This: https://hexagonal-bipyramid.tumblr....s-full-name-for

Now the only problem will be when there are two Ivy Copurs . . . but I will never again wonder if that's John Burb or John Mole, or Samantha Cordial or Samantha Ottomas in the chat program! I have wanted this forever. I'm so thrilled!

Yesssssssss! This is something I tried to fix myself, but couldn't figure out how.

For all the Maxis hoods fanatics, StangeTomato and Meetmetotheriver created a twisted version of Pleasantview for download:

Ok, I'll bite. I'm playing "Beginning of PV" so this should be a nice side-play from that. (I just hope that it's not the sexes reversed thing, either. I couldn't figure that one out at all...)

I'm playing this now and you're gonna be in for a shock, lemme tell you

Can I have a hint on where to look? I'm not seeing the twist.

Hopefully I won't get in trouble for telling you @Bulbizarre, but go to the Lothario and Pleasant household. I used the pregnancy scanner on the Sim Blender when I didn't find anything right away

Clothes for servos
http://gardenofshadows.org.uk/garde...37365#msg737365

Oh great, now I HAVE TO get another hood...

@Sunbee, thanks for that link to hexagonal-bipyramid--I also found a mod there that'll randomize the spectral cat! Plus 'Mean Interactions to any age' will give me more options and combine two separate mods of mine into one.

Something functional: http://gardenofshadows.org.uk/garde...37346#msg737346
(I think 'heater' is actually air conditioner outdoor unit)

This, too.

Just Want To Spread The Word
 

Hello to all members, I am really excited today about a mod that was REALLY needed and have been ask for over the years in WCIF.
I am so happy that member Severino have return back to creating here on MTS this time Severino have added Mods to his creations.

I have always wanted a Community Library in my game, but building one and having it in my game was completely useless.
The Sims including townies would show up at the library and not sat to read, but instead would play water ball or kick ball outside, I could only direct the Sims I was playing to sat and read.

I wanted a Bookcase for the community lot that would Not cause an interfere with the home lot book case. I do know that if you had Freetime Ep I think someone made a mod to make a community library possible.
But what if you don't have Freetime, like me I do have it but removed it because it did not work well in my game.

I then ask Modder Serverino if given the time could he create a Community lot Library mod that would work with my Eps or even with the Base game.
And so yes he did here http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=617702 I am asking that we all give support to Creator Severino and even new Modders that are still creating for Sims 2 players, because now days modders are few in numbers. :lovestruc

I looked at it, but I assume it will clash with the autonomous reading mod that I already have. :/

At my library I simply make selectable>make them read.

Wow this is great~! Just curious, can you buy individual books from it as well if you were to say own a book store or no? I'm guessing no but just curious

@thisfatfunnylife You just need to set a regular bookshelf for sale to sell books, no mod needed.

I actually think I will use this one - thank you Simonut It looks as if it will suit my play style perfectly.

While there are other options - I love the idea of having certain bookcases that you can use on certain lots (like libraries) and "normal" bookcases where you may not want all the sims to read. This just makes more sense to me than a global mod - on vacation, knowledge sims and sims with the film and literature hobby may still read, but I don't think other sims will read as much when they can lie on the beach or throw axes

I'm definitely getting this, thank you so much :D

What a great idea, I'll be building a library now!

Hmm, I already have a library. I wonder why it works. Cool, though. I can never have too many book options.

Probably because you have freetime. Simonut removed that from her game so she needed the mod, if I read correctly.

I've merged your find with the thread that already exists for such a thing.

And to reiterate the comment I left on the download. It's a bloated piece of content. Contains all the textures/meshes of the originals and does not take any cc recolors. It could have been made far more efficiently and take fewer pc resources when using.

Built in Bookcases
http://www.feenwald.de/en/sets/sets_schloss_bib01.php

This is quite cool, and as it is all broken into plugins you can pick and choose what you want to have.

http://www.simlogical.com/sl/Sims2Pages/Sims2_AGS.htm

Fencing that looks like a row of flowers, etc, by Rosie (I might be able to find if anyone cares). And funny! "Now you can smell your fence". On a dandelion fence, "You like 'um or you don't. But they like YOU". On a bamboo fence "You love palm trees? Well, these are bamboo, get used to disappointment".

While the points are true, you could have put them forward in a nicer way. Creators need encouragement, not lectures, wouldn't you agree?

And besides, she's not the creator, either. The criticism should have been PM'd and private, not bashed out in the open.

I wish there was a way to pre-generate all the thumbnails. When you have 500+ beddings and had to reset the thumbnails file because it corrupted...

Funny you mentioned that Bulbizarre; it's so true. I deleted my cas thumbnail and it takes aaaaaaagggggggggeeeeeessss to reload all my hair and clothes cc. I have to do it in stages.

I'm also an idiot. I meant to post this in the random thoughts thread.

In case anybody missed it, Danie has just published the completed recreation of Sunset Valley for TS2:
http://danies-simsational-blog.tumb...s-sunset-valley
Trust me, it's perfect

Having pointed out any mistakes you might have made is actually helpful.

NIce! I need this to be a shopping-district, If it's ok with Danie, of course.

I'm sure it is quite cool, but I'm missing something. I don't quite understand what it is. What does it do?

From the linked page, explaining that .

I don't think anyone was disputing that.

Oh wow.

Also, nobody tell that girl who was weirdly obsessed with Susan Wainwright...

If the goal is to actually help, and not scold, then use a tone that's not going to discourage the person or put them on the defensive.

She wants to make one, it seems.

Probably another case of I-found-something-everyone-else-knew-about-for-years, but regardless it's too cute not to post somewhere. :lovestruc

^ Those are only a month old, so not a problem (And they're really cute, too)

Gah! So adorable! I didn't see those yet Bubblebeam - thanks for posting them.

the high chairs ! so cute <3333

Not really an awesome thing, but I just learned how to use mklink to create a junction so I can take my EA Games folder out of My Documents on the C: Drive, and it cleared up a huge chunk of space on my C drive. This is where I saw the idea and I used this video in case you're curious.

How did I not know about this years ago? I was almost at the point of getting a new C drive because I was running out of space. Downloads, here I come!

Yeah I wondered what happened to her? I didn't see another post from her in a quite a while.

I think she got banned or something.

Since I put my stuff either in the cloud or on the desktop, pretty much the sole purpose of my Documents folder is for TS2. So, if anyone's in the same boat, I'd suggest perhaps moving the entire folder instead of creating a directory junction.

Off-topic, but I'd like to know a bit more about the Susan Wainwright fangirl?...

Look under social groups and yes she is banned.

Because I have an external hard drive, I was told a long time ago by a gamer friend to just send "My Docs" to my external drive and as long as the external drive is connected to the computer Sims 2 will load. This is how I have played ever since I started and no worries about how many downloads I have in "My Docs" because they are not on my computer using up space.

leefish shared an incredibly useful desk-and-bookcase-combined secretaire for the Eureka theme at GoS!

And leefish mentioned this in the linked post: http://modthesims.info/d/251027
I've never known this until now. Ha, ha..

There are some truly excellent pieces of content right here on MTS. One of my all time faves is this http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=196162

Tonight I was browsing through a link to a Tumblr page from Sims Cave and the linked page had another link to 'rare, hard to find CC' on SFS.

There are no descriptions, but it's a massive file-I think everything on this page is hard to find, or has disappeared. It includes some of Chris Hatch's stuff, Sims In Paris, and a lot of other CC that you might be looking for. Of course it's "Caveat Emptor" for all of this:

https://simfileshare.net/folder/14898/

Wow that's huge-but great find!

^ I wish it was possible to bulk-download at Simfileshare... :/

Not new, but only just found these awesome makeup sets that look good on all skintones I have game: https://zeldasemporium.tumblr.com/

Leather jackets as accessories (glasses) that go over clothes.

http://mdpthatsme.tumblr.com/post/1...er-jacket-as-an

This is the reason I put all the SimWardrobe stuff into one big zip.

Start watching...
Game Informer: The Sims’ Unseen Design Notebooks (VIDEO)

https://simsvip.com/2018/09/24/game...otebooks-video/

This is amazing. This is definitely treasure!

It's time to look carefully at each page...

This isn't exactly a "Sims" thing but if you are trying to learn how to use Gimp, most of the tutorials are not very good. I'm a visual learner who also has to do hands on activities to grasp something. Just reading a tutorial doesn't do it for me.

I came across this Youtube one today and it tells you how to set up the new version and goes slowly step by step. Also, he has a bunch more tutorials. If you're interesting in creating or recoloring with Gimp, definitely check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EPIUyFJ4ag

I hope this helps any of you (like me) who are learning this program which is powerful but not as easy at Paintshop or Photoshop.

Reposting this because I originally posted it in the wrong thread.

I'm sure this has been around for a long time, but I just found a Simblr that has all the lots from the Maxis hoods available for download. It's call TS2 Lot Database https://ts2lots.tumblr.com/post/119...s2-lot-database

...but your link doesn't go anywhere/"not found". But I think I have seen the lots (and lots with the Sims) somewhere. Tarlia?

I fixed the link.

No, It's not Tarlia. It just unoccupied lots from Pleasantview, Strangetown, Verioallive, etc....

Unfortunately, they don't have the lots from the lot bin. I asked.

Is this good for a whole 'Hood? Because I found this: http://kalisasims.tumblr.com/post/1...owntown-for-ts2

It's closer to the original Sims 1 setup than Broomhilda's, and WAY closer than marka93's flattened-out version. The only drawback is that it comes without any Sims, so you have to (re)make your own. But it's absolutely beautiful.

So what about getting the sims from those hoods; are there any "safe" ones? I've only found some IN THEIR HOUSES, and not sure how clean anything is. Think I'll put this in "WCIF"

Did you want those? Because I have a feeling I put all the lots from the bin either into a file or plonked them down in a neighbourhood somewhere. I could look for them.

Edit: I went and had a look in my back up folders and found this one - ah

http://meetmetotheriver.tumblr.com/...rerelease-fixed

New clean templates: now without townies!!!

New inhabited custom neighborhood "Fontaine" by Yuka-sims and Crisps&kerosene. No CC. Requires all EPs and SPs. Neighborhood camera mod is required to navigate the neighborhood properly. Perfect plants or similar mod highly recommended due to extensive and complex gardens.


https://yuka-sims.tumblr.com/post/1...980s-the-era-of

head-desk I literally just started up Pleasantview yesterday. Do I want to get the new version? I'd have to re-do everything I've already done, which admittedly isn't a ton, but still. I already went through all the hassle of re-naming all the Teens downtownies after adding Downtown... What do does "interesting genetics" even mean...

Since she's talking about the Caliente sisters, I imagine she means recessive alien DNA (their grandfather was abducted by aliens).

Pleasantview without the terrible Maxis Townies? A dream comes true!

(Especially since I'm no sure how well made the version where I made them into new characters with Sim Surgery actually is...)

But is there a Downtown without the even worse Downtownies that still does include the Tricou descendants? I know there's one without any downtownies at all, but I want to keep the whole Tricou family tree...but not have a hundred Rando McRandoms running about.

A mod that lets vampires influence other sims without a cost. Can be found over here.

A real woodworking station! By DeeDee Sims:
The Functional woodworking bench

Cool. Wish I hadn't just loaded up!

This is why you need to check this thread BEFORE starting the game.

***jumps for joy***
***causes small localized earthquake***

Idk if this was posted here already, but anyway:
Chop your own firewood for your fireplaces

Two new mods for creature states!

Plantsims can cast 4 spells http://midgethetree.tumblr.com/post...ability-to-cast

Vampires influence for free http://midgethetree.tumblr.com/post...es-to-influence

I never knew that creaturefixes had a weather machine check (one version of this new mod copies that code). I've had this game for over a decade and I'm still learning things about both the game and the mods.

From http://strangetomato.tumblr.com/pos...back-again-with



Strangetown… with a twist
We’re back again with another twist neighbourhood! Many of us fondly remember the first time we played Strangetown and all the mysteries there to uncover. Why not take a trip back and discover it all again… with a twist?

Here’s what you get: Strangetown as it ships with the game, but with some details changed that you will have to play to discover. As with Pleasantview… with a twist!, there are layers to the twist for you to uncover, with many little details and surprises to find.

This hood is a collaboration between @meetmetotheriver and @strangetomato. It’s based on MeetMe’s re-released neighbourhood templates, so all of her fixes to the original hood are present. The neighbourhood has been renamed to “TWST”, so if you are currently playing a Strangetown, it can co-exist nicely next to that in your Neighbourhoods folder. Please note that this hood is not basegame compatible. Most EPs and M&G Stuff are required.

I can’t really tell you much else. You’ll have to play it and find out for yourself.

@monijt1 Can you please take out the direct download link please. Where possible links should always go to a download page where people can read up first. So first link yes, bottom link no.

Some of Riekus13's recolors...

Broken Bathroom: https://riekus13.tumblr.com/post/17...i-could-do-some
Cleaning products: https://riekus13.tumblr.com/post/17...ke-some-grocery
Groceries: https://riekus13.tumblr.com/post/17...ceries-and-some

Expanded pet sliders. It's in Russian and I haven't downloaded it yet so not exactly sure what it is.

Most career rewards really need an improvement, dunno if this was posted here already but there's a mod that greatly improves the intelligence career reward. Get it here

Also there's a mod that allows uncontrollable Sims to wear other outfits other than just casual. It's well made and excludes dangerous NPCs like the Grand Vampire, Mascot and etc. Outfit Sense

How in the world would that possibly require OFB?

This is quite amazing: the flying rocket from Sims 4! (scroll down to see it..)

http://gardenofshadows.org.uk/garde...5.msg738154#new



Edit from me:I tried this out-it works! Pixels will get into the rocket, (it's extremely attractive-the one I had set up in the "Landing Pad" was popular) it will lift up about to 50-75 feet (you should have enabled-Large lot distance to see it) and then slowly come back down.

They do change into astronaut costumes and Darrell Walton discovered a dead blue slug to bring back in a jar, just like the bug collection. (I included the 'collect things' in it.)
Awesome!

oh, boy, oh, boy, oh boy, oh boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sims have so much to do and so little time. Gotta love 'agingoff'! (:

Functional rocking chair
Why I didn't saw this before?

I visited SimNopke's Tumblr for the first time in a long time to check out unreleased shinies and found default replacement skies!!! Awesome!!! There are 6 files (Autumn, Lot - Day, Neighborhood, Night, Overcast, Snowy). Also a default sun and moon, but I like the ones I already have, so I didn't check those out. You can still use existing skyboxes/skydomes with these skies. I tried some and they seem to work just fine. Nopke describes these as "blurry," but they look gorgeous to me! No more plain boring blank skies!
:lovestruc:

Neighborhood skies appear to use the same textures/images as the lot skies. The main neighborhood/lot-day sky seems to be heavy overcast on one side and blue sky with puffy clouds on the other. I haven't seen the Autumn or Overcast skies yet.

http://simnopke.tumblr.com/unpublished

EDIT: I attached a screenshot of the "overcast" sky which is used during rain/thunderstorms. I don't have a screenshot of the Autumn sky. It looks very similar to the default day sky, but hazier. Nopke's zip file also includes a darker default for the moon and an invisible one for the sun. The invisible sun looks much better with these skies. Other suns look a bit odd superimposed on the clouds.

Those who don't have Seasons might be able to use just day, night and "NHD" (neighborhood) skies.

ugh! I wanted those but every time I clicked on them (on the site), it tried to give me inside jokes instead.

@smorbie1 - Here is the simfileshare folder for Nopke's unreleased mods. The skies are in simNopke-DRBlurrySkies.zip

https://simfileshare.net/folder/134...ilename&dir=asc

Riekus (GOS) has made a treehouse lot!

https://riekus13.tumblr.com/post/17...s-and-this-is-a

thank you!!!

If anyone would want to complete university in "other" way than normal, this mod is for you.

This "other" way cracked me up

For business owners, BoilingOil has a mod to pass their business rewards to family members here:


For those who use the cellar fridge, there is a bottle-enabled version here.