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I am in no way a gameplay blog, but will be posting my sims, screenshots, and share CCs I’ve made (always free)! Maybe some renders & edits too. I also want to share resources/tutorials/anything cool I found which hopefully will be useful to somebody c:

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hi, i hope you've been well!!
i was wondering if you plan on updating your tidy cas mod for the new tattoos UI ?
have a great day :)

from neaqa-deactivated20250329

hmm I might actually remove them instead 🤔 since the new UI now separates tattoos based on their position, I don’t think it’s necessary to keep the labels since they’re all separated now

[#ask]
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~ hide everything but headline effects (shader toggler update) ~

Updated my shader toggler setting after being suggested of this idea/feature by @surely-sims ~

This will hide all live mode UIs without hiding affecting the headline effects (which gets hidden if you use the tab mode).

Requires Reshade/Gshade and the Shader Toggler add-on. Works only on DX11.

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Download the latest update on the main tumblr post below:

[ReShade 5.1+] Hide CAS UI & More
Unlike build mode & live mode, there's no shortcut to hide CAS UI, which is much needed for taking screenshots with Reshade. With this Shade
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Patreon post here

[#sims 4#ts4 resources#ts4 reshade#t: shader toggler#t: reshade add-ons#hide cas ui#vyx.resources#file has been updated for quite some time but only managed to create a post about it now 🫠]
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hello! i wanted to check with you to see if clean ui needed an update or does it just crash my game when i go into live mode? i believe i followed all the dx11 instructions correctly but i could be wrong. thank you for all your hard work on your mods tho!

from Anonymous

it’ll need an update yeah, I just havent gotten myself to work on it yet

[#Ask#Dx11 seems less stable than dx9 for some reason]
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hi! this is kinda specific, but do you happen to know which line has to be edit in the xml file in order for your frontglo v1 rim lightning to not have the darker shadow in the sims' lower half? i love it sm but i just wanted a clearer version for screenshots and can't figure out exactly what setting causes it to show

from Anonymous

It’s either the AmbientMin or AmbientMax value (whichever has the lower value)

Frontglo v2 and SimpleGlo are also alternatives you can use that doesn’t have darker lighting on the lower half

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The Sims 4 Dark Mode 🌃 - Chalk'd UI [27 February 2025]

Hey all 👋 happy to share this TS4's UI overhaul project that I've been working on for the past month or so, just in time before the end of the year! I'd also like to thank you for following along the WIP posts of this project 😊 Enjoy! :]

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vyxated

iz updated for businesses & hobbies patch 💼

  • New phone icons added for other mods (Basemental Gangs, SimHub for WickedWhims, YourFalseHope’s Spa Wellness)
  • Fixed various UI issues relating to world select screen, CAS, Build Buy, live mode, and gallery. Also fixed the missing Life&Death heirloom option in the game options menu
  • Added recolors for the new UIs for the upcoming pack (family recipe, small business UI)
  • Renamed the splash/opening screen files to make them more distinguishable

grab it @ patreon & sfs

[#dl update#chalk'd ui#i really come in here just to post mod updates huh >_>]
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hey! i love your work. i just found your dark UI mod a and i LOVE it. it broke with the latest patch, do you know when you'll get around to fixing it? thank you 🖤

from simsigga-soul

still working on it :-) this update broke quite a lot of UIs (29 different UIs broke to be exact + 6 new UI files added for the new pack, more than the lovestruck patch) so it’s taking me longer to go thru them 🫠

(good news tho, only the new UIs are left, so it shouldn’t take me too long)

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[#ask#the chalkd mod takes me longer because I also have to edit the text files#which means almost double the work ~_~ (around 50 files to edit at least)]
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Hi! If I want to replace the main menu logo like you did with your Chalk'd logo, how would I go about doing that? I tried but am just getting a llama icon no matter what I do.

from Anonymous

Hi! for it to work, you need to export it with DDS. I’m not sure what the right settings is in photoshop, but if you have GIMP, export it as DDS and select Compression as None.

in S4S, it tells you what kind of format you need to export the image as, because if you don’t import your image with the right kind of format, it shows the llama icon instead. I believe this happens the most to UI-related textures, so for non-UI mods like CCs, I don’t think it matters much (except for normal maps / specular maps / maybe swatch icons?)

some examples regarding the image format:

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^ for the logo, it displays as RGBA8, which is DDS with no compression (other compression examples being DXT1 / DXT5)

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^ image required must be exported as DXT1 without mip maps. If I were to import with png, it just won’t show up.

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^ left is the original file format, which is DXT5. The right, which I imported with a png, shows a DXT5 with mip maps enabled. Sometimes importing w/ png works, sometimes not. If importing with a png shows the llama texture, then you can refer to the original texture to see what you should export your image as.

hope it helps!

[#ask#vyx.resources#sims 4 studio]
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vyxated

Main Menu Mods

Hey all :-) while updating my UI mods and playing around with the new main menu file, I got a couple ideas and decided to put up a new post since I'll be separating the main menu overrides from my UI recolor mods, as well as putting up smaller mods for you to download.

UPDATE 30/01: all RemoveClutter mods and main menu overrides have been updated to remove the dynamic background that was added on 28/01 so you can use custom backgrounds again. Thanks to LunarBritney for providing the mod to do so, which I used as a base :-)

Small Mods

most of these can be used with other main menu overrides!

#1 - Hide News in Main Menu

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So I figured out a way to permanently hide the news section from the main menu while also keeping the picture of your sims and DLC store page intact. Since I didn't edit the main menu file (gameentrylauncher gfx), this can be used with other overrides that did not remove the news section themselves ^^

Can be used with any main menu mods.

#2 - Remove Clutter from Main Menu (w/ several options) 

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Remove things you don't want to see in the main menu with this mod :-)

Can work with any main menu overrides if they only add custom backgrounds. It will however conflict with any overrides that include/edit the gameentrylauncher UI file.

#3 - Sketchy UI 

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A redraw of the plumbob icon, The Sims logo, and some UI elements :) Also part of my Chalk'd main menu mod.

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Main Menu Overrides

// Chalk'd UI

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comes in two versions: with and without board. Matches with Chalk'd loading screen mods.

// Sims 2 UI

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comes in two versions: v1 inspired by TS2 loading screen, v2 by the world selection menu. Matches with Sims 2 UI mod screens. (one extra override still in the works :-))

~ more on the way (will have its own post when i upload more :-))

📂 download & file details @ patreon

vyxated

Updated to have the dynamic background disabled so that you can use custom backgrounds again, all thanks to lunarbritney’s mod which I used as a base ^0^ also, I’ve added The Sims 2 main menu overrides into the mix!

[#dl update#ts4 mods#my dl]
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Hi! Im so sorry to ask this but im not a modder and the only mod i ever made was for myself its a main menue background replacement thing i just swapped the pictures but now i don't know how to Update them so they would work with the new patch and ..i cant find any info on that from anyone :( im very shy and im very scared to ask but you are my favorite simblr and you are so nice so perhaps i can ask you to please show how would one update such cc? Thank you so much 🥹❤️

from Anonymous

Hi! unfortunately I’ve not figured out how to fix it myself 😔 but! lunarbritney did recently update one of his mods so that custom backgrounds can be used again, which you can find here:

ModTheSims - 2025 Main Menu Readjusted
CHANGES 2025-01-16 - Release ABOUT This mod sizes up the household image.
Mod The Sims

(just so you know, it will also resize the image of the sim)

[#ask]
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The Sims 2 Inspired UI for The Sims 4

After making my own UI override, I've been itching to look back in time and try to recreate The Sims 2 UI in TS4, and here it is!

I tried to capture the look & feel as best as possible, so I hope you can enjoy this mod and reminisce a bit c:

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Updated for the 25th Birthday Patch~ ✅

made 2 new main menu overrides with one left still in the works that may or may not also be made into a CAS background ✨

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some other things to note:

  • SFS link has not been updated yet.
  • Main menu files are no longer included in the main mod and instead can be downloaded separately.

download Sims 2 UI & main menu override @ patreon

enjoy 🫡

[#dl update#sims 2 ui]
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