🔄 Update 3/20/2025 - [3/24] 🙀 I had an epiphany last night before dozing off; I'm wasting a ton of time the way I currently verify my mods.
We actually got Update Notes WITH an Update (actually this has apparently been live for an hour, so the Update Notes probably only just arrived) - https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/update-3-20-2025
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How about we do this differently from now on? I know I need to SGFX update, so how bout I ignore this and SGFX update first? Yeah? While I'm verifying my SGFX updates, I'll check on our underwear/outfit switching, which I assume is still broken, ensure they didn't break our bodies again, and see what happened with CAS. Then we'll do the other !@#$.
⋆⋅ I NEED TO OVERHAUL MY MOD VERIFICATION PROCESS:
And I think I know how. It irks me that it takes me so long to go through my mods. Besides ensuring they're compatible for y'all, I use everything I share (except my SGFX Patches), I too need my mods verified efficiently.
I had an idea when I shared my BATCH file for deleting the localthumbcache.package, that I could do a thing with a BATCH file together with WinMerge (the Windows tool I use for comparisons that is also used by other members of the community), but it just kinda got shoved to the side, until it popped up again last night, "BRUH, YOU'RE MAKING THIS MORE TIME CONSUMING THAN IT HAS TO BE! STAHP! (╯'□')╯︵ ┻━┻"
My mind is on modding today, so we'll start this tomorrow:
STEP 1 - I need to put together a list of every Tuning resource I've modded. [❓]
⋆⋅ HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE UPDATE NOTES:
[EA Forums] The locked camera position has been removed from the Bracelet category of Accessories in Create a Sim, now you can zoom in and out with ease.
Since they didn't bother to mention it, do you suppose they rolled back the zoom on our faces and fixed the Top and Bottom category and... oh, I dunno, added the HAND camera to the Rings category like we've been asking for !@#$ing ever? - THEY DID THE LAST BIT! 😺 They could have removed the camera lock though... and y'know, fixed the other broken !@#$ in CAS while they were there. It's not like they can't see the other broken !@#$ in CAS.
Resolved an issue with a pair of trousers (ymBottom_EP18Chain) expanding in unexpected areas when the stomach body slider was adjusted.
EAxis damn well understands Bloat™, they just don't give a !@#$. Just like they didn't give a !@#$ about the abysmal darker skin tones for... was it (6) years, until it became a media fiasco and Xmiramira's name became a household commodity - and of course, she had to endure bigoted !@#$ to get us there - https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2022/06/11020148/amira-virgil-sims-melanin-pack-interview
⋆⋅ CHECK THE STATUS OF YOUR FAVORITE MODS:
1️⃣ Visit Scarlet's Realm, maintained by Scarlet - https://scarletsrealm.com
2️⃣ On the top menu, hover over "The Mod List" and click on one of these options (or any of the others):
SFW Only - https://../the-mod-list-sfw-only-edition
SFW + NSFW - https://../the-mod-list-sfw-nsfw-edition
3️⃣ Scroll down to "The Mod List" section and follow the instructions to search for your favorite mods using the Search feature.
4️⃣ Sing along! 🎙️ Toss a coin to your Witcher, O Valley of Plenty - https://../posts/124794661
5️⃣ Scarlet's name is pure coincidence.