Sims 4t2 Life & Death (EP 17)

Another collaboration from the amazing @tvickiesims and myself. Just about everything is converted and made functional. Unfortunately though some things were left behind due to time constraints and (my) lack of patience. Maybe someday, if not someone else!

LordCrumps' 4t2 Shadow File is required and included

Download - LC | MF (~150 MB)

(if you downloaded earlier from lordcrumps.com, please redownload.... sorry dudes)

credit: Treehawk (portrait edits); aussietopenders (horizontal photo); Nixedsims & jellymaduza (music box); crispsandkerosene (parrot perch); witheredlilies (crow pet)

and all the love in the world to @sims4t2bb for cataloguing this pack!

pics under the cut of some (not all) of the buy items

131 buy mode objects

91 build mode objects

11 days of converting

WE DID IT

What We Need Is... More Books

After long last I realized that instead of battling with the constant urge to swap my book defaults, I could just give my sims more books to read.

This mod combines both of mine + iSimChi's book defaults and makes the game randomize between those for each genre. So instead of 7 books, there are 21 ✨

I made my older covers use the pages of my newer ones since they have more details.

The mod also fixes the following book behavior:

This mod consists of two files. In addition to the mod file, there's a texture file that includes the needed book defaults.

If you want to use the mod with some other defaults, simply replace the textures from the texture file. You can also use that file as a base for making your own default set of 21 books.

📚 Download (SFS) (alternate)

Free Time is required. Conflicts with other book cover default replacements, remove those before using these. Also conflicts with ftminifixes by Pescado, if you want to use both make my mod load last (you'll lose the golden book that ftminifixes brings back to the reward bookcase since this mod randomizes textures for that bookcase too).

⚠️ A replacement for novel icons isn't included. You'll probably want to get the one from my newer defaults, as those covers will be used for the novels with the included texture file.

Many thanks to @isimchi for the permission to use their awesome textures 💜 for full credits, please see the original posts.

All the books have 512x512 textures and use a 64x64 specular map. The mod file includes improved material definitions that also fix some lighting issues for the drama and the scifi books.

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Functional 4-tile Gates And Matching Fences

This is a set of 3 functional 4-tile gates and matching fences converted from Sims 4.

Absolutely Marbleous:

Iron Victorian:

Estate:

The gates function as normal gates: make a cutout in fence, are lockable and are also animated (a big thank you goes to @pforestsims for making it possible by editing the animation skeleton and to @episims for adjusting the routing).

The last wrought iron gate/fence set is converted from here (selected colors only).

Compressed, clearly labelled, picture and collection file are included.

🔑🚫👉🏼Download at SFS👈🏼🚫🔑

UPDATE 30/10/2024

This project turned into a collab! With @pforestsims making the gates animate and @episims adjusting the routing, we now have fully functioning 4 tile gates. Thank you guys! 💐(the post's text was adjusted to reflect this update, the archive was updated too)

UPDATE

This project turned into a collab! With @pforestsims making the gates animate and @episims adjusting the routing, we now have fully functioning 4 tile gates! Thank you guys! 💐

Book Texture Defaults

Fresh books for your sims to read 🤓

The image above is unedited in-game pictures so what you see is what you get. The textures are 512x512 and they use a tiny 64x64 specular map. I also fixed the scifi and the drama book appearing lighter than the other books (I missed it with my previous defaults).

There's also a separate replacement for those novel icons that appear when your sim starts writing a book:

Replacing the icons is optional, but novels written by sims use these same covers in any case. If you have another default for the plot icons, make sure that this cover icon replacement loads after it.

📚 Download (SFS) (alternate)

Most of the graphic resources are from Freepik and RawPixel. The skilling book plumbob is by Lluisa Iborra and the sim on the mystery book cover is by @pforestsims, who also provided the specular map and material adjustments. The Simlish fonts are by @franzillasims, @ajaysims, @simsinlowspace, and others.

So pretty Epi! Switching right away ☺️

One More Cat Slot Please!

Done in collab with @tvickiesims! An OMSP for cats 😺

Based on the invisible counter surface by @lamare-sims, but we made this useless for cooking and more useful for cats. Your sims and deco items will ignore this OMSP, but even cats that have learned to stay away from surfaces will be happy to use it.

By default, the OMSP is on the counter level. Raising the OMSP works nicely and it'll still work if you lower it too, but the jumping animations might get wonky.

The OMSP turns automatically invisible in live mode but there's an invisible recolor for those who prefer to hide it in buy mode as well.

🐈‍⬛ Download (SFS) (alternate)

Apartment Life and Pets are probably required. Located under misc/pets for free, the mesh is 4 polys and doesn't have a texture but the file includes a 40x44px custom icon so that thought bubbles don't appear empty when sims or cats think about the object.

Your cat can sit even on a broom now! 😄

No Rotating Pet Bowls

This mod stops pet food bowls from changing direction nearly every time a pet eats from them or a sim fills/cleans them.

With the fill/clean interactions some rotating still happens during the animations, but the bowl will return to the position it was before getting picked up.

The mod affects all pet bowls, including custom ones (unless they're done in some uncommon way). The rotating isn't as irritating with the in-game bowls but is annoying with custom bowls that have an asymmetric mesh and/or are large enough to clip with walls.

🐾 Download (SFS) (alternate)

Pets EP is obviously required. I don't know anything this conflicts with but run HCDU to be sure.

Thanks to @tvickiesims for the idea and testing!

EA's leaves are kind of dull, and I personally think TNW's are too bright, so here's my spin on a leaf default + a new mod :-D

Leaf variety mod

There are 4 different leaf textures in the game files but only one is used. I talked with @shastakiss some years(?) ago and she mentioned an unfinished mod Neder started working on to make the leaf use different textures. Unfortunately, Neder couldn't get it to work. Shasta kindly sent me said mod and I handed it over to @lamare-sims last year who of course managed to fix it (thank you so much once again, you're a legend!!)

Defaults

Replaces all 4 leaf-textures with new, more colorful and less blocky textures. I also edited the "effect"-textures of single leaves (the ones falling from the trees). This default can be used without the mod mentioned above, but then only the "original" texture will be used - see second image.

The leaves that spawns under the tree (the one sims can't rake), it was impossible to make it look good with any of the four textures, so I re-mapped it and gave it it's own texture (256x256px). There's also an optional default for the rake included, I edited a tiny error in the mesh and gave it a texture makeover. I made a separate LOD90-default for the leafpile (meaning: the mesh in neighborhood view) and instead of replacing the textures I repo'd them, meaning that the LOD90 default works with any leaf texture default you might use (it will only be showing one texture in neighborhood view).

Texture sizes are all the same as EA's:

Edited leaf-related cc

I edited Sophie-David's leaf pile pet bed (the mesh) and repo'd it to leafpile_txtr, meaning the mesh will now pick up my default (or any other default you might have for leafpile_txtr, and if none - EA's original texture). The mesh now needs seasons + pets, since it's repo'd. Their recolors are not included, so be sure to download them from the link above if you want them and replace their mesh with mine!

I also edited Shakeshaft's leaf cover mesh (warning T$R) , I repo'd it to one of the leaf textures and made recolors - also repo'd - to the rest of the textures. This mesh and recs now need seasons, this also means that the mesh and recolors* can be used without my default.

Recommended mod

I recommend simler90's Gardening Rake Leaf Pile Mod or jfade's leaf pile fix (I have no idea what the difference between those two mods are, they edit the same thing so choose one of them).

Nothing in this download is dependent on each other* so feel free to pick and choose what you want :-) remember you can only have one default for the leaves, meaning that if you have any other default (1, 2, 3, 4) or Shakeshaft's/Sophie-David's original meshes, make sure you remove them before installing my files. Everything has been compressed to reduce file size, as usual. Do let me know if I messed up anywhere!

DOWNLOAD: SFS | MTS

Credits: Neder, @lamare-sims (many many thanks!!), @shastakiss, Sophie-David, Shakeshaft and lasty EA.

EA's 4t2 Storybook Nursery Kit (SP55)

All items converted and, if possible, they are functional. Hope you enjoy!

Download - LC | MF

This set does require LordCrumps' 4t2 Shadow File so if you don't have it, grab it here! You only ever need one in your game ;)

Disclaimers/Notes:

Mostly all 4t2 curtains

Well, this took awhile. From starting in June to accidentally deleting the files permanently then rebuilding them, I'd say that this was a true pain in the rear. But, it's done so now I give it to you.

I did include some of LordCrumps' curtains as some of mine are repo'd to his. There's a note in the download that gives basic information on the files. Also not pictured are the newest curtains from the Storybook Nursery Kit, but they're included as well.

For the 1.5 and 2 story windows, I would recommend using OMSPs to move them up and down. Or get rid of them lol.

This set might require LordCrumps' 4t2 Shadow File so if you don't have it, grab it here! You only ever need one in your game ;)

Download - LC | MF