#gcpv

Hello all! It's been awhile...I know. Life is life.

I do still love making genetically correct sims and recently I've been wanting to start a new Pleasantview. I like my old genetically correct Pleasantview, but it was a first try and I'd like to give it a bit of a refresh. Plus it's fun for me. :P

This time around I want to slowly work on each family + lots, releasing them slowly at first and then have the combined hood at the end. This allows me to really focus and expand on each one. Plus I'm generally not very motivated, but I think working small parts at a time will help this. All parents extracted from Croconaw/MeetMetotheRiver's Clean Pleasantview template. Offspring created in CAS.

A little refresher on the Newbie-Broke lineage...

To note I only considered the genetics of the previous generation in making the current playables. For example, Betty Newbie's appearance was extracted directly from SimPe. She was not genetically created with recreated Vadim/Fatima Simovitch. I did attempt this, but found that Brandi would look too dissimilar from her original non-gc face. I still want to keep with the general aesthetics of the original faces, just obviously improved, especially for the second-gen playables like Dustin and Beau.

So first, we have the Newbies:

Bob + Betty = Brandi

slight face shape changes, smaller less-bug eyes

The Brokes:

Flat + Flo = Skip, Ruby

smaller Broke nose, forehead/brows from Flo

Bonus! Ruby Broke, Skip's older sister seen in TS3.

"Ruby Broke is thinking about moving out but she enjoys the convenience of having family close by."

I absolutely LOVE her face. I think it's a perfect mix between Flat and Flo. I did garner inspiration for her hair/outfit/eyes from her Sims 3 version.

And finally...the boys.

Brandi + Skip = Dustin, Beau, Unborn Baby Broke

Dustin -

looks completely different, less sad and looks far more like Skip

Beau -

again looks very different...but now actually looks related to Dustin, yet not like twins which I thought I lacked on last time.

and there we are...

I have both the individual sims downloads, a combined package, plus the .simpe face templates that you can use to replace in any Pleasantview or other hood right now

Note: Female sims will take your default replacement makeup or lack thereof. So warning they make look a little bit crazy at first.

Credits:

Tutorial on Facial Structure Changes

Tutorial on how to extract in-game sims

     I’m sure that most of you (or all of you) don’t know this, but I am actually going into my 3rd year of studying genetics and cell biology IRL. Knowing this, it shouldn’t be a surprise that playing with sims genetics is one of my favorite things to do in the game.

    For a long time, I have known and recognized that a lot of the premade offspring (Cassandra, Pleasant twins, etc.) in the game, are NOT genetic offsprings of their parents and vice versa. I decided that it might be a bit fun to play around with these genetics to see what the premades could/would of looked like if they were actually true offspring. So, here is the result of me creating true genetic versions of your favorite Pleasantview sims.

Technical Stuff / Methods (bc this is basically a scientific paper :P)

- The dead parents of premade sims (i.e. Brandi’s parents, Bob and Betty Newbie) were extracted using SimPe and breed in CAS. This happened for both premade parents (i.e. Brandi and Skip) and these resulting genetically correct premades were then made to make their premade offspring (i.e. Dustin and Beau). This same process was used for all of the families. The only reason that I did not start with the most distant ancestors for most families (i.e. Robert or Mags Newbie) is because they aren’t readily extractable in SimPe, at least to my knowledge.

- All sims are shown and packaged without CC, only my default skin and eyes may be altering their appearance.

- Just the facial structures of the sims were replaced in GCPV with the new structures. Also, no need to fret GCPV was built on clean templates.

The Broke Family

Brandi, Skip, Dustin, and Beau.

Really like how the boys actually look like siblings now. Maybe too much so? Also, I have decided for myself that blue-eyed Skip is canonical Skip, as Flat Broke, Skip’s father also has blue eyes, making blue-eyed Skip more plausible. Skip’s “new face” was replaced by his old one in my genetically correct version of PV, so unborn baby Broke should take into account this new facial structure; however, I still believe that this Skip will have green eyes as changing the facial structure does not change things such as eye or hair color. If this is fixable or I am wrong, please let me know!

The Caliente Sisters

Nina and Dina

They’re looking a bit more like their great grand parent, if I do say so myself.

Lothario

Don

Somehow he got more suave? hehehe.

The Dreamer Family

Darren, Darleen, & Dirk

Darleen is gorgeous, but also still dead and still downloadable. Dirk looks much more related to his father, which makes me very happy. :D

The Goth Family

Mortimer, Bella, Cassandra, & Alexander

Yay! Cassandra and Alexander no longer look completely unrelated to both each other and their parents. Also, this clean template version of Pleasantview includes Bella Goth as a townie.

The Pleasant Family

Daniel & Angela/Lilith

Mary-Sue isn’t showcased here because she is canonically adopted, but she of course was used to create Lilith/Angela’s new template.

The Burb Family

Jennifer, John & Lucy

DOWNLOAD (both the sims & the Hood)

GCPV is just a mainhood version so place in your \Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Neighborhoods\ folder.

Please tag me if you use this hood as #gcpv because I would love to see what you do!

Finally, please nicely let me know if I royally messed something up.

Credits:

Tutorial on Facial Structure Changes

Tutorial on how to extract in-game sims

@meetmetotheriver​ for their clean Pleasantview templates used to build GCPV