Tiemess the Jithy Knord for The Sims

Tiemess the Jithy Knord is a joke character, first created to make fun of the Star Wars prequel trilogy ca. 2003. He was re-created for the spoof Star Flops: Curse of the Medium Side in late 2005, a DSHW machinomic which was bundled with Ciem 3: Curse of the Millipede into a WebCD along with Corando's "Don't Lose Hope" Music Video and Lo-Mun's Cooking Adventure. First created for The Sims 2 and even offered for download for a time, his Sims 2 version has since been retired. However, he was re-made years later for The Sims 3 and The Sims 4, and is mostly compatible with Sims 4 and with its Journey to Batuu Game Pack.

Description
The Master of the Medium Side is here to terrorize your Sims! Good? Bad? He just wants to have his own kind of fun! Screw ruling the galaxy! There's chaos to be had! He'll save a kitten one minute, then grind a fox into puree for no reason the next! What does he care? It ''amused' him!

Tiemess is no Jedi, or Sith. He's a Jithy, baby! With his trusty lightsaws (not included in download), this maniac with impossible anime hair (not included in download) can even shorten the length of lightsaber blades!

He featured in the 2005 short webcomic Star Flops: Curse of the Medium Side, and is now remade for your Sims game! Don't like him? Aw, you're such a CUT UP!!!

This maniac with a high-pitched voice may be just what you need to add a little chaotic pizazz to your copy of the game!

Sims 2 package contents

 * Tiemess.Sims2Pack (303 KB)
 * d5a86f89_6d9f8526 (face preset)
 * Maniac Hockey Mask (face paint)


 * Lightsaw.package (71.2 KB)

Sims 2 development and package requirements
Tiemess was a fairly basic creation, though his hair mesh was impossible to find. In later releases of Star Flops, his hair length was digitally altered, to give him his corn stalk tall hair in the place of a substitute Afro. He required the University expansion pack.

His lightsaw was a forced recolor of a gun-and-saw combo mesh originally published to RoseSims2.net. When Jen, the woman from China who ran RoseSims2, had to take the site down, it led to this version of Tiemess being retired.

Sims 3 package contents

 * Tiemess the Jithy Knord.Sims3Pack (1.17 MB)

Sims 3 expansion packs

 * World Adventures
 * Ambitions
 * Late Night
 * Generations
 * Pets
 * Showtime
 * Supernatural
 * Seasons
 * University Life
 * Island Paradise
 * Into the Future

Sims 3 stuff packs

 * High End Loft
 * Fast Lane
 * Movie Stuff

Sims 3 development
Given the presence of hockey masks introduced in Seasons and a decorative saw somewhere else in Sims 3, there was some curiosity about seeing if Tiemess could be re-created in Sims 3. In 2014, this venture was pursued. His hair caused all the usual problems; and there was no proper way to adapt his twin lightsaws. However, the rest of him came together quite nicely with Sims 3. His screenshots require minimal Photoshop.

The Sims 4
Not to be outdone by years past, the year 2020 saw another Tiemess incarnation, this time for The Sims 4. This one sought to capitalize on Maxis releasing Journey to Batuu, to point out that Dozerfleet Comics did a Sims - Star Wars crossover a whole 15 years before EA and Maxis did one. It only seemed appropriate for Tiemess to be added in. A sort of coming home party for the Medium Side.

Gallery description
Master of the Medium Side!!! This crazy Force-sensitive is in it for kicks and giggles! And if you give him trouble...you might just get a LIGHTSAW to the chest! Now bake some cookies! And then burn down the pantry! Ha ha ha ha ha!!! Paint the dog purple!!!

Sims 4 package contents
Tiemess is available both on DzMD and through the Gallery, though he does come with stipulations due to reliance on custom content.


 * Gallery version
 * File size: 14 KB


 * DzMD version: Tiemess the Jithy Knord.zip (compressed to 98 KB)
 * 0x00000000!0x00700bee3ade01a2.householdbinary
 * 0x00000001!0x00700bee3ade01a2.trayitem
 * 0x00000013!0x06700bee3ade01a3.sgi
 * 0xd162d202!0x00700bee3ade01a2.hhi
 * 0xd162d203!0x00700bee3ade01a2.hhi


 * Tiemess Diffusion Maps.zip (compressed to 22 KB)
 * Tiemess Lightsaw Diffuse.png (for use in Sims 4 Studio to recolor the lightsaw)
 * Tiemess Mask Diffusion.png (for use in Sims 4 Studio to recolor his mask)

Sims 4 expansion packs required

 * Get to Work
 * Get Together
 * Seasons
 * Get Famous

Sims 4 game packs required

 * Journey to Batuu

Sims 4 custom content required

 * Aysta96's Lollipop Chainsaw (Tumblr) (751 KB)
 * Recolor included in DzMD download, for use in Sims 4 Studio
 * Kazarlee's Anonymous Mask (Studio K Creations) (443 KB)
 * Recolor included in DzMD download, for use in Sims 4 Studio
 * High Top Short and Tall Hair by Devcurls (XXBlackSims) (1.8 MB)
 * Provides a base for Tiemess' tall hair, which is then extended to be even longer in Photoshop.

Sims 4 development
After the release of Journey to Batuu in late 2020, a Tiemess update to work with that pack was a hard temptation to resist. The new character came with new challenges, however. Rose was long gone. Sims 4 worked very differently. However, some luxuries were available for this version that didn't exist for the previous incarnations. Courtesy of Sims 4 Studio, players can now indirectly import recolor swatches into their games, to circumvent restrictions on direct recolor swatches of the custom meshes being distributed directly. Photoshop work is further minimized by virtue of having the Studio K Creations mask recolor, as well as DevCurls' hair mesh providing a base for Tiemess' tall strands of hair.

There are a few restrictions to this version, however. The lightsaw recolor doesn't actually produce lightsaw VFX, nor work the same as a lightsaber from Journey to Batuu. It is decorative only. Also, only one saw may be wielded by Tiemess at a time. There wasn't an option for twin-wielded lightsaws. Yet, this was seen as an improvement over both the Sims 2 and Sims 3 versions. In Sims 2, a black rifle must be carried inexplicably by Tiemess at all times to wield his saw. In Sims 3, his weapons simply don't exist at all, and must be painted in.

Distribution
The earliest release of Tiemess for distribution was on March 17th of 2006, about four or five months after he was first created in The Sims 2 back in 2005 for purposes of making Star Flops: Curse of the Medium Side. Efforts to distribute him online were met with a bit of frustration. He was re-released on Utterly Sims, and lasted until it was taken down. On February 1st of 2014, Tiemess got his first release for The Sims 3 for distribution on Utterly Sims. His Sims 3 version was re-released on the Dozerfleet Labs blog on June 23rd of 2020.

Tiemess was submitted as a Sims 4 item to the Sims 4 Gallery on September 23rd of 2020, in tandem with the release of Journey to Batuu. On September 25th of that same year, Dozerfleet Labs' blog released a more complete version of him, complete with links to the required custom content to complete his look.