The New Beginning of Pleasantview Plus (now with accurate ancestors and genetic infant faces!) - 2024 Edition

Hello everyone! Remember our Beginning Hoods Series we made a few years ago? Well, we're glad to be back with new and refreshed versions of our beginning hoods, but now with accurate ancestors... as well as bonus ancestors from TS3 and TS4 ... hence Pleasantview Plus!
We're also glad to welcome the talented carrit into our group! :D

Today, we present you the new Beginning of Pleasantview Plus! (The new beginning hoods with genetic infant faces of the other EA neighborhoods are still in the works, but will come soon, we promise!)


Ever wondered how Pleasantview would have turned out if you were able to play the Pleasantview ancestors from the start? Well, now is your chance, bring them up to current Pleasantview or take them in a whole new direction!

What are Beginning Hoods?
In case you see these beginning hoods for the first time and are wondering what they are all about, basically these are past versions of EA's premade neighborhoods, right at the very beginning, which is why they start off without any lots, but have exactly the same original terrain (including trees, neighborhood decorations, etc.) of EA's premade neighborhoods! Furthermore, all of the ancestor sims of the premade sims start off as newly weds, sitting in the family bin and waiting for you to move them in somewhere!

The Challenge:
We made these for a challenge, where the goal is to play as the ancestors of the premade sims of EA's neighborhoods (i.e. as Cassandra Goth's great-grandmother Gretle Goth), let them have jobs, children, grandchildren, (possible affairs?), etc. until you reach the present state of EA's neighborhood as we all know and love, except for the part that everyone's genetically correct now and may end up looking completely different... or not? Well, that's up to you! (See the prompts for you to do in the household descriptions to guide you through the challenge)

Again, the beginning hoods start off with no lots! It's part of the challenge to re-build the whole neighborhood from scratch... kinda like in a BACC fashion. (Though, you may also download the empty neighborhood templates to get the original lots and/or download renovated versions of EA's lots, of course.)

About Development and Updates:
Back in the day when we first made these hoods, the only available ancestors sims were the ones from Sims Wiki, made by Celesta92059. While they did an amazing job at trying to recreate the ancestor sims as close as possible and their tutorial on how to restore a deleted sim's character data has definitely helped us a lot in the process, the ancestor sims weren't quite as accurate as carrit's improved recreations, using the thumbnail comparison method, further elaborated by them here. Furthermore, we've also fixed some oversights relating SimDNA (i.e. wrong natural hair colors and/or eye color of the ancestors etc.) compared to the original beginning hood series. All sims should have their original looks, as well as SimDNA now!

But hold on, that's not the only change we made. We've also added genetic infant faces to all sims in this neighborhood! Credit goes to the amazing Meowingcookie for kick-starting the concept of genetic infant faces and ivycopur for their Clean Pleasantview Plus, which inspired us to do the same for the beginning hoods, as well as for their helpful guide on how to update all the sims in a neighborhood to have genetic infant faces.

Now, you can finally quit to neighborhood without saving, reload the family and keep cycling this as you like, until you got THE perfect offspring, just so you can get the Pleasantview descendants as close as possible to the originals... or just accept the first outcome and let the game decide on how far close the descendants should get to the originals. XD

Lastly, we've also expanded the storyline by also including the relatives of the ancestors based on their Sims 3 and Sims 4 counterparts, as well as linked the Newbie ancestors from the Tutorial neighborhood with the Newbie ancestors from Pleasantview. So, Brandi Broke and Tutorial Joe are actually siblings now! Victor Goth now has a brother named Samuel Goth, Kaylynn Langerak's parents from Sims 3 are in there, Skip Broke's cousins from Riverview, as well as Agnes Crumplebottom's late husband Erik Darling. Even the infamous Katrina Caliente, the step-mom of Nina and Dina Caliente from Sims 4! For the recreation of Katrina, we tried to mix as much as possible the classic Katrina with the new Katrina from EA's failed attempt at recreating Nina and Dina from Sims 2 for Sims 4 Caliente Townie Refresh.

Alright, enough talk, let's get to the technical details

Install Instructions:
- Main Hood: Unzip the file and place NBPV into your Documents/EA Games/The Sims 2 (Ultimate Collection)/Neighborhoods as usual.

- Subhood: Unzip the file and place BBPV into your Program Files/EA Games/The Sims 2 Open For Business/TSData/Res/NeighborhoodTemplate
Note: If you have Sims 2 Ultimate Collection, it's Program Files/Origin Games/The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection/Best of Business/EP3/TSData/Res/NeighborhoodTemplate

Further Info:
- 53 sims in 27 households (read their bios for the challenges for you to do to get this neighborhood to the present Pleasantview!)
- No lots! (you can decide whether you want the main hood version and build the lots from scratch or the subhood version to later add to a neighborhood of your choice, just to deliver the sims into your neighborhood and later delete the subhood.)
- No townies/NPCs included (we therefore recommend getting Maxis Infant Face Templates if you haven't already, so that any newly generated sims in your neighborhood also have genetic infant face.)
- No CC/camera mod needed (we used the original Pleasantview map with all the decorations, just without the lots for this neighborhood)

List of Households & Goals:
Click on the name to see how the sims look like. The generation the sims belong to is given in bracets, i.e. Victor Goth (1) means Victor Goth is from the first generation (Gen 1).

• The Goth Family:
  
  • Goth:
    - Victor Goth (Adult/Male/Fortune)
    - Gretle Goth (Adult/Female/Family)
    - Samuel Goth (Adult/Male/Knowledge) ( From Moonlight Falls - Sims 3)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 1):
    - Victor (1) and Gretle Goth (1) have a daughter named Frida (2) and a son named Gunther (2).
    - Victor (1) and Samuel Goth (1) have an argument at some point in their lives, so that Samuel (1) moves out with his niece Frida Goth (2) and marries Olivia Hall (2). (See Hall for the next goals).
    (Gen 2):
    - Gunther Goth (2) marries Cornelia Crumplebottom (2).
    - Gunther (2) and Cornelia Goth (2) have a son named Mortimer (3).
    - The Goths adopt twin cats named Hecuba and Menelaus.
    (Gen 3):
    - Mortimer Goth (3) marries Bella Bachelor (3).
    - Mortimer (3) and Bella Goth (3) have a daughter named Cassandra (4) and a son named Alexander (4).
    (Gen 4):
    - Bella Goth (3) gets abducted by aliens and disappears.
    - Mortimer Goth (3) starts a romantic affair with Dina Caliente (4).
    - Cassandra Goth (4) gets engaged to Don Lothario (4).
    -- The End --
    
    
    
  • Hall: ( From Moonlight Falls - Sims 3)
    - Olivia Hall (Adult/Female/Fortune)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 2):
    - Olivia Hall (2) gets married to Samuel Goth (1), once he's an elder and has her adult step-niece Frida Goth (2) move in as a roomie.
    - Samuel Goth (1) dies by flies (closest to his ghost color of death by jelly beans in TS3).
    - Olivia Goth (2) gets electrocuted to death as an adult.
    - Frida Goth (2) burns to death (either as adult or elder).
    -- The End --
    *Optional:
    - Fortune Teller/Matchmaker named Helen Hall moves into the haunted residence by these 3 ghosts.
    
    
    
  • Bachelor: ( From Sunset Valley - Sims 3)
    - Milton Bachelor (Adult/Male/Fortune)
    - Enriqueta Bachelor (Adult/Female/Family)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 1):
    - Milton (1) and Enriqueta Bachelor (1) have a son named Simis (2).
    (Gen 2):
    - Simis Bachelor (2) marries Jocasta Euphoria (2) and they have a son named Michael (3) and a daughter named Bella (3).
    (Gen 3):
    - Michael Bachelor (3) marries Dina Caliente (4) and dies shortly after. (Old Age)
    - Bella Bachelor (3) gets married to Mortimer Goth (4). (See Goth for the next goals)
    -- The End --
    
    
    
  • Euphoria:
    - Jocasta Euphoria (Adult/Female/Family)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 2):
    - Jocasta Euphoria (2) gets married to Simis Bachelor (2). (See Bachelor for the next goals)
    -- The End --
    
    
    
  • Crumplebottom:
    - Simon Crumplebottom (Adult/Male/Knowledge)
    - Prudence Crumplebottom (Adult/Female/Knowledge)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 1):
    - Simon (1) and Prudence Crumplebottom (1) have a daughter named Cornelia (2) and a daughter named Agnes (2).
    (Gen 2):
    - Cornelia Crumplebottom (2) gets married to Gunther Goth (2). (See Goth for the next goals)
    - Agnes Crumplebottom (2) marries Erik Darling (2) and goes on honeymoon with him.
    - Erik Darling (2) drowns to death as an adult.
    -- The End --
    *Optional:
    - Let the Crumplebottoms have 3 witch descendents (Beatrice, Belinda and Bianca Crumplebottom).
    
    
    
  • Darling: ( From Sunset Valley - Sims 3)
    - Erik Darling (Adult/Male/Popularity)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 2):
    - Erik Darling (2) gets married to Agnes Crumplebottom (2) and dies shortly after by drowning. (See Crumplebottom for the next goals)
    -- The End --
    
    
    
• The Caliente Family:
  • Caliente:
    - Nestor Caliente (Adult/Male/Family)
    - Dulcinea Caliente (Adult/Female/Knowledge)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 2):
    - Nestor (2) and Dulcinea Caliente (2) have a son named Tango (3).
    - Nestor Caliente (2) gets abducted by Pollination Technician 7 (2) and has a son named Flamenco (3).
    (Gen 3):
    - Flamenco Caliente (3) marries Nighat Al Mahmoud (3).
    - Flamenco (3) and Nighat Caliente (3) have twin girls Nina (4) and Dina (4).
    - Nighat Caliente (3) dies early in Nina and Dina's childhood.
    - Flamenco (3) re-marries with Katrina (3)
    (Gen 4):
    - Nina Caliente (4) has a romantic affair with Don Lothario (4).
    - Dina Caliente (4) gets married to Michael Bachelor (3).
    - Dina Caliente (4) has a romantic affair with Don Lothario (4).
    -- The End --
    *Optional:
    - Let them have descendants named Doreen Caliente (evil witch) who then has a daughter named Serena Caliente (good witch)
    
    
    
  • Technician 7:
    - Pollination Technician 7 (Adult/Male/Popularity)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 2):
    - Pollination Technician 7 (2) abducts Nestor Caliente (2) and dies shortly after i.e. by satellite (see Caliente for more goals)
    -- The End --
    
    
    
  • Al Mahmoud:
    - Tariq Al Mahmoud (Adult/Male/Knowledge)
    - Benazir Al Mahmoud (Adult/Female/Romance)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 2):
    - Tariq (2) and Benazir Al Mahmoud (2) have a daughter named Nighat (3).
    (Gen 3):
    - Nighat Al Mahmoud (3) gets married to Flamenco Caliente (3). (See Caliente for the next goals)
    -- The End --
    
    
    
  • Libros: ( From Oasis Springs - Sims 4)
    - Katrina Libros (Adult/Female/Family)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 3):
    - Katrina Libros (3) gets married to Flamenco Caliente (3) and becomes step-mother of Nina (4) and Dina Caliente (4). (See Caliente for more goals)
    -- The End --
    *Optional:
    - Let her have a descendant named Luisa Libros, who later becomes the roommate of Nina and Dina Caliente.
    
    
    
• The Lothario Family:
  • Lothario:
    - Carmelo Lothario (Adult/Male/Romance)
    - Mama Lothario (Adult/Female/Romance)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 2):
    - Carmelo (2) and Mama Lothario (2) have a son named Nicolo (3).
    (Gen 3):
    - Nicolo Lothario (3) marries Adriana Fiorella (3) and has a son named Don (4).
    (Gen 4):
    - Don Lothario (4) has a romantic affair with Nina Caliente (4), Dina Caliente (4), Katrina Caliente (3), Kaylynn Langerak (4), Bella Goth (3) and Cassandra Goth (4).
    - Don Lothario (4) gets engaged to Cassandra Goth (4).
    - Don Lothario (4) is enemies with Darren Dreamer (3).
    -- The End --
    
    
    
  • Fiorello:
    - Primo Fiorello (Adult/Male/Knowledge)
    - Isabella Fiorello (Adult/Female/Fortune)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 2):
    - Primo (2) and Isabella Fiorello (2) have a daughter named Adriana (3).
    (Gen 3):
    - Adriana Fiorello (3) gets married to Nicolo Lothario (3). (See Lothario for the next goals).
    -- The End --
    
    
    
• The Langerak Family:
  • Langerak: ( From Sunset Valley - Sims 3)
    - Dustin Langerak (Adult/Male/Family)
    - Iliana Langerak (Adult/Male/Fortune)
    - Zelda Mae (Adult/Female/Romance)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 3):
    - Dustin (3) and Iliana Langerak (3) have a son named Parker (4) and a daughter named Kaylynn (4).
    (Gen 4):
    - Kaylynn Langerak (4) starts a romantic affair with Don Lothario (4).
    - Kaylynn Langerak (4) starts a romantic affair with Daniel Pleasant (3).
    -- The End --
    
    
    
• The Broke/Newbie Family:
  • Simovitch:
    - Vadim Simovitch (Adult/Male/Fortune)
    - Fatima Simovitch (Adult/Female/Romance)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 1):
    - Vadim (1) and Fatima Simovitch (1) have a daughter named Betty (2).
    (Gen 2):
    - Betty Simovitch (2) gets married to Bob Jr. Newbie (2). (See Newbie for the next goals)
    -- The End --
    
    
    
  • Newbie:
    - Bob Sr. Newbie (Adult/Male/Romance)
    - Mags Newbie (Adult/Female/Knowledge)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 1):
    - Bob Sr. (1) and Mags Newbie (1) have a son named Bob Jr. (2).
    (Gen 2):
    - Bob Jr. Newbie (2) marries Betty Simovitch (2) and they have a son named Joe T. (3) and a daughter named Brandi (3).
    (Gen 3):
    - Brandi Newbie (3) gets married to Skip Broke (3). (See Broke for the next goals).
    -- The End --
    
    
    
  • Jones: ( From Tutorial Neighborhood - Sims 2)
    - Paul Jones (Adult/Male/Fortune)
    - Alice Jones (Adult/Female/Family)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 1):
    - Paul (1) and Alice Jones (1) have a son named Roger (2).
    (Gen 2):
    - Roger (2) marries Peggy Sims (2) and they have a daughter named Jane T. (3).
    - Roger (2) and Peggy Sims (2) die as adults.
    (Gen 3):
    - Jane T. (3) gets married to Joe T. Newbie (3). (See Newbie for the next goals).
    -- The End --
    
    
    
  • Sims: ( From Tutorial Neighborhood - Sims 2)
    - Henry Sims (Adult/Male/Knowledge)
    - Regina Sims (Adult/Female/Popularity)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 1):
    - Henry (1) and Regina Sims (1) have a daughter named Peggy (2).
    (Gen 2):
    - Peggy Sims (2) gets married to Roger Jones (2). (See Jones for the next goals).
    -- The End --
    
    
    
  • Broke:
    - Flat Broke (Adult/Male/Family)
    - Flo Broke (Adult/Female/Family)
    - Buck Broke (Adult/Male/Romance) ( From Riverview - Sims 3)
    - Mary Lu Broke (Adult/Female/Popularity) ( From Riverview - Sims 3)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 2):
    - Flat (2) and Flo Broke (2) have a daughter named Ruby (3) and a son named Skip (3).
    - Buck (2) and Mary Lu (2) have a son named Trigger (3) and a daughter named Susie (3).
    - Mary Lu (2) starves to death early in Trigger and Susie's childhood
    (Gen 3):
    - Skip Broke (3) marries Brandi Newbie (3).
    - Skip (3) and Brandi Broke (3) have two sons named Dustin (4) and Beau (4).
    - Skip Broke (3) drowns to death shortly after Brandi (3) gets pregnant with their third child.
    (Gen 4):
    - Dustin Broke (4) dates Angela Pleasant (4).
    
    
    
• The Dreamer Family:
  • Dreamer:
    - Dalmar Dreamer (Adult/Male/Family)
    - Dacia Dreamer (Adult/Female/Fortune)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 1):
    - Dalmar (1) and Dacia Dreamer (1) have a son named Davis (2).
    (Gen 2):
    - Davis Dreamer (2) marries Delilah Darong (2) and they have a son named Darren (3).
    (Gen 3):
    - Darren Dreamer (3) marries Darleen Matlapin (3) and they have a son named Dirk (4).
    - Darleen Dreamer (3) burns to death.
    (Gen 4):
    - Dirk Dreamer (4) dates Lilith Pleasant (4).
    - Darren Dreamer (3) falls in love with Cassandra Goth (4).
    - Darren Dreamer (3) is enemies with Don Lothario (4).
    -- The End --
    
    
    
  • Darong:
    - Sef Darong (Adult/Male/Knowledge)
    - Lina Darong (Adult/Female/Family)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 1):
    - Sef (1) and Lina Darong (1) have a daughter named Delilah (2).
    (Gen 2):
    - Delilah Darong (2) gets married to Davis Dreamer (2). (See Dreamer for the next goals).
    -- The End --
    
    
    
  • Matlapin:
    - Omar Matlapin (Adult/Male/Popularity)
    - Mariana Matlapin (Adult/Female/Romance)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 2):
    - Omar (2) and Mariana Matlapin (2) have a daughter named Darleen (3).
    (Gen 3):
    - Darleen Matlapin (3) gets married to Darren Dreamer (3). (See Dreamer for the next goals).
    -- The End --
    
    
    
• The Pleasant/Burb/Oldie Family
  • Pleasant:
    - Les Pleasant (Adult/Male/Fortune)
    - Kynda Pleasant (Adult/Female/Popularity)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 1):
    - Les (1) and Kynda Pleasant (1) have a son named Jeff (2).
    (Gen 2):
    - Jeff Pleasant (2) marries Diane Danders (2).
    - Jeff (2) and Diane Pleasant (2) have a son named Daniel (3) and a daughter named Jennifer (3).
    (Gen 3):
    - Jennifer Pleasant (3) gets married to John Burb (3). (See Burb for the next goals).
    - Daniel Pleasant (3) marries Mary-Sue Oldie (3).
    - Daniel (3) and Mary-Sue Pleasant (3) have twin girls Angela (4) and Lillith (4).
    (Gen 4):
    - Angela Pleasant (4) dates Dustin Broke (4).
    - Lillith Pleasant (4) dates Dirk Dreamer (4).
    - Daniel Pleasant (3) is enemies with Dustin Broke (4).
    - Daniel Pleasant (3) starts a romantic affair with Kaylynn Langerak (4).
    -- The End --
    
    
    
  • Danders:
    - Marshall Danders (Male/Adult/Knowledge)
    - Melinda Danders (Adult/Female/Fortune)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 1):
    - Marshall (1) and Melinda Danders (1) have a daughter named Diane (2).
    (Gen 2):
    - Diane Danders (2) gets married to Jeff Pleasant (2). (See Pleasant for the next goals).
    -- The End --
    
    
    
  • Oldie:
    - Myron Oldie (Adult/Male/Fortune)
    - Irma Oldie (Adult/Female/Knowledge)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 1):
    - Myron (1) and Irma Oldie (1) have a son named Herb (2).
    (Gen 2):
    - Herb Oldie (2) marries Coral Ruggbyrne (2).
    - Herb (2) and Coral Oldie (2) adopt a girl named Mary-Sue (3).
    (Gen 3):
    - Mary-Sue Oldie (3) gets married to Daniel Pleasant (3). (See Pleasant for the next goals).
    -- The End --
    
    
    
  • Ruggbyrne:
    - Bruno Ruggbyrne (Adult/Male/Romance)
    - Mamie Ruggbyrne (Adult/Female/Family)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen1):
    - Bruno (1) and Mamie Ruggybyrne (1) have a daughter named Coral (2).
    (Gen 2):
    - Coral Ruggbyrne (2) gets married to Herb Oldie (2). (See Oldie for the next goals).
    -- The End --
    
    
    
  • Burb:
    - Benjamin Burb (Adult/Male/Family)
    - Susan Burb (Adult/Female/Popularity)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 1):
    - Benjamin (1) and Susan Burb (1) have a son named Brad (2).
    (Gen 2):
    - Brad Burb (2) marries Tiffany Marsh (2).
    - Brad (2) and Tiffany Burb (2) have a son named John (3).
    - The Burbs adopt a dog named Tucker.
    (Gen 3):
    - John Burb (3) marries Jennifer Pleasant (3).
    - John (3) and Jennifer Burb (3) have a daughter named Lucy (4).
    -- The End --
    
    
    
  • Marsh:
    - William Marsh (Adult/Male/Romance)
    - Anastasia Marsh (Adult/Female/Romance)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 1):
    - William (1) and Anastasia Marsh (1) have a daughter named Tiffany (2).
    (Gen 2):
    - Tiffany Marsh (2) gets married to Brad Burb (2). (See Burb for the next goals)
    -- The End --
    

How to Play:
The family descriptions indicate in which generation the sims are, as well as what you're supposed to do with them. Of course, it's up to you if you want to take the challenge to bring the ancestors to the present OR if you want to completely drift into the alternative universe, especially with the new Sims 3 and Sims 4 characters

Once you've finished a prompt, just delete that line in the family description and go on with the next prompts. The sims are fresh from CAS, i.e. have not been initialized yet, so don't worry about sims from future generations showing up as walk-bys on community lots, as they won't if you don't move them in and just leave them in the family bin.

Additional Credits:
- Numenor for his AnyGameStarter
- Mootilda for her tutorial How to Create a Custom Subhood Template, as well as for Hood Replace
- marka93 for his original Beginning of Pleasantview
- carrit for the Improved Pleasantview Ancestral Sims
- Meowingcookie for Maxis Infant Face Templates
- ivycopur for Clean Pleasantview Plus
- MTS for being such a great website
- EA/Maxis for developing such a great game
- The makers of SimPE