NOTE: This list is so long that I had to split this into two parts (Tumblr doesn’t allow posts with more than 100 hyperlinks 😩).
ALSO NOTE: I use Ultimate Collection. Some mods may not work if you use Legacy Edition. They will be noted.
Last Updated: 2/7/25 - EA released a patch that did a bunch of stuff, but by proxy created backwards compatibility with some HUGE mods, such as ACR and CJH Community Time. These mods will now work on Legacy. Also, added 3D Eyelashes in ‘CAS & Defaults’ category.
Finally got around to sharing this! It was more complicated than I thought it would be since the skin would clip around the ruffles but I think I managed to fix them all. There are 28 recolors total (4 of which are originally by xldkx.)
Swatch is here (Strappy Heels - T-Strap Heels). I also used Io’s bodyshape for the morphs :D
PSD is in the original post so grab it there if you want to make more recolors. No TF version as of this moment but feel free to convert it! I don’t want to deal with the clipping right now xD
Info, swatches, and meshes are included in the rar. Enjoy!
NSIS-based installer for installing & optimizing The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection. Provides the full Ultimate Collection (free Origin version from 2014 with all packs/updates) and bonus content, including fixes needed for modern systems.
(This is a replacement post for the previous tutorial which was deleted by Tumblr’s censorship bots, so if you’re already familiar with the technique, there’s no new information in this post, so feel free to scroll past.)
Loose arms and legs is a very common problem with American Girl dolls, especially ones that have been through a lot of play and love in their lifetimes. Sometimes it gets so bad that the limbs are hanging out of the sockets, and the doll can no longer stand up unassisted. And although American Girl’s official advice is to have them take care of it for a fee, don’t send your doll into the doll hospital to have it corrected. It’s not a permanent flaw; it’s free to fix and is something you can do at home, with two hands and only a few rubber bands or hair ties.
I also assure you that it’s very safe and is impossible to flub. It looks a lot scarier and more intimidating than it actually is! I promise you that you won’t ruin your doll by doing this. I’ve done it on multiple dolls and have never had anything bad happen.
What you’ll need:
Rubber bands (as many as the limbs you are going to fix, so from 1 to 4)
A nail (for untying the neck strings)
Your two hands (or a helper if you don’t have that)
Both writers and readers have probably noticed formatting inconsistencies when reading fics on Ao3. Who wants to work hard for weeks or months on a fic, only to have it reveal distracting formatting issues with extra spacing, italics, or punctuation once it’s published? Nobody we know! So we thought we’d put together some tips to prevent this annoying problem, which usually arises from transferring work from Microsoft Word or Google Docs to Ao3.
Extra paragraph spacing can be prevented by adjusting the line spacing setting in Word or Google Docs before you start writing.
If using Microsoft Word: The default style for a new “Blank” document in Word includes a 10pt. space after a paragraph break. If you are not sure how your document is formatted, just open your document. From the “Home” tab, you will see the styles in the menu at the top. Make sure “Normal” is highlighted. When you start typing, then hit “enter” for a paragraph break, a space will appear in between your paragraphs so you won’t have to hit enter twice, and no empty paragraphs will be brought over to Ao3.
If using Google Docs: Make sure your line spacing settings for your document are set to ‘Insert Break After Paragraph.” This will make it so that every time you hit “enter” to move to a new paragraph, it will insert space automatically for you. This means you shouldn’t hit enter twice when starting a new paragraph. This will prevent extra paragraph spacing when moving to Ao3. Find this setting in the “Format” menu, under “Line Spacing.”
If You Have Already Started:
If you already have your work partially or completely written, you will need to locate the extra paragraphs (created by extra “enters” to create space between your paragraphs) and delete them, so they don’t carry over and show up in Ao3.
I hope this is followable, It’s not complicated but I don’t know how to word things
You can make this with bigger yarn and hook but for micro ones I used one strand of dmc embroidery floss and a no.14 (0.50mm) crochet hook
Top
1.) Ch10
2.) On one side of the chains, sc in each stitch except last (8), in last stitch double inc (make 3sc in same stitch), then sc in the other side of the chains till last stitch (7), inc in last stitch
3.) [Place stitch marker to mark beginning of round] inc, 7sc, inc, sc, inc, 7sc, inc, sc
4.) Sc, inc, 7sc, inc, 3sc, inc, 7sc, inc, 2sc
5.) Sc in every stitch
6.) Sc in every stitch, slst, cut yarn and pull thru
Bottom
1.) Ch10
2.) On one side of the chains, sc in each stitch except last (8), in last stitch double inc (make 3sc in same stitch), then sc in the other side of the chains till last stitch (7), inc in last stitch
3.) [Place stitch marker to mark beginning of round] inc, 7sc, inc, sc, inc, 7sc, inc, sc
2.) Slst into second ch and across, ch one, cut and pull yarn thru
3.) Use ends to sew into place on slug top
Gills
1.) Ch6, slst into first stitch
2.) Ch4, slst stitch back down and into ch you made other ch from, slst into next ch
3.) Repeat step 2.) 5 more times, cut yarn and pull thru, use ends to sew onto slug top
Foot
1.) Line up top and bottom, (working on both loops of top stitches, and only front loop of bottom stitches) starting from stitch at top of the head, [sc, inc]* around (remember to stuff before finishing round)
Took the opportunity to finish up a tutorial i’d been procrastinating over for like 2 years. So, here’s my guide to Everything you need to know about FE battle animations™. It’s illustrated and has sections on the tools needed, how an animation is built and scripted, and notes on how to draw and animate it and finally insert it with febuilder.
Hopefully it’s sufficiently comprehensive and easy to follow even for a beginner but if you think anything’s missing feel free to point it out and i’ll see about updating it.
Click the source link below to get to it, i’m not sure how weird tumblr is about external links these days.
I am pretty much entirely self taught as far as front end goes!
I started messing around with HTML and CSS with tumblr themes back in 2016-ish.
For javascript I looked at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/ for a lot of documentation + examples. And also used codepen a lot to kinda reverse engineer existing snippets of code.
After I got a good foundation of vanilla JS, I learned Vue for a little while and then moved on to React. The new react documentation is really good in my opinion so I definitely recommend reading that if you’re interested in learning.
Most of my learning came from trial and error and working on projects that I was really excited about. I used to be so proud of findtags (the original version) which was in jquery…
The react version is miles ahead of it. And even then, the theme builder is also way ahead of findtags. I learned way more between those two projects than reading documentation alone!
