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bleaksimmer
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#1 Old 3rd Nov 2024 at 4:02 PM Last edited by bleaksimmer : 5th Nov 2024 at 10:20 PM. Reason: I made a bad point
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Katerina Petrova
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#2 Old 3rd Nov 2024 at 4:13 PM
There are tumblr blogs doing this job already. Maybe contributing to them would help the effort of a central hub a bit more than starting another one.
mavicah
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#3 Old 3rd Nov 2024 at 4:17 PM
Archiving stuff is always a good idea but don't panic, link decay has been an issue for a while now and there's people who make an effort to find and re-upload old content. There's places like the sims graveyard (http://thesimsgraveyard.com/index.php) and people in the sims crafters discord server (https://discord.gg/E7VTR6FcU2) have links to various archives that people have made.
Bulbizarre
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#4 Old 3rd Nov 2024 at 6:30 PM
Quote: Originally posted by bleaksimmer
We need to start preserving the sims 2 because I just saw a post on here announcing that the simlogical domain is now gone I might start a simsfileshare folder with all mods from inactive users...as long as that is allowed, im unsure


We already have been.
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CaliBrat
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#5 Old 3rd Nov 2024 at 9:11 PM
Bulbizarre
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#6 Old 3rd Nov 2024 at 10:59 PM
Quote: Originally posted by bleaksimmer
Wdym by that :o


Look in my signature, for one.
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topp
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#7 Old 4th Nov 2024 at 1:23 PM
@bleaksimmer don't assume that the community is dying - all you have to do, in case the original site is down, is ask.
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joandsarah77
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#8 Old 4th Nov 2024 at 8:04 PM
The Sims community is very much not dead. Thank you. A group of modders is working on remaking sims 2. They would hardly have been working hard on this for the past year if we were 'dead'.
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Sokisims
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#9 Old 4th Nov 2024 at 8:49 PM
Quote: Originally posted by joandsarah77
The Sims community is very much not dead. Thank you. A group of modders is working on remaking sims 2. They would hardly have been working hard on this for the past year if we were 'dead'.


Where can I find more information about that?
joandsarah77
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#10 Old 4th Nov 2024 at 10:01 PM
Quote: Originally posted by Sokisims
Where can I find more information about that?


Its being lead by Lazy Duchess and called OpenTS2 using the Unity game engine. https://github.com/LazyDuchess/OpenTS2
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Sokisims
Inventor
#11 Old 4th Nov 2024 at 10:15 PM
Quote: Originally posted by joandsarah77
Its being lead by Lazy Duchess and called OpenTS2 using the Unity game engine. https://github.com/LazyDuchess/OpenTS2


Wow how interesting! I can imagine new scenarios and dynamics as well as animations and interactions :O That's great. Can you imagine more body types as if they were part of the base game?

Also the work we have done with custom hoods can be even more valuable if the game is updated.
Charity
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#12 Old 5th Nov 2024 at 12:02 PM
Quote: Originally posted by joandsarah77
The Sims community is very much not dead. Thank you. A group of modders is working on remaking sims 2. They would hardly have been working hard on this for the past year if we were 'dead'.


The link was too technical for me. XD What exactly are they trying to create?
Bulbizarre
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#13 Old 5th Nov 2024 at 12:30 PM
Quote: Originally posted by Charity
The link was too technical for me. XD What exactly are they trying to create?


Re-creating the Sims 2 in a newer game engine.
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Charity
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#14 Old 5th Nov 2024 at 1:20 PM
Will that result in better compatibility with newer systems?
Sokisims
Inventor
#15 Old 5th Nov 2024 at 1:56 PM
I suppose so, it will also be easier to add new features, similar to OpenRCT, which has kept the Roller Coaster Tycoon community active with an online mode and updates. I don't know to what extent they want to make an online mode or they just want to improve the game. I was reading everything they put on github and it seems that they are making a lot of progress, the work they did previously with Sims Online is being quite useful because they share tech. (I don't understand much about technicalities either, but I got an idea by reading.)
joandsarah77
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#16 Old 5th Nov 2024 at 10:51 PM
Quote: Originally posted by Charity
Will that result in better compatibility with newer systems?


I think the main drivers of the project was to have the game run better and overcome pink flashing.
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Bulbizarre
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#17 Old Yesterday at 12:00 AM
Quote: Originally posted by Charity
Will that result in better compatibility with newer systems?


That's probably the hope - for one example, the Sims 2 is 32-bit, so it can use a maximum 4gb of memory maximum (2gb unless you patch the executable) — part of why CC-heavy setups tend to get a little unstable. A 64-bit engine would remove that limitation.
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CaliBrat
Theorist
#18 Old Yesterday at 1:06 AM
Few Questions ... does this mean that we'd get a new download for Sims 2? I have my original discs and play off them. Also, what about mods, would it affect the mods we have makin it so we'd need new/ updated ones?
Bulbizarre
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#19 Old Yesterday at 2:05 AM
Quote: Originally posted by CaliBrat
Few Questions ... does this mean that we'd get a new download for Sims 2? I have my original discs and play off them. Also, what about mods, would it affect the mods we have makin it so we'd need new/ updated ones?


Yes, a new download. I don't know if they plan for it to be compatible with existing mods.
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Charity
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#20 Old Yesterday at 12:24 PM
I don't think that anyone would go for it if it wasn't compatible with existing mods and SimPE.
Sokisims
Inventor
#21 Old Yesterday at 12:35 PM
Surely it will be, a installation of the original game will be needed as before, just like with OpenRCT. I'm pretty sure most mods and cc's will be compatible.
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