Tomorrows release of the Animated Steelpecker will be a bit later then normally and only on YouTube in the beginning. It will be released at 6pm CET.
All other promotional posts on Twitter, Tumblr, S4S and the official TS4 forum will be posted later that evening. This also counts for the ModTheSims upload as I won't be home for the rest of the day and a large part of tomorrow.
So be sure to check YouTube tomorrow if you want this mod as fast as possible!
2021-07-01 10:39:39 +0000 UTC
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As my poll about adding 'Bakie' in front of the object's name has a clear winner (from the 103 people voting, 97% said yes to adding Bakie), I've already added it to the Steelpecker object too. As the video has already been made though, you won't see it in tomorrows video. When placed in game, you will see it as above.
Besides adding the tag to the object's name, I've also added an extra line of text to the description in which I mention about the search tag.
This doesn't mean the...
2021-07-01 10:07:40 +0000 UTC
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For the thumbnail of the Steelpecker I decided to use the same scene as I did for the cowplant as they're great to combine with each other and also shows the ability to place the steelpecker into the skulls deco slot.
In the video I also use both this scene as well as another one on the same lot.
2021-06-29 13:56:39 +0000 UTC
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Just to confirm that I will release the Steelpecker mod this week. As for making the video, I've already recorded both the voice-over as the video and screenshot footage, so I will soon start with editing the video itself after I made the thumbnail. Probably will be sharing that one later today too.
Although I don't have much time this week to already start a new project, I can already share then I'm planning to do some more animal vfx. As for the Star Wars game pack, I already unlocked...
2021-06-29 07:32:22 +0000 UTC
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Hello all,
I've been asked by someone on YouTube to add 'Bakie' to all my future content so if you want to search for my mods only, you can simply type Bakie into the search bar too.
Right now most of my mods can be found by typing 'Animated' into the search bar, but as I made some other objects too, these will then not show up.
So my question to you is, should I add 'Bakie' in front of my future object's names?
As for this week's release, in game it would then become: Ba...
2021-06-29 07:21:24 +0000 UTC
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I've updated the steelpicker to be able to be placed into deco slots, so you can place it on top of the cowplant skull for example. Just like in the screenshot, the deco slots on the nose fits quite good as well as the one on it's forehead. Don't place them at the same time though, as they will go straight through each other.
You can also see what happens if a Sim gets to close to the steelpecker. It will then recieve an uncomfortable mood for as long as it stays within a certain area n...
2021-06-24 14:13:45 +0000 UTC
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Hello all,
In this post info about my next project for which you may already guess what it will be looking at the screenshot above. :)
When I was thinking about what to include in the cowplant skull video last week, I came with the idea of the example scene with birds on top of the skull. Now in the video the birds were blue jays and crows, which fit perfectly fine of course. But it would have been better with something like a vulture. As there're no real vulture vfx in game or at...
2021-06-22 14:16:42 +0000 UTC
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Animated - Cowplantskull + Eagle
For everyone who wants a cow in game! Though a dead one and only it's head...
There's also an eagle though and the possibility to view both the eagle as the skull and make photos of it for in your Sim's home.
For more info and tips and tricks, take a look at the video.
--CLICK HERE FOR THE VIDEO--
Also perfect for your Western-Sims!
2021-06-18 14:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Hello all,
You're used to the fact that I'm sharing updates about my mods like every other day and I really enjoy doing this. But as I'm quite busy with other things at the moment, I'm going to share these updates less often, more like 2x a week.
Making mods and seeing how much everybody loves them, still gives me a lot of positive energy, so this doesn't mean I will quit making mods at all. I just think it's important for all of you to know why there will be less activity here on...
2021-06-16 13:25:41 +0000 UTC
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I'v decided to add some deco slots to the cowplant skull too, so birds can sit on top of it.
The iguana on the ground could be placed as this object doesn't mind other objects straight through it. I've also done this so it can be placed in between grass for example.
2021-06-15 08:45:09 +0000 UTC
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I've decided that all my patrons should be able to download this Complete Farming-Pond Mod Pack as I'm happy with all of you and I don't do these kinds of things that often.
So if you haven't downloaded the mods shared in THIS post before, but you do want to have them. Or you don't have them all, but don't want to go through all videos to download them, then this is the most ...
2021-06-13 12:37:06 +0000 UTC
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Hello all,
Only since a couple of hours ago, I've thought about making this Former mod - Friday post. So I didn't got enough time yet to make a complete pack for if you want to download everything in just one click.
So I will try to make such a download some where this weekend.
Maybe you already got most of these items, but sometimes having the possibility to download everything in just one click is easier then having to watch all videos or at least the begin of them.
So ...
2021-06-11 15:02:49 +0000 UTC
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Because of the Cottage Living reveal from yesterday, I will re-promote some of my former Farming / Pond related mods.
Down below I've made a short description about each object and added their video link. Download links can be found in their video description.
>>>> As for my Patrons, you can all download a pack with all of them in one folder by going to THIS...
2021-06-11 14:50:20 +0000 UTC
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Although I had problems getting the disabling packs option to function properly earlier this day, I now got it to work by deleting a mod that made custom umbrellas possible (I didn't used it anyway).
So now I could finally test which interactions do work with the base game and which don't work. As far as I could discover now, all interactions work like they should except for the 'View eagle' interaction. The interaction itself does get activated, but for the animation of a Sim looking u...
2021-06-10 13:56:01 +0000 UTC
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An extra interaction I thought would fit this object too, is the option to sell the skull to an oddity collector as a cowplant skull isn't something you find every day. If you have the Get Famous Expansion too, this will also give you a bit of fame just as with the specters in jars.
2021-06-10 13:32:30 +0000 UTC
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Something already mentioned in yesterday's post, a new take photo interaction for the cowplant skull. Instead of having a take-photo animation, like with my Onibi mod, this time you can make the photo yourself!
After clicking the skull, click the entertainment option followed by the 'Take photo of cowplant skull' option [Image 1].
The direction your Sim is facing in, will be the direction of the photo [Image 1 Sim].
You will then get the possibility to frame your ...
2021-06-09 13:13:08 +0000 UTC
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View cowlant skull
Although I mentioned in my former post that I probably wouldn't add a buff to the "view cowplant skull" interaction, I've decided that I would!
I've went for an "inspired" buff lasting for 3 hours. The reason I did, is because just viewing a skull without it actually doing something isn't that fun. Besides that, having the inspired mood helps a tiny bit while doing another new interation: Taking a photo of the skull.
Take Photo of the sk...
2021-06-08 17:48:57 +0000 UTC
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I normally don't do any Sims related stuff in the weekends, but as there was a electricity outage yesterday for a couple of hours I couldn't share the sneak peek I was planning to share.
First of all, I've added the skull to a Stranger Ville lot as I think it fits a lot better in there then it was on the green lot in Willow Creek.
View Eagle interaction
So here is the 'view eagle' interaction sneak peek.
The first image shows that your Sim doesn't necessari...
2021-06-05 18:00:47 +0000 UTC
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Eagle VFX
So the first thing has already been added, which is the visual effect of an eagle flying around. Just as with the Bone fish mod, this eagle effect will disappear after 6pm and won't appear again unless you replace the current object with a new one. There might be a change that the eagle appears automaticaly after some in-game time, but I haven't seen it happen yet. Normally this effect can be seen when visiting the vacational world of Granite Falls, it then flies...
2021-06-02 13:31:10 +0000 UTC
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For this new project idea, I didn't even looked at my to-do-list or ideas screenshots and lists. As before I was going to do that, I've took a look at all new comments on MTS, YouTube, Twitter Tumblr etc. to see if there were any problems with any of my mods and to just read and answer everything.
Then it was a comment on YouTube from someone who asked me about making a cowplant-that-doesn't-die mod, when this new idea popped up while looking at the cowplant object. I'm not going to mak...
2021-06-01 11:45:10 +0000 UTC
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As for my next project, I'm going to do something different then the Onibi in Jars as I've seen enough Onibi/Specters/Jars lately. So I'm going to take another look at my ideas/to-do-lists to hopefully come up with something new.
These can be things as unlocked and/or recolored and/or slotted objects, animated animals, animated other things or maybe even updating mods if needed as I haven't updated my game yet.
I might also already start a few different mod ideas to see if they're...
2021-05-31 08:25:58 +0000 UTC
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Animated - Specters in jars
Searching for an easier way to get all specters in jars and a bonus one too?
You're search is over, unless you don't want mine..
For more info and tips and tricks, take a look at the video.
--CLICK HERE FOR THE VIDEO--
Nothing as safe, as a locked-up specter!
2021-05-28 14:45:31 +0000 UTC
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As this week was mainly about making the video, there were not much things to show this week. So I hope that for this week, the sneak peek of the thumbnail is enough as I don't have any other interesting screenshots or videos.
The house in which this screenshot as well as the videos for the final video were taken, is the house that came with the Paranormal Stuff pack. The final video itself won't be very long either as there's simply not that much to talk about. It's mostly unlocked obj...
2021-05-27 10:06:52 +0000 UTC
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Back from my holiday, so I can go work on making and releasing mods again.
For this week I hope to be able to release the Specter in jar mods. Good thing about it, is that the mods theirselfs were already finished before I started working on the placeable specters mod. So only making a video should in theory be possible I guess.
After that is done and I have some spare time, I will start to work on the next project.
About that next project, my idea was to make another creature cap...
2021-05-24 11:00:32 +0000 UTC
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Hello all,
As I will be gone for a few days the upcoming week, there will be no new posts.
I gues the first new one will be next weekend or the monday after.
So that will also be the week the Specters in Jars will be released.
It's also then when I will think about what my next project will be. Possibly some placeable vfx again from the never-ending to-do-list...
So will speak to you all after my holiday!
2021-05-15 14:08:51 +0000 UTC
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Animated - Placeable Creatures - Specters
Want to have specters, but don't want to use the haunted house lot type?
These can be placed everywhere you want to!
For more info and tips and tricks, take a look at the video.
--CLICK HERE FOR THE VIDEO--
Now go spawn Specters everywhere!
2021-05-14 15:17:10 +0000 UTC
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Hello!
I'm not sure if I shared this before, but beside repeat placement, I've also added the ability for the specters to be placed onto the water surface of fountains, pools and oceans.
When the fly close to the border of fountains and pools you can still interact with them. You can't interact with them if your Sim is swimming in the water and the specters fly above them for example.
For the ocean counts the same, though here Sims need to stand near the ocean's slope to be ...
2021-05-12 14:25:25 +0000 UTC
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I have the feeling not uploading a mod for so long doesn't do any good to my creativity. This is the best I could do after a few hours :(
I started with a few daylight screenshots, but I think it looks better at night. Or at least for the thumbnail it does. I was also having trouble using the right amount of specters. Too many looked too crowded, but you shouldn't need to search for them either..
Also recording the voice over didn't go that smooth as before. 8 minutes of recording fo...
2021-05-11 09:54:43 +0000 UTC
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Besides just hanging in the air like on the former image with all 4 next to each other, they also become active at some point. This idle form can be seen on the first image. You will only see them this way after you just placed them.
To make them active, you can do two things. The first thing is to just wait for them to become active, this takes approximately 45 in-game minutes. The second thing is by interacting with them. Just like the default specters, four different interactions can...
2021-05-07 12:16:43 +0000 UTC
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THIS is what I think people will find even more interesting! So instead of the specters in jars, you will first get a Placeable Specters mod and only after it's been release, I will release the specters in jars. Which also sounds more logical I think...
So, in the above image you can see all four specters which can be placed onto your lot. This time the yellow specter does has his glasses on by the way. :)
Important fact, this lot doesn't has to be a Haunted House lot type. You c...
2021-05-07 12:06:45 +0000 UTC
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