Classic Wall Sets - 16 Walls Updated for DX11

Just a simple update for wallpapers I know people love. I did have new versions, but people would need to re-apply the wallpaper, which isn't ideal. Not having the originals, I redownloaded and ran through S4S' batch fix and reuploaded them. DX11 is a preat improvement for the performance for the game, so fixing this issue will mean more people can enjoy the stability.

March 14 Infant Patch

This is just a pre-emptive post to say I am expecting a lot of items to break with the Infant patch. If you find something broken, please limit it to this post so I can collect the responses and get to updating as soon as I figure out the issues causing broken content.

Because of how big and widespread this patch will be, I highly advise the following:

1. taking a backup of your save files, especially considering it may take days or longer to fix all content that breaks. Your cc saves are essentially going to be unplayable at this time
2. Remove your mods folder (cut and paste) and store in a safe place before running the patch
3. Alternately, you can turn off auto-update in the EA app by going to settings located in the dropdown menu for your profile in to top right hand corner, going to applications, and turning off Application updates. This will allow you to wait to update until things are fixed, or a batch fix is available via Sims 4 Studio. 

Please keep in mind I am an individual doing this in my spare time. I pride myself at keeping my content up-to-date but it's too early to know how far reaching this patch will be, or how long it will take to fix. So please be patient and remember, CC creators are people behind the screens.

Bedding Update 28th July 2022

The introduction of High School Years Expansion pack, and the subsequent basegame update, added new interactions to bedding resulting in exemption errors occurring. I have done my best to fix the issues, as well as a weight paint issue with my luxurious bedding that became obvious when testing, and have uploaded fixes separated, merged, and individual files where applicable. You can find links to the affected sets below. 

• Grove Furniture Collection
• Bayside Bedroom

For my custom-made bedding you need to grab:

• Mid-Century Abode
• Hamptons Retreat
• Modest Luxurious Bedding
• Cozy Knits Bedding
• Hinterlands Bedroom
• Kitayama Bedroom
• Roarsome Bedroom

If you find any additional problems, please comment with all the relevant details (what sim was doing, what item etc so I can replicate) otherwise I will be unable to find a solution to the issue you are having. 

Phumo Sectional Issues

After a few reports of the sectional not showing up, I am labelling at as requiring Dream Home Decorator to function. 

I usually test basegame compatibility by disabling packs with usually doesn’t fail me, but in this case it has. So i apologise to those affected, unfortunately I just didn’t have the optimum was to test this particular item. 

For the moment the seating will remain DHD-dependent as it would need to be completely remade using alistu’s basegame cloning object. Right now with limited time that’s not an option for me, but if I get some I will see what I can do. 

Content Update: July 2021

Hi everyone!

Just wanted to update people on some updates i have been uploading over the past week. I had some things i needed to fix, and some things I wanted to implement, and some things that needed tweaking for one reason or another. So what has been fixed? Thanks for asking!

• All chairs that slotted to a surface have been fixed. These include dining chairs, barstools, desk chairs, and high chairs. You can redownload, or if that's too hectic, grab S4S and run their batch fix, that is all I did. 
• I enabled desks and dressers to snap under bunk beds. This was a little thing I wanted for my game, so you all benefit. Not mandatory though. Other objects that snap like loveseats, living chairs and alike already snapped so didn't need and update
• do note that my bedding will not snap. Because I use separated bedframes it would require a larger overhaul to how I slot bedframes to mattresses which was out of the scope of this update
• The new double showers I needed to make for Hamptons Getaway and Serenity Bathroom still had occluders leading to a dark spot, that has been rectified. 
• Lennox Kitchen 4 seater table was missing a shadow group, cannot believe it's taken years to notice that...

Because this totalled in 27 custom sets and 3 addons, it's a lot of sets that needed to be reuploaded. That is why I am not listing and linking, I will be here all week. If it has anything listed above, it was updated so please use some common sense. If you are unsure, ask on this post to keep it all in one place.

SFS was giving me grief and throwing a "key not found" error during this process. If you get this try hard refreshing (crtl+F5) first to see if that helps. I did test all the files to make sure they loaded to download page as I went, but issues may still arise. In that case, grab file from Google Drive. If you are experiencing this, be very specific and tell me what file specifically, otherwise I am unable to help (telling me "you can't download" something is as useful as a chocolate teapot). 

If you do think I have missed updating a file (very likely) please also be specific so I can double check. I have made a lot of CC and even I go "hey that looks familiar, did I make that?

In that process I dumped all Onedrive links which will no longer work, there should at least be a link for google drive for older content, and if the item no longer exists, then it is no longer available. So please don't ask because i wont be about to help (I think it was just 2 cowhide rugs and early TS4 houses which are still on the gallery). 

Anyway, I think that is it. 

Buildmode Content Update for Post-Patch 1.66

Windows, doors, and arches have been updated to work with the new cutout system allowing more freedom with window placement. You will need to redownload the sets. I advise deleting the original files, then putting the new files in as i have organised the download folders with a new sub folder. 

Post Uni Patch Update Part 2: Bedding and Bedframes

Finally able to fully test bedding and bedframes to make sure they no longer cause error 102. It came down to bedframes being categorised as beds using the tags which incorrectly labelled them as beds which could not be assigned a roommate/uni-student causing the error. They are now found in the Misc section of comfort. I also added the new uni housing function tag to the bedding as well. 

Updated sets are:

• Grove Furniture Collection Redux
• Bayside Bedroom Set Redux
• Mid-Century Abode
• Hamptons Retreat
• Modest Luxurious Bedding
• Roarsome Kids Bedroom
• Annabel Bedroom Suite
• Ophelia Bedroom Suite

Updated Maxis Addons

• Bowling Night Buymode Addons

Post-Uni Patch Updates

Hi everyone! I have completed the updates for items affected by the patch released prior to Discover University EP that affected items with too many slots and showers. I still need to update custom bedding to work in dorms, but they currently work fine in normal homes. When i have completed that more tedious update, i will post again with the updated links. Here are the sets you will need to update currently:

Serenity Bathroom
Hamptons Getaway
Futura Living
Vara Office

Do note, with the new bookshelves, you are going to have to replace any items that were placed on them because of the side effect of editing the slots. If you are still experiencing issues, make sure you don't have a duplicate file, and if you don't take out and let me know. As far as I am aware the new restrictions shouldn't vary depending on your game settings, but i have heard of issues that people can't use some of the updated items. So if that is the case, best to permanently remove that file until an official statement of what the recommended number of slots as, and whether game settings affects that number.

The Other Side - New Skin Colours for TS4

Today I bring you an experiment that came about from the selection of skin colours available in TS4. There is a serious lack of dark skin colours, and the light ones have left a lot to be desired. After a bit of research, diving into the clientfullbuild files, lots of backwards and forwards into the game for testing, hex editing to edit the colour swatches because s4pe threw errors, I finally came up with the lightside and darkside skintones. I could not be more happy with my first, and possibly last foray into the world of TS4 skins. I came away knowing more about the game and some awesome new colours that don't look jaundice or ashy.

Kitchen Updates

I am currently making a new kitchen and came across an issue with my previous versions. There seems to be an issue where a sink or dishwasher placed underneath a cabinet was unusable by sims. I have rectified the issue on the sets that experienced the problem. Please redownload the merged files, or grab the cabinet package files if you use the separated versions.

Shaker Kitchen
Lennox Kitchen
Selvadorian Kitchen

Laze About - Sweatshorts for Guys

This was a new idea I had after redoing my standard sweatpants. I wear these around the house all thew time and they are just so comfy. So why not make them for my sims? So I did just that. They come in my standard sweatpants colours and are just perfect for loungewear.

Slouchie Sweatpants V2.0

Another day, another remake. There is nothing quite as good as sweatpants, or as the aussies say; trackie pants. They were one of my favourite TS3 creations, one of the first things i adapted to TS4, and now in its third iteration on a different mesh and cleaned up textures. I am going to get even more use out of these now.

Ghoulish & Ghastly - Vampire Pack Buildmode Addons

I finally picked up the Vampire Game Pack when it went on sale a few months ago because I wasn't sold on having Vlad roam around turning unsuspecting sims into creatures of the night. I did want all the build items that came with it, so now I have mods to curb those enthusiastic vampires and new build content. I do love the content, but the lack of sizes available let a lot to be desired. They were all new designs though, so I went ahead and made some additional sizes and styles to give a bit more choice and variety. The way the items were mapped did make it a bit of a struggle to do so, but I got there and now have some fine addons to work with.

Details and download under the cut

Drapery Delights - Curtain Set

Curtains are one type of object i find lacking when it comes to TS4. I generally rely on CC or recolours to meet my needs, but when that failed I decided to make my own. This is the end result and I tend to use these everywhere now.

Due to the length of these posts and for ease of updating, you can find the download and info under the cut.

Hamptons Retreat - Bedroom Addon Set

Well it is finally here. After all the patches breaking things as well as Cats and Dogs being released, I have finally finished this bedroom which is perfect for the houses I build in Brindleton Bay. It is also just in time for Christmas, which I generally don't get a chance to share anything for because of family Festivities. It is a standard bedroom set and uses my Luxurious Bedding meshes because they are awesome. A few unique items including another mirrored object. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this small set and don't forget to combine it with items from Hamptons Hideaway and Getaway to have even more items to choose from! So far i have made 95 items in this series and that's unbelievable. Not much more I can do for it, but I do still have a few ideas up my sleeve. Anyway, I hope you all have a safe and wonderful festive season and I will be back in the New Year with more goodies!

Bayside Bedroom Set Redux

On top of redoing Grove Furniture Collection, I also remade Bayside Bedroom Set. Every time I looked at the original items, a lot of the items made me cringe. This is more then a remake because the process was much more then just re-importing meshes. I was not happy with a lot of the designs as I rarely used a lot of the objects these days (apart from the plants and bedframe/bedding) so I went about bringing them up-to-date into something I would use once again. I am really happy with how it turned out and suits the coastal theme much more then the original. I also love the mustard yellow so much.

Oasis-Chic Dining - Outdoor Furniture Set

About time I finished this set. My first attempt at objects specifically designed for outdoor use (but work well indoors too). It is always nice trying something new like pergolas, chimeneas and alike. After a little hiccup of not liking a seating design i wasn't sure when I would get around to releasing this, but now it is done I am really happy with the results.

Nordshine Seating - City Living Add-on

With The addition of the new EP, there was quite a few items that were nice........... but needed more variations and style additions. One of those sets was the NordShine Single and Double, an armchair and love seat respectively. They had a solid design, some nice colours, but as usual, there was no 'full set' of seating which does limit its usability. Well I went about fixing that with this add-on set where I not only added some more colours, but also 3 other seating options: a symmetrical love seat, 3 seat sofa, and a bench seat. This brings the total number in this set from 2 to 5. Very much an improvement.

Due to the length of these posts and for ease of updating, you can find the download and info under the cut.

Hamptons Getaway - Bathroom Addon

Well my first foray into bathroom sets, Serenity Bathroom, was a huge learning curve. I said to myself I would not make another, but I fooled myself. I really needed a more classic/contemporary style bathroom for my colonial style homes so I had to make one. This is also another example of what I plan to do in the future: build on the basic sets I have already made if inspiration strikes. I have already done that with Atwood Dining, which is an add-on to the living room set of the same name. I am quite proud how it came out and now I have a bathroom for most occasions.

Due to the length of these posts and for ease of updating, you can find the download and info under the cut.