Sammy Sundog

After much hair-pulling, I finally feel satisfied enough to release my mod to restore those glorious shiny floors from The Sims 2 beta! (Forever in our hearts...)

You can download it here :)

Prerelease (2003):

Doesn't the beta lighting look so nice? :(

Mod (not 2003):

Why yes, I did painstakingly try to recreate the room from the prerelease image and make elder versions of the Sims - it was absolutely a productive use of my time.

I've made sure to make a number of vanilla TS2 floors reflective out of the box. These are mostly marble floors, but there's a few stone/tile/wood floors in there too. If you want to add reflections to custom floors (or other vanilla floors not included by default), I've left some basic instructions on the GitHub page on how to do this :)

Because this is a cut beta feature, there are a few minor issues with it - I have detailed these in the README. Please take the time to read through them!

I also had to include an edit to the mirror reflection shader to fix a bug where mirrors visible in the floor reflections would be flashing red (Castaway Stories has the same issue with mirrors reflected in the ocean, funnily enough). I'm not aware of any other mods that touch the mirror shaders, but if there are, let me know and I'll whip up a compatibility patch.

Oh, and in case you missed it, I released a small update to the reflective water mod, as per the request of @lordcrumps. I didn't realise houses didn't reflect in the hood water, but now they do!

Enjoy!

2 floors: 2x2, 4 simoleons, available in Other. Texture: 512x512 pixels.

4 walls: 2 sets, 4 simoleons, available in Paneling. Texture: 256x512 pixels.

The two floors are the same except for the direction. The reason I chose to do this despite the game having the ability to rotate floors is that, for an unknown reason, some ceiling tiles will revert back to the original direction sometimes. And for buildings with curved or otherwise non-flat floors, such as the quonset pictured, replacing the tiles is not a quick task. So having the two directions available from the start prevents that issue.

Textures were extracted from the broken metal hut in The Sims Castaway Stories.

MALM Set Recolors + Texture Replacements

The MALM bed, end table, and dressers from the IKEA pack in @morepopcorn's wood tones and my Sugar Rush palette.

Download Recolors

And of course, a default replacement option using the wood tones, plus extras as recolors.

Download Default + Recolors

And as a bonus, I edited Michelle's MALM upper bunk bed add-on so it looks better with the wood texture I used.

Download Upper Bunk

Created this mainly for myself.  Thought I share.

Back in 2024, I created an accessory box for my own game using an amazing tutorial by Ocelotekatl ( @blueheavensims ) .  It contained some measly 20 acc. The arduous task increased my respect a 1000x for those creators out there that have provided us with amazing accessory boxes.

Mid May 2026, @picknmixsims posted a template that automates the whole process 😍.

Oh my, I had a wild weekend 😁, with a long download hunt and an ever increasing list of new accessories to add. 😂

The box includes 134 accessories from various creators now.

I added the option to “change model”. Featuring 6 Maxis objects.

And the box is now placeable on all surfaces.  

📦📦 DOWNLOAD HERE 📦📦 all files included.

If you don’t like the maxis models, you can easily customize the box. More details in this Tutorial. Open in SimPe, navigate to STR#0x85. Change names of models.

Want more models? Add them to the list in STR#0x85 and open BHAV 0x10C8. Change the literal value to the last number in your list.

e.g. I use various models from Syringe Vials by Crocobaura, First Aid kit, Paramedic Bag by Ocelotekatl and Clutter from this set by TheRaven.

Credits

The genius team Whoward69 @picknmixsims and Ocelotekatl @blueheavensims for the Video and PDF Tutorial  on acc boxes and especially the new Template that automates everything with DPBFSripter. 💖

If you are like me and have an old system with old software and can’t get the template to run, try any LibreOffice (free) version 25.2.X and higher with this Template. I adjusted the equations and the macro.

TheRaven (also know as  Simmer22 ) for their valuable input on how to group all their medical accessories.👍

Meshes and Original Files

Boblishman == Casts and Wrist ID. @2fingerswhiskey for WristID Rec.

CASSIS @0201-sims & Mahuyu == Stethoscope 

Cemaly ==Masks and Gloves, GOS SecretSanta2018. I couldn't find a TOU but if you see this and have any issues with it, let me know and I will respect your terms.

Chiklia == Labcoat  

@ilikefishfood ==Gloves, mesh by @julietoon-ts2

@episims & @deedee-sims == Hearing Aids

@whattheskell == Nurse Caps.

Ocelotekatl == Mask . Original Download(& even more futuristic medical accessories!)

Theraven == More than 2/3 of the accessories are form this creator! Registering is free. Go HERE and raid the download section to get the hospital objects.

Yagi == syringe

Zoi == Long Labcoat

🌵 New Mexico – A Custom Neighborhood for The Sims 2 [+Scripted Events]

I’m so excited to finally share my latest project with you! New Mexico is a custom hood heavily inspired by the vibe of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.

Step into a sun-scorched desert landscape where the laws are relative, and every Sim has a secret to hide. Experience everything from the high-stakes drama of the criminal underworld to quiet, yet suspicious, suburban lives.

[ DOWNLOAD (ENG) | MAINHOOD ] - CC Free

[ DOWNLOAD (ENG) | MAINHOOD ] + Preorder, Store

[ POLISH VERSION | PL ]

🔍 What’s the Story?

The neighborhood is built around a central mystery involving the Gardeners' Club—a powerful organization rumored to be behind the strange disappearances of local teenagers. Between a corrupt Mayor, a fierce dietary war (chicken vs. vegetables!), and shady business deals, you’ll find plenty of drama to explore.

👥 The Cast of Characters

Meet the legendary families, fully recreated with custom memories, relationships, and skills:

The White Family: Walter, a brilliant but frustrated chemistry teacher, and his family.

The Salamanca Family: Led by uncle Hector, this ruthless clan controls the local "oregano" market.

The Schraders: Meet a tough DEA agent with a passion for minerals and his purple-obsessed wife.

The Pinkmans: Their rebellious son is desperately trying to escape his parents' strict expectations.

Saul Goodman: Albuquerque's most colorful lawyer who always has a "plan."

Gustavo Fring: Cold and professional, he runs a chicken empire as a brilliant front for his revenge ...and many more, including Mike Ehrmantraut, Kim Wexler, and even the crew from High School Musical!

🏘️ Locations

Explore custom-built lots, including:

Los Pollos Hermanos – Perfectly clean tables and a smiling staff hiding dark secrets.

The Dog House – The best hot dogs in town, but the atmosphere is thick with suspicion.

Belize Retirement Home – Is it just a peaceful place for seniors, or where the past finally catches up with its heroes?

Goodman’s Plaza – Paradise for shopaholics and home to a very "colorful" legal office.

Lavandería Brillante – This spotless industrial laundry definitely has nothing hidden in the basement...

⚙️ Technical Information

Compatibility: Created using The Sims 2: Ultimate Collection.

Features: Each Sim has a unique biography and a carefully crafted memory log to tell their story from the moment you start playing.

Important: For the best experience, I recommend using mods that prevent memory loss for townies and allow for viewing furnished apartments. (See ReadMe.txt)

Required content: This hood uses items from The Sims 2 Store and official pre-order bonuses. To make sure all the lots and Sims show up right in your game (also, remember to delete the IKEA chairs!), you can download the full collection here:

Store - Download

Preorder - Download

I’m a massive fan of the Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul universe, so I’ve put a lot of love into this project. I hope you have a lot of fun playing it and truly enjoy your trip to New Mexico!

Hi! I haven't been active on here in a while. I'm still alive and making cool stuff for TS2.

I'm pleased to show off my own site. I think it's turning out pretty cute!

https://maxismatchmodding.com/

https://simfileshare.net/folder/189789/

HERE are all the backups I have from GOS. Quite a few, but not all, monthly themes are archived. Wayback machine is no help.

Hey StinkyUnicorn,

So I got your ask a few days ago and made a mental note to look into it when I had time (have been dealing with a very sick toddler) - loaded up today to be like "what are they on about? I put in rings didn't I??" -

Immediately saw this 😂😂🙈

DUHHHH. Whoops.

Sorry about that, missing rings have been added 😂

Please redownload

5 transformer cribs made from cribs by Simaddict99.

These are 2-in-1 crib/toddler beds. Just one click on the bed to convert it from one model to another. The crib can be used for babies and toddlers, the toddler bed is for toddlers only. They can use the toddler bed by themselves.

Added child and teen stages to @greatfairie 4t2 Baddiesims Noelly and all the existing recolors I saw on the database (big thank you to greatfairie and the recolorists!). So you get an edited mesh file + 4 sets of recolors that are familied with & repo'd to the following AF recolors:

• greatfairie's original recolors • these by @goatskickin (just updated) • these by @timeparadoxsims • these by @gaypleasantview

You need the AF recolors for my CF-TF completers to work.

Download CF-TF: SFS / Google Drive

Details and creator resources below.

@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

Lighting Mod Ultimate Collection v1.2.0

What's Changed?

Fixed lighting direction in Radiance Lighting System, Vanilla Plus, and Cinema Secrets so the front of the house is now sunny and consistent with neighborhood lighting.

Disabling CAS Lighting is now an override. Kindly read the README.md for instructions on how to disable this. CAS lights are turned on by default.

Various bug fixes and cleanup work.

Fix shadows for morning and evening lighting to be more accurate

Download

Special thanks to @lordcrumps for making maxis and clean ui pics and counting pixels with me. It was his and @simnopke's idea to make this thing bigger

Some behind the scenes under the cut

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 here)

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.

"For example, why there is no pink soup on my 2017 win7 laptop with all of those cursed 4K skies and decor? On win10 I've also never experienced one"

I come back with a download, but a slightly more niche one. Since sharing my own Turn-Ons/Off default replacement, a few people have asked about how to customise it for their own game (e.g. adding different triggers). So, I put together a couple of tutorials for them to explain the process - especially as it relates to adding different 3t2 traits - and thought I might as well also share publicly. They don't explain all the ins and outs of BHAV editing, but they do give a basic introduction to the principles - which can be applied not just to TO replacements - so I think they could be a helpful resource for anyone who is new to BHAV modding. Here you go: PART 1

PART 2

eehey!

after a bunch of messages about this bad boi that i've been using in a couple renders and my simultaneous refusal to open 🥛-shape, spin-off connaisseur™️ @madraynesims and i joined forces to finish this hair up for you! comes in all ages + is animated. 🎸

also featuring a looot of swatches to cover the plethora of games in which this mesh was used and always slightly differently colored. you can pick if you want them all or just a specific palette*.

download: all / by palette 📀

*pc palette is repo'd to punkflip and will thus pick up texture replacements, if present.