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Hello everyone! It's been almost 4 years since my Garden Heights makeover, and now it's finally time to move on to Stephen!

MESA FLATS

Mesa Flats is a glittering haven for the wealthy and the restless, where the nightlife never sleeps and fine dining is a competitive sport. But beneath the excitement of the upcoming masquerade ball, simmering rivalries threaten to turn the celebration into a scandal. 

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What's new & what has changed?

All sims have ancestors now and some are connected in family ties;

New sims and families (including Kim family from the bin);

Some sims with a 2nd template are remade; sims whose faces were too high are fixed;

More depth & lore of existing sims;

All lots are completely made over (except iconic lots like Stephen Loyal's), including all community lots - a lot to explore;

High quality snapshots in family albums telling their stories;

and many more.

Note: this is my own vision of the hood and it doesn't correspond the original story 100%. I used it for main inspiration, but made my personal interpretation of things. Hope you OK with it!

DOWNLOAD

Zip includes:

folder PSS1 - the hood itself;

folder inDownloads - contains PS and some LS conversions + some more additional items (the "Other" folder is necessary to drop in your Downloads !)

Enjoy!

Credits:

@hoodbuildinggroup for amazing recreation of the hood;

@Stories to Sims 2 Conversion Database for conversions;

Hello friend!

Yes I am currently on a sims 2 break, buut I’m looking forward to come back to create and play!

Hi! This is the project i've been working on for several weeks now. I got an idea (and I don't think I'm the first simmer who did) to recreate the base game hoods from scratch using @jawusa's simless versions of them. I started with Strangetown since it had the least amount of families or complicated family ties.

!!!Remember this is only in testing, don't rely on this Strangetown very much!!! What is the purpose of the hood?

There are two particular goals I tried to achieve: to adapt the hood for all of the expansion packs, and to get rid of corruption. • It's made absolutely from scratch - which means there is no corruption at all. And THAT means all ancestors are safe to play with and have their own graves, including all Olive's victims!

• Ancestors also have restored faces which Maxis intented them to have originally. They were recreated by carrit on MTS.

• Since there was A LOT of ancestors, I had to build a small graveyard at 45 Road To Nowhere. You may find it aside from the Grunt house.

• All alive sims are now have corrected genetics, memories, turn ons/offs, outerwears, LTWs and hobbies. I tried to go the closest with Maxis's image of the sims so everything should make sense.

• All of the circumstances have been restored - you will start the Curious family at 1:00 in the correct weekday as in the original, for example. Johnny is having birthday, Olive and Ophelia are 2 days aways from dying/growing up, the Beakers have roaches, etc.

• All of the zodiacs, interests, relationships and etc. have been restored due to original hood. There are only a few changes to correct some mistaked (e.g. Pascal now knows Circe which was presumably intended)

• Bella Goth is present here, and has been remade into her Pleasntaview version.

• All houses now have matching ceilings - finally!

Known issues • No scripted events & popups. This is the next thing I'm going to

study and try to make, but I can't promise anything.

• Pascal Curious have incorrect maternity clothes - don't know how to fix yet.

• No townies yet - also the thing to be added in the updates.

• Sims have random wants at the start - not sure how to set certain wants for them, e.g. Olive's want to reitre.

• Possible wants about ancestors, because in fact they died just an hour ago lol. I tried to clean them as I could, though.

• Not all important dead sims have memories - Lyla Grunt, Olive's husbands and others. I plan to give them memories so you can play them with joy.

• Welcome wagon is possible - it didn't appear in my game, but appeared when my friend tested it. This is not perfect, but IMO it's better than the dirty Maxis ones - I will at least worry less about corruption and waste less time on setting hobbies, LTWs and everything else. There are only playable sims & ancestors & dead sims from Olive's lot. Also I added Crystal Vu, Meredith Lillard, Abhijeet Cho and Bella Goth - they share everything with the originals. The only extra sim is the driver (someone tried to go to work), but I remade her to Stacy Phelps, driver from the original hood. Her preview is not refreshed yet, though.

Download Strangetown WITH Bella Goth

Download Strangetown WITHOUT Bella Goth

All of the news about the project will go under #reborn maxis hashtag, so you can keep in touch. If you find any bugs & mistakes, feel free to report or ask. If you want to help, you can also contact me!

Hi there! I really like Maxis usual bigfoots in TS2, but one thing bothered me a lot - their faces. This is just my personal preference, but I like to see my bigfoots all hairy hehe So I used the usual Maxis bigfoot hair & clothes, but changed the face texture, eyes and teeth. Now they are using Lilith's Feather werewolf skins and eyes by keoni-chan. I use them personally but I think they would go with a lot of other default eyes. The original default was made by Amaryll on GoS, but it contained the matching skintone as well, and it didn't match Maxis ones as seen in the left picture:

So I fixed it by merging Maxis textures for the neck and Lilith for the face:

Download (mediafire)

For better look I put on eyebrows from BV with GussyUp plugin ~

Enjoy!

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People come to Garden Heights for two reasons: love for animals & flowers, and low taxes. That way, two large groups of citizens have formed here - the greedy riches and the lonely hearts looking for their place in life. Creating eternal conflicts, the inhabitants of Garden Heights completely forgot about the origins of this town, about the love that fed it, and about the loyalty that once united the former residents into one large community. Will Garden Heights return to its former serenity, or will the legacy of its founders be completely lost?

Hello! Here is my makeover of Garden Heights aka Best in Show, hood from The Sims Pet Stories!

I always liked Stories games and sims it brought, but I found it very sad there were no in-game stories besides the one we played in story mode. So i fixed that!

Here I added ancestors to all alive sims, family trees, memories and new sims that fitted Garden Heights well. You'll find out a lot of interesting events and stories that happened to premade sims in this hood.

Links to family previews & bios so you can take a look before you decide to play the hood:

Pt. 1: https://xiodi-kun.tumblr.com/post/674083080941780992/garden-heights-families-pt1

Pt. 2: https://xiodi-kun.tumblr.com/post/674083322703527936/garden-heights-families-pt2

DOWNLOAD: Download main hood version: https://www.mediafire.com/file/jtkvvypy8vy54ya/Garden_Heights_main_hood.7z/file

Installation: put PSA1 folder in your Documents/EA Games/The Sims 2/ Neighbourhoods folder. Put "to Downloads" folder in your Documents/EA Games/The Sims 2/Downloads folder.

Download subhood version: https://www.mediafire.com/file/fyxxbv0eo47o5fz/Garden_Heights_subhood.7z/file

Installation: put BSA1 folder in game installation directory/The Sims 2 Open For Business/TSData/Res/NeighbourhoodTemplate. Put "to Downloads" folder in your Documents/EA Games/The Sims 2/Downloads folder.

Note: Melissa Carter lives in an apartment, so in subhood-version I needed to move her out. It's a necessity in order to make the subhood version to work. You only need to move her back again (left apartment).

Credits:

Hood Building Group on ModTheSims https://modthesims.info/m/9293562 whose recreation I used as a base for my makeover

@lowedeus for technical support

Goldenbtrfly on ModTheSims https://modthesims.info/m/7917685 for the lot I used in this hood

first part: https://xiodi-kun.tumblr.com/post/674083080941780992/garden-heights-families-pt1

Grinder family

The Grinders seem to be a good example of a "perfect" family: the father is a former military man, the mother is the homemaker and archaeologist, the daughter is brain and beauty, and the dog is dignified guard of the house. But is everything really that decent?

Coach seems to have completely forgotten that he is no longer general's assistant, and that his house is not an army company. Jennifer turns a blind eye to her husband's unhealthy behavior and immerses herself into work. And what about sweet Claire, whose interests don't correspond to the image of an ideal daughter at all?

Beniz family

If you ask each of them why their marriage is on the verge of collapse - one will begin to list the shortcomings of the other, completely ignoring the common guilt. Why is Henry so annoyed by Lily-Rose's excessive domesticity? And why is Lily-Rose so jealous and constantly suspects Henry of cheating? Is this the classic conflict of an incompatible couple, or did the loss of a child provoke a strange reaction in each of them, far beyond their understanding?

Martin family

Hi! I made a makeover of Garden Heights from The Sims Pet Stories. I added ancestors, family trees, memories, new sims, etc. For the closer look download the hood, here I'll post family previews and bios.

Whitt family

Alice inherited her grandparents's house not so long ago, but she has already faced problems: the bills are too large, while Diana DeBore is too assertive in her desire to come after Alice's property. Will Alice's artistic talent help her, or will she have to look for other ways to find money?

DeBore family

АDiana desperately tries to get over her past, doing the only thing she does perfectly - annoy people and make money. Young Dahlia is trying to maintain a balance between pretending and her true nature, but when Diana finds out that her daughter is not who she wants her to be, what will happen?

Fielding family

Otis and his ex-lover Diana were famous in Garden Heights, winning victory after victory at local dog shows. Faced with signs of fate, Otis made the decision to completely change his mind and live freely with his unchanging companion.

From their childhood, Otis's children listened to their father's philosophy and found his ideas wise. As soon as Alfonzo grew up, he immediately decided to leave his parent and become independent, and little Alexin rushed after him. Will they be able to survive in this cruel, greedy world? Will they reveal their great potential, considering their unusual origin?

Carter family

Everyday, Melissa is haunted by the ghosts of the past - a small affair, resulted in the destruction of a family, haunts her to this day. And what happens when her boss Diana finds out that Melissa is responsible for a lot more than she thinks?..

Kat family

For generations, the Kat family has been closely associated with the purring tribe. And now, Tara lives with two cats of her mother and one of her own. How will Mickey and Samantha react to their new roomate? Will Tara finally find a way to her dreams of a strong family, which she has always lacked so much?

Mustella family

Brock and Reece are street thugs who also work for Diana DeBore. While Reece goes into crime deeper and deeper to make his dreams come true, Brock is thinking of quitting dark deeds and improving relations with his new friend Tara Kat. Brock recently adopted a street cat, Indie, who finally gave him hope for a good future. Won't they quarrel because of the conflict of their interests?

Flores family

Which are the three words that describe Amaya the most? Love, spring, flowers. Amaya's grandmother was the founder of Garden Heights and is the reason why it's called that way. Amaya graduated from SSU recently and is currently working as a lab assistant in the research center her parents used to work at. But now she starts to realize that science is not her one true passion...

Roseland family

Syd recently moved to Garden Heights for two reasons: his love for dogs and his desire to open the best pet store in town. Not surprising, it was Diana DeBore who put spikes in the wheels: because of her, Syd's reputation got screwed up from the very beginning. Diana doesn't tolerate competition, but Syd doesn't intend to give up either; especially when he found such good friends as Alice and Thomas. And also, he seems to start feeling completely different for Alice ...

Jones family

It is hard to live with a diseased mother and see her wither with your own eyes. And when this mother is still kind of a daredevil, it becomes twice as hard.

Adriana has recently returned to Garden Heights back to her son, and they don't seem to get along very well. She intends to spend her old age even more vividly than she spent her youth. Will the quiet Thomas, suffering from unrequited love, withstand the pressure of his tear-off mother?