The Flea Circus ~ A thread for tips, tricks and ideas

[MrsFlynn]

Bear gave the idea about having a thread for tips and tricks we've learned playing Sims 3, and Nindigo came up with an awesome name for the thread!!

Thank you both!! 🤗

Table of Contents:

⚬ Use the TAB Key in Live Mode to Hide UI ⚬ Deleting Those Pesky Objects ⚬ Creating and Using Collections ⚬ Using Friezes ⚬ Finding the Fire Truck and FireFighter Coat ⚬ Jumping Down a Custom Rabbithole ⚬ Make Brighter Indoor Lights ⚬ Pam's List of Hex Codes for Favorite Colors ⚬ Extensive Wiki list of hex colors ⚬ How To Get Snow Photos

⚬ Owned Business Closed - Tip ⚬ Tip for Wall Hangings ~ ⚬ Issues w/Store, CC/Mods and/or Any .Sims3Pack Files ⚬ Locking Doors and Locking Gates ⚬ Remove the Bloom Effect from The Sims 3 ⚬ Travel Glitch ⚬ Making Custom Lot Sizes ⚬ How To Create a Simoleon Symbol ⚬ Naming Sims ⚬ Curfews for Children and Teens

⚬ Adoption and Clean up Vehicles Hourly ⚬ Opening Mod/CC Zip files ⚬ Cellphone Test ⚬ Hide Clothing ⚬ Tuning Attraction Phone Calls - Gifts and Dates ⚬ Jobs for Active Sims via Register? ⚬ Troubleshooting Sims 3 (Steam) ⚬ EA Story Progression Tip ⚬ Hide EA made Sims/Lots in the in-game library ⚬ Fix the Holes in the Floor!!

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⚬ Sims 3 Starting Money ⚬ Silhouetted House in the Save Menu? ⚬ Tips for Building Victorians ⚬ Generations Free Vacation Fix ⚬ Reducing Lag in IP ⚬ Searching The Sims Resource ⚬ Sloped Ceilings Tutorial ⚬ Building a Functional Greenhouse ⚬ Map Tags Off/On ⚬ MoveObjects On and Alt Key Tip

⚬ Attaching Garage and Doors to House with a Foundation - Using CFE ⚬ L and U Shaped Stairs - Using CFE (true/false) ⚬ How to make stairs with a halfway landing. (No Cheats!) ⚬ Dig a basement without a foundation ⚬ Building Stairs and Elevators ⚬ Diary of a Sim Gardener

[beardeux]

That's awesome.  My first tip is that if you keep produce in all your sims inventories, your sims will never go hungry.  I have built up many of the families in Twinbrook and Sunset Valley.  Multiple families on a one Town Map and they all have food on them.  I have gardens for every family, but the grocer will do.  They will automatically eat when they are hungry.  No more whining or hungry bubbles.  I do this in all my towns with multiple families I have built up.

[MrsFlynn]

I didn't come up with this tip, but want to share it anyway. It was shared with me by MrsGoodWrench

 -- This does not work in Edit Town Mode, need to be in Live mode for it to work.

Press TAB to hide the UI. You should still be able to zoom in/out but better and the WASD keys for the usual forward left right back. You can still pause the game but you'll get the red paused border iirr. TAB again to bring back the UI. Or the Esc key.

Using F10 on some computers will turn off the IU, but using the tab key gives you the "magic" camera. lol!!

This is like one of those why didn't I know this sooner type of tips. lol *Blush* I've actually used the Tab key before, but I didn't realize it could give you what I call a map screenshot.

Click image for larger view

[Sonshine]

I just found out how to find out the traits of the IF's when you have them. I've been reading in Cheesey's story and she writes around the IF traits. Last night, I was looking up a sim and my child's IF was there listed! If you go to nraas/MC/sim/status/personal, then either male or female, then the last name, you will see the IF listed. I always wondered how to find out and I never thought of looking there although I do that w/real sims all the time.

[MrsFlynn]

I wanted to share this tip here... for future reference.... MrsFlynn, you'll thank yourself later for this!!  🤗

To get rid of those pesky extra spawners:

1. Ctrl-Shift-C together to bring up the cheat console.
2. Type in testingcheatsenabled on and then type in buydebug on.
3. Shift-click on lot and select either buy or build on this lot.

Buy On Lot:


For those hard to delete items, press Ctrl-Shift together, while having mouse over item and select Delete it.

Delete It:

[beardeux]

Here's one for you.  If your sim has the genius trait and uses the "tutor in" on another sim, pick a musical instrument and tutor them in it for one blue bar.  That sim will then be able to jam with you and will improve in that skill.  You can visibly see them improve and soon they are playing well.  It's nice to see that improvement.

[MrsFlynn]

Want to make collections for yourself in-game to make items easier to find?

LaPaige and I were talking about this and I searched on it and found this video by James Turner. That helps with creating and using collections.

Sims 3 101 - Creating and Using Collections
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIxtvzrhAV4

We wanted to share this, so that others know about it and can learn how to use the collections too.

Adding my text how-to with photos here - on creating a collection and saving it.

[Lapaige46]

Here's a question and hopefully someone will have a tip/trick for it.

I have built a bookstore with an apartment above (part of my Three Pines scenario). The owner of the bookstore lives above it. I have found a post on Modthesims explaining how to combine a residential/community property. Due to a neurological issue, some days my brain is slow to absorb the information I'm trying to send it and this is one of those days. I'll need to study this post for a bit before I can fully understand it. Does anyone have a tip for saving a particular thread? I don't want to lose it. Can I just save it to a word doc or a file?

Edited to add, I just saved the URL to my desktop. Hope I don't forget that it's there. But I'll post it here for anyone who might be trying to do the same thing.
https://modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=599598&c=1&ht=&page=1&pp=25#startcomments

[MrsFlynn]

Press Ctrl-Shift-C and type in testingcheatsenabled on

placeFriezes on (or off when finished)

Use cheat while in Build/Buy mode, but not while on the foundation tab.

friezes are made with the foundation tool.

ConstrainFloorElevation on - Works for adding stairs within friezes.

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Reference Links:
 
https://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/forum/index.php?topic=3956.msg79608#msg79608

https://www.ign.com/wikis/the-sims-3/Friezes

[MrsFlynn]

1. Change lot type to Fire Station and add the Large Parking Space.

2. Turn on cheats - Press Ctrl-Shift-C together and type in testingcheatsenabled on; Then type in buydebug.

3. Filter content by the Ambitions pack > Misc objects tab





June Just Rains: Unlocked Ambitions Firefighter Coat (Mod)
https://modthesims.info/d/445080