One of those things I knew about at one point but had totally forgotten in my years away from the game. Thanks for posting this!

I use the right click feature all the time when I can't think of a face that I want to make so I experiment. I use it with noses a lot and touch it up with the sliders. It works in body shop too.
Fun fact: you can make a one eyed cyclops sim in body shop by moving the 2 eyes together as close as possible, then switch to full face and adjust a facial template ever so slightly to the right so it won't be noticeable, then go back to the eyes and move them as close together as possible. Keep repeating the process until you merge the 2 eyes into one big eye. Then you have your one eyed cyclops sim.

Yessssss! Such a cool but all-too-hidden feature provided by the developers!

My mind is blown - I had no idea! But this is wonderful!

Thanks for the link to that video!I just clip grabbed it and watched it downloaded.
HERE"S my great CC find for an apartment suitable single bed which is perfet for small space living.I've added a picture below to show what it looks like in the game.

Awesome! A chair bed. I've been looking for one of those. These will go great in my tiny 1x1 lot houses.

Here's a really nice set of default replacement greet animations for those with historical games by @Mortia and Laura.

https://mortia-laura.tumblr.com/pos...simblr-and-as-a

Sky diving simulator?: https://jellymeduza.tumblr.com/post...-followers-gift

Excellent! A new object for my sims to play on. Downloading this right away. Can't wait to try it out.

DeeDee resized the mesh on Lucas' sim portrait!
https://deedee-sims.tumblr.com/post...eaks-i-recently
For those that don't know the Lucas portrait allowed you to place your sims portraits around the house but the original mesh was too large to really be used, now it is fixed.

The skydiving simulator is nice. Sims can't use it autonomously, and I think it's based off the bubble blower based on the animations that I have seen. But still pretty fun nonetheless. It's also a big object.

It's non-autonomous because there is a small chance of the sim dying.

You can make skydiving autonomous by following this tutorial and disable the chance of Sims dying by setting to zero "Deadly?" in the "Chances of yeeting" BCON.

Can't it be autonomous and still have the small chance of dying?

It can, why not? Then you'd want to leave BCON unchanged.

I like the way you're thinking...

You can have it set any way you like.

3T2 University Life Juice Keg by EthanMcGregor.
A haystack fence by tony-veis just in time for your fall festivals, as well as a 4t2 Cool Kids Cooler.
Honeywell made a default replacement for Sim Wardrobe’s produce and fish packing stations, that references the Seasons Park Parthenon arbor bench.

4t2 A-OK-Bloomer Vertical Garden: https://autumn-rosesims.tumblr.com/...den-6-recolours
with slots for Honeywell's garden plot.

MrsM'Quve recolored Maylin's Chloe Coiffure Hairdresser Shop Set. (Original here.)

And Hodgekiss did a beautiful mash up of Vulrien-Sims' Fable Dress. Honestly, there's so many beautiful historical conversions lately, I'm tempted to throw out my downloads folder and start a historical hood.

Then Deedee made some stuff for a tattoo parlor, but then I think everyone here already knows about DeeDee, right? So I'll also link to Lifa's Functional Tattoo Gun and Pikkon's 3t2 Tattoo Parlor Set in case anyone missed those.

I don't think this was posted though:
The Gong Show — Historical Waste Management for the Sims 2 by Laura at the Keep. Basically:

I've been waiting for a set like this! And Mortia came out with Rage Against the Latrine: Part Two, with more historical toilets for your middle class sims. (Part one is here, in case anyone missed that.)

I know this is usually about new stuff that people have found but I just found the perfect mod IMO that I never even knew I wanted until I had it. It's not new but was released during a time I was away from the game and I didn't find it via regular search methods either. I've been looking for a lifespan mod that increased childhood but didn't increase the rest. https://modthesims.info/d/494515/le...ation-mods.html
In addition to it being the perfect length, I was looking for it works with ACR in adulthood by keeping the "try for baby" percentages intact. On top of all that it also allows for a full summer vacation for school kids. I absolutely freakin' love it!

so I'll start off with saying that I didn't find this.myself but if it works as advertised then it is a brilliant application. so far in my testing it works although I have yet to thoroughly test it on the firstborn syndrome.
https://lazyduchess.tumblr.com/post...-mansion-garden

Since I play a medieval-fantasy-inspired neighboorhood I'm always happy for new tiaras and kitt-katt over on tumblr converted some from sims 4 to 2
https://kitt-katt.tumblr.com/post/6...ara-conversions

This tool is also available here on MTS, but instructions for installing the randomizer without the other features are only available at the Tumblr link above.
https://modthesims.info/d/648220/si...borderless.html

That tumblr also has a CC merging tool on it!
https://lazyduchess.tumblr.com/post...our-sims-2-mods

DeeDee converted MDP’s 4t2 Jacket Leather Tee for TM and EM
DeeDee's edit of WeBluePeace’s 4t2 Coat Bow
RentedSpace's longer 3t2 Prof Jacket Bow Belt (DeeDee's short version is here.)

[QUOTE=RoxEllen1965]This tool is also available here on MTS, but instructions for installing the randomizer without the other features are only available at the Tumblr link above.
I didn't notice that Lazy Duchess added it here too. lol. gonna try that merger mod, thanks.

Io posted two lovely curly hair retextures: https://iosiren.dreamwidth.org/36553.html & https://iosiren.dreamwidth.org/35854.html ♥

(fixed the second link, sorry 'bout that ^^; )

@foxmanic, you posted the same link twice. Looks good though!

AL New Gear City Windows addons I've found so far:
https://modthesims.info/d/307022/dr...nd-windows.html
https://modthesims.info/d/412964/re...ows-redeux.html
https://modthesims.info/d/341918/fa...nus-window.html
https://modthesims.info/d/646388/ge...oor-addons.html
https://modthesims.info/d/647579/ge...ndow-addon.html
https://www.thesimsresource.com/art...-ons/id/806869/
https://www.thesimsresource.com/art...-set/id/805909/

I just came here to see if anyone had posted the merging tool! It merges much bigger files than SimPE will allow, and it even merges objects too!

Lazy Duchess has now also posted the package merging tool here on MTS.
https://modthesims.info/d/648473/cc...r-packages.html

Lazy Duchess also posted a mod for the outdoor shadow. It looks gorg.

https://lazyduchess.tumblr.com/post..._related_post=1

Whoops, I fixed it

I put that in my game as soon as I saw it. It looks beautiful. No more hard-edged outdoor shadows!

EDITED TO ADD: Lit city buildings by Ethan McGregor. Some of these had already been released by other content creators (credit is given in the description). Others I have not seen for TS2 before. Ethan has altered several of these skyscrapers so that they are now reflective and shiny during the daytime.
https://ethanmcgregor.tumblr.com/po..._related_post=1

I just stared at the screen mouth agape because that is my hair, like how it comes out of my head. I've only started to see representations of it in the past 5 years and I stop dead every time. I never thought anyone would care about curls and frizz in games.

Value kitchen addons I've found so far:
https://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/768338
https://www.thesimsresource.com/art...hood/id/768466/ (Not really, but good addon for your kitchen upper cabinet?)
https://modthesims.info/d/626382/kr...er-add-ons.html
https://modthesims.info/d/442161/kr...nter-fixes.html
https://modthesims.info/d/234298/kr...pleter-set.html
https://modthesims.info/d/319599/fu...ts-updated.html
https://modthesims.info/d/537398/ov...9-oct-2014.html
https://modthesims.info/d/541899/ea...1-mar-2015.html (or http://www.leefish.nl/mybb/showthread.php?tid=6186 )
https://nixedsims.wordpress.com/201...ter-completers/
https://nixedsims.wordpress.com/201...ter-completers/ (MOAR!)
(Note: RgdyAnne also made island counter for Value kitchen, but download is no longer available, though you may find it included in some custom lots, such as this.)

I made this, but I think it's pretty darn awesome. Pleasanter View Neighborhood Bridge that will not disappear into a gaping void when you enter your lots.
http://sunradersims.com/2020/10/ple...borhood-bridge/

@Sunrader Thank you!!!

So I was reading AndrewGloria's Traditional Morality thread and I was a little surprised at the amount of simmers who didn't know about last name mods that let you choose the last name of sims when getting married or having a baby. RoxEllen1965 did post a link to Marhis' Marriage: Last Name Chooser, but I thought I'd post a psa here as well, as I wanted to highlight a few more:

Midgethetree's Baby Last Name Chooser -Now you’ll get an additional dialog per baby asking whose last name they should take! Compatible with Birth Options if it loads last.

Midgethetree's Birth Options Mod - A mod that can generate one of two dialog boxes during birth: 1. If both parents live on the same lot, you get asked which one should get parental leave. 2. If the parents live in separate families and the other parent’s family is playable you get the option to give the baby/babies to the other parent’s family.

And because different family types are easier to make now, you might also find these useful:
Midgethetree's Step-Parents Baby Wants Satisfied - When a baby is born, their “step-parents” (spouses of their biological parents) will also get baby wants/fears fulfilled if they live with the baby, and their step-grandparents will have grandbaby wants fulfilled as well.

Kestellyn's Name the Father - Have you ever thought it was weird that when your female sims cheat on their partners and get pregnant, their partner always knows that the child isn't theirs? Have you ever wanted your sims to be able to adopt their spouses' alien children? Do you get annoyed that all aliens are somehow considered related? Would you like your lesbians to be able to adopt their partners' babies by sperm doners? Or do your sims maybe have multiple spouses and you just want the biological parent to not necessarily be the "real" parent? Would you like to have two sims who are merely best friends live together and raise kids together even if the kids are not biologically related to both of them? Sure, you can change the family ties with the Sim Blender after the fact, but wouldn't you like to get to choose which sim gets the memory of having the baby and the Have a Baby want fulfilled? With this hack you can do all of those things!

Kestrellyn's Found Family - Do you have sims who are raised by more than two parents, but annoyingly the game does not consider the non-biological parents to be family? Or "siblings" who were raised together but don't technically share parents, so the game doesn't mark them as family? Or just sims who are really close and ought to be able to use Family Kiss? This new interaction, which shows up as "Treat as Family" or "Remove from Family" depending on family status, will allow you to make the game treat any two sims as if they were family for the purposes of romantic and family socials, even if they're not otherwise related.

Kestrellyn's Smarter Choice of Parent for Entering College Cinematic - Do your sims have absentee dads, or sperm donors, or just parents that they really hate? If so, you've probably seen someone completely inappropriate sending your teens off to college during the entering college cinematic. This hack introduces new requirements for parents for participation in the cinematic...

And then a simmer in WCIF reminded me of these today:
Midgethetree updated Maxis arches to have Marhis' Polygamy/Marriage Of Convenience Options and Rebecah's Renew Wedding Vows Option
OR you can use Veetie's update to Midge's mod that adds convenient engagements to Maxis arches and Mortia alternative wedding arches.
Either is very useful for simmers with story or challenge hoods that have arranged marriages.

Pre-made Sims in Vines! (Another part is in the description!)

Functional drawing tablets(digitizers, I mean?): https://gardenofshadows.org.uk/gard...47295#msg747295

This is not what I found but you will. I have been using her make-up for my sims for ages and now she is leaving. The most realistic and beautiful make-up what you can find.
https://mazexworld.tumblr.com/

For those who like Gothic stuff.....

https://sweetfreaksims2.blogspot.co...el/AF%20clothes

Salt Gathering & Manufacturing!

*ETA* And preserved foods! I'm so excited!

This is a picture that all Sims 2 players will laugh at.
One of our own made a house lot from this.

I saw this picture and said, "Yup, gotta remind everyone that this is a real thing!"

https://coriel-muroz.tumblr.com/pos...-the-ps-discord

Lazy Duchess just created a mod that gives a random chance of failure for Proposals and Weddings! Can't wait to try it.

Wow! I want a setup like that

You mean, this?: https://modthesims.info/d/354430/re...new-meshes.html

I wasn't kidding when I said someone did make a replica of it in Sim Style:

Phaenoh did it.

https://modthesims.info/d/354430/re...new-meshes.html

I found some infor about this:
https://trendland.com/trailer-set-installation/

Thanks for that link..and if you explore more on that site, you can find some really inspiring ideas for building & furnishing a pixel's house.
Call it a 2 for 1 link!

I was looking at the Playboy archives on there!

Lazy Duchess just responded to my request on her blog and created a mod that gives sims a chance of being rejected for a job when they apply: https://lazyduchess.tumblr.com/post...o-playing#notes

Lowedeus fixed the base game clouds! I'm not sure whether these are compatible with Nopke's default replacement skies.

https://lowedeus.tumblr.com/post/63...me-of-you-could

I'm using Nopke's night sky replacement and I haven't noticed any problems with the clouds.

I didn't think there would be, but I didn't want to say until I'd had time to try it out. Thanks for confirming it.

Lazy Duchess made a global version of the lot clouds so you don't have to manually place a cloud controller on every lot. There's also a "clear sky" mod that will randomly clear the clouds every so often as long as it's not raining.

https://lazyduchess.tumblr.com/post...uds-made-global

Speaking of Lazy Duchess, she made a mod that synchronizes the seasons as you play them-by quadrant, day and weather:



Neighborhood-wide Season Synchronization

And speaking yet more about Lazy Duchess, I just found she also has a Sims 1-style prank calls mod! I've been wanting something like that forever!

https://lazyduchess.tumblr.com/post...-think-it-would

Something to add to my Downloads folder. Thank you, this sounds really cool

In my search for better sports attire, I discovered PeachKrysie's Boxing Sportswear: https://www.thesimsresource.com/dow...ims2/id/877214/

What's the point of my sim working out 24/7 if they cover up their physique at the gym with a tracksuit?! :p

Also, while asking for help looking for help in a different thread, I came upon Dizzy's work-deliver3-40-20, which adds a chance for sims coming home from work to bring home groceries or a box of pizza: https://app.box.com/s/c9632f8a99c9cd77fe42 (thanks Essa for the link)

Over at GOS the bi-monthly theme is "In the Limelight & Game Night" where items pertaining to the themes are featured.

CreeSims made a " Thespian's Mark" which will enable pixels to stand and perform either a monologue, or a soliloquy, while gaining charisma skills. Especially useful for those who have actors in their town. 1 or more can stand and do either action, making it look as though there is a play going on.

The theatre nerd in me screamed, I can finally make The Globe a functional theatre...

Creesims also has a 6 tile wall mural set that can be either used as film backgrounds or a wall mural.

That sounds terrific! I'll definetely grab it.

@Amura: definitely do! As @terula8 said, it adds such a neat touch of immersion to your playthroughs. And it's also worth mentioning that the mod only lets the sim bring home groceries/pizza if they can afford it, so in theory you shouldn't worry about your sim accidentally making you bankupt.

I use Dizzy's work-deliver mod, but I tweaked it because my poorest sims were bringing home too much food - buying pizza when they could have eaten leftovers, or filling the fridge while they were supposed to be saving for furniture. It was a pretty easy tweak, so if anyone else finds the same, you could have a go.

@didyouevenmakeasound (@ing you in case the quote doesn't work--sorry if you get a notification twice!) Anyway, I just saw your post in the Pet Peeves thread today, and well, I saw that 2FingersWhiskey just released some deco mail slots, so I'd thought I'd let you know. And, because I was sure I'd seen the cars on the other side of the road thing, I did a little search and it turns out Mootilda had made a tutorial to fix this for your lots: How to Drive on the Other Side of the Road (Right-Hand Drive).

At the bottom of the tutorial, there's a tip on fixing hood view: "If you want vehicles to travel on the opposite side of your road in neighborhood view, add the following line to your userStartup.cheat: boolProp carsOnRight false".

I don't think I've ever seen a hack that switches the driver seat and the animations, though.

Hehe, I already did... and one of my Sims already brought a pizza! It's so cool!
I never really make them order pizza, but this "buy food on your way home" option makes so much sense to me!

Right now I'm daydreaming it might be tweaked so students and downtown residents have more chances of takeaway while main hood residents have more chances of grocery shopping.
Might be my own perception of reality but that would be just perfect

PS: I would not mind them going bankrupt. I can be cruel like that

Owh thanks for that, Phantomknight, I knew about the hood cheat but nothing else. Always bugs me as an Aussie that vehicles in-game are on the wrong side of the road.

Ahh, you're a lifesaver lol. I knew about the portal thing (im so lazy...probably not going to bother) and the deco mailboxes but the boolprop cheat is awesome to not, thank you!

Default replacement bottom textures for your ponds by simsantoinc. Choose from mud, river rock, or sand.
https://simsantoinc.dreamwidth.org/6066.html

EDIT: Be aware that ponds will look quite a bit different in Neighborhood View and this may take some getting used to. In my game they're a sort of pale green color from Neighborhood View.

Lots of good stuff here but the wall stickers are TOO CUTE. (you have to download to see them all but there's pics in the folder. ADORBS!!) https://gardenofshadows.org.uk/gard...32978#msg732978

This cathedral set is beautiful.
https://julsfels.tumblr.com/post/63...o-story-windows

Thanks to that, I finally made my crystal house and not one of my walls has a sharp corner on it. That whole set is fun to build with.

from AnMal's challenge, sliders that can make face features NON-symetrical! https://withlovefromsimtown.tumblr....art-2-well-like

Check this out y'all!! It's a whole comprehensive guide on how to make TS2 look good on modern PCs, complete with links to loads of helpful mods and stuff. Just what I have been needing!

https://www.reddit.com/r/sims2help/...n_2020_reshade/

Don't think these have been posted, but if they have please feel free to delete the post (or let me know so I can do it...)

Both of these mods are from the Plumbob Keep:

- Toys and More Surprises, which includes a Toy Making Station that actually uses wood to make toys: http://www.medievalsims.com/forums/...p?f=240&t=10715

- Straight As An Arrow, which is an archery set! Finally, for TS2!! This one I'm very excited about!!: http://www.medievalsims.com/forums/...p?f=240&t=10716

Almighty Hat is back!

(I actually made a small excited squeaking noise when I saw their posts! :-D)

Wow! I will *squee too*

Back with more mermaid and PlantSim options, and non-gaudy baby clothes racks, and non-default, non-plastic toys, and non-modern trash compacters, and both the equipment for a UBI setup in a non-hideous form (apologies to the creator -- it's a great concept, just not aesthetically appealing or suitable for a Simlish game!) and the inspiration to use it as such (along with Simlogical rent/loan shrubs, this should enable me to retire justified "motherlode money" entirely!)...and a relatable mask-grumble (it's jaw, cheekbones, and glasses for me, which is why I'm sticking with the ugly hand-sewn one that covers half my face but is at least thick enough and has minimal gaps). This year is starting to look passably decent!

I'd almost assumed something awful had happened, given the highly unpleasant drama she'd been subjected to right before she stopped posting. (Although I now understand the desire to disappear...) I'm very glad that's not the case!

Lazy Duchess has updated SimWardrobe's Hack Conflict Detection Utility for the Ultimate Collection! UC players no longer have to rename their Sims2 folder to run HCDU. WooHoo!

Hack Conflict Detection Utility for Ultimate Collection

I've just downloaded some great pool equipment recolors from this site that were uploaded not that long ago.

I skimmed through and noticed this was not posted.
Sun&Moon Preservation Practices
http://www.medievalsims.com/forums/...p?f=240&t=10642
You can preserve all of Sun&Moon's food. From the berries to the wild game.

Ok, all you Fallout Fans:
Fallout Themed Speech bubbles.

Just found out that you can blend faces in CAS by right clicking on the icon... Thanks to Marticore's video. I AM SPEECHLESS.

15 years of gameplay and I never knew this.

@ trambling 101: YEs! I was speechless too, and now I use it all the time .

I never knew that either...

It's ok, I went to bed last night with a large feeling of shame.

Don't mean to double post, but Lazy Duchess has released a Beta version of an open-world / story progression mod !!

Lol just made a post about it. Should have looked at your post before I think. But anyway a large mod like this deserves it's own thread too I think.

Also I don't think it's an open world mod just story progression.

TS2 details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxqE9eALJS0 and 3 previous parts in comments. Maybe you didn't know something?
Just found that channel.

As many people remember, Whoward had a few mods posted here a long time ago-then left and created his own page. I recently checked it and he's gotten back into modding, and there's a lot of really interesting mods on there:

Autonomously Eat Leftovers-Starving pixels will do it autonomously.
Crafting skills and tweaks for craft stations-changes moods and abilities.
Specific clothing racks-you can choose which type of clothes to browse through a rack.
Autowalk to work or school.

http://www.picknmixmods.com/Sims2/Home.html

Renewed simsgraveyard:
https://www.simsgraveyard.com/site-...veyard-is-live/

An addition to the Slow Aging Controller that makes aliens age four times faster than human Sims!
I'm seriously debating putting it in my game, as I already have the amazing Slow Aging Controller edit that differentiates between other life states, the "zombies rot" add-on that this is based on, and the alien token it needs. I am playing aliens now, but haven't played enough days for it to matter that much, and given the extended lifespan I'm using, they'll have plenty of time to use Elixir...but I like aliens a lot, so messing with their lifespan concerns me. I probably will though, because it makes sense in so many ways -- that life on an alien world isn't as improbably easy as Maxis made it out to be and would wear them out faster without careful management, the reason for the Elixir to exist to start with, and the reason a certain Pollination Technician retired after getting stuck on SimEarth. I've recently started using mods that make aliens more, well, alien, and like them, so this looks like a good addition -- although I'm slightly concerned about the holders of fractional alien tokens like Jill Smith is in my game. It's really good to see the alien token being used for more things...maybe if I have enough mods to pick through I can figure out how to exclude aliens from getting carbon monoxide poisoning (from the generator for Lamare's utilities if it's misused), given how it looks like they use haemocyanin rather than haemoglobin (which in itself is as good a reason as any for rapid ageing on SimEarth, especially given the non-optimal food, temperature, and oxygen levels they put up with).

I was on Tumblr, and came across this utterly fascinating post by a Sims 2 developer. Tells all about the way the game was coded, and more.


https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/letthemplaysims

I cannot see it.

https://letthemplaysims.tumblr.com/...tlesimmies-link

I've just learned a label for my play style: I'm a Maximizer, people.

Very interesting thread!



EDIT:
Also I loved this line:
Maxis didn't say no to threesomes, just, they didn't have time to make the animations and scripts