#my defaults

DISCLAIMER: I am aware some of these have already been defaulted similarly by other simmers. My versions are different swatches and enabled for elders, when others are typically yf-af only.

All images are taken in Body Shop only, for ease of time. I have tested all defaults in my copy of Ultimate Collection on my laptop, but please let me know if there are any issues. I am still new to default clothes!

afbodydresschina & afbodyqipao

Replaced with SkittlesSims' 4t2 Conversion of Maxis' BG Layered Dress. 5.1k polys. Enabled for YF/EF. Categorized as Everyday & Formal. High heels sound. They are combined to save space, but I can separate them at request. Disabled for random.

afbodydresscoilnecklace

Replaced with @lucilla-sims' 4t2 Conversion of Maxis' EP21 Formal Gown. Enabled for YF/EF. Categorized as Everyday & Formal. High heels sound. Disabled for random. Requires The Sims 2: Glamour Life

afbodykimono

Replaced with SkittlesSims' 4t2 Conversion of Maxis' EP10 Kimono. Enabled for YF/EF. Categorized as Everyday & Formal. Sandals sound. Disabled for random.

afbodydresskorean

Replaced with SkittlesSims' 4t2 Conversion of Maxis' SDX003 HanbokCHJ. 4.9k poly. Enabled for YF/EF. Categorized as Everyday & Formal. Normal shoes sound. Disabled for random.

afbodyktdream

Replaced with @platinumaspiration's 4t2 Conversion of Zeussim's Hiraya. 6.7k poly. Enabled for YF/EF. Categorized as Everyday & Formal (in hindsight I should've done formal only, but I'm too lazy to change it at this point). High heels sound. Disabled for random.

afbodymandarinjacketcapri

Replaced with @rented-space's 4t2 Conversion of Maxis' EP03 Belt Thick (Heels version). Enabled for YF/EF. Categorized as Everyday & Formal. High heels sound. Disabled for random. Requires The Sims 2: Apartment Life.

afbodydressmosaic & afbodydresshalterstraps

Replaced with @platinumaspiration's 4t2 Conversion of Maxis SP24 Saree Long Flower Back. 5.1k poly. Enabled for YF/EF. Categorized as Formal Only. High heels sound. Townified. Combined to save space, but I can separate them at request. They require The Sims 2: H&M Fashion and The Sims 2: Glamour Life

afbodydressonesleeve

Replaced with @rented-space' 4t2 Conversion of Maxis' EP03 Bow Gown. Enabled for YF/EF. Categorized as Everyday & Formal. High heels sound. Disabled for random. Requires The Sims 2: Glamour Life.

afbodyravekimono

Replaced with @moyokeansimblr's fullbody edit of kestrelteen's 4t2 Conversion of SerenityCC's Jing V2. Enabled for YF/EF. Categorized as Everyday & Formal. High heels sound. Disabled for random. Requries The Sims 2: Nightlife.

afbodyshaman & efbodyshaman

Replaced with @platinumaspiration's 4t2 Conversion of Maxis' SP24 Dress Salwar. 4.2k poly. Since I wanted two different swatches, the AF version is enabled for YF/EF and the EF version is enabled for YF/AF (both use the same AF mesh). Unhidden, but still disabled for random. Categorized as Everyday Only. Sandals shoe sound. Requires The Sims 2: University.

afbodydressthai

Replaced with SkittlesSims' 4t2 Conversion of Maxis' EF08 Diwali. Enabled for YF/EF. Categorized as Everyday & Formal. Sandals shoe sound. I left the other flags untouched.

afbodyyukata & tfbodyyukata

In general, I took out modern medicine, modern police imagery, and modern sports, in favor of more icons representing romantic plotlines and food, two things the original plot icons mostly ignored. I replaced the nooboo icon with the hen and chicks, rather than a pregnancy or baby-themed one; it can represent parenthood, it can fit into a children's book, and it's just cute.

The book cover icons visible in the novel-writing interface are from Almighty Hat's default replacement, which you can either download direct from her then make sure mine loads second, or you can download the all-in-one package, where I included the book covers (and only the small FT book covers, not all the other good stuff at Hat's place) along with the plot icons.

Neither version of my default includes a replacement for the book model itself. For that, you'll need someone else's file - I'm presently using @ebbycarolina's awesome multi-cover default, but before that I was using Hat's.

The bookcase books got an overhaul too, both in the icons that show when a sim is reading them, and for many of them, a reinterpretation of what kind of books they are.

Well, not cooking, a type of book that has basically never changed since it was being done in hieroglyphs or cuneiform. But "mystery" has been reinterpreted as "mysticism" or maybe "divination." Children's books didn't really exist until the 17th century, but our sim kids still want someone to read to them, so they get some animals to represent Aesop's fables (though the way the read-to interaction works, the parents will probably still be talking about toilets and teddy bears, and if a kid reads to themselves, they may think of the classic fable "the tortoise and the grasshopper.") Drama is meant to represent the Iliad, though of course the Trojan Horse, which I had to use to make it clear this isn't just "ancient warriors and a boat," doesn't actually appear in the Iliad.

Romance gave me some trouble, because, well... pastoral romance? Chivalric romance? Romance, as a literary term, has a history and associations beyond "The Billionaire CEO's Secret Mistress." But people have always had a yen for the spicy parts of anything, and I only get four plot points to work with, so I focused on the parts about falling in love, burning passion and whatnot. It can be about Daphnis and Chloe or Tristram and Isolde as needed. Sci-fi, meanwhile, I treated as "fantastic literature," and I reused the Demeter-and-Persephone myth from my mythological default because I really liked how that came out in-game.

The credits:

Book covers, if you take the package where they're included, are by Almighty Hat.

The title on the graphic is from a Terry Pratchett quote.

All the Freetime plot icons and the equivalent thought-bubbles are by Freepik.

For the bookshelf genre novels:

Mystery/mystic: Monkik, from the astrology collection.

Sci-fi/mythology: Maxicons, mythology collection and Fruit and Vegetables (for the pomegranate.)

Drama/The Iliad: Smashicons, mythology collection.

Children/fables, Romance, and Cooking were all by Freepik, though I had to mix and match among a couple of icon packs for the fables.

And finally the downloads:

All-in-one download, book covers included: SFS or Box.

tmtopnaked,  amtoptanktop and  emtopdressshirt replaced with some of AlmightyHat’s Aelia Autumn recolours of FantasyRogue’s top-only tunic. There’s 9 recolours for am, 8 for em, and 6 for tm. I’ve also included a ‘completer’ for tm, meaning the 3 recolours I didn’t use in the defaults, plus the corresponding child recolours since they’re repository. I recommend checking Hat’s post out for even more colours if you like an abundance of choice!

tmbottomboardshorts,  tmbottomkneeshorts,  ambottomlongshorts and embottomlongshorts, also known as “all shorts” for tm-em replaced with @vampirekiss6661′s multi-boot bottoms, specifically the ArisSkirt recolours. All ages get 9 recolours.

FYI, @asimplevampire​ has already defaulted ambottomlongshorts over here. I do like them, but I like the idea of having all the shorts defaulted together better. Also I straight up forgot.

tmbottompantscuffsboots,  tmbottomtightpantspointytoe,  ambottompants,  ambottomwillpants and embottompantssocksshoes replaced with @vampirekiss6661′s multi-boot bottoms, this time the Rogue version. All 6 original recolours get used, and all ages get 6 recolours. Thanks to rudhira for the default package I used as a base.

tmbottomcargopants and ambottomcargopants replaced with (you guessed it!) the final version of @vampirekiss6661′s multi-boot bottoms - ArisJacket. 4 recolours for am (enabled for em) and 5 for tm - they get Gold as the extra.

DOWNLOAD LINK: SFS (19.2 MB)

Delete the “unmerged” folders if you want all the defaults. There can only be one! Which are unmerged are a bit random but make sense to my scatterbrain. I use the merged packages but figured that since they exist I might as well let you have the choice.

The files are compressorized, there are text files with info (chaotic info, but still), and even previews included (gasp!). I decided to keep the meshes in separate packages, but they’re included.

I used at least @ello-sims, @rudhira and @lottie-sims‘ default packages as a base for mine, but I didn’t think to note down exactly whose packages I uses for which until literally the last one I did. Sorry. I didn’t extract any resources for this project. Just a buttload of clicking and double checking my progress and making sure everything works. I also colour coordinated the shortsleevecollar defaults for some reason. I think I did it so I wouldn’t be lost, but who knows honestly. What am I, a mind reader?!