Post Sims Summer Screenshots

This is my Sim Traci with her son George in the paddling pool :)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50098964877_bc08af6c17_o.png

Its winter here by us, so its nice to post some Summery pics :)

https://i.imgur.com/6SoR2UZ.png

@mcrudd I've never noticed before that there could be an actual shark swimming alongside our sims; I'm going to have to pay more attention next time I send my sim swimming around. Awesome screenshot!

@sillyangel0906 beautiful summer photos! <3 Your graphics are like... ultra very nice! How do you get the graphics so good and crisp clear??

Also I've noticed some of you guys have photos without the plumbob above your sims how do you do this???

:) :)

@mcrudd Where is your last photo taken? Gnomes in the water? Tenting beside the pool(?) in what looks like Oasis Springs? Sand snowman? Did you build this lot? Amazing!

"SarahLou372;c-17572015" wrote:


Also I've noticed some of you guys have photos without the plumbob above your sims how do you do this???

:) :)

To take a photo without the plumbob showing, you can either zoom in close enough that the plumbob isn’t in the frame, or switch control to a sim that isn’t in the photo before you take the screenshot ;)

Here are some of my old favorites from Island Living.

https://i.imgur.com/NbzpV7K.png
https://i.imgur.com/0MfkZnX.png
https://i.imgur.com/x5mNHuG.png
https://i.imgur.com/XE77D6m.png
https://i.imgur.com/d1kurmX.png

"SarahLou372;c-17572015" wrote:
@sillyangel0906 beautiful summer photos! <3 Your graphics are like... ultra very nice! How do you get the graphics so good and crisp clear

Also I've noticed some of you guys have photos without the plumbob above your sims how do you do this???

You can also use the cheat “headlineeffects off” this will remove it completely so you can have all sims in the photo without it, just type the same cheat but with “on” to get it back.

"SarahLou372;c-17572015" wrote:
@sillyangel0906 beautiful summer photos! <3 Your graphics are like... ultra very nice! How do you get the graphics so good and crisp clear??

Also I've noticed some of you guys have photos without the plumbob above your sims how do you do this???

:) :)

To make the plumbob invisible I go to the game files (Origin Games\The Sims 4\Game\Bin) and open Default.ini with notepad. Go to where it says and change the numbers to the far right on each line (only the last numbers) so that they all say zero. Then the plumbob will be invisible in the game.

https://i.imgur.com/6PH8c1x.png
You have to do this change every time they release a new patch.

I also use reshade to tweak the color and the graphics settings. It's a program that you can use for PC (not for Mac) which will run together with the sims4. In order to use it you often need a preset, I use Soft Dreams by Whiisker she also has some tutorials on how to get started. Most of my screenshots are that preset which I have changed and made different versions of.

"amp107;c-17571856" wrote:
@mcrudd I've never noticed before that there could be an actual shark swimming alongside our sims; I'm going to have to pay more attention next time I send my sim swimming around. Awesome screenshot!

My sim had the child of island and ocean traits, I wonder if that had anything to do with it. She also never got a negative moodlet about sharks and never freaked out if she saw them ;)

"GwastenMica;c-17575531" wrote:
@mcrudd Where is your last photo taken? Gnomes in the water? Tenting beside the pool(?) in what looks like Oasis Springs? Sand snowman? Did you build this lot? Amazing!

It was for a Christmas day challenge https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/16230979#Comment_16230979 way back in 2017. We had to share a screenshot of our holiday decorations, so I made that lot quickly in Oasis Springs to show of a Kiwi Christmas since we have ours in Summer. I could try and recreate it for you, it was more like a camping out for Christmas type lot ;)

edit to add ;)

@GwastenMica I actually did upload the lot, just couldn't remember since it was so many moons ago LOL. You can find it here, its called Down Under Christmas :)

https://i.imgur.com/GsgWWLD.png