Updated Decrap Store Fixes

TS3 “cannot change style” glitch: A SOLUTION

I was very happily trying jools-simming’s nice tutorial when the dreaded “cannot change style” occured. Saying that I was extremely frustrated is an understatement, but as I discovered by the usual trial-and-error method, there’s a way to fix it!

Make sure you have Nraas’ Debug Enabler installed.

In Live Mode, click on the not-recolorable counter/island/object and select Nraas > Debug Enabler > Options: [object name].

Then select Object > Reset Textures > This object.

Et voilà, you can now use CAST again and change the style of the object as you wish.

Publishing this because who knows, it could be useful to someone else experiencing the same (annoying) glitch :)

Another One

I know everybody and their wives have posted about the Inzoi Demo. And I normally don't post at all. It's been fun to mess around with... I've a lot to learn and get better at. Though I'm unsure about how well the hyper-realism works with my usual sim styles. (Apologies for the quality of pics).

#Sims3 #Inzoi

cc is included in the .package file (put in your mods folder!)

you can use them as a base or play them as they are

warning: i use a bunch of sliders and makeup skin details!

pls DO NOT claim them as your own & feel free to credit me!

i do not own any of their cc unless said otherwise ... credit to the cc creators used on these sims (rollo-rolls, enless, wundersims, pralinesims, plbsims3, pixicat, teekapoa, simsimi-sims, pauleanrsims, pinkdahlia, kotajose, sketchbookpixels, nemiga-sims-archive, s-club, pandelabs, brntwaffles, eruwen, ...)

TOU ♥ CC PAGE ♥ MY KO-FI ♥

claire | reid | adrien | paula

Ever wanted high resolution shadows in The Sims 3 and not the blocky vanilla shadows, well look no further because I have the awesome solution for you!! in 4k and 8k!! :D  !!This is for patch 1.67!! (The default Resolution is 2k)

No Performance loss either!! :D

You can DOWNLOAD it here I have also provided a read me on how to apply this shadow resolution fix for yourself just in case you have a HQ mod installed already or have a different patch installed because my mod overwrites the same file. to see the changes in game you must have your shadow setting on high. :)

The location of the file that you will want to edit/replace depending on if you have the HQ mod installed already the location of the file is…

C:/Program Files (x86)/Electronic Arts/the sims 3/game/bin    

(this may be different depending on where you installed your base game)

Hope you all enjoy!! :D

FOR HD IMAGES CLICK HERE.

Sims 3 - Resources for Storytelling & Screenshots

I am a habitual list maker, and I like to keep lists of different types of Sims 3 resources. I figured I would share!

So, here’s a list of resources, tutorials, and mods/cc that I have found to be very useful for the purposes of creating sims stories, improving my screenshots, etc.

Lighting, Screenshots & Visual Storytelling

Some great insights from various simmers for lighting, photoshoots, and visual storytelling in general:

TS3 Lighting Tutorial: Backlight Effect by @nectar-cellar

Lighting Tips for Photoshoots by nectar-cellar

Not-a-tutorial – Lighting (Basics & Outdoors) by @greenplumbboblover

Not-a-tutorial – Lighting (Basics – Indoors) by greenplumbboblover

Tips for taking screenshots by @valoisfulcanelli

Movie maker cheats guide: specific looping idles by @narisims

Not-a-tutorial – Camera shots: Part 1 by @nocturnalazure

Not-a-tutorial – Camera shots: Part 2 by nocturnalazure)

Not-a-tutorial – Dialogues: Part 1 by nocturnalazure

Not-a-tutorial – Dialogues: Part 2 by nocturnalazure

simdreams being metalinguistic about her own story thingy by @simdreams

Making Sims in TS3 by HystericalParoxysm (scroll down a few posts for interesting camera insights; for instance, I never knew you could save camera positions!)

Mods & CC

Some specific mods and cc that I think are particularly helpful for staging scenes:

Pose Player by cmomoney (I think this goes without saying, but I’m including it just to be thorough).

Lyralei’s Pose Addon (must have!).

Omedapixel’s Sims 3 Decorator Tool (must have!).

OMSP by Granthes

Murano’s Screenshot Backdrop

Buhudain’s invisible lights

SetHour Cheat mod by LazyDuchess (nice for just quickly setting the hour).

Time/Weather Change Mod by cmomoney (helpful if you need specific weather for your photoshoot; for example, changing the weather to overcast for outdoor photoshoots helps with diffused lighting).

NRaas Master Controller – probably a given, as I think everyone should already have this installed. In terms of storytelling, it’s crucial for easily moving around and editing sims when you’re setting up a scene.

NRaas Debug Enabler – useful for all sorts of storytelling/screenshot things: open and close a door, spawn/create an object, summon a meteor, trigger all sorts of events you might wish to use as part of your scene, etc.

Eca Move Objects Cheat with Hotkey – nice for quickly turning MOO on and off since you’ll be using it a lot when moving around sims.

NRaas Dresser – Nice to quickly/easily remove accessories or copy accessories to all outfits etc. (Can come in handy when you’re using poses that might involve accessories like mugs, books, pens, pregnancy tests, or whatever.)

PosterLoader by douglasveiga – Nice for setting your scene with customized family portraits and such in the background. You can also use Transmogrifier to copy the poster loader frame script to the in-game digital picture frames for a wider selection of sizes (can be a bit finicky, but S3DT can help with placement).

NRaas Story Progression – obviously useful for a million different things (I can’t imagine playing without this mod), but for photoshoots in particular it’s easy to make your sims’ needs all static.

Modified Shimrod's Camera mod by @brntwaffles (can zoom out much further, among other features)

No More Fade camera mod by Collin2 (objects won't disappear when you zoom in)

Decensor and Passion mod of course. 😉

NRaas Mover - sometimes you might need more than 8 sims in your household for a scene or you don't want to deal with "needs adult" restrictions.

All gameplay/immersion and graphic-improvement/default replacement mods will be helpful, but that's a post for another day. :)

PSD Templates/Icons/Picture Editing

Some of these were made for Sims 4 but obviously can be used for Sims 3 as well:

Notification Bubbles by @starburstshores

Thoughts and Speech Bubbles by starburstshores

Moodlet Template by starburstshores

Moodlet & Wish templates 2.0 by @simspaghetti

Career UI Template by simspaghetti

Photography Template by simspaghetti

Simstagram Story Overlay by Honeycombsims

Text Messaging Template by @kouukie

Ultimate social bunny templates by pxlverse

The Ultimate Icon Collection by @petrolstationflowers

@sims3tutorialhub has a whole section dedicated to Pictures.

@kosmokhaos has lots of helpful and interesting editing insights under her #kosmo tutorial tag.

Reshade

Another tool that probably goes without saying, but I’m including it in case anyone’s new to using it. A couple places to start:

How to install reshade for Sims 3 in 2025 (Youtube tutorial by @acottonsock)

Sims 3 reshade help - @erasabledinosaur

I don't know jackshit about g-shade so can't really say anything about it, but it seems to be another good option.

I guess that’s it for now! Like I said, I enjoy making lists, and I also wanted to show my appreciation for those who have so generously shared their knowledge and creations over the years.

By the way, if you’ve made some sort of post or tutorial related to this stuff in the past and you don’t see it on the list, it’s probably only because I didn’t know about it. 😊 🖤

Let me know if there's anything I should add!

Hairdresser Mod Update

Hello everyone! Kinda dropped off the face of the internet the other day; to apologise, here’s an update of the hairdressing mod!

New features: 

Temporarily dye your sims’ hair for a tuneable length of time. Once your sims’ roots and eyebrows grow out, it’ll be time for a retouch! 

Hairdressers can now try and impress salon bystanders into being clients with new social interactions such as: ‘Impress with skill’, ‘Name drop famous clients’, etc. 

Sims with ‘Bad Hair Day’ buff can try and fix their hair in the mirror.

Fixed Features: 

Pets will no longer get the ‘Bad Hair Day’ buff. Going into CAS will no longer change sims’ age. Tooltip now visible on social interactions.

For more info, check the MTS or page or the documentation included in the download!

Download MTS: https://modthesims.info/d/671731

Download SimFileShare: http://simfileshare.net/folder/172828/ 

Thanks,

Phoebe!

RIP, CmarNYC

I’m very sad to report that Sims 3 and 4 creator CmarNYC passed away in October 2023. For 15 years, Simmers benefited from Cmar’s long-honed computing skills as she created much-loved modders’ and players’ tools, including the Sims 3 and 4 MorphMakers and Skininators, the TS4 SimRipper, the Sims 3 XCAS core mod, and many CAS sliders. She was also a contributor to S4PE, which likely was used by creators you rely on. Without Cmar’s work, the Sims franchise would have had a much less rich array of mods and custom content. She will be greatly missed.

As well as Sims, Cmar loved cats, and donations are suggested to the ASPCA, the TinyKittens Society, or an animal-related charity near you.

TS3 World Adventures - EA’s Chinese Lantern Red Colour Mod 

D E F A U L T   R E P L A C E M E N T

Traditional Chinese lantern has history of thousand years.  The traditional Chinese lantern is always red in default. With other colour variation is gold. To any non Chinese people who wants to depict traditional Chinese lantern, colour it with red colour, as this is not fancy modern lamp. 

Whoever team worked for The Sims 3 World Adventures didn’t consult to Chinese person at all, resulting fatal mistake at representing Chinese lantern. 

Buy mode catalogue shows Chinese lantern in white colour. White is colour symbolizes purity and mourning to death. Not suitable for Chinese lantern at all, where it is supposed to depict luck, joy, and happiness in red colour.    

In Shang Simla world, the lanterns were shown in orange colour. Not common colour at all. Never in my life seen Chinese lanterns in orange colour, especially white colour. Very no no no. 

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Changes: Overlay —> Replace the wrong colour and dull chocolate rim with red and proper gold texture. 

Recolourable: 

1 channel: Lantern support. 

Red Lantern cannot be recoloured.

Buyable object has automatic red colour default replacement from catalogue.

Known Issues: 

if you load your Sims game straight to Shang Simla world, the lantern cannot be reset to default replacement red colour with Nraas’ Debug Enabler, it will reset to EA colour. 

❗ You must load the lantern from buy mode catalogue first! It is to load the overlay texture.   You need to install Nraas’ Debug Enabler (Core mod by Twallan) in order to work correctly ❗  

Follow these steps to reset the textures:

Visit any Sim household in buy mode > buy EA’s Chinese lantern (you can choose to not save the game) > travel or choose save game in Shang Simla world > Click on the lantern > Nraas > Debug Enabler > Options: Lantern Illuminator > Objects… > Reset Textures > (Choose one) All Sims3.Gameplay.Objects.Lighting.Mimics.LightingWallAsian or This Object

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Made with patch 1.67

TS3 World Adventures EP needed

Do not reupload/make profit/link to adf.ly or donation, no sims3planet, no simsfinds.

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