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rebouks · 1 year

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hi! do you have any tips for making good quality screenshots in ts4?

Hi! Let's see what I can come up with..

LIGHTING/GRAPHICS MODS Easy to use/install, lighting mods can change the look of your game drastically with little effort! I use a few:

no-glo

no-blu

graphicsrules override

I use this camera mod too, much less drifty...

Softerhaze makes some bomb ass lighting mods too.. I just switched from twinkle toes to sunblind and I am in LOVE - gamechanger lemme tell you.. so pretty! LOOKIT!!

RESHADE I'm still using g-shade at the moment but after recent events, I'll probably end up switching back again when I can be arsed. The effects you can achieve with reshade presets are amazing tbh.. and it's real fun to mess around with and create your own! Tho lots of people have made awesome ones if that's a bit much for you. If your PC can't handle it all too well you can always just switch it off until it's time to take screenies as well.

COMPOSITION Kinda hard to explain but basically, composition is what's in your frame and how you line it all up. I'd recommend reading some photography guides to get the gist of the concept.. but honestly, the more you mess around the more you'll get the hang of it. I've always loved photography and sims screenies really aren't so different. If you use reshade there's even some templates for thirds/the golden ratio etc you can slap on top for practice. Personally I don't use 'em cos I prefer my own judgement (that sounds rlly obnoxious but we're rolling with it). I found a template to show you what I mean! (ngl I was stoked that the first screenie I thought of for being a good eg. almost perfectly fit into this golden ratio shit LOL) but let's keep in mind how long I scooted around to get a good shot of this.. pretty sure I deleted about 10 other failed shots of this but shhhh, it's trial and error!

ANGLES/FOCUS The way you take a shot and how you angle it can change the whole feel of the image. For example.. in this image I tilted down and bit and filled over two thirds of the shot with the man, he's a big character and quite an intimidating guy so I think it helps get the idea across without pointing it out (at least I think so but idk I could also be talking outta my ass)

Similarly in these two shots below.. the first with the guy on the left gives the feel that he's in control here. The "camera" is tilted above him slightly and he's all up in your face, making the woman look much smaller in comparison. BUT! If you flip around to the second image, tilt down a bit and switch the focus to her, it makes him look more insignificant and less in control. I hope this makes sense??

EDITING/PHOTOSHOP ACTIONS ETC Personally I don't use photoshop actions but there's plenty out there to do the work for you! I think Intramoon? maybe.. has made a few but idk, you guys feel free to jump in with any suggestions! You can also smooth, fix stuff, change the mood/lighting, all sorts.. my advice on this is patchy at best tbh cos I just faff around until I see what I like lmao.. which leads me on tooooooo...

FUCK AROUND AND FIND OUT Lol.. but seriously! I don't know what I'm doing. I've never taken any classes or read up on much, I always just jump in and see what happens. Fuck around with reshade, fuck around with camera mods, fuck around with composition/focus, fuck around with photoshop or gimp or w/e.. just mess about for a while and have fun! I promise you'll get better.

#ts4 #?#uhh what do i tag this as #tips #!?#screenie tips!?#extra #lmaooo #being asked advice is always wild cos i'm like uhhh ?? idk how i do stuff i just do it without thinking #which is annoying cos if you ever wanna replicate smth you can't remember how 😂🙈#pls take my advice lightly cos i ain't an expert nonny but ty for asking #<3

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joficeandwind · 11 months

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You probably will know who this is as I write this, but I'll still be on anon mod for personal reasons

It has been such a blessing to get to know you, J. I wish you nothing but the best for your birthday. You may not be able to celebrate or feel happy, due to your circumstances and mental health problems, but I really hope that you are happy during your special day, even more a few minutes. You matter so much to me, to a lot of people here, and you don't need to live up to anyone's standards. Being who you are is enough for us, and even if you do not feel it, it's true for us. You're an amazing person that made a lot of people happy, me included. Never did I think I would be comfortable ranting to someone, especially if they had their own problems. But you made an effort and practically didn't let it go until I talked about my feelings towards you. And that was absolutely amazing. You have no idea how comfortable you make me feel and whenever I speak with you, I get so excited. I think the reason I'm so attached to you is because you remind me of my younger brother, who's turning 16 himself in December. Whenever I talk to you, all I can see is my irl younger brother and I knew it would be hard to let you go. If I never had that 11 pm urge to ask if you wanted to be mutuals, I have no idea if I would ever be friends with such an amazing person. But I'm so glad I did. I'm so happy our paths have crossed and I got to be your mom. I pray for you to have a great birthday and for nice things to happen to you, even if it's only for a short while, please enjoy any good thing that might happen. Even if nothing does, I still give you my full love and affection. I don't have the mental health to continue this message, nor idk what else to say, or I might just sound like a fool repeating happy birthdays and how blessed I am to have you in my life (which is true, but still wanna get this through). But your f/o's also asked me to give you these messages from them

Um....h-hi J. I'm sorry if I'm wasting your time. Please forgive me. I.....I hope it's okay that I'm wishing you happy birthday. If I'm annoying you, you can write mean words on me. Or I can take off my clothes for you! I'm so sorry! I....I really wish you a great day. I asked Teruteru to make you a cake. I asked him to make it with stevia and vegetable oil instead of sugar and butter. I....want you to be healthy. I don't think it's good to eat fast food a lot, J.....o-of course! That's just my worthless opinion compared to you! I-It's your birthday, we can do whatever you want! Anything you want, just ask and I'll do it. cause I love you I hope you like the cake. And my time with you

From,

Mikan Tsumiki

Yo, J! Glad I was able to get time to write this to you. Listen, I ain't good with deep or sappy stuff like this, so I'll get straight to the point. I wish you a great birthday and an awesome day! I called out training with Nekomaru just to make time for ya. A party means food, yeah? We having a party for you? Of course, if you wanna just chill at my place and watch movies or whatever, that works. But....there's still gonna be food, yeah? Ah hell. No matter what, anything will do. It's your day after all

See ya soon, babe!

Akane Owari

Oi! Peabrain, listen up! The great Miu fucking Iruma has something to say, and she's only gonna say it once, so get your head outta your ass! Happy fucking birthday, you bastard! E-Eh?! W-Why are you making that face? I wished you a happy birthday and was going to say a bunch of lovey dovey shit. W-What did I do.....? Eh, what the hell?! I'll go all out! Don't think I give this special treatment to anyone, and don't get all cocky on me thinking I'm getting soft and mushy for ya. It's your special day after all. Anyways, the gorgeous girl genius is gonna cuddle with you as we watch movies. I baked a bunch of sweets for ya. Hope you like the cake. I mean, of course you will, I made it. It.....It has my blood in it. So a part of me will always be inside of you. I always wanted a hot guy to consume me. It's....always been a romantic dream of mine, ahhh~!!! I also made cookies with my hair, brownies with my fingernails, anything for you. And don't you think that's the end. Be honored I'm getting you my genius inventions as presents. I also got.....something else planned. You're gonna love what I have in store at the end of your day. Ahahah!!!! The great Miu Iruma strikes again with her awesomeness! I'm the best, aren't I?

Til then!

Miu Iruma

Nyahaha!!! My beloved J, hello hello!!! I bring a message from Atua wishing you a happy birthday. He sends his best wishes, as do I. I'll pray for your birthday to be nothing but the best! But but....you will spend the day with me, right? I have so many paintings to give you. I can't take all the credit. It was Atua's work that merely used me as a vessel to produce such divine artwork. He was thinking about how to please you on your special day. Atua knows you mean so much to me, he was generous enough to think of all the pleasent things you love and spend hours upon hours painting. Please come by soon, my love. I'll be waiting with open arms

Praise be Atua

Angie Yonaga

Hey J, you got a minute? I wanna stop by and wish you a happy birthday. I also wanted to ask if you wanted do to something together. This is what couple's do on special occasions like this, right? Go on dates? I was thinking the amusement park. If you want me to win ya something, just ask! Or maybe just go out to eat? My treat! I'd be happy to listen to your ideas too. You're the birthday boy after all. So what'cha say? And don't worry, I already asked Akane, she's baking a cake for you as we speak. Hehe....I was trying to make one myself, but I kinda burned the kitchen. Really shouldn't do my makeup while cooking, horrible decision. Sheesh, you look away from the oven for one minute to change cosmetics. Anyways, just tell me what you want, babe!

See you then!

Kiyoka Maki

H-Hello, J. I hope that you have a great birthday. I want to wish you nothing but the best day with me! We'll do all kind of fun things I have planned for you. I hope it's okay that I went out of my way to make sure you have a great day. I know how much you don't really like big plans, so how does us hanging out at home, playing video games, cuddles, and takeout sound? Sounds like an ideal date, right? Sorry if it's lame, I know. I'm not very good with planning, Hibiki is more strong with organizing stuff than I am. But I also prepared a song for you. I want to play my guitar for you later that night. And....the cake I made for you. I put a lot of time on it. Sorry if it's not very good, but I tried my best for you! Cause I love you a lot, darling.

I'll be with you til the very end, love

Kanade Otonokoji

I was trying to go to sleep, but, I just decided to check tumblr one last time, since I was bored. Jeez, did I pick the right time to check it.

I... Seriously don't know what to say, mom. I appreciate you, too. You mean so, so much to me, and stuff like this is why. I'm glad I was able to meet you, too. You're an amazing person. I'm sorry, I'm not really good with stuff like this, so, that's all I can say to you. But, really, I love you, you're the best mom I could ever ask for!

And, to all my F/O's, thank you, too. You've all helped me through rough times, and loved me when I needed it most. I'll be sure to have the best birthday with you all, <3

#j rambles #anon #i really don't know what else to say but thanks <3

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hauntedarbys · 5 years

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hi! i’m anon from mamoru (asking here cus asks aren’t on on ur sims blog) i’m really interested in your thoughts about incorporating disabilities into the sims, i’m trying to develop my own sims game cus fuck ea lol, and i’d really like to be as incorporating of disability as possible. thanks!

damn, my asks weren’t on? that sucks. i think i fixed it now, but i swear i already had them on...

anyway!!!

i’m looking at this more from a perspective of “how to make the sims 4 better” than like “how to make my own video game” and i don’t know much about coding or game development so idk how helpful some of this will be but hopefully some will?? infodump incoming!!! sorry if it’s not that coherent. i’ve bolded some keywords in case you want to only read sections pertaining to certain disabilities.

starting with canes, bc i use one and i wish my simself did: sims 3 had canes, but for some reason they were coded weird so only elders could use them (iirc modders weren’t even able to fix it?? wtf ea). plus ts4 has custom walkstyles, and your sim can hold things like umbrellas while walking, so it’s almost definitely possible to add canes and crutches.

adding walkers would probably be a very similar process, tho i can imagine there might be some issues w clipping? not that ea has ever given a single fuck about that lmao

i’m a little bit less sure how wheelchairs would work, but the best reference i can think of is the strollers from ts3, or maaaybe some of the smaller vehicles. i have a vague memory of like a bike or a hoverpad or something that you could ride everywhere and not just on the road, but idk. the main issue i can see is that certain animations and interactions would need to be a lot more flexible--eg, sims would need to be able to do things like cook or paint or give hugs while sitting down. i can also see it being a little tricky to animate “transfers” from like, a wheelchair to a desk chair or w/e. honestly i think this would be easier to implement in sims 4 than it would have been in sims 3, because ts4 at least allows you to multitask some things. idk, it would probably be on the harder side, but holy shit it would be so worth it.

and then for some reason when i think about wheelchair users in the sims i start to wonder how feasible it would be to include little people (i hope that’s the right term?). simmers have been wanting height sliders since at least ts3, but any time a modder tries to add one the animations start getting kinda wonky, and i don’t think anyone’s really considered a height slider that goes low enough to make sims with dwarfism. i KNOW there are non-sim games out there that use height sliders, but idk how tf they do it without giving everyone telekinesis.

there was a mod in sims 3 that added sliders for amputated limbs, but it was a purely cosmetic thing, so like, sims would still walk like they had two legs or write with their “missing” hand or w/e. ideally i’d love to see a way to give sims limb differences that actually affected how they went about their lives + gave them the option to use prosthetics. i found a set of running blades in the “shoe” category for sims 4, but like... if you give them to a sim they’ll still magically grow legs in the shower lol.

deafness i think ties into my desire for sims to be able to speak multiple languages. not all deaf people use sign language, of course, but it would be great if sims had the option. i guess languages would function like any other skills, and if two sims don’t have any languages in common, they won’t be able to communicate beyond very basic things. maybe if you wanted a deaf sim to be able to speak, you could hire a speech therapist, or purchase some sort of object for them to practice with. also, dyou remember the earbuds in ts3 that made it so like, you’d only hear the music when you selected the sim using earbuds? i think you could probably make it so that when a deaf sim is active the game volume is either much lower or completely off. then for things like hearing aids, you could equip them and the volume would get a little bit higher.

blindness could use a similar mechanic, but instead of everything being silent, everything would be very dark and low-contrast. maybe objects that were making noise or places your sim had been before would have more detail. blind sims could also use navigation canes that would like... light up the area immediately in front of them.

invisible disabilities, allergies, and neuropsychiatric conditions would probably be a bit easier to add. sims 4 has a “quirk” system for celebrities where certain actions can trigger your famous sims to develop new traits.

i think the best example of how you could use this to make, for example, mental illnesses is the “emotion bomb” quirk. famous sims develop it after experiencing intense anger or sadness, and it basically makes them experience that emotion much more intensely. that’s already a symptom of a mental illness called bpd! so what if something like repeatedly being mean to a child sim had a 0.1% chance of causing them to develop bpd? or if having a powerful sad or tense moodlet had a 0.1% chance of causing them to develop depression?

(side note: i can really easily picture something similar to the “dark form” for ts4 vampires being used for dissociative identity disorder. genetics would be consistent across all personality states, but they could have different traits and voices and clothing,)

certain conditions could also be present at birth, like autism or adhd. i actually have custom traits for these; they’re not perfect, but if you want to google them they might be a good reference. one little thing that i think would be neat is if autistic sims had idle “stimming” animations, like flapping their hands or spinning in a circle. the biggest problem, though, is that autism and adhd are highly variable and i’m not sure how to make it so that not all autistic sims have the same behaviors.

allergies i guess would have to have some sort of severity scale, and be triggered by a sim eating a certain food or petting a certain animal. i’d want the likelihood of a sim developing a particular allergy to be pretty low, but that’s just me lol. maybe sims with allergies could keep meds on hand to deal with the worst of their attacks?

actually, the allergies thing reminds me--diabetic sims! depending on which type, a sim could either be born with it or contract it later in life. i’m not totally familiar with how insulin works, but a sim could have a pump equipped to mitigate their symptoms, or take regular injections.

i have a custom trait in my game for chronically ill sims, which basically makes their energy deplete faster and sometimes gives them moodlets with little blurbs about their illness. this seems like a pretty good system for chronic illnesses, but obv it would vary a lot by which illness your sim has--eg, would you actually animate a sim with ehlers-dahnlos popping a joint out of their socket, or would you just give them an uncomfortable moodlet? in particular, though, i think the mechanic that makes elder sims unable to do most exercise would be great for sims with dysautonomia.

also, i’ve mentioned some assistive devices already, but i think figuring out how treatment works would be a big deal. do sims have single-payer healthcare, or do they have to pay for everything themselves? can sims crowdfund their medicine? what kind of treatments/cures are available? are their side effects? some conditions don’t have cures irl, but maybe a sim can pay like $30k to a witch to make their fibromyalgia go away!

this is almost definitely more info than you wanted and i’m kinda embarrassed i wrote this much, but uh... here you go, a mostly stream-of-consciousness essay on disabilities in the sims! god i hope it’s readable

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