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Announcing OpenSO alpha testing 🧪 Signups are open now!

OpenSO is a revival of FreeSO, a fan-hosted recreation of The Sims Online, upgraded with a modern foundation:

Runs on .NET 10 LTS with the latest MonoGame. GitHub Actions automatically builds client, server, and updated shaders for all platforms.

A C# launcher replacing the old Electron one, with an integrated patcher and self-updater.

Replaced the Mina.NET dependency with a rewritten networking and buffer stack supporting TLS end-to-end encryption.

Updated rendering pipeline: dynamic frame rates >60FPS, resolution scaling, new AA options, and optional post-processing effects for 3D mode.

New features: rebuilt Create-A-Sim with zoom & rotation plus larger icons; edit your Sim's gender, appearance, and skintone at any time from the Select-A-Sim menu; a Social Bunny NPC who shows up to help your Social need when your Sim is alone. 🐰

Fixed long-standing nitpicks, like the window scaling/mouse glitch.

Always free and open source, with no pay-to-win or donation perks.

OpenSO is early in development, so things may break or be rough around the edges. Expect frequent updates.

Player feedback will be crucial in shaping the game's direction. Once the foundation is tested under a real player load, the beta release can shift focus to new content & gameplay changes while staying faithful to the original game — as well as events, documentation, tools, and quality-of-life features.

The alpha provides starting funds of $100k to begin building. The testing world, Genesis, will be wiped for the public beta.

Signups are open now and public for anyone who wants to help playtest, report bugs, or contribute ideas and changes.

🔗 Sign up + download: openso.org

💬 Discord: discord.gg/3U3sqPnPB7

💻 Code: github.com/voicemxil/OpenSO

not affiliated with EA, no copyrighted assets included

Treeag made a "No Unneeded UI Sounds" mod a long time ago, however I only wanted to remove the sounds of pausing & changing speed. I still like the action cancel noise, pie menu click, etc.

idk if there was an easier way to do this, but in order to figure out which instance #'s in the mod package were for which sound effects, I extracted & converted all base game sound effects from the Program Files with the same group # as the ones in Treeag's mod, then I listened to every single one and marked off what their instance #'s were. after that, I deleted all the ones from the mod package file that were not the pause/speed sound effects. which is why I thought to share this, because then nobody else would have to do the same thing lol.

my thought was to use this for recording gameplay videos, as the reason my last dozen-ish videos involved me never pressing the Speed 2/3 button a single time was solely to avoid annoying people with the sound effect lol.

I mean you can use Treeag's original mod with the same results, I just wanted to retain the ~experience~ of the other UI sound effects and not the annoying ones.

Forgive me for not having any in-game previews, I am simply too lazy rn to take pictures.

Starting from upper left to right:

4t2 Maoni Cat- Hair NO 29

-13.619 polys, TF-EF

4t2 ZouYou- Xin Xianying Famitsu Hair

-25.521 polys, TF-EF

4t2 LeahLillith- Hyun Bin Hair

-15.729 polys, TF-EF

4t2 S-Club- 021023 Avery Hair

-20.574 polys, TF-EF

4t2 LeahLillith- Yves Hair

-24.763 polys, CF-EF

4t2 Vivian Dang- Karin Hair

-16.881 polys, TF-EF

ALL HAIRS ARE BINNED AS FOLLOWING, in Pooklet Colors:

Flashpowder(Black)-DepthCharge(Brown)-Volatile(Blond)-Explosive(Red)

Dynamite(Black)-SafetyFuse(Brown)-Primer(Blond)-Molotov(Red)

DOWNLOAD (SFS)

DOWNLOAD (BOX)

CREDITS:

OFFICIALLY there's now a booty/archive of paywalled newer sims 2 cc called Nut So Fast Paywallers!

I spent quite some money on it and safety measures so I hope y'all appreciate it 🙏

Once I have more money/others will help obtain more content, NSFP will be updated! You can also donate on ko-fi, ALL donations will be spent on obtaining more cc, NOTHING ELSE

GET YOUR OWN COPY TODAY!

ANOTHER LINK WITH CC THAT NEEDS FIXING FOR PEOPLE WILLING TO WORK ON THAT (TYSM IN ADVANCE)!

Warning: there're defaults in the "default/defaults" folders, so don't put it in your game if you already have specific stuff replaced!

Also, Paywallers, fuck you, y'all actually stink

31.08/1.09.2025 - first update! Thanks polythene pam for making it possible 💚

4.09/5.09.2025 - second update! TYSM both Sonikku3 and Bobobrains for helping with obtaining more content 💚 1 non-assigned mesh replaced with a version fixed by me

7.09/8.09.2025 - third update! thank you Anons for providing more content! also 1 hairstyle fixed by @nonsensical-pixels YOU DID WATCHER'S WORK 🙇 delete the files with "GLO_box-braids" in the name and replace with "np_glorianasims_4t2_GLOboxbraids" in the name!

9.09/10.09.2025 - fourth update! BLESS DEATHFLOWER AND ATHENAIS FOR DONATING AS WELL AS @b0neyhildasims2 FOR PROVIDING MORE CONTENT WOOO

10.09/11.09.2025 - fifth update! THE LARGEST THANKS EVER to Star!! 50$ is a LOT of money, tysm for putting trust in me 🥹

14.09/15.09.2025 - sixth update! a LOT more content added along with some hairstyles by gloriana replaced with fixed versions by @nonsensical-pixels (afro60s, afrobookygirl, afrocloudgirly, afrocuty, afrosunlight)

22.02.2026 - seventh update! changed hosting from google drive to mega and mediafire, as the google drive got taken down, i know it's not a very handy change but hopefully i can find a better option asap

26.02.2026 - eight update! new permanent hosting on pixeldrive, paywallers don't even bother reporting bc there's a message for any potential person checking the report lol

After almost a week of smashing my head against a keyboard, I present to you my very first CC ever…

Moving alien antennas. They swing. They dangle. They bounce.

Version 1 - antennas move subtly. Less likely to clip. Compatible with a wider range of haircuts, but not all. Available for all ages and genders.

Day twenty-seven: New and updated good & evil witch defaults!

Some time ago I shared some defaults for the evil witch overlays I called “Dead Hands”, inspired by the villains from the Black Moon arc of the Sailor Moon manga, and ever since then I had been meaning to make an equivalent for good witches. How long ago is “some time”, you may ask?

… 2012.

So, before I log off to shrivel into dust then disappear into the wind, I guess I can wish a happy ten year anniversary to these defaults by very slightly updating the original Dead Hands and releasing some defaults for good witches, too.

December 16 gift:

A neighborhood terrain. It’s called Aoimizu and is named after “the other village” in my story. Aoimizu (means Blue water *nudgenudge*) is a small town, close to the sea and surrounded by mountains. 

Install instructions: Unzip all the files (including all the pictures) to your My documents/Ea Games/The Sims 2/ SC4 Terrains folder.

Download

The Lothario Condo

Basically taking a break from requests to finally post some things that have lived in my WIP folder for way too long (and also posting some items requested by @poeticallydifferent but uhh)

Dreamy wall rack and Dreamy hanging decoration now found here!

Dreamy wall rack | §260 | Surfaces/Shelves

Nook Inc. poster | §40 | Deco/Wall Hangings (also includes Paradise Planning poster)

Dreamy hanging decoration | §190 | Deco/Misc

Yucca | §475 | Deco/Plants

Casablanca lilies | §350 | Deco/Plants

Bamboo speaker | §615 | Electronics/Audio

Makeup pouch | §25 | Plumbing/Misc

Anthurium plant | §225 | Deco/Plants

Cypress plant | §500 | Deco/Plants

Fan palm | §300 | Deco/Plants

This isn't like an official download post as not all of it is mine (but there will be downloads :D) but more like a list of light map and shader mods I personally use for my game to make it look just how I wanted it and I no longer use my old Shader Fixes due to the amount of new shader mods that has come in.

This will be long so under the cut it goes.