🧩 The Sims 2: FreeTime Hobbies Mind Map – A Look At A Deeper Hobby System

i made these a solid year ago. would u guys be interested in me releasing these replacements publicly?

28 Food Replacements for The Sims 2

Some days ago @extyara sent me some food clone packages and I was able to make food replacements even for the food I don't have in my game (I don't have all the EP).

DOWNLOAD HERE

This is the list: Baked Alaska -> Spiced Carrot Cake Berry Pie -> Momo Orange Pie Char Broiled Catfish -> Fried Catfish Cheesecake -> Tres Leche Chicken Pot Pie -> Zucchini Pie Chirashi -> Rice Aubergine Crepes Suzette -> Strawberry Crepes Cup of Ramen -> Spicy Ramen Filet Mignon -> Filet Mignon Flapjacks -> Oatmeal Blueberry Pancakes Fried Chicken -> Chicken Fried Steak With Eggs Gelatin -> Koi Pond Mousse Cake Gyro -> Chicken Nuggets Toast Fries Hamburgers -> Burgers With Beef Holiday Roast -> Cranberry Roast Beef Layer Cake -> Advent Chocolate Cake Lime Seared Prawns -> Tempura Shrimp Udon Lobster -> Crab Rangoon Luau Ribs -> Lamb Steak Lunch Sandwich -> Tuna Melt Sandwiches Nectarine Tartlette -> Fruits Tartlets Pancakes -> Kitty Pancakes Pineapple Surprise -> Pineapple Fried Rice Ramen -> Miso Ramen Spaghetti -> Spaghetti Vongole Steamed Rice -> Sweet Mango Sticky Rice Teriyaki Mahi Mahi -> Grilled Mahi Mahi Mango Salsa TV Dinner -> Dino Nuggets

Updated SW Refurbishable Computer

Do you want your sims to be able to refurbish a computer for your sim’s Business? How about just as a hobby for your sims who are mechanically inclined? Well the sims wardrobe had made this a while back, however it was for older versions and EPs of the game. I updated it for the UC, please give credit to the people at SW who made this originally. All I did was update it.

https://modthesims.info/d/665001/sim-wardrobe-s-refurbishable-computer-updated-for-uc.html

📼kestrelteen's 4t2 nostalgia living set furniture in goat wood and pooklet naturals📼

really cute and versatile set in some more realistic woods and my fave palette for woods. a before and after img under the cut.

the polys are pretty low (they're like 2k at most i blv). texture sizes for the wood is 1024px and the glass is 512px. all have working mipmaps.

i know the glass looks a little iffy but i had to manually separate the design from the transparency which took forever to get right so pls know i tried my best xd

also, im aware that the centre and the bookshelf have identical textures and i made recolours for them each, but i couldn't repository them in my usual method and i just dont have the patience for doing it manually, srry!

i included kestrelteens' original collection file in case you dont have it and the meshes are included too. make sure to visit their original post for more details!

dl @ gd

credits - awingedllama, kestrelteens, goat, pooklet

Radioactive Barrel for the Sims 2

I made this with my boyfriend :p I think he even did babby's first mesh editing on it. You'll recognizing the barrel from one of the Maxis fireplaces. The object intermittently emits a modified version of the evil Snapdragon bouquet's effect. Be careful, sustained exposure will kill Sims! They may also vomit and think of radiation, as pictured. Fumes above the barrel mean the noxious effect is active. The sfx is from the base game. The object is always surrounded by ambient smoke, using the original evil Snapdragon sfx. That won't appear if you don't have OfB. Finally, the barrel also casts a green light on surrounding objects. While Sims can "view" it, I made the interaction non-autonomous. The barrel is found under Misc/Misc for 100$. Also: thank you to WHoward for guiding me with the vomiting haha. -> Download at SimFileShare

A Kit for (Fake) Above Ground Pools

You may know the technique for raising a pool using the CFE cheat. See this post or this video. The wonky foundation stuff annoyed me. I ended up making "specialized" objects for it: -> A fence with the look of an above ground pool wall. -> Wall and floor coverings to match it. -> A tall ladder and diving board. The fence has two variations, with and without the half-circle pattern on the "external" side. I did my best to have it line up with the wall covering, but it's not perfect. The ladder and diving board are fully functional and animated. Though as you can see, there is some foot sliding, clipping, and snapping into place. Their target height is a pool raised by six clicks. They can be used with an unaltered one, but the snapping will be more obvious. Both are texture-repositoried to their Maxis equivalents. I included a simple set of recolours for those, seen in the first preview picture. Both ladder and diving board can be placed over fences and walls (by the water) without the MoveObjects cheat. However, placement may still be finicky. Place them directly on the ground. Make sure you have enough space for their full footprints, and that your pool water is flat. Thank you to Gayars for helping me test :) (Turns out pool stuff in general can be tricky. Any ladder or diving board placed on a foundation will have Sims swimming through the ground!) -> Download at SimFileShare.

50+ Sub-Hobby Traits (Sims 2)

Published: 2-3-2025 | Updated: N/A SUMMARY Hobbies and interests were introduced via the Freetime EP (EA/Maxis, 2008). There are 10 hobbies (cuisine, film & literature, tinkering, sports, music and dance, fitness, arts & crafts, science, games, and nature) and 18 interest categories (sci-fi, culture, environment, paranormal, health, fashion, politics, sports, school, animals, toys, money, entertainment, work, crime, food, travel, and weather).  Here are 50+ trait tokens featuring various sub-hobbies – these are meant to compliment the original hobby categories and let players assign specific hobby-related interests to their sims. The Sub-Hobby Project comes from the collective brainstorming of @grilledcheese-aspiration, @slyndseysims @gayars and @anachronisims. DETAILS Requires all EPs/SPs. §0 | Buy > Misc > Misc (purple icons) At the time of this post, these are for storytelling/completion purposes only. These are TOKENS ONLY – they do not alter sims/gameplay on their own. If/when they are incorporated in mods, their custom function(s) will depend on the mods in question. The collection file is REQUIRED to access the traits in-game.

ITEMS Download a PDF/Excel document with the traits and their GUIDs using the link below.

DOWNLOAD (choose one) HOBBY TRAITS from SFS | from MEGA LIST OF TRAITS & GUIDs from SFS | from MEGA REQUIRED: COLLECTION FILE from SFS | from MEGA This file includes 3t2, 4t2, historical/medieval, fantasy, color, music, hobby, and other CC traits for Sims 2 (and some randomizers). Only visible trait tokens are included, and this file should REPLACE the original "Traits-Collection" file. CREDITS Thanks: @grilledcheese-aspiration, @slyndseysims @gayars and @anachronisims. Sources: 3t2 Traits Project (Hexagonal-Bipyramid, 2018),  Any Color You Like (CuriousB, 2010), Beyno (Korn via BBFonts), EA/Maxis, Offuturistic Infographic (Freepik), Flat Icon.

💡 Improved Sofa Bed and Chair Bed

These are functional pull-out sofa and chair based on Ikea Ektorp set. I created them long ago, and now, having more skill, decided to give them a refresh. Let me know if I made it worse! 😁

Fixes:

No more waiting in Live Mode for newly bought beds to become fully functional

No more untimely unhiding in visited neighbors' apartments

No autonomous unfolding without sleep

Fixed pie menu texts for some languages

New features:

Quarter tile and off-grid placement enabled (if placed off tile, you have to adjust bed part by hand to align it with its seating part)

Both bed and sofa/chair are visible in Buy Mode upon placing the object so that you can recolor sheets and adjust placement right away (one of the parts will hide in Live Mode)

Sleep interaction shortcut -- unfold and go to bed in one click (sleeping autonomy and user directed sleep are the same as for other beds; if you have a global mod that changes conditions, it'll apply to these beds as well)

Option to temporary disable autonomous sleep

Other changes:

Can sell unfolded beds

Can place chair bed next to a wall

Bed unfolds in "made" state even if no one made it before folding

Sell old beds and buy new ones in game for best experience (I kept GUIDs and filenames the same)

Known Issue: it's possible to make cheaty money using undo button, I'm not saying how 😛

Download:

Sofa Bed + Chair Bed + Cushion recolor * IKEA required, AL/M&G maybe too Notes for creators on how to update

Here is my own edit of Lindasims solarium, sims will lie down inside and after some time emerge with a tan and it lights up. Don't send them back in if they already have a tan! It will start a fire!

I edited the mesh down from 14k polys to just over 7k so it's not as smooth as Linda's but I wasn't bothered by that, I also remapped it so it now has one main 1024x1024 texture instead of 4(!) so texture quality has also been lost but again, I wasn't bothered by that. The two aqua trim retextures are my own, I wanted to make a gaudy gold one too but haven't gotten around to it yet.

I also added a small amount of fitness enthusiasm gain after getting a tan, but it's much lower than exercise equipment because, well, you're lying down :p but maybe your bodybuilders/health nuts will appreciate it :)

Costs 3000 simoleons and is found in plumbing/misc and electronics/misc, all compressorized.

I'm gonna say it requires BV for the tan overlay and FT for the enthusiasm but Linda didn't really go into requirements...

Credits: Lindasims and I'm gonna credit Numenor because I suspect she cloned his original tanning bed or at least used his lighting for this.

PHEW! DOWNLOAD

OFB Bouquets Default Replacement

A replacement for OFB craftable bouquets with models from Sims 4.

It's not compatible with other flower replacements and recolors and everything repositoried to them. It is however compatible with @hugelunatic's buyable flowers. I also updated the height of the smoke fx on snapdragon, you'll need to remake/rebuy it for the changes to apply correctly.

As a bonus, I also included a conversion of 2 objects from Flower Shop Set by @serenebluesims (Pocci) - a flower stand (9 slots) and a flower bucket (1 slot, goes on surfaces too). I also converted a fridge from Spa Day and called it a "Flower Fridge" :D It's a shelf with 6 slots. Because flowers have a shadow underneath, it will stick out of the buckets, but let's imagine it's a water level maybe? :D

All files are necessary for the default to function correctly (you can't pick and choose). All shadows are repositoried to Lord Crumps' shadow file (not included).

Compressed, clearly labelled, picture is included.

🎁✋🏻💐Download at SFS💐✋🏻🎁