[BG] SGFX Override - Main Menu Override (VariantQ) + D.I.Y. Goodies 🔄 3-20-2025 ☄️ 3-21-2025

[BG] SGFX Override - Main Menu Override (VariantQ) + D.I.Y. Goodies 🔄 3-20-2025 ☄️ 3-21-2025

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REQUIRES THE SIMS 4: BASE GAME

THIS MOD IS D.I.Y. FRIENDLY. READ CAREFULLY.

This is my SEVENTH standalone neurodiversity-friendly(?) SGFX Override.

This is my personal take on the Main Menu override. It has been fun to build and update.

Here's a condensed list of everything this currently does:

  • 🔥 Includes my LABRAT fix for Ultrawide Main Menu UI Scaling. Let me know if you encounter issues. Fingers crossed that Ultrawide Main Menu Background Scaling can be fixed - it can, I just need to rewrite the code successfully.
  • "Basic" stuff seen in other places, including disabling the "Live Background", adding a transparency toggle, and my take on hiding the Household Portrait (with easy options to re-enable it).
  • Fun "me" stuff, including extending the transparency toggle so it covers most of the HOME tab and all of the STORE tab, an interactive "Version Info" that I'm quite proud of, changing the hover text and background color for "Version Info", and changing the background color for "Resume / New Game".
  • I might need to make those black backgrounds a little more transparent in the next update.

MY MAIN MENU OVERRIDE IS D.I.Y. FRIENDLY:

The Scale Form GFX override is separate from the Resource override for the images.

When downloaded, my included custom background will show on your HOME and STORE tabs, but with the use of Sims4Studio, you can either modify that custom background directly or modify the included D.I.Y. Template and make your own custom backgrounds that will always work as long as my override is up-to-date.

Keep in mind that you will need to manually swap your custom backgrounds by moving them in and out of your Mods folder or renaming the one you want to see with a filename that places it before the others.

THIS HIDES THE HOUSEHOLD PORTRAIT:

By default because I do not like it, HOWEVER I created a couple simple little "Camera Angle Patches" that re-enables the Household Portrait in two different camera angles - a front-facing camera angle and an isometric camera angle. I will upload those separately.

MY STANDALONE SGFX OVERRIDES AND PATCHES ALWAYS WORK:

If you download one and it ain't workin', it means you have a conflicting mod.

If the issue is with a patch, ensure that the patch version matches the version of the third-party mod it was made for.

You are welcomed to request a patch in the comments for any mods I haven't patched yet. I can patch (almost) anything.

MY STANDALONE SGFX OVERRIDES ARE UPDATED FREQUENTLY:

In fact, they are updated almost every time the game is updated.

I do not fully understand these Scale Form GFX resources, so I am not comfortable with my SGFX Overrides not being 100% compatible with the game.

I MEAN TO DESTROY ALL ANNOYING UI EFFECTS:

Each standalone SGFX Override affects one or two or a few areas of our UI.

To remove all GODRAYS and GLOWING DOTS, you need to mix and match my standalone SGFX Overrides and/or my SGFX Patches.

I shortened the names of third-party mods in the list below:

"BBB" is Better BuildBuy, "MTiC" is More Traits in CAS, and "UIC" is UI Cheats Extension.

HAPPY 25-YEAR ANNIVERSARY:

🗺️ MIRRORS + More - https://www.patreon.com/posts/121348052

🗺️ MORE Custom Backgrounds - https://www.patreon.com/posts/123893061

🗺️ LABS - https://www.patreon.com/posts/121758504

🗺️ Announcements - https://www.patreon.com/posts/109291501

🐲 Find me Elsweyr - https://linktr.ee/sejianismodding

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