Issue 4 -D Dec 2020 Editors LETTER
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Issue 4 -D Dec 2020 EDiTORS LETTER SulSul Simmers, Welcome to issue 6 of SimmedUp Magazine. The community magazine, created by Sims fans for Sims fans. This month we bring you yet another jam packed issue, we also celebrate with a few more team members joining us! Not only do we have the Wonderful Machinima creator ‘TheMomCave’ we have Award winning journalist Antoinette Muller joining us, and we are also working with her own website Extra Time Media. We are all so excited to have so many talented members on our team, all of whom dedicate their time for free. It really does go to show when you have the communities best interests at heart, everything else just falls into place. On that note, what have we got coming up, dare I tell you? We have the amazing and super talented Celebrity and Good Witch ‘Patti Negri,’ talking about the paranormal to celebrate The Sims ‘Paranormal pack’ game release, the inspirational XfreezerBunnyX - GameChanger chatting with Ivana, Karen Keren brings you more top TSM tips, we have the all new ‘Simspiration’ with K8Simsley and ‘Building a better life’ with TheMomCave, Antoinette is all in with Maxis Match and we have the ‘Romance’ Mod review with Grace, just too many to name, but yes we have it all and more. February is the ‘Love’ Month, whether you celebrate or not! This issue we hope, has just the right balance for those of you who are loved up, and those of you that are wishing it was March already! But we also have some sad news, the lovely and very talented Karen Keren is leaving us this month, to go off on her own amazing adventures, I am sure you will all join us, in wishing her well and that the future brings her everything she dreams of, and thank you so much for being a part of our team. So from me to you, I wish you all the most amazing and productive February, but most of all, that cupid sends a little love your way. Benzi chibna looble bazebni gweb SiMSiMMERLY 44TITANARCHITECTS: #SHOWUSYOURBUILDS. WITH NATASHAACREATIONS 50FANART:SIMS2COMICS 54RETROCORNER: ROMANCEFROMSIMS2/3 60INTERVIEW: ANOTHERPLUMBOB 68YOURSIMS: SHOWCASING YOUR SIMS 70LOVETOSHOP: EXCLUSIVEMERCH&CC 74BUILDABETTERLIFE: WITHTHEMOMCAVE 80SIMSPIRATION: WITH K8SIMSLEY 88POPUPS: WITH ARDI 22INTERVIEW: 96MAKINGASIMMER: GAMECHANGER STORYTIME WITH MURKY MINRAED XFREEZERBUNNYX 28CCTOPPICKS: EDITORS CHOICE 30SIMS4CC: 106ROMANCEMODS:TO MAXISMATCH&ALPHA ENCHANCEYOURGAME;BY EXPLAINED-BYA.MULLER GRACE 34CELEBRITYINTERVIEW: 112T.O.O.LMODREVIEW: WITHPATTINEGRI APARTMENTS BY A.MULLER 44TITANARCHITECTS: PHOTO CREDiT TO:ELLiANDRA SHOWCASING YOUR SIMS 74BUILDABETTERLIFE: BROKEN CC? 88POPUPS: 96MAKINGASIMMER: STORYTIME WITH MURKY MINRAED 106ROMANCEMODS:TO ENCHANCEYOURGAME;BY 112T.O.O.LMODREVIEW: APARTMENTS BY A.MULLER PRACTICE Just SIMLISH FORFun HOW CAN A MARRIED COUPLE WHO HATE EACH OTHER AND ARE ON THE BRINK OF DIVORCE ENJOY A ROMANTIC DINNER 1 AND A BOTTLE OF WINE AT THE SAME RESTAURANT? ? I CAN MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY, I CAN MAKE PEOPLE CRY. I CAN MAKE PEOPLE WANT ME, AND I CAN DRIVE PEOPLE CRAZY. WHAT AM I? 2? I CAN BREAK, I CAN BE CLOGGED, I CAN BE ATTACKED, I CAN BE GIVEN, I CAN BE KEPT, I CAN BE CRUSHED, YET I CAN BE ?3 WHOLE AT THE SAME TIME. WHAT AM I? ? ? Za Woka Genava!/I think you are hot PRACTICE Elicanto!/You are looking good! SIMLISH Ravasheen!/ ooh, I look like a smokin' hottie in this! Send Your Answers to: [email protected] & You could See your NAME/Social media HERE! ? ? ? LAST MONTHS ANSWERS: DO YOU KNOW THE ANSWER? 1. A COIN 2. LAWSUIT 3. THE MAN IS A BARBER! ? GUESS THE CAS! ? ANSWER: AUDREY HEPBURN If you play with Sims 4 mods or CC, then you are probably familiar with the hellish visions of Sims being transformed into punctuation marks that look like they have crawled out from the underworld. (PS: Wouldn’t an underworld pack in The Sims 4 be awesome?). Moving on. We love using Sims 4 custom content. That’s not hating on EA or The Sims 4 team, there’s just so much gorgeous stuff available. And bunk beds. There are functional Sims 4 CC bunk beds. The problem with Sims 4 CC is that sometimes it can break. Mods and CC break with updates or sometimes you download them in a broken state. It can be quite traumatising to see the Punctuated Sims from Hell appear. But there is an easier and far less traumatic way to fix broken CC in The Sims 4. It works best for Create a Sims (CAS) content that’s broken, but you can also use it to get rid of Build/Buy custom content that’s broken or that you no longer use or simply don’t like the look of. It is also a great way to find any custom content that might be missing from your game. This is useful if you have downloaded some Sims households, lots or objects that do not show up in your game. Best way to fix broken or bad CC in The Sims 4 To easily fix broken or bad custom content in The Sims 4, you will need to use the Sims 4 Tray Importer from L'Univers Sims. It's a completely free download and it is safe to use. You can download The Sims 4 Tray Importer from the official website over here. This little application is life changing for Sims 4 players who usealotofCC.Ifyouhaveabad batch of broke custom content, it can help you clean things up in no time. Once you have installed The Sims 4 Tray Importer (which runs separately to your Sims game), you will be able to quickly delete any broken CC whenever you want. It can even help you clean up your library if it has gotten a bit full. Here is a household of ours. For our American readers, this is the national rugby team of South Africa. Well, our version of some of them anyway. For our English readers: Do you remember the 2019 Rugby World Cup? Once you have found the offending family (they will show up like the zombies from CAS, or you can name the family "broken" or "delete this" to make it easier). If you want to just get rid of a household, room or lot without also deleting the CC, you can switch over to the files tab. Highlight the files and right click. Then select the "Show containing folder" option. Your Tray folder To get rid of broken Sims 4 Custom Content or find missing CC by using TS4TI, switch over to the CC tab on the application. You will see a list of all the CC in use for that household, room or lot.Any missing mods or CC will show up highlighted in red like in the screenshot ON THE RIGHT.. If you want to find the missing CC, recently reported that there are issues with this right-click and use the "Find on Google" option showing up. If you are having option. Note: Some users problems, refer to the TS4TI HOW TO CHEAT: PRESS CONTROL + SHiFT + C ON YOUR KEYBOARD iN ORDER TO OPEN UP A CONSOLE iN THE TOP-LEFT CORNER OF YOUR SCREEN. THiS iS WHERE YOU TYPE CHEATS. PLAYERS ON CONSOLE CAN PUSH ALL FOUR SHOULDER BUTTONS AT ONCE TO BRiNG THiS UP support forum. There could be an issue If you select more than one item of Sims with your firewall blocking access or 4 CC to delete, several windows will you might be running an out of date open up with the selected items version, or other similar issues. It is best highlighted in your mods folder. You can to check with the app's developers for just delete them one-by-one by going troubleshooting. If the option is there, a through each window and hitting delete. browser tab will open and you will find And that's it. This easy way to find and the websites where the CC is hosted. You delete broken or bad CC in The Sims 4 can then download it and add it to your works for rooms, lots and CAS items. mods folder. This is quite useful to help find missing meshes. Written By antoinette muller HOW TO CHEAT: PRESS CONTROL + SHiFT + C ON YOUR KEYBOARD iN ORDER TO OPEN UP A CONSOLE iN THE TOP-LEFT CORNER OF YOUR SCREEN. THiS iS WHERE YOU TYPE CHEATS. PLAYERS ON CONSOLE CAN PUSH ALL FOUR SHOULDER BUTTONS AT ONCE TO BRiNG THiS UP Karen Keren The Sims Mobile Relationship Story Do you ever want a relationship story that will You can start a relationship by introducing unlock your heart’s desire? In The Sims yourself to another sim by selecting how you Mobile, there are 25 Relationship Stories that would like your relationship to be like. As the you can complete by selecting your sim or other story progresses, you’ll level up your sim’s player’s sim to start a relationship story from relationship status which will unlock in CAS being friends, a romantic relationship, and items as rewards from finishing the getting into a rivalry story that way your story relationship story. What kind of relationship makes it unique from any other sim. What do you desire?As for Hana and Steph, not only makes it exciting is that you can engage with are they building their friendship story they are other players and share what’s going on with also matchmaking their Sims and making their your Sims -- making a connection not only as life together forever. A connection that will in-game friends but you can turn into real-life make a mark in their Sims story but also in the friends.