How Courtyard Ln. is coming along. I'm all about TOOLing areas to look realistic and add extra functionality to the neighborhood. This area is supposed to give off "edge of the city" so this one is a fun challenge!
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Culpepper House Dingy Apartment Hallway 👻
I decorated the Culpepper House Apartment hallway with T.O.O.L mod by @twistedmexi. This is inspired by @florwalsims's amazing @portsim save file to (attemptly) match the aesthetic.
CC i used here :
Store sign | Small grafitti | Seatable plastic crate | by @ravasheencc
ATM from SNBank by @simrealist
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Better BuildBuy v3.2 The "CC Report" Update!
Now in Early Access! Grab it here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/better-buildbuy-92170088
I've added a CC Report feature for easily sharing and assessing your CC builds. This is accessed via a new Construction Center button, which will grow with time to become your main point of access for Better BuildBuy's future settings, features, and help guides. Favorites have also received an improvement in behavior.
Added a Construction Center button to the filter panel. This will become the main hub for future Better BuildBuy features and options.
Added a CC Report option to the Construction Center menu, which will generate a list of all CC packages used in your current build.
The CC Report will open in your browser, and has an "Export Spreadsheet" option at the bottom, where you can add a column for links to the creators' CC pages.
Enhanced the favorites system so that favoriting a swatch variant won't require you to have that color selected in the filters in order to see the favorite. This was causing some players to mistakenly think the favorite hadn't been saved.
Color filters can still be used in favorites view to exclusively filter to the selected colors.
Public release set for 11/28.
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Better BuildBuy is a build mode suite that adds various enhancements, including:
🔸Organized Debug - clonable, swatched, categorized debug and liveedit items.
🔸TOOL Build Mode Integration (requires TOOL)
🔸Better Filters - view just CC, just debug, or just liveedit. Filters stay set betwen game sessions.
🔸Build Cheat integration - never enter a manual build cheat again. Use the filter options.
🔸Favorites - Favorite your frequent items with middle-click.
🔸Expandable Catalog - Use the tilda or 1 key on your number row to expand the catalog.
🔸CC Report - Get a list of object CC package files used in your current build.
🔸Light Editor - Edit lights within build mode, using BBB's lighting color wheel. Just shift click a light.
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added all the telephone poles :}}}}. i'm obsessed with this. what would i do without tool
i also was playing aorund with this preset. i love the comic thing bruh
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I'm sure I'm not the only one who wishes this gate was compatible with this fence, and while there is cc out there to make the gate bigger, I personally wanted to keep it 2 tile wide, so here's a quick and easy tutorial to force this gate into looking how you want, accessible to people who know exactly One (1) TOOL command (dont worry me too)
What you need:
Horse ranch (obviously)
Twisted Mexi's TOOL mod [here]
The pillar I used* comes from growing together (below), but you can use whatever you have available, as long as you're fine with the gate posts being bigger than the fence posts. Note that from close up the original posts may poke through a little, but it's easy to ignore.
*Can't confirm if the colours match decently to any other fence swatch, as I only used the black fence.
To start off with, you obviously have to place down the gate where you want it. You can add in your pillars now, or after you've raised the gate. Now toggle TOOL with Shift + T.
To lift the gate, select it and use the elevate command. (If, like me, you've never touched TOOL before deciding you want to fix this gate, you'll know it's selected when it's green and seethrough.) Type in ".3" to raise the gate in line with the top of the fence. Unless you wanna mess with smaller decimals anything higher is too high, and if you wanna go lower that's personal preference.
Now, onto the pillars. If you haven't whacked em down already, place your pillars onto either side of the gate, and select with tool. From my (limited) personal experience selecting and deselecting pillars with tool is a little finicky and its easy to accidentally move them, and if that happens just undo.
Again, we're using the elevate command, but in reverse to lower the pillars. In order to get them flush with the height of other fence posts, type in "-1.5". Making the command negative will lower the object. Make sure you do this on both pillars, obviously.
Now, with all of that done, you should be able to exit tool mode and have a beautiful gate that spites EA's gate sizing.
Cheers!
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[T.O.O.L. Creations: The Golden Harp]
A CC-free deco sculpture, created with T.O.O.L.
Since we build CC-free, Xan “makes” a lot of things with T.O.O.L. This one came out nice, so: a harp, for your music room, solarium, concert hall, etc. Saved as a 2x2 room. Obviously not functional, but it looks nice. Just remember to turn the component lights off. :3
DOWNLOAD: SFS | Dropbox | Gallery
Tag us if you use it, and let us know if you’d like more T.O.O.L. creations! We have an army of them.
Components, for reference:
@maxismatchccworld @emilyccfinds @sssvitlanz @simshistoricalfinds
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Started working on my own save file last night. Thanks to all of the amazing hard work of @simverses blowtorch mod and @twistedmexi and other wonderful creators, my 80s dreams are coming true slowly but surely. *I know the statue is off-center but whatever lol*
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Elmtree HighSchool🍎
its a functional library, and i love my unconventional lots. planning to make a group of highschoolers and make this the hangout spot! Lots of tool and praying
[also the build is totally all gallery, i made the parking lot though!!!]
im sorry yall r gonna need every pack and kit and shit for this save file,,, i do plan to actually make this one downloadable!!
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Magnolia Harbor
A bustling port and fishery connected to Magnolia Promenade- you bet they've got the freshest seafood this side of Brindleton Bay!
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I Know a Lot of Simmers Don't Like it, But I Like It
I LOVE Romantic Garden Staff Pack, and since it is free, why not show its fullest potential, or at least to what extent it can be manipulated.
I used Twistedmaxi's BetterBuildBuy and T.O.O.L. mod, mostly the scale this time.
there is something hidden next to the bed, you might want to see the last image.
you can find the room under my gallery name "samthedoodler"
"some close-ups on the old money gardener's bedroom"
"are these statues? sure..."
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TOOL v2.7 The "Stay Open" Update!
TOOL just got a workflow improvement!
v2.7 brings a "Stay Open" option that lets you easily adjust your last action until you hit cancel. Public on 11/20, or if you'd like to support me, grab it now on Patreon
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