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3t2 Basketball Uniform (requested by anon)

Sportswear! I paired it with some Freetime sneakers. For teens, adults, and elders, they have the appropriate morphs. I only made 4 recolors, but here's the PSD for recoloring. You can choose if you want the other ages repo'd to the AM files, or not :)

Download 3t2 Basketball Uniform Repo'd - Alternate

@teaaddictyt and I are back again with another (HUGE) update that changes basically everything. It is recommended to delete vehicle maintenance 1.2 and start from scratch here since here have been lots of fixes, changes, and additions.

Fixes / Updates / Improvements:

Some files have been renamed for better organization (Me)

Fixed motor oil's category, the "Function - Init" wasn't setting it properly (Tea)

Fixed & Updated Code for Maintenance Checks and Decay. Added new checks and organized (Me)

Fixed animation strings for the fuel pump, bhavs were calling on the wrong animations (Me)

Fixed a coding mistake in the "add fuel from jerry can" interaction, this is working now (Me)

Updated all objects "keep buying" when holding shift in buy mode (Tea)

Updated the parking block object footprint and reduced to one OBJD (Tea)

Recategorized Dee's parking meter to driveway category to match with parking block (Tea)

Updated deviance interactions (Steal battery, Slash Tire, Siphon Fuel) available to any sim who meets criteria: Sims in criminal career or with evil trait, now uses "Easy Inventory Check", added availability for sims with <= 2 nice personality points, removed limitation on family members being deviant on family car and replaced with relationship checks (Tea & I)

Updated the quality of oil depend on sim's mechanical skill during an at home oil change (Tea)

Added motive changes for Deviant interactions, depending on niceness personality points and/or traits (Tea)

Added maintenance interactions edited to check 1) is it a community lot? 2) is it a business lot? 3) is it a service station? 4) am I staff / family / employee? (Tea)

Added motives gain & loss for vehicle maintenance will differ slightly if sim has "Vehicle Enthusiast" trait or not (Tea)

Merged Interactions into one and removed unnecessary/bugged code, saving space and instance numbers (Me)

New BCONS! Maintenance is now tunable, as well as all maintenance objects in their individual files (Me)

New motor oil mesh and texture (Me)

New animation for the "Add fuel from jerry can" interaction (Me)

New animation for the "Change Oil" Interaction (Me)

Updated Fuel Pumps, Each pump had been split in half to allow access on both sides (meaning a double-sided pump is now two tiled) (Me)

Updated Tires, you now have 4 separate tires to deal with (Me)

Updated CAPS to check if the driveway is empty before linking to it, fixing problems with new updates (Me)

Updated "Check Fuel Gauge" interaction. Sims no longer need to be sitting in the car to check the fuel level (Me)

Updated Tire meshes and textures (Extracted from DeeDee's Tire Pile) Two versions, one with a rim and one without, all three of these objects can exist in your downloads folder simultaneously (Me)

Updated Car Wash mesh, slightly moved over to accommodate additions (Me)

Maintenance interactions are now available if the object is on the lot or in sims inventory (Tea & I)

New custom semiglobal dialog strings. This will help avoid conflict with other mods, as well as having nicer, neater code (Tea & I)

The "Go To Casino" addon/interaction has been removed since I stumbled upon These

Additions:

Edited all driveways with a new routing slot, this should make working on engine look more realistic (Tea)

Storage Tire Rack. Store Tires @ Home / OFB Tire Rack. Sims can now buy/sell tires on business lots (Tea & I)

Added new code parking blocks and parking meters to spawn in and out cars every so often (random intervals) to simulate cars arriving and leaving the lot. This means all parking meters and parking blocks will now try to find an empty, unused driveway to "link to" Intervals are shorter on a "servo" lot, longer on any other lot (uses Mog's original code). These spawned in cars have a new limited tree table with maintenance & deviant options only, along with having a 50% chance of having an alarm installed (Tea)

Added & edited a new modded object: Engine Hoist by Oce / Blue Heaven Sims. This object can spawn in cars needing maintenance so a sim can work on the car and be paid for a service. They are paid $50 x their mechanical skill (Tea)

Added New Feature - Engine. Driving a vehicle with low oil and/or fuel will decrease the condition of the vehicles engine, which can lead to engine failure (Me)

Added new modded objects: Fuel Maintenance Hole, Fuel Maintenance System. The Maintenance Hole will restock nearby fuel pumps. When empty, owners and employees unlock the interaction "Order Fuel Delivery" on the Fuel Maintenance System. I did it this way, so each pump doesn't have to be restocked individually. It's also more realistic in my experience from working at a gas station. Fuel price is based on the BCON in the main vehicle maintenance file, the "set price" interaction will go off of that and do maths :) (Me)

New Compatibility Patches (Tea & I)

Vehicle Maintenance & Taxi's Charge Money

Burglars And Alarms & Visit Other Sims

Taxi's Charge Money & Visit Other Sims

Institution Sign & Visit Other Sims

Added Fuel/Car Wash Simulations (With Traits). Sims from the neighborhood who own a car and have a driver's license will now arrive under conditions (spawn in if their schedule is cleared, with weather checks and Traits: Hydrophobic, Loves The Rain, Loves The Cold, Night Owl) at gas stations to get a random amount of fuel or wash their vehicle, which is paid to the business, but not actually taken from the sim. Passengers can spawn in if their schedule is cleared and they meet various criteria: spouses, children, friends, along with weather checks and traits (Hydrophobic, loves the rain, loves the cold, night owl, loner, social butterfly, family oriented). Basically, we made actual functional gas stations/car washes. Yes, you read that correctly! :)))) (You can ban sims with visitor blocker) When recoloring a vehicle after a sim takes ownership, you can click the "Update Vehicle Token" which will update the token to be the correct color for when they spawn in (Tea & I)

Known Issues:

during fuel/car wash simulations, some vehicles will not let sims snap to slots. to combat this, they just disappear and leave until I can figure out a better solution (slots will be the death us)

Almost every vehicle has a different length, so animations for getting to the hood can be goofy, or spot on! like i said, the slots will take us out. some pics for comparison (i stole these from Tea lol):

The OFB tire rack gives back the business a small percentage of the tires price, instead of a larger amount and I don't know how to combat this (if anyone wants to help, OFB code is a nightmare lol)

Requirements:

The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection OR Disc Version, All Expansions & Stuff Packs (Either recommended)

HB_easyInventoryCheck

FireFlower_EasyLotCheck

MT_MaxisCategoriesBCONOverride

maxis-ownable-cars-Mog-20090327

Siknoy336_EasyObjChecksAndGrabs

Installation:

All wanted files go into This PC > Documents > The Sims 2 > Downloads This is designed to be as compatible as possible with all other car mods. You can choose which ones you want to have, just make sure to load them before any vehicle maintenance content. If you were playing with all car mods (that I know of) the setup would look something like this:

DOWNLOAD: SFS

Happy Simming :)

Installation is easier, compatibility patching should be easier, all pie menus are better organised and easier to navigate.

There's also a version of my "Go Out with Cars" included, along with a version of my new mod for "Go Out Return Time Notification". These are all in the "add-ons" folder when you download the mod.

I am committing to continuing to help out with bug reports and compatibility as things come up x

the sims 2 strangetown premades in my cartoon style!

sadly i’ve never played ts2 but i became obsessed with these guys after watching plumbella’s lore videos on older sims games and wanted to try drawing them in my silly cartoon style

🌟 Functional

It’s a self-cleaning litter box, the custom animation runs randomly (even the cats don’t use it) or when the box get dirty, so you don’t need to clean anymore.

I changed a bit the TXTM file, so if you’ve downloaded this CC before, please delete it and replace it with this one.

Function Sort: General -> Pets

Price: $150

Poly count: ~8k

EPs Required: Pet

Mesh and texture made by me (renalp96)

Uploading terms:

– Upload to Free sites only

– Do not upload to the Exchange/paysites/adfly/TSR/patreon, not even “early access”

🌌 DOWNLOAD 🌌

This is a redo/update/overhaul of my previous mod Vehicles Need Gas with added features & compatibility!

Changed:

Text strings now say "Fuel" instead of "Gas"

Fuel Pumps are now OFB compatible

New Fuel Nozzle Mesh

Removed TNW's options

Added:

Maxis Category 2 Global BCON Override (Added "Fuel Pump" , "Jumper Cables" , "Motor Oil" , "Tires" , and "Parking Spot" BCONS, making it very easy to incorporate your own creations.)

More Fuel Pumps (Converted By @teaaddictyt)

Car Wash (Converted By @teaaddictyt)

Battery Feature (Can Be Disabled)

Car Battery (Converted By @teaaddictyt)

Jumper Cables (Made By ATS Sandy, Edited by Me for BCON)

Motor Oil Feature (Can Be Disabled)

Motor Oil (Made By Me)

Tires Feature (Can Be Disabled)

Tires (Made By Cyclonesue, Edited By Me for BCON)

Theft Features w/ TRAITS (Siphon Fuel, Slash Tire, & Steal Battery) (Can Be Disabled)

Mel's "Go To Casino" Interaction (Optional)

"Send Off Lot" Interaction (Optional)

Choose A Parking Spot Addon (Choosing "Parking Spot" requires either the parking block, parking meter, or both!) (Optional)

Parking Block (Made By Wndy26, Edited By Me for BCON)

Parking Meter (Converted By Dee, Edited By Me for BCON)

Debug Options for Everything

Compatibility:

Community Time Project - No overrides. Just load before the vehicle mods

Burglars & Alarms - CompPatch made by @teaaddictyt, load very last! (Z_Z_CompPatch_TeaAddict_VisitSims_VehicleMaintenance_LYBurglarsAndAlarms)

Driving License Mod - CompPatch made by me, load after the private lessons file. (WH_DrivingLicence_Core_PrivateLessons_Siknoy_CompPatch)

Visit Other Sims - Edited by me, load after vehicle maintenance and it's addons (Z_VisitOtherSims_CJH_JellyMeduza_Siknoy336)

Example:

Updates will be done in the future. Mainly for the animations XD

I think that's it? Hopefully lol. I will edit this post if I think of something else to add :)

Ten years ago someone was working on a similar mod, I found a thread on Modthesims with a linked youtube video that doesn't work anymore, but the mod was never released from what I know, so (suggested by @coolenasha) I tried to do it myself.

This object is cloned from an easel but will let your sims spray paint walls instead. There are 13 different graffiti paintings, taken from Artesim. I removed the option to sell the painting because it didn't make sense to me, you can only scrap the graffiti away. Anyway sims will gain creativity skill points from it. The animations are taken from the roaches spray so it looks like sims are spraying the ground, but this was the best I could do... easel animations weren't fitting for this object.

Another thing I couldn't get rid of was the painting background. The original easel makes the paintings look like they are being revealed step by step using a second canvas on top of the first one, which hide parts of the painting in different stages. Yep, that's how it works.

I couldn't remove this second layer, because then the full graffiti would be visible right away. So, I created a kind of white paint stain to cover the graffiti and slowly revealing the image little by little.

This is how it looks in game:

The main object, the spray can box, is buyable in Buy Mode, Hobby category. It has two tiles, the right one is where the sim will go to paint. Graffiti are three tiles wide. The same can from the box (a green one) will spawn on the sim hand while painting (not the roaches one because I didn't like it).

Well I think it's all you need to know... Have fun using it!

DOWNLOAD HERE

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If you want to support my creations, you can send me a donation with Paypal or Ko-fi ☕ If you want to ask for a Paid Commission, HERE you can find more details. Thank you ❤️

I'm looking for people with some spare time who would like to test an experimental mod for dyeing objects in the buy/build mode. And then check how they behave in the live mode.

I would like to receive your feedback, including any issues you encounter and suggestions you have.

If you’re interested, DM me on Tumblr or Discord.

Here's a short video showing the current state of the mod:

We've got something special for you! 🩵

Yes, you've read correctly! With the amount of artistic talent of all sorts that has amassed over the years and the persisting loyalty to this game, we felt like it was about time to call the production of a free, digital zine for the summer of 2025 into action!

I'm intrigued. But what's a zine?

For the sake of brevity, let's ask Britannica: Zine, a small-circulation print or online publication that is produced through noncommercial means and is meant to appeal to a niche audience. The term zine derives from fanzine, an amalgamation of the words fan and magazine.

How can I contribute?

There are a number of ways! From edits using any of the games, to digital art, writing and physical crafts, you can put your creative talent to use! The central theme is Sims 2 Nostalgia, so while you are given a lot of liberty on your chosen medium, it should feature the characters, townies, NPCs, or even objects from the pc game and its spin-offs!

Sweet! How do I apply?

We're so ready to welcome you on board! While we are planning on a big-scope project, we cannot predict the number territory of applications and thus haven't set a specific number of spots in stone. All you gotta do is fill out this form and we will get back to you after the deadline, January 29th!

This should cover the most vital points for now! Further zine specs and details will be covered on the faq page we're currently setting up, or follow post application. But if there's a burning question you think you need answered right away, shoot us a DM! 🦙

See you soon!

This is down to my own research, and I'm not saying it is the one and only reason why the game is so broken these days, but I have some points worth mentioning.

So, you're bored one day. You remember this game you had so much fun playing a few years ago, or maybe as a child. It's The Sims 2!

The game has a few issues than from when you last remembered playing, so you search on google for some fixes for the tiny resolution, and among the countless posts you may find, you may find this:

Or this:

(to the creators and players mentioned here this isn't me making a dig at you, i'm just pointing out some cc that could affect the game from working properly. your stuff is all beautiful :D)

Lesya's game is gorgeous!!! Oh, how can I get it to look like that?

So you, with a clean, vanilla (ugly) game you decide to download a few mods she listed, such as:

Skylines by GCKP (you can get optimised ones by me very soon)

Skies by Lowedeus (you can get optimised ones by me here)

Trees by Criquette (you can get optimised ones here)

No More Blurriness by Voeille (you can get optimised snow only here)

Cool! And then you notice some cheats than can give the game that open-world, interactive feel. Even better!

And you shove them into your folder and you boot up the game. Everything's going great!

Until...

You search hundreds of posts looking for the fix. Some recommend 3rd-party tools, but they seem to make the problem worse. You reinstall, finding you only wasted your time. Something has to be causing this, but you'd never guess it'd be the mods everybody swore by.

Well, in fact, it is. Partly.

I've struggled with pink flashing since 2019, when I reinstalled Sims 2 after I got a decent computer for once. I did everything above, searched for fixes, found Lesya's blog which was my primary inspiration. It was through Lesya's guide that I was able to make my game look pretty!

These mods, which are a staple in the modding community, are beautiful indeed... but what if I told you that the reason they're so beautiful, is because they're high-quality. With textures soaring up to 4k, when, hang on--

In 2004, 4k resolution was... probably unheard of. With the leading monitor size being 1024x768, what would be the point of using such huge textures on an engine that was designed for monitors of at least this size? Would you be able to see the detail of 4k on a monitor of that size? Definitely not.

The max visiting sims, okay, a little hit or miss. If your sims are all wearing high poly alpha CC, then it's a problem. If not, good luck.

Then comes the cheats I mentioned. The lot skirt cheat expands the view distance a significant amount. With the mergenhoodflora cheat, that displays more trees. Combining the two, what do you get?

A massive view distance, blinded by trees.

With skies and skylines with large textures up to 4k, and trees with textures up to 2k, The Sims 2 will collapse. It's like forcing an old man with health conditions to do 20 situps, again and again.

It'll overexert him, by the very least. And you're overexerting the game by cramming custom content that is not optimised for the engine TS2 was built on.

So please, next time you encounter the pink soup, please check your CC folders, and research changes and cheats before you put them into your game. You will enjoy the game much more if you do this, and won't encounter this problem so often.

Don't use Graphics Rules Maker

Instead, opt for a maxis original Graphics Rules uploaded here by Veronavillequiltingbee. It's essentially a rewrite of an old tutorial I made a long time ago.

Once you download the file from VVQB, open DXDIAG by pressing WinKey+R and typing 'dxdiag'.

This value I've underlined is what you need to put after seti textureMemory. Open the sgr file and do CTRL-F and input seti textureMemory.

Add the value from DXDIAG and then save it.

You can use GRM for adding your GPU to the game, but I do not recommend it for anything but that.

Optimising the game... inside the game

*shoves GRM off the table*

We're going to go into TS2 in-game settings for this one.

These settings are optimal if you play CC-heavy households. It will ease the load on your game to make space for the heavy CC you have in your current household. You can tweak these when you want to take photos outside, but for playing I recommend them all to be off - especially at community lots as there are lots of sims there.

I never see anybody talking about Object Hiding.

Object Hiding hides objects from floors that aren't in view. If you're playing downstairs, objects upstairs won't be rendered, thus minimising the load on your game.

I have reflections and smooth edges off because I use ReShade.

Snow on Ground is optional. Sometimes snow can cause pink flashing, I believe it's due to texture replacements that are huge in size too, Voeille's is 2k. I've linked a resized one above.

This afternoon I lumbered myself with the mundane task of reuploading all my CC to Simfileshare. This includes content from all my previous simblrs and aliases, literally everything I've ever released. Big fuck you to Mediafire for shitting itself but... I'm glad because your download speeds suck.

There is some older content as vidcund (et other alias) uploaded to mediafire and simfileshare

@frauhupfner reuploaded some files here

Does anyone have any of their content as crystalvu? Please share this around 💕