What Are Your Merfolk Doing Today 2.0
Since the old thread has multiple broken links and things are different here. I decided to create a 2.0 version of the old thread I created. I thought I would create this thread as a variant of the “What happened in Your Game Today?” thread. Serial and non-serial updates are welcome. Any mermadic discoveries in the Sims are more than welcome, including discoveries while using mods. Let's give our MerSims the spotlight here! Tips for what to share: The Only Rules: Keep the updates focused on merfolk! Denizens of the sea like Cecelia, Kelpies, and other variations of ocean dwellers are welcome here.
Craftsman Style Home Tips?
I've started building Craftsman style homes in Newcrest. I've figured out a few things already (keeping the value of starter homes under §20k, building dormer rooms, etc.). But there are a few things that I haven't figured out how to do. (These are all based on actual Craftsman style home designs, which I'm trying to recreate in game.) Gables (especially those facing the front) are often covered with scalloped shingles rather than with regular siding. The game includes a few styles of scalloped shingles, but I can only put them on roofs. I can't put them on gables. Is there a way to put scalloped shingles on gables in the base game (no packs, no cc, no mods)? If not, then do any packs include scalloped shingles as wall patterns? Another common treatment of gables is board-and-batten siding. Do any packs include board-and-batten siding as a wall patterns? If the slope of stairs up to the second floor matches the slope of the roof, then actual designs use this to their advantage. The ceiling above the stairs can be sloped, matching the slope of the roof: even with the lower floor ceiling above the bottom of the stairs, and even with the upper floor ceiling above the top of the stairs. I'd like to incorporate this feature, but it seems that the game insists on the ceiling above stairs being even with the upper floor ceiling for the entire length of the stairs. Am I missing something? I've figured out how to build dormer rooms when the walls of the dormer room are all vertical. But many dormer rooms have angled walls (ceilings?) that follow the slope of the roof. Is there a way to reproduce this in game in a way that require "Walls Down" view to keep the roof from obscuring what's going on in the dormer room? Instead of full-height columns supporting the front porch, Craftsman style homes often have short pillars made of brick or stone that matches the foundation, with short columns extending from the top of those pillars to the porch roof. I haven't been able to recreate this in game. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
Sims 4 CC - Game no longer launches from corrupted files
I recently had been redoing all my CC for the sims 4 and was able to play just fine, but then realized I needed to extract the .rar files in order to access the items. (I heard I needed to do this for .zip files too, is that still true?) So, I went through probably about 100 .rar files and extracted them all, then took all the extracted into the sims 4 mods folder. Only then was I starting to get issues not being able to launch the game, so I even went as far as opening each file after extracting and just dragging the package into the modded folder. But even after that everytime I launch the game it wont load due to a corrupted file, and it's a new file everytime. With how much CC I downloaded I lost track of what is exactly what, but I dont wanna launch and delete a file everytime I try to play until I am able to play again. I was literally playing yesterday and this morning before I started to extract the files for everything ending in .rar. I left all .zip files in the mods folder as is for now, along with the rest of the items in there because I don't wanna risk messing things up further. I have 5,518 items in the sims 4 cc folder as of now, and pre-.rar extraction I probably had just over 4,075 items. Is there any way to fix any corrupted files so I can play and keep the items? I don't wanna restart my folder/cc search, or redownload the CC (It'll take hours to find everything again). I'm kind of bummed because I had just finished finding all I wanted and now I can't even play anymore. And to answer any questions: - I verified sims 4 file integrity (I use steam) - I extract files directly from the Files app on windows, I don't use WINRAR or whatever I've heard other people use (Should I have?) - I haven't uninstalled the game (I worry about losing my CC finds, because I don't feel like moving the 5k+ files to another temporary file lol) - pop up message I get when trying to launch the game is "Unable to start: Cannot start because the below file appears to be corrupted. If this file is a Mod please remove it and try again. If not, please repair or reinstall the game via Origin." - then it lists the mod.
Sims4 Random Thoughts thread 2.0
Old version was locked some time ago, so here we have a new one. From old thread: A thread for those occasions when we want to comment on something game related or ask a question without having to start a new thread. Or those comments and questions that don't really fit into an existing thread.CAS Mods work, but build mods don't.. help!
Hi! I am hoping someone sees this soon and can help. Since the last update, when I play the game, all of my CAS mods work just fine while playing & creating, my build mods work in game mode, but when I go to build something else, none of my build mods show up in build mode. Any ideas on how to fix this? I did the 50/50 thing. Didn't help. Tried deleting the Cashe. Didn't work. Deleted a mod I thought was the culprit, didn't work. I have everything enabled and have tried to disable/enable them, and have restarted the game a few times. I've restarted my computer (MAC)... does anyone know of anything else I can do?!? Driving me crazy. TIA!