This Post Has Been In My Drafts For Over A Year Now. Im Not Sure Why It Took Me This Long To Share It.

This post has been in my drafts for over a year now. I’m not sure why it took me this long to share it. Usually the previews are the problem for me, but I already had those done?? (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)

Anyhow! I love the Nintendo Switch, and when I found out it had been converted to ts2 I just knew I had to turn it into a default replacement for the handheld game. EA’s original mesh had a polycount of 168, meanwhile the nintendo had a whopping 1546. I got rid of the buttons so now it’s down to 724, still high (compared to EA’s) but I don’t know how to decrease it any further. If anyone wants to give it a try, please go ahead! And if you know how, please teach me :-D

I re-made the buttons so they’re now in simlish and re-mapped the mesh a bit. The default replacement is red&blue, but I’ve included a grey recolor inside the download. If you want to use the grey recolor, you have to install jacobaoconnor’s CEP-extra for the handheld game. (The CEP is now included in my download. Thank you! :-D) If you don’t care for it to be recolorable, only install vegankaktus_DEFAULThandheldgame. The default replacement and recolor goes in your downloads folder as usual. Also, @jellymeduza shared a fix for the handheld game here (scroll down) which I highly recommend downloading :-)

This default requires University and remember you can only have one default replacement for the handheld game in your downloads folder at a time. All files have been compressed to reduce file size. If you run into any issues, let me know!

Edit: I also recommend downloading Graverobber’s vending koisk fix here! It’s the file called “GR_DefaultVendingKioskFix.package” you want :-) otherwise the vendingkoisk will look a bit weird with my default installed :-)

Edit #2: Me and @yosarna-sims discovered that if you have Pineappleforest’s water tub (the BV repo’d one) in your game, my default is flashing blue. Pineappleforest has fixed their file now though (thank you! :-D) so if you’re using their BV repo’d water tub, you should re-download it.

Edit #3: @jellymeduza has updated their custom cellphone mod to include my default as a custom handheld game! Thank you! :-D I also forgot to mention that as seen in jellymeduza’s post, my switch is nearly below ground level when placed. I unfortunately don’t know how to fix this, but you can grab it if you zoom in :-)

Edit 2022-12-24: @themeasureofasim shared some awesome recolors here!!

DOWNLOAD: SFS | MTS

Credits: Apples (dead link) for the mesh, ported by Fatalitysonic2, converted to ts2 by @wyxii and @jacobaoconnor for the CEP :-)

Yay! :-D thank you so much!! 

As for the nintendo, I didn’t know how to fix that either, and I realize now that I completely forgot to mention that in my post - oops... :-D

Another post dedicated to updates

@maksplaygroundsims2​

Hey! I know you don’t generally take requests however I was just looking at your scuba diving mod and got really curious if it would be possible/easy to add in the ability to find treasure that would be some of the same things that you’d find when you’re combing for shells at the beach or digging for treasure on regular terrain.. Not sure if it’s doable, I know nothing about modding but just thought Id make the suggestion. Amazing work btw, you modders keep the Sims community thriving.

Hi!

It’s possible and fairly easy, so I created new version of main file of my diving mod. This new version is called Meduza_diving_in_the_ocean_find_sth. This version will let your Sims collect conch, starfish, colored glass and clam (beach collectibles). Sorry for not including found jewellery or things that Sims can dig up. These seemed the most reasonable things to collect during diving, but I might add more in the future. Sims will have 5% chance of finding something per loop.

You have to redownload the file and replace Meduza_diving_in_the_ocean with Meduza_diving_in_the_ocean_find_sth. You can’t keep both versions in your Downloads folder.

Custom cellphone and camera mod updated (again)

@vegan-kaktus​ released two wonderful default replacements (for handheld game and digital camera) and I decided to turn these into non-defaults and incorporate them into my mods.

Switch is custom handheld game and can be found for $400 in the electronics/small category. I included grey recolor.

If you want your Sims to use it, you have to put it into their inventory. If your Sim has both original handheld game and Switch in their inventory, original one will be used instead of Switch. Let’s just say those Sims want to act old school. ;) However, Switch will be prioritised over smartphone.

Reporter camera is repo’d to sherry’s camera (click on the second picture to download). You have to put sherry’s deco camera into your Sim’s inventory if you want them to use reporter camera. If your Sim also has decat’s extracted digital camera in their inventory, digital camera will be used instead of reporter’s one. Both cameras wil be prioritised over smartphone. If your Sim neither have any of deco cameras, nor smartphone, they’ll use default digital camera.

There’s an issue with Switch. When you buy it and place it on the ground it will sink leaving only a thin line visible. You’ll still be able to grab it when you zoom close enough. I’m sorry, I don’t know what is causing this behaviour.

Credits: @vegan-kaktus​, @wyxii​, sherry

Hi! Tell me if it's not a secret, which outfit are you planning to replace in the near future?

Hello anon! :-D of course!! I showed this default back in march, but I’ve edited it a bit more and I think I’m on to something now ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)b

I want to try and add seams on the shirt (sleeves+bottom) and perhaps play around a bit more with the print. I also fixed the fat-morph’s horrible mapping (my new print helped a lot too) but I mean, look at this:

Like?? did EA even look at the fat morph before adding it to the game..

Hi! Love your texture replacements! Was wondering if you have ever made any texture replacements for some of the foods in game or any plans to do so?

Hello anon! :-D thank you for your kind words, I’m glad you like them 🥺 as for food replacements >:-D I’m so glad you asked!!

I mentioned in my “adventures in SimPE” post last year that I’m currently defaulting ALL of EA’s ep/sp food (it’s a big project but it’s so much fun!), I’m improving textures + making them all vegan. I’m also fixing details (both mesh + texture fixes) and the thing I’m most excited about, is my new texture system! Originally, every food has its own textures, like this:

but instead of doing it like that, I’m making every food share textures! Like this:

this means that instead of having bellpepper textures in every food’s “-ingredients” texture, all bellpeppers now share this “foodprep-bellpeppers” texture! Because of this, I can replace them with much higher quality + resolution textures, which is exactly what I’ve done :-D vague description, but I hope it makes sense :-)

It’s pretty time consuming since I have to re-map a lot and make new/improve textures, and also sometimes replace meshes with better ones (but not too high poly ofc!). I have “finished” some foods already, but I'm not 100% happy with them, so I don’t think I want to show them just yet (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`) but I will! Sometime soon :-D

Hi Kaktus! I downloaded and use nearly every single one of your object/texture replacement. Thank you so much for sharing your creations! You're a gem <3.

How am I supposed to handle all this love?? I can’t even explain how happy I get when I see asks like this in my inbox! I hope you have a nice day anon, and thank you so much for your kind words 🥺

You're a gem <3.

I really love your defaults!! Do you have any plans on replacing the MP3 player and cellphone as well? ♥️

I’m very happy to hear you enjoy my defaults anon! 🥺 and bingo! I’ve been working on defaults for them as well for some months now. I was planning on sharing them all (including the vending koisk - the one you can buy the electronics from) at once, but I decided not to bc it would take me ages (I’m not sure why my brain works like this lol).

Anyhow! You can expect defaults for the mp3 player and cellphone in the near future, dear anon (◍•ᴗ•◍)❤