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Post by Teknikah on Nov 1, 2020 9:47:52 GMT -5
Wintery Water[Base Game]I based this off of the exising "pool pourri" (pool water with petals in) from Get Together, but I have been told by MTS moderators that you can still use this with the Base Game  .
The weather turns colder and the snow starts to fall, but the pools and fountains seem to stay warm. There's no ice that forms or snow that settles.
I want to add that final touch to my winter garden and let the water cool off a bit.
So this adds a new pool water for you to choose, with a variety of different snowy and icy textures to get the perfect chilly water during winter.
This is found in Build Mode under pool waters
![]() ![]()       #pool #fountain #water #winter #ice #icy #snow #cold |
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Post by Teknikah on Jan 25, 2021 15:22:41 GMT -5
Swim Around in Pools
[Base Game]
I was always disappointed that my sims could "swim around" freely in the ocean (Island Living) but when it came to pools that option wasn't available, we only had "swim laps" and I didn't really like my mermaid sims swimming around in circles/squares at the edges of the pool. I wished that we had the "swim around" interaction so they could move about freely. I had a look aorund and couldn't find that anyone had done this yet, so I added it to the pie menu myself
This interaction isn't exclusive to mermaid sims
From testing in different pools it seems to work best in mishapen/irregular pools. They do tend to still move around the edges but not as bad as "swim laps", they take a more varied path in a pool that isn't a perfect square.
They will swim further away from the edges than it was originally set to, I've increased the constraint size from 1.5 to 2.5 (any higher doesn't work very well in smaller pools).
Any issues please let me know!
#pool #interaction #action #piemenu #swim #mermaid #swimming |
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Post by Teknikah on Jan 31, 2021 16:14:53 GMT -5
Vintage Radiator Heater[Snowy Escape]As soon as I saw the heater that came with snowy escape, I wanted to take the radiator from Vampires and make it function the same. So that's what this is. The Vampire's radiator now warms up your sims
I also added a few more swatches: light grey, white, and black
This is not a replacer, it will add a new object
Catalogue Details:
Activities & Skills > Recreation
$185
 #heater #snowy #escape #vampires #radiator |
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Post by Teknikah on Feb 3, 2021 10:41:40 GMT -5
Freed Eco Decor
[Base Game]
I love the shelving that came with the Eco Lifestyle pack with the little plants and things on, and I was thinking, these plants are too pretty to stay stuck on these shelves. I wanted to place them elsewhere around my homes.
This set contains 21 different items
        
So I cloned all the shelves with items on that I liked and spent time separating them.
*2 of the plants did not have a complete mesh - the back was missing as no one would ever realistically see it on the shelf, so I had to botch a fix for those holes. I'm not very good with Blender, I can only really delete things, not create. So I've copy pasted the existing side of the mesh and joined it to the back, so the shadows might be a bit off on those as it's a botched glued together pot basically
Most of the items do not have any swatch variations. If the original shelf had different swatches that affected the object, I have included all of those. Most of them though only have the one.
The Freed Eco Lifestyle Decor Boxes does have a medium decor slot that you can put things in.
Catalogue Details:
You can find all these items in Plants or Clutter. You can also type "freed" or "eco" and find them. #EcoLifestyle #Eco #Lifestyle #Plant #Plants #Decor #Decoration |
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Post by Teknikah on Feb 7, 2021 14:51:46 GMT -5
Amy's Garden Plants (Separated)
[Snowy Escape]I made this a while ago but haven't been able to do much about uploading it until now I never like when we get clusters of plants as a single item, what if I want to only use that one little flower pot?! I do really like the Amy's Garden plants that were included with Snowy Escape, so I made them all individual plants (not overriding the original group) to place them separately. This is not a replacer, it will add 5 new objects. I included all the swatches for each colour variant for the plants.      Catalogue Details: Decorations > PlantsThey all cost $90 each (the same as the original group) You can also find them by searching "amy's garden" as seen in the screenshot  #plants #decor #decoration #snowy escape #plant |
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Post by Teknikah on Mar 21, 2021 6:15:15 GMT -5
Water Collection Buckets[ECO Lifestyle]Another item of which we had no appropriate off-the-grid/olde worlde alternative - the dew collectors...
It would be nice if my sims in my old houses with no electricity and no/little plumbing could have something that suits their surrounding.
I've cloned some buckets from existing objects and added the dew collector functionality to them. So it can be placed around your old style house and look normal.
This is not a replacer, it will add 2 new objects
This can be used off-the-grid as far as I know, from checking in my own game, the original dew collectors seem to function with the OTG lot trait active.
Catalogue Details:
Activities & Skills > Outdoor Activities
$50
 #bucket #eco #lifestyle #water #dew #off the grid #OTG |
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Post by Teknikah on Mar 21, 2021 6:17:24 GMT -5
Water Collection Well[ECO Lifestyle]
Another item of which we had no appropriate off-the-grid/olde worlde alternative - the dew collectors...
It would be nice if my sims in my old houses with no electricity and no/little plumbing could have something that suits their surrounding. A well is perfect, I thought.
I've cloned the decorative well from Get Famous and added the dew collector functionality to it. So it can be placed around your old style house and look normal.
This is not a replacer, it will add a new object
This can be used off-the-grid as far as I know, from checking in my own game, the original dew collectors seem to function with the OTG lot trait active.
Catalogue Details:
Activities & Skills > Outdoor Activities
$350 (the same as the original well object)
#well #Eco #Lifestyle #Water #Dew #off the grid #OTG |
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Post by Teknikah on Jun 12, 2022 2:31:10 GMT -5
Sims Delivery Express Recategorised
[Base Game]
This was just a little personal project, but I like to share my creations in case anyone else is likeminded.
I like my catalogues organised, and the SDX items popping into my lists with no identifying marker or anything bothered me. So, I've updated the tags on each CAS and Build/Buy item I could find from the SDX releases to catagorise them under the same tags as the birthday items.
Another advantage to this is that it allows you to use the search filters to sort by "birthday" and they will show up.
I also added other tags to the B/B items so if you type "SDX" or "delivery express" in the search bar you will find the items.
It makes me happier that they now have a little flag, making them stand out from the rest of the items
To remove the CC wrench icon please download this mod from MTS
 #SDX #DeliveryExpress #Delivery #Category #Express #Override |
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Post by Teknikah on Jun 15, 2022 15:51:45 GMT -5
Holiday Celebrations Presents for Seasons
[SEASONS & HOLIDAY CELEBRATION]
*This is an OVERRIDE*
The piles of presents that came with the Holiday Celebration Pack are purely decorative. The item description goes into humurous detail about how pointless fake presents are. No longer!
For a bit more gift box variety, I have added the functionality from the Seasons present piles to these ones. Your sims can now add and take presents from here (though they won't change with how many you add to them, they will always look the same).
I chose to make an override for this as I also found it a little pointless to have decorative gifts lying around
I didn't add any extra swatches
Catalogue details: They can still be found in Activities > Recreation (I didn't change this) The price is still $148 and $250 (I didn't change this)
I did delete the item descriptions as they actually no longer make sense #seasons #presents #gifts #override #holiday |
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Post by Teknikah on Jul 24, 2022 13:30:42 GMT -5
Simple Floating Shelves
[BASE GAME]I've had this in my game for a while, but I use them so often I feel it's only fair I share with everyone
I feel like we've been lacking some smaller shelves. Especially one that only really fits 1 item, for displays.
So, I took the tiny shelf from the basket/shelf combo item from Laundry Day and made it it's own thing. I then stretched it a little bit to make another one.
You're not limited to 1 item on these shelves, they have a handful of slots.
The smaller shelf has 1 medium and 3 small, and the larger one has 3 medium and 7 small.
Catalogue Details:
Surfaces > Displays
They cost §15 and §25
Download:
Please go to my profile and in my signature, you will find links to my Nexus and Mod The Sims pages.
These links are also on my Patreon page, also linked in my profile
You can support me for free by downloading from Nexus Mods (I can earn donation points for each unique download on my items) #shelf #shelves #display |
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Post by Teknikah on Jul 24, 2022 13:36:53 GMT -5
Mermaids Can Snorkel
[ISLAND LIVING]This is a very simple tuning mod to allow mermaids to snorkel.
I located the blacklist lines in oceanDiving_ClothesSpin_Snorkeling and removed it. Et voilla! Your mermaid sims can now snorkel!
Please note that the animation will be the typical slow swimming used for normal sims so it may look a bit... odd. But, the "survey" interaction on the buoy uses the exact same animation... so.
That's it, now you can complete your Conservationist work from home task as a mermaid
Download:
Please go to my profile and in my signature, you will find links to my Nexus and Mod The Sims pages.
These links are also on my Patreon page, also linked in my profile
You can support me for free by downloading from Nexus Mods (I can earn donation points for each unique download on my items) #mermaid #snorkel #fix |
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Post by Teknikah on Jul 24, 2022 13:38:53 GMT -5
Discreet Sprinkler
[SEASONS] I never liked the massive sprinklers that came with Seasons. They always felt so big and unnecessary.
So I've removed the base, and dropped it down so it sits nicely tucked into the ground. It will rise up when active.
Catalogue details:
Activities & skills > Outdoor activities
§50
Download:
Please go to my profile and in my signature, you will find links to my Nexus and Mod The Sims pages.
These links are also on my Patreon page, also linked in my profile
You can support me for free by downloading from Nexus Mods (I can earn donation points for each unique download on my items)
#sprinkler #garden #gardening #water #outdoors #outdoor |
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Post by Teknikah on Jul 24, 2022 14:36:25 GMT -5
Sea Grifter Table Lamp
[ISLAND LIVING]I like the paper floor lamp that came with Island Living, but I found myself wanting a little table lamp version. Yes, you can just size down the floor lamp but it doesn't slot to tables. Now you can slot a mini version of this lamp around your sims homes or outdoors Catalogue details:
Lighting > Table Lamps §50
Download:
Please go to my profile and in my signature, you will find links to my Nexus and Mod The Sims pages. These links are also on my Patreon page, also linked in my profile You can support me for free by downloading from Nexus Mods (I can earn donation points for each unique download on my items) #lamp #light #table #lighting |
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Post by Teknikah on Jul 24, 2022 14:38:18 GMT -5
Usable Debug Items - My Wedding Stories
[MY WEDDING STORIES]I've liberated a few select items from the debug menu of the My Wedding Stories pack.
The table and chair I have made fully functional, and the umbrellas are just decorative (I can never find them in the debug menu).
Catalogue details:
Rattan Garden Chair
Comfort > Outdoor Furniture
§100
Stone Garden Table
Surfaces > Misc
§100
Sun Umbrella (Closed)
Decorations > Clutter & Decorations > Sculptures
§50
Sun Umbrella (Open)
Decorations > Clutter & Decorations > Sculptures
§50
I have added new swatches to the chair, I used an existing chair from the pack and recreated as best I could the available swatches so it can match the other items. They won't be perfect, as I'm not particularly skilled with GIMP.
Download:
Please go to my profile and in my signature, you will find links to my Nexus and Mod The Sims pages.
These links are also on my Patreon page, also linked in my profile
You can support me for free by downloading from Nexus Mods (I can earn donation points for each unique download on my items) #outdoor #table #chair #umbrella #parasol #debug |
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Post by Teknikah on Jul 30, 2022 13:26:05 GMT -5
Natural Water
[BASE GAME]I based this off of the exising "pool pourri" (pool water with petals in) from Get Together, but I have been told by moderators that you can still use this with the Base Game
I don't like using the standard pool water for fountains and lakes. It feels too clean... Too blue... So I took the petal water and removed the petals, and the weird cloud texture it seemed to have with it.
Catalogue details:
Outdoor Water Decor > Water Styles
§52
Download:
Please go to my profile and in my signature, you will find links to my Nexus and Mod The Sims pages.
These links are also on my Patreon page, also linked in my profile
You can support me for free by downloading from Nexus Mods (I can earn donation points for each unique download on my items) #water #pool #fountain #lake #pond |
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