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Coming Back

Just letting you know that I am back for the most part or at least on my way back. I am about to open up the Sims 4 for the first time since March and see what's what. I'll check out all mods and make sure they're up to date and working as intended then get back to work on the new mods I had been working on before my break. Thank you so much for being patient with me. I truly appreciate each and every one of you! I look forward to providing mods and content for you all to enjoy for a long time to come. Thank you again!

Still here

Just letting you know that I’m still here. I’m just very sick and depressed right now. I’m struggling to get back to work on mods but hope to get back in the swing of things very soon. I have a LOT planned and in the works. See you soon.

Birthday Party at My Place!

It’s my birthday today and you’re getting all the presents! LOL In celebration, I’m releasing a ton of mods and cc over on my Simularity website! I would list everything here but it’s a LOT and I’m sleepy. :D So, here’s a link to my updates post for you to see for yourself: https://simularity.cc/updates/simularity-update-048-b-day-edition/ Have a fun day and take care!

Patch Day - Jan 21 2021

Just letting you all know that today is Patch Day for The Sims 4! Todays patch is a small one with the exception of the new Scared Emotion. Once I get things downloaded, I'll be checking all of my mods for compatibility and then adding the Scared emotion to my Agoraphobia and Graveyard mods. I'll also be adding it to the Haunted House lot trait but I'll be renaming and rewriting said mod as well so it won't get confused with the upcoming Haunted House Residential Venue that will be in the Paranormal Stuff Pack. 

Please be patient. I had a hard drive failure on my main SSD and had to replace it the other day without cloning the drive. So, I'm still in the process of reinstalling all of my software including The Sims 4 and all of its packs. My internet connection is relatively slow for DSL (and for what we pay for it) so I'm waiting...waiting...waiting for Origin to download what I need. It took me like an hour just to install Origin itself. :( 

I also have to wait for an update of the program I use to create some of my mods as last time there was a patch I had to re-export all traits to ensure compatibility. I'll wait for the program update to make certain whether that is needed again or not.

As for some good news, I'm about to start testing a new Trait for you all that I just finished writing last night! :D I look forward to sharing it with you soon. After that, I have a lot more to work on.

New Stuffs!

I apologize for the lack of posts. I've been juggling what I can do and when due to a pending hard drive failure and hoping an ordered SSD could get here before my main drive died completely which was stressing me out. Thankfully, it did and all is well now. I hope. So, things should return to normal now. :)

I just updated the website with two new mods (The Date Mod and Experimental Food without Chef Station) and updated two mods with Portuguese translation (Graveyard and Haunted House) and added my Monthly Mod Finds for January. 

If you missed my previous update last week, I added a new Lot Trait called Wedding Venue and new custom content of clothing recolors called Bridal Gowns Set 2.  I also added a brand new section to the site for custom Lots and added my first Tiny Home to it for download in two versions, one with CC and one without CC. Did you also see my first custom career, the Adventurer Career, has been finally published for your enjoyment?

I think that's all that's new since my last update. I think. As for what's coming soon, I'm working on some new mods including a couple patron requests and lots of new custom content. The hard drive troubles slowed me down a bit but I'll catch up in no time. 

New Mods & Lots of New Stuff Coming Up

New Mods Released Today

I’m releasing two new mods today. One is a Tuning Mod that fixes something EA/Maxis left out. The other is a new Event mod that I hope you will enjoy playing with. First, the tuning mod is called Tiny Living Rumbasim Fix. Basically, the two entertainment centers in the Tiny Living Stuff Pack were released without the “Dance the Rumbasim” interaction for Sims who know how. This mod, if you have both Tiny Living and Jungle Adventure, fixes that so your Sims in tiny home can finally dance their hearts out. The new event is Movie Night which I had a lot of fun with and I hope you will too. You will need the Movie Hangout Stuff Pack to use the new event mod.

Mod Updates

Since my last site update, I updated the following mods with new translations on January 03, 2021: The Graveyard Lot Trait has been updated with both Simplified and Traditional Chinese translations by ciway of Mod the Sims. The Emotion Names Overhaul has been updated with several language translations thanks to my wonderful artist friends over on Facebook who volunteered to help me out with “my odd little project”. You can find out about these and all my future mod updates on the Mod Updates page.

More Mods Coming Soon

I have several more mods in various states of completion! I think in a couple of days I will release two more mods, not sure which ones they will be yet but I will release at least two. After that, who knows. I have around nineteen mods in the works in various stages of completion ranging from “concept” to “ready to post”. Some of the new mods include new careers both full-time and part-time, new events, new lot traits, new personality traits, new aspirations, and a few more tuning mods. If you have ideas for more mods, let me know and I might add them to my to-do list. Remember, patrons from my Patreon get priority requests to the top of my to-do list!

New Custom Content Coming Soon

I think once I get the current slate of new careers I’m working on finished (they turned out to be very complex mods to work on, especially figuring out how to make them University compatible) I’m going to need a short modding break to let my eyes rest from looking at tiny numbers and letters. So, I’ll work on some new custom content for a while. I’ve got no shortage of ideas! I want to make more clothing recolors, some new skin details, more realistic eye colors, I’ve made more artworks in my other line of work so I can create more artwork objects. I also want to give makeup another try, especially now with the new makeup sliders that the game has. I might also try to create my first hair recolors. There are some hair models that I absolutely love with hair textures that are absolutely bland (at least to me) so that would be fun to try.

That’s all for now. Take care and be careful out there. The world is a crazy place and I want everyone to be able to stay safe and sound. I know some terrible things happened in my country today (I’ve been glued to the news all day) but the worse reality gets, the more I delve into the virtual worlds like my Sims and I’m betting I’m not the only one. Enjoy the new mods and know that more mods and content for your game are on the way.

Hello 2021, I Have New Mods for You!

That's right, I've released three new mods today as we begin this new year. :) The three mods include two tuning mods and one new personality trait. Read on to find out more!

New Trait: Techie

This new trait is really fun to play or at least it has been for me and I hope it will be for you too. Techies learn all technological and science related skills faster than anyone and love playing with tech. They excel in technology driven careers and have many whims related to their main passion. Like most of my traits, I included some downsides to being a Techie. They can be slightly more awkward and find it a little difficult to make friends in the "real world" and staring at screens all day makes their eyes light sensitive so going outside in the daylight makes them uncomfortable and then it takes a bit for their eyes to readjust to being indoors again. (That all comes from real life experience by the way though I won't say whose.) Find out more about the details of the mod and download links on the Simularity website by clicking here!

New Tuning Mod: Increased Energy from Drinks

This is sort of an old and new mod. If you downloaded this mod from me before delete all the old files as the new mod has all new files!! This mod increases the energy boost you get from drinks which should boost your Sims' energy like coffee, some teas, sodas, energy drinks, etc. I completely updated this mod to be compatible with the latest patch and include drinks from all expansion packs. You do not need all expansion packs to use this mod. The drinks you don't have simply won't show up in game, it shouldn't cause any errors and didn't when it was tested on a setup with only two expansion and stuff packs. Not all drinks have the same energy boost! Espresso has more than regular coffee. Green tea is weak compared to the battery acid that is ginseng tea and chamomile tea has no boost at all. To find out more about this mod and to get the download links, click here to visit its page on Simularity!

New Tuning Mod: Low Hygiene is Embarrassing

If you're a patron, you already had early access to this mod! It simply changes the buff your Sim gets from having a low hygiene motive from Uncomfortable to Embarrassed. This is an update of a long abandoned mod I found on another site. It now works for the latest patch! To find out more and to download, click here to see it on Simularity!

That's all for now but I have more in the works and coming up soon. Stay tuned to this Patreon, my Tumblr, my Twitter, or the main Simularity website for updates! Remember, if you ever have any problems with my mods, you can reach me via the email form on my Simularity site, a comment here on Patreon, a tweet on Twitter, or talk to me on my Discord server. Thank you for viewing and I greatly appreciate your support. :)

New Mods, Updated Mods, Future Mods, MODS

First off, MOD UPDATES! I updated the Graveyard Lot Trait to include several new buffs for a variety of different traits. Now Sims with the following traits will have their own buffs: Evil, Squeamish, Gloomy, and Vampire. I also added a weekly midnight visit from the Grim Reaper! I think next I’ll add unique buffs for Aliens and Spellcasters… I just have to think of what to write for them! As always, if you have ideas on how this or any of my mods can be improved, please let me know. I’m happy to listen!

Next up, NEW MODS! Today I released two new mods. The first is a Tuning Mod that allows you to do programming tasks on a computer faster than ever before. It’s called, aptly, Faster Programming. The other new mod is a set of brand new Holiday Traditions inspired by various activities featured in the Island Living Expansion Pack (and therefore requires it as well as the Seasons Expansion Pack) and is appropriately named Island Living Holiday Traditions.

And now, FUTURE MODS! I’ve finished another set of holiday traditions which I’m about to test out and make sure they work as intended. I’m calling this set “Night Out Traditions”. I also want to make a new pack of Spa Day Traditions as the one I got from MTS was causing tuning errors in my game. I also have my first two custom events in the works! I’m testing them out right now and it’s a little hit or miss with mostly hits and a few critical misses. I’ll get them working as intended soon and be able to share with you all, promise! I’m brainstorming my first few careers now as well. Those things are so complex that I want to write them out on paper and get my thoughts straight before I start the actual programming. I did that when I first started out with traits too. I have a few really old tuning mods which have been abandoned and I’ve updated for my own game. I’ll see about sharing them with you all here on my site soon. If there’s an ancient, abandoned mod that you love and would like to see updated, tell me about it and I’ll see if it’s within the realm of what I can do.

That’s all for now as I have more work and testing to do. Until next time, take care and have fun!

Merry Christmas & Trait Updates!

First off it's Christmas Eve so Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! I hope your holidays are warm and wonderful. If not, they will be better next year because there is always hope for the future (I should know, given as many times as I've been way down and way up and back again). :) 

I just updated two of my traits to fix a broken feature. Both of these traits feature a sadness buff that triggers when you do not do the Sim's favorite activity for too long of a time. The sadness was supposed to disappear as soon as your Sim started doing the activity again but that wasn't working like it should. Now it is with this update! The Wordsmith Trait and the Green Thumb Trait have both been updated accordingly. 

That'll be it for updates for a few days. I'm taking tomorrow and the next day off to spend with the family and just to goof off for a while. I'll be back next week with more new mods and I've got some ideas of features I might add to some of my lot traits. I also want to get back into creating custom content again. See you later and have a safe, happy holiday!

Updates & New Mods

First off, I updated the Ultimate Homemaker Aspiration to fix a broken aspiration goal. I'm so sorry about that. I don't know how it slipped past me! It's all fixed now. I played through the whole thing again last night just to be sure that each goal now works as it should and that each one gives aspiration points. :) 

New Mods Today! Both are tuning mods to enhance your game a bit. The first is Faster Holiday Tree Decorating so that decorating the tree from the Seasons EP no longer takes countless hours. Now your Sims can decorate in only a 1/4 of the time it took before! The second is No More Wilting Flower Arrangements so the flower arrangements you spend so much time creating will stay beautiful forever and will no longer wilt and die. I like it that way. 

I noticed a problem with the Wordsmith Trait while I was playing with it and I'm working on a fix for it right now. (The Writer's Block sad buff doesn't go away when you start writing again like it should.) I want to test out my fix a bit more before posting it but expect that to be uploaded later today or maybe even tomorrow. I just realized if that problem exists with that trait, a similar problem is probably in the Green Thumb Trait too so I'll go look and see. These traits and mods like them become so intricate that it's impossible to test out each and every aspect without MANY MANY HOURS of playing the game without shortcuts... and I don't always have the patience for it. LOL I'm trying to learn patience but I don't have the patience for that either. ;) 

Two New Mods Today!

A quick note to let you know I have released TWO new mods today! One is my first aspiration which I mentioned before called Ultimate Homemaker and can be found by clicking here. The other is a brand new lot trait for residential lots called Haunted House and can be found by clicking here. Please let me know what you think of the new mods and if you have any suggestions for improvements. I'm always willing to listen. :) Thanks and have a wonderful holiday week!

NEW! Holiday Traditions from Simularity!

I just created and finished testing my first set of holiday traditions! You need the Seasons Expansion Pack to use holiday traditions and for this particular set you will also need the new Snowy Escape Expansion Pack. Read on to find out why!

My first set of brand new holiday traditions for the Sims 4! These traditions can be selected when you create a new holiday in your Sim’s calendar. You can select up to five traditions per holiday. These particular five traditions available here were all inspired by the activities available in the Snowy Escape EP. They are especially loved by Outdoorsy, Active, and Adventurous Sims. I wanted to add hiking as well but was unable to get that tradition working properly. These five will have to do for now. If you have suggestions for more, let me know. You will need both the Snowy Escape EP and the Seasons EP to be able to use these holiday traditions!

Here are the included traditions:

• Go Skiing
• Go Sledding
• Enjoy Hot Springs
• Go Rock Climbing
• Go Snowboarding

PACKS REQUIRED:

Seasons EP & Snowy Escape EP

GAME VERSION:

1.69

MOD VERSION:

1.0

Download:

Download Latest Version @ Simularity!

All Trait Mods Updated!

I updated all FIVE of my Trait Mods to fix the various tuning errors that had been woven into them even after I updated them for patch 1.69. Now none of my traits should throw any errors in your game! YAY!!! I also added new features to a few of the traits! For the Homemaker Trait, I added two new buffs: one for when cleaning house and one for when with their spouse. Hey, that rhymes! LOL I also updated the away from home buff so that if the Sim is away from home BUT with their family, they will not feel bad about being away from home. All of these features were suggested by fans and patrons. Thank you ever so much!! I also updated the Wordsmith Trait so that the "lost in a book" buff is now random rather than activating every time your Sim picks up a book. I think this is a better way to go about it as the "every time they pick up a book" was getting annoying in the game I'm now playing. I also added "Lazy" as a conflicting trait to the Green Thumb Trait as that seemed appropriate. That's all for now. As always, if you have any suggestions on how any of my traits or mods could be improved, or have any idea for a new mod, let me know! 

Eat & Drink Faster Mod FIXED

I'm so sorry for the mod not working as expected after I updated it yesterday. Several aspects of the coding had changed during the various patches since I created the mod and it was somewhat overwhelming for me. It's fixed now and I've tested it thoroughly. Sims should now eat their food in under 30 Sims minutes for a normal meal and all meals and drinks should be eaten/drank in about half the time. :) Please re-re-download the updated mod. I updated the mod just now on all three download servers so you can choose whichever. Just make sure it says it was updated December 12, 2020! Here's the direct link: Eat & Drink Faster + Prefer Tables 

Lot Traits Now Updated!!

I finally managed to fix and test out all three of my lot traits! They work again! Please redownload them and update your mods. Thanks and enjoy! Here's a direct link to the: Lot Traits.

Mod Updates!

I've been working all night and morning getting my mods up to date for the latest patch. All of the personality Traits mods have been updated. Those are the Homemaker Trait, Green Thumb Trait,  Wordsmith Trait, Agoraphobia Trait, and Bipolar Trait. Also, most of my Tuning Mods have either been updated or did not need updating. The one that needed updating the most was the Eat & Drink Faster + Prefer Tables Mod. I still need to update the Energy Drinks mod but other than that, the other mods did not need updating. As for the Lot Traits, I'm still working on those. Maxis did something that broke them and I haven't been able to figure out what that was or how to fix them yet. I'm working on it and trying to ask for help as well. For now, I don't think any of them work. :( Sorry!

That's all for now. I have much more work to do!

Mod Updates Coming Soon!

I'm currently working on updating ALL of my mods for the current Sims 4 patch! I'm not sure how long it will take as the lot traits are giving me quite the headache but I hope to have at least some of them updated and uploaded in the coming days. Please stay tuned to the main Simularity.cc website for more information! Thank you for your support!

Bridal Gowns Set 1

What’s the most difficult part of any Sims 4 wedding event? Finding the right wedding dress for the bride(s) of course! Just like in real life, I’d assume. I found a distinct lack of wedding dresses that I actually like and I don’t like using the same three or so dresses every single time my Sims get married so… I made some new ones! Using the beautiful meshes by Sifix of The Sims Resource as my canvas, I have created these bridal gowns with the finest silks, laces, and other traditional fabrics. I hope you will enjoy these gowns as much as I enjoyed creating them for you. (Don’t forget to download the necessary mesh for each gown from Sifix & TSR! The link for the needed mesh will be near the bottom of this post.)

This particular bridal gown design is for the Alexis Gown mesh and is available in six very subtle colors in case traditional white isn’t your cup of tea. The heart shaped bodice is made of decorated silk and is trimmed with delicate lace and surrounded by lace panels to show just a hint of skin. The skirt is also made up of decorated silk with a train in the back trimmed with the same delicate lace as the bodice with an opaque lace train. You can see a closeup of the back plus all the additional subtle colors in the image gallery of this post.

PACKS REQUIRED:

Base Game

MESH REQUIRED:

Alexis Gown Mesh

CC TYPE:

Clothing Recolors

COLOR SWATCHES:

Six

FILE SIZE:

4.12 Mb

Want to request Custom Content?

 If you would like to request new custom content, please use this form to do so. It streamlines things for me and makes sure I get all the information that I need. It's also easier to keep track of form responses than emails which often get lost in the inbox. Thank you! 

Want to request a custom Mod?

If you would like to request a custom mod, please use this form to do so. It streamlines things for me and makes sure I get all the information that I need. It's also easier to keep track of form responses than emails which often get lost in the inbox. Thank you!

Merfolk Cove Lot Trait

Do you have Island Living but can’t find any mermaids anywhere in Sulani? It’s because they’re hiding from you! Well, they don’t hide from you in a Merfolk Cove! Just set any beach in Sulani or elsewhere with this Merfolk Cove lot trait and the merfolk will gather in droves… and you’ll see them in their full mer-glory! Not only that, but once you visit a Merfolk Cove, the merfolk will learn to trust your Sim and they will be able to see the merfolk anywhere from there on. Pretty cool, huh? 

Here are the features currently included in this trait mod:

• Every four hours throughout the day, five or more merfolk will appear on the beach and probably start swimming around or come talk to your Sim.
• Most Sims will receive the same buff upon entering the cove except Sims who are merfolk themselves for whom there is an alternate buff.
• When the merfolk appear, there will be new buffs for all Sims.
• After visiting a Merfolk Cove, your Sim becomes trusted by all the merfolk and will from now on see all mermaids in their natural mer-forms in the ocean. 

Here are some of the mood buffs you can expect with this trait mod:

A Special Beach (Happy +1) – This beach cove is so beautiful but there’s also something very special about it. I just can’t figure out what is is exactly…

Home Away from Home (Happy +2) – This beach cove feels like a home away from home and it’s filled with fellow merfolk! I fit right in!

Thar Be Merfolk Here! (Happy +2) – I can hardly believe my eyes! There are mermen and mermaids swimming all throughout the cove! This beach is a magical place indeed!

Amongst My People (Playful +2) – I see so many of my people here! Time to have some fun in the sun and play in the waters!

Merfolk Woke (Happy +1) – I have a strange feeling that after having seen the merfolk at that cove, that merfolk everywhere will now reveal their hidden selves to me.

CURRENT VERSION:

v1.0 – This is the first release of this lot trait mod. If you have any suggestions on how it could be improved, please feel free to contact me and let me know. Thank you!

HOW TO USE:

To use this trait you will need to go into Build Mode on a Beach Venue lot. This lot trait will only work on Beaches! (The merfolk need a place to swim, okay?) Once in Build Mode, go to Lot Traits and select “Merfolk Cove” lot trait as shown in the preview screenshot image at the top of this post. That’s it! Now visit the lot and watch the merfolk swim in the lovely Sulani waters!

CONFLICTS: 

None that I know of.

SPECIAL THANKS:

I created this lot trait mod using the Mod Constructor v4 by Zerbu. I also utilized Sims 4 Studio for several edits so thank you to the team behind that program as well. Thank you to MizoreYukii of the Creator Musings Discord channel for helping me figure out the venue restrictions on all my lot traits!

PACKS REQUIRED:

Island Living EP

GAME VERSION:

v1.65

MOD VERSION:

v1.0

Jeweled Mermaid Tails

 My esthetic for the Sims lies somewhere in between alpha and Maxis match. That is exemplified in these mermaid tails for the mermaids of Island Living EP. I created a set of jewel toned textures for the female mermaid tails that is not quite alpha and not quite MM. I seem to have found some sort of goldilocks zone between the two. 

These mermaid tails come in five basic jewel tone colors; teal, blue, purple, red, and gold. See the image gallery of this post for more preview images of the tails. The static previews don’t really do the tails justice. Each tail has a soft metallic shine that’s hard to see in the previews but looks beautiful when the mermaids are swimming. 

Let me know if you like these in the comments. If these prove popular, I will create more including tails for the mermen!  

Packs Required:

Island Living EP

Mesh Required:

No

Color Swatches:

Five

CC Type:

Mermaid Tails

Vintage T-Shirts Set 2

 After creating my Vintage T-Shirts Set 1, I decided to try creating more vintage shirt sets but this time I would do so by painting my own series of pop culture logos in Simlish. Why in Simlish and not English? As I said before; It has always irked me to see English or other real-world languages used in logos on clothing in the Sims. It just seems so out of place there. The Sims have their own language, thank you very much, and it’s called Simlish. If you want to put words on Sim’s clothes, use Simlish!!

So what did I do? I took real logos from real bands and other pop culture icons then used a series of Simlish fonts by Franzilla over at MtS to replace the text on the logos. I then painted over the text to make it match more closely to the original logo fonts while adding other details along the way or fixing the logos as needed. After that, it was a matter of creating a “vintage” effect when adding the new Simlish logo to the shirt fabrics. I then added the new vintage shirt textures to the wonderful t-shirt meshes for men and woman by Darte77 (meshes are required and can be downloaded below). Each shirt design is available for both men and woman. Check out all of the images attached to this post for a preview of each design.

There are more vintage logo shirts that I want to create so be prepared to see a Set 3 and maybe even a Set 4

*All logos are of course the property of their original trademark and copyright owners. No infringement is intended. These shirts are being distributed as fan art and according to the guidelines set down by Electronic Arts for Sims custom content. Please don’t sue me. 

MESH REQUIRED:

Female Shirt Mesh Here

Male Shirt Mesh Here

Hailee's Makeup Set

Hailee’s Makeup Set is a set of stylized goth harlequin makeups that I painted about five years ago for a high-res model that I named Hailee who to this day is one of my favorites that I ever created. I recently started working on converting her unique makeups and tattoos for use in the Sims 4. This post contains her makeups.

This set contains three parts: one face paint with ten swatches, one brow with three swatches, and one blush with five swatches. The face paint is the main course of this set. It contains the eyeshadow, lipstick, and all the main decorative elements of the makeup. The brow contains the decorative/stylized brow in two styles; one is straight black while the other blends in a bit more with skin tone. The third brow is completely transparent for when you don’t want your Hailee to have any brows at all. As for the blush, it contains three shades of pale white in three intensities (use the lightest intensity for light skin tones, medium for medium skin tones, and the highest intensity for dark skin tones) and then two bonus blushes that are “pale dirty” for an extra dynamic “gothy” look to the makeups. 

All three parts include custom thumbnails and have been disabled for random townies. Don’t forget to use the blush when using the face paints, they just don’t look right with out it! Be sure to check out the other images in this post to see all the various makeup presets and some of their combinations.

NOTES: 

Keep in mind that some makeups will look different depending on your Sim’s facial structure and skin tone! If there’s enough requests for it, I may share my Hailee Sim (the one shown in the previews) so you can experience the makeups as they were intended to be seen. Just let me know.

Welcome to my Patreon!

I mainly set this up in the hopes this could help offset some of my costs for creating my mods and custom content. (Buying the newest Sims packs, upgrading Photoshop, buying a new drawing tablet, renewing my website domain, etc.) I hope you will consider becoming a patron if you enjoy my mods and custom content so that I can continue creating them. I truly enjoy creating and sharing this stuff so I hope you will consider becoming a patron. If you have suggestions on benefits I can add to the tiers to improve them, please let me know! Thank you. :)