Virtual Artisan

Simlogical Exclusive - Grandpa Built It

2013-01-14T02:08:00.000-08:00

This lot is dedicated to all my friends in Simlogical chat! Having you makes modding so much fun <3
A special thank you to Inge and Peter for their online hospitality!

This is a seasonal lot so it changes around the seasons. As this is Simlogical exclusive download, pics, description of seasonal changes, CC list and the actual download can be found there. Have fun!

Grandpa's Red Cottage in the Simlogical Forum

Decorator's Best Friend

2013-01-08T07:36:00.000-08:00

Move stuff whenever you want. No cheats, no OMSPs.

Download Decorator's Best Friend V1

It's the yellow teddy, found in misc decor for §1.
Access menu in build mode: CTRL+SHIFT and click.

This is the same move/tilt/turn functionality than in my Pose Player Add-on, but now available both in live and build modes.

In live mode the interactions appear to objects, and you can click them to move them.

In build mode it is not possible to add new temporary interactions to objects so the menu appears on the teddy itself.

Remember to remove the interactions though the teddy before removing it and playing on :)

In Live Mode

1. click the teddy

2. add move interactions to all objects

3. click on the object to move it

In Build Mode

1. CTRL-SHIFT click the teddy

2. select the object you want to move

3. use the menu in teddy to move the object

The lamp is moved up 1 tile, tilted and

turned.

PS. If someone knows a trick for taking in-game screenshots of menus without getting color distortion, please let me know!

Known Problems

Be careful while moving things - you can move them underground or out of your reach. If you do, there is no way to get them back. There is no reset in this thing. If you worry, use the reset-able version in Pose Player Add-on to learn how to use this.

Sometimes, in build mode, items don't appear in the select menu after they have been moved once. As I found this useful, I didn't fix it.

Los Aniegos - Seasons Routing Fix

2013-01-03T08:09:00.000-08:00

This is a Seasons routing fix for Los Aniegos, a wonderful custom world by Coasterboi. Fixes save games too.

Download the Routing Fix

Use Only With Los Aniegos Showtime Edition!

Read on for the instructions how to use it...

Credits and Download Contents

This fix is based on research Inge did and shared in her thread: How to edit a world and make all parts visible and routable. However, just making world fully routable did not fix the lag in Los Aniegos.

So, I exported the world and redid the routing.

This download contains fixed versions of

World Routing resource
World Boundaries resource

How To Install The Routing Fix

As this is Coasterboi's world, I cannot just offer a repackage of the world with the fix. You need to do the repackaging yourself.

Install Los Aniegos before trying to install the fix.

1. Back up your game. I'm not responsible of any damage you cause to your game.

The fix itself is safe and working fine, but as the installation is not as simple as dropping in the package, something may go wrong. If something does go wrong, you most probably need just to replace the .world file with the original. But do take the backups. Just in case.

Find the Los Aniegos world package. The file is named Los Aniegos.world. In my PC, it was located in

C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 Showtime\GameData\Shared\NonPackaged\Worlds. Now, backup this file too (just copy it somewhere with another name).

If you can't find the file, check the other GameData\Shared\NonPackaged\Worlds directories you have. Also, if you are using Windows 7, you'll want to temporarily move the file away from Program Files for tweaking it.

2. Download S3PE from Simlogical and install it. Look at the right sidebar and download the "Latest public release".

3. Open S3PE and then use it to open Los Aniegos.world. You should see a long list of resources as the world file is opened. This may take some time.

4. Select Resource->Import->From package... and select to import the LosAniegosRoutingFix.package

5. Now, a dialog appears. Make sure "replace duplicates" is selected and "Compress" and "Use resource name" are selected. Click Import. (If S3PE asks if you want to save in between imports, say no)

6. The routing resources are now imported. Save the Los Aniegos.world by selecting File->Save. Again, this may take some time.

7. Start up the game and enjoy!

What this fix doesn't do

This fix does not fix any routing problems that are not related to routable areas (routing paint in CAW).

So, you'll still see at some places sims getting off their cars, walking couple of meters and then getting back in again.

You'll still see some stuck sims every now and then.

In other words, this does not fix any of the old routing issues reported to official Los Aniegos thread. HappySimmer3 has made a list of little fixes you can do yourself. In my case however, that was not necessary and the world run nicely just with the routing fix.

Also, some of the Showtime lots that came with Los Aniegos Showtime Edition were broken, and there are replacement available in the Exhange:
Perching Square
Better In-Than-Out Burger
Veneto Beach

Vampire Glow-Removal Mod Updated - Now With Flavors!

2012-12-15T05:16:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Mura and Valpre, I updated the Dead People Don't Glow with two new flavors. You can now remove the vampire glow from eyes and skin separately.

Download in Dead People Don't Glow post.

I'm pretty glad now. My favorite combination is regular eyes with glowy skin.

Sim by Shock&Shame (a little modified) --- Earrings by Lemon Leaf --- 3D eye lashes by S-Club Privee

Hair by Elexis/Peggy --- Eyeball sliders by AWT

If you want to play with the different overlay options by yourself, it is easily doable with NRaas Debug Enabled:

Download NRaas DebugEnabler
In game, click on the sim and select NRaas -> Debug Enabler -> Options:Sim -> Visual Override
Pick the override you want

Pose Player Add-On Update

2012-11-08T04:15:00.000-08:00

While I was checking the patch compliance, I finished a new feature for the add-on. So please go and download the Pose Player Interaction Add-on V3.

I fixed the Look At interaction so that you can select to look at objects too. Mura, thanks for letting me know that it was not working!

Here is some information about the new Facial Expressions interaction.

Change Facial Expression

You can now change the facial expression of a posing sim. Opens a new dialog where you can choose one of the EA facial expressions. I admit, most of them look funny. There is a minor bug too - sometimes the posing sims stop posing instead of changing the expression.

Similar to Look At, resets the pose so you cannot use Look At and Facial Expressions at the same time. Like with Look At, selecting same expression/target several times may get you different results :)

The Patch 1.42 Update

2012-11-08T04:09:00.001-08:00

All my mods are compatible with the patch 1.42. This includes all the mods in Virtual Artisan X.

Again, none of my mods needed updating.

I also changed my system a bit since I grew tired of updating the packages and links in every post even though the mod needed no update. So, I added the current patch to the right.

Again, no matter what the downloaded package name says, the blog post link describes the correct patch levels.

All My Mods Work With The Patch 1.38

2012-09-24T01:03:00.001-07:00

I just checked them and they are all compatible with the new(ish) patch 1.38. This includes all the mods in Virtual Artisan X too.

I did finally fix the True Blood so that humans no longer order it in bars, so you might want to redownload it.

Real Blood Is For Suckers

All the other mods have not changed. Again, I only changed the link names. So trust the patch information in download link, not in the package name.

About The Patch 1.38

2012-09-08T13:30:00.000-07:00

Finally online again! Thanks for the comments. I've read them all and I really appreciate you commenting. And no, I have no forgotten the fixes to my old mods, I'm just slow implementing them!

I'm traveling and I have no way to test and update my mods now. It will still be couple of weeks until I get home and have time for that.

I did check the list of features for the new patch and I did not find anything there affecting my mods. Also, Pose Player has not needed any update, so I assume the Add-On is probably fine with the new patch too. But, as said, I cannot check out the compatibility myself right now.

New Sister Site - Virtual Artisan X

2012-08-22T02:14:00.000-07:00

While my blog content is a bit gloomy sometimes, I've never meant this to blog to contain adult-only content. And I don't consider the things I've published to be such.

However, I recently got a notice from Google that some of the content here was not considered suitable for minors. While what is considered inappropriate definitely depends on one's culture, I do understand their stand.

I don't want to upset kiddies. But I also don't want to just put on the adult content tag, since I know lots of kids come here to get my ladder and other kid-compatible downloads.

So I created a sister site for the "adult" content, Virtual Artisan X.

No downloads are removed in the process. From now on, all adult-only downloads are available in:

Virtual Artisan X

Underground Entrances

2012-08-13T01:21:00.000-07:00

Here are two entrance hatches you can place over my Stackable Industrial Ladder.

You'll get one that looks like a sewer with a lid and another one that is more scifi style with a glass.

Download Underground Entrances (.Sims3Packs)

These were one of the first items that I created for The Sims 3 and they are quite crappy. But as I have not seen many entrance hatches like these I though I should publish them anyway.

You can find them in outdoor decorations.

They are recolorable, but they don't have any animations. When you put them over the ladder, sims will just walk through them. They are not doors either, so visitors will happily use the ladder behind them too.

OFB for Sims 3 - Home Bar Business

2012-07-23T04:58:00.000-07:00

This mod let's your sims earn money by having a home bar business. After you place a professional bar to your home lot you will get Tend The Bar interaction for working as a bartender.

Download Home Bar Business V1 for patches 1.36 - latest

Also download Inge's OFB 4 TS3 Ticket Machine to get some customers to your home lot.

I loved creating little home businesses in The Sims 2 and after Inge made the Ticket Machine for The Sims 3, I wanted to continue on that theme.

You can use Inge's Ticket Machine for just getting customers to your home business if you set the price per hour to §0. That way you'll only get paid if you sell something. Also, make sure that there is not an open fridge on the lot or your potential customers will just grab something from the fridge instead of ordering from the bar!

The twist that this mod brings to your game is that unlike townie bartender, your sim can only serve the drinks that he can make. So to please the customers your sim has to practice making drinks. As high-skill drinks are more expensive too, that pays off.

Interactions:

New interactions for all professional bars:

Tend The Bar
Set As Business Bar (No Pay - No Drinks)
Set As Home Bar (No Pay for Drinks)

Tend The Bar

Lets your sims tend the bar as townie bartender would. Your sim will stay tending the bar until he gets some urgent needs. Don't mix Tend The Bar with Manage Bar. Manage Bar is the original interaction in professional bars that lets you tend the bar, but you are not getting paid.

As I wanted this mod to work on all professional bars, I don't have as good control over actions as I would with a regular object mod. The payment happens right after the drink has been made and there are no discounts, tips or tab.

Sometimes the customer loses interest in getting the drink, maybe the wait is too long or something. You'll still get paid.

Set As Business Bar (No Pay - No Drinks)

This is for the times when you are not tending the bar, but you won't want others grabbing free drinks on the house. This does not stay on automatically, but you'll have to select this every time you stop tending the bar.

Set As Home Bar (No Pay for Drinks)

When customers have gone home, this enables the drink-making options again, so that your family may have drinks.

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Usage:	Install the mod and interactions appear
Mod type:	Pure scripting mod, non-core mod
Catalog location:	None - All professional bars affected
Required EPs:	Late Night
Known conflicting mods:	None
Known Issues:	The bartender sim is not getting paid after game is loaded. Just make him tend the bar again and problem is solved. See Issue Tracker

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CREDITS:

Inge - for the Ticket Machine and suggesting this mod

All My Mods Are Compatible With Patch 1.36

2012-07-15T03:44:00.000-07:00

I've checked my mods against the new 1.36 patch. Even though they all compiled fine, I got warnings from two of them so I fixed and recompiled those just to make sure. I think you probably will not get any major problems even if you will not update them, but I just wanted to make sure they are all up to date with the new patch.

When you update to patch 1.36, please re-download these mods:

Pose Player Interaction Add-on
Dead People Don't Glow

All the other mods are fine and you don't need to re-download them.

I did update the links to the other mods, but this time I was too lazy to update the packages themselves. So the link will say e.g. patches 1.33-1.36 and the downloaded zip says just patches 1.33-1.34. That just means that the mod did not need any update for 1.36 and will work fine.

Aion-Themed Tattoo Conversions, Set I

2012-06-10T01:04:00.002-07:00

These tattoos first appeared in Aion. Lesatho converted these for DragonAge, MissAnne found them and wanted them for Sims 3 and so I converted them. I have not played Aion so I have no idea what the tattoos in the game look like and I used Lesathos images with her permission.

The pictures in this post are by MissAnne. If you want more, see the amazing Dark Heresy story that Anne authors.

Download Aion-Themed Tattoo Set I
To tattoo sim's face, download Tattoo Locations mod from NRaas or MTS

I named the tattoos while converting them. Sword and Flowers tattoos come with 2 versions, one for the left side of the face and one for the right side. As tattoos allow layering, you can then have them also on both sides at the same time if you want.

Flowers

Klingon

Sword

There is also another set of these under work, but those larger tattoos got all wonky at conversion and I'm not sure when and if I'll have the endurance to finish them.

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CREDITS:

Lesatho for the tattoo artwork and the permission to use it

MissAnne for the amazing preview images

All My Mods Are Compatible With Patch 1.34

2012-06-06T05:23:00.000-07:00

I've checked my downloads against the new patch and update is not needed. I will change the download names, but you don't really have to re-download.

Leave The Door Open

2012-06-02T05:26:00.001-07:00

This Sims 3 mod will let your sims leave doors permanently open. Well, until they close them again.

I saw a request for open doors in LivingSims Forum and I though this would be a fun mod to make. MacTheCat, thanks for the awesome magazine!

I have several doors in my home that I never close, and now the sims have that option too.

Download Door Opener V1 for patches 1.31 - latest

Interactions

This mod will add following interactions to all doors:

Leave Open
Leave Open (To Other Side)
Close

This mod will work on most doors, including CC doors and the large 2 story barn doors. It does not work on the garage doors and the sliding doors.

To make this mod compatible with Inge's Filter Doors, this mod does not change the locking of the door. It means that door can be visually open, but still locked. (The mods have not been tested together yet, though)

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Mod type:	Script Mod, NON-CORE
Required EPs:	None
Known conflicting mods:	None
Known Issues:	Some of the EA doors just look stupid when open. But if you let your sim open them by walking through them you'll notice that they just look that way.

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CREDITS:

Inge, for not incorporating this little thing in her doors so I could make it :)

Stubble Is Back (For Testing)

2012-05-22T09:09:00.001-07:00

Hi, I just wanted to stop by and say something so that you don't think that I'm dead or anything.

I have been working on Stubble, The Sims 3 String Bundle Editor. The test version is now available in the Simlogical. As this is Tiger's old tool the test version is not really a beta type test version, but should work fine. However I want to make the string collector automatic again and make the key file management easier so I decided to call it a test version for that.

It will probably take me at least couple of weeks more to finish it.

Pose Player Add-on Updated

2012-05-01T10:51:00.000-07:00

Pose Player Add-on is updated to be compatible with new version of Cmomoney's Pose Player that was published today.

Now you can have poses for animals. I also added the missing Pose By Name... interaction.

So go and download the Pose Player Add-on V1 and don't forget to also download new Pose Player from MTS.

There are not many animal poses available yet, but you can start by downloading Born Free Pose Pack for Horses by Cmomoney and Kitty Pose Pack by Orangemittens.

Real Blood Is For Suckers

2012-04-16T02:33:00.000-07:00

Your vampire sims are no longer forced to drink the American Plasma Juice. This mod will bring them Japanese synthetic Tru Blood.

Download Tru Blood Beverage BETA for patches 1.31 - latest

Yes, I am a True Blood fan. I started reading the books, but I love the TV series too. So I just had to do this mod.

Floor by Nengi64 --- Walls by Aikea Guinea--- Tyre by Cyclonesue ***Pay*** --- Matresses by ATSSandy --- Pants from Club Crimsyn --- Shoes by ??? --- Brick pattern by Cyclonesue --- Flower pattern by ??? --- WormWood pattern by Revenessa

The Tru Blood is available in the fridge and microwave and you can also buy it in buy/build mode. The category is small appliances, the same where the microwave is. When you select the drink from fridge, your sim will have it cold and when you select it from the microwave, your sim will warm it up in the microwave first.

Your vampire sims will autonomously drink Tru Blood, but only if microwave is available - they will not autonomously have it cold.

As the beverage is in the fridge, your non-vampire sims can also consume it, but only if you force them to. They will get nauseous and throw up, though.

Sookie sim by HystericalParoxysm --- Bar by Miuki (Aspen Islands)

Tru Blood is available also in bars. It costs the same as regular drink and vampire sims will order it autonomously. When sims drink Tru Blood in bars, the bottle will disappear after it is consumed, just like regular drink glasses. The drink reactions are same as for regular drink.

Suit by Rusty Nail --- Bar by Miuki (Aspen Islands)

The animations are off - the drinking animation is the same as in Plasma Juice. So the sims will just raise the bottle near their mouth and suck like the straw would still be there. I did try different animations, but I did not find animation that would have looked any better, they are all off. If I would have made the bottle bigger, it would have looked better, but I rather have it near original size.

Bottle mesh has 154 vertices and 180 faces so it should be quite OK for a food.

I made this mod so that it should not conflict with Ingredients Overhaul or Moar Interactions, but I don't have those mods myself. It might be that Tru Blood does not appear to the fridge when they are present, but it might as well work too.

If you are interested in trying to do custom sims foods yourself, I published some info to MTS

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Mod type:	Script Mod, NON-CORE
Required EPs:	Late Night
Known conflicting mods:	None
Known Issues:	Sometimes the interaction does not appear to new microwaves. If that happens, the interaction will appear after you start the game next time

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CREDITS:

True Blood drink is created by Charlaine Harris and appears in her Southern Vampire book series.

Real life Tru Blood beverage and bottle design by HBO

Charlaine Harris and HBO, thank you for the entertainment!

This is an unofficial True Blood fan item and not connected to HBO or Charlaine Harris

No copyright infringement intended, this Sims 3 mod is a free download and not for sale

As always, I got some invaluable help from other modders:

Inge helped me to create objects out of world

CmoMoney teached me how to deal with objects that have geostates
I peeked inside BlackCat007's ingredients overhaul mod for ideas

Dead People Don't Glow

2012-04-06T04:53:00.000-07:00

This mod removes the skin overlay from all vampires in game so that they will have regular looking skin and their eyes no longer glow. It does not affect thumbnails or CAS.

Before skin by either Kanno or Ephemera ---After skin by WM --- Hair by ??? --- Eyes by Shady --- Unholy makeup by Twilight --- Eyebaggage by KittyKlan --- Clothes by EA

V2 for patches 1.36 - latest

Download Only One:

No Vampire Glow
No Vampire Skin Glow
No Vampire Eye Glow

This mod removes the glow overlay from vampires. It has several flavors - you can remove the glow only from eyes, only from skin, or from both.

For some reason EA has decided to "fix up" the vampire overlay every time live mode is started. My mod will listen to the same events and remove the overlay right after it is set. For that reason the overlay will be visible for couple of seconds every time you go to buy/build mode or CAS and when you start the game. As the events that set the overlay happens so often I did not bother to listen when new vampires are created. The newborns may have glow overlay for some time. If that happens, just enter buy/build mode or CAS to fix it.

If you want the vampire overlay back, just rip the mod off and the overlay will be back in a minute. Or at least right after you enter buy/build mode or CAS.

This is a very light mod and there is near zero probability that it will conflict with any mod.

This mod only removes the overlay. For removing the vampire tattoos etc. I recommend the sHoNi's Vampire Overhaul mod.

When I was writing this blog post, I did some googling and found out that Velocitygrass has a mod that actually does the same thing. I wish I had known about that mod and saved myself the trouble of making mine. But as I already wrote mine, I am going to publish it. It will then be your choice whether to use this mod or Velocitygrasses.

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Mod type:	Script Mod, NON-CORE
Required EPs:	Late Night
Known conflicting mods:	None
Known Issues:	None

--- CREDITS: I think I ought to give some credit to IMHO I *think* my sim Josh might be a second generation modified version of one of his sims, probably Ino or Denis.

Old versions: Download No Vampire Glow V1 for patches 1.31-1.34

AnySim Ivy Is Updated - Please Redownload

2012-03-25T00:01:00.000-07:00

There is a new version of AnySim Ivy, please redownload here.

Issues Fixed:
AnySim role sim is reassigned when game is saved and reloaded

Downtown Role - AnySim Ivy

2012-03-19T01:31:00.000-07:00

Are you tired of being alone in your bars and other venues? Would you love your sim's friend to gather up in the local coffee show after work? How about adding some reality by having a homeless person slobbing around in your community parks? AnySim role can do those and lot more. Just place this pot of ivy to your community lot and a "role sim" will appear.

Download AnySim Ivy V2 for patches 1.31- latest
(Updated 25.3.2012)

Read the Downtown Roles Guide to learn more about the role mods and also try the other Downtown Roles that are still in beta testing.

Interactions

Tuning Dialog...

Role sim arrival time
Role sim leave time
Role sim tooltip career name (real career name is always "Role Employee")

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Usage:	Place the role giving object to a community lot CTRL+SHIFT+Click in Build/Buy mode to tune the role
Mod type:	Scripted Objects, non-core mod
Catalog location:	Entertainment - Hobbies&Skills Study - Hobbies&Skills
Required EPs:	Base Game
Known conflicting mods:	None
Known Issues:	See Issue Tracker
Locales:	English Finnish

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As always, I could not have done this without the help of others.
CREDITS

All the people hanging out at SimLogical chat for help and ideas, especially:
Inge for the idea of the "Bar Regular" and lots of advice
Peter for fixing SmoothJazz so that I could get the animations right
Leefish for help and tutoring on slots and statemachines
Buzzler, CmoMoney

but I also want to thank:
Twallan - I did peek inside your mods

Stackable Industrial Ladder

2011-12-04T00:08:00.001-08:00

Ingeli noticed that my half-tile ladder cannot be used in the basements. It cannot be placed in the basement since one cannot hammer the floor tile above. I wanted to fix that and while I was adding the floor cutout, I also made the ladder stackable.

Download the ladder (.package)

Please select either this version or the non-stackable one, you cannot have both.

While sims are using the ladder they will walk over the hole in the floor.

Extra Credits:

Huge thanks to both Inge and Ingeli for helping and encouraging me while updating the ladder!
This ladder uses animation removing script by Inge Jones.

Half-tile Industrial Ladder

2011-11-26T04:08:00.001-08:00

I am quite proud of my first download, so I though to present it to you better. Here it is, half-tile industrial ladder.

Download the ladder from MTS

I am using the ladder in a beach house, located in the Aspen Islands. The beachline lots are one of the most beautiful places to live in. At night, you can see the lights of the downtown right across the bay. Little Taffy Nails is sleeping in his basket.

Windows and doors by Funny --- Beachy wood pattern by Nengi65 --- Floor wood paneling pattern by Ayyuff/TSR *Pay* --- Shabby white table and plant box by Yarona in Sims 3 Models Forum --- Owl cushion by Sarah in LivingSims Forum --- Blue glass bottle by Sarah/Awesims --- Kitchen table and bench on the deck by Pocci/GardenBreeze --- Kitchen chairs by SailfinSims --- Painting and sofas by Cemre/TSR *Pay* --- Stove by PlasticBox/MTS --- Wicker basket by LivingDeadGirl/TSR *Pay*

Here are two other shots, showing both Taffy and the ladder better.

Seating by the window by Sarah/Awesims

Suitcase dresser by dgandy/TSR - Bathtub by Pocci/Gardenbreeze

The ladder takes you upstairs, to the sleeping nook. Here is also the balcony, with wonderful views over the bay.

Half wall by Gosik/TSR --- Accordion table by Bau/B5Studio --- Bed by Sandy --- Roman blinds by Sailfindragon

Extra Credits:

This ladder uses animation removing script by Inge Jones.

Introduction

2011-11-22T10:31:00.001-08:00

Hi there, welcome to my blog!

My name is Jaana and I am a custom content addict from Finland. I have been playing The Sims since The Sims 1. That's like over 10 years! All that time I have enjoyed the internet community providing me quality downloads to enrich my game. I have gigs of custom content and I spend a lot of time just organizing my stuff (my precious stuff).

When playing, I am a builder type of player. And I love custom worlds! My favorites are Awesims' Redcliffs and Miuki's Aspen Islands.

I am probably not going to create stuff regularly, but hopefully you'll find something new here from time to time.

Yolanda is my nickname while I blog, but in the Sims-related forums my nick is misukisu. (Edit: I did find a way to use my normal nick on this blog too, so bye bye Yolanda)

I have been planning to start creating for The Sims 3 for quite a long time, but this week I "officially" became a creator as my Industrial Ladder got accepted to Mod The Sims.

At first I will probably publish my creations at Mod The Sims and just show here how I am using them - with links to the custom content that I am using.