redy for some sims 2 content?

the back of breakrock featuring Yet Another Shipwreck

ended up adjusting the houseboat meshes so they didn't need an omsp to align them with the floor/ foundation and the one tile for the object is near the front instead of the center, and now that it is considered neither below ground or indoors, it reflects correctly :D

The fix itself (along with the thesis for those interested) can be found here:

So you're a Sims 2 Legacy player who wanted to install some modular stairs? Maybe a lighting mod? You installed Scriptorium and you enter your game and suddenly your foundation is missing or crashes your game whenever you try to place it. Or maybe your pools and rooves have fences in them?

(images sourced from Lazy Duchess Discord server)

WTF did I do?

You've broken your script files!

Currently they look like this:

When they should look like this:

What do the script files do?

They give the game instructions and settings for certain build items that are generated by the game engine such as walls, foundations, pools, modular stairs, fireplaces, rooves, awnings and more. Lighting also uses scripts for some things. Some of these items require the scripts to display in catalog or at all.

How did this happen??

So i've seen two different ways, firstly, the auto installer installs in the wrong location. So what does the player do? They moves the files into the correct location.

The issue with this is the script files that Scriptorium creates when it can't find your game files are missing ALL of the original script lines. Then when you replace your existing script files with these, you basically are replacing your script files with a blank one (minus the Scriptorium lines).

Second way, when manually installing, the player deletes the contents of the original script files and replaces it with the Scriptorium lines.

This results in the same outcome shown in the example script.

Why does this affect only Legacy players?

Legacy uses different file paths. Scriptorium was last updated after M&G came out. The auto installer was made to work with the discs in both their original and compilation file paths. For example, Double Deluxe\Base or Sims 2, or Fun with Pets\SP9 etc. All other versions up until this point have used these paths so they never experienced this issue. EA decided to do something different this time and go by EP/SP numbers. So the installer gets confused and places them in the wrong place.

How do I fix this??

A few options, reinstall or repair your game, or replace the broken script files with the ones below. Place them in your C:\Program Files\EA Games\The Sims 2 Legacy\Base\TSData\Res\Catalog\Scripts folder. You may need to delete the files first that you are replacing and cut and paste the new ones in.

Download Original Scripts

But I still want to use Scriptorium?

Once you have replaced your broken scripts, follow these manual instructions that I have modified from the original Scriptorium post for Legacy users.

Go to C:\Program Files\EA Games\The Sims 2 Legacy\Base\TSData\Res\Catalog\Scripts

And open the fireplaces.txt and copy and paste the line below at the bottom of this file without deleting the existing text.

wildInclude "Scriptorium_Fireplaces*.*"

Then save.

If you have issues with saving due to permissions, cut and paste the files to desktop while you are editing them and move them back after

Next open modularstairs.txt and add the text below

wildInclude "Scriptorium_ModularStairs*.*"

Then open walls.txt and add the text below

wildInclude "Scriptorium_Walls-Fences-Arches*.*"

While remaining in your Scripts folder, Create 3 new folders and call them

Scriptorium_Fireplaces Scriptorium_ModularStairs Scriptorium_Walls-Fences-Arches

Select these 3 folders and right click and choose copy.

Now go to Documents\EA Games\Sims 2 Legacy\Downloads (if you do not have a Downloads folder, create one)

Then right click and press paste shortcut

If you want to use custom lights as well, follow these steps

If your lighting.txt is also empty, this is a copy of the original version

Download Lighting Script

Go to C:\Program Files\EA Games\The Sims 2 Legacy\Base\TSData\Res\Lights

Open lighting.txt and add

wildInclude "Scriptorium_CustomLights*.nlo"

While still in the Lights folder Create a folder called Scriptorium_CustomLights If you already have a folder called CEP3_CustomLights, rename it to Scriptorium_CustomLights

Right click on this folder and copy it

Then go to Documents\EA Games\Sims 2 Legacy\Downloads and paste shortcut

And you are all done :D

A tutorial, by me, regarding how to create custom clothing from scratch; everything from mesh, to recolor, to replacements & repositories!

★ Setting Up Sims 2 ★ A TUTORIAL

⋆ Ever wonder what to do once you've downloaded your game? These are the very first steps I take after installing the Sims 2 ⋆ UPDATE 2.2 ⋆

This blog provides a catalogue of build/buy conversions from The Sims 4 to The Sims 2. If you’re looking for Create-a-Sim conversions, please refer to MDP’s amazing archive.

Pages marked with a green check mark (✔️) have had all their items converted to TS2 (not always including debug items).

Base Game

Base Game Index

Holiday Celebration Free Pack Conversions

Expansion Packs

Get to Work

Get Together

City Living

Cats & Dogs

Seasons

Get Famous

Island Living

Discover University

Eco Lifestyle

Snowy Escape

Cottage Living

High School Years

Growing Together

Horse Ranch

For Rent

Lovestruck

Life and Death

Game Packs

Outdoor Retreat

Spa Day

Dine Out

Vampires

Parenthood

Jungle Adventure

Strangerville

Realm of Magic

Journey to Batuu

Dream Home Decorator

My Wedding Stories

Werewolves

Stuff Packs

Luxury Party ✔️

Perfect Patio

Cool Kitchen

Spooky ✔️

Movie Hangout

Romantic Garden

Kids Room ✔️

Backyard

Vintage Glamour

Bowling Night

Fitness

Toddler

Laundry Day

My First Pet

Moschino ✔️

Tiny Living ✔️

Nifty Knitting ✔️

Paranormal  ✔️

Home Chef Hustle

Crystal Creations ✔️

Kits

Bust the Dust ✔️

Country Kitchen ✔️

Courtyard Oasis

Industrial Loft ✔️

Blooming Rooms ✔️

Décor to the Max

Little Campers ✔️

Desert Luxe ✔️

Pastel Pop ✔️

Everyday Clutter ✔️

Bathroom Clutter ✔️

Greenhouse Haven

Basement Treasures ✔️

Book Nook ✔️

Modern Luxe ✔️

Castle Estate ✔️

Party Essentials ✔️

Riviera Retreat

Cozy Bistro ✔️

Artist Studio ✔️

Storybook Nursery ✔️

Cozy Kitsch

Secret Sanctuary

Comfy Gamer ✔️

Casanova Cave

By popular demand (I saw two people asking) I thought I would throw together a quick guide to using the road editor tool in the newest version of SimPE! You'll see that this is a very easy tool to use, and best of all, goof-proof. If you do mess up (you probably will) it's very, very easy to correct.

Very, very, very important to make a backup of your hood before you ever do any tinkering in SimPE! I also recommend practicing on a test hood you don't actively play in to get a feel for it before you do anything to your main hoods.

We're starting with a vanilla Strangetown. I would recommend going in your game and taking a nice overhead screenshot of the hood like this first to look at for reference of where everything is situated the way that you're used to looking at it.

2. Open SimPE, go to Tools> Neighbourhood> Neighbourhood Browser and open the hood you're wanting to work on. If you're not so familiar with SimPE, opening your hood can take some time. Touch nothing until it's loaded!

3. Once it's all loaded, from the Resource Tree list pick Neighbourhood Terrain Geometry (NHTG). Then you'll see one file populate the Resource List - click that. Make sure on the bottom that you have Plugin View tab selected.

4. Now you should see this map of your hood pop up! There are different things you can toggle, I like to check the Show Lots box when I'm editing the roads. Then click the Road Editor button on the right.

5. To be able to see better, I've pulled this Plugin View window up a bit - it may rearrange the Resource List and Resource Tree windows a bit to accommodate. You can also press the Zoom 2x button to see closer, and then you'll have to use the scroll bars to move around the map and the road editor tool.

6. The road editing tools here will be placed down in the same orientation as the map. So the two parallel roads running through Strangetown from this perspective are the vertical straight road pieces (top row, second from left).

When you select a road tool, above it will indicate which tool you have selected.

Also - I recommend having Handle Stop Signs ticked.

7. Once you have the correct type of road selected for the spot you're working on, simply click on the map - it lays it down one tile at a time. If you miss a spot like shown here, just fill it in.

8. If you want to create an intersection, first delete the section of road where the intersection will go.

9. Then choose the type of junction for the intersection you're making, and add that piece in. You'll see a red circle appear (unsure if this is because it's an intersection or because you have handle stop signs selected, but I recommend you do have that selected either way).

10. Once you're done making all your changes, click Close Editor.

11. This is the part where you save your changes! First click Commit in the top right of the editor. Then, File> Save!

12. Load your game to check! Looks pretty good with all those new roads!

13. However, we have indeed made some mistakes! Which were absolutely for illustrative purposes and not truly an accident.

14. Never fear! Simply reload the hood in SimPE - I've deleted the spot where the T-junction should go and added one in, and deleted where the road just ended abruptly and added a proper end piece.

I have not experimented with what happens if you try to build a road through hood deco - if you have, please let us know in the comments how that went!

I also have barely touched the terrain editing tools, so that's outside the scope of this tutorial.

By popular demand (I saw two people asking) I thought I would throw together a quick guide to using the road editor tool in the newest version of SimPE! You'll see that this is a very easy tool to use, and best of all, goof-proof. If you do mess up (you probably will) it's very, very easy to correct.

Very, very, very important to make a backup of your hood before you ever do any tinkering in SimPE! I also recommend practicing on a test hood you don't actively play in to get a feel for it before you do anything to your main hoods.

We're starting with a vanilla Strangetown. I would recommend going in your game and taking a nice overhead screenshot of the hood like this first to look at for reference of where everything is situated the way that you're used to looking at it.

2. Open SimPE, go to Tools> Neighbourhood> Neighbourhood Browser and open the hood you're wanting to work on. If you're not so familiar with SimPE, opening your hood can take some time. Touch nothing until it's loaded!

3. Once it's all loaded, from the Resource Tree list pick Neighbourhood Terrain Geometry (NHTG). Then you'll see one file populate the Resource List - click that. Make sure on the bottom that you have Plugin View tab selected.

4. Now you should see this map of your hood pop up! There are different things you can toggle, I like to check the Show Lots box when I'm editing the roads. Then click the Road Editor button on the right.

5. To be able to see better, I've pulled this Plugin View window up a bit - it may rearrange the Resource List and Resource Tree windows a bit to accommodate. You can also press the Zoom 2x button to see closer, and then you'll have to use the scroll bars to move around the map and the road editor tool.

6. The road editing tools here will be placed down in the same orientation as the map. So the two parallel roads running through Strangetown from this perspective are the vertical straight road pieces (top row, second from left).

When you select a road tool, above it will indicate which tool you have selected.

Also - I recommend having Handle Stop Signs ticked.

7. Once you have the correct type of road selected for the spot you're working on, simply click on the map - it lays it down one tile at a time. If you miss a spot like shown here, just fill it in.

8. If you want to create an intersection, first delete the section of road where the intersection will go.

9. Then choose the type of junction for the intersection you're making, and add that piece in. You'll see a red circle appear (unsure if this is because it's an intersection or because you have handle stop signs selected, but I recommend you do have that selected either way).

10. Once you're done making all your changes, click Close Editor.

11. This is the part where you save your changes! First click Commit in the top right of the editor. Then, File> Save!

12. Load your game to check! Looks pretty good with all those new roads!

13. However, we have indeed made some mistakes! Which were absolutely for illustrative purposes and not truly an accident.

14. Never fear! Simply reload the hood in SimPE - I've deleted the spot where the T-junction should go and added one in, and deleted where the road just ended abruptly and added a proper end piece.

I have not experimented with what happens if you try to build a road through hood deco - if you have, please let us know in the comments how that went!

I also have barely touched the terrain editing tools, so that's outside the scope of this tutorial.

SpookyCharm is a road/terrain DR mash-up using @criquette-was-here’s Rural Charm set (with the road surface markings removed) and @dramallamadingdang’s Lush Default Terrain Replacement, with sincere thanks and credit to them both ♥

I’ve named the files similarly to RuralCharm files so the ones that replace criquette’s should hopefully be easy to tell. A lot of criquette’s set is optional so it’s up to you, but these are the files and folders from RuralCharm that I use with SpookyCharm:    crqtt_RuralCharm_additionalRoadPieces folder    ^ please remove crqtt_RuralCharm_additionalRoadTextures    crqtt_RuralCharm_BasicRoadPiecesSet folder    crqtt_RuralCharm_FloorTiles folder    ^ Curb and Road1 can be removed    crqtt_RuralCharm_StoneSidewalkPiecesSet folder    ^ includes curved_ and narrow_pieces folders    crqtt_RuralCharm_TarmacAsphaltSet folder    crqtt_RuralCharm_UnifiedBridgesSet folder    crqtt_RuralCharm_hoodRdTransprncyFix    a ‘Better Nightlife’ mod is required    ^ I use BetterNightlife_VoeilleSeawater_win_v1

I’m pretty sure shasta_SpookyCharm_RoadOverlay has its own GUIDs and shouldn’t conflict with other road overlays. It’s categorized under Miscellaneous > Vehicles. There’s also a matching recolor of the Nightlife driveway, and files are compressed but not merged. ts2 download

The Sims 1 Starter Pack

The Starter Pack is an all-in-one source for obtaining, installing, and optimizing TS1 on modern hardware.

The Sims 2 Starter Pack

game is still 32-bit (which means pink soup is still likely)

requires a constant internet connection

denuvo (which is well known to make games run Worse)

directx 9 issues "failed to find any directx 9.0c campatible graphics adapters in this system! please make sure you have a directx 9.0c compatible graphics adapter and have installed the latest drivers provided by the manufacturer. the application will now terminate."

reports on steam discussions of crashes, games not opening, and general IssuesTM

Simple dark circles for TS2 - 10 colours ×3

There are 10 colours (shown in the first preview) but 30 swatches, because each colour has regular version as well as softer (more transparent) and darker (more opaque) versions. Sims in these previews present regular one. Each sim have right half of their face with dark circle and left half without it to show the difference it makes. Sim with black hair is presenting colour 10, brown - 8, red - 1, green - 3. Each sim in this preview has skinblend from different creator to show those dark circles can be used in different game styles and on big skintone range. Below you can see the difference between opacity versions - left is soft, middle regular and right darker. Which one is better depends on skin you're using and effect you want, so test out in your game. You can have all 30 files if you want ofc.

Available for toddlers-elders unisex. Found in makeup → blush category; not layarable with eachother; layerable with other blushes and make-ups; eyeshadows and eyeliners layer on top (because I think it makes sense)

DOWNLOAD MF | SFS

Texture size is 512x512 DXT5 (decided on this format because of PForest's post). If someone wants to play around with textures, recolour etc lmk I'll share my pngs then.

Original Mod by crammyboy

Updated version by Chris Hatch (more stable)

I learned about this mod by CrazyMarq on their video

As you probably know, time on Residential and Community lots isn't synced up (Except for college subhoods)

So when a sim left their Residential lot, (for example 05:00 pm) and stayed at a Community lot until 07:00pm, When they will return to their Residential lot, the time hadn't passed while the sim was away and it will be again 05:00 pm.

Here is a mod that kinda fix this.

This mod doesn't sync up the time on different lots, instead it leaves the time on the residential lot the same as it had been when your sim left it, but when you'll return to the residential lot, your sim won't be there and you'll have to wait them to return. You also will recieve a notification, which says he'll come back __ hours. (the amount of time he had spent away from home.)

It's... been a while since I made anything for Sims 2 hasn't it?

I've been meaning to get back into the rhythm of creation for a long time now and only managed to do so just recently while going through some old and unfinished works in progress.

This isn't something that I'd had laying around for a while, in-fact this was a very spur of the moment idea that against seemingly all odds, managed to be completed.

But enough chit-chat, more previews and download below the cut!

Today I have 2 non-default face templates for you! I followed this tutorial, and boy was it a challenge! They are both based on premade babies by @hambergersims, as they are meant to match my set of default face templates. In the downloads, I have included bodyshop previews of all of the age groups.

The face with the blue (left) background is Ana Patel + Isabel Baldwin.

DOWNLOAD

The face with the pink (right) background is Stella Terrano + Frances J Worthington III. (Just a note: This one has a pretty funky side profile. I’m sure anyone that has played with Frances before can imagine :-)

DOWNLOAD

Let me know ASAP if there are any issues! They seem to be working as intended, but sometimes TS2 can be unpredictable.

permasummer: a reshade preset for the sims 2! [download]

hello, everyone! i've received a lot of questions recently regarding my reshade preset--here it is! it is based on longdistancewinner by @veronavillequiltingbee and while it was really meant to be used in a game with only summer or spring seasons, i've found that it works perfectly well in winter as well.

things to note

this was built for reshade 4.9.1, afaik that is the only version of reshade that works with ts2 atm

it's quite heavy--i recommend leaving shortcut effects off for gameplay and only turning them on for screenshots

while the adaptive fog shown above is pink, i intended for users to change its color to match whatever pic you want to take. so you could make it green, orange, etc. :)

as far as i know, it doesn't whitewash your sims

i included shortcuts for effects such as mxao, adof, cinematic dof, etc.

i use the cinema secrets lighting mod so your game will probably be quite different from mine!

more pics, info & credits below the cut!

PS I aspire to build as you do. 😩

Hello! You don't need to die, just have a strong enough PC lol

Yes, my game looks exactly like my screenshots, I don't have the patience to edit anything. I use reshade exclusively. I'm currently running a (VERY) edited version of the retro vibes preset by alerion, but I also recommend nonsensicalpixel's permasummer and PF's vintage preset.