SUL SUL, DEAR SIMMERS!
We've got something special for you! 🩵
Yes, you've read correctly! With the amount of artistic talent of all sorts that has amassed over the years and the persisting loyalty to this game, we felt like it was about time to call the production of a free, digital zine for the summer of 2025 into action!
I'm intrigued. But what's a zine?
For the sake of brevity, let's ask Britannica: Zine, a small-circulation print or online publication that is produced through noncommercial means and is meant to appeal to a niche audience. The term zine derives from fanzine, an amalgamation of the words fan and magazine.
How can I contribute?
There are a number of ways! From edits using any of the games, to digital art, writing and physical crafts, you can put your creative talent to use! The central theme is Sims 2 Nostalgia, so while you are given a lot of liberty on your chosen medium, it should feature the characters, townies, NPCs, or even objects from the pc game and its spin-offs!
Sweet! How do I apply?
We're so ready to welcome you on board! While we are planning on a big-scope project, we cannot predict the number territory of applications and thus haven't set a specific number of spots in stone. All you gotta do is fill out this form and we will get back to you after the deadline, January 29th!
This should cover the most vital points for now! Further zine specs and details will be covered on the faq page we're currently setting up, or follow post application. But if there's a burning question you think you need answered right away, shoot us a DM! 🦙
See you soon!
Funny thing about the Custom Skins dialog in the Legacy Collection not closing is that it's because they mistakenly hooked up the Confirm/Cancel buttons to Change Pages instead, I haven't tested it but theoretically clicking them should just change pages if you have multiple pages of skintones lol.
It was pretty difficult to try and recreate the code to close the dialog so I didn't get around to fixing it with TS2 Extender and I imagine it will get fixed so probably not worth it.
Very random thing to break, makes me wonder if maybe they went ahead and refactored a bunch of things without much testing.
This is a mesh replacement of Inge's School Changer because I would like more decorative objects to be made useable. Hence, "undecorated"!
No Change in Function - only aesthetic change 🎨
4t2 MESH: converted, edited and recolored by Linacheries (all swatches) - Notes Landing from TS4 Discover University.
Name: School Change Notes Landing Price: 15 Found in: General / Miscellaneous Compressorized. Recolors are separated.
🎓 NOT for BASE GAME, any EP 🎓
Credits: SimPE, Inge from Simlogical (base mod), Linacheries (mesh conversion + recolors), EA Maxis (original mesh)
Conflicts:
original Inge's School Changer - just replaces with mine if you like the new look
LordCrumps' 3T2 Boarding School Mod, which is another edit of Inge's School Changer. EDIT: After some testing - you can still use this mod but replace their ijSchoolChanger with mine for the new look. The options for boarding school will still show up.
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This is a VERY VERY simple name change for Inge's Flexi School into "Homeschooling" which I think is more appropriate for my personal gameplay. They basically do the same thing - keep your kids home!
Delete ijFlexiSchool_AL if you already have it and replace it with my additional edit file ijFlexiSchool_AL_swbbEDIT
🎓 You’ll need AL EP 🎓
You'll also need:
ijSchoolChanger_swbbEDIT from above (needed to select school options)
Mirrored Maxis Desks
I want to thank @freezerbunny-sims for mentionning that this was a thing in the Base Game. Thank you!
This mod re-enables the Veg Out and some other sofas/loveseats interactions. Even works with CC ones. It’s similar to Squinge’s Veg Out enabled mod, but mine doesn’t remove the personality restriction and also have fixed sub-interactions related to this.
To be able to Veg Out, Sims must be extremely lazy (no more than 1 Active point or 2 if you have @dreadpirate’s Personality Please! mod).
While vegging, Sims can :
Find a snack. It’s a sub-interaction available when clicking on the couch. This will make the selected Sim pull out a bag of cookies and eat. Hunger will slowly go up. Normally, you need a fridge for this interaction to appear, but I removed that restriction since it didn’t work properly.
Nod off. It’s basically the same as the Nap interaction, just with different animations.
Sims won’t autonomously do these interactions since Maxis set them like that and making these autonomous will be a pain to do and won’t be compatible with CC sofas/loveseats.
Knows Issues: These interactions were a mess to edit since they were broken in many places. I did the best I can do, but there are two problems remaining:
Sims’ social motive will go up while vegging out if other Sims are sitting in the same room. I suppose it’s because sitting Sims are supposed to talk together, but the Veg Out interaction doesn’t allow Sims to have a conversation.
In the French version of the game, Maxis made a translation error that I can’t fix for some reason. L'interaction “Find a Snack” devient “Chercher une cacahuète”, ce qui ne fait pas vraiment de sens.
Required EPs: None
DOWNLOAD | Alternate
📦 Tuesday CC Dump:
New meshes, add-ons, recolors and default replacements
Download: SFS | BOX
Round table is also included but please note it's a purely decorative object.
Glowing H&M stair and fence replacements require Extended Standard Material shader by @crispsandkerosene /work without it, but will not look like they do in the preview/.
Floors featured in the pic: VTMR tiles (carpet 5 and 6) converted by @freezerbunny-sims2 , wallpaper is 'Fiery red' by Donnha, wood panelling is from Bon Voyage, I think.
*This is for The Sims 2
So this lot is more of a photoshoot set than actual building and I can't share that mess - but here's most of the CC / defaults I used in there. Also, please note this Reshade preset affected the colors.
Plant in the main pic is Bioshock 2 conversion by Misty-fluff anyone has a link? I've included it - it's actually my mesh edit with pot removed. Original conversion /with the pot/ is here.
Eventually I didn't place any grand staircase in my club - but I was going to. As my internet was down at the time, I made my own mesh edits without the stupid middle raillings. Mesh defaults for 'Sweeping Success Staircase' and deco staircase aka 'A Stair to Remember' (both are from M&G EP) - are included.
Defaults for these already exist - like this one by HL - but please note I edited Sweeping Staircase's railing posts and steps a bit. I also edited UVs, so my replacement does not require texture edits and is compatible with recolors for original.
There's also this default by simblrnova, which includes GMND fix, so the side panels change colors along the main subset (I think they also edited UVs).
You can use my texture replacement for 'Stair to remember' along any mesh default for these stairs. Please note I didn't replace side panel textures.
Matching texture / TXMT replacement for the deco fence 'A Fence to keep in mind' is included in a separate file. Obviously it will clash with other defaults for this fence, like "SN-RailingtoKeepinMind-TXMTFix" by Simblrnova.
/I have no idea if middle stair railing is used for sliding animations - if it is, anims will obviously look awkward. /
I gave Velvet Rope Fence posts a little makeover - you can choose between shape edit, or shape edit plus TXMT edit.
And in case you wonder about the microphone - it's a mesh replacement for "Small superstar microphone" (from Apartment Life, maybe?) with amplifier removed
Steel support beam requires Apartment Life EP. It looks best in black so I recommend these pipe recolors too.
It will pull textures from Roundabout table, which could be from Celebrations SP (?) . You can use some invisible 1x1 table to make it somewhat functional /I included invisible table recolor for the 'groovy' square table from UNI EP/.
Decor bits on the table are a part of the mesh, if you don't like it, you can open GMDC in simPe and delete unwanted subsets /FYI those plates are lower than default Eaxis plate/.
I've included small mineral water bottle that didn't make it into my bar decor set as it should.
Crystal chandelier aka Cascades chandelier is a TS2 preorder item, I've included the mesh /with edited texture, black 'circle' removed from the canopy top/. The other one is from M&G /I think?/.
Fancy planter is an add on for 'Off the hook egg" (maybe OFB?), has one placement slot. Recolors (2 in one) included - recolor says red and black, but I changed it to gold last minute.
2-story spotlighter was cloned from an ordinary ceiling lamp, and is not animated - 'light beams' are not recolourable, and are always on. It requires Night Life - I also included recolor for the other NL spotlighter, as I discovered later these are not texture-linked.
2-story curtains are an add-on for 4t2 Wondymoon Cycnus curtains converted by @deatherella - s4 original is here (T$R) - I included the required mesh and my recolors - red and dark purple.
Plumbob sign is based on a symbol from TS2 litigator podium (a career reward).
Stuff I'll share some other time: 2-story light cable extension, table lamps /also, chairs - maybe/.
And if you're up for some DYI, here's the texture I used for the club ceiling. This is based on Adele's sectioned wood floor texture, made dark brown.
MISE À JOUR DU PACKAGE DU SIM BLENDER
Veuillez le réinstaller. Une erreur de saut de ligne dans le fichier Dialog prim string set rendait les informations demandées complètement incohérentes avec l'action demandée.
Merci à @barbiepinklady de m'avoir averti.
Sul sul !
S'il y a bien quelque chose que nous savons, c'est que Les Sims comportent beaucoup de mods intéressants qui modifient grandement l'expérience de jeu. Cependant, un manque existe dans la communauté française des Sims 2 : la traduction des mods et contenus personnalisés en français.
Je déposerai désormais sur ce post des mods et contenus personnalisés entièrement traduits en français, afin que plusieurs puissent en profiter.
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Vous retrouvez un fichier Google Drive comportant plusieurs mods et contenus personnalisés traduit et classé par créateur juste ICI.
Ce que le fichier comporte:
Mods par twojeffs
Le Sim Blender [Maj - 18/02/25]
Visitor Controller
ACR (Uniquement le fichier ACR - Controller - Main) Mods complet ici
Mods par ??? (Si vous connaissez les créateurs, merci de le partager pour les crédits de leur création)
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Mods par J. M. Pescado
ffdebugger, tout simplement appelé la Batbox. [95%]
Mods par Sun&Moon
Makin' Hay [100%]
The Ultimate Fruit Collection [75%]
Wild Berry Bushes [75%]
It’s A Trap - Animal Trapping Stations [75%]
Wooden Wonders - Woodworking Set [100%]
Barnyard Bash - Ultimate Livestock and Poultry Collection [0%]
Forging On - Metalsmithing Station [0%]
Pottery Party - Functional Pottery Making [0%]
Mods par Lazy Duchess
Story progression [0%]
Contenus personnalisés d'Anouska
Les toiles d’Anouska [100%] ainsi que les conversion TS3 [10%]
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Notez que le document est sujet à des modifications régulières. De nouveaux mods seront ajoutés dans les prochains jours, mois et années à venir.
Merci de m'aviser d'erreurs potentielles, je tacherais de mettre rapidement à jour.
This is an old creation of mine that I never got around to sharing, that I thought might make a nice release to celebrate 100 followers on tumblr. I never really expected so many of you to find and enjoy what I shared, but it's been wonderful once again getting that feeling of possibly helping someone enjoy their game more :)
I enjoy making my Sims lives more difficult financially, to have a real reason to work and run businesses and such, and being able to take loans is an important part of that. While Monique's computer is great in many ways, I never liked how interest is handled which is why I mainly use Cyjon's Loan Jar for loans. But even set to the lowest interest of 1%, the daily increase quickly gets out of hand on a big loan. I wanted more flexibility, and that's how this creation came to be.
Download from simfileshare
What's new?
The option to control which days of the week interest is added, with individual days or all at once setting options
An optional pop up dialog that informs you when interest has been added, and how much interest will be next time. When enabled (which is the default) the pop up will occur daily at 7am, regardless of whether there is a loan or not. When a loan jar is on lot with no active loan, use the setting option to turn the alert off :)
Easy overview of current settings regarding days, alert and interest rate
Support for pop up dialogs where you can enter rules you use in your hood, so you have easy access to them from inside the game (see picture included in download for example)
Jar and note subsets created by gayars, along with a new glass jar mesh and recolors by gayars
Paper note made recolorable by gayars, with recolors by gummi with game icons to make it possible to differentiate different type loans from each other (see picture above for examples). Set different interest rules for different types of loans, and use the icons to help you tell which is which :)
Alternative object models if you'd prefer something that blends in, with a pop up list to show you the options and what order they are in.
If you are unfamiliar with Cyjon's original, you can find more information about it's original functions on Cyjon's website. For more work by the very talented gayars, check out her website or her tumblr. Thank you my friend, for agreeing to make a new mesh to separate my version from the original, and for making the note recolorable. Being able to tell which jar is which loan is one of my favorite features :)
Requires Uni or a later EP according to Cyjon. Separate guid, so it will not overwrite the original, you can have both. Found in misc/misc, costs 1 simoleon. Has been tested in my game for years without issues. I hope you enjoy :)
These are 4to2 conversions from Wondymoon, Chicklet and Soloriya, low poly. They are cloned from Themediocresulk Toddler Beds as Pet Beds and work in the same way. The beddings are slaved to the original game ones so they will take all the recolors too. Found in the bed section of Buy Mode.
DOWNLOAD HERE
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(Alright it's an index, I just had to)
Made it for myself, I might as well share. If there's something I've missed please let me know.
CC: Sims 2 Object Default Database [CAS] Sims 2 Default Database
Sims 2 Hair Database
EA Sims 2 Store Items 2016
TS1 to TS2 Conversion/Recreation Database
TS3 to TS2 Conversion Database
Sims 4t2 CAS Conversion Archive
Custom Clothing Conversion Database [ts4 only?]
Sims 4t2 Build/Buy Conversion Database
4t2 CC Database Build & Buy
TSM-to-TS2 Conversion Database
The Sims spin-off games to the PC TS2 [&3+4]
Resources: CEP-Extras List, Huge Lunatic @ Sims 2 Artists.
Several Lists of Maxis Resources for Modding, under Notes. Pick'n'Mix Mods, own website.
Sims 2 Painting Sizes Database.
The Sims 2 Tutorials Database.
Update: added EA ts2 store items, Painting sizes db, Tutorials db.