MonocoDoll's Vile Ventures

What’s in my Game:

GRAPHIC TWEAKS

The Sims 3 GPU Add-on Support

Tweaked my GraphicRules.sgr Shadows Quality to 8k

Step 5 - Limiting FPS (Essential)

MODS:

NRAAS: Master Controller with MC Integration, Overwatch, Errortrap + Saver

simler90’s Gameplay Core Mod WITH Nraas Overwatch Compatability File (found in step 4)

The Sims 3 Smooth Patch 1.2.1

[TS3] Catalog Search Mod

No Intro

No “Mod Scripts Found”

No Drift/Lower Level Free Cam Camera Mod

Subtle Build Grid Active Level Only

Annoyances Disabler

No More Gloves with Outerwear Mod

Twoftmama Route Fix Flavor 3 v9

No (or fewer) automatic memories

xiasimla Higher Quality Default Replacements for TS3 Headline Effects

Sims 3 Decorating Tools mod (or S3DT)

Get to Know Fix+

Interaction on sloped terrain enabler

No Mutated Hair/Eye Colour

Replaced CAS animations - three flavours

Pick Up Toddler Fixes

New UI Poses (3 Flavours)

User-Directed Scolding + Other Punishment Tweaks

University Life Visual Fixes (Send Insulting Text, Texting Idle, Heat of the Moment Kiss)

No Autonomous Pet Toy Cleanup

Let Me Take a Selfie (Update 9/3/23) - Pets Fix

University Student Union / Library Shell Overrides to help with Crowding Issues

ENVIRONMENTAL/LIGHTING:

Improved Environmental Shadows

[TS3] Shadow Extender

Reworked & Improved EA Lights

TWEAKS:

Welcome Matt Deshined Rug

University Life Alpha Omega Door Fix

No more ugly snowprints

Hanging Lantern Fix

Tileable Items Shader FIX

Base Game Halfwalls FIXED!!!

Pet Tombstone Shadow Fix

Wonderfully Woven Hanging Chair Fix

Bonehilda Coffin Default.

Chillgood Fridge Re-Masked

CAS:

CAS Monotone: additional colors + Replacement CAS for single color

CAS Sim Bin Genetics as Presets

40 New Face Presets (CC Slider Free)

NRAAS: MasterController ExpandedTattoo + cmar_XCAS_TattooLocations_V2.zip

DECOR + MORE

Sims 3 Hidden Stencils Unlocked

ISLA PARADISO

Reduce/Remove Lag caused by Houseboats

Isla Paradiso Fixed World by ellacharmed

EA DEFAULTS

SATELLITES - A SKINBLEND BY SIMAREX

cute feet for children and toddlers

Default Feet Replacement by Bloomsbase

missy harries Face Overlay Lips Lip Overlay Only

Default Replacement Wildflowers

[Chisami] BLUSH BABY (default) Baby Skin

oneeuromutt’s maternity defaults

NOT QUITE EA DEFAULTS

Memories Mirror from Generations Default Replacement 4-in-1

Season’s wall hook de-starified

2 Supernatural’s rugs - DR preset addition

STORE ITEMS & COLLECTION FILES

Phantom__99 EA Store Content

Collection Icons and Files

Store Collection Filests

cc in my game: pleyita, TSR+David Mont, dewofthesea+bioniczombie, teekapoa+HYDRA, tots+tiny, omsp+omsp resizers, skin defaults+hairs

AAVE in Kpop Fandoms

(sorry for grammar mistakes/typos im just not feeling it right now lol)

I just feel that this is something that needs to be talked about, not everyone would agree but for those that do, please read and feel free to share your own opinions or experiences.

AAVE has taken over the kpop fandom. If you dont know aave, it is african american vernacular english or black english as referred to by some (or ghetto english as referred to by…some). If you still don’t know what it is well then google is your best friend. The use of aave is seriously the most annoying thing that I would have never expected to annoy me…ever. I know you’re probably wondering why, right? It is because I, myself, am an aave user and have been all of my life. It is my preferred way of speech, although I use “proper” english a majority of the time. So yeah although I speak the “proper” english dialect, my dialect is that of certain southern aave. So how am I annoyed by my own/similar dialects? There are many reasons that I will discuss but it is mainly because aave is utterly, unremarkably overly used all the while being misused to the point that it isnt even ridiculous anymore; its maddening. You think I’m being dramatic? I wish I were, because I am so mad right now. (lol nah just a little bit)

The amount of kpop fans misusing words [and/or phrase] like “hater” [or “hate on”] is just cringe worthy. But its not just that, there are other aave words and phrases that are misused; i’m sure that we all can think of one that gets on our nerves when used incorrectly. I simply brought up “hater” and “hate on” because its just everywhere, i cant escape it, especially on this blog in particular. (not towards the admins i love you guys!)

A lot of kpop fans (we all know those kpop fans) even have the audacity to argue using aave and cant even properly get that way of speech off of their tongues none-the-less off the tips of their fingers to type like… what makes them think…? ..Idek. Or, even worse, they try to boast their bias(es) by using aave…but they use it wrongly (lmfao) -_-. Its just… its bad. (I wish I could give proper examples but i’m sure someone can share some examples that bugs them or that they’ve seen often. However, Its no biggie really.) I guess the one thing i can think of is people telling others to “stop hating on (bias’ name)” but its like seriously your bias, is (probably) freaking amazing, no one is hating on them simply because we are criticizing something (bias) has done. Everyone should be accountable for their mistakes and/or actions; simply calling them out is NOT “hating” in any shape or form. People act as though you cant constructively criticize anymore; foreal though how are people gonna get any better if there is not any acknowledgements, acceptance, nor accountability for their actions? That just allows them to just do what ever they please and people will still mindlessly worship the ground they walk on…that’s just not okay. I may have digressed a bit but… lol.

Anyway, the point of this submission is not to tell people to stop using aave nor to just rant (ok so yeah it is a rant but its not ONLY a rant ok lol) but I just want people to be aware of the things that they are saying. If you are going to use it, at least have some kind of foundation of the meaning(s) behind them, where it comes from, and learn how to use it properly (and actually have some respect for those that do use it in life because wow ppl talk mad shxt towards frequent aave users but majority of them try to use the same words/phrases to look “cool” or to impress others. No, stop, dunt do that.) AAVE is like speaking a new language and it has its ways that work and its ways that do not work. Believe it or not, aave has its own structure. The people that are not aware of this are just butchering it because of the lack of…exposure to actual USERS of the dialect(s). (Because foreal foreal, how many non-black (or non-african american) kpop fans have besties from the hood. Not saying that all aave is spoken from people inside those areas but a lot of it does come from there, just an example.)

One more thing that I have noticed about the use of aave in relation to kpop blogs: The blogs that are obviously black (or african american) and use frequent and proper aave (yes proper because lets admit that even some blacks cannot use aave properly lol they arent expected to ofc im js) are blogs that tend to not be as popular. They have all the components of a quality blog and are amazing people but just…not popular or even known; especially not as popular as the obviously non-black kpop blogs that stan kpop-hiphop and have the frequent misuses of aave (and often culture appropriation, which the misuse(s) of aave can been seen as such also). However, that’s just my observation but, I think that says a lot about the kpop fandom…

Well, that is it! I hope you guys had a good read or something!

TS3 Lighting Tutorial: Backlighting

A cool lighting setup I came up with for photo studio portraits!

Inspired by @rebouks and @tau1tvec TS4 CAS lighting mods ✨

You need:

Buhudain invisible lights (I always use the “wide spot” versions)

Murano photo backdrop

Pose Player & some poses of your choice

Reshade, Gshade, or a photo editor of your choice 

1. Build a closed rectangular room with a roof covering it. Pose your sim and put them in the center. (Use the moveobjects on cheat.)

2. Position the lights as shown in pic 3 and 4. You can adjust the light color and intensity in Live Mode by clicking on them, or Ctrl + Shift + left click on them in Buy Mode.  

3. Recolor the photo backdrop to pitch black, and put it around your sim to make sure the room’s walls are not visible. Use more than 1 if necessary, they seamlessly intersect. Murano’s photo backdrop is also technically a light, so make sure you either turn it off, or play around with the light’s color and intensity to create an effect you like.

4. Find a good angle, turn your Reshade/GShade on, and snap your pic. Adjust the contrast, brightness, exposure, and color settings in a photo editor to make it pop even more. You can download my Reshade preset on my downloads page if you want, it works in Gshade as well. 

What does each light do?

The white-colored lights are there to provide a general brightness to the sim and the room, and to offset the intense colored lights. Without the white lights, the sim would be completely lit in red & magenta. You can turn up the intensity, or add more white lights if more brightness is needed.

The red and magenta-colored lights are there to provide intense color on the side and outline of the sim, for a neon backlit effect.

Tips

- You can play around with each light’s position, intensity and color to create different effects. For example, you can remove some lights on one side of the sim to create more dramatic shadows. Or remove some white lights so that the colored lights are stronger.

- You can make the colored lights monochromatic, or you can pair them in analogous colors (i.e. red and orange, red and magenta), or you can pair them in complementary colors (i.e. red and green, blue and yellow). 

- In Buy mode, hold the Alt key, and click and drag your sim to rotate them in small increments, to make sure the light hits them exactly right.

I hope this tutorial gives you some fun ideas for taking pictures! 💗

JAMES EARL JONES

James Earl Jones was an American actor known for his iconic voice acting roles and for his work in theater. Over his career, he received three Tony Awards, two Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award. Born in Arkabutla, Mississippi in 1931, he had a stutter since childhood. Jones said that poetry and acting helped him overcome the challenges of his disability. A pre-med major in college, he served in the United States Army during the Korean War before pursuing a career in acting. Jones made his film debut in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove (1964). He received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Claudine (1974). Jones gained international fame for his voice role as Darth Vader in the Star Wars franchise, beginning with the original 1977 film. Jones' other notable roles include in Conan the Barbarian (1982), Matewan (1987), Coming to America (1988), Field of Dreams (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), The Sandlot (1993), and The Lion King (1994). Jones reprised his roles in Star Wars media, The Lion King (2019), and Coming 2 America (2021).

He was described as "one of America's most distinguished and versatile" actors for his performances on stage and screen, and "one of the greatest actors in American history.”

( January 17th, 1931 — September 9th, 2024)

Rest well.

Hi I'm wondering what you mean when you say you clean your cc? Thank you!

Oh Lordy, this is a long one but I will try to get it all in:

General points:

Once I download CC I rename it using ReNamer to remove any special sighs like &/%([ etc, as reading those can slow down the game

Then I will give each object a code before it like “Obj_kid_” or “CAS_top_af” so I know what it is

I don’t rename the actual file name, cause if I redownload it forgetting I already have it, then if it keeps the file name I will realize its a duplicate

Then I run all my new CC through s3rc to compress it

Then it goes in a “test” folder under mods first to make sure its not corrupt

If its okay, a copy goes into a Backup folder, where like the codes I have a file for everything, so CAS>Hair>AF, Build>Walls etc. This means I always know where to find my CC

Then I put it into CC Magic where again I have the same folder set-up. I NEVER manually merge, its a pain and you cannot undo it.

I NEVERRRRRRRRR install sims3packs, I always convert to .package using s3ce

Specific Points:

Patterns: I convert them to packages then fix them following this tutorial

Houses: I convert them to packages using s3ce, then I usually use dashboard to find the lot file and put that into my Library Folder, and IF (usually not the case) I want the CC from the houses I may look through the other package files. Usually I don’t as I will get a million duplicates, shit loads of clutter. Installing a house as sims3pack can mean up to 600 files installed! And if you install 2 houses you probably have like 200 duplicate files that are in both. Again, NEVER install sims3packs!

Clothing/Accesories: Now often creators don’t know about this method of keeping their file sizes down, so I open each bit of clothing in s3pe, delete ALL duplicate images. This will mess it up, so I then open them in TSRW, make sure to replace the missing images using “Browse” while also deleting any presets I don’t want or any stencils I dislike. This usually likes halves the file size! I will also make sure it is in all the categories I want and not for any silly categories or valid for random.

AF Clothes: So I made my own preg morph (EA’s bump is too small) so in addition to the above I actually remorph all my AF clothes to have a bigger bump ;)

Hair: Again, just check for correct categories

Makeup: I sort my makeup, so all nosemasks go into Eyeliner, all eyebags go into Eyeshadow, all babyhairs go into Lipstick. Then, as creators often forget, I enable makeup for teens and elders too. For Blush, I also enable it for toddlers and kids.

Contacts: I enable them for kids and toddlers if creators have forgotten

Poses: I have a special folder for poses, and if they are not poselist enabled I will save the preview picture online and rename it to the pose code, so I have a sorted folder with photos of all my poses

Skins: Each skin is opened in Skininator and given my ramps and a special icon with the name of the skin (I hate berry ramps and don’t need 5 ramps per skin). In this way my skin panel is very organized. In addition, I use “COMPACT SAVE” in skiniator. I dunno why creators don’t but it drastically reduced the file size. I saved 3GB of CC just by resaving my skins….

Objects: Just make sure they are categorized the way I want. I also remove half the stuff from “Misc Decor” and stick it somewhere else. Aka, pillows/blankets go into “sculpture” for me and are also sorted into “beds” if they are for beds.

My mods folder used to be a mess, with merged packages, duplicates and a lot of CC I didn’t use. It had 36GB. Now I am down to 10GB literally just by cleaning my CC. I lost 6GB alone just by removing duplicate _IMG files and compressing my CC and skins….

Obviously most people don’t have the patience to do all the above, but hey, I load my game fully in super speed, I don’t have any lag whatsoever and in build/buy mode my categories load faster cause I don’t have loads of CC I don’t need.

Oh yeah, my FAQ page also tells you ways to get your game to run faster ;)

Hope this helps you Nonny!

For everyone’s information... Google translate is a free app. BoringBones wrote a whole blog explaining the process of his ‘Get Out’ Project.  Do not immediately be put off seeing a blog post in a language different to yours. English is not everybody’s default. SEEK for understanding before lambasting anybody that you could have approached privately in a chat. At the very least. Damn.

I FIRST found out about Arsil’s mod FROM BoringBones, who ALSO points out Arsil is a skilled modder, but explained the features of the ‘LeavingHome’ package that made it different. There was no attempt at trying to pass this particular module off as their own. What recognition is Arsil not getting?

Get Out Project – Tudo que você precisa saber

Quando comecei com OldSunset meu projeto era reunir o mundo aberto do The Sims 3 com as histórias fantásticas de The Sims 2 e humor ácido do The Sims 1. Bom, estava faltando uma parte em todo esse …

Everything you need to know about the GET OUT Project now available!! Come check it out and Download it to make your Sims even more responsive, smart and independent in THE SIMS 3!!

[L-sims]CryWheel Accessory&PosePack

☆ALL No Ads / No Adfly ☆Poselist / No Poselist 2file Include. ☆10Poses

[L-sims]Cry Wheel Belly-Joint Accessory(Include) ・Young Adult-Elder ・Belly Joint (Ring_Lt) ・Female / Male ・Disabled for random ・Package File ・Custom thumbnail ・Original mesh by EA (The Sims3)

DOWNLOAD

L-sims / SFS / MediaFire

Thanks to all the CC creators!

@katsujiiccfinds♡ @sssvitlanz♡

All Files combined

Download all items as one package file

OR

Download folder containing all files