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Hello fellow simmers :D Today I bring you good news about the mods that actually CAN replace Inteen. Because, YES!, they do ^^

You know that I did back then but then something went wrong and stopped working but I found out which mod was complicating all this. I’ll share with you my actual load order of the mods I use so you can try it :)

When I was testing I realized that I had the Bigfoot version of @midgethetree‘s RCC but I was still missing the actual Bigfoot Romance (a bit of backstory: I found this cute Bigfoot DR and I wanted to make a magical/fantasy/medievalish hood and I thought that the Bigfoot deserves some babies and all that).

So I downloaded the Bigfoot Romance mod with a couple of updates of some other cool mods and then I changed the load order I discussed in my first post and, clearly, something went wrong and I got a bit depressed because I made it to work once and I couldn’t even get teens pregnant through Wild Child like I used to do and I left all this apart because I didn’t know what was causing all that mess. But then Midgethetree made her version of Romantic Standars and I wanted to try it, so I replaced the original with hers and I downloaded the mods she recommended and do some other things and I ended up with the teen pregnancy stuff again… And I found out that the Bigfoot Romance, unfortunately, was breaking the harmony with the other mods. Without it, they WORK like these mods are meant to!

So let’s get to the interesting part of all this. My mods are in the following load order:

Attraction Traits Fix, by tunaisafish

ACR, edited by simgigglegirl

Some of this related mods, by Cyjon

No Bi Gender Preference Drecrease, by DeeDee

Friendly Break up and Adults go Steady (with Teen enabled Adult Wants), by Midgethetree and Dreadpirate

Romantic Standards (complete), Midgthetree’s version

Pregnancy Relationship Change, by Chris Hatch

Adult/Teen - Teen/Adult Attraction and Teens Keep Loves, simbology

Risky Sneak/Go Out, Runaway, Honeymoon, and College Admissions, by Midgthetree

Triplets and Quads, by Twojeffs

Woohoo Teens (apartment life version), by Jenflower

Young Enough for Pregnancy fix, by Midgethetree

Death by Childbirth (normal version), by Midgethetree

RCC (risky woohoo-birthcontrol + fertilitychangeswithagetreatment + extraoptions +TYA alternate version+Abduction Flipped), by Midgethetree 

Alternate Pregnancy Controller Lite, by Midgethetree

IT WORKS!

(again, yaaaay!)

I do also have more related mods but, I think, these are the most important. I still have the teen baby bump issue so I don’t play the birth cinematics anymore to avoid it and I need a default teen maternity but that will take time because I don’t know even how to open a mod in Simpe, yes this makes me feel a bit dumb.

I also need to test further the risky sneak/go out and runaway mods, I had some issues in the past but they may have been corrected now I hope.

I must add that I don’t know if changing the load order of the Bigfoot romance mod I could have made it to work perfectly fine with the others, I may test it but I can live without this mod so I may not risk it XD

Oh, and I recently realized that I am actually pregnant, yes, this is hilarious hahaha. I’m very happy about it too btw.

Well, that’s all for today, I hope this helps someone ^^

(I’ll mention you @mortia just in case this helps you)

But again, THANK YOU SO MUCH to @brokendoll-simblr for her testing and to all the modders and especially to @midgethetree for her plethora of mods that made this possible. What an awesome day!

and big congrats on your own little one @brokendoll-simblr​!

Also, congratulations @brokendoll-simblr! 

Thank you so much for that default @niiice-pants now my game will be complete 😁

I don't think I've ever mentioned it here, but I like to play TS2 in a slow mode, to enjoy more time with my sims. This means time is 50% slower (heavily inspired by @anibats).

But anyone who has tried to play with time 50% slower knows that there is 3 main problem: (1) time control clock in every lot, (2) need decay and (3) relatioship decay. So how do you get around this?

1. Time 50% slower

For me, the first problem is that it makes the day slower. I'm too lazy to put a time control clock in every single household. That's why I play with CJH_TimeController, the global version of the mod, that you can download here.

2. Need decay

Now you have your day 50% slower, but your sims needs decay like normal, what means, 50% faster.To prevent that: Lazy Duchess Motive Decay mod. You set a divider to the hood (mine is 17), and it is ready. You can delete the flamingo (mod setup) and never worry about it again. Obs: this link contains the relativity mod. It would solve all our problems, but personally it never worked for me, with it the pregnancies didn't progress.

3. Relantionship decay

In a unmodded game, the relationship between two sims drops every afternoon by 2 points. However, playing with longer days, the relationship drops much more, reaching 12 points. Two alternatives:

a. For me, the solution was a mod in which the relationship drops only one day of the week, dropping 12 points all at once. This mod is LessRelDecay, where relantionship decays only on fridays.

b. Other alternative is Monique's Relationship (STR) Decay Hack. With this mod, the decay is based in the STR points and skip some days based on points. But it still is going to be a 12 points decay instead of the 2 the mod intended.

Other useful mods:

Slower fitness decay

Slower fitness gain

Slower Skill and Badge Gain

Slower LTA Gain

Mods that would be very useful, but that I don't know if exists:

Slower/harder hobby enthusiasm gain (I'm aware of this mod by tunaisafish, but I don't see a difference in game)

A masterpost for resized textures for popular N'hood decorations. I'll also share my edit of the skylines by GCKP here too, which I did with the help of @mrs-mquve-cc who kindly did half of them for me :D

TREES - PMG's resized linden trees, originially by criquette. They come in two flavours, 256px / 1024px by 512px. DL here.

SKIES - My resized Lowedeus skies, 1024px, DL here.

SKYLINES - My resized GCKP seasons-enabled skylines, 1024px, original swatches included, DL here. (UPDATED 23/09/2024 to include the city and rural skyline!)

SNOW AND BEACH - My resized Voeille snow and beach textures, 512px, texture swatches included, DL here.

i've updated the skyline download link to include the city and rural one as requested by some. the mapping and texture size was a little weird tbh, it was a long image at 4096 x 1024, so the result isn't as... nice as I'd like.

Heya!

Overview

This is a small mod for TS2 that fixes the intense lag you get when you're in step 4 of CAS (makeup/accessories/jewelry/etc)

The original mod was supposed to increase the odds of death each day past a certain age threshold, but that feature is broken. The odds never increased. I messaged them about it a couple of years ago, but it appears they are no longer active. I fixed it and also added support for teens/elders. I reduced the base odds from 10% to 1%. When they are 20 days away from becoming an elder, the odds start increasing 2% per day. Once they are an elder, the odds stop increasing (40% in this case). Those values are still tunable.

Published: 5-1-2024 | Updated: N/A MOD ORGANIZING During the [first] "pandemic summer," I started reorganizing my game folders. I also started  a "conflict management" list, containing all the known conflict info from download pages, new conflicts I discover while playtesting, etc. It's 44 pages long at the moment....a testament to my unapologetic mod addiction. I encourage all simmers to keep a list like this. It’s very reassuring (and handy!) to be able to look up known conflicts or keep track of mods which have been merged (duplicate files can break your game FAST!).  **I won’t be able to share mine at this time but most of my info comes from the same pages where I download CC/mods - shout out to the creators who take the time to include this info.

MY LOAD ORDER(S) I number my folders and use mostly lower case filenames to force the load order I want – these were the most important changes I made re: how I maintain a heavily-modded-but-still -very-functional game. With few exceptions, this has been much more effective than keeping track of the number of z's and cases. It also means I don't need to rename downloaded files - I just put them in the right folder. When I played exclusively on mac, I learned that numbering the store cc folders was the ONLY way I could get all the content to work. I never figured out why but I imagine it was because the mac series doesn't include expansions required for some of this content.

DETAILS (the codes) I put that grad school debt...I mean...those grad school research skills to good use and made up my own codes. Here they are... 0= files needed in every save aka my "essentials." These include repair files, shader/UI files, CEPs, global probes (like scriptorium, money globals, inteen checker, inventory checker, etc).

1= mods that do NOT need a load order, some OFB-themed sets I want to keep separate from other CC - like the #co2bellabrand or upcoming #co2cdkseries stuff.

2= mods that require a hard load order. As @episims writes HERE, this only works for mods with non-game-breaking conflicts between them. Only the last mod in the sequence will retain ALL its intended functions. The code for this section goes like this: [number]-[what the mod deals with in-game; i make sure to consider alphabetical order]-[load order number] -name of the mod(s)

I have several global mods that need to load as close to LAST as possible. These folders all start with "2-z-[load order #]-." The "2" tells me they need to load in a certain order and the "-z" makes them load after all the other #2 folders.

See Object Freedom 1.02 (@fwaysims, 2023) and Shiftable Everything (@lamare-sims, 2022) both load at #78? I don't have them BOTH in game at the same time, but giving them the same number ensures that the right load order stays no matter which one i'm paying with. 3 = build mode and neighborhood deco/defaults

4= buy mode

"ts1," "ts3," and similar labels = content that was converted for Sims 2.

5=CAS/bodyshop

OTHER DETAILS I also label folders with certain "type codes" - these tell me things like whether they add permanent data to my saves (custom memories, careers, foods, etc. do this) or whether they are maxis-match. Here are some examples:

-BIN = mod files which go in the program folders -DEF = default replacement -MEM = this content includes custom memory data -MM = maxis-match or an add-on for default game furniture -ADD = content that is not maxis-match -NPC = this content includes or changes one or more NPCs -FIX  or -EDIT = this is a fixed or uniquely edited version of a pre-existing mod -BETA and -TEST = this mod is unfinished and/or a test version Remember, conflicts do not always mean something has to be removed from your game, nor are all conflicts unresolvable. No matter what kind of method(s) you use to organize your game – it’s just important to try/have at least one in the cut.

CREDITS Thanks: Episims, PleasantSims, and all simmers who include load order/conflict notes. Sources: Beyno (Korn via BBFonts), EA/Maxis, Forcing the Load Order of Mods (whoward/Pick’N’MixSims, 2021 via sims2tutorials), Image(s) (Alexander, 2016), Offuturistic Infographic (Freepik).

...Oh and yes...I AM in fact an INTJ/Capricorn.

UPDATE: Version 1.2 is out and contains some minor fixes like adding missing storytelling images and fixing surnames.

It's finally here! This is a recreation of Pelican Town from Stardew Valley as a custom Sims 2 neighborhood. It contains:

17 playable lots/families

7 bin families

14 community lots

5 custom townies (+ Leo in the adoption pool)

6 stray animals inspired by the cats and dogs you can choose in SDV

All buildings and Sims are supposed to resemble their SDV counterparts as much as possible. I am definitely more comfortable with building than with CAS, so feel free to give the Sims makeovers ^^ All sims have custom memories, relationships, skills, bios, family photos etc.

All EPs and SPs are required! Keep in mind that this is by no means a CC-free hood. I have included all of the CC with the download, see the attached README for more information. I might make a CC-free version one day if anyone's interested, but that's a pretty big might! I am using default replacements in the screenshots, these are not included in the download.

DOWNLOAD ver 1.2 (SFS)

If you decide to play the hood, be sure to let me know about any problems or feedback you might have. I am super excited to see what you all do with it. This is the first time I created and shared a custom neighborhood for TS2, so I hope everything is working properly.

Full disclosure, I experienced some pink soup issues during playtesting :( They were usually resolved by exiting and re-entering the lot. I don't know if it is caused by my system or this particular neighborhood, maybe it's the amount of trees? Anyway, let me know if you encounter any similar issues.

Thanks y'all for showing interest in this project and encouraging me to finish the hood! I started this back in March 2022 and was done building a long time ago, but setting up all the SimPE stuff took much longer than expected. I had loads of fun though!

Cellphone Default: RECOLORABLE Moto Razr V3

This idea came on super suddenly, but I wanted it so much I kept trying at it until I got it. It wouldn't have been possible without @loonyjelly helping me create the recolorable default file, as my attempts had me crashing the game lol.

The mesh and base textures are the work of mohd14 on MTS.

All I did was edit the Motorola brand name, the screen/UI, and the letters on the numpad so that they would be in simlish. Mohd14 made 9 colors of the Motorola Razr V3, so those 9 are included, plus I set up a PSD file for easy recolors, so there's a 10th recolor included that I made (the red one).

In addition to the PSD, I've also included transparent PNGs of all 10 recolors. The transparent part is the wallpaper/background on the phone screens (front & back), so you can add in any picture you want with the little network/battery/UI symbols remaining where they are!

Credits:

mohd14's mesh/textures

@loonyjelly's recolorable default file

@franzillasims's Nootrasim & Simply There simlish fonts

keegan russo for @cobycobsy2k bachelor challenge!!

keegan born and raised in veronaville, he always wanted to become a known name in the industry. he comes from a christian family, when he was a child he debuted with a christian album, he flopped, then decided "that" world don't define him. he wants now to be himself and he thinks in this brand new reality he can do it. he's not really interested in love, he wants to be known and why not, woohoo with many different sims he can but, we don't know if he can actually fall in love and settle down...

he's interested in xander, he thinks is a cute guy and have a gorgeous eyes! so, i hope xander is interested in him too

he's a capricorn, primary romance and his second aspiration is popularity. has all the creativity skill points and 5 of body. his turn ons are underwear, swimwear and his turn offs is stink.

his outfits:

they are incluided in the file as well all the meshes i used :)

he's wearing a custom skin i made and custom eyes, if you are going to change his skin, let me know and i can put the skin in your default skin and his "default" eyes are grey

Episims Streamer's First Computer Monique Hacked Version for The Sims 2

See the original post for more info, HERE. Credits to @episims YOU CAN ONLY HAVE ONE VERSION IN YOUR GAME

Crappy preview pictures are crappy. I made this for personal use, but I thought, that someone find it useful.

This is the pleasantview terrain. I expanded the road layout and smoothed the sorrounding hills. I removed the bridge, so you can add a decorative one instead. There is room for some bigger lots and you can place beach lots.

To use this terrain in pleasantview, you'll have to use hoodreplace.

Install-Instructions: This is a neighborhood terrain, therefore the file with “.sc4”-ending and the corresponding pictures have to go into your terrain Folder. (DEFAULT-LOCATION: “Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\SC4Terrains”)

The important thing is, that you can have only one version in your SC4-terrain folder at the time. Otherwise your game crashes, when creating a new (sub)hood.

You will have to delete the original Pleasantview terrain from the documents folder.

If you ever want to have the original back, you can either

delete the whole SC4Terrains folder and let the game recreate it, the next time you start your game

or go to "Your Basegame Installation Path"\TSData\Res\UserData\SC4Terrains and copy it from there.

+DOWNLOAD+

Here's a shiny new Pleasantview ready to play! ✨ Based on meetmetotheriver's clean template, with all deceased sims restored & fully resurrectable, and infant face genetics for ALL sims. 👶

These are 2 functional cookie jars with 8 different type of cookies. Your sims can eat them on command or autonomously (type of cookie is random). The jar won't spoil, but after 12 cookies your sims have to refill it and it will cost 20 simoleon. The jars have to be put on a surface to work. Found in kitchen appliances - miscellaneous. You'll need also the 8 cookies packages and the invisible plate for them to work (all included in the download below). You can have both jars in your game: one is converted from Icemunmun (cookies are from this creator too) and the other from Ravasheen. All is low poly.

Myself and @tvickiesims wanted to have a way to have these typerwtiers in the sims 2, but did not want to have a random screen etc!

~This was originally a computer, but has all functions scrapped apart from the write novel part etc.~

This is still in testing, so please let me know of any issues!

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I've successfully scraped all of the available Custom Content that was linked on GOS from Mediafire, Box, and SimFileShare. (Mirrors on 4shared not included)

Of course, I can't go back in time to retrieve things that are already long gone but here's a .zip of 49 GBs of content. This is everything from the beginning of GOS to September 2023.

As requested I tried to solve some small problems in the PcSims Cigarette Mod:

1. Now you can put the cigarette boxes on counters and tables too and your sims won't put the cigarette box on the ground everytime after the use, but they will choose to put it on the nearest empty surface (probably the one you choose at first to put the box on). 2. I removed the sip coffee sound and add a custom exhaling sound (but if you want to remove it you can simply open the single cigarette and box/packs packages on simpe, go to the text lists, click on sound id table and replace the sound name with a "-"). 3. I added a steam/smoking effect. 4. I also made a second version where sims won't go sitting to smoke but they will remain standing (choose only one). 5. I merged together the three cigarette packs recolor from Slig. 6. When sims finish smoking, cigarette won't be transformed in a trash bag until the sim arrives to the nearest trash can to throw it away.

The new cigarette machine has it's own guid so you can choose to use it and also use Slig machines without any conflict. However the single cigarette and the packs/box have the same guid so you have to replace them (and they will work on the old machines too).

Machine is in the Electronics-Miscellaneous section, while Cigarette Box is in the Party section. I decided to reduce the prices too (20 for a box of 20 cigarettes and 5 for a single cigarette).

DOWNLOAD HERE