so I need some help decidin on which way I should go .. I'm playin MeetMe's clean Pleasantview and have added in half of the stealth families (also by MM) .. I've just finished playin a sim week (I think) .. and now I'm lookin at addin in a few more sims .. so which should I add in:
1. Bluewater Village
2. Strangetown
3. The rest of the stealth families

With Strangetown I think it's worth giving some serious thought to if you want townie Bella Goth showing up. Personally, I wouldn't.

I think Bluewater Village would be fun, but again you need to think on whether you'll enjoy running businesses. I haven't played Bluewater in a decade myself though so it just sounds like fun!

Try renaming it, add a z to the front of the filename.

You could also use the HCDU+ to find what is conflicting:
https://www.picknmixmods.com/Sims2/...s/HcduPlus.html

I know but sometime it is funny to play opposite style. :D

Actually, a version of the disk case of my game (I played before UC) said "fulfill their [your sims] deebest fears" according to "Fullfill their wants". This is translated edition.

Actually, if you are supposed to do something in the game, the game gives you a "prize" for it. In this situation, the prize is the therapist and your sim doing weird things, like hugging the flour sack baby or listening a football. In contract: If the social worker take your child away in TS3 there is no any prize. No animations, no sad messages, not even possibility to adobt them by other family. Your child just disapper. Saying as as a person who have studied Game Design.

All of the above?

... well I do eventually plan on addin them all .. but I wanted to stagger them some... 2 reasons ... so it doesn't seem as overwhelmin w/ startin with so many sims and 2 to stagger ages so not everyone ages up at the same time as is the same age ...

I'd posted this here, in Crafters Discord, and the Sims Facebook ... I was hopin for more suggestions in helpin me decide but no such luck ... so I went w/ the one that suggested rollin a die .. I have colored dice
1. Bluewater = blue die
2. Strangetown = yellow die
3. Stealth = black die
... dies rolled in order of black, yellow, and blue ... so will be stealth, ST, and then BW ... :D

This is me starting a new neighborhood...

1. I think I'll play Strangetown. It's my favorite hood and it's only got 5 families so that's not too overwhelming.
2. Oh wait, I've gotta add in the Bin Sims. Some of them are related. That's only 5 more Sims.
3. But the Travellers too, I think. They would really fit into Strangetown. And they could be werewolves!
4. Oh, I forgot about the Strangetown townies. Some of them are really part of the storyline. I should move them in as well.
5. Some of my teens are going to university and making friends. I should move in some La Fiesta Tech playables.
6. Now I'm running out of housing. I should add Downtown.
7. Now I really need to resurrect the Tricous. They could be vampires!
8. My Sims are getting to know the Downtownies. I should marry a couple of them in.
9. I'm running out of housing again. I should add a subhood. This Sedona one seems to fit the vibe. It's only got 4 households.
10. And that's how I get to 25 households (and rising!) thinking I'm *only* going to play Strangetown.