The New Beginning of Veronaville 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 genetic infant faces... hence Veronaville Plus!
We're also glad to welcome the talented carrit into our group! :D

Today, we present you the new Beginning of Veronaville Plus!


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

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 Contessa Capp's grandparents Cleopatra Capp and Julius Caesar), 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!

Sims with broken facial features (i.e. Priam Albion, Cleopatra Capp, Calpurnia Caesar) have been fixed as well. Priam's original appearance was restored for all ages/genders as well, so it no longer defaults to just Komei Tellerman's face template when aged down. Some of carrit's ancestor sims (Brillante Summerdream, Sylph Featherlight, Nym Gossamer and Mariana Capitano) have been altered as well to match better with their original thumbnails.

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 Veronaville 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 introducing originally deleted characters like Viola Monty in the prompts. So, it's fully up to you if you want Romeo and Mercutio Monty to have an older sister named Viola (who'd also be a secret love interest of Hermia Capp.. further adding to the love triangle drama!) or not...

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

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

- Subhood: Unzip the file and place BBVV 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:
- 42 sims in 21 households (read their bios for the challenges for you to do to get this neighborhood to the present Veronaville!)
- 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 (but the game will generate NPCs as you play, 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 Veronaville 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. Cleopatra Capp (1) means Cleopatra Capp is from the first generation (Gen 1).

• The Capp Family:
  
  • Capp:
    - Cleopatra Capp (Adult/Female/Popularity)
    - Antony Capp (Adult/Male/Fortune)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 1):
    - Cleopatra (1) and Antony Capp (1) have a daughter named Scribonia (2).
    (Gen 2):
    - Scribonia (2) marries Octavius Caesar (2) and has a daughter named Contessa (3).
    - Scriobonia (2) and Octavius (2) die as adults.
    (Gen 3):
    - Contessa (3) starts dating Patrizio Monty (3) but breaks up with him shortly after to be with Consort Thebe (3).
    - Contessa (3) marries Consort Thebe (3) and has a daughter named Goneril (4), a daughter named Regan (4), a son named Kent (4) and a daughter named Cordelia (4).
    (Gen 4):
    - Goneril (4) gets married to Albany Norman (4) and has a daughter named Miranda (5), a son named Hal (5), a daughter named Desdemona (5) and a daughter named Ariel (5).
    - Regan (4) marries Cornwall Dane (4).
    - Cordelia (4) marries Caliban Gale (4) and has a son named Tybalt (5), a daughter named Juliette (5) and a daughter named Hermia (5).
    - Cordelia (4) and Caliban (4) die by fire as adults.
    (Gen 5):
    - Juliette (5) starts dating Romeo Monty (5).
    -- The End --
    
    
    
  • Caesar:
    - Calpurnia Caesar (Adult/Female/Romance)
    - Julius Caesar (Adult/Male/Fortune)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 1):
    - Calpurnia (1) and Julius Caesar (1) have a son named Octavius (2).
    (Gen 2):
    - Octavius Caesar (2) gets married to Scribonia Capp (2).
    (See Capp for the next goals)
    -- The End --
    
    
    
  • Thebe:
    - Queen Thebe (Adult/Female/Family)
    - Eetion Thebe (Adult/Male/Family)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 1):
    - Queen (1) and Eetion Thebe (1) have a daughter named Andromache (2).
    (Gen 2):
    - Andromache Thebe (2) marries Hector Albion (2).
    - Andromache (2) and Hector Thebe (2) have a son named Consort (3).
    - Andromache (2) and Hector Thebe (2) die as adults.
    (Gen 3):
    - Consort Thebe (3) becomes best friends with Patrizio Monty (3).
    - Consort Thebe (3) starts dating Contessa Capp (3).
    - Consort Thebe (3) loses Patrizio Monty (3) as best friend and is enemies with him.
    - Consort Thebe (3) gets married to Contessa Capp (3).
    (See Capp for the next goals)
    -- The End --
    
    
    
  • Albion:
    - Hecuba Albion (Adult/Female/Fortune)
    - Priam Albion (Adult/Male/Knowledge)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 1):
    - Hecuba (1) and Priam Albion (1) have a son named Hector (2).
    (Gen 2):
    - Hector Albion (2) gets married to Andromache Thebe (2).
    (See Thebe for the next goals)
    -- The End --
    
    
    
  • Norman:
    - William Norman (Adult/Male/Romance)
    - Mathilde Norman (Adult/Female/Romance)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 2):
    - William (2) and Mathilde Norman (2) have a son named Richard Norman (3).
    (Gen 3):
    - Richard Norman (3) marries Anne Anjou (3).
    - Richard (3) and Anne Norman (3) have a son named Albany (4).
    - Richard (3) and Anne Norman (3) die as adults.
    (Gen 4):
    - Albany Norman (4) gets married to Goneril Capp (4).
    (See Capp for the next goals)
    -- The End --
    
    
    
  • Anjou:
    - Henry Anjou (Adult/Male/Fortune)
    - Eleanor Anjou (Adult/Female/Popularity)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 2):
    - Henry (2) and Eleanor Anjou (2) have a daughter named Anne (3).
    (Gen 3):
    - Anne Anjou (3) marries Richard Norman (3).
    (See Norman for the next goals)
    -- The End --
    
    
    
  • Dane:
    - Hamlet Sr. Dane (Adult/Male/Fortune)
    - Gertrude Dane (Adult/Female/Family)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 2):
    - Hamlet Sr. (2) and Gertrude Dane (2) have a son named Hamlet Jr. (3).
    (Gen 3):
    - Hamlet Jr. Dane (3) marries Tobea Scott (3).
    - Hamlet Jr. (3) and Tobea Dane (3) have a son named Cornwall (4).
    - Hamlet Jr. (3) and Tobea Dane (3) die as adults.
    (Gen 4):
    - Cornwall Dane (4) gets married to Regan Capp (4).
    (See Capp for the next goals)
    -- The End --
    
    
    
  • Scott:
    - Macduff Scott (Adult/Male/Popularity)
    - Lady Scott (Adult/Female/Romance)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 2):
    - Macduff (2) and Lady Scott (2) have a daughter named Tobea (3).
    (Gen 3):
    - Tobea Scott (3) gets married to Hamlet Jr. Dane (3).
    (See Dane for the next goals)
    -- The End --
    
    
    
  • Gale:
    - Prospero Gale (Adult/Male/Popularity)
    - Sycorax Gale (Adult/Female/Family)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 3):
    - Prospero (3) and Sycorax Gale (3) have a son named Caliban (4).
    (Gen 4):
    - Caliban Gale (4) gets married to Cordelia Capp (4).
    (See Capp for the next goals)
    -- The End --
    
    
    
• The Monty Family:
  
  • Monty:
    - Bassanio Monty (Adult/Male/Family)
    - Portia Monty (Adult/Female/Family)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 1):
    - Bassanio (1) and Portia Monty (1) have a son named Valentine (2).
    (Gen 2):
    - Valentine (2) marries Silvia Capitano (2) and has a son named Patrizio (3).
    - Valentine (2) and Silvia (2) die as adults.
    (Gen 3):
    - Patrizio (3) is best friends with Consort Thebe (3).
    - Patrizio (3) starts dating Contessa Capp (3) but breaks up shortly after.
    - Patrizio (3) loses Consort Thebe (3) as best friend and is enemies with him.
    - Patrizio (3) marries Isabella Pantalone (3) and has a daughter named Bianca (4), a son named Antonio (4) and a son named Claudio (4).
    (Gen 4):
    - Antonio (4) marries Hero Arlecchino (4) and has twins Benedick (5) and Beatrice (5).
    - Claudio (4) marries Olivia Dottore (4) and has a son Mercutio (5) and a son Romeo (5).
    - Hero (4), Claudio (4) and Olivia (4) die as adults by starvation, where Olivia (4) dies pregnant.
    (Gen 5):
    - Romeo (5) starts dating Juliette Monty (5).
    -- The End --
    *Optional: Claudio (4) and Olivia (4) have a daughter Viola (5).
    
    
    
  • Capitano:
    - Angelo Capitano (Adult/Male/Fortune)
    - Mariana Capitano (Adult/Female/Popularity)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 1):
    - Angelo (1) and Mariana Capitano (1) have a daughter named Silvia (2).
    (Gen 2):
    - Silvia Capitano (2) gets married to Valentine Monty (2).
    (See Monty for the next goals)
    -- The End --
    
    
    
  • Pantalone:
    - Proteus Pantalone (Adult/Male/Knowledge)
    - Julia Pantalone (Adult/Female/Family)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 1):
    - Proteus (1) and Julia Pantalone (1) have a son named Vincentio (2).
    (Gen 2):
    - Vincentio Pantalone (2) marries Francisca Zanni (2).
    - Vincentio (2) and Francisca Pantalone (2) have a daughter named Isabella (3).
    - Vincentio (2) and Francisca Pantalone (2) die as adults.
    (Gen 3):
    - Isabella Pantalone (3) gets married to Patrizio Monty (3).
    (See Monty for the next goals).
    -- The End --
    
    
    
  • Zanni:
    - Lucio Zanni (Adult/Male/Knowledge)
    - Overdone Zanni (Adult/Female/Knowledge)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 1):
    - Lucio (1) and Overdone Zanni (1) have a daughter named Francisca (2).
    (Gen 2):
    - Francisca Zanni (2) gets married to Vincentio Pantalone (2).
    (See Pantalone for the next goals)
    -- The End --
    
    
    
  • Arlecchino:
    - Stephano Arlecchino (Adult/Male/Fortune)
    - Quickley Arlecchino (Adult/Female/Family)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 2):
    - Stephano (2) and Quickley Arlecchino (2) have a son named Trinculo (3).
    (Gen 3):
    - Trinculo Arlecchino (3) marries Maria Amantes (3).
    - Trinculo (3) and Maria Arlecchino (3) have a daughter named Hero (4).
    - Trinculo (3) and Maria Arlecchino (3) die as adults.
    (Gen 4):
    - Hero Arlecchino (4) gets married to Antonio Monty (4).
    (See Monty for the next goals)
    -- The End --
    
    
    
  • Amantes:
    - Petruchio Amantes (Adult/Male/Popularity)
    - Katherina Amantes (Adult/Female/Fortune)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 2):
    - Petruchio (2) and Katherina Amantes (2) have a daughter named Maria (3).
    (Gen 3):
    - Maria Amantes (3) gets married to Trinculo Arlecchino (3).
    (See Arlecchino for the next goals)
    -- The End --
    
    
    
  • Dottore:
    - Dull Dottore (Adult/Male/Knowledge)
    - Jaquenetta Dottore (Adult/Female/Romance)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 2):
    - Dull (2) and Jaquenetta Dottore (2) have a son named Holofernes (3).
    (Gen 3):
    - Holofernes Dottore (3) marries Judith Brighella (3).
    - Holofernes (3) and Judith Dottore (3) have a daughter named Olivia (4).
    - Holofernes (3) and Judith Dottore (3) die as adults.
    (Gen 4):
    - Olivia Dottore (4) gets married to Claudio Monty (4).
    (See Monty for the next goals)
    -- The End --
    
    
    
  • Brighella:
    - Thurio Brighella (Adult/Male/Family)
    - Lucetta Brighella (Adult/Female/Knowledge)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 2):
    - Thurio (2) and Lucetta Brighella (2) have a daughter named Judith (3).
    (Gen 3):
    - Judith Brighella (3) gets married to Holofernes Dottore (3).
    (See Dottore for the next goals)
    -- The End --
    
    
    
• The Summerdream Family:
  
  • Summerdream:
    - Brillante Summerdream (Adult/Female/Fortune)
    - Pistol Summerdream (Adult/Male/Knowledge)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 2):
    - Brillante (2) and Pistol Summerdream (2) have a daughter named Fae (3).
    (Gen 3):
    - Fae Summerdream (3) marries Elvin Featherlight (3).
    - Fae (3) and Elvin Summerdream (3) have a daughter named Titania (4).
    - Fae (3) and Elvin Summerdream (3) die as adults.
    (Gen 4):
    - Titania Summerdream (4) has a romantic affair with Oberon Gossamer (4) and moves in with him.
    - Titania Summerdream (4) and Oberon Gossamer (4) adopt a son named Puck Summerdream (5) and Bottom Summerdream (5).
    (Gen 5):
    - Puck Summerdream (5) influences Miranda Capp (5) to have a crush on Mercutio Monty (5).
    - Puck Summerdream (5) influences Mercutio Monty (5) to have a crush on Hermia Capp (5).
    - Puck Summerdream (5) influences Hermia Capp (5) to have a crush on both Mercutio (5) and Viola Monty (5), but Puck (5) eventually also falls in love with Hermia Capp (5).
    -- The End --
    *Optional: Turn the Summerdreams into witches (or fairies if you have MidgeTheTree's custom supernaturals mods installed)
    
    
    
  • Featherlight:
    - Sylph Featherlight (Adult/Female/Family)
    - Damon Featherlight (Adult/Male/Romance)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 2):
    - Sylph (2) and Damon Featherlight (2) have a son named Elvin (3).
    (Gen 3):
    - Elvin Featherlight (3) gets married to Fae Summerdream (3).
    (See Summerdream for the next goals)
    -- The End --
    *Optional: Turn the Featherlights into witches (or fairies if you have MidgeTheTree's custom supernaturals mods installed)
    
    
    
  • Gossamer:
    - Nym Gossamer (Adult/Female/Family)
    - Shock Gossamer (Adult/Male/Family)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 2):
    - Nym (2) and Shock Gossamer (2) have a daughter named Zephyretta (3).
    (Gen 3):
    - Zephyretta Gossamer (3) marries Sprite Bramble (3).
    - Zephyretta (3) and Sprite Gossamer (3) have a son named Oberon (4).
    - Zephyretta (3) and Sprite Gossamer (3) die as adults.
    (Gen 4):
    - Oberon Gossamer (4) has a romantic affair with Titania Summerdream (4) and moves in with her.
    (See Summerdream for the next goals)
    -- The End --
    *Optional: Turn the Gossamers into witches (or fairies if you have MidgeTheTree's custom supernaturals mods installed)
    
    
    
  • Bramble:
    - Momentilla Bramble (Adult/Female/Fortune)
    - Bob Bramble (Adult/Male/Popularity)
    
    Challenges:
    
    
    (Gen 2):
    - Momentilla (2) and Bob Bramble (2) have a son named Sprite (3).
    (Gen 3):
    - Sprite Bramble (3) gets married to Zephyretta Gossamer (3).
    (See Gossamer for the next goals)
    -- The End --
    *Optional: Turn the Brambles into witches (or fairies if you have MidgeTheTree's custom supernaturals mods installed)
    
    
    

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 restored deleted characters like Viola Monty.

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 Veronaville
- carrit for the Improved Veronaville Ancestral Sims
- Meowingcookie for Maxis Infant Face Templates
- ivycopur for their helpful guide on how to add genetic infant faces
- MTS for being such a great website
- EA/Maxis for developing such a great game
- The makers of SimPE