Issue 4 -D Dec 2020 Editors Letter SulSul Simmers, Welcome to issue 9 of SimmedUp Magazine. As we move into May we are almost at the halfway mark for 2021. Scary how time flies but the things we have achieved not only as a community but in life away from the Sims too is a huge feat in itself. This month we wanted to dedicate our magazine to every single frontline worker out there, that have not only put their own lives at risk to help the most vulnerable in our society but to also thank those of you who still served our coffee, delivered our shopping, or checked on a neighbor, each and everyone one of you deserve so much more than just thanks. News in the Sims, we all love a bit of news and The Sims have just announced we have a game pack being announced soon as well as the kit. What are you hoping for? I personally would like more plant clutter, my Sims green thumb is better than my human one. More news, The community is alive with support, and as always we like to see what is happening within our community, and not only are there currently shell challenges galore, there are new Simmed Saves and competitions, to find these visit our What’s Up Section. Talking about saves, we have created the #HeroesVsVillansSave A simmedUp special save with a Prize for the best Build/Sim and more will be announced as we move through the amazing creations we know you can all create. Visit our website for full rules and links to join our discord chat room. And with that we want to send huge thanks to all our contributors in this month's issue, you all are amazing community members and we are honored to hold you amongst our pages and call you friends of SupMag. 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SimmedUpSimmedUp Magazine Magazine YYourour Sims Sims Fix Fix Delivered Delivered VisitVisit our our website website to join to join today today . CONMAY 2021 TENTS WHATS HOT! 46CCTOPPICKS 92 BUILD A BETTER LIFE 6 TIPS & TRICKS 48 CC HOW TO 96 ASK THE MOM CAVE 12 #MACHINIMALIFE 56 TITAN ARCHITECTS 99 SUP SHOP 24 INTRODUCING 64 FANART 100 SIMSPIRATION 30 COOKING SIMS STYLE 70 RETRO CORNER 106 SIMTOGRAPHY 37 COMIC INTERVIEW 80 RD.PTRA 110 MAKING A SIMMER 38 RGR GAMING 88 YOUR SIMS 122 FACEBOOK SHOWCASE CONTENTS 128 Private Practice Thank you 134 SIMSCOPES 136 JUST FOR FUN THiS iSSUE iS DEDiCATED 140 WHAT’S UP To all our health workers around the world. 144 MEET THE TEAM Thank you for all your hard work. Tips & Tricks Tips & Tricks Need help with your game? Sims feeling down or frothing at the mouth? Need some tips on smelling fresh? Need an Itch Scratched? Then everything you need is in our T&T Sims Medical Centre Disclaimer: This is not a real Sims Medical Centre. Please visit a real Sims medical centre for Sim related health queries Twisted Mexis T.O.O.L Mod Written By A.Muller Part Build off lot in the Sims 4: T.O.O.L mod quick tutorial You can make some dramatic changes to worlds in The Sims 4 by using the popular TOOL mod. Here’s how. Sims 4 Tool Mod Tutorial Basic Version Take note: The T.O.O.L mod was updated after the release of the Sims 4 Snowy Expansion update and you First, you have to download it, should make sure you are running the obviously. You can do so on latest version to avoid interface issues and other potential conflicts. TwistedMexi’s Patreon page. Once you have downloaded and installed If you feel like the worlds in The Sims 4 the Tool mod, it’s time to have some fun. lack personality or if you just want to liven things up a little, there is a way to You have to enable cheats to get this cheat working properly (open the build off lots. Yep, you guessed it, it’s cheat dialogue box and testingcheats thanks to a mod. true then hit enter). TwistedMexi’s T.O.O.L (Take Objects Depending on where you want to make enhancements to worlds in The Off Lot) mod is a player favourite and Sims 4, you might also find the it is super simple to use. We’ll just call it freebuild cheat and the moveobjects the Tool mod from here. cheats useful. While there is much more to this mod The showhiddenobjects and the debugobjects cheats are always very than what we’ll feature here, this helpful for adding some personality to tutorial will be helpful for Sims 4 players your builds, too. who are new to mods or who only want With these cheats enabled, head into to make some very basic changes to build mode and find the item or items worlds in The Sims 4. you want to place off the lot. Toggle back to live mode (it is okay to keep the game paused) and shift-click the object you want to move. You should see the Tool menu pop up. We are only going to look at the quickest and easiest way to move objects off lot in The Sims 4 in this That should be that. There are some tutorial. More complicated builds and really clever ways to use this mod to use of the mod will require another enhance worlds in The Sims 4 or to comprehensive tutorial. set up special photos for your Sim’s Select “Toggle Active Object” from family. the Tool menu. It should turn green if Just remember that you use mods at you have done it correctly. your own risk– always make a backup of your game before using mods or custom content, especially if you are new to them. Also remember to keep your mods and custom content up to date whenever there is a new Sims patch or whenever you add new DLC. Move to where you want to place the object in the world and click. You will see the object appear in green. Shift click and select “Toggle Active Object” again. BOX OFFICE BOX OFFICE #MachinimaLife The MomCave 3b 506 35 Healing Through Creating01.03.2021 and Tips For Creating a VO Machinima: A Conversation WithApril Dark May is mental health In addition to her contributions to awareness month. When I creating openness in The Sims thought about who I wanted Community about the topic of to interview, my mind mental health, she creates VO immediately went to the (voice-over) machinimas, which are amazing April Dark. April is machinimas utilizing voice actors. a machinmator who has When she first watched my series, been creating stunning she provided me with a wonderful stories in The Sims 3 and wealth of feedback, which I’ve The Sims 4 since 2013, and is best known for already started implementing in my her series Loaded Gun own productions. I currently have and Memories of a my first VO machinima in Siren. April has been production. So, I’m quite excited to open about her own hear more about tips, tricks, and mental health, hacks when creating this type of healing, and through machinima. her stories has shared her journey to TMC: What made you start making mental and emotional machinimas in The Sims? BOX OFFICE wholeness. AD: So to start with, I’ve been outlining and writing stories since I remember. I remember having that one old notebook and later tablet where I could write down all my ideas. But, with every year I felt that this wasn’t enough for me. One day I came across a Sims 3 series created by Showtime - Polish a machinima creator. Sadly, she hasn’t been active for a couple of years, but I learned quite a bit from her. She was my biggest inspiration to start my own works. TMC: How has making machinimas been an outlet for you in your mental health journey? AD: I think that mainly creating machinimas was a form of expressing myself and my feelings, which was very important to me during my blackest days. A few years ago I was mostly surrounded by toxic people in school who were making fun of me for being “different.” What I mean by that is, I was a super-sensitive, artsy person. I didn’t TMC: What’s the best thing about being a creator on YouTube? What smoke and drink in primary and pre-high is the hardest thing? school. I experienced big mental health problems, which is still a big taboo topic AD: To start with, I think that being a in my country.