50+ of the BEST Graphics Mods for The Sims 3 | (Reshade, Mods, and more)

[@acottonsock]

🚨 NOTICE 🚨 The newest Nvidia graphics card update BREAKS the Reshade tutorial shown in this video. *PLEASE USE THE OFFICIAL RESHADE.ME DOWNLOAD INSTEAD OF THE MODDED VERSION.* Google Doc with ALL links 👉 docs.google.com/document/d/1QbZ1Wpq_IZYt5SoeDXgYhr0R3RA9psV_h2QfB82OsuQ/edit?usp=sharing

[@Nekosensei363]

I just wanted to inform you that there is a potential issue with your guide. If you have an Intel 12th gen and use the Alder Lake Patch, the version of ReShade that is listed in the guide may not work for you as the game would crash before loading the menu. Apparently, there is an issue with the Patch and ReShade that causes it to crash as Intel 12th gen does not have Dx9 integrated in it, but emulates it. This was fixed in the recent version of ReShade. It took me a while to troubleshoot why my game crashed.

[@acottonsock]

@@Nekosensei363 I have Intel Alder Lake and the Reshade guide works. Are you sure it's attributed to Reshade and not something else?

[@Nekosensei363]

​@@acottonsockSorry for the late reply, but yeah the crash had to do with ReShade listed in the document. I tried a clean install, taking my Sims 3 documents out and letting the game build a new one, and even trying base game only. I have no idea why it was happening with that specific version of ReShade and managed to find a recentish (within a year or so) forum about saying that the patch could be causing an issue. Maybe it has to do with my specific model of Intel Processor (12th gen i7-12650H)? I just purchased this gaming laptop recently, so I have no idea what could be causing this.

[@Nekosensei363]

It is the recent version on GitHub (5.2.2) that I tried. At the very least the recent version is working fine for me although I do miss the depth of field.

[@littlemrh]

What is that loading mod you have where everything that you are loading to is outlined but still blue?

[@alexandrathehobbit]

I need you to know that an hour ago I was literally like I kinda want to play Sims 3 again but I'll have to mod it and that's a lot to find and then you do this. I think it's a sign I should do it lol

[@Ellllaaa]

That's what I was thinking just now. I played it without anything back then I think, but I remember I loved the gameplay... but I think now I would need CC and mods and things like that.

[@SirTonSquared]

I absolutely appreciate all your Sims guides! Gonna keep Sims 2 and 3 alive for another decade even after new life simulators release

[@LeFuil]

Sims 2 and 3 won't die anytime soon, they have a core fan base and both games are still best in the franchise to many!

[@Rita.7]

After only experiencing the lacklusterness of Sims 4 the first 20 min if this video alone makes we want to play the Sims 3 now. Thank you for sharing!

[@JustOuse]

queen of the sims 3 youtube

[@crazygamer_1082]

Yay!! I just bought TS3 and was thinking about getting mods to make the game look better 😂😂

[@acottonsock]

Welcome to TS3 :)

[@MariqueAltariah]

I just got back to the sims 3 after 10 years ! At that time I heard about NRaas mods but didn't dare to use them. Now, I've given it a shot thanks to your very detailed tutorials ! Thank you so much for your dedicated hard work, I'm totally discovering the game all over again like 10 years ago when everything was so much happier

[@choco1529]

i actually gasped out loud when i learned about the overlaying the accessories and makeup TT such a game changer,, THANK YOU!!

[@Azarel410]

I was trying to mod my sims 3 but end up falling asleep with your voice lol

[@isthattee]

it's like you know what I'm looking for omg, i was in the search for more mods for my game, so thank youuuu 😭😭😭

[@marlaacolee]

literally same !!

[@galacticgremlin]

Thank you so much for making this and even including the links to everything. I have a learning disability,and I heavily appreciate the message at the start reminding people that we exist. And I appreciate you taking the time to make chapters as well!

[@acottonsock]

You are so welcome, I'm happy it helped! 😊

[@lionkid5841]

god bless u omg. i just got a new laptop and i'm setting everything up to play the sims again and i searched ur old video from 2021 only to find this i hope your pillow is cold on both sides tonight

[@LeFuil]

I've wanted to play The Sims 3 for MANY years, i am SO excited to get a PC and start playing so i can use your suggested mods! ♡

[@acottonsock]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@peeetar]

i just got back into the sims 3 after binging your lepacy, so this was perfect timing, thank you for all these mod/guide videos they are great!

[@MileinaJuarez]

Yes! Monolids, finally! I am half German, half Guatemalan from indigenous heritage, my husband is full Guatemalan. A lot of our relatives have monolids as well as our baby girl. It’s so beautiful. It’s so common in people of Mayan heritage.

[@adroit.a]

the timing could not be more perfect i just redownloaded sims 3 and followed ur optimization guide, tysm

[@briannavasquez8748]

honestly thank you so much for this, I've been wanting to get back into the sims 3 again but was really indecisive because of the graphics etc. BUT this was so helpful.

[@lindasmith6072]

Your sims 2 and 3 vids are genuinely amazing. So much effort put into them. It's so amazing thank you.

[@acottonsock]

@@lindasmith6072 This is so kind, thank you ❤️

[@matheusschetz9878]

Just gotta say, you and Cindy from Pleansant Sims are the queens of The Sims 2 and 3! And I also wanna thank you for inspiring us to play these old but phenomenal games ❤

[@noork5782]

the white ui is always giving graphic design is my passion im sorry

[@filipeeeeeeeee5615]

@@noork5782 noooooo 😭😭😭 Lol you’re foul for that

[@l4stday0ne4rth]

right 💀

[@itsmariaa18]

LMAOOO yes I love the blue one way more

[@silfverjessica]

Noooo you ruined it for me lmaoo

[@syarose2557]

True. I tried it, don't like it. Blue ui much better 😂

[@LonelyMrrow]

ONE HOUR LETS GO??? GREAT WORK

[@acottonsock]

Enjoy!

[@livialaporta]

hii! i dont know is this going to help but for people who got interested for the black ui that madi mentioned, was not released. the creator just... vanished. the only black ui avalible for now is Dark as Night created by Spamaccount in mod the sims.

[@acottonsock]

Let me link that one on the Google Doc instead. 😅 Thank you for letting me know

[@kaylapayne1427]

Thank you for being so detailed! I have gone back to playing the sims 3 and visually it’s a bit hard but, the gameplay is amazing and these mods really help

[@kalikills8791]

you dont know how much i LOVE YOU for this ! i've been missing playing the sims 3 and ive been slowly building my game back up to start playing and i was just saying that i needed some graphic fixing! i cannot wait to start back playing.

[@indigo9230]

i appreciate all of your guides/tutorials, i genuinely cannot express how helpful they are!! (:

[@aliencreative9360]

ur sims look better than any of my sims 4 sims could ever look!! well done

[@KawaiiMuski]

man i remember those first videos of yours, i'm so happy to see how you've grown so much!!! I still really love how you organize these videos, it makes it really easy to understand :))

[@hamukoreal]

thank you so much for this video! ive been soo addicted to ts3 lately and this is just what i needed to make my game look nicer :) im so glad to see videos still made on this amazing game

[@acottonsock]

Glad I could help!

[@rightact123]

I wish some of these were bundled together, its ridiculous having to download each hair separately for the default replacements.

[@irmar]

Well, some people might like the original better for some particular hairstyle.

[@TheFeralFerret]

Watching this while I individually click to download each of the 500000 hair replacements 😭 Thanks for the great video!

[@GoldenEnninasSims3]

Great video! I learned a few things I didn't know before, including Master controller compact Create a Sim. Thank you!

[@Zaenyx]

PERFECT AYYYEEEE !!!!!! I LOVE THESE VIDEOS

[@acottonsock]

I hope they are helpful!

[@dreamingsweetgirl]

just uninstalled the sims 3 to free some space but after watching this vid i start having regrets 😭tysm for this

[@porschaprude9372]

this may be my sign to play sims 3 again 😊😊

[@frogenjoyer69420]

thank you so much for this, i've been getting back into sims 3 recently and this video is a godsend

[@stacia3111]

I actually love how you explain things, going more in depth and explaining how and why things work the way they do is very helpful. Also that male sim though! He’s gorgeous! Is he going to be up for download on your tumblr anytime? 👀👀

[@acottonsock]

He's actually by a creator named Nectar Cellar on Tumblr! nectar-cellar.tumblr.com/post/648183558386696192

[@user-vx3vt7nj5n]

the QUEEN has dropped another BANGER 🙏🏿🙏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@alexstrandberg8493]

Omg we have the same computer background that is so exciting.

[@gtgirlzofficial]

I'M BUYING A NEW PC AND THIS IS JUST THE VIDEO I NEEEEEEEDED TO SEE BEFORE I INSTALL THE SIMS 3 AGAIIN

[@huj-ey4dj]

btw to fix the default hair you can also use stylist, easier to get to and load

[@mikulina7985]

I've never seen sims 3 look this good.......................and I play ultra modded Skyrim so that's saying something.

[@delwrge]

it's incredibly nice of you to make sure to explain everything so kindly. i cannot thank you enough, your long thoroughly tutorials are amazing. thank you for thinking about us who have trouble following steps and get confused easily. your videos are always so helpful! ✧ദ്ദി( ˶^ᗜ^˶ )

[@Pumpkin_Adam]

Not me installing one by one without testing anything and hoping my the game will work fine by the end of the video.

[@Bexter1982]

As always, great video.

[@mmgs1148]

I LOVE your tutorials, helped me so much

[@lolipopkar1]

Thankkk youuu !!!! This is an amazing video there were a lot of things I didn't know. And I play this game for yearsss. Also thanks for the guide!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@aminemohamed349]

Awesome and helpful video as always 😊. I'm sorry if this seem demanding but do you always run hoodchecker on your sims 2 neighborhoods ?

[@timtammmtum]

Dude the sims you made for this video??? Oh their face cards EAT

[@Siimply.Jessica]

I wouldn't recommend REShade to your people because it's very hard on peoples computers. If you use G shade or recommend G shade, it uses a lot less power from your computer and does the same as reshade. That's why people switch to G shade because it can run on multiple systems and it doesn't clog up your computer.

[@DiamondRobloxProductions]

this video is extremely helpful tysm

[@sanny8320]

Thank you sm!!!!! I love you for this

[@ayekonC]

amazing guide!

[@acottonsock]

Glad it was helpful!

[@champagnesupernova4081]

Your Sim self looks just like you :O

[@Lavenge]

nice and thanks for your advice 👍

[@Restingmadface]

Wow. This came just in time. ^-^

[@richardpasco9854]

This makes the sims 4 look like the sims 1

[@ray1450]

when i open up sims 3 after installing modded reshade the intro plays and my game just closes and brings me to my desktop, does anyone know why this may be happening?

[@acottonsock]

You can try using the regular Reshade (from the Reshade.me site), someone else was also having this issue earlier on Discord, however, this tutorial still works on my end so perhaps it might be conflicting with certain graphics cards?

[@epicthy]

maybe try instaling reshade with directx 10 instead? i had a similar problem and that fixed it

[@StarlliTV]

for the UI mods and the Master Controller mods, do they go into the overrides folder? also ty for the masterlist!!! i just recently got ts3 after being unhappy with ts4 for so long and i was overwhelmed looking for mods manually, so this is a HUUUGEEE help!!

[@angeliukas19]

omgs yes I LOVE THIS

[@sedendurmaz-v2p]

my game stops loading after downloading the reshade :(

[@therealljo]

How can I make the clothes like yours? My game it looks like it's painted on Sims and I use high configs. Thank You and amazing content!

[@LadyCrest]

act for cas theres a mod that makes the clothes load only to what u r scrolling to and not all of the clothing and that makes it much much faster. no need in master controller

[@acottonsock]

Yep, it’s called Smoothness Patch. However, I prefer compact mode as it’s more fluid and doesn’t cause stuttering when scrolling.

[@LadyCrest]

@@acottonsock oh thats so weird i dont have that in my game

[@Lilz_-yn8jr]

Do you have any other settings with the reshade that I could adjust so that everything isn't so overexposed? i adjusted the ones you had listed, but for some reason mine is still super bright. Thanks for the video!

[@midnight10495]

when you change the height of sims, does it effect two different sims with different heights when having interactions?

[@leticialopes8785]

what is the exactly mod that makes the sims looks like "cartoons" ? I love it

[@leticialopes8785]

It is a skin? Or a mod light?

[@puccipower]

For the sliders will those transfer to children? For example if the sim is short, will the child be short?

[@vacationtorahschool]

PLEASE drop the male sim you used in 14:18 i need to get him married to my simself I AM BEGGING

[@acottonsock]

Here’s actually by Nectar Cellar on Tumblr! www.tumblr.com/nectar-cellar/648183558386696192

[@bradleyreserve]

why are the icons on the clean ui dark blue instread of grey...

[@brandielittle186]

Unfortunately the eyelash slider download on TSR no longer works. Everytime I try to download it I get a message saying the file is not found. Also for some reason Reshader causes my game to crash so I can't even get to the main screen to do anything with the shadings.

[@xboxsimmer2519]

Hey I love the video but I’ve got a question does master controller integration help with smoothness patch and making it compact your clothes because I’ve been having that problem of my CAS being slow bc of smoothness patch not letting me compact my clothes.

[@acottonsock]

Remove the .package files that come with smoothness patch (the ones that go in your documents folder) and the compact form will start to work again.

[@xboxsimmer2519]

@@acottonsock thank you so much

[@xboxsimmer2519]

@@acottonsock Are you saying delete the Master controller one? Just clearifying

[@rocoroloc0]

Howww are you getting SMAA and the modded Reshade to work with your Sims 3?! ;w; My game keeps crashing when I turn on SMAA in the 6.2.0 update and if I try to use any Reshade that's a lower version, my game won't even start

[@epicthy]

Yeah it’s causing problems for me too

[@rocoroloc0]

@@epicthy I ended up fixing SMAA just by plugging my display into the right graphics card (oops) but the "lower reshade version" thing still doesn't seem to work haha

[@epicthy]

@@rocoroloc0 i actually got it to work just now by installing it with direct 10 instead of 9! idk how that was the problem

[@DiamondRobloxProductions]

tyy

[@art3m.1s]

i installed reshade through this and one of the issues i’ve came across is when SMAA is on, i can’t really read numbers/text on the UI. but without it, everything looks bad. is there anything i can do to fix that? like a different setting?

[@acottonsock]

I know FXAA is another artifical edge smoothing within Reshade. Perhaps that would work better?

[@un.nico.de.lava.]

Hello, can you help me a little? I have one problem. After following your guide and installing some other mods, my game started to exponentially have pixelated and overlysaturated screens when i changed from buy\build mode to live mode or when i saved… do you know what can be happening to my game? Thank you! I need your help

[@ViceCityExtra]

When you do things like go out of CAS etc there will sometimes be like an outline before they show up. Why is that?

[@acottonsock]

It’s the MXAO from Reshade

[@ViceCityExtra]

@@acottonsock is it an intendendfeature of that shade or just like a consequence?

[@acottonsock]

@@ViceCityExtra A consequence

[@Lubrose]

How do you get your sim look so smooth and detail? Mine don’t look like that at all. You can’t see the lashes or makeup on them they just look weird. It makes me don’t want to play sims 3 because of this.

[@chloeR07x]

hey girl, when i download default replacement hairs they dont show up in my game, is there a specific thing i should be doing?

[@Moonlight-vu8li]

@acottonsock I know on your Halloween video you told me how to keep the smooth patch and have Nrass compact form work but when I look in my package folder and there is just the smooth patch and then the smoothpatch_mastercontroller. Which one do I delete to keep the smooth patch working in my game but have Nrass compact form work again. I would definitely appreciate it if your respond back

[@cowhunter111]

wcif the hairstyle you used on your sim in the thumbnail? :)

[@CJ._EXE._]

Hiii I'm having a issue with the default skin and eyes you listed in the video. It only shows up on my sim but not other sims in town?

[@caleef5206]

god bless you istg

[@Slayaeon]

Which version of the cas lighting mod do you use?❤

[@acottonsock]

V1

[@Meowynina]

Why does my game lag every couple seconds when I use your same reshade settings. My pc has a 4060 and is very powerful so it's not that my computer isn't strong enough. Do you know why that would be happening??

[@řapħ]

i have the same problem i have a 3050 so it’s not so powerful as you, but maybe try to lock your fps at 30/60

[@_samanthaaaa.]

is the nraas website currently down? i'm unable to access it

[@jpestrikov]

My sims hangs because of mods what can I do about it

[@Ellaganon]

queeennnnnnn

[@No-dw4bu]

The modded Reshade breaks my game?

[@Gnvvcbb]

"failed to download from github" what can i do

[@h-kon2227]

love this video! a bit unrelated, can you please give us an updates nraas file?

[@NerdyPanda-td1tz]

Man too bad sims 3 doesn’t have the same love from modders like the modders for skyrim 😂

[@Siimply.Jessica]

There's just so many problems with reshade. It's just better to use G shades and the learning curve to a new program isn't that deep. I highly, highly, highly recommend and urge you to switch. There's so many problems, or viruses, or conflicts with reshade. It's just safer and better for your computer to go to G shade. And I have nothing to gain from telling you this. I just urge you not to use the reshade.

[@lidagelaile]

😍😍

[@lauramccann18]

Please upload videos in 720p only and not 720-60 because I can't watch it my phone and have to choose 480p and it doesn't look good :(

[@cms4229]

🤍🤍