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Only just bought Snowy Escape EP

Hi all,

I wanted to let you know that I just bought Snowy Escape, so I can't say anything about new modding ideas yet, as I haven't even opened it in-game. What I did do already, is taking a look at the new effects codes for a short while and it seems there're 975 new VFX added with this new pack.

Now most of them can't be used for new placeable objects as they're made for certain game objects or interactions, but there might be a few which can be used for future animated mods as ...

Apologies for late post on Patreon

For some reason I thought it was the 12th of november today, so I've sheduled my posts on YouTube, Patreon and Tumbrl one day too late today😒

I've just published all of these posts. For some reason links on twitter and The Sims 4 Studio forum, which I posted this afternoon, still could play the video despite it not being published yet.. Probably people with the right link could already watch it I guess. Maybe that's something to try for my next video, so you will get some sort of ear...

New Mod / Video!

Animated - Small Waterfall
My second animated waterfall! This time a lot smaller so better useable on small lots too and in more different ways. Again two versions, one terrain only and one for both on terrain as on the water surface. The terrain only version also has multiple interactions attached to it. For more info and tips and tricks, take a look at the video.

--CLICK HERE FOR THE VIDEO--  ...

Sneak Peek Image - Small Custom Waterfall - Video scenes

I wanted to post this screenshot yesterday but forgot about it. Anyway, in the screenshot above you see 3 of the 5 example scenes I made for my video which going to be released TODAY at 16pm!

So if you want to see them from the front and in motion, be sure to watch my video about the Small Waterfall later today.

Sneak Peek Images - Small Custom Waterfall - Catalog thumbnails

I've finished both versions of the small waterfall and made the two scenes above for their catalog thumbnails. So besides giving the Terrain-Only with interactions version a green border and the Terrain & Water surface without interactions version a blue colored border in build's mode catalog, I've also made the thumbnails tell more about which version it is.

This means for the Terrain-only with interactions a showering Sim underneath a waterfall placed on terrain and for the one wi...

Sneak Peek Images - Small Custom Waterfall - Interactions

A new bigger update on the waterfall, I've added some interactions!
As can be seen on the images, I've added 3 (or actually 4) interactions to this small custom waterfall. Just like with the bigger waterfall I made before, Sims can shower in swimwear, shower nude and play (solo) underneath the waterfall. The fourth not visible interaction on these images, is the gather water interaction which only appears on Off-the-grid lots.

This time though, the gather water interaction, is only c...

Tiny Sneak Peek Image - Small Custom Waterfall + VFX-Tool test

Hello everybody,

Only a small barely seen-able update today of some splashing water effects I've added to the bottom of the waterfall. I've tried to capture it in a screenshot, but I'm not even sure it's visible on the first image. You do see a change when in motion.

Besides the splashing part I didn't do much more on the waterfall as I wanted to work on something else for a bit. So I've tried to make some custom effects with the VFX-Tool. At one point I did made a nice more vibra...

New-Objects bug fixed

Hi all,

Something I haven't shared before, but which you might saw in my videos or even maybe in your own game. I had this bug that for some of my decoration categories, the new 'golden color' for new items wouldn't go away. In my case it was in the kids toys categories.

Now I just found out by reading some twitter posts about a same kind of bug with the floors (which I also have), that the deco bug was something others had too. One of them also found the solution for it.
In th...

Sneak Peek Images - Small Custom Waterfall

It took me some time to find something useful to make a new waterfall. The thing is, most waterfall effects are not centered but hang some where up in the air. Besides that, a lot of them are waterfalls made out of multiple waterfalls on different levels which are not separated in the effect itself, which makes them not useful for a custom waterfall either.

The custom waterfall on the sneak peek images above is made out of multiple effects. There fore this waterfall can't be found some ...

Next Project!

Hello everyone,

First of all some words about the new upcoming EP: Snowy Escape.
I've watched the gameplay stream about it and think that this will be one of the most beautiful worlds of The Sims. I also think there will be some nice modding possibilities, but can't say that for sure without playing it. As for effects, I haven't seen that much interesting ones except from some spirits and snow falling and of course the koi fish, which I already made placeable myself ages ago. So I wi...

New Mod / Video!

Animated - Fire Breathing Gargoyle
For this year's Halloween I decided to make a Fire Breathing Gargoyle!
For more info and tips and tricks, take a look at the video.

--CLICK HERE FOR THE VIDEO--  

I hope you can use it to make your Halloween lots more creepy!

Sneak Peek Image - Fire Breathing Gargoyle - Thumbnail

It took me quite a while to make this thumbnail, because I wasn't happy with it for some time. I wasn't sure about which time of day to use. At night would be more Halloween-ish, but was too dark maybe. Day-time was too bright and evening too orange or something, so I ended with using an early morning screenshot of the scene.

Also the lower part took me quite some time. I wanted to make something more special for Halloween. I tried to make some sort of text which looks to be on fire, bu...

Sneak Peek Image - Video Outro Scene

The scene I made for the outro of the video. Other mods visible here are my Simblreen'17 Bat Cave and Gravestones, my Placeable Crows, the Denizen Pond Revamped, the Unlocked Pinetree pack and my CAS Dynamic Light Pumpkin Hoodie. 

If some of these mods are new for you, here are their video links:
Animated - Simblreen'17 - Bat Cave
Animated - Si...

Extra small addition for the gargoyle

While writing the voice-over and making some example scenes in the game, I thought about the idea to add the possibility to make the gargoyles placeable in fountain too. This way making halloween-ish fountains will be more easy.

As Sims don't have to be near a statue to activate the fire breath, this will also work when placed inside fountains. :)

Later today I will also share the final thumbnail and a screenshot of the outro scene of the video.

Sneak Peek Image - Fire Breathing Gargoyle - Pets

I've made it possible for pets to fear the statue both when the fire breath is activated as deactivated. When activated, they will also be able to become obsessed by the fire and will investigate it.

As the object is now finished, I'm going to start with writing the voice-over and make the needed screenshots and videos for the video. This means the object will be released right in time before Halloween 👻, upcoming friday!

Sneak Peek Images - Fire Breathing Gargoyle - Snow melt

Another update on the fire breathing gargoyle and this time about the snow melting around it when the fire breath is activated.

The first image shows the radius in which snow pals, snow angels and snow drifts will melt away. The total radius is 5, so that means it's like 2,5 tiles around the object's footprint.
Looking at the first image this means that the snow pal on the far right and the snow angel on the left will not be harmed by the fire.

The secod image is the same as th...

Sneak Peek Image - Fire Breathing Gargoyle - Warm themselves

When the fire is activated, an extra interaction will appear when clicking the statue.
This makes it possible for your Sims to warm themselves on the fire.

I've editted the 'warm Sim' interaction so they will always keep the distance that can be seen on the image when using this interaction.

The bushes next to the gargoyle have been placed there to prevent my Sim to walk straight through the fire when walking by.
The fire can't set your Sim on fire, but there's a small possi...

Sneak Peek Image - Fire Breathing Gargoyle - Warm Breath Buff

This 'Warm breath buff' will appear when the fire is activated and your Sim is near the statue. The radius in which your Sim has to be is 8, so like 4 grid tiles around the statue.

If your Sim walks out of this radius or the fire is deactivated, the buff will disappear.
The buff will make your Sim feel happy.

Sneak Peek Image - Fire Breathing Gargoyle - Fire breath + new ideas

The fire breathing Gargoyle now can actually breath fire like can be seen on the images above. To activate the fire breath, simply click the statue and click the switch on interaction.

The fire itself can't be 'seen' by your Sims, so they will walk straight through the fire when walking by. A way to solve this is by adding plants underneath and/or around the Gargoyle statue. I've added a few example screenshots too.

I'm also looking into a "warm yourself" interaction and a custom ...

Sneak Peek Image - Gargoyle pedestal placement

Small update about the gargoyle, just like the original gargoyle statue, this enlarged statue can still be placed on a pedestal. The feet will still be resting on the pedestal, though the fingers/toes will stick slightly out.

Sneak Peek Image - Gargoyle + Nose & Mouth effects

Another update on the fire breathing gargoyle, this time with effects that will always be visible. It's not that easy to see, but out of it's nose, there are small plumes of dark smoke.
The smoke out of it's mouth is better visible. 

Next step is adding the fire itself as an On/Off switch, but I need to rotate this effect too as right now it's an effect that go's up instead of forwards. I'm will also take a look at the other fireplace interactions to see if there's something els...

Sneak Peek Images - Gargoyle - Rezised + Snow mask

I've been busy with multiple things for the gargoyle, starting with resizing it, which can be seen on the first image. The left one is the original size and the right one the new.
The reason for resizing it has everything to do with the effects I'm going to add as these were a bit too large for the original size.

As I wanted to add a snow-melt broadcaster, I tested everything in the snow. Though the broadcaster didn't melt any snow, I did notice the snow layer on the gargoyle not loo...

Was my dream a vision after all?

"If it was a vision, I would say we rather get something around swimming pools with water slides OR something in the mountains. Which can be both snowy mountains as normal mountains. But I don't expect it to be a vision, but just a strange dream.."

The above was something I said yesterday morning, when there wasn't any news on the new expansion pack 😱 I still think it's a coincidence though, if it wasn't I should have go to the ...

Back from holiday!

Hello all,

I'm back from my holiday and this time I did not get ill!*Yeah*
I saw some of you wanted to decide with me what to do next and the outcome is that most of you want me to make something Halloween-ish, so that's what I will be starting to work on today.

I've also got an idea already. In game there's this gargoyle statue if you have the Vampires Game pack. I want to make it into some sort of fire breathing gargoyle. This can then be used at the entrance of your spooky ...

What to focus on next!

As my last small vacation at the beginning of this week wasn't really what we hoped it was because I became ill, we're decided to do another small vacation in our own country starting tomorrow. We will be gone for a few days again and in the meantime I thought maybe it's a nice idea to do a little poll on what to do next when I come back.

So, what would you like to be the next mod? You've got an entire week to vote and can vote on multiple things. (I hope it all works  😅 )

New Mod / Video!

Animated - Batuu - Waterfall Wide
Something I wanted to make for a very long time already, a placeable waterfall! In this case the largest waterfall that can be found in Batuu, the world that came with the Start Wars - Journey to Batuu Game Pack.
There're two version, one for on terrain only and one for both on terrain as on the water surface. The terrain only version also has multiple interactions attached to it.
For more info and tips and tricks, take a look at the...

Sneak Peek Video - Batuu Waterfall Wide

Hello Patrons!

This video is ONLY for people supporting me on Patreon, so please don't share this video link anywhere else. It's something only YOU are allowed to see.

- Animated - Batuu Waterfall - Wide -
Another short sneak peek at the waterfall. In this case it's a shot made of the waterfall placed 3 times next to each other and decorated around it. This shot will also be part of the final video.

This same kind of video will be uploaded to twitter late...

Sneak Peek Image - Outro Scenes

I've finally finished making videos and screenshots in game for the video about the placeable waterfall! The scene on the screenshot is made during the making of the video in which I also added some sort of tutorial on how to built a scene like this one.
The waterfall here, is made out of 3 objects placed next to each other.

My game didn't had crashes/freezes anymore since I removed the 'near the waterfall buff', so that's a good thing too. All interactions are still available. :) 2020-10-04 13:19:48 +0000 UTC View Post

Removed buff from waterfall mod

Hello!

I've done a few test in game and sadly it looks like my new waterfall mod made my game to freeze. When switching from build mode to live mode all UI would disappear and no matter where I clicked, there were no options for interactions as well as the option menu anymore.

So I had to quit game using the windows taskmanagement.
I've asked for help on TwistedMexi's discord channel as I got a lastUIException file each time. Someone thought it was because of the notification p...

Still working on the video

Making the video is taking longer then expected. I'm almost ready with making videos and screenshots, but I've also got several game freezes which causes things I've built to be lost.
I hope the problem is not the mod itself  😢 

I'm going to test a few things tomorrow. The strange thing is, it doesn't happen all the time.
But of course it does happen after I built a nice scene..

I'm going to stop for today though as I'm way too frustrated now to keep on working ...