@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.
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.
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.)
@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, 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.
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
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
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-jednorozechttp://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.
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!
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!
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.
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 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.
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.
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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.
Daily Deal Thread | 100% Free Store Items - Many of which you probably didn't know existed!
Cascade Deals | Free Kids Items!
Unlock Missing Store/EP/SP Stencils
Gift Badges or Backgrounds!
Pattern Hoarder Tutorial
Cascades
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.
Store Install
Unlocked Stencils
random legacy
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.)
Store Install
Unlocked Stencils
random legacy
Daily Deal Thread | 100% Free Store Items - Many of which you probably didn't know existed!
Cascade Deals | Free Kids Items!
Unlock Missing Store/EP/SP Stencils
Gift Badges or Backgrounds!
Pattern Hoarder Tutorial
Thanks @scillakees ! I keep meaning to get those... haven't had the energy to seek them out and figure them out yet, I guess. ^-^;
Daily Deal Thread | 100% Free Store Items - Many of which you probably didn't know existed!
Cascade Deals | Free Kids Items!
Unlock Missing Store/EP/SP Stencils
Gift Badges or Backgrounds!
Pattern Hoarder Tutorial
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.
Store Install
Unlocked Stencils
random legacy
Daily Deal Thread | 100% Free Store Items - Many of which you probably didn't know existed!
Cascade Deals | Free Kids Items!
Unlock Missing Store/EP/SP Stencils
Gift Badges or Backgrounds!
Pattern Hoarder Tutorial
Nice! Thank you!
Free Toddler and Kids Items | 100% FREE store items| Missing Store Stencils
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
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!
Daily Deal Thread | 100% Free Store Items - Many of which you probably didn't know existed!
Cascade Deals | Free Kids Items!
Unlock Missing Store/EP/SP Stencils
Gift Badges or Backgrounds!
Pattern Hoarder Tutorial
To help you organize your stalking of the Daily Deal, please join us on the Daily Deal Rotation and Sales Help thread and please view the DD Spreadsheet
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.
Store Install
Unlocked Stencils
random legacy
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=8836005
Now it has even more unlocked stencils from Bily's studio added.
Store Install
Unlocked Stencils
random legacy
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3no1hm_saving-unlocked-stencils-sims-3_videogames
Store Install
Unlocked Stencils
random legacy
To help you organize your stalking of the Daily Deal, please join us on the Daily Deal Rotation and Sales Help thread and please view the DD Spreadsheet
Some links that helped me a lot:
Missing Store Stencils / Free Kiddy Stuff / Daily Deals / Daily Deals Spreadsheets / The Gifting Directory
Awesome Video @ciane ^-^
Daily Deal Thread | 100% Free Store Items - Many of which you probably didn't know existed!
Cascade Deals | Free Kids Items!
Unlock Missing Store/EP/SP Stencils
Gift Badges or Backgrounds!
Pattern Hoarder Tutorial
Glad you liked the simple little video, me and Ktarian.
Store Install
Unlocked Stencils
random legacy
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/
Daily Deal Thread | 100% Free Store Items - Many of which you probably didn't know existed!
Cascade Deals | Free Kids Items!
Unlock Missing Store/EP/SP Stencils
Gift Badges or Backgrounds!
Pattern Hoarder Tutorial
Store Install
Unlocked Stencils
random legacy
Daily Deal Thread | 100% Free Store Items - Many of which you probably didn't know existed!
Cascade Deals | Free Kids Items!
Unlock Missing Store/EP/SP Stencils
Gift Badges or Backgrounds!
Pattern Hoarder Tutorial
Daily Deal Thread | 100% Free Store Items - Many of which you probably didn't know existed!
Cascade Deals | Free Kids Items!
Unlock Missing Store/EP/SP Stencils
Gift Badges or Backgrounds!
Pattern Hoarder Tutorial