I didn't get them to properly work for me yet.
Here (click) is a list of the shaders I select when installing ReShade, you won't be needing all of them and I'll put a screenshot below of exactly the shaders used in this preset, but with the link above you'll know in which pack they are - made it this way to make it easier for you to find everything!
SHORTCUTS LIST:
(on/off is for what it is by default)
(off) Fake HDR — Numpad 5
(off) Bloom & Lens Flares — Numpad 7
(off) Chromatic Aberration (Prism) — Numpad 4
(off) Vignette — Numpad 4
P.S — The preset is pretty gameplay-friendly with these 4 shaders turned off, I've been playing with it myself just fine! 🫶
Also try turning on/off "Monocular Cues" and see if you like it. It's a shader that I don't use all the time (it makes a halo effect around stuff), it can get tiring to look at sometimes.
PRO TIP: I always adjust the "BloomAndLensFlares" shader to my needs, which is where the magic of this preset lies. The settings I'm uploading it with may be too strong or too light for some cases, so it really depends on your shot. Just mess with the "fBloomThreshold" slider a bit and see what I mean and, if you're feeling confident, mess with the "fBloomAmount" altogether.
I'm going to play the hell out of this game. I'm about to be sick off myself. 😂 I legit had to pause and take a moment when I saw the train car is the household selection screen. So creative and charming! And the size of the world... yes! 🥹🥰
It's still quite empty, but I'm loving how it's turning out! This save is actually for the After Us Let's Play (can't quite call it a let's play but let a girl dream), I'm working on right now, I'd eventually love to play it on yt, but.. I've don't have the set up for a channel right now (at all lol).
Anyways, I'm thinking of turning Willow Creek, Newcrest and Brindleton Bay into one world I'm calling Pike's Bay, loosely based on the state of Wisconsin. I'll try to blend them all as best as I can for cohesiveness.
Hopefully I'm able to get more done! I'm definitely taking my time with this, it's good to slow down in the sims.
I cannot wait to show you my sims for this save!
Special Credit: Silent Pines is heavily inspired by and uses a very similar style to the stunning @windbrook savefile by @folkling, the gorgeous portsim savefile by @florwal, and the amazing builds by @moonwoodmillz. Thank you all for your hard work, I take a lot of inspiration from you all.
Silent Pines is a base-game only save file inspired by Life is Strange with 3 major worlds, a whole new set of townies, and a complete mystery to solve.
Version 2 contains;
Willow Creek as Silent Pines
Oasis Springs as Eclipse
Newcrest as Twilight Bay
DOWNLOAD, INFO, AND SCREENSHOTS BELOW
Willow Creek as Silent Pines
13 Community Lots
3 move-in ready homes for your sims
A total of 9 houses, 6 of which are filled with townies
18 households with jobs, story, and drama
A complete mystery to solve (should you want to) + The Mystery Update
Oasis Springs as Eclipse
11 Community Lots
3 move-in ready homes for your sims
13 households with jobs, story, and drama
Newcrest as Twilight Bay
10 Community Lots
2 move-in ready homes for your sims
8 households with jobs, story, and drama
I used S4Studio to rename all the worlds, and I've decorated all the neighbourhoods with T.O.O.L. As I said before, Silent Pines is completely base-game friendly, absolutely no packs or kits are used.
There is some custom CC, mainly posters that add to the story. The CC is one package file and adds nothing other than some customisation to the story. It is not required.
For example the missing poster of Cleo Emerson, a girl who disappeared under mysterious circumstances;
DISCLAIMER: Only Silent Pines (Willow Creek) has the mystery to solve; the other 2 worlds are just for playing in. Also, the 'Harris' household has been notoriously difficult to load into, for which I apologise. If you'd like to explore their house, please bring a sim to visit them <3
🌲 Download (Patreon) 🌲
Gallery ID: Cosmoosims - all builds can be found here!
SPECIAL THANKS
A very special thanks to all my beta testers from both V.1 and now V.2, I really am very grateful for your help. You've been amazing!
And thank you to everybody who has waited for Silent Pines V.2 to come out. When I first started this save file, I had far fewer packs and really wanted to make a save made entirely out of base game that is as fun and cozy as possible. I hope that I've achieved that with Silent Pines, and that you all enjoy playing in this world!
I can't believe I had auto updates on 🤦🏾♀️ im BEYOND SICKK. I hope this doesn't corrupt my saves or tray files anything, otherwise I'd REAALLYY be sick. On the bright side everything in cas is broken 😃
hey! I had a couple attempts at figuring out a possible floorplan for the WIP you posted (I love the build btw). I think the tricky part is that since the front and backdoor are directly in-line with eachother, it's a little difficult to not cut off the "flow" of the house. Like, in the first option I suggested putting a dining room by the backdoor, but that might be an issue because it might block the door if you see what I mean. These are just a few ideas, feel free to use them if they're any good :)
Hi! I actually have tried a few renditions of the first one, with it opening into the living room, I've even tried putting the kitchen exactly as you did in the second but realized I forgot about the living room lol everything was just too open or weirdly closed but I'll definitely try these out! Thank you so much!!
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