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simsfreq
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#3001 Old 28th May 2024 at 2:27 PM
Quote: Originally posted by KaruraWasabi
I haven't been on MTS in a long while, so apologize if this has been shared before: An interview with Jonathan Knight, the lead producer of The Sims 2


I have NOT read this before and this was intriguing!

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My recollection was that we had set up the Dreamers to be gay (Dirk and Darren), but I'm looking back now and see that's not the case. So I'm either remembering incorrectly (probably) or something changed during development.


I wonder if it was one of the Curious brothers? Because I feel like a lot of simmers play them that way, and it seems to fit into the "alternative" vibe of Strangetown, too.
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omglo
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#3002 Old 28th May 2024 at 3:10 PM
I thought it was the Dreamers and that they weren't meant to be father and son. Their family's story isn't as interesting as the other housed Pleasantview Sims, and I could see that being because it was thought up at the last minute.
simsfreq
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#3003 Old 28th May 2024 at 4:03 PM
Yes indeed, it could have been that they made Dirk an adult male partner of Darren originally, rather than having a double love triangle surrounding Don and Cassandra. But then perhaps someone said wouldn't it be fun not only to have drama with Dina but also have another option for Cass, and they decided to make Dirk a teenage son instead. I find this weird, though, because Cassandra is surely very young given the ages of Alexander and Bella, and Darren is old enough to have a son about to go to college!
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Charity
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#3004 Old 28th May 2024 at 4:22 PM
Quote: Originally posted by simsfreq
Yes indeed, it could have been that they made Dirk an adult male partner of Darren originally, rather than having a double love triangle surrounding Don and Cassandra. But then perhaps someone said wouldn't it be fun not only to have drama with Dina but also have another option for Cass, and they decided to make Dirk a teenage son instead. I find this weird, though, because Cassandra is surely very young given the ages of Alexander and Bella, and Darren is old enough to have a son about to go to college!


Well we don't know how long ago Bella disappeared. Mortimer is already an elder and when Cassandra was a child Alexander wasn't even born yet, so there must be quite a large age gap between them. Also, Dirk is only at the beginning of the teen stage and we don't know how young Darren was when he had him.
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#3005 Old 28th May 2024 at 7:54 PM
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#3006 Old 2nd Jun 2024 at 8:33 AM
Hey!! I was on a hood deco downloading spree and came across this Pregnancy bump community lot fix, which prevents sims from popping into their third trimester bump when you take them to community lots (skipping the second trimester bump in many cases). I was literally just wondering whether this was fixed and somebody has fixed it! Woohoo!

https://simsantoinc.tumblr.com/post/751650082566340608
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#3007 Old 3rd Jun 2024 at 12:40 AM
April Black with a new myth-dispelling video.

Bonus kitties at the end!
Yvelotic2001
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#3008 Old 3rd Jun 2024 at 2:34 AM
Now I want to make the Social Worker playable...
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#3009 Old 3rd Jun 2024 at 6:00 AM
Quote: Originally posted by Yvelotic2001
Now I want to make the Social Worker playable...


Me too.

If only she released the video last weekend, I wouldn't have wasted my time making two Social Workers in CAS. It's ok, the Social Services in my BACC will be expanding soon enough. I'll grab the NPC Social Worker next time.


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Bulbizarre
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#3010 Old 3rd Jun 2024 at 6:34 AM
I found this video and can't stop laughing.

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FranH
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#3011 Old 3rd Jun 2024 at 1:27 PM
I haven't tried to make the social worker a part of the family, but I have with the repairman and a professor so far. No problems whatsoever, and the video actually helped clear up some confusion about the guids/etc.

Explained a lot! Thanks for the link!
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#3012 Old 3rd Jun 2024 at 1:36 PM Last edited by Charity : 3rd Jun 2024 at 3:48 PM.
Quote: Originally posted by simsample
April Black with a new myth-dispelling video.

Bonus kitties at the end!


I switched straight to the kitties. What was the video about? XD
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#3013 Old 3rd Jun 2024 at 3:23 PM
Quote: Originally posted by Charity
I switched straight the the kitties. What was the video about? XD

Oh, bunnies and cats really. You watched the most important bit!
G-Mon
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#3014 Old 6th Jun 2024 at 12:50 AM
Quote: Originally posted by simsample
April Black with a new myth-dispelling video.
https://youtu.be/W1qJLry_MWY
...So, anyone want to write all that down somewhere? I'm interested in it, but not "a half-hour video that'll likely give The Algorithm™ ideas" interested.
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#3015 Old 6th Jun 2024 at 1:16 AM Last edited by Bulbizarre : 6th Jun 2024 at 2:51 AM.
Quote: Originally posted by G-Mon
...So, anyone want to write all that down somewhere? I'm interested in it, but not "a half-hour video that'll likely give The Algorithm™ ideas" interested.


Essentially: Any NPC that has an actual character file is safe to move into a family. Some of them just behave weirdly and cause bugs. You can fix this by changing the original GUID in SimPE.
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topp
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#3016 Old 6th Jun 2024 at 7:37 AM
@G-Mon you can also open the link in an incognito window. That way, the algorithm won't know that you actually bust some Sims 2 myths in your free time!
G-Mon
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#3017 Old 7th Jun 2024 at 12:34 AM
Quote: Originally posted by Bulbizarre
Essentially: Any NPC that has an actual character file is safe to move into a family. Some of them just behave weirdly and cause bugs. You can fix this by changing the original GUID in SimPE.
Thanks.
Quote: Originally posted by topp
@G-Mon you can also open the link in an incognito window. That way, the algorithm won't know that you actually bust some Sims 2 myths in your free time!
That still leaves the "half-hour video" part, and I'm still not that level of interested. :P
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#3018 Old 7th Jun 2024 at 5:54 AM
New functional washing machine for kids!
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simsfreq
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#3019 Old 7th Jun 2024 at 3:42 PM
Quote: Originally posted by G-Mon
...So, anyone want to write all that down somewhere? I'm interested in it, but not "a half-hour video that'll likely give The Algorithm™ ideas" interested.


She says: Playing with NPCs won't corrupt the game but she specifically didn't talk about Object NPCs (Crumplebottom, Grim etc) because those are different.

She explains why some NPCs-made-playable will cause a lot to constantly lag, why some can't be interacted with, and how you can convert them into not-NPCs if you ever wanted to.

If you're not interested and don't have any burning desire to marry a Social Worker or Fire Dancer, then you're not missing anything useful.
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Bulbizarre
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#3020 Old 9th Jun 2024 at 9:51 AM
whoward69 recently updated the Skilling Sim to include progress on toddler and life skills!
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#3021 Old 10th Jun 2024 at 1:40 AM
Have you ever wanted to name your beloved Cowplant?

Now you can.

EpiSims has made a mod to allow one to name their cowplants, like children.
https://www.tumblr.com/episims

Isn't this sweet?

However, that isn't all!

She added new interactions, like "Talk to" and "Tease"


But wait! There's still more!

Pforestsims has made the cowplant without a pot!

It also can have invisible pot recolors.

https://www.tumblr.com/pforestsims

It's growing season for cowplants!

Dig in and grow 'em if you got 'em!
topp
Theorist
#3022 Old 10th Jun 2024 at 12:55 PM
Here are more direct links in case the original posts get buried:
Quote: Originally posted by FranH
EpiSims has made a mod to allow one to name their cowplants, like children.
https://www.tumblr.com/episims/7528...52/cowplant-mod

Quote: Originally posted by FranH
It also can have invisible pot recolors.
https://www.tumblr.com/pforestsims/...ed-cowplant-kit
Charity
Mad Poster
#3023 Old 10th Jun 2024 at 1:33 PM
On the cowplant theme. Grow your own. XD https://modthesims.info/showthread....358#post4487358
noprobllama
Field Researcher
#3024 Old 11th Jun 2024 at 12:13 AM
So happy about being able to name the cowplants in TS2, thank you!!
simmer22
Mad Poster
#3025 Old 11th Jun 2024 at 2:18 AM
Epi also shared a male variant of cowplants:
https://episims.tumblr.com/post/752...m-male-cowplant
(they don't produce milk, and don't hunt sims, so they're a bit... uh... friendlier than their counterpart. For the sims who just want to cuddle the big, snuggly thing without getting eaten )
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