The birch on the left is an unlocked tree. The right one is a recolor I made myself using another white birch texture which is already in game. As here in my country we mainly see the white birches, I just had to make this second swatch too.
2023-08-24 19:20:39 +0000 UTC View Post
In the next couple of posts, I will be showing you a few unlocked plants and trees I'm working on right now. In the above images you see the Aloë Vera which can be found in Chestnut Ridge, but isn't available in Build mode.
On the second image you see the Agave plants on the left, which look the most like the Aloë Vera and came with the Jungle Adventures Game Pack. These plants are already available in build mod. I like the look of the Aloë Vera more though. :)
As you may have noticed I haven't posted any updates on the WIP of unlocking the plants and trees from the Horse Ranch EP. The main reason is because as always, it's more work then I expected it to be. Unlocking them is quite simple, but adding the correct tags and fixing footprints isn't as easy as I wanted it to be. Besides that, I also like to add more recolors when needed and make them to be placeable near other objects without having to use the MOO cheat.
Besides the flowering shru...
2023-08-20 15:28:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
There were a lot of people asking for more Fish Packs after my first pack containing 12 Base Game fish. The thing with the first pack though, was that although the fish came from the Base Game, you still needed the Get Famous pack as I used tuning from that pack.
This time though, with the help of the wonderful RAVASHEEN, I was able to make all Base Game fish Base Game compatible. For the other fish, you will still need the packs they came from.
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I've decided that my next project will be about unlocking plants and trees which are visible in Chestnut Ridge, but can't be found in Build mode.
Besides simply unlocking them, I will also fix footprints and add recolors and deco slots for the objects I think it's useful for. I will also check if the trees or plants aren't already part of the game. I already found this is the case for a lot of the flowers that can be seen in Chestnut Ridge. These can be found as Oopsa Daisies in g...
2023-08-13 13:13:35 +0000 UTC View PostI've finally finished looking through all new vfx that came with the new Horse Ranch EP and there're a few that can be made into new placeable vfx mods, both animals as more weather-ish mods.
Something else I might want to make is an unlocked pack with either flowers, trees, statues or something else which can be found in Chestnut Ridge, but can't be found in Build/Buy mode yet. As an extra I might make additional recolors and/or add deco slots if possible.
Same counts for some bu...
2023-08-10 18:43:52 +0000 UTC View PostHello all,
Because of some things happening at work this week, I didn't had time and energy to play The Sims' new Horse Ranch pack or do other Sims related stuff. But this morning I did, and besides looking around in one of the three parts of the new world, I've also tested some new vfx.
Sadly EA recycled some of their old vfx again. For example I've found a ground lizard vfx code. The Ground lizard is exact the same one as was used in Strangerville, and for which I've already mad...
2023-08-04 12:51:28 +0000 UTC View Post
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🚨🚨🚨 The Public release of this pack will probably be in about 3 weeks. If you find anything you think isn't how it's suppose to be both in how it works as textual mistakes, please let me know. 🚨🚨🚨
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It took me some time, but I'm finally ready to share the Early Access of the ULTIMATE Fish pack with you all! :) As getting the early access ready was more work then I thought it would be, I'm going to give myself ...
2023-07-30 11:33:38 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone,
Just to let you know, I'm still planning to release the early access this month. As this month already ends next week, expect the early access to be released one of the upcoming days.
Fixed Descriptions
I've fixed the description texts of all 53 fish species and did some more tests in game. So as far as I've seen, the mods are ready to be shared with you. :)
Install Instructions + README File
What I'm figuring out now, ...
736 new VFX
I've just exported all new vfx that came with the new Horse Ranch pack, and I'll have to say that some of them look quite interesting. I also need to mention that I haven't started the game once since I've downloaded the new pack, so I still need to see if I can find some of them in the new world or test them out with help of the vfx player.
Also important to say, despite the fact that there're 736 new vfx added to the game, only 99% of those can be useful f...
Hello everyone,
I'm back from my week off, which didn't do any good for my energy level to be honest.😅 The main reason, I had to drive my girlfriend and her parents to the starting point of their "Walk of the world" each night. So each night the alarm clock rang at either 3am or 4am in the middle of the night. Then I was away from my bed for like 1,5 hour before I went to sleep again. So now I'm feeling more tired as I did before this week and I regret not taking an extra week off fr...
2023-07-23 11:36:45 +0000 UTC View PostHello all,
Just wanted to remind you that I won't be home until saturday, so there will be no new updates about the Fish Pack or about new ideas for the Horse Ranch Pack.
I think that I will buy the new pack next weekend, so that's also when you can expect new posts about either new ideas (to add to my already far too long list of ideas) or about new VFX .
I still hope we haven't seen all the new pack has to offer. Also in the latest livestream, I haven't seen any new anima...
Hello everyone,
I've finally made a video about my latest Seagull & Swallow Tailed Gulls mods I've made already a while ago.
So if you haven't downloaded those yet as you were unsure if you would like them, you can now watch my video first, to see them in motion.
More Gameplay
This video is slightly different then the videos I made about my Custom Content before, as there is a bit less info (as everything can also be found in the public Patreon posts...
Seagull Mods
No updates about the fish pack yet, as I'm working on a video about my former two mods about the more common Sims 4 seagulls and the Sulani seagulls.
I want to finish this video first before starting to work on a video about the Fish Pack. I hope to be able to edit and release the video this friday, but it's also possible it will be released later this weekend.
Fish Pack Early Access
I'm not sure yet when the Fish Pack will go ...
So I've fixed all fish to have the required data in the packages...and...IT DOESN'T WORK! So, that's great..😒: When you place them in your mods folder and you don't have the required pack, they will STILL show up in game. But then without the textures. So basically, all changes were unnecessary😅.
I will keep it this way though as it can't do any harm either.
Images
But to make clear which fish you can use if you do have the required p...
In the above image you can see how it will look when having all fish in your game catalog (This game catalog is enlarged in the game options, to better show each thumbnail).
Fixed Armored Catfish textures
Something I discovered while making the screenshot above, was that I've added the normal Catfish texture, to both the floor decal as the game catalog of the Armored Catfish. This has now been fixed.
Pack Requirements still need to be added
2023-07-01 12:58:51 +0000 UTC
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I was already afraid that this would happen. Even though the fish floor decals are now placeable and working with only having the Base Game installed, the textures from the fish that came with additional packs are missing.
This doesn't mean I did this all for nothing. First of all, the first pack of fish which I've released in 2019, all came from the Base Game. Back then you still needed the Get Famous EP to make the fish to appear though, because of the tuning I used back then.
I've been working on the last batch of fish species from the Island Living and Werewolves packs and above you see the result of that.
I think everything works as it should, but I still want to make a few sneak peeks of all fish together and test if everything works with only having the Base Game or that you will still need the packs where the fish came from. Sometimes this is still needed as the textures from the vfx are included in the packs itself. So without, you will probably see fi...
2023-06-28 15:19:37 +0000 UTC View PostHello all,
For the people not knowing, The Sims has just released it's trailer for the new Horse Ranch EP, which will be released at the 20th of july.
I've took a close look at it and these are the things that for now caught my eye.
Horses
First of all, horses! As these can be made in CAS just like cats and dogs, I suppose we will get a lot of breeds already, but being ...
Hello everyone,
I don't have time to work on the last bunch of fishes that will be available in my upcoming Fish pack, but I can already share the names of them.
From the Island Living EP, the following 13 fish will be added:
Golden Mahimani, Princess Parrot Fish, Swordfish. Celestrial Grouper, Coral Leopard Shark, Rainbow Butterfly fish, Fighting Plakat, Neon Angel, Royal Saber fish, Bluefin Tuna, Coral Scorpion, Clown fish and the Green Dragon Plakat.
F...
2023-06-21 10:31:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Another sneak peek of my game catalog with all fishes I've added to the pack until now (38!).
After doing some small fixes, next week I will start on the last batch of fish from Island Living and Werewolves.
I just noticed a small problem with the red and blue crawdads. When spawning a baby version of those, it turns out they are exact the same size as the adult ones, but hovering a bit in mid-air.
To be clear, all baby fish are the small fishbowl versions of the fish. The adult versions are the ones you normally put in the bigger aquaria.
So as the single baby fish uses the same spawn-point as the single adult fish, I can't lower it's spawn-point. On the other hand, as in case of the...
2023-06-16 14:03:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Something I haven't really showed, is a good look at the floor decals. So that's what you see on the first image. Though now I think about it, it would have been better to switch the vfx off as this is also an option 😅.
In the second image the fish itself after activating the "Spawn 1 fish" option.
These are the first batch of fishes that came with the following packs:
Outdoor Retreat, Spa Day, Get Together, Vampires & Jungle Adventures.
Remember that when you wa...
2023-06-16 13:51:18 +0000 UTC View PostI've just shared a post containing the additional Base Game Fish I've now finished.
But there're far more fishes that still need to be made.
Today I've worked and still am working on adding more fish species from other packs too. Sneak Peeks will follow soon, but here's already a list of the fish I'm working on right now
Outdoor Retreat Fish Species:
Crawdad Blue, Crawdad red, Yellow Perch, Lion Fish and Walleye.
Spa Day Fish Species:
2023-06-14 14:00:38 +0000 UTC
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I've already shared the game catalog images last week, but haven't showed the animated fish and floor decals in game yet as they weren't fully tested yet.
But instead of only showing you the default 3 fish spawning from a fish floor decal, I thought that showing just the single fish option might makes the fish itself more visible. Of course these fish are exactly the same as the ones in game, but maybe you've never seen some of them before.
I did include an image of the default 3...
2023-06-14 13:47:22 +0000 UTC View Post
I've worked on adding more fish to the fish pack and despite they're not fully tested yet, I wanted to already share with you that I'm almost finished making versions for each Base Game fish, which are 25 fish species in total.
So besides the ones I already made for my first Fish Pack, these are the 13 new ones I've finished/ I'm working on right now:
Kissing Gourami, Koi, Minnow, Perch, Pirahna, Rainbowfish, Red Tail Shark, Salmon, Sturgeon, Tetra, Tilapia, Treefish and Trout.
Hello everyone,
Normally I download ClaudiaSharon's CC Wrench Mod, but as her's isn't updated yet for the latest patch, I've made my own version.
Be aware that this only removes the Wrench icon in Buy / Build Mode and not everywhere in game (So not in CAS or the gallery possibly), simply because I barely visit those places in game😅.
She wil...
2023-06-07 14:06:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Something I already planned to do for a long time, was creating Patreon Tier Images to make everything to look a bit better visually on my membership page.
Now as you are already my patrons, it doesn't really matter, but I hope this will give potential new patrons an extra push by seeing what can be done with my mods in game.
In this case they also match very well with my banner, but I might make some other ones in the future too, so I can switch them occasionally.
2023-06-07 08:04:48 +0000 UTC View PostHello all,
A small update on the fish pack. First of all, most of the time I make a post like this one, there're problems. Not this time though. :)
Short holiday
Just to let you know, I was out of town for a couple of days enjoying a bit of nature with small waterfalls and birds everywhere, so haven't worked on the pack the past week.
New Fish Species
I did work on it before my short holiday though, and I've made the following 4 new f...
🚨🚨🚨 Public release will be whenever I've finished the full pack of fish which can now be found in game. 🚨🚨🚨
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So for the people that do not have the Get Famous pack, you can now also enjoy the "Animated Fish Pack 1" which I've made in the past.
The eventual mod pack will contain every single fish species found in the game until now. Whenever this pack is ready, you can delete the file uploaded here in your mods folde...
2023-05-23 10:05:32 +0000 UTC View Post