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Epi's Sims

@episims / episims.tumblr.com

31 ~ They/Them ~ The Sims 2 ~ Gameplay turned into a (bad) soap opera ~ CC I do to my own game ~ Feel free to ask if you're curious!
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Welcome!

I mostly post my gameplay and sometimes random CC I create. I also have a sideblog for bookmarking cool CC by others.

Downloads Currently playing: Foxfire Forest (chrono)

  • I don't take requests.
  • WCIFs are welcome. Please check the tag before asking!
  • Do whatever with the stuff I share, just keep it out of paysites. Giving credit and tagging me is always appreciated!
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Having problems with my CC? Check the updates and my cc support tag. If that doesn't solve your issue, please let me know about it!

Wondering if you can suggest something? Yes – but please keep in mind that I don't take requests. If it's a color trait mod idea that you have, check through this tag first.

Need help with something? Feel free to ask! Or see the advice I've given before. I appreciate getting asked about things I seem like the right person to answer. You'll get a pretty good idea of what I can do by browsing my blog.

Want to provide a translation for something I made? Sure! If you're unsure about the technical part, check this tutorial. I only accept translations through DMs and as extracted text strings. You may also want to ask first if the language in question is already provided by someone else.

There are delays with replies. My life is busy atm.

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Daphne "Did you find that toothbrush?"

Amelia "Yep! I-I guess if I forget anything, I can just buy it from Rustfall. Apparently there's many shops there!"

Amelia "Look! The taxi's coming!"

Amelia "-goodbye, mommy and daddy! I-I'll be fine. I love you!"

Lydia "We love you too, sweetie."

Lydia "...Ash?"

Ashton "Sorry! I got a bit emotional."

Lydia "It's alright."

Ashton "I should be the one comforting you, my rose."

Lydia "Mmm. I thought I'd be sadder, but... m-maybe the time is right."

Ashton "It feels so, doesn't it? Our girls can manage on their own."

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Elise "-I'm not jealous, I'm sad. I-I thought we always tell each other everything."

Amelia "I'm really really really sorry! It, um, just felt hard to tell you. But I should've."

Elise "I... I'm a little sorry, too. For yelling."

Amelia "If I forgive you, will you forgive me?"

Elise "...Okay. But I want to hear about Tristan! W-when you're there."

Amelia "Oh, I know! What if I get a camera? I could take pictures from the university for you. So you could see it, too...?"

Elise "...I'd like that."

Daphne "Mom's pancake recipe doesn't seem too hard. Do you want some too, Ellie?"

Elise "Um... I changed my mind. I don't feel like eating."

Amelia "I don't know, they look like chocolate pancakes. If I don't breathe, I can almost imagine them being those."

Daphne "Good for you, Amy."

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Elise "Ew, Hunt. Your drool is like glue!" No matter what Daph says, Amy should've told me. But... ugh, it's so like Amy. She speaks when she's not supposed to and doesn't say a thing when she should...

Esther "-just checking in. Remember how I said you can call anytime?"

Elise "...Y-yes. Sorry."

Esther "But you must've been busy. I heard you have a TV blog, now!"

Elise "Um. You did..?"

Esther "The editor happens to be a close friend of mine. Mark my words, you will be a proper cultural correspondent in no time."

Elise "But... I-I like writing a TV blog."

Esther "That kind of attitude gets you nowhere, Elise. Never give up on pushing forward! You could be writing reviews of grand concerts instead of silly TV series."

Elise "I-I don't know anything about music..."

Esther "That's a shame. Tristan's always loved music."

Elise ". . ."

Lydia "Oh... hello, Esther."

Esther "Good day, Lydia. I just stopped by on my way to work."

Elise "...Hi, mommy."

Elise Should I write about music, then...? But they said at work that my blog has gotten a good start...

Uh, at least Amy's easier to understand than Tristan's mom. I think she tries to be nice, but... I'm glad Tristan isn't like her at all.

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Daphne "Ellie... you can't spend the whole night here."

Elise "I can! —I'm not talking to you. Y-you didn't tell me, either."

Daphne "What if you would ask me to keep something from Amy...? You know I wouldn't tell her."

Elise "This was different! I-it's important."

Daphne "I told Amy she should tell you. She was just afraid you'd get jealous-"

Elise "S-she's the jealous one! Since I'm together with Tristan!"

Daphne "...C'mon, Ellie. Amy doesn't even care about boys.

Elise "She always makes a weird face when I mention Tristan. Or pretends she doesn't even hear me!"

Daphne "Ellie... you talk about him, um, a lot. Amy just doesn't know what to say... I don't always know what to say, either."

Elise "Ugh, you just don't get it!! Besides, I don't even talk about him that much."

Daphne ". . ."

Elise "Okay, maybe I-I do... but not... all the time."

Elise "...I love Tristan."

Daphne "Look, you're right. We don't get it. I don't think I ever loved Sara, and Amy... you know how she is."

Elise "She hides her face if there's a naked person on the television."

Daphne "And now she's going to move away, alone! She should've told you, but... she just didn't want to see you hurt, Ellie."

Elise "...I-I know."

Daphne "Let's go in. You need light."

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Amelia "Welcome home, daddy."

Ashton "Thank you, Cherry. How has your day been?"

Amelia "I have something to tell! But only after mommy comes home, too." I'm going to tell everything to everyone at the same time from now on!

Amelia "-so, um, I got in! But then I found out I need to leave, uh... now? Or maybe tomorrow. Oh, and I-I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner!"

Lydia "Why didn't you tell us, sweetie?"

Amelia "I-I don't know. Everyone said it probably won't happen... and I didn't want to upset you, mommy."

Lydia "...Oh."

Ashton "Cherry, of course we're a little upset that you're moving away-"

Ashton "-but we're also very proud of you!"

Amelia "Thanks, daddy."

Lydia "Tomorrow is soon... should we help you with packing?"

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Daphne "Give her time. She'll come around."

Amelia "I know! But... I don't think she will before I leave. "

Amelia "I-I don't want to move away if she's angry with me, Daph."

Daphne "Look... no one believed you could get into uni, but you did and on your own too! Don't let Ellie ruin it for you."

Amelia "...I just wish she could be happy for me."

Daphne "You know Ellie, she relents as fast as she gets angry. So, uh, do you want help with buying the train ticket? You need to get one online."

Amelia "Oh... I hadn't thought about it. Okay!"

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Elise "-why didn't you tell me??"

Amelia "Because I thought you'd get mad! And you did get mad. So, I had a point!"

Elise "I'm mad because you didn't tell me!"

Amelia "But, um, listen! I can tell you what Tristan does there-"

Elise "Ugh!! Daph! Did you know about this??"

Daphne "Mmmmmmh."

Elise "No, this won't happen. You won't get to be with Tristan if I don't!"

Amelia "Ellie... it's not about-"

Elise "If you would've told me, I could've applied too!"

Amelia "Y-you could've applied in any case! I didn't stop you!"

Elise "...I hate you."

Amelia "Ellie-"

Elise "Don't follow me!"

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Amelia Just clicking this icon—oops! Why did it move?? Oh, I'm supposed to double-click?

Amelia ...Ooh! The university has sent an email! Um, a week ago. I thought there would be a letter...

Amelia "Daph? I-I heard from the university."

Daphne "Oh... you didn't get in?"

Amelia "I did! They accepted me!"

Daphne "Woah...!"

Amelia "But they also wrote that I should, um, be there when the semester starts, or it doesn't count. And it starts next Monday!! So.. w-what I-I'm supposed to do??"

Daphne "Well, uh, you should start by telling mom and dad and Ellie?"

Amelia "Okay. I'll tell Ellie as soon as she comes from work."

Daphne "Amy... she has a day off."

Elise "What are you talking about...?"

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The Load Order Myth

There's a persistent myth in this community that mod conflicts can be solved by making the mods load in the right order.

However: This is only true if the mod creator has made them compatible. It might be true if two mods just happen to do the same thing, but that's very rare.

How mod conflicts work:

No matter in which order these mods load, the sim will always do either thing, not the combination of both.

So the mod that loads first will stop working.

Making these compatible is only possible by making a new mod:

Depending on how complicated mods we're talking about, making compatible versions can be just as worksome than making a completely new mod.

So if the creator doesn't want to use both of the mods themselves, chances are they aren't interested in making yet another mod.

TL;DR: whenever creators say "these will work together if my mod loads after", they've intentionally made it that way (and will likely tell about it in the post).

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reblogged

I was tagged by @capptrash, thank you Beautiful!!🥰

My favourite colour is green but this isn't bad! I like coral tree in particular and will totes use it in CAS when I am blending my next lipstick colour.

I would like to tag @mysimsloveaffair @muses-circle @stargazer-sims @profoundlyburningsimscollection @anamoon63 and @woohoojuicesimoleons2 No pressure ever, feel free to ignore!

(anybody else notice that Tumblr will now only let you @ 5 people?? Tumblr fuckery at its finest!!)

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irueone

Nobody tagged me, but I liked the dynamic! :)

My favorite color varies from lilac to canary yellow, red and mint green, but this color combination fascinated me personally, it gives me rainforest vibes. 🍀 I would like to tag @keoni-chan @loosiap @kwimii999 @deedee-sims @grilledcheese-aspiration As always, there is no pressure to respond or reciprocate and feel free to ignore with kindness 🩷 🩷 🩷

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deedee-sims

Thank you for the tag @irueone

Wow, these are really not my colors 🤣

I'll tag @episims, @themeasureofasim, @mdpthatsme, and @eulaliasims, feel free to ignore :)

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episims

Cheers @deedee-sims!

Uh yeah, I like the red but I'm really not a sad beige person.

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hi epi! hope you're doing well, im having problems with your towel mod, specifically the one with color traits. my sims just don't change into them after a shower, i have the inappropriate trait mod which i know conflicts, should i delete that and replace it with your version? thanks ! sorry if this sounds confusing

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Hi! Yes, delete the trait mod and use the version of the towel mod that does a similar thing for inappropriate sims if you want :)

In general, when two mods conflict, it means the one that loads last overrides the functionality of the first one. So unless the mods have been purposefully modified to do the same thing, the other usually stops working.

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Daphne "...She wants to be exclusive?"

Sara "I don't know. We haven't had that talk, yet. It's pretty new! But... I guess I wish she wants to be."

Daphne "You're blushing!"

Sara "Damn, I am?? I must really like her, haha."

Sara "I mean, it's totally not that I don't like you. I do."

Daphne "Sara... aren't you supposed to be breaking up with me?"

Sara "Uh, it's hard!! Is it even really breaking up when we haven't agreed to be together to start with?"

Daphne "Not sure... but I-I think we should. Stop dating. We haven't even seen much, lately."

Sara *sigh* "It's my fault. I've been putting this off like a baby."

Daphne "...I haven't called you, either."

Sara "Okay, but it's more of my fault! I get if you don't want that, but if we can still be friends-"

Daphne "Sure. Like, uh, we can just drop the kissing part."

Sara "Man, I was so nervous about this. Phew. You're the best, Daph."

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Daphne "Is this private enough?"

Sara "It's cool. Uh, sorry. It sounded like I'm going to slip a state secret, didn't it?"

Daphne "...Kinda. What is it?"

Sara "Sooo I've sort of started to see somebody. Like, you know. Romantically and intimately."

Daphne "Well, um... we're not really together."

Sara "I know, but it didn't feel right to not tell you! I mean, you must see others too- "

Daphne "No, uh... I've got other things in my mind."

Sara "Oh, that's cool, too!!"

Daphne "We could go out sometime, though."

Sara "Err. About that..."

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Elise "Amy! They, um, t-they thought it was a good idea..."

Amelia "You got it??"

Elise "Yes!!"

Amelia "That's so cool!! Let's go tell Daph, too!"

Amelia "-but, oh! Maybe you could ask if they'd need another? Then you and Ellie could work together."

Daphne "Uh, I don't like series that much. No offense, Ellie."

Elise "It's my job to like them, not yours!"

Daphne "-we have enough for you too, if you want."

Sara "Awesom—err. Hey, Amy."

Amelia "...Um. Hi, Sara!"

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Daphne "Good luck!"

Elise *exhales* "Thanks..."

Amelia "-but, um, I'm happy that you haven't told Ellie."

Daphne "Don't worry, Amy. I won't."

Daphne "But you should tell her yourself."

Amelia "Mmm. I will! If it happens. Maybe it doesn't!"

Daphne If Ellie gets the job and Amy goes to uni, what am I supposed to do? I thought we would figure out something together...

*sigh* I guess Ellie's just waiting to start a life with Tristan, anyway. And Amy's always done what we've done because it's easy for her. But, still... it feels so weird to think of anything without them.

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