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A BRAND NEW SIMS 3 WORLD : SHETLAND HARBOUR

And here we are ... At last :D

10 years ago, Rope crafted a remarkable world, inspired by Starlight Shores, and generously given away to the community : Brightwater.

We embraced this gift, transforming and reshaping it, creating an island to eliminate distant terrain, and thus, Shetland Harbour was born ...

While many creators have fashioned stunning Sims 3 worlds with a Northern charm—like Saaqartoq, Greymont Bay, Lillebror, or Plymouth Isles—ours, stands a little apart.

Shetland Harbour is a unique blend : a touch of Aurora Skies, a hint of Moonlight Falls, and a dash of the unfortunate Barnacle Bay, all interwoven with our own vision of course. It is a vast yet easily navigable world, balanced between lightness and richness, featuring nearly all the Rabbit Holes the game offers.

Our aim was to craft a cohesive and vibrant world, one that feels alive and contemporary, with harmonious architecture and a spirit that invites exploration and delight :)

Welcome to Shetland Harbour, a picturesque coastal town nestled between rolling green hills and a fantastic bay … It is a beautiful medium/large-sized world, a community nestled on its own secluded island, accessible only by ferry. The town is known for its charming cobblestone streets, a vibrant fish market, and a rich history dating back centuries, dotted with quaint cottages, a bustling coast, and a grand lighthouse standing guard at the harbor’s entrance ...

This hidden gem is a haven for sheep, but don't let that fool you – Shetland Harbour is far from a sleepy place. With its rich maritime history, the town offers a unique blend of tradition and vibrant local culture.

Designed to capture the essence of a northern European island, Shetland Harbour offers a self-contained community with 100 lots in total : 65 residential lots + 35 community lots. Each Lot ( except the Old Renovated Factory ) is fully furnished.

In addition, there are multiple sheep ( all by Murfeel ) fields here and there – the latter being especially dear to the local culture, a close-knit community, where the ocean's presence is always felt and the simplicity of rural life is celebrated.

Shetland Harbour combines a lively downtown with peaceful suburbs and serene neighborhoods, featuring quaint cottages, charming gardens, and scenic paths through lush greenery.

The town's historic churches, like Old Church, Albert Church or Lux Chapel, are steeped in tales of ancient rituals and ghostly apparitions ... Albert Church, built on a Druidic site, is haunted by druid spirits, while Lux Chapel is known for the ghost of a sailor, seen on stormy nights ...

The mysterious stone circle inside the Graveyard, Ghost Place, adds to the island's mystical allure. Rumored to be a portal to another realm, it activates during celestial alignments, with visitors reporting strange occurrences. Town elders speak of a prophecy foretelling the return of ancient spirits and the awakening of the island's mystical powers. Signs include a rare star alignment, the stone circle's awakening, and three chosen individuals with the island's ancient bloodline ...

• Harbor Bay : The central feature of Shetland Harbour is its expansive bay. The bay is a natural harbor with calm, crystal-clear waters, making it ideal for fishing and sailing. It is surrounded by gently sloping hills and cliffs that provide stunning vistas of the sea. The marina is bustling with fishing boats, sailboats, and yachts sometimes … It’s the hub of maritime activity, with a fish market ( aka Grocery Store ), boat repairs, and a sailing club ( aka Business and Journalism Center )

• Lighthouse District : Right beside the Harbour, stands the Lighthouse Point, this district features historical homes and buildings, including a Norman cottage, a strange Diner and higher into the Hills, a fantastic museum dedicated to the town’s maritime history and a recent Hospital ready to welcome all the citizens of Shetland Harbour :)

• Beaches : The Coastline is dotted with sandy beaches, perfect for beachcombing, picnics, and bonfires. These areas are popular spots for locals and tourists alike. And you may want building some Coastal Houses for your Sims which is possible almost all alongside the sea ;)

• Old Town : The heart of Shetland Harbour is the Old Town, characterized by cobblestone streets, historic buildings, and a charming town square. Shetland Harbour's downtown area is a kinda picturesque pedestrian square, and quaint paths perfect for leisurely strolls …The Old Town includes the Town Hall, the Old Toad, the Talking Dog, a Fish and Chips, and even a Geek Store, all of them under the shadow of one of the oldest shop of the Island : the Elixirium ...

• Rolling Hills : Surrounding the town are rolling green hills covered in wildflowers and dotted with grazing sheep. These hills are perfect for hiking and offer panoramic views of the town and the bay. Beware of the fog !

• Forests and Woodlands : To the north of the town are more dense forests and woodlands with waterfalls upstream of the river which separates part of the island. These areas are home to various wildlife and provide a natural retreat for the residents. There are several well-maintained trails for hiking and exploring :)

Come and explore Shetland Harbour all your content ... Whether you're building your dream home, running a local business, or simply soaking in the serene atmosphere, this unique town promises endless possibilities and a truly captivating experience ...

Download Shetland Harbour today and start your new adventure!

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IMPORTANT : Before downloading Shetland Harbour !!!

Shetland Harbour contains custom content. As much as we try to include them into the world building process, we learned with time the necessity of providing a list those items. No worries, we used the same cc creators as usual and added 2 or 3 more. Such as the grey/dark roof we made, based on the terracotta roof of the game and the Wood walls you'll find on different lots, the same as the ones of Oaksoak Hollow ... Or more important, the boats used in the world and of course ... The sheeps ! All you need should be included and/or available down here ;)

1) the ANTS & CC :)

ANTS stand for Absolute Necessary Things & Stuff to enjoy Shetland Harbour :)

Download ANTS and CC ( both are needed to have all the right textures, the right look and feel of Shetland Harbour )

You will need too some of our Rabbit Holes

Not mandatory but nice : our 88 Patterns mostly brick, masonry, concrete and wood ;) A bit of fabric & paper too ...

ATTENTION : if you have played with one of our Worlds, you might see duplicate files. We try to use the same objects as much as possible. Of course, you don't have to install twice. Skip whatever you already have. We use Blams objects for some Sims 3 objects ... so if you already have those objects from any other means, just skip ;)

CREDITS & THANKS due to all the following creators :

ATS, Noir and Dark Sims, pitheinfinite, Brunnis-2, Blams, CycloneSue, HydrangeaChainsaw, Leroy157, Lisen801, Murfeele, Nilxis, PotatoBalladSims, Qahne, TheJim07, Mammut ( from BlackSimsZoo ) BlueCoco, BuffSumm, JomSims, Ladesire, Mutske

2) the Saved Games

They are in the same page than Shetland Harbour itself. You have the choice between Unpopulated and Half-populated. Whatever you choose, we always strongly advice with a save game ;) But as far we know, once we delivered a World, it is entirely up to you to begin a new adventure and make your own challenges with your own Sims :D

Download a save game

3) the Lots ( both residential & community )

Quite a bursting town, Shetland Harbour has 100 lots : 65 residential and 35 community and very important : many small sheep fields ( visitors not allowed com lots )

Download ALL the lots

Some lots are Maxis ones we modified, some lots are our own creations, and for the others, they come mostly from MTS ;) And we are very grateful to those creators who always offer a special flavor to our Worlds :)

CarlDillynson - Bellakenobi - Bast - MySimRealty - stonee206 - Norn - Cutbacks - Ferguson Avenue - SimplySimlish - hazelnutter100 - PolarBearSims - RubyRed2021 - CircusWolf - Moihi - Lasciel

Well, it is time for discovery now and you are ready for sure ! We wish you all the best, all the fun with your new life in Shetland Harbour !

Download Shetland Harbour World

PS : Shetland Harbour is a medium/large sized world of 88MB, and has been tested 1 week long on both Mac and Pc ;)

xoxo - blackgryffin

Uberhood 2024 Update By AnotherPlumbob (CC free)

The Uberhood is an ongoing PROJECT where I’m creating a Cc-free savefile, with all the worlds and lore from The Sims 2 ported to The Sims 4. 

NOTE: In this update I've revamped PLEASANTVIEW only - if you were interested in the other worlds or premades, please note they remain exactly as they were in the previous versions.

It currently includes

1.- Remade Worlds

Pleasantview (Newcrest+Willow Creek)

Strangetown (Strangerville+Oasis Springs)

Veronaville (Windenburg)

Bluewater Promenade (Magnolia Promenade)

Three Lakes (Granite Falls)

Bluewater Bay [only partially built] (Brindleton Bay)

All the career lots (detective, hospital and science lab).

BEWARE: the rest of the worlds are either empty, half built or a mess in general.

2.- Families

The save includes all the premade families as well as the iconic townies that lived in those worlds in The Sims 2 times. They all have jobs, relationships, sentiments, lifestyles, reputations, etc. For Pleasantview sims only I've also included more lore in the form of milestones, added traits, midlife crisis, etc.

3. Required packs and How to Install (PLEASE READ)

THE SAVE IS CC-FREE BUT ALL EXPANSION, GAME PACKS,STUFF PACKS AND KITS RELEASED UP UNTIL MARCH 2024. 

If you don’t have all packs, sims may be half naked, and/or bald and stuff may be missing. Install at your own risk. 

In order to install:

BACK UP YOUR SAVES.

Download the the SAVE file.

Put the save in your SAVES folder.  Documents > Electronic Arts > Sims 4 > Saves. I changed the name of the file so that it will hopefully not overwrite any of your saves (including the previous v1). If your system prompts you to overwrite a save, do not click yes. Just change the name of the save (keep it 8 numbers but change the numbers) and try again.

Optional: Put the .package file (StrangetownTexts.package) in your mods folder. This file is used to change the Strangerville mystery a bit, and turn it into the Strangetown mystery (with custom texts, references to the Bella mystery, etc.). Please install it if you want to have some clues on what happened to Bella!! 

4. Play Order

There’s really no set play order but note that:

1.- Brandi Broke is pregnant and will give birth in 3 days regardless of who you play and regardless of whether aging is on or off, so play with her first if you want to be there for the birth.

2.- Same thing applies to Pascal Curious, who’s also pregnant at the start of the save.

5. Disclaimer and TOU

I’m just one person and there may be some bugs here or there, or naked sims or whatever. Feel free to report any bugs you find but I will only fix them if I consider them super relevant or game breaking, otherwise the save is provided as is and you install it at your own risk.

Also please don't waste your breath asking me to do X world, or add lore to Veronaville or Strangetown or whatever, because I will only do it if and when I'm inspired to do it - and the requests quite honestly stress me out.

THE TERMS OF USE ARE: Be nice and don’s steal others creations! 

Download: Sim File Share - Filehosting for Simmers

F.R.I.E.N.D.S Legacy Challenge TS4

The TV show Friends has always meant a lot to my life, with my mother watching it when she was pregnant with me and it being something we both bonded over! One day, during work, I started thinking of a legacy challenge based on the different characters!

Disclaimer: Only after finishing writing the challenge did I realize that someone in 2019 made a similar challenge, though they have similarities they are not the exact same, therefore I’m still going to publish the challenge. But please check out their challenge and support them here.

General Rules:

No money cheats allowed, only use freerealestate for moving in the first generation

You can live/move around anywhere unless a generation specifies.

Play lifespan as normal, unless you want to stress yourself out!

If not specified, you can marry/have as many kids as you want!

Finally, if you do play please tag me and use #FriendsLegacyTS4 so I can see.

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Generation One {Monica}:

"rules are good. rules help control the fun"

You always grew up being the least favorite child, and a bit of an ugly duckling. So, you moved away from your family home into an apartment as soon as you could! You have a huge passion for cooking and dream to one day open your own restaurant! As you were too busy with your career, you realized you never had time to settle down and have a baby, so you eventually adopt! You love cleaning as a stress outlet, and you live with your two best friends!

Traits: Neat, Foodie, Perfectionist

Aspiration: Master Chef

Career: Chef

Rules:

Master Chef career and complete Master Chef aspiration

Can choose to open restaurant once level 5 in chef career

Master Cooking and Gourmet Cooking skills

Live with roommates as a YA

Adopt a baby girl as an adult

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Generation Two {Rachel}:

"i'm gonna go get one of those job things!"

Everyone thinks you have a perfect life, you are well off thanks to your parents and are engaged to the ‘dream’ man. But, at your wedding you leave him at the alter and move out of your home! After being cut off by your family, you have to make it yourself to achieve your dream of being in Fashion! But all that is put on hold when you fall pregnant from a ONS! How will you juggle it all?

Traits: High Maintenance, Self Assured, Ambitious

Aspiration: Soulmate

Career: Style Influencer

Rules:

Leave a sim at the alter

Work as a Barista part-time for all of your teen life

Have only one child with a ONS

Master the Style Influencer career and the Soulmate Aspiration

Move out of family home after failed engagement

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Generation Three {Joey}:

"how you doin?"

A normal 9-5 career was never going to be for you, so that’s exactly what you didn’t do! You stepped into the spotlight and made it work as an actor, though it was difficult at times. Even as an adult, you were still childish and were always cracking jokes. You’re a romantic at heart and go on a lot of dates, before settling down with your coworker.

Traits: Lazy, Romantic, Goofball.

Aspiration: Serial Romantic

Career: Actor

Rules:

Master Acting career and complete Serial Romantic Aspiration

Don’t settle down until an Adult

Always live in an apartment

Order takeout once a week

Master Comedy and Acting skills

Have twin girls

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Generation Four {Phoebe}:

"i don't have a plan.. i don't even have a pla!"

When you were a teen, your parents died leaving you alone with your sister. After tension between you two , you decided to pack up your bags and leave, becoming homeless. You busked on the streets to make ends meet and eventually worked your way up the entertainment career! You meet the love of your life in the street and fall pregnant, where you peruse your new ambition -- becoming a mother.

Traits: Glutton, Outgoing, Creative.

Aspiration: City Native

Career: Entertainer

Rules:

Must cheat to kill parents when this gen is a teen

Become enemies with your twin sister

Be homeless until you earn enough money for rent

Master Entertainment career and City Native aspiration [Can cheat to complete the $100,000 apartment task]

Master Parenting, Guitar and Singing skills

Meet love of your life in San Myshuno

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Generation Five {Chandler}:

"i say more dumb things before 9am than most people say all day.."

After growing up trying to make ends meet, you are determined to make money -- no matter what. But, your dead end career in Business leads you to become unhappy. So, you quit your job as an adult and bounce around careers until you retire. You fall for your neighbor, and eventually move into a new home together.

Traits: Bro, Genius, Ambitious.

Aspiration: Renaissance Sim

Career: Business, then two of your choice.

Rules:

Earn a Diploma with honors in High School

Quit your job as an adult

Reach level 4 in 3 different careers

Only move out of an apartment when married as an elder

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Generation Six {Ross}:

"getting divorced is NOT my thing.."

You've always been a little... Odd? While other kids loved spaceships, you loved Dinosaurs. You focus on your studies as a teen and neglect friendships. But, always keep in touch with your one best friend. You eventually join the education career, to fulfill your love of knowledge -- but you always keep true to your childhood ambitions. You're a hopeless romantic and get married.. a few times. Then divorced. But finally settle down. During a 'break' you cheat on your partner, but you spend the rest of your life making it up to them!

Traits: Geek, Romantic, Loner

Aspiration: Archaeology Scholar

Career: Education

Rules:

Cheat on partner, break up, then get back together as adults

Get married twice

Share an apartment with best friend as a YA

Complete Archaeology Scholar aspiration and Education Career

Master Archaeology, Parenting and Logic skills.

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this post is a repost of my challenge, i feel like it didn't get enough love so i wanted to try again!

with the new season upon them, cyan decided it was time for a change of scenery (two houses down) and a fresh start for the family

we also ditched that couch ‘cause too many painful memories happened on that thing. that couch was always at the scene of a crime 😭:

exhibit a exhibit b exhibit c

🔮 Mystical Motherhood: The Occult Baby Challenge by @simssav

New challenge graphic! 💜 This one has been on my list for a while, both as a graphic and to play.👀 Maybe after my Diseny Princess challenge.

What challenge do you want to see me make graphic for next?

Btw you can help support me & my content by using my creator code "kimba" when purchasing Sims 4 packs on the EA app.🙏 Not required but definitely appreciated! 💜