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Ladies and gentlemen, Pink Flashing in the Legacy Edition!
TUTORIEL FACILE ET RAPIDE POUR INSTALLER LES SIMS 2 IKEA DANS LA VERSION LEGACY EDITION
Installer Les Sims 2 Ikea sans devoir télécharger la version contenus personnalisés.
*Notez qu'il est important d'aller chercher les fichiers package collection dans le fichier Collections de l'ultimate collection afin de voir le dossier Ikea regroupé dans la section des gestions de Collection.
📺 The Sims 2 re-release is a mess - Corruption Update
From video description:
Marticore's video (introduction for new TS2 players):
FakeGamerGirl's video:
Tumblr post with Manage Inventory speculation:
I forgot to mention the fact that EA devs have heavily inspired themselves with Nopke's shadow fix lol. More info about it here:
TRADUCTION FRANÇAISE MODS ET CC
Sul sul !
S'il y a bien quelque chose que nous savons, c'est que Les Sims comportent beaucoup de mods intéressants qui modifient grandement l'expérience de jeu. Cependant, un manque existe dans la communauté française des Sims 2 : la traduction des mods et contenus personnalisés en français.
Je déposerai désormais sur ce post des mods et contenus personnalisés entièrement traduits en français, afin que plusieurs puissent en profiter.
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Mods et CC traduits dans leur entièreté:
Vous retrouvez un fichier Google Drive comportant plusieurs mods et contenus personnalisés traduit et classé par créateur juste ICI.
Ce que le fichier comporte:
Mods par twojeffs
Le Sim Blender [Maj - 18/02/25]
Visitor Controller
ACR (Uniquement le fichier ACR - Controller - Main) [Maj - 22/05/25]
Mods par ??? (Si vous connaissez les créateurs, merci de le partager pour les crédits de leur création)
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En cours de traduction:
Mods par J. M. Pescado
ffdebugger, tout simplement appelé la Batbox. [95%]
Mods par Sun&Moon
Makin' Hay [100%]
The Ultimate Fruit Collection [75%]
Wild Berry Bushes [75%]
It’s A Trap - Animal Trapping Stations [75%]
Wooden Wonders - Woodworking Set [100%]
Barnyard Bash - Ultimate Livestock and Poultry Collection [0%]
Forging On - Metalsmithing Station [0%]
Pottery Party - Functional Pottery Making [0%]
Mods par Lazy Duchess
Story progression [0%]
Contenus personnalisés d'Anouska
Les toiles d’Anouska [100%] ainsi que les conversion TS3 [10%]
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Notez que le document est sujet à des modifications régulières. De nouveaux mods seront ajoutés dans les prochains jours, mois et années à venir.
Merci de m'aviser d'erreurs potentielles, je tacherais de mettre rapidement à jour.
The Sims 2: Skin
🧩 The Sims 2: FreeTime Hobbies Mind Map – A Look at a Deeper Hobby System
Because of the announcement of the Business and Hobbies expansion pack for The Sims 4 and because people are writing that few hobbies were provided there, I wanted to share the mind map for The Sims 2: FreeTime expansion pack that was created by The Sims 2 developers during development of this expansion pack and shared by Lindsay Pearson (SimsGuruPearson) on September 23, 2015, on X/Twitter.
This mind map illustrates the hobby system introduced in The Sims 2: FreeTime. It shows how different gameplay mechanics related to hobbies are interconnected.
Main Elements of the Mind Map:
1. Hobbies – The Central Node
All mechanics related to hobbies branch out from this core concept.
2. Heavy Hobbies
These involve more active pursuits, including:
Sports (basketball hoop, soccer net, football toss)
Games (board games, PC games, RC cars/helicopters)
Science (telescope additions, ant farm, stargazing enhancements)
Music (violin, modular synth)
Fitness (exercise bike, jogging, protein shakes)
Arts & Crafts (pottery wheel, sewing machine)
Engineering/Tinkering (train kit, repairable car, tinker interaction)
3. Light Hobbies
These involve less physically intense activities:
Nature (bug collecting, bird watching, hiking)
Literature (writing novels, reading unique books)
Food (judging contests, food platters, nectar bar)
Entertainment (TV additions, merchandise)
4. Hobby System (Tracking)
The mechanics that govern hobbies, including:
Hobby Factors (various influences on hobby progress)
Instruct Interaction (mentoring between Sims)
Hobby Chance Cards (random events related to hobbies)
Share Hobby Tips (Sims discussing their hobbies)
Hobby Secret Lots (exclusive locations for Sims with high enthusiasm)
Iconic Hobbyists (notable Sims tied to certain hobbies)
"The Zone" (a gameplay effect for mastery in hobbies)
5. Lifetime Fulfillment
How hobbies connect to Sims’ long-term aspirations, friendships, and parenting mechanics.
6. Preoccupation (Hobby Obsession)
Additional interactions related to hobbies:
Sims talking about hobbies
Newspaper sections dedicated to hobbies
Sims dreaming about hobbies
Hobby-related idle animations
A computer patch for blogging and surfing about hobbies
7. New Careers
Careers linked to hobbies with objects like the drafting table, ballet bar, koi pond, surveillance mic, and fame star rug.
This mind map visually explains how FreeTime expands the game by integrating hobbies into careers, social interactions, and long-term aspirations, making Sims' lives feel more dynamic and immersive.
Source:
GUNMOD’S RADIANCE LIGHTING SYSTEM 2.5: Now with 100% less blue nights!
NOTICE: THIS MOD IS FOR THE SIMS 2! Do not even try to installl this in your TS4 game.
After lots of fiddling around, I finally got to achieve my TS2 modding dream: to update the Radiance Lighting System to get rid of the annoying blue cast that plagued Sims games since time immemorial.
Download link and more info under the cut.
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TS2 Legacy Collection CEP Extra Tutorial
Hi guys! I just wanted to make this quick tutorial on this since it's the first time a lot of players will be doing this.
Step 1: Download CEP Extra Manual installation from ModTheSims linked here (Read all instructions included if you get confused)
Step 2: Extract the Zip to a folder
Step 3: Open the folder and place the package _EnableColorOptionsMMAT into the Sims3D folder located here: Program Files > EA Games>The Sims 2 Legacy>Base>TSData>Res>Sims3D
Step 4: Place the package _EnableColorOptionsGMND into your Downloads folder located here: Documents>EA Games>The Sims 2 Legacy>Downloads **Note: You will likely have to create this folder yourself which is easy. Simply right click inside The Sims 2 Legacy folder and create a new folder named "Downloads" and place that file right inside.**
Step 5: Open the 'Extras' folder inside the Zip
Step 6: Open the folder 'MyDocuments' and place the entire zCEP-EXTRA folder inside your Sims 2 Legacy document folder located here: Documents>EA Games>The Sims 2 Legacy
Step 7: Open the folder 'ProgramFiles' and place the entire zCEP-EXTRA folder inside your Catalog folder located here: Program Files > EA Games>The Sims 2 Legacy>Base>TSData>Res>Catalog
And thats it! You should be good to go now. You can check if it's working by the start up message. If you have that setting turned off you can also check to see if it's working by going into one of the households and using the design tool on objects that were previously not recolorable or expanded objects. I believe you can also check to see if it's working by checking the skin tone range in CAS but don't quote me on that lol. Anyway I hope this helped someone 💜
Recolors for Helier set from Mansion & Garden EP. Four basic shades plus glowing recolors
❗ glowing recolors require Extended Standard Material Shader by @crispsandkerosene - without it the texture glow effect will not be visible!
Helier's Curves [M&G] - recolors & add-on
& 'Arc Deco Entranceway Accent' recolors
Download: MEGA | BOX | SFS
Glowing recolors are all repo'ed to basic shades and to additive texture packs (make sure you don't remove those by accident).
*This is for The Sims 2
Enjoy!
I thought I was done recolouring and then I remembered there's that Arc Entranceway canopy thing - I've never used it in my game so I didn't know it had two subsets.. Glowing recolors are only for the edges cuz otherwise it wouldn't make sense - and it doesn't look as good as I'd like it to.
There's also a Helier archway, I didn't feel like recolouring it at this point but might do that in the future.
As I mentioned above, glowing recolors are repoed. "Additive texture pack" packages contain additive maps used for neons so there's no texture redundancy. You can tweak or replace each additive map -(I've included texture resources) the change will affect all neon recolors in the set, that are linked to the edited texture.
If you'd like to replace glowing texture in specific recolor file, you open TXMT settings and edit texture name in stdMatAdditiveTextureName line, plus the same texture name in File List tab. Don't forget to commit changes.
New day, new project!
So what's this?
With recent re-release of The Sims 1 and The Sims 2, I decided to fix my UC install (yay!) and return to an old project! It's been a couple of years but I learned how to edit sims 2 lighting, and thus I decided to get Radiance lighting closer to what I've always been expecting of it.
So what's new in this?
For now, only night has been significantly changed, but I plan to apply this to all the weathers and times of day, as well as make the time of day switch just a bit smoother.
Keep reading for some more details:
Lights are a bit more intense, and the highlights are more visible, while shadows are darker (but still affected by the room color). Blue ambience minimized.
Outdoor lights get the same treatment (and yes, that is a base game light, they all have different shapes)!
More precise and dramatic window light spillage indoors (Now also affecting objects)!
Same applies to the outdoor objects (The spillage is softer but still visible)!
For now, this is what I've done, but for example, day is too bright, and there's still way too many shadows during overcast. There's not a lot to be done (day, morning, evening, overcast, winter, spring and autumn all have their own modes, besides the night, which I just finished) and it's easy to edit and test this (just keep reloading the lot), so I think it will most likely take just a couple of days to finish it.
Will keep you posted on this one.
February 4th, 2000 - 2025 25 Years of The Sims
Funny thing about the Custom Skins dialog in the Legacy Collection not closing is that it's because they mistakenly hooked up the Confirm/Cancel buttons to Change Pages instead, I haven't tested it but theoretically clicking them should just change pages if you have multiple pages of skintones lol.
It was pretty difficult to try and recreate the code to close the dialog so I didn't get around to fixing it with TS2 Extender and I imagine it will get fixed so probably not worth it.
Very random thing to break, makes me wonder if maybe they went ahead and refactored a bunch of things without much testing.
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.
ACottonSock's Sims 2 Mods Masterlist (Part 1)
The long awaited SIMS 2 MOD MASTERLIST!
NOTE: This list is so long that I had to split this into two parts (Tumblr doesn't allow posts with more than 100 hyperlinks 😩). ALSO NOTE: I use Ultimate Collection. Some mods may not work if you use Legacy Edition. Specifically, I know RPC and CJH Community Time DO NOT work (at the moment) on Legacy. Last Updated: 2/1/25 - Creation!
PART 1 | PART 2
Social Interaction/Romance/Relationship Mods
ACR (Autonomous Casual Romance): Add more spice and drama concerning romance, while letting your Sims make more of their own choices.
Auto-Engagement & Auto-Breakup: An add-on module for ACR by LazyDuchess that makes it possible for auto-engagements and auto-breakups to be possible. REQUIRES ACR.
Adults Go Steady ('dreadpirate_adultsgosteady_lastnamedialog'): This mod does three things. One: makes it so adults can now go steady like teens. Two: lets you choose the last name for two Sims that have just been married and will present a dialogue asking which last name you'd like the Sim to take. Three: adds a friendly breakup.
Work & Bring Home Friend Dialog: Prompts you with a dialogue before a Sim tries to bring home a coworker. HERE IS THE SAME MOD BUT FOR SCHOOL.
More Realistic Relationship Decay: Changes how the EAxis default relationship decay works.
Macrotastics: Automates tedious and repetitive gameplay, such as motive-maintenance, businesses, socializing, and skillbuilding.
Ask "Just Be Friends" Social: Allows two Sims to just be friends to cut off any romantic feelings.
No Auto Talk Through: Prevents sims from autonomously using "talk through" with stuffed animals.
New Turn Ons: This mod adds four new turn ons/offs to the game. In addition, it fixes quite a few problems with the attraction/chemistry system. I use 'YoungAdultEducationAliensInfluentialTravelGreatDancerGreatFighter(ReplacesOutfitTurnOns)-UPDATE9'.
Adoption/Baby/Childcare Mods
Adopt in Poverty: Removes restriction where Sims have $3,000 to adopt children.
Auto Do Homework: Everyday at 7pm, children and teens will auto do their homework where it is on the lot.
No Baby Harassing: Are you tired of your sims poking, prodding, badgering, and otherwise harassing your babies and toddlers 57 times an hour? This hack shuts off autonomous baby pestering.
No Social Worker: Stops social worker taking neglected kids. Adoption is not affected by this patch. Children already born may still be taken away if they are hungry or lonely.
Teen & Gender Preference Adoption: This mod adds the option to adopt teens from the adoption service, it also allows you to choose your gender preference for toddlers, children, & teens.
Pregnancy Relationship Change: Causes sims to react negatively to a significant other's first pregnancy bump if it indicates cheating and they pass a logic check (3+ logic to tell that it was cheating, 7+ logic to identify the person they cheated with and get mad at them also).
Same Day Adoption: This mod allows you to receive your adopted child the same day you call to adopt via the social worker.
Monique's Child Support: Sims not living on the lot with their children must pay child support.
Quiet Pregnancy: No longer will the baby chimes play when your Sim gets pregnant.
Baby Hair: Adds cute genetic baby hair to your Sims' infants so you can see their hair color! You need to visit the comment section and get the bu_hair files.
Baby Last Name Chooser: You’ll get an additional dialog per baby asking whose last name they should take. Must load AFTER Triplets and Quads mod.
Alternate Pregnancy Controller Lite: Adds the chance of miscarriage to each pregnancy.
Young Enough For Pregnancy Fix: Adjusts how far Sims can get pregnant until they age up.
Crib Animation Teeth Fix: Toddlers teeth won't drop through their face anymore when in the crib, crying.
Pets Mods
Kitty/Puppy Pattern Enabler: Enables patterns to show on kittens and puppies.
Pets at University: Allows university students to adopt pets.
Rabbits as Pets: Adds rabbits to the game!
Pets and Toddlers on Vacation: Pretty self explanatory, lets you take toddlers and pets on vacation.
Allow puppy kitten toddler riders: Permits a puppy or kitten to ride in a vehicle, to walk with you to a community lot, and to travel back home with you. Also has the same effects for toddlers.
No Pet Obsession: Lowers the fun advertising of interactions between Sims toward Pets (not the other way around). Sims will now get wants related to pets only if they are in their family or if they are friends with the critter, and wants are also dependent on a sims interest in animals.
Baby Pet Creator: Allows you to 'Create Puppy/Kitten' via a statue in Misc./Misc.
Sickness Mods
Disease Mod: Finetunes and makes sickness more realistic. Adds more factors for a Sims' disease recovery.
Grandma's Comfort Soup: Makes Grandma's Comfort Soup more realistic in the sense that it doesn't immediately cure a Sim of sickness, rather, it's gradual.
Better Disease Notifications: Whenever a disease's severity is updated - this happens once every six in-game hours - there are now additional checks that look at the disease's updated severity level, as well as how well the Sim cared for themselves before the token was updated.
Antibodies after a Sickness: Make sure to get version that is compatible with the 'Disease Mod' from Simler90 (above), 'BetterDiseaseNotifications-DiseaseMod'.
PATCH Antibodies After a Sickness: Patch only required if you decide to download BOTH Better DIsease Notifications AND Antibodies after a Sickness mods (above).
Environment, Building/Buy Mods & Defaults
Burglar Alarm, Fire Alarm, and Phone Defaults: Replaces the yellow-cream color of the default burglar alarm, fire alarm, and phone to a white color.
Car Spawn Fire Hydrant: Makes cars drive past the light to make it more lively. HERE IS AN INVISIBLE RECOLOR.
Default Book Covers and Novel Icons: Replaces the default book covers with updated ones taken from Sims 4.
Default Mop: Default replaces the mop from base game to a cuter one.
Maxis Match Lighting Mod: Aims to improve on vanilla Maxis lighting, while at the same time retain its very essence.
The "CEP" - Color Enable Package: This mod enables colour options for many objects that EAxis shipped in only one colour (e.g. the potty chair, the exercise machines, the photobooth); the CEP also enables colour options for a second part of the object, when Maxis offered only one recolorable part.
Ceiling Default Replacement: No more popcorn ceilings! Replaced with a flat white ceiling.
Center Slots for Maxis 2 Tile Tables: Adds a center slot to all of the Maxis two tile tables.
Roof Trim Defaults: Set of roof trim default replacements with a white Maxis Match trim and grey under eaves.
Ceiling Light Fix: Alters the mesh of the base game Lunatech ceiling light so that it now sits at a height which ensures it fits into the game ceilings if you own Apartment Life.
Centerpiece Enabler for Maxis Small Objects: This mod makes nearly all Maxis small objects up to Mansion & Garden Stuff Pack to function as valid centerpieces.
Rugs - zMOG!! Off Grid: Makes each rug from all EPs and SPs be able to be placed off grid using snapobjectstogrid false. Pay attention to install instructions.
Freetime Crib Fixes: Sims will no longer stick their arm through the crib.
Stay Things Shrub UPDATED: Let's you put down this shrub that causes furniture to stay for the next homeowner upon the home being sold.
GunMod's Camera Mod: Allows you to zoom closer and farther away on your Sim. !! This does NOT go in your Mods folder! Install location on post !!
CAS & Defaults
Baby Bottle Replacement: Changes the green milk to white milk.
Male Body Hair (Inky-Fish's Male Body hair): A crate that will allow you to put body hair. Has to be bought in Miscellaneous first, but can be deleted after.
Clean UI: Changes all the game interfaces to a white, 'clean' look. HERE is a tutorial on how to install.
Default Eyes: Beautiful eyes that replace the EAxis ones.
Default Skin: The iconic default skin that adds a nice base.
Default Eyebrows: Natural looking eyebrow replacements.
Default Face Templates: Replaces the EA face templates so the templates in CAS will be more unique. Make sure you download the fix (linked in the post) to fix templates 21 & 25.
Default Makeup: Replaces all the base game makeup (as well as OFB).
Evie's Equal Genetics: Adjusts genetic rules for eyes and hair, giving more control over in-game births. Recessive traits like green/grey eyes or blonde/ginger hair can appear, even with a parent having dark blue/brown eyes.
Better Bubbles: Replaces the default blurry low-resolution Chat, Thought and Yell Headline Bubbles.
Better Computer Screens: Replaces every computer screen with new higher resolution custom graphics.
Brighter Computer Screens: Brightens up the computer screens.
No Smiling in CAS: Sims no longer have that constant little smirk while you're editing the face/hair/makeup in CAS.
Townie Body Diversity: Whenever the game makes a new townie, it will roll a die to decide whether the townie should be fat, fit or thin. Existing townies won't be affected - only new townies.
Wide Buy Plan Outfits: (Post #31) Makes the 'Plan outfits' interface wider.
Gussy Up UPDATED: This mod allows you to buy, change, and plan outfits from a pie menu in-game. Allows you to change townie clothing and change appearance of any Sim directly by clicking on them.
No Pause Frame: Removes the border around the screen when paused.
OFB Bouquets Default Replacement: A replacement for OFB craftable bouquets with models from Sims 4.
Park in the Car Park: This mod updates the driveway objects to allow the placing of them on community lots where they can then be used to park on by Sims driving to that lot.
Base Game Appliances to White: Makes the various base game appliances to a nice white color instead of that dirty looking creme.
24 Sliders: This is a set of 24 new face sliders available to use in Bodyshop, CaS, and the plastic surgery machine.
Gameplay Mods
CJH Community Time: Sims will no longer come back to the home lot the moment they left. HERE is a patch to fix some issues with this mod.
Growing Up Wants Panel: This mod changes the rules for receiving want slots, fear slots, and locks. Sims with Gold (or platinum, if you so choose) receive want slots upon age up.
Desk Locator: Children and teens will place their homework down on their correct desk. This object can be found in Surfaces>Desks.
Auto Yak-Yak: Automates phone calls and adds a 'Call Family' button.
Bigger Families: Allows an unlimited number of sims on the lot.
Loan Jar: An object that allows your sims to borrow money as needed.
Wedding Mat: Allows Sims to wed on a mat (that can be recolored) instead of under an arch.
Jump Rope Fitness: Jumping rope now builds fitness. The rate is the same as a radio workout.
Deadly Satellites: Increases the chance of satellite death.
The Astronomy Mod: Makes Astronomy more fun and dynamic.
Simply Leftovers: Allows you to put away a group meal as the correct number of single plate portions instead.
Throw Massive Parties: Let's you throw larger parties. You can invite as many as you want.
Interests Overhaul: Changes a bunch of Interest related tunings.
Enthusiasm Overhaul: Stops interests from changing so easily in relation to hobby activities. They can still change in response to the Predestined/True Hobby.
Monique's Hacked Computer: Allows online shopping, Sims to have bank accounts, and much more.
More Dangerous Fire: Fire spreads faster and destroys quicker. Two flavors to choose from. I use more dangerous.
Smart Beds: Forces the bed ownership system already in the game to actually work. Sims will autonomously only use the bed they have the most ownership of.
Smart Beds - Elder Plugin: Makes elders sleep in until 6am so they don't wake up randomly at 1am.
Social Welfare: Allows poor, unemployed Sims to apply for welfare.
Move-in Assets Fixed and Improved: This mod fixes two issues with wrong funds when sims move in by invitation or marriage. It also allows to choose how much money to transfer from split household.
Update to Crystal Ball Dating
Original post can be found here.
~What's new~ Original crystal ball creation was not updated for Apartment Life, and as such the ignore townie option did not block social group townies from appearing. Fortunately, thanks to the teleport edits I've done, fixing that was easy enough that even my winter-fog-riddled-brain could handle it. If you want to actually block all townie-types when selecting ignore townie, please re-download the latest version. For more info on versions, please see original post. Download standard mod Download version compatible with Midge's more computer options
Monique computer edits do not need replacing, only the global mod part is updated. ~Changelog for this mod~ Ver 3. Now covers social groups for townies Ver 2. Added broken tests to prevent option from showing on a broken computer Thank you @kashmiresims for bringing this to my attention so I could fix it. I will not be updating the crystal ball itself, because it's not mine and the whole idea of this mod is that you no longer need it :)
Strangetown Masterpost
101 Road To Nowhere (Smith) | 51 Road to Nowhere (Grunt)
2 Cover Up Road (Curious) | 13 Dead End Lane (Specter)
1 Tesla Court (Beaker) | 57 Road to Nowhere (Singles)
73 Road to Nowhere (Loner) | 91 Road to Nowhere
88 Road to Nowhere
94 Road to Nowhere | 188 Road to Nowhere
Using Sims2Pack Clean Installer with The Sims 2: Legacy Collection (and Ultimate too!)
Bringing over a simple (and previously documented) tutorial on how to make Sims2Pack Clean Installer work with Sims 2 Legacy and UC. This is just an adapated version of SimsWiki's UC FAQ, so all credit goes to them. If you want a written step-by-step, please go to their website! STEP 1: Download Sims2Pack Clean Installer
Download (and install) Sims2Pack Clean Installer. This tutorial will be covering the installable version, but the NoInstall one probably works the same. STEP 2: Open the Sims2Pack Clean Installer configuration file
You will now go into the directory where you selected and installed Sims2Pack Clean Installer on. By default, it installs on the C:/ drive, so it is probably located at C:\Program Files (x86)\Sims2Pack Clean Installer. That may vary if you changed the directory.
Open the file called "S2PCI.ini". That is the configuration file that we will be altering. PS: You can use your computer's default Notepad for this, but software like Notepad++ can be easier to manage/edit.
STEP 3: Edit your Sims2Pack Clean Installer configuration to detect Sims 2 Legacy/UC
Where it says SaveGamePath="", you will add the directory where your game's Documents folder is in between the "", just like shown in the photo. - For The Sims 2: Legacy Collection, it is usually C:\Users\YourUserName\Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2 Legacy - For The Sims 2: Ultimate Collection, it is usually C:\Users\YourUserName\Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2™ Ultimate Collection
After that, simply save and replace the file. Depending on your computer settings, it might say it is not able to save. If this happens to you, simply save the edited S2PCI.ini on your desktop, then copy and paste the file inside the Sims2Pack Clean Installer folder and replace the original file (and it should always ask for you to replace the original file! check the tips below for clarification). It might ask for administrator permission, just click yes and proceed until the file is replaced with the one you just edited.
TIP: Not sure what your username is? Simple: on your File Explorer, go to Documents > EA Games > The Sims 2 Legacy (or Ultimate Collection) and click the bar. It will show the full path to the folder. Copy that path and follow the rest of this step. TIP 2: Make sure to save it as a .ini file and NOT a .txt one! If you are having difficulties with that, go to File > Save as on Notepad and select "All Files (*)" as file type. Make sure to also name it exactly as S2PCI.ini (it SHOULD ask you to replace the original file, if it did not, something is wrong. Try following the steps again making sure everything was properly followed!)
STEP 4: Install your Custom Content
The last step is to install your custom content. To make sure that Sims2Pack Clean Installer is working properly with the configuration file you edited, make sure that it shows the path written in the file when you press install. It should point to the game's Documents folder like the image above. Now that you showed the program where your Sims 2 Documents folder is, it should auto-detect where to put the files. Ta-da! Your Sims2Pack Clean Installer is done and working. Enjoy your Custom Content and Sims2Pack installing galore all you want <3
Breaking my ‘quitting tumblr’ momentarily to say PLEASE stop being dumb fucks and accusing people of spreading misinformation about The Sims 1 and 2 re-release having the Denuvo DRM when they have corrected themselves via reblogs, edits and replies - because this community loves jumping on players of colour any chance they get to accuse them of wrongdoing where there is none. If I know Simblr I know it takes a white person to say anything for anyone to give a shit, so listen up and read carefully! 📖
The posts about the Sims 1 and 2 re release having the Denuvo DRM on them were mostly written BEFORE it was proven to be false. They are likely NOT spreading ‘misinformation!!!111’ intentionally. Many have self-corrected. Take your heads out of your asses and take a moment to consider things before accusing people. I know this is Tumblr and you’re incapable of doing that as well as checking all the available information before making an accusation, but give it a try. Do it for me 🥺😘 If you don’t want to look like a dumbass then CHECK THE COMMENTS, CHECK REPLIES AND CHECK THE ORIGINAL POST to see if amendments and corrections are made before going all 🤓 on people and making accusations of ‘spreading misinformation’ when many people have corrected themselves in reblogs, replies, and edits.
Act on the idea that people are not spreading this intentionally because the likelihood is they are not. For once in your fucking lives THINK I BEG YOU before jumping down the throats of Black and Arab players. Like I know it feels good to be self-righteous on the Internet but you really do look stupid when you don’t check for corrections before saying people are spreading old news intentionally.
‘I know EA has a broken track record / it’ll be broken / well I hate EA but I’m still buying’ …It’s not the 2000s anymore, sorry millennials, our childhoods spent with these games are well and truly over - but don’t buy these games, do some searching and find them that way.
SUL SUL, DEAR SIMMERS!
We've got something special for you! 🩵
Yes, you've read correctly! With the amount of artistic talent of all sorts that has amassed over the years and the persisting loyalty to this game, we felt like it was about time to call the production of a free, digital zine for the summer of 2025 into action!
I'm intrigued. But what's a zine?
For the sake of brevity, let's ask Britannica: Zine, a small-circulation print or online publication that is produced through noncommercial means and is meant to appeal to a niche audience. The term zine derives from fanzine, an amalgamation of the words fan and magazine.
How can I contribute?
There are a number of ways! From edits using any of the games, to digital art, writing and physical crafts, you can put your creative talent to use! The central theme is Sims 2 Nostalgia, so while you are given a lot of liberty on your chosen medium, it should feature the characters, townies, NPCs, or even objects from the pc game and its spin-offs!
Sweet! How do I apply?
We're so ready to welcome you on board! While we are planning on a big-scope project, we cannot predict the number territory of applications and thus haven't set a specific number of spots in stone. All you gotta do is fill out this form and we will get back to you after the deadline, January 29th!
This should cover the most vital points for now! Further zine specs and details will be covered on the faq page we're currently setting up, or follow post application. But if there's a burning question you think you need answered right away, shoot us a DM! 🦙
See you soon!
Graying Hair Recolors for Male Sims
18 Graying recolors of Maxis hairstyles, perfect for your late adult-stage sims! Now your sims will show age and not be young forever! Most of these have graying hair on the temples as I am planning on making graying facial hair too, as soon as I figure out how to extract multiple facial hair colors on bodyshop. So please if anyone knows or finds a tutorial, please let me know.
All hair colors are combined in one package for your convenience and storage purposes :)
>> Download
Preview Pictures Under the Cut
More stuff for your middle aged sims by other creators!
♦ Graying Hair for Female Sims by IntincrMars ♦ Various graying recolors by DeeDee-Sims: umSemibald & umPeak, umShortCombed, ufMessy & ufLowBun ♦ Graying ufShortTuckIn recolor by FreezerBunny-Sims2 ♦ Embracing Age Facial Hair Recolor by twiggy ♦ Subtle Wrinkles by simNopke
Graying hair - 18 base game female hairs
All hairs have been binned and linked gray recolor to the black package.
Want more graying hairs? Check out DeeDee-Sims and freezerbunny's custom graying hairs.
i just grayed out the hairs that look more 'mature', so no mohawk yet. male hairs coming soon
now adults ageing to elders changing their hair gray won't feel so sudden, i also recommend downloading simnopke's subtle wrinkles :P
Also thanks @deedee-sims for allowing me to use their graying low bun textures to make ponytail match with theirs
SFS folder (There's a compressed file with all hairs)
Preview pics under the cut (Bodyshop botched transparency in some hairstyles, they look fine in-game)
Thx for downloading!
TS2 Death Mods
There are some lists like this out there, but none were quite what I had in mind, which was mods that make sims more of a danger to each other, rather than a more dangerous environment or being a danger to themselves.
Kill Visiting Playables - Playable sims can die as visitors to another household
Disease Mod - Recovery points (how fast a sim recovers from disease) are easier for sims to lose and more challenging to accumulate; The "Advanced" version of the mod enables the gain/loss of recovery points and disease markers (left on the tile where a sim expressed a symptom that can infect other sims) to also happen on community lots, instead of only the sim's home lot
Frequent Disease Processing - Severity of disease changes every single cycle (~1 hour) instead of every six cycles (~9 hours)
Deadly Zombies - New zombie interaction "Eat" where if they win the fight, the other sim dies and their hunger is filled
Deadly Werewolves - New werewolf interaction "Ravage" where if they win the fight, the other sim dies and their hunger is filled
Deadly Neck Bite - New vampire interaction "Deadly Neck Bite" where the other sim dies after being bitten and their hunger is filled
Thunderbolt - Either the original PandoraSims version (in the "spells_full" zip folder) or the version edited by MidgeTheTree (requires Midge's main "witchspellsmod" file); New evil witch spell "Thunderbolt" that kills the targeted sim with a lightning strike
NOTE: You have to edit the ingredients BCON in the mod package via SimPE to adjust the amount of required reagents for casting the spell, otherwise the spell needs 12 Viper Essence, 12 Eye of Newt, 12 Dragon Scales, and 12 Mystic Dust
Crate of Throwing Axes - Exactly what it sounds like; Choose a target sim, and they get an axe in the head (and death). Buyable object under Misc. > Misc.
Here's a bunch of random clutter (62 objects) by Around the Sims 4 converted to Sims 2.
DOWNLOAD (SFS)
Previews, swatches and polycount included (nothing over 3k), files compressed and clearly named.
CREDITS:
EAxis, @aroundthesims for the meshes and textures, @pforestsims for the shine removal kit and @hugelunatic for the amazing tutorial on slaving files.
@4t2ccdatabase
The thumbnails are showing up as black shapes for me (but everything works fine), let me know if you experience that as well and I'll try to figure out wtf is going on.
🏡 Guide: Unlocking Hidden Catalog Content in The Sims 2
If you've ever wanted to unlock those elusive hidden items in The Sims 2, there's now a comprehensive guide that might be exactly what you need. The tutorial, "Unlocking Hidden Catalog Content," walks you through accessing hidden floor and wall patterns, terrain paints and fences.
The author, building on past community contributions, has crafted a structured and user-friendly guide to simplify the process. With step-by-step instructions on modifying key files, such as adjusting the "notInCatalog" and "deprecated" parameters, it’s designed for both Windows and Mac/Linux users, making it accessible for all. Plus, there are extra tips on leveraging unique wall and pattern properties to get creative with your builds.
If you're ready to expand your in-game options, check out the full tutorial for a deeper dive into what *The Sims 2* catalog really has to offer!
(Sourced from the Sims After Dark discord server)
DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY MODS FROM MODTHESIMS! Numerous mods there (including those by TwistedMexi) are being compromised by hackers adding a malicious file with the mods
Please reblog!!
Uni Dress over Uni Dress - Default Replacement
yfbodydressknee replaced with EP16 Dress Blouse by Lucilla-Sims. Cutest dress ever! Everyday and Formal, enabled for YF-AF, has morphs. Requires Uni.
✨Download yfbodydressknee✨ (SFS / Box)
Credits: @lucilla-sims <3
SFS is not working I think, I'll update later!
Why Sims 2 has been so broken the last ten years
This is down to my own research, and I'm not saying it is the one and only reason why the game is so broken these days, but I have some points worth mentioning.
So, you're bored one day. You remember this game you had so much fun playing a few years ago, or maybe as a child. It's The Sims 2!
The game has a few issues than from when you last remembered playing, so you search on google for some fixes for the tiny resolution, and among the countless posts you may find, you may find this:
Or this:
(to the creators and players mentioned here this isn't me making a dig at you, i'm just pointing out some cc that could affect the game from working properly. your stuff is all beautiful :D)
Lesya's game is gorgeous!!! Oh, how can I get it to look like that?
So you, with a clean, vanilla (ugly) game you decide to download a few mods she listed, such as:
Skylines by GCKP (you can get optimised ones by me here)
Skies by Lowedeus (you can get optimised ones by me here)
Trees by Criquette (you can get optimised ones here)
No More Blurriness by Voeille (you can get optimised snow only here)
Cool! And then you notice some cheats than can give the game that open-world, interactive feel. Even better!
And you shove them into your folder and you boot up the game. Everything's going great!
Until...
You search hundreds of posts looking for the fix. Some recommend 3rd-party tools, but they seem to make the problem worse. You reinstall, finding you only wasted your time. Something has to be causing this, but you'd never guess it'd be the mods everybody swore by.
Well, in fact, it is. Partly.
I've struggled with pink flashing since 2019, when I reinstalled Sims 2 after I got a decent computer for once. I did everything above, searched for fixes, found Lesya's blog which was my primary inspiration. It was through Lesya's guide that I was able to make my game look pretty!
These mods, which are a staple in the modding community, are beautiful indeed... but what if I told you that the reason they're so beautiful, is because they're high-quality. With textures soaring up to 4k, when, hang on--
In 2004, 4k resolution was... probably unheard of. With the leading monitor size being 1024x768, what would be the point of using such huge textures on an engine that was designed for monitors of at least this size? Would you be able to see the detail of 4k on a monitor of that size? Definitely not.
The max visiting sims, okay, a little hit or miss. If your sims are all wearing high poly alpha CC, then it's a problem. If not, good luck.
Then comes the cheats I mentioned. The lot skirt cheat expands the view distance a significant amount. With the mergenhoodflora cheat, that displays more trees. Combining the two, what do you get?
A massive view distance, blinded by trees.
With skies and skylines with large textures up to 4k, and trees with textures up to 2k, The Sims 2 will collapse. It's like forcing an old man with health conditions to do 20 situps, again and again.
It'll overexert him, by the very least. And you're overexerting the game by cramming custom content that is not optimised for the engine TS2 was built on.
So please, next time you encounter the pink soup, please check your CC folders, and research changes and cheats before you put them into your game. You will enjoy the game much more if you do this, and won't encounter this problem so often.
Don't use Graphics Rules Maker
Instead, opt for a maxis original Graphics Rules uploaded here by Veronavillequiltingbee. It's essentially a rewrite of an old tutorial I made a long time ago.
Once you download the file from VVQB, open DXDIAG by pressing WinKey+R and typing 'dxdiag'.
This value I've underlined is what you need to put after seti textureMemory. Open the sgr file and do CTRL-F and input seti textureMemory.
Add the value from DXDIAG and then save it.
You can use GRM for adding your GPU to the game, but I do not recommend it for anything but that.
Optimising the game... inside the game
*shoves GRM off the table*
We're going to go into TS2 in-game settings for this one.
These settings are optimal if you play CC-heavy households. It will ease the load on your game to make space for the heavy CC you have in your current household. You can tweak these when you want to take photos outside, but for playing I recommend them all to be off - especially at community lots as there are lots of sims there.
I never see anybody talking about Object Hiding.
Object Hiding hides objects from floors that aren't in view. If you're playing downstairs, objects upstairs won't be rendered, thus minimising the load on your game.
I have reflections and smooth edges off because I use ReShade.
Snow on Ground is optional. Sometimes snow can cause pink flashing, I believe it's due to texture replacements that are huge in size too, Voeille's is 2k. I've linked a resized one above.
This post will be updated with later findings. I hope you all found it informative :]
Download Here (SFS) | Alt (MF)
I'm sharing the cc I made for my UFO Crash Site's souvenir shop! They're all recolors of Maxis meshes, except for the smaller billboard, which uses @psychosim's Wall Ad mesh (included). You’ll need CEP for all the other recolors to show up. Everything is packaged separately and clearly labeled.
Credits: - Psychosim for the Wall Ad mesh - Maxis for all other meshes/some photobooth & wall display textures
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.
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