Ugh, I'm going to have to redo the market, I can just tell. I am so excited about the cooking overhaul - it's probably one of my favorite things - but it's totally going to break custom recipes.

That's the patch on the 26th that those should all break and I am guessing, just looking from the fact that it seems cooking might be broken out into more stages than ingredients -> meal like it is now, that it's going to be a significant back end change.

And I just about got my mods all caught up too. Oh well, maybe SCCO and Brazen's stuff will be compatible afterwards with everyone having to update.

Moved In!

I am all moved in and finally sitting down to update and make sure all my mods are working in my game before starting back on it.

I am strongly debating dropping Brazen Lotus' mods out. Apparently, you hit a certain number of menu options and it will crash and freeze your game. I REALLY like the homesteading aspect of their stuff but the incompatibility with SCCO is a real sticking point. Right now I have in everything but the Harvestables section of Brazen Lotus' mods.

I could go with just Brazen Lotus but then I lose a lot of the different dishes as not only do I drop SCCO then, but also Icemunmun, oni and grannie's cookbook. I'll probably continue to try and get things to play nicely together but any time there's a big patch, I tend to look through all my mods and decide what needs to be cut out.

Expansion Day!

We're moving IRL so at least I will have plenty to distract me until modders have had time to get their patches working. So, on a brief break from my AlderSim World that I've been working on.

Instead, I'm stripping my mod file to the bare bones, can't live without that have been updated. So, what does that look like, for me?

Figured I'd share that here since my far and away most popular posts are the lists of CC and Mods that I compile.

Must Have Mods (For Me)

MCCC - Patched 7/20 UI Cheats Extension - Patched 7/18 (Not yet including horses, etc, some errors occurring but for me, hasn't been game breaking yet.) Wicked Whims - Patched 7/18 [A] Wicked Perversions - Patched 7/18 [A] Basemental Drugs - Patched 7/18 [A] Childbirth Mod - Patched 7/18 Relationship and Pregnancy Overhaul - Patched 7/20 TOOL - Patched 7/20

Beyond that, I have just a few things like my favorite skin override, and overlay, the lashes mods, feet and body overrides, my lighting overhaul. I will trickle a few CAS pieces back in throughout the day as I realize there are more things I can't live without, but I'll leave the build and the bulk of CAS until after the dust settles.

As a reminder, modders are probably still updating their mods as new things are revealed with people playing. Most modders have a discord or a patreon where you can find their latest updates.

Good luck and Happy Game Pack Day!

Not dead!

The blog isn't dead, neither is the project, but we had a semi-surprise mid summer move so I am just busy with real life. I am super jazzed about horse expansion and fully to add that to my world plans, build/buy plans and update all my mods lists accordingly. I might make spotty posts through July but we should be settled by mid august!

Tutorial Question

I got @'d about how I did the adjustment to make CC cars work with SimNation's Travel mod. I used the Hot Mess Simmer tutorial, here incase anyone else was wondering.

If people would find a written tutorial helpful, I can write one up. I had to do extra steps with the Breeze Motors cars because their merged files are giant so I unmerge them, pull out just the closed door version and make that into the edited file.

(I also edit the textures to switch it over to Simlish texts instead because I'm fussy like that), so the things I use to make my cars work are more involved than necessary but might be helpful? idk, let me know!

Rowanwood Estates

Rowanwood Estates - WillowCreek - Sage Estates

I'm calling this the 'lite' version because I'm going to go back and clutter it up and change it but it is by no mean 'light' on CC. This one is going to be a long list of links just as a warning and includes my own mod tweak packages for the two cars on it (further explained below).

As with ALL my builds, you're going to want to have bb.moveobjects ON before placing the lot and I DID use TOOL to place some of the more complicated tweaks.

As with all my builds, it is on my gallery under EA ID: alderwitch but you can also download the tray files on my patreon as well here.

Lot Size: 50 x 50

Furnished Price: 915,012 Unfurnished: 336,018

Bedrooms: 6 Bathrooms: 7

Details and CC Shopping List below the cut.

Packs Used: HSY, Cottage Living, Snowy Escape, Eco Lifestyle, Island Living, Get Famous, Seasons, City Living, Get Together, Get To Work, Werewolves, Wedding Stories, Dream Home, Dine Out, Spa Day, Little Campers, Blooming Rooms, Courtyard Oasis, Bust the Dust, Nifty Knitting, Fitness, Backyard, Romantic Garden, Movie Hangout, Cool Kitchen

CC Used: CM Designs: Isla Pt 2, Jasper, Oakley, Rugs, Thermostat Oni: Traditional Japanese Room, Artist's World Room, Custom Food Pink Baddie: Baby Food, Magical Rug, Play Kitchen Sooky: Abstract Frames, Moroccan Rugs, Hydrangea Jug, Kids Rugs, Pretty Blue Rugs ClutterCat: Shiba Inu Rug Aira: Vanilla Rice Cooker Amoebae: Half Strip Tile, Statement Walls, Hallway Stone ATS4: Bagclutter AWingledLLama: Diaper Pail House of Harlix: Bafroom, Baysic, Harluxe, Jardane Brazen Lotus: ABP Closet, Greenhouse, Chronicles of Dressup, Reupholstered Sofa, Phoenix Fence Black Charly Pancakes: Lighthouse Collection, All CC Merged? Felixandre: Chateau, August 2019, Berlin Pt 3, Colonial Pt 2, Florence Set Pt 1, pt 3, Georgian, Grove Pt 4, Paris pt 1, Pt 3, Shop the Look Season 1 Walls That Make Sense: Dynasty, Fundamentals, Lights, Opulence Harrie: Country, Octave, Livin Rum, Tiny Twavellers Icemunmun: AirFryer, Canning Preserves, Finger Sandwiches, Floral tea, Burger Essentials, Mill, Soup, Soda Joliebean: Padtow LBB: Grannie's Cookbook, Recipe Tin, Recipe Stand LilacCreative: Body Butter, Candle LeafMotif: Magnolia Bathroom, Sunbeam Study, Starlight Crystals Ivy LittleDica: Chic Bathroom, Rise N Grind Cafe, Sleek Slumber, Modern Kitchen, Roman Holiday MadameRia: Back to Basics, Luxe, CoL Wallpaper Addon, Lucky Man Marvell: Lux, Janina, KC, Tiny Footsteps, UPcycle MyCupofCC: Maple Manor Books, Curtain, Macrame Shelf Max20: MasterBedroom Pack, Pouf Soft, Washing and Drying Machines Myshousun: Nora Living, Serene Bathroom, Zephyr Office, Dawn Living, Garden Stories, Freja, Gale Peacemaker: Atwood, Grasscloth, Bayside, Caine, Coulor Me Rugs, Drapery Delights, Elme Jute, Elsie, Futura, Gorgeous Georgian, Glass Tile, Hamptons Hideaway, Hamptons Retreat, Hinterlands, Hudsoon, Kingston, Kitayama, Lennox, MCE, Mina, Myra, Nox, Oasis, Quintin, Serenity, Vara, Marcissus Folly PieriSim: David Apartment, Domaine Du Clos, MCM, Oak House, Teeny Weeny, The Office, Tidying Up, Winter Garden Redhead Sims: Nintendo Switch RVSN: Advant 2020 Holiday Decor, Bidet, Binge Inking, CakeABreak, Cupcake Machine, Don't Be Alarmed Alarm Clock, Flood Saucer Light, Hoarders, Void Critter Gaming, Kids Toybin, Knit Happens, Major Inspo, MOtivational Speaker, Personal Brewer, Cod Fish Tank, One Nightstand Short, Peg to Differ, Procraftination, Shop Chef, Shut the Front Door, Smeglish Dishwasher, Sport Retail Therapy, Throw Shade, ToolTime, Watts Not to Love, SP Built Ins, You know the Drill, Ruggable SimCredible: DishDrainer, Naturalis Pantry SimKoos: Boba Storage, Home Clutter, Infant Bottles, Office Tour, Stroller Deluxe Sixam: Cozy Family Room, Gothic W Lighting, Home Basics, Home Improvement, Luxbath, Mixer, Private Surface, RetroVibes, Small Spaces, Spring Six, Stylish Wood, Teen Room Softerhaze: Bramblefinch Powder Walls Syboulette: Oceane, Advent 2022 Wood Parquet, Attic, Bayhouse, Boho Wedding, Brigette, Bougainvillers, Candy, Clarisse, Coraline, Crossfit, Delphine, Designer Meeting Table, Diane, Dino, Dreamy, Faveo, Fitness, Helios, Karaoke, Laundry, Louane, Millenial, Mozaik, Nothingtowear, Pascaline, Petite Chef, Ratatoulle, Sabine, Serenity, Unicorn Birthday Taurus Design: Cassandra Bathroom, Eliza Bedroom and Closet, Elsa, Jade, Katrina Tuds: 2nd Wave, Cave, Crib, Cross, Emma, NCTR, SHKR, Wave WhoisSage: Shag Rug, Handful of Mats, Simply Striking

Functionality

These mods are not technically in the build but are needed to have mods (syboulette's crossfit and aira's rice cooker specifically) functional.

ZulfAndHakrabr: Let's Get Fits Modpack Ricky: Useable RiceCooker

Vehicles

Technically, the two vehicles used for this build use the the Breeze Motors 2018 Mercedes E-Class Wagon and the 2020 Maserati Quattroporte as their base. I won't link to the download page as its a perma-paywaller and I fundamentally disagree with how Breeze Motors is handling their patreon personally. I will leave it to you to decide if you want their CC and how you acquire it if you choose to do so.

For my personal game, I have edited and stripped down my copies of these two cars and modified them so that they work with Simnation Travel. I have a pinned patreon post that is not paywall locked here explaining that more in depth and include the required files HERE.

If you go that route, and would like to download the cars, you can find them here:

Maserati Quattroporte

Mercedes E-Class

I should note that in addition to lacking the door open /close options of the original as those were stripped down, the textures were redone with simlish for a more maxis match look in game.

Mods for this Build

These are not technically required for the build to function but this build was built using overrides for both Sim Realist's SNB Bills mod as well as Simnation Travel vehicles. You shouldn't get any weird errors if you load the build in without those mods but if there's an exception caught by MCC related to that, it's probably just reconciling that the override the lot was built with is not in place in your game. It should only be a one time alert the first time the game loads in if it happens and should not cause any issue other than MCC making a noise at you about it noticing weirdness.

(The SNB provides the High Speed Internet trait to the lot and I think it will just set that trait to empty if its loaded without but I haven't personally confirmed it, hence the note here. ) Additional Note

I'm pushing this to live today just to make sure it hits my tumblr the same time as I pushed the build to my gallery but I will be going back to add links into the list. There are just a LOT to track down and it might take me a day or two to finish that part.

Introductions

Hello! Look, a long overdue introduction post finally! I'm Alder and this is my Simblr. I created this originally to document the save file that I'm building for my own use but after a few RL friends asked me to make it available, I figured I might as well toss the build lists up here.

You'll also see me documenting my foray's into CC creation, efforts to make all my mods work nicely together, and the documentation of the history and playthroughs of the save I'm making available as it comes together.

I also keep updated masterlists of the CC I use that are probably the most reblogged thing on this tumblr by far because I keep links in them to where to download and regularly edit them to keep them up to date. My lists are under the hashtag #alder's lists but I've also linked them below to make it easy to find as they were the first things I put on this blog.

Master Lists

Overrides and Mods

ReShade and Lighting

Sliders, Genetics, Overlays

Presets

Create a Sim

Build/Buy

Pose Packs and Photography

Alder's Save

The other project that people are usually interested in are my builds and the save file they're for. There's a master list post that includes links to each post about each build here:

Save File Masterlist

It has some of the details about the thoughts behind my save file organization and the key mods that the save is designed around as well as links to each individual build with more details.

The Alder's Save hashtag will take you to everything having to do with the save file and build diary is the tag for me rambling about various progress posts and thoughts about the sim builds I'm working on.

Patreon

I use my patreon to share tray files for my builds which are always free as well as smaller mod changes and the random little CC fixes I make along the way, also always free.

Early Access will only be ever used for actual significant CC or things like photoshop templates I make to use for the save file story documentation and even those will stick to the two to three week guideline of EA's access if and when I ever get to that point.

Welcome to my blog!

Alder's Save File Build Masterlist

I'm working on my own save file for future playthroughs. I, personally, prefer a heavily modded game for additional realism and gameplay so this little project is primarily for me but I thought other people might be interested, if not in the entire save, then in some of the builds, etc. So this masterlist will direct you where to find every build used in the save as they are made and explain some of the logic behind the layout if you'd like to use them in your own games.

Willow Creek

This world is reimagined as an upper class to upper-middle class suburban neighborhood, with good schools, high end stores and contemporary homes that are in line with designs popular today.

Courtyard Lane

This is the upper-middle class neighborhood. The homes here are new construction or recent remodels and take up more of the land with smaller yard space left. If you drive through a neighborhood where recent construction is maximizing the house over yardspace, you know what the vibe is. Luxury houses, modern finishes, smaller outdoor space for activities.

36 Alder Lane

Foundry Cove

This neighborhood is in process of conversion to the kind of neighborhood that Courtyard Lane has already shifted into. Entry level homes still exist in this neighborhood as do homes that are much more conservatively remodeled. They have larger outdoor space and smaller floorplans and lower price points for purchase.

23 Mercy Court

Crawdad Quarter

This strip has been turned into the retail center for the world. Higher end stores and services and space for outdoor play and gathering along the waterfront. In my build, it also provides the majority of the necessary builds for SimRealist's mods as I wanted those to go in one of the base worlds for people that don't have all the expansion worlds as well as the grocer for SCCO.

Greenfield Grocery

WillowCreek Clinic

Rise N Grind

WillowCreek Bank and Loans

St. Sebastian's Church and Grounds

Pendula View

This is the proper upper class neighborhood with stately homes that are a mix of old and new money families that make up the uppercrust of Willow Creek.

Sage Estates

The two lots that comprise sage estates both belong to the Alder family with the original, smaller but stately Alder's Roost home and the newly built expansive Rowanwood Estate.

Alder's Roost

Rowanwood Estate

Forgotten Hollow

Forgotten Hollow remains the nexus for vampire activity in this save but also includes the main mortuary build for the Mortem mod. Straud's residence is replaced with St. Straud's Mortuary Home.

St. Straud's

A Note on Mods

So you can find all the mods and links to where to download them for what I use on my masterlist post for mods but the ones I am specifically designing the save around are the following.

SimRealist: Mortem, Private Practice, SNB Srsly: SCCO TurboDriver: Wicked Whims (A) Nisa: Wicked Perversions (A) Basemental: Drugs, Gangs (A) Pandasama: Childbirth Overhaul Kittoe: Home Region, Townie Demographics Insimnia: Simbucks Frankk: Language Barriers Brazen Lotus: All Mods BUT Harvestables (Conflicts with SCCO) ADeepIndigo: Simnation Travel

Patreon Went Live

Yay! My patreon is approved so I can catch up on making the CC lists for the builds I've done. And FINALLY going to get my introduction post up to pin with my lists and update some of my CC lists.

So expect the rest of the strip builds to come over the next day or so, the market and the Alder family mansion.

It has been a week

So the mansion is finally finished for the less cluttered version of it. It was MASSIVE.

The big builds just take so much work to make look lived in and not just like... lots of empty space or nonsense spaces.

I really love the way the conservatory and pool area turned out. Very classy, but also very useable space that makes sense for the upper class family life that I intend to play out in there.

Unfortunately, real life kind of sideswiped me so I finished it and have been at a standstill with no idea what to tackle next. I think I want to round out the builds that I know I have to have for essential game play for me and then maybe start progressing the storyline of gen zero to document alongside and let that shape some of the later builds.

On the other hand, part of me wants to make my very own base skin to use for my sims and I feel like IF I am going to do that, then I should have that done before I populate the world further. Choices.

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Forgot the picture for the mortuary kitchen. I don't usually go all black and red but I sort of love it? Works for the build.

Apparently I am drunk on confidence now because after converting the rise n' grind mesh to work with the starbucks insimnia mod and adding custom cards to Simnation travel, part of me thinks I can add the SCCO tuning into Brazen Lotus' packages and NOT break everything. I am pretty sure that part of my brain is a lying liar.

St Stroud's Mortuary is done but for playtesting. I always playtest the builds a little before they go on the gallery. I'm actually really pleased with the way this one turned out.

The chapel and parlor look great. Hopefully the coffin on the bier doesn't affect game play. I'm going to be sad if I have to lose it for play but we'll see how it goes when Byron's grandparents bite it here soon.

The morgue doesn't have any real functionality in Mortem buuuut, I think it'll be great for photos and storylines.

I also really like the kitchen. The whole build is sort of whimsy goth in a way I might pull in for the other buildings in the micro neighborhood that Straud's lot is in.

St Straud's Progress

So, working on the mortuary is going a lot faster. The basement morgue is basically done. I have to do the upstairs into the actual showing room, reception and kitchen and then the upstairs are bedrooms converted to coffin show rooms. Cozy!

Next Build!

After waffling between the wedding venue (church and park: great for pictures but not needed for progressing the gen zero folks) and the funeral home (necessary for any deaths that happen and needs to be playtested for the Mortem Mod), I landed on the funeral home.

It's going into the Straud residence location instead. As a nod to the base game, I named it St. Straud's and made it a vampire nexus as well as a funeral home. Hopefully, this will be a much quicker build.

The alder mansion is still only half built. I hate mansion builds. It just takes so much STUFF to make them look both individualized and lived in.

Then I need to make the high school, the college dorms, and the get to work locations for gameplay.

It WAS Mortem

I took Mortem out when I was running the family tree generator for the Pierson family and it made the tombstones just fine. Unfortunately, Mrs. Pierson has FOUR living grandparents so I will have plenty to test out Mortem once I build the mortuary. <.<

Building Slump

I have post grocery store hangover, I think. I'm waiting for my patreon to get approved so I can update it, which is why I haven't put up any of the latest build CC lists though I have been pushing them to my gallery.

Took a break today to work on Gen Zero of the save, the Alder family, first family of Willowcreek.

Reagan and Bryon She's ambitious, he's an overachiever and their mansion is only slightly less daunting a build than the grocery store. I tested out the family tree mod generator with mixed results. I did NOT get the urns for the grandparents so... who knows where those ended up but I also have the mortuary mod in so that might have been the issue.

Speaking of mortuary mod.

Byron's maternal grandparents survived family tree generation and are now living on borrowed time as I maxed out their days lived. He's a retired musician and she's a former high school teacher. Delightfully normal and probably deserve better than whatever heart attack or plague takes them out here in the next few days. I need to build the mortuary services so I can playtest it. Otherwise I'll just have their corpses sitting around awkwardly.

I also made siblings for the main pair with some storylines planned roughly.

Bryon's sister is an aspiring actress and his teenage brother is an overachiever with paranoid delusions that he's trying to keep under control. At the moment, he's a straight A student but a little bird tells me he's going to run off and found one of the werewolf packs after a serious break down.

Byron's dad is old money. He currently is at the top of the chain in a businessman career, with an amassed fortune. His wife is shallow and vain, and has an interior decorator career that is mostly something to talk about at cocktail parties for her though she does genuinely care about her children even if she puts too much pressure on them sometimes.

As for Reagan's family:

Her parents are wealthy but new money from her dad's career as a famous musician. His wife is an environmentalist activist who tried to impress good morals but Reagan has always been high strung with the pressure to fit in with the wealthy crowd she grew up with.

Her brother is much more down to earth. He's gone into law enforcement, working his way up the career ladder to detective. Honestly, I'm ridiculously fond of the way he turned out and maaaaay need to give him a bit more of a place in the sim story than I originally planned.