Huntsville is a neighbourhood I played from 2007 to 2015, which I recovered from an old computer in 2021 and revived for your enjoyment.
If you want to read it all, you can read the posts in chronological order.
As there are a lot of posts, I will also use this post to give an overview, to link to recaps & character introductions and to make sure new readers can get excited about the neighbourhood without having to read too many past posts.
Thank you for reading, for your comments and for being part of the Sims 2 community.
Huntsville Revived - an overview of the neighbourhood
Huntsville is an island with few homes. Most of the land is designated as a protected nature reserve. There is a small town centre, and a few farms as well.
The nearby town of Nickelton is far more populous, with a number of businesses owned by local residents, as well as the recently established Alien Community.
Ashford City is the closest city. While Huntsville, Nickelton and Ashford City are all part of the same municipality, few from Huntsville or Nickelton wish to make the bustling city their home.
Recently, Ashford City University has opened, providing the locals a closer institute of high learning to attend than Desert Tech.
Huntsville Revived - an overview of gameplay
Huntsville started with two sims: Matt & Nicole Hunt. It has grown a lot since then. We are solidly in the 4th and 5th generation, with all of Matt & Nicole’s descendants being played rotationally, as well as a number of other families connected to the Hunts.
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lol back in like 2017 I toured a college with my dad that I ended up attending, and on the tour we visited the "LGBT Center" which was just a resource office for queer students - they had a giant bucket full of buttons with standard pride-related phrases, pronouns, etc.
one of the buttons said "proud of my lesbian daughter" so I gave it to my dad, I kind of thought of it as an ironic joke because I hadn't really accomplished anything at the time lmao
long story short, my dad has been constantly wearing that pin on his jacket since I gave it to him in 2017. at one point it broke so he literally put it in his scanner and used RedBubble to remake the button lol.
then today he told me he was thinking about how he can only show off the button when he's wearing his jacket, so nobody knows he's proud of his lesbian daughter unless it's cold out lol - so he just asked me what I thought about him getting a tattoo that says "proud of my lesbian daughter" like on his arm where everyone will always see it
and I said well that's cool but I'd probably come up with a more interesting design than what was on the mass produced LGBT Center button lol
A modded buy object. There’s been some interest in this object, so I’m posting it, even if it’s unfinished. I might do some updates in the future.
OPTIONS:
➡️ Dance!
Autonomous. The animation loops. Sims will choose a dance animation, depending on their personality. Sims with zero body skills will always choose the goofy dance. Sims will dance till you cancel it or till their needs drop too much.
➡️ Dance…/ Freestyle
➡️ Dance…/ Moonwalk
➡️ Dance…/ Breakdance
Nonautonomous. Requires some skills. Clicking on the tile will tell you what sort. The animation doesn’t loop.
All the options raise fun and drain hygiene and energy.
BUGS:
1.) The animations aren’t perfect. I tried, I really did.
2.) You can use the tile only if there’s music playing in the room. That’s a feature, the drawback is your sims have to be in the same room as the tile to be able to click on it. I’m a novice modder, I can’t fix it at this point.
3.) There is a buch of recolors, but the Design Tool doesn’t work for some reason.
I used in game and custom animations. Credit for the ts4 animations that I converted goes to Steven Studios.
You can find the tile in Hobbies/Misc.
DOWNLOAD
If there are any issues, pleeeeaase let me know, I’m like, super new to modding!
Quite a while ago, someone requested a version of Ginger's Dance Tile with my animations so here it is plus a new animation for it. Like the original tile, dances usually play based on personality, mood, and some require certain skills.
Outgoing sims will twerk, playful sims will do the jump dance, neutral personality sims will do the hip dances, and sims with no body skill will do the bopping up and down dance. The shy animations are the same as the original. I might make some shy dances in the future.
Like the original tile, music needs to be on before your sims can dance
You need 2 body skill to do the tik tok dance
you need 6 body skill and 4 charisma to do the twerk freestyle
you need 7 body skill to break dance
Lastly, I changed the price to 0 and removed the energy and hygiene drain.
If you already have my Dance Animation Box, Requested Animations box, and my Twerking Anniversary animation box
DOWNLOAD V1
If you have none of those animation boxes listed above
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I finally figured out how to sort custom breeds without using the incredibly buggy collection folders. Here's the download link if you want organized breeds without the hassle.
More amazing @maruti-bitamin art to adorn your Sims 2 walls! This time as recolors of Downhill Snowmanning. You can also use the first one as a default replacement (just remember to delete the first recolor if you use both).
Download Default
Download Recolors
And if you have hafiseazale's CEP Extras, you can also grab some frame recolors in Lunamoth metals, @morepopcorn woods, and Sugar Rush colors.
I've updated my Johnny Gnome default replacement to use Sugar Rush 12 for the frame, and created a bunch of additional recolors using @maruti-bitamin's beautiful art (I have several prints in my IRL home, too!) and frame recolors in the full spectrum of Sugar Rush colors.
The default uses marutibitamin01 and SugarRush12, so you can delete those to avoid repeat swatches. You need hafiseazale's CEP Extras to recolor the frame separately.
Updating my default replacements for Bella Squared (Candy Girl by Gigi Rosado) and Lady on Red (Black Woman with Red Dress by El Pajaro Negro) to include a replacement for the frame as well. And you can now get the pictures as standalone recolors instead!
Download Lady on Red Default
or... Download Lady on Red Recolor
I also made 20 Sugar Rush recolors for the Bella Squared frame, and 8 Lunamoth Metal recolors for the Lady on Red frame. You'll need hafiseazale's CEP Extras to separate the picture and frame into separate subsets.
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Well this took a while... anyway I was trying to recreate one of my Sims 4 sims in Sims 2 and wanted all the skin details to match up perfectly so I converted the vitiligo textures to Sims 2 in an overlay box.
There are 71 separate swatches, split between arms, legs, upper torso, lower torso, and face. Face textures do work with other overlays. The preview shows multiple different skins and skintones so you can see what they look like. (The one guy is backwards because otherwise he'd be sideways). For the vitiligo textures themselves I used the Tattooer to get the general shape of the textures over and then used a custom tone of Dreadpirate's Party for One skinblend to make sure the details weren't lost on the face. The overlays work on both male and female, ages toddler through elder. There are a LOT of choices (between 8 and 21 for each body part) so I recommend making a note of what you picked in case you ever want to remove them. The box is a mannequin head (using the same texture as the birthmark overlay box because it fit the theme) and is located in misc > dressers.
The bed mattress pulls textures from Jonesi's blanket, the box part of the bed, the shelf, and the privacy screen pull textures from the AL Dance-Off Break Dancer Mat. These are clones with new guids, they wont conflict with the originals. I also turned MLC's 2 plain cardboard textures into recolors for the break dance mat
Do you ever take a look at your kittens and puppies born in game and notice they’re not using your default replacement eyes? Or that their eye color isn’t the same as either of their parents, but when they grow up their eye color changes? Today, I would like to present to you all a fix for that. I specifically made this for custom fur colors, which would create puppies and kittens that were born eyeless, like the above. So if you plan to use custom fur colors in your game then you will need this fix. However, even if you don’t I would still suggest downloading this fix, or else your kittens and puppies will all be born with the wrong eye color. This will not fix pets that have already been born in game, but it will fix any and every kitten and puppy born after being installed. May this help you cure the curse of incorrect pet eyes.
Long ago, this land was called Yacothia, and was held in high standards by the gods and by man. Now, Jubilant Accosts is less a town, and more a simple community nestled in the mountains outside of Jakobston. While the town itself was named after the old religion of the Jacobans—once prosperous in Yacothia, the religion itself has mostly simmered down in the modern age. While the citizens of Jakobston come from all walks of life now, the community nestled in the mountain valley are... different. Calling themselves the True Jacobans, they follow a strict set of rules set in place by the Watcher, and fear the wrath of their merciless god if those rules are broken. To keep things in check, they turn to their Proxy, a spiritual leader who has been known to get dreams from the Watcher himself.
Their practices themselves are kept strictly secret, part in the agreement of their sacred orders, and part because the people of the Valley simply don't leave their community unless it's terribly necessary. Why would they, when they have all they need in their home, and outside the safety of the mountains lie demons, wolves and other creatures that were created by Xexys in order to bring them harm?
No, it's much better to stay in the safety of the mountains, away from prying eyes and the less pious who's only goals are to further the evil plans of the the demon king of nightmares. Even if sometimes their god requires sacrifices to be made, it's better for everyone here in the valley.
Despite my very dramatic intro here, Jubilant Accosts will be mostly gameplay themed. Although likely with my usual flare for the dramatic.
Honestly speaking, I just really miss sharing gameplay, and since Arkhelios is so story based, I can't really share game play (right now) without spoilers hah. Not to worry though, for those of you who do read Arkhelios updates, that's definitely still going on. I just need to rework some things but I've got plans for that.
Anyway, onto the actual subject:
@jubilant-accosts is a collaboration hood (that you too can download and fuck around in!) that I helped work on with the others listed in the pinned post on that account, that we put out... hhahah.... uh. two years ago, and I'm just now getting around to playing extensively with myself. I will be playing it as a weird mix of modern and psuedo-fantasy/historical vibes (because why make things simple)
Despite the fact that I just said it will be more gameplay oriented in vibes, what I really mean is I don't have a plan for it, storyline wise.
I do want to put out there that it will likely have heavy themes nonetheless, just due to the nature of the hood. If you are uncomfortable with: religious topics, cult mentality, implied/referenced suicide, murder and/or human sacrifice (likely mostly implied/referenced), anti-queer rhetoric, and likely a heavy dose of misogyny, this probably isn't for you, and you can block the tag: "Jubilant Accosts" to not see the posts. The TL;DR of that is: it takes place largely in a corrupt religious cult. The triggers are everything having to do with that.
Welcome to the very first gameplay episode of Cozy Bloom! 🌿 Today, we are officially moving the Clavell Family into their brand-new home.
Join me as they settle into their routine, explore the neighborhood, interact with each other, and start building their lives in The Sims 2. This gameplay is meant to be relaxing, slow-paced, and perfect for enjoying the little details of the game.
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Have you ever wondered why Bodyshop makes your PC work so hard?
BODYSHOP HAS NO FPS LIMIT
With limited frame rate, Bodyshop only puts a strain on PC when it loads CAS content. If your GPU fans go significantly faster the entire time you have Bodyshop open, then FPS is very likely way too high.
It's similar case for TS2 game - but FPS also depends on your system / PC /Laptop and the way you run TS2.
➤ To check FPS in the game, use a shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + S to bring up FPS HUD. FPS is displayed right in the upper left corner.
Tip: if FPS is changing too fast, take a few screenshots so you can read FPS from those
➤ If you set a limit to 60 FPS, that tells CPU/GPU to produce 60 game frames per second. This is the sensible number for TS2. Without FPS limit, your hardware is trying to put out frames as fast as it possibly can, heating up and using unnecessary amounts of energy.
The Sims 2 engine was not designed to run any higher than 100 FPS
➤ When you play The Sims 2 with TS2 RPC & borderless window, Windows Desktop Manager usually handles frame rates. Same for windowed TS2 Legacy edition. This is thanks to Vsync*, which forces desktop's default refresh rate on game window.
*In case of high-refresh gaming monitors / laptops, FPS limit imposed by Vsync may not be low enough for TS2.
*I showed a screenshot of my hood, but I recommend checking FPS in lot view, because in hood view, 'heavy' particle effects like clouds can dramatically slow down FPS even on a modern gaming GPU.
➤ On older gear, FPS may never go beyond ~70 even without the limit, but CPU / GPU still try hard to reach the unachievable frame rate.
Varying FPS numbers may be an indicator that the game is running uncapped, OR that the default frame rate is set too high for your system to handle.
➤ On modern gaming GPU, you'll have no problem telling the game runs uncapped - FPS in lot view usually oscillates between ~200 - 600.
➤ A few ways to set FPS limit:
Playing a game in windowed mode often solves high FPS issue. Unless you have a monitor with high refresh rate. But the general recommendation for old, uncapped DX9 games is: do not trust WDM, do not rely on Vsync, set a hard FPS limit.
If you use DXVK, you can set FPS cap in the DXVK config file, both for the game, and for Bodyshop (you pick the same 32-bit d3d9 version). *I've explained how I tweaked my DXVK's FPS in this post here.
If you don't use DXVK, and Windows Desktop Manager doesn't affect your game's FPS for some reason, or if you insist on playing fullscreen, you can set FPS limit for TS2 with driver-level GPU settings: Nvidia 3D program profile* / AMD adrenalin. Same applies to Bodyshop.
*Nvidia's global FPS cap may not work in fullscreen mode, often it's required to set FPS limit for TS2 exe specifically.
➤ In case of laptops using "Mux-less" or "Optimus" technology, the integrated Intel/AMD graphics card may be forcing FPS adjusted to screen refresh rate, ignoring Nvidia 3D profile's FPS limiter settings.
If so, you may need to use DXVK with FPS limit, or an external tool like Riva Tuner Statistics Server. RivaTuner apparently can make FPS feel smoother ;) It can be used along DXVK, too (but in that case you set limit with RTSS only, ofc).
TS2 game actually has the option to adjust screen refresh rate, it's in the middle of the graphic options tab. I was told that in the Legacy Edition, the Refresh Rate box is blank and permanently locked, meaning you cannot fix FPS inside the game menu.
I have Mr Dj's repack, and this box was always greyed out for me because I always used FPS cap. When I uncapped FPS, the refresh box became active, game allows me to switch between 59 and 60 mhz refresh options, but these do nothing. FPS stays at 80 for a while, then it goes uncapped.
Some say the Refresh Rate setting is broken in Legacy version, but ,more likely, it got disabled cuz it doesn't work anyway on modern systems.
Also, I need to clarify that TS2 Legacy edition has Vsync, unlike older versions, and it's on by default (so it doesn't rely on WDM to manage window refresh rate).
Based on these. There's probably some other conversion out there already, but this is a modified mesh (original UVmapping doesn't support gradients).
Download: SFS | BOX
Polycount: 928. Recolors enabled for most outfit categories aside from PJs and Swimsuits (you can change it with Outfit Organiser). Binned as glasses, that means these are not layerable with jewelry accessories incorrectly using glasses Bin.
I've also shared glasses texture pack with a few extra colors, if you wish to make more or customise existing ones, it's here: SFS or BOX
