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grandelama · 20 days

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Dream Launcher - The best replacement for EA Launcher by marcos4503

"What is Dream Launcher?

The "Dream Launcher" is a Launcher for The Sims 3. This is a Launcher developed to completely replace the game's original Launcher, developed by EA, in addition to being the "Dream Launcher" for every player who loves The Sims 3, just like me.

Although The Sims 3 is an incredible game, playing it today requires fixing a lot of things here and there, solve compatibility issues or bugs and other things. For example, there is a bug where the game resets all your settings if you update your video card drivers. For those using an Intel 12th CPU or higher, the game won't even open. If you are a gamer who likes to play with mods to deepen the gameplay or change things in the game, then everything becomes 5 times more complicated.

Dream Launcher was born with the aim of making the entire process of leaving your The Sims 3 in the most perfect state possible! Dream Launcher takes care of and manages your installation of The Sims 3 automatically, installing, updating and maintaining bug fixes, patches, graphical improvements and optimization, as well as giving you full control over every aspect of your game.

The goal of Dream Launcher is simple. You install your game clean. After that, all you need to do is install Dream Launcher. And that! With the Dream Launcher installed, The Sims 3 default Launcher will no longer open, but the Dream Launcher will. And with Dream Launcher you will NO longer need to mess with any game files, or spend hours on end installing patches, testing things, etc. You can have your game in the best possible state and ready to play in a few minutes and with a few clicks! Furthermore, Dream Launcher works as a ONE-STOP CENTER where you can do everything you want with your game. ENOUGH OF SUFFERING! :D

...continued + more pictures on nexusmods."

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grandelama · 21 days

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shellsea's cc faves.

wanted to compile lists of my favourite cc pieces/pieces I use super frequently in my builds to circle back to; I figured it might help someone out there discover new cc too, so I'm sharing!

part 01: plants

1). hanging string of pearls by mutske @ tsr 2). traditional bedroom pot plant by lulu265 @ tsr 3). lindo ivy plant converted by martassimsbookcc 4). bubble curve vase by hydrangeachainsaw 5). lindo monstera plant converted by martassimsbookcc 6). hanging pothos plant converted by martassimsbookcc 7). potted cordyline palm converted by martassimsbookcc 8). planties ficus elastica converted by martassimsbookcc 9). holz kitchen palm converted by martassimsbookcc 10). mid century modern ficus elastica converted by martassimsbookcc 11). pacific heights potted plant by nynaevedesign @ tsr

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grandelama · 25 days

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4t3: Sci-Fi Community Decor (Get to Work EP)

Continuing with the "we don't have enough supernatural items".

These are also found in World Edit under Landmarks.

❗ The Pipeline Endcap (last image) is partially invisible from the other side.

@aroundthesims already did one of the Communication Towers here, but I've included my own version to complete the set.

Compressed. 1 zip file (all included, unmerged), and individual files available.

➨ Download ➨ Alt Download

@xto3conversionsfinds, @matchsim, @simfluencer-network

Info under the cut:

Chimney Stack:

1 swatch. Not recolorable.

Found Under Decor>Misc for $100.

Can also be found in Word Edit under Landmarks.

Communication Tower:

1 swatch. Not recolorable.

Found Under Decor>Misc for $100.

Can also be found in Word Edit under Landmarks.

Communication Tower Old:

1 swatch. Not recolorable.

Found Under Decor>Misc for $100.

Can also be found in Word Edit under Landmarks.

Crashed UFO:

1 swatch. Recolorable. - I suggest sticking to solid colors.

Found Under Decor>Misc for $75.

Can also be found in Word Edit under Landmarks.

❗ Because I made this recolorable, it will be darker (grey) in World Edit.

This has been slightly edited from the original to be at an angle.

Placeable on slopes so you can create "crash sites" with the terrain.

Fuel Tank:

1 swatch. Not recolorable.

Found Under Decor>Misc for $100.

Can also be found in Word Edit under Landmarks.

Pipeline Elbow:

1 swatch. Not recolorable.

Found Under Decor>Misc for $15.

Can also be found in Word Edit under Landmarks.

Pipeline Endcap:

1 swatch. Not recolorable.

Found Under Decor>Misc for $15.

Can also be found in Word Edit under Landmarks.

❗ Partially invisible at certain angles.

Pipeline Junction:

1 swatch. Not recolorable.

Found Under Decor>Misc for $15.

Can also be found in Word Edit under Landmarks.

Pipeline Straight:

1 swatch. Not recolorable.

Found Under Decor>Misc for $15.

Can also be found in Word Edit under Landmarks.

Pipeline T:

1 swatch. Not recolorable.

Found Under Decor>Misc for $15.

Can also be found in Word Edit under Landmarks.

Pipeline Support:

1 swatch. Not recolorable.

Found Under Decor>Misc for $15.

Can also be found in Word Edit under Landmarks.

Satellite Dish EP01:

1 swatch. Not recolorable.

Found Under Decor>Misc for $500.

Can also be found in Word Edit under Landmarks.

Silo EP01:

1 swatch. Not recolorable.

Found Under Decor>Misc for $100.

Can also be found in Word Edit under Landmarks.

Water Tower EP01:

1 swatch. Not recolorable.

Found Under Decor>Misc for $100.

Can also be found in Word Edit under Landmarks.

My cc is always free, but if you would like to support my work, please consider leaving me a tip on ko-fi.

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grandelama · 26 days

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Get to the chopper!!!!

Changing the hot air balloon effect to a helicopter brings new vibes to your city world…

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grandelama · 29 days

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From Sunset Valley, Blair Wainwright makeover.

#ts3 #the sims 3 #thesims3 #ts3 cc #the sims 3 cc #cc #sims 3 mods #sunset valley #grandelama

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grandelama · 1 month

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Functional Baby Carrier - V2 Update

I've updated my Functional Baby Carrier mod to V2! Various fixes and improvements have been added, and you can now direct babies/toddlers to sleep or wake up, and change whether each baby carrier is usable or not 😊

Image Previews:

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grandelama · 1 month

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Good Morning, Briarcliff Harbor.

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grandelama · 1 month

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TS4-TS3 HOME THEATER SET

Requested by @tefosims

Link to original post: Here

All Recolorable

Divider is an end table, has slots. Must be placed on OMSP for routing.

Modular set.

Credits and Polycount included.

Decimated.

Cleaned and compressed.

Considered a non-recolorable version for the textures but these textures work really amazing with this set, it's what you see in the last photo.

𝕯𝖔𝖜𝖓𝖑𝖔𝖆𝖉

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grandelama · 1 month

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did i redo my main shopping center? yes

am i redoing a lot of lots for my save file and wondering if it's ever going to be released with all these renovations? yes

do i like the renovations? hell yes

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grandelama · 1 month

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i am not a serious person

once the base is done its time for variants (very wip)

no reshade

under the cut. these gives a better example of the varients and the difference tweaking the bloom shader's smoothing and threshold can do

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grandelama · 1 month

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from Sunset valley: Stiles McGrow makeover. :-)

#ts3 #the sims 3 #thesims3 #ts3 cc #the sims 3 cc #cc #sunset valley #grandelama

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grandelama · 1 month

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Secret Build Techniques

Two uncommonly-known build exploits for your use- to get an extra floor, and to create a one-level open-air basement! Read more under the cut.

Sixth Floor

This allows you to create an extra sixth floor. Mainly useful for decorative use!

Build up to the five-floor limit.

Create a mansard roof large enough to show a floor tile.

Delete roof

Using ‘placefriezes on’, you can now place a frieze where you couldn’t before.

You can then use CFE to shape the floor to your liking.

Of note: It’s best to keep the extra floor decorative or lightly-built, as there are restrictions. You can’t build walls, roofs, nor stairs, but ladders (place beforehand), fences, and elevators work. Use ‘moveobjects on’ to place objects, doors, and windows. You can use the sledgehammer to delete the extra floor.

Open-air Basements

This allows you to create a one-level open-air basement, as teased by Sims Uni’s gym.

Create basement on a completely flat piece of ground.

Create stair in basement where you want the opening to be.

Create a foundation at the end of the staircase, one tile away.

Copy the stair and place a new stair leading from the foundation to the top of the stair to the basement.

Delete the stair to the basement.

Delete basement stair.

You can repeat this as many times as you want to create large open areas! Beyond that, it functions as a normal basement.

Of note: To delete the open-air areas, place basement stairs where you don’t want the effect, and then delete those stairs. You can then delete the basement. It’s best to keep the open-air area lightly decorated, as I believe that objects beyond doors and windows will not show above-ground even if you have object hiding disabled. The game will also only render the first basement level below ground.

Hope this helps!

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grandelama · 1 month

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Fix: Sims need less Space

TL;DR

with this mod, your sims need half of the space for all interactions, which vastly improves routing in small spaces

each package file requires a different expansion pack. The requred expansion is part of the filename.

Installation: just put all the files in your packages-folder, the usual way, merging is no problem

Conflicts: highly unlikely, see below for detail

compatible with all my other mods

compatible with Interaction on sloped terrain enabler by nikel23

also here's my other BIG routing fix for pets

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ModTheSims | Simblr | SimFileShare

Hey Simmers, Rudi has a big mod-achievement for you today: it's time for my tenth and biggest mod yet

Just recently I play tested my new awesome house, that's cramped up with clutter and plants all the way up to the roof, just to realize, that my Sims are walking in the garden to interact with each other, cause many of the spaces are too tight. But no more! With this mod, those issues will forever be a sorrow of the past.

Explanation - how the mod works This mod reduces the space that sims need for doing things, similar to my other mods. It does this by overwriting the jig size for each sim interaction. A jig is an invisible object that’s auto placed on the ground, while e.g. two sims are talking to each other. Other sims will walk around the other sims talking, cause the jig (placed under the sims talking) obstructs the routing-way for other sims. By default all jigs are quite big, in most cases even way bigger than they need to be. But if you reduce the jig size by a mod, than those interactions are possible even in tiny over-cluttered rooms.

Now these mods do the same for all sim interactions.

How to install

Installation: just put all the files in your packages-folder, the usual way, nothing special required, you can merge them as well

each file requires a different expansion pack

the required expansion pack is part of the filename

if you don't have the expansion pack, it's just doing nothing, but it won't cause any other problems

Recommended Mods, that further improve routing

Pets need less Space by OhRudi

Guitar needs less Space for playing by OhRudi

Bass needs less Space for playing by OhRudi

Interaction on sloped terrain enabler by nikel23

NRaas GoHere

List of all altered Interactions

Interactions altered for Basegame

HelpWithHomework

HomeworkSolo

Insect

performer

playInSand

RabbitHoleDoor

SimSittingOnFloor

Sleeping

SocialBabyToddler

SocialOnePerson

SocialTwoPerson_0_35Unit

SocialTwoPerson_1_25Unit

SocialTwoPerson_1_68Unit

SocialTwoPerson_1Unit

SocialTwoPerson_3Unit

SocialTwoPerson_3UnitFight

SocialTwoPerson

TeachToWalk

ThrowingGamePaired

throwPotionAt

Toy

ToyToddler

WorkOut

Interactions altered for World Adventures Expansion

Spar

Interactions altered for Ambitions Expansion

MeteorImpact

MinerExclusion

Interactions altered for Late Night Expansion

barBrawl

cameraVideoMedium

CelebPhotoSocialTwoPerson

socialClubDance

SocialTwoPersonElboWest

soloClubDance

Interactions altered for Generations Expansion

daycareProblems_1pt25_r2_c0

elderCaneIdle

flamingBag

pillowFightA2a

pillowFightA2cC2a

pillowFightC2c

tellTale

watchingStars

Interactions altered for Showtime Expansion

CrowdMonsterSittingPlace

CrowdMonsterStandingPlace

kitFrontStage_Sing

kitPerformer_solicit

KitPerformerForTips

KitPerformer

LevitateMagicianSoloForTips

LevitateMagicianSolo

MeditateSolo

ShowFloorBenchPlacement

singAGramFxPack_perform

singer_playForTips

Interactions altered for Supernatural Expansion

castSpell

castSpellDuel

playFetchWerewolf

playTagWerewolfFairy

practiceSpell

Interactions altered for Seasons Expansion

alienConsumeMeteor

ballFightLarge

ballFightSmall

cloudRay

poolLounger

rake

simFreezing

skatingPondSpinCouple

skatingPondSpinSingle

skatingSpinCouple

skatingSpinSingle

Slowdance

Sparkler

umbrellaUpgrade

vehicleUFO_invasion

vehicleUFO

Interactions altered for University Expansion

computerLaptop_floor

flyingDisc

graffitiArt

groupScience

improvedProtesting

kickyBag_dual

kickyBag_solo

Interactions altered for Island Paradise Expansion

adultSandcastle

BoatBackUpLarge

BoatBackUpSmall

houseboatPortal

kraken

lifeguardFakeInjury

lifeguardFakeInjuryRouting

lifeguardRescueWater

lifeguardRescueWaterRouting

mermDehydrate

playingInOcean

SeaLife

sharkAttack

sharkAttackSurface

simPlaceInWater

sweep

UnderwaterSocial

Interactions altered for Into The Future Expansion

computerHologram

dewFightLarge

dewFightSmall

harpLaser

jetpackFlyAround

jetpackLandFail

jetpackTakeOff

MeteorImpactEP11

moonBounce

performComedyShow

Technical Details

this mod edits the all jigs from all expansion packs and base game

Conflicts: only if you have a mod installed who's editing exactly this resource as well, but I assume that's highly unlikely

use delphys dashboard to check for conflicts

I dearly hope your pets enjoy their new freedom. :luff:

Additional Credits: A BIG THANK YOU to my lovely Beta-Testers: @maysmile3213516, @SimC, @murfee, @echoweaver, @CardinalSims, @Sazandora123, @vaddish, @nahyutarightsactivist and @Shadez S3PE S3OC @you-will-never-find-me-anymore for letting me use her Bonehilda for my awesome profile picture

AND to this awesome and still alive community of simmers

Happy Simming <3

made by @OhRudi

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grandelama · 1 month

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4t3: For Rent Plants (For Rent EP)

I promised more plants. Here are 28 of them. Some of these can also be found in the Island Living, and Jungle Adventure EPs/GPs. As far as I can tell they haven't been converted, or converted in this way.

These plants were cloned from gruesim’s plants here, so they will move in the wind, and have shadows. They don’t change with the seasons, however.

Compressed. 1 zip file (all included, unmerged), and individual files available.

➨ Download ➨ Alt Download

Info:

Found Under Build>Trees/Shrubs/Flowers.

@xto3conversionsfinds, @matchsim (thank you! <3)

My cc is always free, but if you would like to support my work, please consider leaving me a tip on ko-fi.

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grandelama · 1 month

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Gobias Koffi: from old looking man to a pretty fella in just few steps: - new skin; - a head shaving; - no moustache; - a cool pair of glasses.

#ts3 #the sims 3 #thesims3 #ts3 cc #the sims 3 cc #cc #sunset valley #grandelama

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grandelama · 1 month

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@Gorillax3-cc Oversized Jeans conversion

Original here. 4.9k. Fully recolorable (except the belt & underwear). The jeans is worn by the male on the left. The male on the right is wearing my other conversion.

DOWNLOAD

Featuring @rollo-rolls shirt, hat, and shoes, my wip tank top conversion, and @venusprincess-ts3 wings <3 ty for your cc which inspired these two saltburn college boys.

@pis3update @kpccfinds @wanderingsimsfinds

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grandelama · 2 months

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Lowered Hair Series: Mod - Master Suite SP

Out of all of EA's tall-forehead-syndrome afflicted hairstyles, this one from the Master Suite SP is probably the second-worst offender.

I've edited the mesh so that it sits lower on the head, so hopefully all sims will now have a more proportionate forehead-to-face ratio.

Details:

for teen to elder male sims

2 versions: standalone file, and default replacement (requires Master Suite SP)

it is enabled for random but you can easily disable that in S3PE if you want

custom thumbnail

Credits:

littlecat/editsim for extracting and retexturing this hair (texture is by pooklet)

mesh edit by me

To be clear, the default replacement package replaces EA's texture, mesh, and thumbnail. It will conflict with any other default replacement of this hair. You can place it in either the Overrides folder or the Packages folder. You may need to clear your caches to see the change in-game.

Download: simfileshare / mega

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