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Featured Item - Persianesque Living Room Set {updated April 2009}
Posted by Adele, featured 4th Nov 2009 at 01:53 PM (Click here to view download)

{option} Rich and beautiful textures make this set a lovely addition to your game.

Posted in By Room » Living
EPs Required: TS2 Original Game


Featured Item - Drew
Posted by Vera Marina, featured 28th Oct 2009 at 03:38 AM (Click here to view download)

{option} A lovely lifelike sim of actress Drew Barrymore.

Posted in Sims » Celebrities & Real People » Female
EPs Required: TS2 Original Game


Featured Item - Apartments and Shopping, on the same Lot!
Posted by MogHughson, featured 20th Oct 2009 at 06:38 PM (Click here to view download)

{option} Customize your neighborhood with shops and apartments together at last!

Posted in Game Mods » Global Mods » TS2 General Mod
EPs Required: Apartment Life


Featured Item - Grungy Victorian (you had me at hello) - 11 pattern set
Posted by robokitty, featured 20th Oct 2009 at 02:34 PM (Click here to view download)

{option} Neato weathered Victorian patterns that look great in traditional or bright colours.

Posted in Downloads » Patterns
EPs Required: TS3 Base Game


Site News - Social Networking / Bookmarks added
Posted by Delphy, 18th Oct 2009 at 05:33 PM (12 comments)

Share this / Bookmark

I've added a new menu to the site, that appears on threads and downloads, in the bottom bar. This is the "Share this" menu, and allows you to share the current download or thread on various services:





Currently the following links are setup:
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • MySpace
  • Digg
  • Delicious
  • StumbleUpon
  • Google





Obviously most of these require you to have an account on the website in question before you can post a link there. Please let me know if any of the urls are not working properly.

Social Networking

A lot of us now have various social networking pages that we would like to put on our profile. Previously there was no way to do this, however, I have now added the following profile fields to the profiles:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • MySpace





Note that while Facebook and MySpace require the full URL to your page, the Twitter box only needs your Twitter id - the twitter.com is added to the beginning.

These fields appear on your profile, nicely linked, in the "My Profile" section on the left hand side.

I hope you enjoy the changes - feedback is much appreciated!

Creator News - MTS Picks - Sims 3 style!
Posted by Delphy, 17th Oct 2009 at 10:12 PM (9 comments)

As many of you Sims 2 creators, we've had a "Picks" system in place here for quite some time. Picks are essentially uploads that are either extremely well done and selected by the staff, but not featured, or alternatively popular items picked via an algorithm.

I'm pleased to announce that the picks system is now live for Sims 3 items as well as Sims 2 ones, and I would like to congratulate any creators who have gotten a picked upload, and I wish everybody the best of luck for getting one in the future!

Featured Item - Chaos Theory
Posted by Cubonica Design, featured 17th Oct 2009 at 07:43 PM (Click here to view download)

{option} This modern house will give your neighborhood a unique and colorful look!

Posted in Lots & Housing » Residential
EPs Required: TS3 Base Game


Tech News - Advance notice of downtime, Sunday 4th October 2009
Posted by Delphy, 3rd Oct 2009 at 06:17 PM (14 comments)

MTS will be offline for much of the day tommorow (European time) as I will be upgrading both mySQL servers. This should hopefully alleviate some of the issues with stalled connections / time outs / invalid post/thread issues, and so on. I say should becuase I wont know till I try it.

I will be updating the status of the site on twitter (http://twitter.com/DelphyMTS) as the day progresses. Thank you in advance for your patience and please bear with us while we perform this essential maintenance.

Site News - New Community Finds system online
Posted by Delphy, 2nd Oct 2009 at 12:45 PM (34 comments)

Those of you who are veterans from Sims Community may remember that we had a "Finds" system on the site where we posted finds from throughout the community. These where staff submitted, and the system was stopped at the end of last year.

I am pround to announce that a new style Finds system is now online. This system is much enhanced from the old system, and has the following features:
  • Search for Finds by Site, text, or game
  • Users can now submit finds!
  • The Finds system is now integrated into the MTS layout
  • Latest finds appear on the MTS homepage
  • Finds are now in specific categories - so you can only view Finds for Housing, for example

I think you'll agree that the new system is much more usable than the old, especially when you want to search for specific finds or only finds from a certain site.

I'd like to encourage people to submit thier own finds, but remember that the system is still moderated by MTS staff and we have rules and guidelines for submissions. Please note that unlike the moderation queue, Finds submitted by members do not get any kind of PM notification about the status of pending finds, or when a find is rejected. All of the rules and guidelines for finds are listed in the "Submit" page (available to MTS members only) - remember that you must read the rules before submitting a Find, they are there for a reason!

I hope you enjoy the new system, and that you find some good content from it!

The URL is http://www.modthesims.info/finds or you can use the link on the Finds tab on the front page.

Site News - ModTheSims Yearbook 2009
Posted by Delphy, 26th Sep 2009 at 12:51 AM (44 comments)

Those of you who came over here when we merged S2C will remember that, every year around this time, we had a special fun thing to do: The Yearbook.

Traditionally MTS has never run a yearbook but this year it's a little different - since we now have both sites, we are running only one.

The yearbook is basically like a high school yearbook, where you can post up an (optional) picture, and some basic text about yourself, and then look at other peoples profiles and comment, and so on.

To access the Yearbook, click here: http://yearbook.modthesims.info/

(Note that this will take you to a different site, without the MTS navbar and so on. Don't be afraid! This is perfectly normal).

To create your yearbook profile click "Submit" in the top left. This will automatically import your MTS account settings, including some biographical details. You may edit any and all of this information to suit yourself.

Just remember to have fun, and keep comments PG13 please!

Delphy

Site News - Donation Drive - 2009 - Update: Drive finished!
Posted by Delphy, 25th Sep 2009 at 02:03 AM (154 comments)

As everybody knows, MTS is one of the largest and busiest Sims 2 and 3 fansites around, offering many thousands of high quality downloads, creation help, game discussion and more! Running a site this large takes a lot of stuff on the back end: eight servers, and a metric boatload of bandwidth. Long term members of the site will recall that, occasionally, we do a donation drive just to make sure that we are covered in the event of any hardware or server problems, and in case of any other unexpected costs.

I would like to take this opportunity to announce the 2009 Donation Drive for MTS. This is actually the first time since March 2008 that we've actively asked for donations - that's over a year and a half ago. Our costs this year are higher than when we did the donation drive last year due to the addition of another database server and general hardware upgrades. This site currently costs $2,200 a month to run.

The goal of this donation drive is to raise 2 months' worth of server fees, which can cover any overages and hardware maintenance issues for the foreseeable future. This gives us a bit of a "safety net" in case of unpredictedcosts, and can help smooth out the site finances as ad revenue fluctuates from month to month. For two months' server fees, our target figure is: $4,400.





The graph at the top of the page will update in real time to reflect the number of donations, so you see how close we are to our goal. Note that people who have already donated won't see the banner message.

Every person who donates will get a little supporter heart on thier user profile, and you can read more about the donation benefits here: http://www.modthesims.info/donate.php

Please try and give a little - even if it's not much! Every little bit helps, especially for a site this large.

Just as a couple side notes:
  • If you do not have a Paypal account: You can still donate using a credit card through Paypal without linking your credit card or bank account to Paypal. It's quick and easy whether you currently use Paypal or not.
  • If you prefer not to use Paypal whatsoever: If you prefer to contribute in another way, you can purchase items through our Amazon Store Link - just follow that link before making Amazon purchases (even if they're nothing sim related) to help out the site. It's a less direct way and gives a much smaller amount, but if you were already planning on placing an Amazon order, you can help us while buying books.

MTS is and always will be free to use - while donation can come with some minor perks, we're dedicated to keeping the site running smoothly for everyone. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everybody who has donated in the past, and also everybody who is willing to donate in this current drive. Your help is very much appreciated!

Update 28th September. Donation drive is finished! We reached out goal, and it only took 3 days. You guys are incredible and I'd like to thank each and every one of you who donated! Thank you!

(If you donated and didn't get your heart please let me know in this thread or via PM - thanks!)


Featured Item - One-Tile Desks - Variety Pack
Posted by HugeLunatic, featured 22nd Sep 2009 at 06:13 PM (Click here to view download)

{option} A variety pack of one-tile desks, from Base game up to Apartment Life.

Posted in By Function » Surfaces » Desks
EPs Required: TS2 Original Game


Site News - Site Suggestions, September 2009
Posted by Delphy, 13th Sep 2009 at 05:53 PM (268 comments)

The past year has seen some fairly good technological improvements here on MTS - implementation of the Lightbox image viewer, usage of jQuery and AJAX to help alleviate server load, and the tabbed Profile and Download pages, not to mention a lot of minor changes to the general layout, navbar, and download browser interface.

Most of these changes have been suggested, designed and implemented in-house by yours truly, but long time members of the site will remember that occasionally (about once a year) we have Suggestions threads that ask for members input as to what features you want to see here.

To that end, let me officially open the 2009 Site Suggestions thread. Please note this thread is only for TECHNICAL suggestions for the site - it's not a request thread for downloads, but for what kind of features you want to see here.

All (reasonable) suggestions are considered, even if it's only for .5 of a second. This is your chance to suggest ideas about how the site works. I'll try to get to everybody and reply but if the thread gets busy that may not be possible.


Creator News - New Achievements online
Posted by Delphy, 10th Sep 2009 at 08:16 PM (79 comments)

It's been a while since we first implemented our Achievements system. Now, however, we have added some new ones to your profile!

The new ones are:

- Uploads x1
- Uploads x10
- Uploads x50
- Uploads x100
- Uploads x200
- Uploads x300
- Carpenter
- Tailor
- Hair Stylist
- Makeup Artist
- Residential Architect
- City Planner
- Puppeteer
- Breeder
- Hair Colourist
- Plastic Surgeon
- Grease Monkey
- Fuzzy Wuzzy
- Textile Designer

I'm not going to tell you exactly what each of these mean - thats half the fun! We have some more to add soon, too.

I'd like to thank HystericalParoxysm for the cute little images!

Enjoy the new achievements!

Delphy

Featured Item - Shorter Bob for Male and Female (All ages)
Posted by oepu, featured 7th Sep 2009 at 03:51 PM (Click here to view download)

{option} A new hair mesh in two versions, for all genders and ages.

Posted in Hair » Both Genders
EPs Required: TS3 Base Game


Featured Item - Delphy's Acronym Bending Original Output Barber Shp (aka DABOOBS) v1.1 updated 6th August 3009
Posted by Delphy, featured 1st Sep 2009 at 01:52 PM (Click here to view download)

{option} Posted in Downloads » Programs and Utilities
EPs Required: TS3 Base Game


Featured Item - Paint on Paint
Posted by guatla, featured 4th Aug 2009 at 09:08 AM (Click here to view download)

{option} These paints will give your Sims' homes an authentically run-down, lived-in look.

Posted in Downloads » Patterns
EPs Required: TS3 Base Game


Featured Item - Auburn Conservatory
Posted by Flabaliki, featured 28th Jul 2009 at 04:57 AM (Click here to view download)

{option} Flabaliki's contemporary 3 bedroom and 3 bathroom home would be a stunning addition to any neighborhood. Study in the office, tend to the conservatory, or relax by the pool, gazebo, or pond!

Posted in Lots & Housing » Residential
EPs Required: TS3 Base Game


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