I've wanted kayaks in game ever since I started working on Tørsvall, and when TS4 included it with Adventure Awaits, I could finally make it happen! (I'm definitely not an animator lol)
This is a new boat type for a single sim. It's fully functional with custom converted animations. It currently has no fishing interactions, but I'll probably convert those animations and include them in the future. There's an adult and smaller child version.
KNOWN ISSUES
» The "Boat Here With" interaction on the kayak object is still there, despite specifically removing it in the code... when you click it, the sim will end up using the water taxi or another multi-occcupancy boat.
» Idle/Paddling animations continue for a few seconds before transitioning to the next state.
» The transparency on the adult kayak looks kinda bad, but I can't seem to make it look better, sorry!
"Harvest Collector" is a robot that works like a pump and automatically harvests the crops from the plants in your garden. It puts all the edible crops in the refrigerator, and the inedible ones in the family inventory.
- The robot has its own route, so it creates its own path to harvest.
- The "Harvest List" button shows the fruits/vegetables that have been harvested.
Where to buy it?
> Shopping mode
> Home appliances
Make sure that nothing is blocking the robot's path.
By default in Sims 3, gambling is basically a free money cheat. I noticed there were no tuning mods available to make the odds closer to reality, so I went ahead and made one!
Gambling odds have been made far more realistic across the board. If you're winning, try to get out while you're ahead!
Tuning Changes
Most notably:
"Free money per hand" in Poker has been removed entirely
Roulette odds now approximate real European Roulette at 47.3% regardless of skill level
Slot machines have significantly reduced odds that do not scale with skill
Winning, losing, and tie odds in Blackjack have been made more realistic. Natural Blackjacks now occur at a flat 5% frequency regardless of Gambling skill
Sims will spend less time standing around blankly in between pulling the lever in slots
Sims won't be able to kick the slot machine as often to recoup losses
A complete list of tuning changes is available in the MTS description
Required Store Content
I made two versions: one for those who only have The Lucky Simoleon Casino venue, and one for those who have all of the store content
Slot Machines and Blackjack: The Lucky Simoleon Casino (psst)
Poker and Roulette: Double Down Poker and Roulette Bundle (psst)
If you have any of the store content in package format, place this mod in the Overrides folder
Conflicts
This mod will conflict with any other mod that edits the SlotMachine, BlackjackTable, PokerTable, and RouletteTable XMLs. But to my knowledge, none exist currently
This is my first mod on Mod The Sims, and I'm very happy to share it!
I decided to create this mod for me and anyone that might be interested to a fine tuning for a lot of aspects of the game. With ReFiner, when you click on a Sim, you have access to multiple features that are shown in images, like "Set Traits", "Set Needs", "Set Lifetime Wish", "Set Lifetime Rewards", "Set Skills", a utility for resetting Sims and canceling their current interaction, quickly activating Testing Cheats and so on, all polished with a table-style user experience, with toggles and dialogs. They integrate a UI refreshing that, depending on your FPS, might not show up correctly after you confirm your options. Just switch to another Sim and go back to the previous one to see that everything was applied correctly!
And this is just the surface!
With ReFiner you get a full 4 module mod, that, in Settings, also includes:
• "ReLover": a "complex but easy" module to allow open relationships and poliamory, in an advanced but non invasive way, with fine tunings for reputations, romance interactions and also celebrity scandals, and to allow the disabling of reputations completely, with easily revertable toggles.
• "ReCaller": a module to finely tune your experience with phone calls, allowing you to specifically choose which kind of phone calls your household Sims receive and do not receive, easily revertable as well.
• "ReHelper": a module to allow further tunings in game for things like Burglar events (house robberies), Pet Sounds (ESPECIALLY CATS), Sim autonomy for pet interactions (to avoid them obsessing towards pets, like usually happen with "have fun", "play with", "pet", etc.) meteors falling on Sims, and Paparazzi not showing up at home anymore
• "ReCleaner": basically a module that helps you identifying "dirty" or "broken" items that usually generate Dirty Surroundings moodlets and also disable the moodlets themselves completely (if you want). This mod allows to know what exactly is broken or dirty and needs your action to fix the moodlets.
These are all pure scripting modules that mainly patch parameters at runtime, so it's a mod designed to be very compatible with anything and pretty light (despite not in a 100% esteem, because it's impossible and will also depend on your PC), but the mod itself also integrates a Watchdog that informs the user when its "ON" toggles are being overwritten from other mods. It's an experimental feature, but in my testings it did its work. And you can of course disable it if it spams too much prompts in your experience, in "ReFiner > Settings > ReFiner" module.
Quick Summaries:
• "ReLover"
- Open Relationships: enable an advanced Short Term Context Mechanic where romantic actions are now accepted and liked (LTR+) in a conversation between multiple people, totally disables jealousy, accusations and emotional triggers and notifications of any kind that are related, including occasions like dates, groups, etc. and interactions on pie menus like "Confess Attraction" or "Confess Cheating" stuff
- Disable Reputations: literally disables any kind of reputation in game excluding faithful and ethernally faithful
- Disable Romantic Scandals: disables any of the scandals related to romantic interactions (cheating, woohooing in public, woohooing with an occult)
- Disable All Scandals: disables any kind of scandal related to Late Night mechanics
- Full Romance Interactions: enables in game every kind of possible romantic interaction, ever, always avaiable, when LTR is enough with your Sim's relationships, and Sims will also use all of the available interactions in their autonomy. This toggle allows you to use "Propose going steady" or "Propose marriage" with any Sim you want, therefore having also multiple marriages!! Apparently in a native way for TS3.
• "ReCaller"
- You have a toggle for specific kinds of calls you can disable (your cellphone will not ring at all)
• "ReHelper":
- Disable Burglar Events
- Disable Pet Obsession: with different options like BALANCED or ON, you can choose how much your Sims generally "obsess" with interactions towards Pets, that usually can bring their autonomy to constantly pet them during their time in the house
- Disable Pet Noises: similarly, this feature patches at runtime where the code "calls" the sounds, so in BALANCED or ON, Pets will produce less sounds or no sounds at all, especially cats
- Meteors are harmless: when meteors falls on the ground, they are unable to kill any of Sim or "smashing them", so they'll practically just get "dirty"
- No Paparazzi At Home: disables path finding to your house for Paparazzi, so they never come stalking you there, and they also get re-routed away if already present on your lot, "running home"
- Fix Firefighter Emergencies: a micro patch that should help the micro-lag that happens when the ring bells in firefighter emergencies
• "ReCleaner"
- Identify Dirty Items: you can now know which items produce dirty moodlets, specifically
- Disable Dirty Moodlets: disable the 3 dirty moodlets completely
- Attempt Plumbob Repair: if plumbob item over the head of your Sims gets buggy and seen as a dirty object (it can happen after you identify dirty objects) this feature will restore it to default. It's the reason why sometimes after cleaning everything, in my saves, the dirty moodlets were still appearing!
- Show score: for dirty items, in notifications you'll be able to see individual score for each item if you're curious about them
I hope you can enjoy and please, feel free to contact me for any kind of doubt or to report me any kind of issue!
Download from MTS!
Paper girl Ash is taking an interview with a local proprietor about what it’s like working with local celebrities. She needs to get the best story if she wants that promotion, so she’s doing her best to ask the right questions...And maybe get some spicy gossips about celebs too😛
Woo! Multiple new patches and a big revamp/patch to the games lighting system!
New stuff:
Startup Warning Dialog Fix - Fixes a dialog that either fails to be created or fails to appear and causes the game to look like it's black screened, made by "Just Harry".
^ This and the CPU Optimization and Expanded Crash Log patches are now enabled by default (thank you Swiffyjk for this and some banger readme changes!!)
Disable Store Featured Items Download - Blocks the game from downloading the featured store items listing, preventing thumbnail downloads into the FeaturedItems folder.
Uncompressed Compositor Textures - Forces material compositor textures to use uncompressed A8R8G8B8 instead of DXT1/DXT5. Similar to the Sim Textures patch but for other things, DXVK is recommended to avoid memory issues.
Lighting Quality Patch - Improves interior lighting: higher lightmap resolution, softer shadows, blur and a janky multisampler that might be worse than the default but I spent too long on not to ship it. Highly recommend playing with the various lighting settings in the settings tab alongside this as you can DIY your own lighting mods and lighting is fun and neat and cool. I would recommend turning drop shadows off at least as I find they look really gross.
The last three are experimental patches, they'll graduate into proper patches eventually.
Updates/Changes:
Update to smooth patch precise with help from LazyDuchess!!!, a few things tweaked and a new option to only tick at most once per frame.
Intersection optimization patch removed (RIP), this wasn't a wise patch to begin with and ended up breaking a few things (was faster because it just threw out half of its calls)
That's all! S3MM soon etc. etc. I will probably expand on the lighting patch as I had "fun" working on it, I'd also like to mess w/ the diffuse and specular probes/system for crispy reflections etc.
As always, download can be found here readme can be found here
Household members will now show up in the options dialog for Snowflake Day card recipients
Adjusted the decorating interaction so the tree will always be decorated provided your Sim does not stop prematurely
Fixed the issue with sims resetting sometimes when autonomously hanging decorations on the tree
Replaced the default decoration with a more Sims appropriate one from Martassimsbook (included as a separate download because I had to resize to fit the tree)
Updates:
Sims can now ask multiple sims for different types of gifts instead of limiting to one Sim.
Letters to Santa: Kids can now write letters to Santa. Click on the mailbox any time three days before Snowflake Day to get the interaction. After writing and mailing their letter, they may get a want or special moodlet to meet Santa.
New Custom NPC role: Holiday Santa. You need to place the Santa chair on a community lot and it will push an NPC Santa to show up to work. Kids can then meet the Santa and talk to them which will fulfill their want if they have one or positively impact their buff.
There’s an XML settings file which you can use to change the hours Santa is available, set the cost to see Santa, and the type of NPC you want pushed for Santa (for example, if you want a traditional looking old, white dude or you are fine with either gender, any race, age, etc.) I would note though, the more specific you are, the harder it may be to find an NPC to fill that criteria
If the chair is on a festival lot, festival tickets will be used in lieu of money if you have enough (20) in your inventory.
Any YA+ Sim can volunteer to play Santa. If there is a volunteer Santa working the chair then the cost is free.
Depending on their age or personality, kids will either sit on Santa’s lap or sit next to him.
Parents may autonomously watch their child meeting Santa, taking photos and things like that.
New custom holiday wishes: I added a bunch of new wishes that Sims may get (depending on personality and situation) during the winter season. Some are age-specific:
Get Playhouse (C)*/Play Kitchen(C)*/Car (T+)/Pet(C) for Snowflake Day, Have 20 or more Presents under Tree, Receive X gifts for Snowflake Day, Decorate Tree, Admire Tree, Make Holiday Crafts (C), Write Letter to Santa (C), Invite Family Over, Spend Time with Grandparents (C, T), Spend Time with Cousins (C, T), Put Gift Under Tree, Bake Holiday Cookies (T+)**, Donate to Charity, Steal Present, Sneak a Peek at Presents, Meet Santa (C), Volunteer as Santa (YA+))
*requires Playtime Fun set; ** requires icemunmun’s Christmas Cookies. The mods are required to fulfill the specific wants, not for the mod as a whole.
Credits/Thanks: Simetria for the Santa outfit, TSM for the throne and Santa animations, Sims 4 for the wants icons. @martassimsbook, ArtVitalex and Li.Ko a.k.a Kiolometro for the various tree decoration and lights. Thank you!
Requirements: Seasons EP.
Important: If this is your first time download, read original post here. If you download the MAAT Add-Ons file, you NEED the More Activities Activity Table mod and Crayon set here. Please note both have been updated so if you already have them, just download the updated script files here and here.
Work as a Film Extra (A New Rabbit Hole Interaction)
This mod adds a new interaction to the film studio, allowing your sims to work as film extras to earn some extra cash. Various events will also occur during the process.
Requirements
This mod requires Late Night and Showtime.
Main Features
Sims aged teen and older can work as film extras at any time of the day. Sims who already work in the Film Career or are celebrities cannot work as extras, but those working part-time at the film studio are allowed to.
The interaction lasts for 4 hours. Similar to prom, a pop-up triggering a random event will appear every half hour. Below are the details and probabilities of each event (rounded to two decimal places):
Praised by the director: Gets a positive moodlet (16.67%)
Meet a celebrity: Increases relationship (8.33%). The celebrity must meet one of the following two conditions: 1️⃣Celebrity level is at least 3. OR 2️⃣Works in one of the following careers: Film, Music, Professional Sports, Singer, Magician, or Acrobat. This means you might meet Matthew Hamming, Pauline Wan, or even a 5-star celebrity cashier. If there are no sims in the current world meeting these conditions, this event will not trigger.
Obtain a Magic Gnome (12.5%)
Make a fool of themselves: Gets a negative moodlet (12.5%)
Get injured during filming: Gets a negative moodlet (8.33%)
Gain a little bit of the charisma skill (16.67%)
Conflict with another actor: Decreases relationship (8.33%). Preference will be given to sims in the following careers: Film, Music, Professional Sports, Singer, Magician, or Acrobat. If there are no sims meeting these conditions, your sim will randomly become enemies with a teen or older sim in the current world.
3 random filming work events: Purely text-based events (16.67%)
After the work is finished, your sim will receive payment (the amount is not fixed and fluctuates randomly based on traits and skills). There is a 24-hour cooldown before they can work as a film extra again.
Each event has a base trigger weight, which is further modified by the sim's traits. Sims with the Natural Born Performer, Star Quality, or Charismatic traits are more likely to trigger good events (being praised, meeting celebrities, etc.). Sims with the Clumsy, Loser, or Unlucky traits are more likely to encounter bad situations (making a fool of themselves, getting injured, etc.).
Tuning
You can adjust values for event weights, work hours, trigger intervals, celebrity relationships, etc. in the mod's XML file.
Conflicts & Known Issues
This is a pure script mod, so there shouldn't be any conflicts.
If a sim goes to work as an extra during their regular work or school hours, they might leave early or be reset by Overwatch, but they will still receive the corresponding payment. If your teen works as an extra during curfew, they will still be forcibly escorted home by the police.
If you place a new film studio in the world, you will need to save and reload the game for the interaction option to appear on the building.
Plumbots will not receive moodlets when triggering certain events, though it might depend on the chips they have.
Installation
Just place the package file in your Mods/Packages folder.
Available Languages
English, Chinese, Russian (by @murkoose)
If you wish to translate this mod into other languages, please download the Strings file and send me a pm with your translated file. I will include it in future updates.
Credits
Thank you to the various tutorials on MTS and other sites, as well as Visual Studio 2022, ILSpy, s3pe and my computer wizzes friends Cici & Gu for help with coding issues, @murkoose for the Russian translation, cc creators for the preview picture, and sims who acted as my lab rats🫶🫶
If you encounter any problems, please let me know. Have fun!
If you like my work, you can support me on Ko-Fi🫶🫶
I've updated a bunch of my mods with bug fixes (no new additions though, sorry!) 👀
^ More Baby Interactions:
Improved the starting animation of the Rock interaction.
Added smoother transitions when a sim tucks in a toddler.
Added autonomy for bathing a baby in the all in one bathroom.
Cuddle interaction now gradually decreases a baby's energy need and shows the interaction in the queue for the baby.
Fixed the sleeping baby animation transition bug.
Download (MTS)
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^ Kitchen Tweaks:
Fixed a script error that would occur when making a meal using the stove, microwave, grill, or food processor.
Added a setting to replace the Eat Leftovers interaction (by default it's set to true), in the case of having issues with it. If changed in-game, a restart is required.
Download (MTS)
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^ Expanded Active Households/Homes Plus:
Fixed a bug where stayovers and daycare data would stop working on sims who got reset. It is required to re-add all daycares and stayovers after installing this update.
Sim notifications should now display the correct text when inviting a sim for a stayover.
Download (MTS)
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^ Sims Can Hand Over Babies & Toddlers:
Sims are no longer able to hand babies and toddlers over to animals.
Sims can no longer autonomously hand over a baby/toddler to a sim who is not in an autonomous interaction or if they aren't standing.
Download (MTS)
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^ Functional Baby Carrier:
Usability settings will now save upon exiting the game.
Sims can no longer perform the following interactions while wearing a carrier: Woohoo in Haystack/Treehouse/FairyHouse, Take Sponge Bath, Play Soccer, Relax On Beach Towel, Play on Trampoline.
This started as just a simple solution to allow my Sims to work out without a TV, radio or gym equipment present but I’m a fitness nut so I knew I couldn’t stop there. I love working out and am always trying out new workouts or gyms like people try out food or clothes. It’s one of my favorite hobbies IRL so I was happy to try and make more exercise/fitness things for my athletic Sims.
This is the Exercise Mat I previewed a few weeks (months?) ago and I added a few more features like the ability to teach classes and also free weights (dumbbells and kettlebell).
Credit/Thanks: @aroundthesims for the free weights and kettlebell which are hers. I only recategorized them to Sports/Hobbies. Mats and board are EA. Animations by me, Mixamo and EA!
All the info and download link are after the jump, read through it all before downloading!
Exercise Mat:
Sims can do different floor and body weight exercises on the mat, which are skill gated:
Sims can also stretch which has benefits if you do it before and/or after exercising.
Stretching before: the Feeling Limber moodlet will prevent your Sim from getting fatigued so long as it is active
Stretching after: the Feeling Limber moodlet will remove soreness if you have it
If there is an instructor mat on the lot, you can assign the mat to the instructor mat so Sims will use it for classes
Instructor Mat: This mat lets Sims who have Athletic skill 5 or higher teach exercise classes.
Assign Instructor - sets who the instructor will be for the mat
Schedule Class - self-explanatory; select a time a date to host a class
Start Class - if you don’t want to wait, you can start a class now. Instructors will wait 20 sim minutes (tunable) before starting the class to allow interested Sims to join.
Toggle Stereo - requires IP to work, adds a stereo to the instructor mat so you can play music during class
Free Weights:
You can lift dumbbells or kettlebells. That's pretty much it. These guys look super happy about it.
You only need one dumbbell. The other one is a prop which will be created once your Sim starts lifting.
Gym Board:
Check Scheduled Classes
Sign Up for Class (Note: you can't sign up for classes that have no spots available but you can still show up and try to get a spot if there's a no show)
Cancel Sign Up
Cancel Class
Gym Classes:
Instructors can hold Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced gym classes, the difference in difficulty affects the fat/muscle delta, fatigue level and athletic skill gain. The ability to hold different class levels is skill gated at Levels 5, 6 and 7 respectively.
If you schedule a class, the instructor and any Sims that sign up for the class will be pushed to the lot an hour before the class starts. Sims cannot join a class after it starts but if they leave before the class ends, they still get charged.
The cost per person is based on the class level and the instructor’s athletic skill. If you have NRaas Career and the Instructor is in the Trainer skill-based career, they will also earn extra money and the funds will go towards their career advancement.
If there are no spots available, you can still check what time the class is and get information on the class if you want to show up and see if a spot opens up.
If classes are hosted on a non-park community lot, like a gym, 25% of the class fees will go to the venue (the venue owner will receive this if it’s owned).
You can check and sign up for scheduled classes on the gym board object. Instructors can also cancel classes there.
There are two "rewards" available: Top Trainer and Gym Rat. Top Trainers are Sims that have taught at least 20 classes. After achieving that, their classes are worth more and they also keep a larger percentage of the cost per student. Gym Rats are Sims that have taken at least 10 classes after which they get a discount on any other classes afterwards.
Notes:
My suggestion is to organize the class room like how I have in my photos with the mats horizontal facing the instructor. I'd also space them out more than I did as some of the exercises involve a lot of jumping/moving around but I have small lots so I have to squeeze in as much as I can! With this plus Twin's spin class and yoga mods, I'm going to need a bigger gym!!
The instructor will face whichever mat is first in the list of assigned mats so I would suggest assigning the front center mat first.
You can have multiple instructors/instructor mats on the same lot but an instructor can only be assigned to one mat.
Sims cannot take a class if they don't have more than $400 in their family funds. You can change this if you like but I don't want my broke inactives spending money on gym classes (we have gym at home!)
If Sims are not autonomously joining classes or using the mat, it’s probably because you have too many advertising objects on your lot that are competing with it. You can up the advertising for the mat but it’s already quite high so you just have to figure out how to balance it. The Join Class interaction does advertise fun and social in addition to the standard Athletic Game Object advertising so I would suggest upping that in order to get more attention from Sims.
The animation of Sims picking up/dropping the free weight is kind of wonky. I may try to fix it later.
There’s a collection file for all the objects but you will find all of them under Entertainment/Sporting Goods. Nothing is more expensive than 150 simoleons.
This is set for YA+ because a) some of the animations will sink for teens and b) they are always trying to do their fucking homework around each other while I'm holding classes and it drove me crazy. You can change the ITUN if you want teens to use it but you've been warned.
Future updates: I'm already thinking about using a similar system to create dance classes. Making an active Dancer career is something I’ve wanted for a while and I have a Sim that would be perfect to test it.
As always, if you run into any issues, let me know!
Fixed the issue where the class levels had been removed (by me) and so the interaction wasn’t recognizing the appropriate animations for the class. Participants should once again be able to do the exercises in the class.
Fixed the bicycle crunches animation so Sims aren’t hovering over the floor
Exercise mats are now both Sim inventory enabled and live dragging enabled so you can carry them anywhere
Fixed a misspelling issue that was causing one of the sit up animations to not play
Fixed a tuning issue that was preventing stage progression for lifting dumbbells
Deleting instructor mats will unlink all exercise mats from them
Updates
Mats can be rolled up when not in use to conserve space
You can now select whether to assign a single mat or all mats in the room to an instructor mat.
Added some of the free weight lifting animations from Sims 4.
Added heavy weights. They work the same as the dumbbells in the game but are bigger so they have a higher fatigue multiplier (your Sim will get tired faster using them)
Added a weight rack which can be used to store weights. If using the “Get Weights” interaction, Sims will grab a weight and start lifting autonomously. After they’re done they will put the weight back
Added an NPC instructor mat. Placing this mat on a lot will push an NPC fitness instructor every day at 6am who can lead classes. The instructor will have at least Level 6 Athletic skill and will be pushed to start classes (roughly every 2 hours from the last class held) between 7am and 7pm. These are not scheduled classes so you won’t be able to sign up for them. They will just be announced half an hour before it starts if you’re on the lot where the class is taking place. You can also prompt a class using the Call for Class interaction on the NPC mat. Like the regular instructor mats, they need to have exercise mats assigned to them.
The collection file has been updated with the new objects. All can be found under Sports or Hobbies/Skills.
Credits: @aroundthesims for the rolled up mat, free weights and weight rack. EA/anadius for the animations. Thank you!
Sims 3 Package Reducer (S3PR) by OhRudi - Update (03/16/2026)
🌈👩💻 Overview 👨💻🌈
This software reduces the size of Package-Files drastically, very usefull if you have tons of CC
It removes thumbnails (THUM) and icons (ICON) resources from Package-Files and compresses or decompresses them
Thumbnails are safe to remove, the game regenerates them (see image explenation)
Icons are safe to remove, the game doesn't use them, nor does CC-Magic
Compressing reduces the Package-File size drastically, but it's no performance gain for your game, because your game has to decompresses them while playing
Decompressing expands the Package-File size by three times. It's a performance gain while playing, cause your game needs them decompressed anyway
I'd recommend compressing your individual CC files, but decompressing the merged CC files, such as the builds from CC-Magic
DO NOT compress mods (like NRaas and other Script-Mods), only compress CC
You can use S3PR via console. Use .\S3PR.exe --help to get the list of possible arguments
Works only for Package-Files, not for Sims3Pack-Files
Works only for Windows (did test for Windows 10 & 11), not for Mac, did not test on Linux
⬇️ Download ⬇️
ModTheSims | Simblr | SimFileShare
🤔 How to install? 🔧
Just download and open the S3PR.exe file, you can move it anywhere, nothing else required
Works only for Windows, not for Mac, did not test on Linux
The warning message "Unknown Publisher" comes up, cause Microsoft wants me to pay, just so this popup won't appear
You can just tick the "Always ask before opening this file" and it won't appear anymore
(Optional) Technical Detail why this happens: You can sign software with a certificate by Microsoft, so windows knows it can be trusted. But this costs $70/year (minimum) and has no other effect than removing the warning.
If you're unsure if you can trust me, you're free to look at the source code on GitHub
I added explanations in the code and how to compile it yourself
(Optional) Technical Detail: It's just around 500 lines of code and parts of it I copied from other very successful Sims 3 Tools. If you're keen in coding, you'll find your way in the codebase pretty easily.
🤔 How do I use it? 🙆♀️
Important Notice: You don't have to use it repeatedly. The changes to the files are permanent. Once you finished, you only have to do it for new Package-Files.
1. Click "Browse", choose one or multiple folders that contain Package-Files
You can enable "Include Subfolders" and it will look at the subfolders as well
2. Check the boxes, choose what it should do with the Package-Files
"Remove Thumbnails" removes all Thumbnail (THUM) resources in the Package-Files
Thumbnails are safe to remove, the game regenerates them (see image explenation)
Some CC (mostly hair and clothes) has custom thumbnails, these will be removed, cause those images tend to be pretty big in file size
"Remove Icons" removes all Icons (THUM) resources in the Package-Files
Icons are safe to remove, the game doesn't use them, nor does CC-Magic
"Compress Files" uses the Sims 3 Recompressor (S3RC) Tool by J. M. Pescado to compress the Package-Files, it's a well known tool
DO NOT compress mods (like NRaas and other Script-Mods), only compress CC
Compressing reduces the Package-File size drastically and but it's no performance gain for your game, because your game has to decompresses them while playing
Compressing can take pretty long
"Decompress Files" uses the Sims 3 Recompressor (S3RC) Tool by J. M. Pescado to decompress the Package-Files, it's a well known tool
Decompressing expands the Package-File size by three times. It's a performance gain while playing, cause your game needs them decompressed anyway
I'd recommend compressing your individual CC files, but decompressing the merged CC files, such as the builds from CC-Magic
3. Reminder: Do you have a backup?
You'll be reminded to have backups
You can disable the warning by unchecking "Remind me to have backups"
4. Click "Edit"
Now you can make yourself a coffee, some tee or take a bath :D
Depending on the amount and size of the files, this can take a while (especially if you enabled compressing)
But trust me, it will be worth it
5. If you click "Stop"
It will not stop immediately, it will finish the file it currently edits and than stop
🙋♂️FAQ❓
What files I do use S3PR on?
Only CC, never mods (such as NRaas and other script mods). But there's one exception: The better ingredient thumbnails Mod, because removing the thumbnails from this file, would render it useless. This is actually the only exception I can think of right now. The rest is safe.
A simple rule of thumb if you’re not sure: Open the Package-File with S3PE (Sims 3 Package Explorer) and check if there are any thumbnails inside. If so, do you want to keep them? If so, don't select the “Remove Thumbnails” option for this particular CC. If you don't need these thumbnails, then you can safely remove them with S3PR.
Can I use it on merged files as well?
Yes, you can. There's no problem with that. Just keep in mind that large files may take a bit longer. Everything else is the same for merged and unmerged Package-Files.
Can I use this on my Sims3Pack-Files?
No, sorry. Only Package-Files. However, if you dearly need it for Sims3Pack-Files as well, leave a comment on the download page. I might include it in an update then.
Why should I compress my CC?
Compressing your CC means, that your CC takes up far less space. This is useful if you have limited space on your computer. The only problem is that the game has to decompress them while you play. I’d recommend compressing your individual CC files, but decompressing the merged CC files, such as the builds from CC-Magic.
Why should I decompress my CC?
Decompressing your CC means, that your CC takes up about three times more space. The positive about this: Your game doesn't have to decompress them while you play. This is only useful if you have an SSD-Drive (most computers have them nowadays). I’d recommend compressing your individual CC files, but decompressing the merged CC files, such as the builds from CC-Magic.
Does it harm my safe files in any way?
Editing your CC with this S3PR won’t affect the way your CC works in your safe files. Don't edit your safe files with S3PR. Use it only on your CC. Just as a side note: If you want to clean up safe files, use Regul Save-Cleaner.
What if a file or folder is not accessible for S3PR (no read or write access)?
In this case, S3PR will skip the inaccessible files and folders. You will then receive a summary of the files and folders that were skipped.
But I want to keep some Thumbnails?
Put those package files in a separate folder, select the folder in S3PR, then uncheck “Remove Thumbnails” before clicking “Edit”. Don't worry. If you uncheck “Remove Thumbnails” no thumbnails will be removed.
What happens if I run S3PR repeatedly on the same files?
Nothing. If you run it on the same files repeatedly, with the same settings, everything stays the same.
What’s the difference between this S3PR and the Sims 3 Recompressor (S3RC, by J. M. Pescado on MATY) or the Compressorizor-Tool (by JFade)
S3PR removes thumbnail and icon resources and compresses/decompresses your package files.
The Recompressor and Compressorizor-Tool does only compress your files. Just read the short overview for a clearer picture.
🤔 How do I use the Console Application? 🙆♀️
Important Notice: Everything is the same, but if you're into automation, you can use S3PR via the console.
Usage:
S3PR.exe [options] <paths to folders or files...>
Options:
-r, --search-recursive | Search directories recursively when looking for Package-Files.
-t, --remove-thumbnail | Remove thumbnail resources from Package-Files.
-i, --remove-icon | Remove icon resources from Package-Files.
-c, --compress-file | Compress Package-Files.
-d, --decompress-file | Decompress Package-Files.
-s, --silent | No Console Output.
-h, --help | Show this help message and exit.
Arguments:
<paths to folders or files...> | One or more files or folders to process.
⚙️ Technical Details 💡
You can find the source code on GitHub
It's published under the GNU General Public License (GPL-3.0)
Feel free to fork the code and change it any way you like, this source code meant to be public, free and open
The README-File contains instructions on how to compile the code yourself
I used Visual Studio 2026 with .NET 10.0 and WinForms API to create the GUI
🕑 Changelog 🔁
16.03.2026 - Version 2.0.0
New Feature: Decompress Package-Files
New Feature: Use S3PR via Console
No failure if folder is not accessable
Shows a summary of skipped file and folder names at the end
Completely rewritten most of the code
06.03.2026 - Version 1.0.1
No Failure if file is not accessable
skips if file is not readable or writeable
shows summary of skipped files at final success and stopped popup messageboxes
⭐ Big thanks to … 💐
Sims 3 Easy Extractor & Merger Tools by phantom99 (their project and open source code inspired me to do this)
Sims 3 Package Interface by Peter L Jones
Sims 3 Recompressor (S3RC) Tool by J. M. Pescado
Pixlr.com which I always use for free image editing
Seasons Coat with Buttons for teens by sweetdevil, which I used for example pictures
Set of hairstyles Skysims by Agnelid, which I used for example pictures
AND to this awesome and still alive community of simmers ^^
♦︎ It's time to expand the imagination of your Sims with 3 new imaginary friends! 🐇🐄🦈
♦︎ This mod adds 3 new imaginary friend variations: The Social Bunny 🐰 from The Sims 2, the Cow Mascot 🐮 (AKA the Evil Mascot) from The Sims 2 University and the Shark Costume 🌊 from the Origin Exclusive Trick-or-Treat Costumes Pack.
♦︎ Also included is a tweak to the default imaginary friends to make their eyes more lively with dynamic catchlights! ✨
♦︎ Special thanks to @dacrystalsim for sending me the Sims 2 files! She was also just very helpful overall. Check out her TS2 > TS3 conversions!
♦︎ All of these additions are of course fully modular! Take a look at the download pages for more information.
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