>>> Did you know you could be missing EP/store content stencils? <<<

Ktarian · January 2016

@StephSteb I'm uh... working on hidden stencil lots. >_>;;

But OMG! Some of the stencils, it's so hard to figure out where the item comes from. I'm going through the stencils I downloaded from @MrHawk 's studio, and grouping things together... and then... spanish colonial mirror. Which doesn't appear to be a store item. But I have no clue what EP, SP, World, or something else it belongs to.

@_@;;; And the spanish colonial fountain is actually a showtime fountain.

Things like that!

If um, anyone wants to help me identify exactly where to find the content... so that I can install it to my test world... so that I can make the lots... <_<;; I'd appreciate any help.

scillakees · January 2016

Maybe Kellycot1's Simdex or Crincrit's S3SBrowser would help you? ME1620 compiled a list of all that kind of info in the new DD thread.

ciane · January 2016

I noticed that you were also wanting all the stencils on one lot @Ktarian.
I did that here:

http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=8826621

Except, these items from MrHawk's studios I couldn't include on the lot:
(I either didn't have them or they were zoned commercial only.)
DrPepper surf board: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=7848141
DrPepper beach chair: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=7848130
Vegas wall bunny: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=7766452
Spanish mirror: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=7828515
Egyptian road sign 2: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=7625762
Egyptian road sign 3: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=7625761

I also included a few he didn't have in his studio. The blank halloween coffin coffee table isn't really blank in his studio and he was missing a couple Japanese paintings.

ciane · January 2016

The dummies guide is:
1. After installing and placing the lot (and waiting forever for all the objects to fully load), click on those three fountains on the roof one at a time and then let go otherwise they will show up on each floor below. OR simply start on the roof top.
2. Chose create-a-style for any of the objects. Save it and ACCEPT it (with the checkmark). Then you can delete the object once the preset is included as a choice in your create-a-style options.
3. Click on the next item and repeat: save and accept in create-a-style (and then delete the item from the lot, NOT from your presets!)
4. When you have saved every fence, door, doorway, light, etc. and nothing is left on the lot but the walls and floors, you are done. Bulldoze the lot, but keep the download file somewhere safe in case you ever need to do this again.)
5. You will never have to do this again IF you save the preset file in your sims 3 folder somewhere safe and can then just copy that file into any new folder you start. (IF you have your own presets in game already, you won't be able to simply add this folder to an old game without losing your old presets - recolors and/or Create-A-Patterns.)

Ktarian · January 2016

@ciane That's awesome, Ciane. I was going to do individual lots grouped by sets/EP's/SP's. I wonder if that spanish mirror is a mystery bag item or something. Ah! Yes, I looked up the mystery bag items, and there it is. xD I love Mr. Hawk for doing so much of this for us all, but sometimes his naming conventions for the stencils are misleading!

Ktarian · January 2016

scillakees wrote: »

Maybe Kellycot1's Simdex or Crincrit's S3SBrowser would help you? ME1620 compiled a list of all that kind of info in the new DD thread.

Thanks @scillakees ! I keep meaning to get those... haven't had the energy to seek them out and figure them out yet, I guess. ^-^;

ciane · January 2016

@Ktarian, he did so many. It was easy to get confused. He has two stencils that look different but have the same name, so you have to give them different names, and I DLed and installed that "blank" coffin coffee table that was suppose to be blank several times, but it wasn't blank.

There are some lots that people made for things like pets and the Japanese set.

I just really wanted to see if I could put them all on one lot. If someone doesn't have an item, they'll get an EA replacement.

Ktarian · January 2016

By the way, @ciane @StephSteb @SjappielovePaul - I went looking for those missing terrain paints last week. I found @MrHawk 's website, but only the Riverview terrain paints, so I asked him about the others. He's been graciously re-uploading the other terrain paints from the various worlds. Some of them are pretty fabulous! So for missing terrain paints, and a couple of clothing missing stencils from Generations, pay a visit to: The Simalogue

StephSteb · January 2016

Ktarian wrote: »

By the way, @ciane @StephSteb @SjappielovePaul - I went looking for those missing terrain paints last week. I found @MrHawk 's website, but only the Riverview terrain paints, so I asked him about the others. He's been graciously re-uploading the other terrain paints from the various worlds. Some of them are pretty fabulous! So for missing terrain paints, and a couple of clothing missing stencils from Generations, pay a visit to: The Simalogue

Nice! Thank you!

MrHawk · January 2016

Hi guys. Thanks for linking me in over here.

Long story short: I got a little tired of finding and fixing all of the little mistakes but kept going until TS4 came out, at which point I was up to Seasons. Sadly, TS4 stank so badly that I walked away for a year.
I see the confusion a lot of people had about the different mods. Both BLS and Imelda were retired in the format they were in. The reason for this is some people wanted package some studio, some external sims3packs and it all became a little too disorganised.

I'm back messing around in the game and changing stencils again, but also am adding new stencils for old items that didn't have any, like the base game flowers.
One by one they'll appear on my site in .package format only. They'll be clearly marked to show if they add new resources or only include game resources. If they only include game resources, you can save the stencils as a preset and then remove the .package. If it doesn't include any new resources (_IMG, OBJD or OBJK), I won't make any reference. Here's an example: http://www.thesimalogue.com/blog/thesims3-downloads-stencils-generations-overalls
All of the terrain paints and recoloured flowers that I'm doing at the moment will need you to keep them installed, or fold the files into your own mod packages.

I won't be doing any more sims3packs or studio since EA retains control of the site. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Please feel free to re-upload any of my cc-free mods as studio objects to keep this going, but please mark where they came from originally. The absolutely lovely @Bily-jednorozec http://www.thesims3.com/userExchange.html?selectedAsstType=all&persona=Bily_jednorozec has continued all this time, finding many more missing stencils and uploading them through her studio. Bily does it all the unlocking herself, not just finding them on the web and uploading to studio, like another person receiving praise in this thread.

Thank you to @ciane for creating the lot and uploading it for everybody to use. It was a really sweet gesture.

If anybody does still want them, I have copies of the old Imelda mods until seasons. Please email me.

Also keep an eye on my site for all future finds, if you like. I'll be doing things like adding treasure chest-like storage functionality to some items, like pantyies, boxes and baskets. Also fixing annoyances like making the Provence mirror an actual mirror and the Ultra Lounge hamper a functional hamper.

Thanks again for linking me in.
_Michael

Ktarian · January 2016

You're welcome! And I'm so glad that I did! The community is richer as a whole for you being here. Also, OMG! @Bily_jednorozec . Thank you so much for that link, @MrHawk I hadn't seen a link to her studio anywhere for unlocked stencils. There are MORE! Lovely! Fabulous!

Thank you so much, Bily!

I absolutely look forward to your future tweaks and fixes, MrHawk. Personally, I prefer .package files anyways, so that I can install them without needing to add to the already bloated launcher files. My game doesn't need to be any slower!

Me1620 · January 2016

Ktarian wrote: »

You're welcome! And I'm so glad that I did! The community is richer as a whole for you being here. Also, OMG! @Bily_jednorozec . Thank you so much for that link, @MrHawk I hadn't seen a link to her studio anywhere for unlocked stencils. There are MORE! Lovely! Fabulous! Thank you so much, Bily!

I absolutely look forward to your future tweaks and fixes, MrHawk. Personally, I prefer .package files anyways, so that I can install them without needing to add to the already bloated launcher files. My game doesn't need to be any slower!

^This Agree 100%

ciane · January 2016

It is great to see you around @MrHawk. I do love your mods, but sadly, as I didn't/don't own everything, I had a lot of missing stencils with the complete BLS and Imelda versions. So I was very happy that you also offered all the individual sets and items on your site. I am glad you found the Ode to be the tribute it was meant to be.

I really like velocity_grass's deco mod from modthesims as well. It's might not be as convenient as having the presets and only helps with wanting the blank options, not the missing items; but it also saves a lot of dowloading, installing, and loading time as you only use the cheat (deco sompa) as you need it.

ciane · January 2016

Just updated the Ode to MrHawk lot to make it Ode to MrHawk n Bily!
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=8836005
Now it has even more unlocked stencils from Bily's studio added.

MrHawk · January 2016

^^^^Lovely. I'm sure she'll be chuffed. And I'm a fan of deco sompa too. Haven't used it since my reinstall, though.

ciane · January 2016

I did a real short easy video for how to save those unlocked stencils to users presets here:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3no1hm_saving-unlocked-stencils-sims-3_videogames

Me1620 · January 2016

@Ciane - Your video will help a lot of people who are visual learners.

SjappielovePaul · January 2016

This really is awesome! Thanks to any of you who help others like me to enjoy the game even more

Ktarian · March 2016

ciane wrote: »

I did a real short easy video for how to save those unlocked stencils to users presets here:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3no1hm_saving-unlocked-stencils-sims-3_videogames

Awesome Video @ciane ^-^

PalmArrow · March 2016

I know I'm a little late, but I'm grateful for all this information! I have a question: one of the items listed as having missing stencils is a Moroccan end table; the stencil fix is in @MrHawk 's studio here, but I don't understand where the item itself is from, because it's not part of the Moroccan set from the Store!

ciane · March 2016

@PalmArrow - I couldn't find it either, but it's called "means to an end" table in my game.

Glad you liked the simple little video, me and Ktarian.

Ktarian · March 2016

@ciane It's listed under old promotions in your reinstall store stuff thread. @PalmArrow Seems like it might be an old promo item that's not available anymore.

http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/13135090/#Comment_13135090

Or perhaps an old mystery bag item? I also found this: https://documentsargentina.wordpress.com/2011/02/

ciane · March 2016

Good find @Ktarian! That was back when Sims 3 gave away some free stuff if you didn't mind logging in in-game and checking out the store promotions.

Ktarian · March 2016

Yeah. I don't understand why a lot of those are just unavailable now. Some of them make sense... like branded items, etc. But some of the items that were clearly meant to basically complete sets that are sold in the store, it seems weird that they just made them unavailable now.

Ktarian · June 2016

Just a friendly hello to everyone since I've been gone for a couple of months. This is still a super-awesome thread!

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