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Featured Item - "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"-inspired CAS
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| Posted by maybesomethingdunno, featured 30th Jul 2010 at 09:15 PM
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The perfect start to a steampunk world - complete with ghosts and giant squids...
Posted in Miscellaneous » Neighborhoods & CAS Screens » CAS Screens
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Featured Item - ModernLine Windows Set
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| Posted by hudy777, featured 26th Jul 2010 at 06:09 PM
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An excellent set for any builder of modern houses - all you need is here, so go install 'em now!
Posted in Build Mode » Doors & Windows
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Featured Item - Steampunk Ahoy!
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| Posted by ninotchka, featured 26th Jul 2010 at 05:40 PM
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Imaginative, unique, and just beautifully done, this lot is perfect for all your steampunky mad geniuses!
Posted in Lots & Housing » Residential
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Featured Item - San Pedro Villa
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| Posted by ninotchka, featured 24th Jul 2010 at 04:44 AM
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San Pedro Villa is a Beautifully designed Spanish styled house, Sims and Users will certainly Enjoy!
Posted in Lots & Housing » Residential
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Site News -
MTS Official Contest: Foundations!
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| Posted by HystericalParoxysm, 15th Jul 2010 at 08:21 AM
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(34 comments)
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Want to challenge your skills at building and decorating, and compete with other simmers for fun?
We have a new official contest, just posted and ready for entrants! Download a premade foundation, and build an interesting lot, using that foundation as a "footprint" - but from there, the only limit is your imagination!
MTS Official Contest: Foundations!
Get your entry in fast, if you want to join! Good luck, and happy simming, everyone! 
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Featured Item - "Das Winzig Haus" - 10x10 Mini-lot!
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| Posted by QBUILDERZ, featured 12th Jul 2010 at 06:38 AM
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Tons of charm and usability - all packed into a tiny 10x10 lot!
Posted in Lots & Housing » Residential
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Site News -
Challenge Exceptionals
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| Posted by leesester, 5th Jul 2010 at 09:34 PM
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(14 comments)
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And finally, as the World Cup draws to a close, we realised that we have not yet posted on our winners of the Medieval Challenge Exceptional Awards.... So here they are, in no particular order, the exceptionals.
 NPC Replacements: Mrs. Crumplebottom by sunni9676
As if Mrs. Crumplebottom wasn't unpleasant enough already, now she's covered in warts - at least your medieval sims can be beaten by a crotchety old woman in appropriate attire, with this exceptionally gigglesome addition.
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Build your own Cathedral by Hekate999
Every cathedral needs some stained glass, fancy masonry and ceiling vaults. And that's what makes this essential set so awesome - you can't build a cathedral without it!
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Playable Harp and Lute by Lois99
The first of its kind, fantastic playable instruments - an impressive technical feat, and an absolute requirement for any self-respecting medieval neighbourhood.
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Blackstone Castle by simgrl1934
Intricate, skillfully built, pristinely decorated and most certainly daunting in its fortitude; this castle is fit for kings, epic battles, and maybe even the occasional dragon.
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Candle-Town Temple-District by candlelight82
If it's authenticity you're after, this district is practically a hamlet in its own right - all on one lot, no less - and definitely a home to be sorely envied.
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A Medieval Castle! by sarah*rose
With stunning realism and a remarkable depth of creativity, this picturesque castle is sure to be the perfect landmark for any feudal neighbourhood.
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Bree Hills Hamlet by ninotchka
These beautiful, varied, and realistic little cottages with fantastic interior decorating are perfect for all those unwashed townie peasants - step inside and experience a peasants home!
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Robin Hood and Friends by Aligeth
Whether you're roaming the forest, looking distressed, or assuring sceptics that banditry isn't in breach of your vows, really - this beautiful set by Aligeth provides everything your simmies need to look stunningly rogueish!
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An enormous thank you to ALL the creators who participated and a special thank you to the exceptionals for providing us all with such awesome content for our games - whether TS2 or TS3
MTS Staff
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Featured Item - "Aftermath" Series - Road to Nowhere
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| Posted by feldynn, featured 4th Jul 2010 at 04:31 AM
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A unique lot that is a glimpse into life after destruction and chaos.
Posted in Lots & Housing » Residential
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Site News -
New Feature: Changes to the Post Thanks list for Creators viewing own threads
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| Posted by Delphy, 20th Jun 2010 at 09:40 PM
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(76 comments)
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Today I released a set of changes designed to do 2 things:
1. Cut down on the number of database queries, and above all, page generation time, when a creator views threads of thiers that have a lot of thanks (many hundreds or thousands)
2. Sort and filter the names of people who have thanked a thread.
To that end I have released a new style of viewing the post thanks for creators on thier own threads. Previously, you got a huge long list of people, not formatted, and that was pulled in when you first requested the page. This resulted in huge lists, and huge page load times - in the order of 93 seconds for some of mine.
Now, when the page loads, the thanks list doesn't load, and is instead loaded via an AJAX call. In addition, the thanks lists themselves are now sorted into 5 tabs. Friends, Featured Creators, MTS Staff, Creators and Members. Please note that non creators on this list are not loaded automatically, unless the number of thanks on a download is less than 50. Otherwise, an additional click will load the normal members too.
For an example, here is a screenshot from my Dashboard thread:
Note that I realise the "tabs" don't really "fit" with some of the themes, but this is deliberate, and I will be slowly updating the site to match them. Gotta start somewhere
Note 2: This doesn't show on the old style download pages - only on the new tabbed ones.
I hope you like this change, and please let me know any feedback you have.
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Featured Item - Any Game Starter 3 [Updated: v. 1.2]
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| Posted by jonha, featured 17th Jun 2010 at 06:30 PM
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Everyone loved it in Sims 2, and now we have the incredible flexibility and usefulness of an AnyGameStarter - for Sims 3!
Posted in Downloads » Programs and Utilities
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Featured Item - Candle-Town Uptown (Ambitions file added)
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| Posted by candlelight82, featured 8th Jun 2010 at 06:20 AM
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Posted in Lots & Housing » Residential
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Featured Item - *Puppet Master Posebox*
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| Posted by lidiqnata, featured 5th Jun 2010 at 07:12 PM
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This unique pose box lets storytellers turn their sims into puppets and puppet masters! Creepily fantastic.
Posted in Game Mods » Object Mods » In Testing
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Site News -
7zip file support, and increase to maximum JPG filesize
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| Posted by Delphy, 2nd Jun 2010 at 06:33 AM
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(35 comments)
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Today, I have added .7z files to the list of accepted uploads here, and increased the maximum size of JPG files from 200,000 bytes to 250,000 bytes.
You can extract .7z files using any one of the extractors found here: http://www.7-zip.org/download.html (includes Windows, Linux and OS X links)
7zip is free, and can often achieve better compression results than .zip or .rar. Did we mention free? Yup, no nagware.
One caveat with .7z right now is that the site currently doesn't look inside .7z files for custom content, but this will be updated soon.
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Sims 3 News -
Sims 3 patch 1.12/2.7/3.3
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| Posted by Delphy, 1st Jun 2010 at 07:13 PM
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(97 comments)
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Game Update for 1.12/2.7/3.3
POSTED ON 05/28/10 05:34 PM
To install this update, please start your game and use the “Updates” tab in your Launcher.
This game update includes:
- This game update enables dynamic ad serving capabilities in The Sims 3. However, there are no immediate plans to activate any content of this kind. The Sims 3 EULA has further details. See http://www.ea.com/1/product-eulas.
- Lights placed on residential and community lots will now properly display onto the neighborhood
- Sims may now walk and stand on bridges
- Players who play The Sims 3 with game modifications can now create a folder in which to place their game modifications. The folder should be located here:
C:\Documents and Settings\YourComputer\My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods
- When Mods are placed in the official Mod folder, a notification will appear to remind players that Mods are installed.
- Placing Mod packages into the Mod folder is an officially sanctioned way to bypass assembly signing verification. The Resource.cfg file must be placed in this folder in order for the modifications to work correctly.
- When Mods are installed that are incompatible, the player will receive a message notifying them of the error.
Additional bug fixes to existing features
Edit Town Mode
* Players may now add, delete, and move residential and community lots from the Edit Town menu
* Players may now add, delete, and move neighborhood decorative objects from the Edit Town menu
* Players may now purchase and upgrade neighborhood community lots using the new Real Estate system via the Computer
* When using the Library in Edit Town, lots will now display their venue type (i.e. Park)
Gameplay Changes
* Story Progression has been improved to prevent Sims required to complete Opportunities from changing.
* Sim genetics have been improved so that children now better reflect their parents’ skin tone and hairstyles.
* Sims can unlock outfit choices and share them with household members when using the “Plan Outfit” interaction on the Dresser.
Build/Buy Mode
* Players may now use Create a Style on Ceilings or add and delete them when in Build Mode
* Players may now use Create a Style on the edges of floor tiles
* When placing walls, rooms, foundations/decks, floor tiles, roofs, pools, fences, and basements the measuring tape tool will display to aid in more precise building.
* Wall Covering sets can now be found in a tab in Build Mode
* Players may now manipulate the roof pitch for individual roof sections when in Build Mode
* Sculptures can be found in a new Sculpture sorting category when in Buy Mode
Create a Sim
* Players may now use the Tattoo feature to customize Sims when in Create a Sim
* Players may now select the Fiancé, Girlfriend, and Boyfriend relationship settings when in Create a Sim
UI & Controls
* The user-interfaces for Sim View and Map View have been merged to provide more control and consistency between the two modes.
* The Opportunity interface has been improved to clearly outline the fiction, gameplay objectives, rewards, and Opportunity location for all Opportunities and Adventures.
World Adventures
* Certain Adventures and Opportunities will properly display in the Opportunities Panel when traveling between worlds
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This update adds some very nice changes - not least of which, finally a user level Mods folder that bypasses assembly signing. The question is - do mods put in this new folder have the Custom Content flag, and do they show in Show Custom Content in game?
Let us know your thoughts!
If you're having problems with the patch...
Please remember to post about it in the Help section. There, we can help you one-on-one figure out what the problem is, and see if there's a solution. This also helps us with bug tracking as we can keep the info in one place and not get one person's problem confused with another.
If you are having problems, issues, errors, or questions related to the patch, please post in the Help section! Do NOT post issues with the patch on this thread please.
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Featured Item - The Factory Backyard
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| Posted by -Shady-, featured 29th May 2010 at 10:36 AM
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A beautifully crafted, deliciously trashed lot for sims of low standards - completely CC free!
Posted in Lots & Housing » Residential
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Site News -
Medieval & Renaissance Challenge - Voting Threads Up!
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| Posted by whiterider, 14th May 2010 at 10:44 PM
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Welle, ye Medievale Challenge hath received a greate number of entries, an... no, it's too much of a pain without the filter.
We've had a fantastic number of entries for this challenge - over 80! - and, more importantly, they're all fantastic stuff. So the time has come to pick out the most exceptional entries; and, because of the huge numbers of great entries, we've had to split the shortlist in three.
You can vote for Sims 2 entries here.
Sims 3 lots, here.
And other Sims 3 entries here.
Voting will close in a week - Friday the 21st - so get a wriggle on, and remember that you can vote in all of the polls; you don't have to pick one.
The entries receiving the most votes overall will be declared Exceptional, and their creators will get a snazzy sticker on their profile, along with an ingame trophy.
In addition, all entrants will get another snazzy sticker on their profile, and an in-game trophy - including brand spanking new Sims 3 trophies!
This challenge has been great fun, and I hope you'll enjoy the fantastic content - so let the voting begin! 
Voting is now closed - we'll be announcing Exceptional awards soon!
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Site News -
Pre-order Ambitions from Amazon.com!
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| Posted by Delphy, 14th May 2010 at 02:05 PM
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The pre-order for The Sims 3: Ambitions Expansion pack is available on Amazon.com. We've also gone ahead and redone the Amazon store page a bit, so go check it out! http://www.modthesims.info/donate.php?do=amazon
Pre-order it with this link: http://astore.amazon.com/modthesims...tail/B003AMOK9M
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Site News -
New Feature: Post Buttons!
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| Posted by HystericalParoxysm, 1st May 2010 at 06:13 PM
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(41 comments)
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Hi all!
You may have noticed a fun new feature that Delphy has just added to MTS: post buttons! These are small buttons that appear at the bottom of each post.
Some details:
- Toggleable: You can click a button and see the count on the button change - it adds one for each person that clicks the button. If you click the button again, it removes 1 from the count. Once you've clicked a button, it'll go bold to show that you've clicked it.
- Everywhere But Downloads: Buttons will show on all posts on the site, in every area, except for those in the Downloads section.
- Multi-Click: You can click all buttons, some, or none - clicking agree doesn't prevent you from clicking disagree.
- Anonymous: Button clicking is completely anonymous - there's no way for users to tell who clicked the buttons.
- Self-Click: You can click your own buttons, if you're feeling like some button-mashturbation.
- Near-Instant: The updated count should show up automatically without having to reload the page. It may take half a second or so to register though.
- The Love Button: Click "love" to show that you love the content of the post, or just as kind of an internet hug, if someone posts that they're having a bad day.
And as a special aside, we'd like to give a huge thanks to Casey and Ravelry for the inspiration for these buttons. While we know other sites do similar buttons, being on Ravelry every day made me really miss the ability to click someone's love button here. If you're a knitter, crocheter, spinner, or weaver, make sure to check out Ravelry for awesomeness and a cute little doggie.
If you have any questions about the post buttons or experience any bugs, please let us know. Make sure to tell us what internet browser and version you're using, if you have bugs! Do Help > About in your browser to see your browser and version.
Have fun, and happy simming!
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