Sims 3 Remastered Graphics 2024! (Mods)

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  • Опубліковано 22 чер 2024
  • The Sims 3 is a game that while sometimes beautiful, has not aged as gracefully as it could have. In this video I will be showcasing a bunch of graphics enhancement mods you can add to your Sims 3 game to remaster the visuals! We will cover everything from HD texture replacements to lighting mods and different shaders! The best part is this guide will be suitable for most PC’s, as we avoid using some of the heavier tools like ReShade. Below is a list of several links to mods we will be using, in chronological order with the video. I will show you in the video how to install each mod.
    Resource CFG File: help.thesimsresource.com/arti...
    HD Terrain Textures: modthesims.info/d/666599/ts3-...
    Milky Way Sky: nilxis.tumblr.com/post/164572...
    Enchanted Moon: www.mediafire.com/file/3wy9de...
    Realistic Clouds: www.tumblr.com/nilxis/1462766...
    Snow But Better: modthesims.info/d/634199/snow...
    Lightning Enhanced: modthesims.info/d/678201/upda...
    Lazy Duchess Pixel Shader: lazyduchess.tumblr.com/post/6...
    Lazy Duchess Shader Tweaks: lazyduchess.tumblr.com/post/6...
    Lazy Duchess Extended Shadows: lazyduchess.tumblr.com/post/6...
    Lazy Duchess Custom Launcher: modthesims.info/d/662581/ld-s...
    Lazy Duchess Split Level Lighting Fix: www.patreon.com/posts/ts3-spl...
    Improved Environmental Shadows: modthesims.info/d/654393/impr...
    Uranesia Lighting Mod: nilxis.tumblr.com/post/643223...
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  • @LitrallyAJ
    @LitrallyAJ  Місяць тому +25

    Hey everyone! I see some people are having issues with crashing or glitches! Although this guide is a lot less heavy than using ReShade, these mods will still add more of a workload to your PC when running the game, which could cause issues if you are on lower end hardware. Also, if you have specific glitches or issues, my first piece of advice is to rewatch and make sure you put everything in the right area, and followed ALL the steps correctly. It is easy to make mistakes and that could cause issues. Lastly, try removing any other mods if you have them, and running the game only with what was shown. If it works in isolation, you may have a conflicts issue, or simply too much CC and mods for your PC to handle. I will of course help with issues as much as I can but these are some things to try! ALSO, if you are experience a crash right away, try launching the game again. Ever since EA app my game will sometimes take up to three times to successfully launch, I have no clue why. It could be as simple as that though if that is an issue you are experiencing.

    • @Davehnry2
      @Davehnry2 Місяць тому

      I only installed the Lady Duchess mods and altho the Load ASI Mods icon is ticked it says on the page to choose game file to play "RPclib ASI file not loaded.state: none".
      I went through all the mods and it's the Lady Duchess split lighting causing the problem,trying to figure out why now.
      Any help much appreciated.😺

    • @LitrallyAJ
      @LitrallyAJ  Місяць тому

      @@Davehnry2did you also install the packages files into your packages folder? I have no idea why that might be happening otherwise. Did you test split level lighting to see if it’s not working? It may just say that for you but still work.

  • @Penelope416
    @Penelope416 Місяць тому +80

    Wow. The graphics look gorgeous and I love how the stars look at night. It does add more depth and character... more realism to the game.

    • @LitrallyAJ
      @LitrallyAJ  Місяць тому +2

      I am glad you liked the look! Thanks for always being so supportive of my channel!

  • @juliusma4880
    @juliusma4880 Місяць тому +75

    I'd suggest adding the "Enhance Free Butterflies and Falling Leaves with Physics" by Canibal_MLO, too. Seeing the red leaves flying through the air in autumn, with wind sounds and visual effects is just perfect and serene.

  • @andremedeiros2181
    @andremedeiros2181 Місяць тому +36

    I've seen many tutorials for improving sims 3 visuals and this one might be my favourite. Very effective mod selection, amazing how much you can change the game's appearance with just a few tweaks. I also really appreciate the modded/unmodded comparisons. Thanks you for sharing!
    Another option for textures I'd add would be Boring Bones' Project Eden. I use his defaults for terrain, rocks and plants. I find that it makes everything come together more easily on the eye

    • @blacksword3928
      @blacksword3928 28 днів тому +1

      Good recommendation and fits well with other graphics improvement mods.

  • @_daniel.francisco
    @_daniel.francisco 19 днів тому +7

    I did all of this, my pc just exploded 😍

  • @franciscofranca1428
    @franciscofranca1428 Місяць тому +27

    I installed EVERYTHING, fingers crossed, I'm going to open the game NOW

    • @LitrallyAJ
      @LitrallyAJ  Місяць тому +2

      hope it all works!

    • @franciscofranca1428
      @franciscofranca1428 Місяць тому +7

      AJ, IT DIDN'T WORK 😭😭😭
      I don't know if it was a problem with my computer, but the map disappeared (!), the graphics settings didn't save, and the graphics became jagged.

    • @LitrallyAJ
      @LitrallyAJ  Місяць тому +2

      @@franciscofranca1428 oh no!!! did you use the custom launcher too? I have no clue why that would happen other than maybe you don't have enough resources to utilize the mods?

    • @LitrallyAJ
      @LitrallyAJ  Місяць тому

      also, do you have any other graphics mods that would conflict?

    • @chingu_w
      @chingu_w 15 днів тому

      @@franciscofranca1428help, it happens to me too, idk why, did you fixed it?

  • @MsVamPireChic
    @MsVamPireChic Місяць тому +18

    Thanks for making this video! I’m probably going to add all of these mods into my game now 😅 Just a note: I think it would’ve been helpful to see the unmodded and modded features side-by-side to get a better comparison. But I appreciate this video!

    • @LitrallyAJ
      @LitrallyAJ  Місяць тому +5

      Yeah I realized after I had already recorded all the audio that I wrote my script in a way where I wouldn’t be able to show side by sides. If I ever do another video like this I’ll approach it differently.

  • @claireythefairy
    @claireythefairy 29 днів тому +2

    Thank you!! Such a helpful video for ts4 simmers looking to delve in 3.

  • @KuroshiDawn
    @KuroshiDawn Місяць тому +1

    omg thank you im glad to seee a updated one for this game ;w;

  • @lauramontealegre9965
    @lauramontealegre9965 20 днів тому

    Took the time to follow all the instructions and omg my game looks beautiful! Thank youuuu, such a quick and easy guide. I downloaded almost everything (i only didnt include the multi level lighting fix cause i dont mind EAs) but still its very pretty all the mods you mentioned
    My game is runing good, i have a pretty solid laptop with alot of RAM and a mid level graphics card so all of this can work very nice in a mid range computer
    Thank you thank you! Off to playing sims the whole weekend 😂🎉

  • @margaretvargus3210
    @margaretvargus3210 25 днів тому +2

    I appreciated you squeezing in all of the mods/fixes in under ten minutes, I love acottonsock’s tutorials but they’re always nearing an hour long if not longer.

    • @LitrallyAJ
      @LitrallyAJ  23 дні тому

      acottonsock is so amazing! I have such a botched attention span I use 2 speed on every video now so I figured I’d make faster videos for anyone like me lol

  • @ElvisLivesUpstairs
    @ElvisLivesUpstairs 12 днів тому +2

    There's a brand new mod that makes the trees etc look much higher definition. It's on tumbler.

  • @ava86023
    @ava86023 3 дні тому

    literal lifesaver

  • @maciejgrabowski2228
    @maciejgrabowski2228 15 днів тому

    Cool video! Reshade can blend with your game pretty well if you do the extra steps. I managed to add ambient occlusion with Reshade and it looks better than the Sims 4! For UI I use layers that disable effects where the interface is located. I also use UI detector which automatically disables effects when you are not in the main game.

  • @AlexDaZombie
    @AlexDaZombie 6 днів тому

    Don't you know if this will help the game to not get a down of fps?

  • @satines6045
    @satines6045 21 день тому +5

    I like the "milk" graphics more

    • @sick_puppy
      @sick_puppy 20 днів тому +7

      me too! i always feel so weird about it, because i genuinely like the graphics of the third game. i'm almost embarrassed - everyone says that it's terrible, and because of that i feel like there’s something wrong with either my eyes or my sense of beauty 😢

    • @satines6045
      @satines6045 19 днів тому +6

      @@sick_puppy Nothing wrong with you, they are just obsessed with plastic look.

  • @lieutenantluna7554
    @lieutenantluna7554 6 днів тому

    I wanna do this so bad. But for me... I just got my game back after fully resetting my whole PC. I've been off this game for about a month and I want what you just show. In my play-through, I'm doing an adventure pack where I find 24 sims to join me in my household and just live. I have over 77 mods to help me out, (I'll delete some of them later LOL) Now seeing that I can make my game much better I wanna do this. But I'm nervous I might mess up. I could use a helping hand if you don't mind.

  • @mazhylis12
    @mazhylis12 26 днів тому

    7:05 legit looks like sims 4 a bit, but for reason these colours remind of rainbow circus

  • @fairyna444
    @fairyna444 Місяць тому +1

    Hello, I love your videos and I was wondering if you had already tried to made universities in your city? I'm really interested but I don't know if it's possible to do it 😭

    • @LitrallyAJ
      @LitrallyAJ  Місяць тому +1

      I might do a video on that in the future, but you absolutely can have in world universities! They come with drawbacks however. This tutorial explains it better than I can! www.nraas.net/community/How-do-I-set-up-a-Homeworld-University

  • @stargirl5194
    @stargirl5194 14 днів тому +1

    my computer motherboard died and so the sims 3 with all mods :(
    After replacing it, installed sims 4 instead but it looks terrible! even with 20 mods. Seems like I need to mod every single sim i see and add them skin overlay so they can look normal...
    am thinking of just reinstalling clean sims 3. it doesn't even need mods to look pretty and sims are much higher quality
    I had new york ''BOUROUGHSBURG'' world mod, game looked like sims 5! You should try that but it is pain to install correctly

  • @user-yf6lx6bb2h
    @user-yf6lx6bb2h 27 днів тому

    What are your game graphics set to! Everything worked for me I just would like to play in the game graphics you have in the options menu!

    • @LitrallyAJ
      @LitrallyAJ  25 днів тому

      Sorry for the late response! My settings are all cranked up to the highest they can be!

  • @Itsalekss
    @Itsalekss Місяць тому +1

    wish something like this existed for the sims 3, I can only get so many things to work

    • @LitrallyAJ
      @LitrallyAJ  Місяць тому +3

      But this is sims 3!

    • @Itsalekss
      @Itsalekss Місяць тому +6

      @@LitrallyAJ my bad omg, I missed the “for Mac” part 🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @LitrallyAJ
      @LitrallyAJ  Місяць тому +2

      @@Itsalekss oh bahahaha! Yeah it seems Mac is very limited with mods sadly.

  • @xMarvin732
    @xMarvin732 7 днів тому

    gonna have to troubleshoot my game, clothing of the sims is grey whenever inside a house

    • @xMarvin732
      @xMarvin732 7 днів тому

      the cause for it is the shaders (using AMD Radeon GPU)

  • @hotdog8787
    @hotdog8787 Місяць тому

    I just installed everything and it works up until the intro but then it crashes saying the memory could not be read. Does anyone know why?

    • @LitrallyAJ
      @LitrallyAJ  Місяць тому +1

      Sadly that is a vague error message that could be for a LOT of reasons. But if you have no other cc or mods than what is in this video it would be the mods causing issue, although I am not certain why since the files are working on my PC using the links i provided. Did you launch with custom launcher from Lazy Duchess? If you are using the extended shadows or split level lighting fix that will be a requirement. You could also maybe use the 1k texture replacement or remove it entirely and see if that helps. It may be too much depending on your hardware.

    • @hotdog8787
      @hotdog8787 Місяць тому

      I do have the custom launcher and I tried removing the texture but I still got the message. I do have other cc installed so there is probably a conflict somewhere. Thanks!

    • @LitrallyAJ
      @LitrallyAJ  Місяць тому

      @@hotdog8787 yeah most likely a conflict! If you know how to use S3pe and have an idea of what may be conflicting your can check the packages in S3pe and see if two are editing the same files

    • @hotdog8787
      @hotdog8787 Місяць тому +2

      Just updating in case anyone else has the same problem. I took out everything from this video and put it back 1 by 1 and it only crashed with the lightning crater mod and the split level lighting mod so I’m just going to keep them out of my game. Im probably only having trouble with those mods because of a conflict though.

    • @LitrallyAJ
      @LitrallyAJ  Місяць тому +1

      @@hotdog8787 thank you for letting us know so anybody else having issues can fix it as well!

  • @lanconi2546
    @lanconi2546 23 дні тому

    i wish i had a good pc to install these mods 😢

  • @pesitions
    @pesitions 13 годин тому +1

    guys... is there any way to undo this? i think i just broke my game

  • @dreamingsweetgirl
    @dreamingsweetgirl Місяць тому

    stunning.. now i just installed sims 2 but ur convincing me to get sims 3 😭😭😭😭 is there a mod to make community lots crowded tho?

    • @LitrallyAJ
      @LitrallyAJ  Місяць тому +2

      There sure is! Look up lazy duchess populated lots mod! It works wonders!

    • @dreamingsweetgirl
      @dreamingsweetgirl Місяць тому

      @@LitrallyAJ ty imma check it out ❤praise the sims 3!!!

    • @davinia6165
      @davinia6165 29 днів тому

      Where did you buy your Sims 2 game from please? I’m finding it hard to find a legit “Sims 2 Ultimate Collection” anywhere 😢

    • @xMarvin732
      @xMarvin732 7 днів тому

      @@davinia6165 OSAB is the only way to get it safely i guess, its not available to get from Origin since a long time now

  • @karmicfenix
    @karmicfenix Місяць тому

    Can something like this be done to the sims 4 too?

    • @LitrallyAJ
      @LitrallyAJ  Місяць тому +3

      There are a ton of graphics enhancements for sims 4! I don’t play it however so I wouldn’t be the best to ask but I’m sure there are plenty of great tutorials on UA-cam already!

    • @karmicfenix
      @karmicfenix Місяць тому +1

      @@LitrallyAJ I wouldn't know. I haven't play PC sims since 2019(I bought it on 2018) bc I lent my gaming laptop to someone and they broke it. I have been a console player since. Lol. I didn't know such a thing came out in so many details.

  • @leeP2
    @leeP2 16 днів тому +2

    I don't want better graphics I just want a smooth game

    • @mizzphitzbeta
      @mizzphitzbeta 15 днів тому +1

      Facts my stuff is so laggy 😭

    • @ahkidamoonlight140
      @ahkidamoonlight140 14 днів тому

      try smooth patch 2.0 it made a world of difference in my game

  • @LarissaTheBrave
    @LarissaTheBrave 27 днів тому +1

    The tutorial is amazing but the pacing is too fast :(

    • @LitrallyAJ
      @LitrallyAJ  25 днів тому +2

      Thanks for the feedback! I’ll try to be a bit slower in future tutorial videos.

  • @JanaE-nr9vd
    @JanaE-nr9vd Місяць тому +1

    So sad, I cannot see any clouds in my game (also no EA-clouds, is it because I dont have Seasons installed?) And in the launcher only 3 mods are being displayed, the others not - is it normal? I love how your game looks! You did an amazing job 😍

    • @LitrallyAJ
      @LitrallyAJ  Місяць тому +1

      There is sometimes a glitch in sims 3 where the clouds do not display properly and the only known fix is to exit and reload the save. That may be the issue OR it may be because you don’t have all packs. I have all expansions so that might be why it works for me and not you.

    • @LitrallyAJ
      @LitrallyAJ  Місяць тому +1

      Also I forgot to say yes it is normal to only see 3 mods! The game will only list script mods in the popup!

  • @regeneratedwitch
    @regeneratedwitch Місяць тому +1

    If my game could handle it I’d re-buy this in a instant… The Shit 4 can go bury its self

  • @Welshy
    @Welshy 17 днів тому +2

    0:08 I’m all up for modding games to make the graphics nicer but we gotta stop this attitude of assuming games are no longer good because they were made 15 years ago, the quality isn’t up to todays standards but it isn’t going to be, it’s still a great game that added so much new ideas to the franchise

  • @KatsyKat
    @KatsyKat 11 днів тому +1

    Hahaa PC go boom

  • @Canibal_Math
    @Canibal_Math 11 днів тому

    Look at me! THANKS FOR SHARING MY MOD

  • @gui88900
    @gui88900 12 днів тому

    AGED LIKE MILK? WHAT?

  • @likelegit7010
    @likelegit7010 Місяць тому

    Please also make one for Sims 2🥺

    • @LitrallyAJ
      @LitrallyAJ  Місяць тому +1

      I might in the future! I’m not as familiar with the graphics mods in sims 2 but I’m sure there is no end to texture replacements so I’ll have to do some research and fine tune it to my liking

  • @Ellie-immortal-by-design
    @Ellie-immortal-by-design 15 днів тому

    I prefer back then because nowadays everything looks lifeless

  • @norijean3279
    @norijean3279 7 днів тому

    The Sims 4 is not as pretty as people claim. The colors are washed out, the textures are poor. TS3 looks much richer, with more vibrant colors, and better textures. With little tweaks it can look much better than TS4.