EDIT: I edited this post because i didn't specify the exact Sims. I meant deleting CAS Sims, like, Sims you created in the CAS. Sorry for not making it clear.

Sorry if i postedd this twice. I tried to post it one time but it wasn't posting. Maybe i was impatient. MTS mods if i posted the same topic twice pls reach out to me.

Anyway

So i have sims 2 mansion and garden stuff installed in my moms laptop for some reason, and i didn't know deleting sims from the family bin was generally not recommended so pls don't tell me that because I AM ALREADY AWARE

So i deleted my CAS sims from the family bin, and some of the sims are iconic and memorable and beloved and you name it. I want them back. Is it possible? I want to turn them fully playable sims again. when you delete a sim from the family bin the sim's file turns into a stub file. Fandom Sims Wiki says it doesn't cause corruption because 'when people saw pescado's post about stub files they had a misconception'. Anyway back to our topic, as i said sims deleted from sim bin their files turn into stub files so theyre not really fully deleted. Is there anyway to bring them back?

If impossible? Can i see them again on SimPE, so i can remake them in my Sims 2 Ultimate Collection? Pls. Thanks.

There's two things you can do, AFAIK, though some brilliant person may have found a third way and I missed it.

If you're willing to start that neighborhood over, and it's a premade neighborhood, delete the hood, close the game, then go to your TheSims2 folder and rename it - just add a letter or something, it's only temporary - and restart the game. This will create a new TheSims2 folder with all the premade neighborhoods. Let the game load fully; then quit it, copy the new version of the hood into the Neighborhoods folder, get rid of the new folder, rename the old one, and launch the game.

If you want to add the family bin sims to an existing situation without losing all the play progress you've made, you will have to download clones of the families you want - all or most of them have clones available, but you may have to hunt for them. Ask in the WCIF forum - and recreate them in CAS, using the Wiki to be sure you give them the correct personalities and relationships. Once moved into the family bin from CAS, you can use an editing tool, such as SimPE, the Sim Manipulator, and/or the testingcheats, to add any memories, set relationship levels, and otherwise tweak them to suit.

It's not what i meant but it's my fault for not exactly specifying. Im so sorry for not specifying what i meant.

What i meant is like, making New families of sims and then deleting them in the family bin. Deleting CAS Sims via the family bin. I created some families and shortly i deleted them using the Sim Bin.

Again im sorry for not specifying that i meant deleting CAS Sims via the family bin.

Is there anyway to bring CAS sims back?

Ah, I see. Not that I know of, but - do you happen to have a backup? Even if you didn't specifically make a backup of your neighborhood, it's possible that a general backup of data included one. Check with your mom if she's ever done one on this laptop. And remind her to backup important data regularly, if she doesn't!

No i didn't sadly. I wasn't experienced with sims 2. I didn't know how to make a backup of my game as again i was inexperienced. I wished i made a backup earlier.

What OP are you using?

Since windows 7 there is auto backup or snap shots and you maybe able to restore back to one that still has your CAS sims.

Windows 11 its called File History.