6 years ago

Help me find Gallery submissions that don't use stuffpacks?

I'm downloading lots of lovely builds from the gallery to replace all the maxis builds in all the neighborhoods. (only neighbs I miss are strangerville and outdoor retreat) Aaand lots of lovely sims from the gallery to put into these builds.

Now, I don't really like stuffpacks. None of them really appeal to me, at least not content wise. I'm frugal so for me to spend money on something as benign as extra furniture I have to be IN LOVE with the furniture and majority of the pack.

Unfortunately a lot of gallery stuff I see has creators that use a gazillion stuff-packs, and I can't filter the gallery to EXCLUDE stuffpacks (probably because to EA it's advertisement for them to appear in the gallery, and no corporation is going to remove free adds even if it annoys their customers)
I've tried going through the gallery, but it gets really tiresome and discouraging to go through an endless storm of submissions JUST to try and filter out the ones without stuff-packs. It's a big pain in the backside really, so that's why I made this thread. (even when I search on #basegame there are still plenty of results that use stuff-packs unfortunately, and not many people use #nostuffpacks)

I'm looking for creators that don't use stuffpacks in their submissions to the gallery!
Game packs are fine.

I really love it when creators use only 1 or 2 packs or only basegame, and just fill up the rooms with NOCC paintings.
I really hate when I see amazing sims, but then if I download them they walk around in their underwear because they are fully clothed in stuffpacks. And I'm a perfectionist so when I dress a sim or make a build I spend an insane amount of time making it GOOD. Which is why I appreciate it so much when someone else makes amazing submissions so that saves me time, and not to mention I'm just not as talented as some haha! But that can't happen if I have to dress a sim myself because of all the stuffpacks that I'm not interested in.

So please share with me the creators you know that submit content without the use of stuff-packs?
Or if not creators, a build or a sim that you really love that doesn't use any stuff-packs?

You can tell me the title of the build/sim or a hashtag that the creator uses so I can find their creations in the gallery!

build and buy

20 Replies

SweetieWright_84
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
You can't just filter only to show builds with packs you own? You should be able to uncheck all the stuff packs.

Also, I have a couple base game builds. My Gallery ID is the same as on here.
RaichiSims
6 years ago
As I explained, the gallery filter doesn't work that way. If I have stuff-packs unchecked it will still show gallery submissions with stuff packs.
SweetieWright_84
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
"Raichisims;c-17259453" wrote:
As I explained, the gallery filter doesn't work that way. If I have stuff-packs unchecked it will still show gallery submissions with stuff packs.

Hmm, I didn't know that. It didn't used to be that way (if I remember correctly) but I haven't used that filter in a long time.

As to answer your original question, I can't think of anyone off the top of my head that doesn't use stuff packs. A helpful thing is to see what items are used in each build. You can click on the stuff pack that was used and it will show which items were used. Some builds and sims only use one or two items (and sometimes not important items).
RaichiSims
6 years ago
Nope, the search function has always failed to filter out stuff packs. I've been annoyed with it since I got it, and I've been Simming since before the vampires game pack came out.

Thanks for telling me about the ability to see the stuff pack items that were used, I didn't know that. It was a little hard to find even, because when you click on the stuff packs used in the gallery item it initially just shows all the items in the stuff packs. There is a little white button above it (very easy to miss) that can be clicked to "show items used" and THEN it shows which items were used. Of course I'm not going to be bothered to do that if a gallery item uses 5+ stuffpacks, because that's 5 times clicking the button and going through the items. A lot of extra unwanted hoo-haa, but it's convenient if it's only 1-3 packs or if I'm really impressed with an item.
SweetieWright_84
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
"Raichisims;c-17259483" wrote:
Nope, the search function has always failed to filter out stuff packs. I've been annoyed with it since I got it, and I've been Simming since before the vampires game pack came out.

Thanks for telling me about the ability to see the stuff pack items that were used, I didn't know that. It was a little hard to find even, because when you click on the stuff packs used in the gallery item it initially just shows all the items in the stuff packs. There is a little white button above it (very easy to miss) that can be clicked to "show items used" and THEN it shows which items were used. Of course I'm not going to be bothered to do that if a gallery item uses 5+ stuffpacks, because that's 5 times clicking the button and going through the items. A lot of extra unwanted hoo-haa, but it's convenient if it's only 1-3 packs or if I'm really impressed with an item.

I agree that is something that needs to be fixed. What the point of having it if it doesn't do do what it's supposed to do?

I only just learned about that feature about a month ago. I meant only for one or two stuff packs not all of them but I understand it's time consuming.

I just thought of someone who does limited pack builds, Doctor Ashley. I'm not sure if her Gallery ID is the same as her YouTube channel but you can search. She also does budget builds....or used to. I haven't watched her in a while.
allykatz77
6 years ago
https://i.imgur.com/HS6l7lI.png I created this couple using only basegame items, from hair, to make up, clothes and accessories. They are Leif and Niamh O'Grady. Leif is lazy,Good and Clumsy that wants to be a Renaissance Sim aspiration. Niamh has the Neat,Good and Family Oriented traits with the Big Happy Family Aspiration. Hope you like them.
SimAlexandria
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
"smurfy77;c-17259552" wrote:
https://i.imgur.com/HS6l7lI.png I created this couple using only basegame items, from hair, to make up, clothes and accessories. They are Leif and Niamh O'Grady. Leif is lazy,Good and Clumsy that wants to be a Renaissance Sim aspiration. Niamh has the Neat,Good and Family Oriented traits with the Big Happy Family Aspiration. Hope you like them.

Not the original poster but I love them. How can I find them in the gallery.

As for the filyers! I wish it were fixed too. I don't have vampires or rom but if i filter those packs out most builds I see still use them
SweetieWright_84
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
I just checked and the base game filter is working for me. I tried it on lots and sims and it filtered everything out. You are right about the stuff pack filter though. I'm thinking this is a bug but I don't know for sure.
allykatz77
6 years ago
"SimAlexandria;c-17259570" wrote:
"smurfy77;c-17259552" wrote:
https://i.imgur.com/HS6l7lI.png I created this couple using only basegame items, from hair, to make up, clothes and accessories. They are Leif and Niamh O'Grady. Leif is lazy,Good and Clumsy that wants to be a Renaissance Sim aspiration. Niamh has the Neat,Good and Family Oriented traits with the Big Happy Family Aspiration. Hope you like them.

Not the original poster but I love them. How can I find them in the gallery.

As for the filyers! I wish it were fixed too. I don't have vampires or rom but if i filter those packs out most builds I see still use them

AllyKatz77 and I just rebuilt from scratch a home on Oakenstead (using basegame only items) its a tad expensive tho, but I did not mean it to be, lol, and thank you, I had never made anything using only Basegame, it was harder than I thought it would be, I do not know how to share an image of the house on here, I just took a screenshot of them so I knew how to get that. I could take some screenshots but it is 2 level, but has no MOO and NO CC
allykatz77
6 years ago
"SimAlexandria;c-17259570" wrote:
"smurfy77;c-17259552" wrote:
https://i.imgur.com/HS6l7lI.png I created this couple using only basegame items, from hair, to make up, clothes and accessories. They are Leif and Niamh O'Grady. Leif is lazy,Good and Clumsy that wants to be a Renaissance Sim aspiration. Niamh has the Neat,Good and Family Oriented traits with the Big Happy Family Aspiration. Hope you like them.

Not the original poster but I love them. How can I find them in the gallery.

As for the filyers! I wish it were fixed too. I don't have vampires or rom but if i filter those packs out most builds I see still use them

Oh and they were called BaseGame Couple or something like that, but AllyKatz77 is my name on there, thanks again so much :)