Hello!

I want to apologise for my quietness recently. I haven't lost interest in The Sims 4, nor in making cc, ReShade presets, or building. My PC has been getting more and more troublesome over a number of months now, and I think it is likely to fail completely sometime this year. I'm trying to do what I can to ward off that failure, which in part means not pushing it too hard too often.

One problem is that its repeated gpu crashes make it difficult for me to do a lot of the things I'd really love to be doing - and a lot of the things I think you would like me to be doing too! Even recolouring things for the game can be a slow and painful process these days. I still want to do so many things, and I should be able to do quite a lot of them, but likely not at such a prolific rate as I have at times in the past.

In reality, I need a new PC and have done for some time, but I also need to move to a new city this year, so unless I find myself suddenly in receipt of a large inheritance from a rich relative I never knew I had I can't easily afford to buy a new computer. It's making me very miserable that I can't do all that I want to do, but there's no way round it at the moment, I'm sorry! I hope you understand. 

I do want to assure everyone that whether my PC totally gives up the ghost or not, I'll still try to provide as much ReShade assistance as I can because I know how important that is to a lot of people.

After I posted a similar message to twitter a week or so ago, a couple of people messaged me to suggest starting a gofundme or similar to fund a new PC. I would feel very uncomfortable doing that - it's not your responsibility to buy me a new computer just because you like some of the things I make! I'm addressing that here because I wanted to take the opportunity to say I am really grateful for all the support I have received in the past and currently receive from all of you, even those who don't sub to Patreon and who just offer support and friendship. I hope any reduced activity doesn't disappoint too many people, and I'll always remain grateful for your support, no matter what form that takes now or in the future. 

And specifically to my Patreon subscribers: your support is always a HUGE help to me and I am immensely appreciative for it. Thank you, truly.

BUT! Please don't take this post as an "I'm not making anything anymore" post. I am whenever possible! I just don't want to upset anyone who has been used to my more prolific periods. I hope I'm still able to make things you enjoy, even if they don't happen quite as regularly. I still have spots open for ReShade presets or bespoke builds, and as long as I take things in my stride I should be able to continue to do those until everything completely breaks!

Thank you for being lovely and understanding and patient and kind. I love this TS4 community, even when each of us inevitably has quieter moments.