I don't care for the 'clay' look either.

I prefer to think of it as Silly Putty. With all the consistency of same.

Finally, a tutorial on lowering high poly hair conversions! It's on rented space's tumblr:
http://rented-space.tumblr.com/post...-direct-me-to-a

The concept art of the Sims 2
 

I have something interesting: the concept art of the Sims 2.

http://www.stevekody.com/portfolio/index.html

On what Stephen W. Kody specifically worked described in his resume:

http://www.stevekody.com/portfolio/...esume_11-11.pdf



Another contept arts:
http://simscommunity.info/2014/02/0...fe-concept-art/

https://www.simsnetwork.com/news/20...-from-nightlife
https://www.simsnetwork.com/news/20...ife-concept-art
https://www.simsnetwork.com/news/20...its-concept-art

Metal Station
 

I also found something interesting: about creating a Metal radio station.

http://www.invisibleoranges.com/joh...ffin-hilarious/

Somehow, I found this pallet bed via google search: https://www.thesimsresource.com/dow...ims2/id/629509/
IKEA SUNNERSTA kitchen(+@) for TS2: http://beautifulnerdkitty.tumblr.co...arcussims91-set

I like the original version of the University "juice" keg better than the giant pineapple that ended up in the released version of the game.

Me too! Also, I'm very pleased that we already have access to the arch in the centre of this image:
http://www.stevekody.com/portfolio/.../SM_image16.jpg
https://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=437197

Oh! What a beautiful thing! Thank you Simsample. Me likes this arch.

I love plant fences! Here are a couple of hedgey ones and some tiny hedges (I've been looking for ages for small hedges!).

http://jodeliejodelie.tumblr.com/po...ctive-couple-of

I know this is ancient and how some people feel about TSR, but here's a 5 degree OMSP.
https://www.thesimsresource.com/art...ngle/id/816644/

Someone replaced the bees, butterflies and flies in the game with cute little ghosts, ufos and fairies.
http://ivy-sims.tumblr.com/post/171...be-downloaded-i

I somehow overlooked this site until very recently. It has a lot of interesting info and tutorials:

http://www.woodensimolean.com/

Too bad we didn't get the mechanical bull :/

Another great concept arts from the game artists. It would be very fun. I would like to see how it would look in the game. But probably the developers decided this is too crazy for our crazy game. )))

http://brianwhiteart.com/wp-content...aracters_07.jpg

Sim State University. Looks similar.
http://brianwhiteart.com/environmen...-academicbldgs/

He also worked on The Urbz: Sims in the City.
http://brianwhiteart.com/characters/

How to draw a picture: a tutorial from the developers of Sims 2.



I did not think that such a huge work is done to create paintings.

More here.

http://simscommunity.info/2015/10/2...us-concept-art/

https://dreadpirate.tumblr.com/post...-tuning-mod-for

"This is a simple mod that opens up the more extreme personality interactions and animations (usually only available to sims with 0-1 and 9-10 points in a certain personality) to more sims by changing the threshold to 0-2 and 8-10, respectively."

This sounds way too awesome...I bet it clashes with a few mods I have though...NOPE!
HCDU says it does not conflict with a few mods I have.

I'll try this out! Thanks for the link!

Not to do with Sims at all, but it's cute enough that I wanted to share it: Tabby Cats extension for Chrome and Firefox.

@ihatemandatoryregister love it!

I added it but don't see it. never mind, its only new tab not new page urgg.

I don't think I saw this yet but Blue Heaven Sims released another Merrie Minstrels set called Bitterweet Symphony and it's pretty much a full symphonic orchestra. I'm...floored at the detail and amount of work that went into it.

I've had it for awhile and I absolutely adore it. Every now again I think about paying for some of the other animals to rotate with it, but I know I would just change it back to my tabbys (which are free).

BHS never fails to impress!

This is absolutely fantastic! It's creations like this that keeps enhancing this game.

That's very nice indeed - though I have to say, as a musician myself, there are some things there that make me cringe a bit. Like the notes written on the xylophone (why?) which are, ahem, wrong and the marimba listed as a xylophone too. I can correct all that though for myself. It's a lovely set.

Prepare to scream, cheer, dance...or whatever you do when happy 'cause seasonal farm fields have arrived http://greatcheesecakepersona.tumbl...seasonal-fields.

@maxon

Oh..you might have seen this already! lol

I'm not a percussionist so I wouldn't know but I played cello for 10 years and am excite sims can look like they do too! Granted, the creator admitted to not having a musical background so It's a pretty dang fine job for someone not knowing a lot about the instruments. I'll take it!

I'm slapping these bad boys into Kettle Falls right the heck now. :-P

I'm planning to start a new hood (or subhood) specially so that I can use them!

(I'm currently playing Elsewhere. Not a lot of room for farm fields in Elsewhere.)

@muridae I have Middleground attached for my farms. http://modthesims.info/d/562124

Thanks. I'd been thinking that Middleground might work quite well for the farm fields, though I've rather been enjoying playing without any subhoods. I've got some kids that are due to go off to Uni soon, so I might make it a university town. Unless I shopping district it as a sleepy little market town and send the kids to uni at Baskerville instead.

I do have a new hood planned that will have a village with farms, but I started playing Elsewhere again after getting a new Mac, just to remind myself of the practicalities of playing really tiny lots before building a city, and then I got attached to my Sims...

Yes, ICad gave me a heads up - lovely they are. Been waiting six months for those to come. Must go over to CKP's page and say thanks.

Edit - aha, a recolourer's/cloner's kit - I'm totally trying that.

Oh sure, I wasn't complaining - I was just a bit 'ummmmm....' - it's a very nice set and there's a lot of work gone into that. It'd be churlish to not appreciate it. I can make edits to textures and texts to make it make sense to me.

I found this in the Recommendations from Youtube. Its looks cute.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVLyMcATcSk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4sQCQ33VRg

Another awesome thing that i found: About the music of the game.

https://www.cnet.com/news/simlish-s...ehind-the-sims/

Not mod related, but I found these two family tree generators and I thought these would be cool to share for those who create their own sims stories

https://www.familyecho.com/
http://www.mcdemarco.net/tools/fami...or/lineage.html

I've used tribalpages for years. Easy to use. It has helped me keep track of all my Sims from all neighbourhoods over 10 generations.

I bookmarked that one too. I actually used to do something similar to this, I had a journal filled with different sim families and their relation to each other. I don't know what I did with that journal though :'(

And to think, I was required by my job to attend Lego Training!

TS4 to TS2 "Buildems Blocks" playsets: https://limonaire.tumblr.com/post/1...blocks-playsets

New inhabited neighborhood "Rodeburg" by Aonda. Six families are included. No CC. Requires all EPs and SPs.

http://aondaneedles.tumblr.com/post...-didnt-see-that

Criquette's released a terrain/road replacement megapack for rural roads on lush terrain. With bonus night-lit bridges, cliff and beach textures.

http://criquette-was-here.tumblr.com/ruralcharm

Alas, I think my download file count is about to explode again.

Argh lush - I want the pavements for lush. I can see myself extracting the textures and using them for the dirt terrain. Love the idea of lit up bridges. I already have Criquettes neighbourhood lights mod.

I can't recommend the 'Rodeburg' neighborhood highly enough!
I downloaded it, half thinking, "So it will be glitchy, it'll crash on me, and I'll have to rebuild the whole darn thing and move out everyone, etc.." It did nothing of the sort. (except for one of the single pixels' house-I did have a bit of trouble with him, but moving him out solved that problem.)
It's a beautiful little town (especially if you have the 'skies' and 'backgrounds' installed) with a cast of very memorable characters....the lots are very well designed, and one of the lots (the biggest house) is one of the best mansions I've ever seen created by anyone. It's definitely awe-inspiring.

Do you have a hard time pickin names for your family? What about names of a nationality you're not familair with? Well lookie what I just found :D
https://www.fakenamegenerator.com/the-sims.php

This is totally cool.

I don't see the point of the occupations but a good idea, cheers.

I didn't much either ... but then thought that I could take what they said and make it apply to the sim for whatever career I had that was the closest match.

Water required for washing at PBK http://www.medievalsims.com/forums/...hp?f=101&t=9514
http://www.medievalsims.com/forums/...hp?f=101&t=9514

mechanical skill builders http://www.medievalsims.com/forums/...hp?f=111&t=9451

Snowman default http://www.medievalsims.com/forums/...php?f=75&t=9435

Thuis revolutionizes not just Medieval (and other historical) hoods, bu Apocalypse ones as well :D

I found a kiddie pool, it's deco only, BUT, the creator said making it usable is beyond him (and me too), but if the Sims 2 Gods here can make it work, have at it, would be a great addition.

http://blissful-indigo.tumblr.com/p...ool-3t2-heres-a

I discovered this a few years back when I wanted to restore the original Pleasantview neighborhood after I got tired of playing my version. It may be common knowledge to most of you but it may help some new players who don't have to do a complete reinstall

https://aldohyde.wordpress.com/sims2nhoodmanagerhelp/

It's better to get Tarlia's cleaned versions - less corruption and fewer bugs than the Maxis originals.

https://meetme2theriver.livejournal.com/63030.html

I was actually looking for that earlier . I'm gonna try this soon.

@Meduza Is this bed functional and is it made to work without IKEA Stuff Pack?

Yes, it is functional. I don't have IKEA SP and it works for me. Honestly, I wouldn't have made it if I had had IKEA SP.

It's going to make my prison colonies hoods a whole different crittur. hehehehe

If you have Do-It-Yourself Curtains by SimPlan-X here is a link to many more recolors. German site, she has other nice downloads. She even includes the original mesh knowing that the site is gone, which I wish so many others would do.
http://wbb44.patchworksims2.de/inde...e.file&a7a6be93

DYI Curtains SimPlan-X on SimsCave
http://simscave.mustbedestroyed.org...p?topic=18055.0

https://youtu.be/Yi4ZfMIjFus

Interesting comparing of cats in Sims.

I'd forgotten how much I hated the female voice in Sims 3.

More lovely things to brighten up your sims neighborhood (Beautifulnerdkitty's Criquette’s Lit-up Embankments and more street light coversions) http://beautifulnerdkitty.tumblr.co...2-street-lights.

Godammit - I just got everything arranged!

Through Strange Tomato's tumblr, found this list of interesting things you can do in the game, some I had no idea of:
http://snootysims.com/extrasindex.php?id=didyouknow

Examples
- your Sim can swim on its back while clicking him in the pool
- you can pay off a Sim that kicks your trashcan
- you can free the burglar after it's captured in the policecar

An old upload by Niol - a collection of unusual fences. Includes fences based on base game hedge, base game bamboo, weeds, grave stones, birch trees, postless fences, fenceless posts, etc. I like the bamboo fences. The bamboo is usually used that way in my game anyway and laying down a fence is much quicker and easier than plopping down individual plants one at a time.

http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=219292

http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=612164 this is more for the creators

A mod that makes the game choose the most suitable parent for the college drop-off cinematic.
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=612211

A huge set of magnificent 2 story cathedral windows by Julsfels at the Fairy Forest:
http://www.feenwald.com/en/sets/the...cathedral01.php

I might not have a church to put this in, but they're stunning.

I actually gasped when I saw those! Stunning

Thanks for such a great find. Those windows are gorgeous. I never knew of that site before -so many beautiful creations.

Worn, beach-themed recolor for guatla's Broken Kitchen: http://wbb44.patchworksims2.de/file...-by-asylaraber/
Raynuss' Paneled Build Set in Piggi's colors: http://wbb44.patchworksims2.de/file...-piggis-colors/

the (in my opinion) best hood templates EVER!

https://dreadpirate.tumblr.com/tagged/hood%20templates

4t2 laundry stuffs: http://deeleesstuff.tumblr.com/post...i-bought-sims-4
Garden screens, hmm....: https://www.thesimsresource.com/art...eens/id/161064/
Hobo themed furnitures by mustluvcatz: http://gardenofshadows.org.uk/garde...32699#msg732699

Colorful(?) retexture of MsBarrows' Poorhouse Furniture by shastakiss: http://gardenofshadows.org.uk/garde...34889#msg734889

Some apartment out of shipping containers: https://2fingerswhiskey.livejournal.com/157472.html

Maids with random hairstyle: https://rio-sims.tumblr.com/post/17...s-to-spawn-with

3t2 haunted house that is cloned from photo booth! This is so cool ;w;

I found this mod:

http://kitteninthewindow.tumblr.com...-you-say-indeed

My puppies and kittens are now so much more interesting! Tested in game with this litlle dalmatian pup:



Does not look fully dalmatian in form, but at least the spots are there now! :D

It's been discovered again!

Don't forget to also get her fix for buggy puppy and kitten eyes.

http://kitteninthewindow.tumblr.com...our-kittens-and

Hmmm... my pets have almost always had inherited parent eye color. What bothers me is that even with this mod, twins and so on have same coat patterns and eye color. I might have to test it further.

But thanks!

No, they don't always have the same colors if they're siblings. These kittens (click spoiler) are quads, and while three of them looked similar, one with a slightly different undercoating, one of them turned out very different and with another pattern than the others. I think the cats I used for breeding were original presets, so they had a multi-layered coating with overlaying patterns. Not sure about eye colors, because I didn't take closeups of all the kittens, and those I do have pictures of have yellow eyes (at least one parent had blue eyes). Not sure if I had the eye mod in, though.

I also tested the mod with a puppy (got only one), and it got markings from both parents, and ended up as a dalmatinian with brown markings around the eyes. I guess it comes down to how similar or different the parents' coatings are. The more similar they are, the more similar their little ones will be.

Interesting... but they are soooo cute :D

That mod has been posted on here about 4 times now, it is well loved. :D

It should be. I was bored of same colors of pups and kittens. This adds so much needed variation in already amazing genetics of the game :D

She also has some pet patterns, coating colors and pet eyes: http://kitteninthewindow.tumblr.com...download%3Apets (all pet-related downloads), and a tutorial on making cat markings: http://kitteninthewindow.tumblr.com...netics-tutorial

This may be cheating, but on our very own first page of downloads is a king or queen career!!!!!!!!! I could not be more excited. You have no idea what this is going to do to my handmaid hood. hehehehe

Find this at
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=612970

I figured it might eventually be moved from its position on the Downloads page, but that the URL would not change.

If you want to play some nomads or want to build some.... camping site?
http://www.medievalsims.com/forums/...hp?f=155&t=2754
Though I prefer this when I'm going to play: http://www.medievalsims.com/forums/...?p=31131#p31131

First set looks quality. Second one could have gone with way better textures. Now I feel the urge to retexture it.

While searching for modern CC for my game, I found a site with lots of great stuff that I hadn't heard of before. *goes on downloading spree*

https://archive.tehsims.com/mirror/...net/objects.htm

4ESF is one of well-known CC site that was gone and archived, and I think people still use 4ESF stuff(They look good!). I'm sure you can find paid/donation things from booty, and at least one furniture set(Cottage Sets..) was uploaded at Affinity Sims with fixes.

If you wanna get rid of the maid hair, here is a solution : http://cindysimblr.tumblr.com/post/...ws-female-maids Newly generated female maids will have a random hair with this mod

The result of random google search:
https://www.archdaily.com/893384/ho...ll-scale-living

That mod is actually from Rio-Sims. The original page also has a similar mod for Grand Vampires.

https://rio-sims.tumblr.com/post/17...s-to-spawn-with

That makes me feel so old, . But yeah, I still have somethings from there in my download folder from years ago. One of my favorite cc paintings, actually, and one of my favorite custom beds.

And @LFact, don't get me started on house plans! That's a rabbit hole I've gotten lost in for hours. Pinterest is really good for that actually. I don't know how many times my mom has seen me looking at houses/house plans and went "Oh, you're looking at houses? Are you finally ready to move?" and I have to hang my head and go "No... It's for my sims."

Anyway, I found a mod of Ancient Highway's while looking up a question from the Stupid Random Questions thread: ah_AutonomousMirrorAL lets sims "autonomously use the mirror so they practice charisma all by themselves depending on their level of extroversion." Mod found on this page: http://www.simbology.com/smf/index....59838#msg159838 and description provided on this page: http://modthesims.info/showthread.p...454#post5017454

In case of anyone who doesn't already know...
Miasmata conversion set as decoration: http://www.medievalsims.com/forums/...php?f=91&t=8266
You need some gardening: http://digitalperversion.net/garden...15580#msg715580
Seasonal Miasmata trees: https://disemporium.dreamwidth.org/12402.html

Chris Hatch has fixed the freezing housekeeper issue that came with BV! http://simfileshare.net/download/572378/

I can finally send my sims on vacation again!

Archives of Artist from Black Pearl Sims

https://2bpsbackup.weebly.com/backup/previous/9

Upload of the year perhaps?

I never realized how much CC Garden of Shadows offered. A lot of cool stuff there.
http://gardenofshadows.org.uk/garde...75&action=forum

Looking through the mass amount of Stuff, Psychosim made these Urban roof pieces http://gardenofshadows.org.uk/garde...5&topic=28660.0
Then I followed the link to his website and found really nice Cinema https://psychosim.livejournal.com/tag/1x1%20lots

EDIT: I also found wall height fencing. They don't mention recolors, but this solves the problem of connecting buildings or attached garages. It's on reply #3. Anyone up to do recolors?
http://digitalperversion.net/garden...94033#msg694033

Now I found new Neighborhood dock pieces like Criquettes.
https://psychosim.livejournal.com/t...harbour%20stuff

Religious Gothic Windows
http://gardenofshadows.org.uk/garde...5&topic=22680.0

This may be the single most welcome post I've ever seen. It never occurred to me to use the fencing this way... I honestly... I'm shocked, I'm literally... shocked. Bless you!!

The problem with fences is that they don't do recolours. You'd have to make each fence as a standalone item. Not that it's a problem but you'd end up with a very crowded fence category in your catalogue if you wanted a lot of walls. And, of course, you can't paint them so it would mean rebuilding if you changed the wall covering. Being able to paint fences would be awesome but you can't. It would be relatively easy to do new colours though since you wouldn't be changing the mesh - just a case of slapping on a new texture. The other thing with fences is I think you can reuse existing GUIDs - IIRC. I made a pile of colours for the cover up slope fence mesh to hide holes in the terrain at one time. Quick to do once you get the rhythm.

@maxon I do see the problem with that. But maybe some maxis match or some with maxis siding walls match would be nice.