More Active Online Dating - TS3 - Seasons EP

This is an XML tuning mod that makes online dating more active.

Only install one version! It can go in your Overrides or Packages folder.

Required: Seasons EP

V1: Faster

V2: Turbo

The total inbox limit is 25 messages, I think. If the limit is reached, you may have to delete some messages to see new ones.

You may receive the same message from different sims. The game generates them randomly, some more frequently than others.

If you want to tweak any of the values, open the package with S3PE and edit the XML resource in Notepad.

Related mod: Smartphone dating by Gamefreak130

Download: mediafire / mega

I’ve been working on a "dinner mod" for a while, but I haven’t released it because I’m not sure it’s exactly what other players are expecting.

This mod simply lets you seat active and inactive Sims around a table, place any group meal on the table, and serve it so that everyone eats at the same time.

I know this is far from the Sims 2-style dinner, which is my absolute reference, but sometimes all I want is to gather my Sims around a table, let them interact with each other before they begin eating, and it really warms my heart—just like in this picture.

If this is something you’d like in your game, feel free to grab it here:

Download

Enjoy!

Thanks to @cocodotgreen , who has been testing the mod with a dinner of three tables 🤩🍽️, here is an updated version:

- sims will cancel their current interaction to join dinner

- you can now select more than 8 sims to eat dinner together

Download V2

See @cocodotgreen's tutorial

Custom Lighting & Environment Mods for TS3

@amphoraesims

asked me “What lighting mod do you use?”

So here is the complete list of all the lighting mods I’m currently playing with.

(the pictures above are completely unretouched - no Reshade

UranesiaLightingMod_NOGreenSunrise+DefaultWater+BrighterNight by Nilxis : it’s the main lighitng mod.

Wasset_EnchantedEnvironment_Seperated by Wasset ; it change  the appearance of both the sun and the moon (plus adding them a beautiful “halo”), of the clouds, rainbow and stars, and few other features. The original link on his page is broken, so I just uploaded it HERE

Improved Environmental Shadows by Simsi45 ; I’m using just the DYNAMIC file  (the shadows respond more accurately to the sun’s position, letting them stretch further towards the horizon).

Shadow Extender by Lazy Duchess: it  increases the draw distance of shadows and in addition improves the look of map view by making trees and other miscellaneous deco cast shadows, when they previously did not.

Snow but Better by Lyralei: instead of the snow replacement of Wasset, I’m using this one, more detailled. The terrain snow textures are entirely redone; Frosty windows and glass now has more detailed frost on it; it fix that annoying and ugly “Grass” patches.; Icicles have a new texture; Roads got bumpier and more detailed.

Reworked & Impreved EA lights by Simsi45:  it modifies the lite resource for almost all the lamps, making the game a little bit more atmospheric and visually appealing.

Shader Tweaks by Lazy Duchess: this is a set of improvements and fixes to some of the shaders. The color of rooms will now contribute to lighting on Sims.  Outdoor Sims skin lighting was slightly “flattened” to make Sim faces look slightly better.  Bloom has been reduced significantly.