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theres an indoor AND an outdoor "learning" space at the 🌱🌷Nature Center🌷🌱

💽 Back in the very early days of the Sims 2, when we had only the disk versions (not even the dvd ones) and before any EP or patch was released, something happened that I still remember as if it were yesterday… even twenty years later

🏘️ I had the Sims 2 game the very first day it came out in my country and during my very first games using the pre-made neighborhoods, while playing Strangetown, I wanted to move the "Kathy Curious/Bella Goth clone" into Pleasantview. So I made her move to the Curious brothers' home and then put the home into the LotCatalog (we didn't know anything about corruption back then, and subhoods didn't exist yet). I already wanted to marry Vidcund and Cassandra. But Kathy/Bella became friend with her daughter, and started a romantic relationship with Mortimer.

🗨️ And, I swear on my life it's true, around the moment Kathy/Bella moved into the Goth manor, (was it at their first kiss, or when they got engaged?) a notification appeared with text that looked like it had been written by Bella herself, saying in essence, "What a joy to regain my memory and my family." The Bella I was playing (the "Kathy Curious clone") merged with the Bella Goth from Pleasantview, replacing the grayed-out icon in the family tree, and memories appeared in her mind. It was as if the two character files had suddenly merged.

⏳ The thing is, I was maybe 11 years old, I didn't know how to take a screenshot, and I thought it was something that could just happen again. Plus, my family didn't get internet access until I was 14, so I had no connection to the gaming community. It never even crossed my mind back then that I absolutely needed to keep proof of it. But I never managed to reproduce that result, even when playing exactly like I did back then, with only the base game installed from the disc and without using any cheat codes.

💬 But I was thinking back to that story and remembered that the notification appearing on the screen was in my language (🇫🇷 French). I told myself that if it had been something abandoned by the designers, it would have been written in English : they wouldn't have bothered translating it into multiple languages, right?

🖥️ My computer has been out of commission for a while, so I’ve been cut off from gaming and my ongoing projects (I’m stuck using an old, beat-up, slow laptop that can’t even run The Sims 1). Consequently, I’ve been watching a lot of YouTube videos about The Sims 2 lore theories, yet I haven’t come across a single video or article that mentions this specific notification…

Hello, The Sims lovers! Recently, you probably caught @morepopcorn update about the FAME PACK mod, which is going to bring back some cool features from the Sims Superstar EP (and not only!) 🤩

I can't express how excited I am to bring brand-new animations to these iconic objects and finally see them in action inside the game. I wanted to share a sneak peek of the WIP process with you! These clips come from the Recording Studio and showcase both the successful and failed versions of doing jingles and handling rejection.

Here are 3 recolor sets I did for SnarkyShark's Coventry Sofa.

2 more below the cut

A follow up to this post from last year.

OpenGameArt: lots of free stuff, all under free licenses

Poly Haven: lots of free and AI-free textures and models. It has some sets that are Patreon-Patron only for now, but are planned to be released in to free access one day.

Poliigon: Mostly (very pretty) textures and models locked behind a subscription but it also has some free ones. The price is rather steep at 44€ paid monthly or 264€ paid yearly, but it lots of beautiful not AI-generated textures. Honestly I'm kinda thinking about subscribing for a month or two and snatching everything I want, but I'm not sure yet.

Transparent Textures: Exactly what its name says. "Download" gives you the transparent texture as a download, while "Create Wallpaper" gives you the chosen texture and color in a chosen wallpaper size.

TextureCan: I just found this one but it has some nice free textures that don't look AI made or something. It also has a few free models right now.