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krystal91sims · 5 months
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Seasonal Herb the Gnome
You may know "Herb the Posy Protector", well these are his seasonal brothers… meet: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter! 😁
As you may have already understood, this is the recolor in 4 season themed swatches of the absolute cute gnome from Cottage Living that I made base game compatible so everyone can use it! 😊
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van-yangyin · 1 month
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Terra, Cloud and Auron Statues of Olympus (Kingdom Hearts 3)
From Olympus come these heroes so that you can admire them anywhere in your home (sold separately), although as a recommendation better place them in the garden away from windows, as they are life-size. We are not responsible for any possible damage they may cause in your garden. ...attention: No refunds!
Kingdom Hearts 22nd anniversary is coming up soon in 3 days! And I'm sharing some gifts to celebrate it, which I showed in my Patreon (🔒) or my Ko-Fi (🔒). And this is the third one.
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If you download my CC it means your agree with my T.O.U (English/Español/日本語).
General Info:
3 packages, each one with 1 swatch (Original one) + 9 extra swatches
Base game compatible
all LOD's
All Maps (Diffuse, Normal and Specular)
Category: Buy Mode > Decoration > Sculptures. Price: 8500 【English Name: Terra/Cloud/Auron Statue of Olympus | Spanish Name: Estatua de Terra/Cloud/Auron de El Olimpo】 Contain a description in English and Spanish, personalized by me and Lea (@lea-heartscxiv) [Anyone can send me translations of text in their language so that more people can enjoy it in their own language.]
footprint adjusted to mesh so sims don't step on them, use "bb.moveobjects on" if you want to place them closer
custom thumbnail
LODs Info: Terra Statue: LOD0: 5554 poly | LOD1: 2779 poly | LOD2: 1391 poly Cloud Statue: LOD0: 4144 poly | LOD1: 2073 poly | LOD2: 1037 poly Auron Statue: LOD0: 5284 poly | LOD1: 2643 poly | LOD2: 1323 poly
※Choose download only one version of each color or choose download "_Merged" where four packages files are together.※
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luminelfy · 2 years
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• Wooden Owl Statue •
[ inspired by ]
category: statue
HP! 7k polygons
10 swatches
base game comp
Just a little thing that I loved to experiment with and create. Hope you like it :) Happy Simming!
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hystii · 1 year
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shkatzchen · 2 years
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The Grieving Fairy is a conversion from TS3 using TSRW and S4S.
This weeping fairy is probably a perfect fit for a mystical garden, or maybe as a headstone in a graveyard. As shown above it comes in three colors.
It can be downloaded from SimFileShare here.
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jemcrystln · 3 months
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Modded Recolor CC ts4 BaseGame "Garden Friend" Bunny Rabbit Statue
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*credits/attribution - No art was done by me. Script assist by modder creator(s) Pixipui Pixified Courtesy S4S. Texture credits - 1 , 2 . Script vid.
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kayleigh-83 · 11 months
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Something quick I converted for Saguaro Springs, my custom desert vacation hood in progress. Here she is looming over Belladonna Cove in my CC test game. Since there actually is a dinosaur statue like this in the real Palm Springs according to my searches for inspiration images, and since this also exists in the landscape of Oasis Springs in TS4, it was a must-have as I work on this hood!
I did of course find AFTER I quickly threw this together that someone else had already converted it, but their version was much smaller as you can see below. You can have both of them in your game if you’d like, mine is a totally separate item.
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Hope you enjoy!
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thebleedingwoodland · 2 years
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Time to release draft I wrote in year 2021. 
Warning: ⚠️Very long post, no hide. Important critical about faulty of The Sims 3 game content directed to EA (Electronic Arts) company. ⚠️ English is not my first language. I cannot input many images/pictures for evidences because the post is already too long, please do research by yourself to find more images/pictures. 
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As an ethnically Chinese, I baffled seeing what EA portraying China/Chinese culture in TS3 World Adventures world Shang Simla. For more than 10 years. It is full of wrong ignorant portrayal, obviously without asking input from actual Chinese people and portraying the world as “China inspired East Asian world with American Chinatown based on what Westerners’ perspective”.
If you are non Chinese, non Asian, please do not believe nonsense what EA made in Shang Simla.   
Using icon of Japan: Torii Gate. 
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To be more specific, Itsukushima Shrine. 
There are Great Wall, Chinese Gate, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven in the game, why didn’t (logically) EA made the icon based on one of the builds? France and Egypt have correct icons with same build in the game, Eiffel Tower and Pyramid. Imagine if Windenburg, TS4 Europe world, has American Liberty Statue as icon, what’s your reaction? 
There is one person already complained about the matter on EA forum, no response from EA themselves. https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-PC/Sims-3-World-Adventures-is-incorrect-and-technically-racist/td-p/3474359
Symbol for China should be: Forbidden City / Great Wall / Pai Fang (牌坊)
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Shang Simla residents bowing to other Sims when greeting. Chinese people DO NOT BOW when greeting people, but shake hand as usual. The only Chinese people bowing is when we are in important respectful and formal events, such as showing respect to the dead person in funeral / cemetery and religious events, or any formal apologies by company and services in China and Taiwan. For normal occasions, meeting other people casually, there is no bow in Chinese culture, only Japanese and Koreans who bow. I guess EA added the “bow” culture to make Shang Simla more “exotic” and more “Asian”, as Al Simhara and Champs Les Sims have local gesture greeting. 
Fortune Cookies. There is no such thing as Fortune Cookies in Chinese culture. Fortune Cookies are cookies originated from Japan, spread to USA country, popularized by Japanese immigrants to Chinese restaurant in USA.  “China” world? More like American Chinatown, located in USA.  It is not first EA did that mistake in TS3, In TS4, EA added Fortune Cookies symbol in street food vendor for Chinese food stall. 
https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/fortune-cookies-2/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_cookie
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Accurate historical Chinese food / dessert  = Mooncake (in Autumn) or Zongzi (in Summer).
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Mooncake, TS3 CC made by LunaYue
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Left: Zongzi from Southern part of China, TS3 CC made by me, right: Zongzi from Northern part of China, TS4 CC made by Rex. 
There is Korean household in Shang Simla. Ho Sung Kim, Hui Young Kim, Sun Young Kim Why did EA added Korean Sims in “China” country? As if EA wants to mix up China setting, Japan icon & bowing culture, Korean Sims as one “exotic” East Asian country. Why called it China (literally in-game) if EA added fusion with Japanese and Korean elements? 
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“Asian trait” for Shang Simla residents, instead of “Chinese trait”. Did EA know Asian is continent, not only one country? Which consists many countries? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Asian_countries_by_area  China only cannot represent Asian continent. Southeast Asian countries and other regions of Asia do not use chopsticks when eating. Southeast Asia uses spoon & fork and hand. South Asia uses hand. 
Houses in Shang Simla are very exaggerated Ancient China palace style, so silly and hilarious. According to EA, Chinese resident house must look like stereotypical exotic curved palace like portrayed in movies. 
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While ordinary Chinese residents (in villages) are like THESE . 
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Square boxy, normal looking roof. Curved palace looking like what you saw is for kingdom in high position in ancient dynasty time, not for poor or ordinary peasant citizens. If you see that kind of curved building in modern time, is for community lots and as tourist attraction. Not for ordinary residential houses. I envy for Al Simhara and Champs Les Sims, they at least have better portrayal of Egypt and France in modern setting, but in villages. Their Sims residents do not live in tacky Versailles mansion- like house or Pyramid-like building. 
There’s one dish called Egg Rolls, which is actually called Spring Rolls in Chinese & Asian countries. The dish placed together with noodles in one plate, which looks very weird and gross 🤢 , it’s like putting burger and spaghetti in one plate. 
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Chinese and other Southeast Asian countries place and eat Spring Rolls in one plate, as a individual meal or snack, not place it together with another main course meal. Like THIS. 
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I suspect the culture of American people putting all food in one plate in “Americanized Chinese food” buffet restaurant.
Small issue but a bit annoyance: Shang Simla wives have the same last name with their husbands. While actually in Chinese culture, married women still keep their birth last name, not following their husband’s last name. What I know, western culture forces married women to change their last name same as their husband‘s last name. As TS3 game has feature of separating last name and household name, better make more sense to make the husband and wife of Shang Simla residents having different last name. 
EA confused “modern setting but taking place in village” with “ancient time”.  “Shang Simla, China is home to people that value discipline, peace, and clarity of mind over all else...”  . The description is very stereotype Hong Kong Kung Fu movie (Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, Jet Li, etc) taking place in ancient time. Real Chinese culture value family, fortune, culture, food over all else. “Discipline, peace, clarity of mind”...? Must be “fantasy” made by westerners thinking China is still stuck in ancient dynasty time practicing martial arts with martial arts-like “discipline” rules like depicted in fictional movies. EA must be confuse “Quietness, peaceful society” to Japan. Chinese people culture in general is very extroverted, loud, and noisy. Champs Les Sims and Al Simhara obviously taking place in modern but in village. “ Champs Les Sims, France offers the cultural elite some of the finer things in life. Sims can learn the fine culinary art of nectar making, or flash over with a camera to learn the Photography Skill.” Sounds normal and applicable in modern time. Local Champs Les Sims do not dress like in ancient European Medieval or France Revolution era.  Local Al Simhara wearing conservative long dress with head cover as Muslim society, not ancient Egypt Pharaoh-like clothing. 
Very stereotype view about Chinese by westerners: Kung Fu. TS3 Martial Arts in-game are not comparable to real Chinese Martial Arts, definitely not all. It’s just a made up cartoony fighting of generic punch, kick, parry for E rating game / suitable for children by EA, mix up with Japanese Karate (breaking block). If you want to see better portrayal of Chinese Martial Arts for Teen Rating game, go play fighting game like Tekken. (Nah, that’s fighting game. For real life wushu you can see example like THIS or many more on internet. I’m not interested in Chinese Martial Arts.) --- You know the most realistic ethnic Chinese people’s activities? KARAOKE & GAMBLING !  😂 Also, “fighting” to pay the restaurant bill first.   
Whoever making this chopsticks animation is violating the most basic principle of 3D animation : Doesn’t look at the real life reference. TS3 has the worst eating using chopsticks animation compared to TS2 and TS4. You cannot hold food with chopsticks in real life like this, it’s just lazy animating. 
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How to Hold Chopsticks (in English language) 
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(Do not use “It’s too difficult, it’s foreign culture!” as an excuse. Asian food is already globalized and famous in western countries. I know you westerners have experienced holding chopsticks to eat Chinese/Japanese food in your country. If you do the 3D animation job, do it professionally, regardless the difficulty!). Left-handed is very uncommon in Asian countries, and many Asian and Middle East countries with significant Muslim population sees left hand is “dirty hand”, right hand is “good hand” , including Egypt, which is Al Simhara, fictional country EA portrayed in-game. EA must be careful at portraying culture outside than American. Majority people in this world using right hand, not left hand. TS2 and TS4 right: Using right hand, why TS3 suddenly switched to left hand? 
English version of the game is much more hilarious: 
In English version, Shang Simla signature dish named “Stir-Fry”.  “Stir-Fry” is cooking technique, not name of the dish. Is like naming boiled egg as “Boiled” and Fried rice as “Fried”. Why didn’t the dish named “Stir-Fried Chicken/Pork/Beef” or “Stir-Fried Vegetable” or “Stir-Fried Noodles” to make more sense?  Furthermore, the 3D food object themselves is bad. Sorry to say, what EA’s made is very laughable and doesn’t deserve to be called “Chinese Dish”. 
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Chinese food always combine all stir-fried ingredients into one in one plate! Not separated like North and South Korea! As a real life designer, I notice that EA employee pick wrong yellow colour for noodles-like texture, random western leaf decoration, separated (?) into two. Real stir-fried noodles looks like THESE.
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Appetizing yellow, vibrant colour, fresh, combining all types of ingredients into one. My guess is because American Chinese buffet again as the responsible why the “Chinese” food in American country look like what EA portrayed  🤢 To be honest, I am disappointed why the signature food of the in-game country must be ordinary home-cooked food cooked for 10 minutes, not something exquisite, restaurant/chef-made such as Peking Duck? Peking Duck is national dish of China. When I was in vacation trip in Guilin, China, I always served with Peking Duck in all restaurant I visited. Must be because American Chinese buffet again that serves Americanized style Stir-Fried food as popular “Chinese” food known for American people.  
In TS3 WA EP English version, Spring Roll is named as “Egg rolls”. In Asian countries, not just China, Spring Rolls (春捲)are THESE. You westerners are mistaken Spring Rolls with “Egg Rolls” name, then you wondered why “Egg Rolls” made without eggs  😂 . Egg rolls (蛋捲 )are THESE. Made from eggs. Biscuit and crunchy. In TS3 WA EP Traditional Chinese version, the dish is correctly named 春捲 . I researched about Spring Rolls in English language, it seems like U.S.A like / obsessed about Spring Rolls as Chinese food. Probably because Spring Rolls often served in Chinese restaurant in U.S.A? If EA wanted to create accurate signature dish of China, it must be: 1) Peking Duck  2) Noodles / Rice Porridge / Century Egg / Braised Pork Belly / Hot Pot . Not Dim Sum because Dim Sum already in Base Game. 
Shang Simla resident names in English version are confusing, mix up Last name as first name, first name as last name, there is parody of real life famous Chinese person, there are made up names such as Adaeze, Bebe,  Louie (??) How could these names fit to China world at all? 
If EA cannot portray specific country decently, don’t ever dare to call the fictional world as the real life ones.... If the result is disastrous like this, better to call it just Shang Simla, do not call it China. What EA portray is not China, but “East Asian inspired world mixed with American Chinatown in western view”.  
How could EA, a big corporation, biggest video game developer, with big budget, did not hire someone expert to do research about the culture they portrayed first? Was there no internet connection in EA studio? Didn’t they at least has Chinese descent employee in their office? California has many Asian descent include Chinese.  EA has headquarters in Beijing and Shanghai.... EA market this game to other Chinese countries (not just China) such as Taiwan and Hongkong, hiring Traditional Chinese translator to translate the game, also there are many ethnic Chinese and other Asians who play the Sims game, of course we can recognize the inaccuracies very easily. 
This is another example of westerners making profit from product sales portraying Asians without doing research, without consulting to the actual Asians people at all. Look how mess Disney’s Mulan (2020) movie is. Every Chinese descent and actual China people hate it for ignorant portrayal and inaccuracies by western moviemakers without doing research at all, also bad story plot, suddenly fantasy mixed with random Chinese element wuxia/xianxia stereotype that looks cringy parody, wrong phoenix (western/Egypt phoenix, not Chinese FengHuang), Chinese letters on sword looks like bad/awkward Chinese tattoo by westerners. I have real life sibling still hating and complaining everytime Mulan 2020 was mentioned 😂. Western Simmers from USA, Europe keep taking screenshots of Shang Simla, saying Shang Simla is beautiful.... You westerners call Shang Simla beautiful because you don’t know Chinese culture at all, you only see the landscape and don’t see how awful the culture portrayal of EA made in that world.  
Now I want to know how bad the portrayal EA made for Champs Les Sims as France world and Al Simhara as Egypt world.... I can see Al Simhara is too stereotyped as “Indiana Jones raiding tomb adventure” site. I see there are many French Simblrs.. please post and elaborate if you find any inaccuracies  😁
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Arguments: 
- It’s just a game: 
Whoever complain like this must be casual gamers who only playing The Sims as Barbie dressing simulator or Candy Crush mobile game and do not have experience of playing real video game titles. EA is one of biggest video game company with big budget releasing AAA video game titles to make profit, similar to Disney. They’re not free CC creators. Whoever create game placing expensive price tag with very big budget for making big profit from international players  must be responsible to create product with quality and effort, including consulting & do research to local people & culture to depict culture outside their default culture (American). I bet you Americans and Europeans complain if you find inaccuracies or any stupid fatal mistake depicting your own country and culture. It’s not just cultural inaccuracies, there are many bug, glitch, cheaply-made, bad animations, missing features or any factors are not deserved in The Sims game that supposedly AAA expensive game titles.
- The Sims is marketed heavily for U.S.A. and European countries to appeal U.S.A. and European players: 
Video games, any titles, any genre, is marketed to international people, not just western countries only. The Sims is translated to Chinese language, sold in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and any other Asian countries. If EA marketed heavily for western countries only, why are EA hiring Chinese translator then sell their games into those countries? Hiring translator + shipping + marketing to other countries have costs too.  
- But we westerners are accustomed/used to Fortune Cookies as they are cookies that usually available in Chinese restaurants! 
“Chinese” restaurant? Ha ha ha. That is Americanized Chinese restaurant. Every Chinese restaurant in every country changed to suit local people’s taste, so no longer authentic. In my country, Chinese restaurant provides not authentic and hybrid to local cuisine in my country too. Please broaden your knowledge, google Fortune Cookies for 1 minute and it says originated from USA. Furthermore, Shang Simla is located in China in-game by EA, it is supposed to depict China, not Chinatown in western country. It is unprofessional/laziness from EA by not researching or consulting to actual Chinese people (I repeat: They’re big company, not free CC creators). No need to use World Adventures EP to provide Fortune Cookies, just release in Base game or Store content separately. Because using World Adventures EP to introduce in the Shang Simla, China world, it makes as if Fortune Cookies belongs to Chinese culture / China, while actually it’s foreign/alien cookies for us ethnic Chinese. 
- The Sims 3 World Adventures is focused heavily on adventure, explorations, and martial arts. It’s family-oriented / cartoony game / parody of life anyway. 
I know that The Sims game is parody of American suburb life. Countries often depict other countries with stereotype. Focusing on martial arts because China/ Chinese culture is often depicted by foreigners as Martial Arts because Hong Kong / Chinese martial arts movies taking place in ancient time is very popular internationally, no wonder Chinese culture is stereotyped with martial arts. But this inaccuracies or any stupid fatal mistake is supposed to be not happening if the employees whoever create the game do research carefully. Mistaking Chinese symbol with Japanese symbol? Seriously?   
How about American country world has Eiffel Tower or Pisa Tower as symbol icon? France world has American Liberty statue as symbol icon? Croissant and spaghettis placed on the same plate? Croissant has shape and colour resembles to poop? France world has Pizza and French Fries depicted as French culinary specialty in that world? Champs Les Sims, France world has German household and Italian and Spanish elements, local Sims trait has “European trait” instead of French trait? France world has stereotype castle-like or Versailles-like house build? France world has stereotype ancient French revolution clothing complete with fork sticks and fire torch, with depiction of the world like “Seeking for equality and fairness, [reference to French Revolution]” ancient stereotype for the world that supposed to be placed in modern setting in village?  You want to depict adventure and exploration culture, but with this kind of depiction, I bet actual French people will not feel comfortable, and other westerners from USA or any other western countries will recognize the stupidity and inaccuracies easily. 
- EA will not make super realistic depiction of world like its real life country. China in TS3 World Adventures is supposedly focus on exploration/adventure not miniature real life China and realistic society with karaoke, gambling, and focus on family. 
Yeah, I know. I didn’t expect EA, The Sims game developer from USA will include karaoke and gambling or any super realistic for cultural world depiction, it must be something famous and stereotype from the country. Champs Les Sims world has the most normal description:  “...offers the cultural elite some of the finer things in life. Sims can learn the fine culinary art of nectar making, or flash over with a camera to learn the Photography Skill.”  Shang Simla: “...value discipline, peace, and clarity of mind ...” sounds very exaggerated too heavily focused on martial arts in ancient time in fictional movies and confused with Japanese Zen Garden or Chinese Spa/Meditation by Americans. Better description if Shang Simla is “...offer the cultural experience, culinary, and successful exploration will be granted with good fortune. Sims can learn Martial Arts skill...” Strong points of China (and Chinese culture) is the culture and food. Martial Arts is supposedly a bonus, not the prime feature. If Champs Les Sims has nectar making, these prime features of Shang Simla that fits for the game: 
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Making noodles. Noodles are the most oldest food invention in history, recorded 4.000 years ago in China, becomes important meal in Chinese culture. Imagine the cartoony/goofy animations when Sims crafting noodles then fail with funny expression. Very fitting to the game. 
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Or making dumplings. 
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Calligraphy
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Majiang (Mahjong) technically gambling. EA had made playing cards table for TS2, just re-use the cards game table coding. 
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LION DANCE video 
Giving simoleons in Hong Bao (Red Envelope) to Lion Dance, then Sims will be granted with ‘Good Luck Charm’ or ‘Good Mood Moodlet’. Lion Dance has cartoony moves, jumping from one pole to another, so it’s very fitting to The Sims game. 
Not the Fortune Cookies in-game. Fortune Cookies is American, so it’s useless, doesn’t provide any functional and wasting potential for The Sims 3 World Adventure EP to represent real culture.
It’s unfortunate that Americans or western people in general seem to think Chinese culture is “Kung Fu - Dragon - Kung Fu - Dragon - Exotic palace looking building from the East - qipao / cheongsam - Americanized/westernised Chinese food.” only. 
-But they are American company!!111!! As a company from different country/culture they could be at least cannot represent other cultures 100% accurately!  Shang Simla is fictional world!!1!! 
Whoever complain like this must be casual gamers who only playing The Sims as Barbie dressing simulator or Candy Crush mobile game and do not have experience of playing real video game titles. 😂
There are Lion Dance and Hong Bao (Red Envelope) as Lunar New Year update in The Sims Freeplay in year 2015. Yeah authentic representation 😁 , by The Sims Freeplay mobile division team, different team than EA The Sims 3, made exclusively for players from Asia. 
Whoever game developer team behind it had done great job: did research and obviously had consultation to actual Chinese people. (I mean, how many average American/western people in general aware of Lion Dance and Hong Bao?)
No need for EA team to travel far away to China to survey, just do deep research on internet and asking someone working in EA ethnically Chinese. Costs $0 for them. There are a lot of authentic real culture that will give more unique, fresh idea, great input into the game if only the game developer team willing to spend their time and effort to do research.
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 I applause the authentic representation but too bad it’s in mobile game. 
https://www.techinasia.com/sims-freeplay-cny-update
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Other games? Sleeping Dogs. 
Developer from Canada, Publisher from Japan, the team behind them seems to don’t have Hong Kong and Chinese ethnic, but they did great job at representing fictional Hong Kong setting looks like actual real life Hong Kong. 
https://store.steampowered.com/app/307690/Sleeping_Dogs_Definitive_Edition/
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I’m not from Hong Kong, but definitely feels the Southern Chinese culture vibe. Authentic street food, noisy people, pedestrians eating noodles with styrofoam package in street, night market, shrine to pray, Chinese festival, Lion Dance, Jiangshi (Chinese hopping vampire), realistic street fighting (not Kung Fu), game price is more cheaper than The Sims 3, definitely they didn’t make stupidity such as mistaking Chinese icon symbol with Japanese icon symbol and including Fortune Cookies. (My Sleeping Dogs save game file is corrupt, you can take a look at Youtube videos).  
The Sims is the only proper game with genre of life simulator on the market, but disappointingly, the developer of the game do not take the quality of the game very seriously about dining. I often see many action games, fighting games, other genres portraying authentic food, how to dining properly with right utensils, right hand, although they are not life simulator genre. The Sims? The genre of life simulator? Eat with left hand, eating animation still like a cartoony greedy pig, do not use fork and knife elegantly but instead using only fork with stiff animation, wrong chopsticks hand position, not authentic food, food only represented in one plate = one meal = for one person which is lazy coding & no innovation. In real life, one person put many meals on dining table to pick and choose to put on that person’s main plate/bowl, not just eat on one plate only. 
-Why are you complain so much? Show some respect to EA’s employees!
I’m real life employee who have been working as 3D Artist & Animator for video games and movies companies for years. No need to be employee for this kind of industry, as a customer who had paid the product must be feeling disappointment and anger if the product you buy is broken, not working, faulty, and after service is bad. Not the employees’ fault, not at all, the fault must be upper management of company, who demand income as fast as possible, hiring few low-skill workers to cut production cost as possible to force them to create many assets in-products as many as possible in short deadline, not doing research, not brainstorming the ideas and resources well because the company do not have good communication and time management or probably do not have much fund to pay research, then release product immediately although the product is not finished/developed well. My guess is that upper management in EA doesn’t care quality of The Sims game itself, as the game is seen as “Children’s Toys”, marketing for teenage girls / majority women, so the company doesn’t take it seriously, contrast to EA’s sports game titles, Battlefield, Star Wars’  Battlefront, or any titles marketed strongly for teenage guys / men. 
Look at complaint at someone who’s saying Shang Simla icon is wrong, is Japan’s Torii Gate. No response from EA at all. Very unprofessional, while the fault is the company itself.
EA Sims 3 division, if you couldn’t do the research, give the world to ethnically Chinese, to be remade by actual Chinese employees (I know it’s impossible, The Sims 3 is ended, already 12 years old). Seriously. Clearly EA has money, power, headquarter in Shanghai and Beijing.. It would be much better, authentic portrayal, than ignorant stupid wrong portrayal that seems to make fun of Chinese culture in bad way and misleading to western/international players. I’m only Chinese descent, dislike portrayal of Shang Simla world, let alone Chinese Simmers live in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.   
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lime-laine · 1 year
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Long time no see everyone , hi there !
For some personal issues I have not been release anything for months but right now I’m back with new poses ^^
It's a group poses for three sims , you can use it in condition like watching a match or show , just place 3 teleport statues on one spot.
This pose pack includes total 10 set poses. Can be use as individual too if you know how to adjust teleport statue position.
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Hope you’ll like it  😘  
Need to use with :  - Pose player ; Teleport Any Sim  
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* Feel free to leave comments if you want me to create poses for you , because I’ll running out of ideas someday 😝
Thanks to all cc creators.  
Also Thanks to them who support my works 😘 @ts4-poses  
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celestialspritz · 1 month
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Status Update
Alright so, I guess I should write this just to let you guys know the plan for this blog. Obviously at the moment I’m dedicating my time to TS4, which I’m really enjoying.
One of the main reasons I actually stuck around for TS2 was the fact I did enjoy rendering, but now I prefer Sims 4 for that (most importantly CAS since it looks a ton better with NSW’s light mod). Most of you know that I didn’t actually play the game and haven’t done for years now, and unfortunately I don’t think I will be for the unforeseeable future. Part of me thinks I’d probably come back to TS2 during the summer months, idk, it just always seems to happen.
Some things I should point out: I will not be taking any sims 2 requests, those who did request I have left in my inbox to take up when I feel like it :)
Soooo yeah. I will obviously not delete but spend more time on my sideblog @rouletvilla and I’ll occasionally reblog some of the posts there here, or even post the occasional sims 4 cc, which honestly? Expect many sims 2 conversions xd I’m absolutely obsessed with Mouseyblue’s eyes in sims 4, they look so good.
In conclusion, I’m not going! Just gonna spend more time on my sideblog sharing my ocs 🫶🏻 hope to see some of you there
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vintagesimstress · 1 year
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Guess who's back (...kind of...?)
Hello everyone!
It's been 1,5 years. Wow, how the time flies!
You might have seen me lurking around on other simmers' tumblrs, writing a comment or two every now and then, but only now I feel like the time has come for me to return to my own space.
Here's a couple of announcements to get things re-started. I bet you're all busy, so I'll try to keep it short!
Private matters: A massive thank you to everyone who wrote me while I was gone ❤ There was quite a lot of you and I'm afraid I can't reply to each of those messages individually, but just so that you know: I've read them, they made me smile and I'm very grateful for all your kind words. I'm doing perfectly fine, and so is my little daughter. She's a beautiful and fascinating creature, learning new things all the time, and so unexpectedly that it really feels like if she was a sim levelling up and unblocking new interactions ^^
My CC: I still have very little free time and zero chance of going back to my old cc-making habits. That being said, in the past weeks/months I made a couple of teeny tiny things which I'd like to share with you, and also when I'm done with them I might make something new once in a while. Please keep your expectations low though! None of those things are Victorian; the majority (I guess?) aren't even clothes but mod add-ons, bug fixes, bb recolours - stuff like that. Still, someone might find them useful, so why not share?
For some more context, in case you care: my Victorian save got to the point of being quite paralysing (i.e. I wouldn't proceed unless everyone was dressed perfectly, living in perfect surroundings, reflecting not only their times, but also status and personality - and that perfect point turned out to be rather unattainable. Surprise surprise), and I really wanted to have some TS4 fun, so I started the Great British Sim Challenge. From the very beginning. Iron Age. At first I was determined not to make any cc for it and just roll with whatever I'd find, like any normal player, but you know how it goes XD So that's what pretty much everything I'm making is related to those days. Iron Age. Especially campfire. Why does everything I make have to do with the darned campfire...? The challenge is super fun, btw. I mean, for me. My poor sims would probably disagree.
Curseforge: I know many creators have by now moved to that new, EA-curated cc platform, and I've been thinking about doing it myself - even created an account - but in the end, for a number of reasons, decided against it. One of the main ones is that learning to use that platform and uploading there all my creations, old and new, would require quite a lot of time, which I simply don't have. If I have the choice between actually playing the game and having some fun, creating new cc I could share and uploading old stuff on yet another site... well, I guess it's clear which point has the lowest priority. So: nothing will change. Just as before, I'll be posting new things on my Patreon and simblr (linking to the Patreon page); everything will be free ofc, no early access either; and I'll keep constantly updating my downloads page, so that you could easily get an overview of everything I've ever made.
That's all folks! Have a nice day/evening and talk to you soon 😊
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harperelya · 1 year
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POSEPACK "RANDOM BOY 1"😎🚬
⚠ Mes poses sont faites principalement pour le gabarit assez spécial de mes propres sims ! dans le jeu vous ne devriez pas avoir de problèmes ! il vous suffit de poser les statues comme vous avez l'habitude de le faire ! cependant pour ceux qui utilise Blender pour faire des rendus et qui s'y connaisse un minimum il faudra probablement jouer avec le curseur de déplacement selon le gabarit de vos sims ! ou peut-être même modifier quelques peu ma pose au besoin ! je vous y autorise pour des fins personnelles UNIQUEMENT qui ne DEVRONT EN AUCUN CAS être partagé au public sous votre nom !
Vous aurez besoin de :
- Cette cigarette par @Hanecco ICI
- Ce banc parisien par @aroundthesims the sims 4 ICI
- Cette banquette par @wondymoondesign ICI
- Cette voiture par @MXIMS (la 3éme sur la photo) ICI
- Ce mug par @RJayden ICI
Scènes Blender utilisé :
- [MEDUSA] Apple Orchard (Free) ICI
- [MEDUSA] Bookworm's Haven (Free) ICI
- [Estatearchitecturesims4] STREET CITY AND STREET ART (Free) ICI
- [Dandelion] Brooklyn Bridge (Patreon) ICI
Merci à vous pour ces magnifiques décors ! ainsi qu'à tous les créateurs CC ! 😍😘
- Si vous rencontrez des problèmes avec la pose faites le moi savoir.
- Si vous l'utiliser j'aimerais bien voir vos photos :) taguez moi sur tumblr @harperelya ou sur Facebook Harperelya Sims et profitez 😉😘
TELECHARGEMENT GRATUIT
@ts4-poses @blender4sims 😉
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shkatzchen · 2 years
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The Bathing Mermaid. Is she sunbathing? Moonbathing? Who knows.
A conversion of a deco piece from TS3, with the three original textures and one recolor.
Made with TSRW and S4S.
Download from SimFileShare here.
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Hello, friends! Welcome to Sims World Adventure Club!
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STATUS: OPEN (awaiting participants)
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What is the Sims World Adventure Club? This is a project to help bring the sims community a little closer together  It’s a community game where your sims will get to see the world by visiting other simmers’ games, and having new experiences, making new friends and building their skills along the way.
The best thing about this club is that anyone can join, and it’s free! There’s no waiting period, no membership fee, and no exclusivity. Regardless of whether you play Sims 2, Sims 3 or Sims 4, this club can be for you. All you need to do is make sure you specify which game version your traveller requires, so you can match up with host simmers who play the same version as you.
NB: I’m going to make the assumption that most participant simmers will be using TS4. (Currently, I also use TS4 exclusively). I will provide resources on how to share sims from TS2 and TS3, but for now, most resources will relate to TS4. Contributors are welcome! If you have helpful TS3 and TS2 resources, feel free to share them.
How does this work?
Please keep reading below the cut for guidelines and more information about the Sims World Adventure Club project.
The Basics
The goal of this project is to get people playing the game, sharing and interacting with each other in a new way, and of course to have some fun.
The idea is that each participant will create one sim, and will then send that sim on a journey — both virtual and literal — to meet new friends and have new adventures all over the simming world. Everyone starts by sending their sim to one person, and once the sim has visited in that person’s game, they then send the sim on to someone else, and so on, in a chain.
Each host would take screenshots of the visiting sim and post them with the project’s tag. Correctly-tagged posts will be reblogged here. That way, participants get to see their sim across multiple saves, and everyone will be able to catch up on everyone else’s adventures.
The tag is #simsworldadventureclub
The Specifics
(Sims)
One (1) sim at a time per participant - your sim can be any type (human or occult), any gender and sexuality, and should be a Teen, Young Adult, Adult or Elder.
Custom Content is allowed! Just make sure you include all of it with your sim when you send them to their first host. Hosts should also remember to include a visiting sim’s CC when passing them to the next host.
Alpha or Maxis Match? Either is fine, but if you have a preference about whether your sim goes to an Alpha simmer or a MM/Maxis-mix simmer, make a note of it in your sim’s intro post. Likewise, if you prefer to receive only Alpha or MM sims, please make a note of it.
New or old sim? Either is fine! You can make a totally new sim specifically for this, or you can use one you’ve been playing for a while. Premades are okay as well, if you don’t make your own original characters.
Editing is not allowed! It should probably go without saying, but you are not permitted to change the name, pronouns, sexual/romantic preferences, skin colour, hair colour, eye colour, facial features, scars, weight, body type, traits, walk style or voice of anyone else’s sim. You may change clothes, shoes, accessories and makeup. Hairstyles may be changed or tattoos added/removed if the creator of that sim says it’s okay (please specify this in your sim’s intro post if you do or do not want to allow hairstyle or tattoo changes).
If your sim uses content from an official DLC pack that a host simmer does not have, they may end up looking a little different, or they may not work at all. Feel free to note any essential pack-specific requirements for your sim in their intro post.
(Your Introductory Post)
Each participant should make an intro post for their sim traveller. This should have at least one screenshot of the sim, and should include at least the following details:
Name:
Nickname (if applicable):
Gender & Pronouns:
Sexuality & Romantic Preferences:
Age:
Traits:
Current Aspiration:
Likes/Dislikes:
Your intro post can also include a short biography or backstory for your sim. A lot of simmers like to have as much biographical information as possible when getting a sim from someone else. Be as brief or as detailed as you like!
Please say if your sim can get pregnant or if they can get others pregnant, and whether you mind “accidental” pregnancies, as there may be simmers who are using risky woohoo mods or other mods that increase the chance of pregnancy. (Yes, your sims can woohoo to their hearts’ content!)  If you’re okay with babies, it will be up to you and the host whose sim is the other parent to decide what to do with the baby sim. They can be kept in the host’s game, be sent to the traveller’s originating game, or travel with the travelling parent, or any other option you agree upon. You decide!
Please specify whether you prefer not to have your sim’s hairstyle changed or whether you’re okay with hairstyle changes. Likewise for tattoos and piercings.
Make a note of any essential pack-specific requirements, especially if your travelling sim is an occult sim.
Please state whether you prefer your sim to go to an Alpha simmer, Maxis Match/Maxis Mix simmer, or whether you have no preference.
If you would also like to host other sims, please state this in your intro post.
Don’t forget to say which iteration of the game you’re playing (TS2, TS3, TS4) so this information can be included on the participant list for easy reference
Please mention @simsworldadventureclub and tag your intro post with #simsworldadventureclub so I can find and reblog it, and so I can add your account and your sim’s name & pronouns to the participant list.
(Sending Sims to Others)
If your sim uses CC, be sure to include all of it when you send them to your first host.  If you are a host, please be careful to include all CC for the visiting sim when you send them to the next host.
How to find hosts - If you are a participant (i.e. you have made a sim) and you would also like to be a host for other sims, please say so in your sim’s intro post.  Anyone in the community can ask to be a host, whether they have a sim in the game or not. Participants can ask anyone to be a host.  Potential hosts can also approach each other if they want to be on the itinerary of a certain sim, but they must also communicate with the creator of that sim to let them know where the sim is going. A sim’s travels will be largely self-managed and organized by their creator, but if you are having difficulty finding a host, please send an ask, or DM me at @stargazer-sims and I’ll try my best to help you. I’m also considering adding a Host List here on the pinned post.
Hosts should only have one visiting sim at a time. This is so hosts don’t feel overwhelmed by trying to complete too many visits. Of course, you are free to take on more than one visiting sim at once, if you like. 
When you’ve completed a visit and are ready to send the sim to the next host, be sure to save a current copy of them so that they will retain all their skills. The idea is for sims to learn and grow along their journey, so please help them not to lose progress!  There are resources below about how to do this.
(When Sims Visit Your Game)
When a host has someone’s sim in their game, they should play that sim with at least one of their own sims for at least two sim days (a complete 48 hour period of in-game time). You may play them longer than two sim days and you may play them with more than one household. It’s up to you to decide your level of comfort here.
Take some screenshots of the visiting sim’s adventures. skill-building activities and daily life with your sims, and then post an update for everyone to see.  You can write as much or as little as you want, but your post should include at least the following:
(Sim’s name) from (account name) is in (your IRL country). They visited with (your sim’s name/family name) in (sim place) and (did X).
or a more concrete example:
Eri from @stargazer-sims is in Canada! They visited with Victor and Yuri Okamoto-Nelson in Mt. Komorebi and learned how to snowboard and make onigiri.
Aging - unless a host is playing with aging turned off, travelling sims will age during each visit. When this happens, there are a few options. The first option is to just let the sim continue to travel through various games until the natural end of their lifespan. Secondly, the sim’s creator could ask a host to reset the sim’s age in CAS if they have a birthday while there. And finally, if a creator would rather “retire” their traveller at a certain age, they may do so. They can re-enter with another sim, if they wish, as long as they only have one active sim participating in the project at any given time.
Death of a sim - If a visiting sim happens to die while with a host, either by accident or from old age, it’s up to the creator of that sim how they’d like to handle it. They can ask the host to te-download the sim from the file the host received, or they can decide that their sim’s journey has ended (and they may re-enter with another sim if they wish). Accidents happen, and that’s part of the game, but please do not deliberately try to kill visiting sims. That should go without saying, but there it is in any event.
Participants can “retire” their travelling sim at any time. If you wish to re-enter with a new one, please make a new intro post for them, and state that the previous one has retired.
There is no time limit on how long you have someone else’s sim in your game, but please be reasonable about it.  If you have them beyond six weeks and haven’t been able to play or post an update, please let their creator know. There is more info below about what to do if you can no longer participate.
There is no limit on the number of times you can be a host. You can continue to have sims visit your game as often as you want, of if you choose to host only one or two visiting sims, that’s okay, too.
One post per visit is sufficient, but you can make more than one if you like. Tag your update posts with #simsworldadventureclub and mention @simsworldadventureclub so that they can be found and reblogged here.
You can use the Sims World Adventure Club banner in your update posts if you wish. There is a link to download it in the “Resources” section.
IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ
No one will be supervising you or enforcing rules. We are all responsible adults, so a lot of this will be self-managed and will go on the honour system.  If there is a serious problem that you cannot resolve with another simmer privately through DMs between the two of you, please feel free to send an ask and I will try to help you resolve it. It goes without saying, but if there is a dispute of some kind, please do not make it public. If you need help, it will be handled confidentially and with discretion on my end. No one else will be told anything. (I’m hopeful this will never be necessary.)
This is meant to be a fun way to get us playing and enjoying the game again, and to help bring some community spirit back to the community. If you are a participant and can no longer participate for whatever reason, please send a quick ask to let me know, and I will remove you from the list. There are no judgements here. Any reason is a valid reason for no longer participating. 
There is no official time limit on how long a host should take to play with their visiting sim and post an update; however, if you’ve had someone’s sim for more than six weeks and you’re finding you just can’t do it, please let the creator/owner of that sim know. The creator can then decide with you, if you need more time or if you’d prefer to simply forward the sim along to the next host. It’s okay if you cannot do it. This shouldn’t be a chore, and no one should feel bad about it. Priorities in our real lives and taking care of ourselves, our loved ones always need to come first.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
How to Share Sims - Sims 2
SimPE
How to Share Sims - Sims 3
How to Share Sims - Sims 4
Sims 4 Tray Importer
Sims World Adventure Club t-shirts (TS4) - COMING SOON!
Sims World Adventure Club Banner
PARTICIPANT LIST
(this will be updated on Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays)
@stargazer-sims - TS4 - Eridanus Kitai, a.k.a. Eri (they/them or he/him) - Host
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HOST LIST
*** You do not have to be a participant to be a host. You do not have to be on this list to be a host. This is simply a resource.
TS4
@stargazer-sims
@jimmybuffettsims
TS3
@jimmybuffettsims
TS2
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QUESTIONS?
If you have a question or comment, or if you need clarification, please use the ask box here, or DM me at @stargazer-sims
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andizzlethasimma · 6 months
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Spooky Sims: Festive Gameplay Ideas Masterpost for your Sims' Spooky Day by AndizzleThaSimma
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Happy Halloween y'all! I love to celebrate holidays in the Sims, especially during that holiday season in my real life. I love to get actively involved in helping my sims celebrate their holidays, so I wanted to show you all how I do that. These are great gameplay items, features, and ideas you can use to light up your sims' Spooky Day celebration. I have a full guide and masterpost on things pictured and more! Enjoy and Happy Spooky Day!
PSA: Install and check the status of these mods in your game at your own risk. This post was made in October of 2023. As you know, the game updates regularly, and some mods can need updating in time. Be mindful of this and download at your own discretion. 
Happy Simming & Save eat loads of pixel candy for me!
Packs Mentioned:
Seasons
Spooky Stuff
Paranormal Stuff
Movie Hangout
High School Years
Little Campers
Growing Together
Packs that have Food Stands
*Having additional packs can in turn add to the actual gameplay since there are more items and in-game actions, but with a little imagination and some base cc/mods, you can definitely give your sims a great spooky day without any other packs! I left links to descriptions of each pack listed so you can see what they may add to the game.
Basegame CC
Decor
Spooky Day Welcome Mats by incandescentsims: https://incandescentsims.tumblr.com/post/632774820475650048/spooky-day-welcome-mats-22-maxis-match-spooky
Halloween Welcome Mats by Simdertalia: https://simdertalia.tumblr.com/post/697397608508964864/halloween-welcome-mats-sims-4-base 
SimLaughLove Simblreen Pack: https://simlaughlove.tumblr.com/post/167051425433/sll-simblreen2017
( I just used the pumpkin archway but there is more in the pack for download!)
Objects
RVSN Here for the Boos punch bowl: https://ravasheen.com/download/here-for-the-boos/ 
RVSN Candy Bowls: https://ravasheen.com/download/thats-the-spirit-simberleen-20/ 
Foods & Recipes
Around the Sims 4 Edible Chocolate: https://sims4.aroundthesims3.com/objects/appliance_foodset_04b.shtml
Icemunmun Spooky Cookies: https://modthesims.info/d/602418/spooky-cookies-ts4-edition-updated-9-7-2020.html
(Will need their custom food mod)
Littlbowbub Spooky Recipes (Will need their grannies' cookbook mod):
Spooky Party Bag https://www.patreon.com/posts/73798444 
Spooky Freakshakes https://www.patreon.com/posts/57836479 
Voodoo Cookies https://www.patreon.com/posts/58055567 
Pumpkin Cupcakes https://www.patreon.com/posts/pumpkin-cupcakes-58068956 
Ghost Cupcakes https://www.patreon.com/posts/ghost-cupcakes-58117132 
Pumpkin Spice Latte Cake https://www.patreon.com/posts/40986397 
Monster Brownies https://www.patreon.com/posts/58731025 
Somik & Severinka Halloween Treats (REQUIRES GET TO WORK): https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-treats-72913927 
Gameplay Mods
Littlemssam Social Activities (Trick or Treat Rabbithole): https://littlemssam.tumblr.com/post/175408773833/social-activities-visit-friends-family-and 
Ask for treats and satisfy trick-or-treat holiday tradition mod by PeterSkyWalker! (REQUIRES SPOOKY STUFF & SEASONS): https://modthesims.info/d/617008/ask-for-treats-and-satisfy-trick-or-treat-holiday-tradition.html 
Gameplay Ideas
Spooky Day Party
You can do a Costume Party (Spooky Party)  with the Spooky Day pack
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You can do a house party and simply dress your sims up in costumes downloaded cc, in-game clothes, put on a costume with seasons holiday tradition, etc.)
Haunted House
With the paranormal stuff pack, haunted houses are a real thing in-game, and you can have your sims visit there. Feel free to take your sims to visit and add some real spooks to your sim’s night! (TEST IN GAME) 
If you don’t have the paranormal stuff pack, you can put a spooky house in game, add a spooky lot trait, and have your sims visit and see what spooks they get. 
Halloween Bake Sale:
A fun idea is having a sim of ours bake some festive treats and sell them at a park or anywhere that they can put a food stand
Can be done with the base game & RVSN’s Salebration retail system mod!
Spooky Day Party:
Crank up the tunes, bring out the booze, and have a spooky party for your sims. Throw up some decorations, bake some festive treats, and rev up the fright night!
Other In-Game Activities You Can Do:
Carve Pumpkins (Spooky Stuff)
Watch Scary Movies (Movie Hangout, Little Campers, or Growing Together)
Turn into ghosts & scare other sims
Give candy and food gifts to kids and teens with the Seasons “Give Gift” feature
Travel to the pier and ride rides (High School Years)
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yooniesim · 1 year
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It’s amazing how you and the other vocal criticizers of Early Access/Patreon users are basically Cassandra. You guys said this would happen with EA taking notes on how cc was monetized and now that they figured out a way to get their cut they did it. As a sims 2 old, i mourn wtf happened to this community because we were so anti paysites back in the day. TS4 community would have you believe “no but see Peggy/Rose/Raon were the good guys actually and MATY was stealing from poor creators!!!”
Yeah, unfortunately there's no satisfaction in being right about this one. It's sad and I don't think it's going to change anytime soon. Because being anti-paywall in the sims 4 community is the unpopular opinion, it's actually controversial. Even if the average person does disagree with it, as with most unpopular opinions on simblr, they don't usually say it on main for fear of being attacked. Paywalling has not only become the norm but has been tightly intertwined with the social status aspect of sims 4 simblr in complicated ways.
Back in the day (and now), clout was important to the top handful of simblrs, and making cc was one of the main ways to earn that clout. Now it's also an income source, but they still have that same clout and popularity from before as well as the connections to other simblrs, and utilize the same methods of attack they did pre-paywall. You notice that many cc creators and larger blogs are very tight knit & that's bc they used to be friends when everyone was (halfway) normal. By criticizing paywalls you are insulting people's "friends" and that will get you on simblr's shit list quick. The tide on here will not change bc by challenging the status quo you risk not only access to the cc (being chain blocked/banned) but being blacklisted/ostracized on simblr in general. As well as the very real possibility of being doxxed. They'll do whatever they can to hurt or discredit you and it works. People simply will not do it and I don't exactly blame them. It will only turn if Sims 4 dies or a lot of big players move on.
I envy the attitudes of the sims 2 community and other modding communities like those for Bethesda games that are anti-monetization. But that time has passed for the Sims 4 community due to the toxic environment that's been gradually created.
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