Monat: Dezember 2015

aondaneedles:

That was my initial idea for the Holiday Classics Meme! Problematic thing: it’s not really a holiday thing (I guess… I’m not very familiar with the ‘holiday’ definition). It’s a german cult classic which is aired every New Year’s Eve… multiple times in many adaptions (one involves a humanoid talking bread, a bush and a sheep… Don’t ask). It’s an english skit originally, but I don’t think it’s popular outside of Germany.

Dinner for one

Ms. Sophie (played by an aged up Natasha Una) celebrates her 90th birthday with her closest friends. Unfortunatly they are all already dead, so her loyal butler James (John Mole) is doing his best to let her relive the good old times. She enjoys a five course dinner with her imaginary friends and James is advised to toast her before every meal in place of her dead friends. There are five meals and four toast per meals, so it gets wacky soon. James also has a little feud going on with the tiger fur on the ground- he tends to trip over it. It’s really wacky and funny and very beloved in my country.

I’m not sure if I can put it in the ‘Holiday Classics Meme’… Ah, heck, I’m doing it. If it doesn’t fit, it won’t be reblogged. Also, I’m sorry for the wall of text…

Reblogging an old picture because I forgot to prepare anything for New Years Eve!

Happy New Year everybody!

Sim Shadow Fix

zeussims:

simnopke:

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This mod fixes sims’ shadows shown as black rectangles. Unlike original shadows, these are black, not blue. There are three versions which differ in opaque (see the screenshot below) – choose only one. Even if your game renders sims’ shadows correctly, you can still use this mod.

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Restoring shadows
You probably turned (sims’) shadows off, when a problem with black rectangles occured. To make this mod useful you have to turn them back on. Here’s how to do it:
In game: set Shadows setting in Graphics/Performance Options to high.
If you still cannot see sims’ shadows, in Graphics Rules.sgr (in [Latest EP/SP folder or basegame folder if you don’t have any EPs or SPs]TSDataResConfig) find option Shadows. This is what you’d see:

option Shadows
 setting $Low
    boolProp simShadows       false
    boolProp objectShadows    false
    boolProp guob             false
    boolProp heightMapShadows false

 setting $Medium
    boolProp simShadows       false
    boolProp objectShadows    false
    boolProp guob             true
    boolProp heightMapShadows true

 setting $High
    boolProp simShadows       false   ← if there is false, change to true
    boolProp objectShadows    true
    boolProp guob             true
    boolProp heightMapShadows true
end

You have to delete boolProp simShadows false and boolProp simShadows off from userStartup.cheat (in DocumentsEA GamesThe Sims 2 (or The Sims™ 2 Ultimate Collection)Config) too, if this file exist and these lines are in it.

Known bugs
Sim shadows overlap and cut simetimes, but it isn’t caused by the mod.

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Conflicts
None that I know of.

Additional Credits
Liv
Creators of SimPE

Download
simNopke-simShadowFix0.2
simNopke-simShadowFix0.3
simNopke-simShadowFix0.4

On MTS

THIS IS AMAZING!!!!!!!

Wow! Need to try this out…

I completly forgot where I left off… (blog’s been running on queue for a long time, Uni was/is so hectic now that I’m in my 3rd semester)

So, the Verse family. DJ is pregnant again- and sick. Someone’s been spreading the flu through the nieghborhood, I think it was her, actually…

A meme!

I got tagged by jaydesims and am very late to the party…

What was your:

Last Drink: water. Don’t drink much else.

Last Phone call:Oh! Oh dear….My brother. Asked me to come downstairs. House-intern calls do count, right?

Last text: Family. A distant relative got a facebook account. Tried to warn them.^^

Last song: Tom’s Diner. Suzanne Vega. That song is older than me! XD

Last time You cried: I don’t know. Probably some days ago over some tear jerking video. I tend to cry easily.

Have You Ever:

Been drunk and thrown up: Drunk, yes, thrown up, no. Usually don’t drink too much.
Cried because of your OTP: Nope, don’t think so.
Edited the questions in an ask meme: Nah.
Gotten angry watching the news: YES! There is soo much I get angry about!

General:

Three favorite colors: Maroon, blue and yellow.
Any Pets: Two. Needles, the big old Shepherd and our little truffle… the one that decided that eating macadamia (?) nuts would be a good idea.
Do you want to change your name: No. It’s an unique but lovely name. Even though people tend to mispronounce it. (Nothing major, just sounds foreign to me.
What time did you wake up today: 7:30. Could have slept til 8. But my mum needed help downstairs, so no extra sleep for me.
What were you doing at 12 last night: Sleeping. I was really tired.
Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: Yes. One of my teachers at university is named Thomas, but usually goes by Tom.

Right Now:

Eating: Spring rolls.
Drinking: Nothing. We don’t have anything to drink left and I’m to lazy to go to the grocer…
I’m about to: Play Sims! And re-fill my queue.
Listening to: The TV in the background. I need some noice,
Wearing: Jeans, fluffy slippers and a comfy sweater.

Is anyone still doing this?