#Maxis makeover tutorial

[felidae-sims]

Sims 2 Databases Database

(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. This list is being updated, Tumblr is being a pain and updates won't show up on re-blogs. Visit the original post to view the most current version. Mirror: Dreamwidth.

CC:

By Type:

Sims 2 - Object Default Database [Discontinued - DW].

Sims 2 - Object Default Database [Active - Spreadsheet].

Sims 2 - [CAS] Default Database.

Sims 2 - Hair Database.

Sims 2 - CC: Afro Hairstyles.

Sims 2 - Shoes Database.

Sims 2 - EA Store Items 2016.

Sims 2 - The Maxis Match Repository Project [CAS] [Pinterest Ver.]

Sims 2 - Repository Finds [CAS&Objects] [sorted into categories].

Sims 2 - Functional Finds [Sorted by function].

Resource list: Clutter and decorative items [massive index at GoS].

Sims 2 - Wall Hanging Decor Recolors Database [New!].

Sims 2 - Lot Database [Maxis ones emptied out].

Sims 2 - Lot Makeover Database [of Maxis Lots] [Note the Uploading Tutorial].

SkyBox/Horizons/Skylines Database.

Maxis Career Conversions TS1+3+4 to TS2 [Sorted by Game&EP - Under Downloads].

Fractured Moonlight's Stone Super Set Database [Creator Unknown, let me know if you know].

By Theme:

List of Maxis Lost & Found Objects Converted into Usable Items.

Stories to Sims 2 Conversion Database. [DW Backup]

TS1 to TS2 Conversion/Recreation Database.

TS1 to TS2 Catalog Conversions [Active, Includes OG Object Descriptions].

TS3 to TS2 Conversion Database [DW Backup].

TS3 to TS2 Traits Project Mod Tracking Sheet [Blog Ver.]

TS4 to TS2 CAS Conversion Archive [EA].

TS4 to TS2 CC Clothing Conversion Database [Custom - ts4 only?].

TS4 to TS2 Build/Buy Conversion Database [EA].

TS4 to TS2 CC Build & Buy Database [Custom].

The Sims spin-off games to the PC TS2 [&3+4].

TSM-to-TS2 Conversion Database [DW Backup].

Sims 2 Historical Finds [CAS&Objects] [Sorted by Era/Period].

Historical Sims 2 Wiki [New!].

Grunge Masterlist Project 2025.

List of Asian Sims 2 Sites With Working Downloads [As of 2017?].

CC Archives:

Sim Archive Project, at The Internet Archive [Introduction Post].

Sims Cave.

Sims Graveyard.

Simblr.cc - Dead-Site Repository.

Liquid Sims - Community Archives.

The Booty, at PSMBD.

Sims 2 Packrat, on Tumblr [Watch out for the recent SFS Hacking problem].

Ekrubynaffit (a.k.a bestbuild4sims) has re-uploaded a lot of archives of defunct creators. Albums with DL on her pinterest. Mainly build and buy mode, thanks a lot!

Resources:

CEP-Extras List, Huge Lunatic at Sims 2 Artists.

The Sims 2 Tutorials Database [Active] (Really needs a backup outside of Tumblr).

Several Lists of Maxis Resources for Modding,Pick'n'Mix Mods, own website, under Notes.

Sims 2 GUID Database Revival (Yes I'm shamelessly promoting it).

Sims 2 Trait GUID Database, by FireFlower.

Sims 2 Painting Sizes Database.

List of all Color Actions, With DL, ZeroDark/Graphic at GoS.

List of all WSO Actions, by Blue Heaven Sims, under Resources.

List of Hacks & Mods That Use Tokens, Bulbizarre at MTS.

Giant List of Simlish Fonts - Collect ‘Em All!, by franzillasims.

Masterlists of Recolouring Templates; MTS [+Cloning] | Hafiseazle | ZreoDark [not a list but a tag].

Index of Effects Names & Definitions [+ Guide], by AmmarAskar at GitHub.

Update notes are under the cut:

Update: Custom Clothing Conversion db [4t2], by @brandinotbroke/ Hair db, by @krabbysims/ Sims 4t2 CAS Conversion Archive [EA], by @mdpthatsme/ CEP-Extras List, by @hugelunatic/ Lists of Maxis Resources for Modding, by @picknmixsims/ Sims 2 Tutorials db [Active], by @sims2tutorials/ Sim Archive Project at The Internet Archive, by various - see @simnostalgia. Update 1: added EA ts2 store items at GoS/ Painting sizes db/ Tutorials db, by @sims2tutorials. Update 2: GUID db Revival. Update 3: believe it or not, there's more - Shoes db/ Sims 2. Functional Finds [sorted by function], by @sims2functionalfinds. Update 4: Resource list: Clutter and decorative items, at @gardenofshadowssims. Update 5: added archives section. Update 6: added @ekrubynaffit's Pinterest Archive. Update 7: Fixed TSM link, added Stories db/ Afro Hairstyles db, by @letomills/ SkyBox/Horizons/Skylines Database, by @simmergetic/ Grunge Masterlist Project 2025, by @pixeldolly/ and DW backup links (Everything that's exclusively on Tumblr/LJ should be backed somewhere else). Update 8: List of Asian Sims 2 Sites With Working Downloads [as of 2017?] by @0201-sims. Update 9: added Sims 2 Repository Finds [sorted into categories], by @sims2repositoryfinds. Update 10: added Sims 2 Object db [Discontinued], because the more the better. Update 11 Yet another (!): The Maxis Match Repository Project [CAS], by @whattheskell [how did i forget?]/ TS3 to TS2 Traits Project Mod Tracking Sheet, by  Rowena Sims & @noodlebelli. Update 11: Maxis Career Conversions TS1+3+4 to TS2 [Sorted by Game&EP - Under Downloads], by @sims2idea-lientebollemeis2i. Update 12: HS I found another one: List of all Color Actions - Names, Creators, and Download Links. Maintained for over a decade by @zerographic at GoS :P Update 13: separated by type & theme. added Sims 2 Historical Finds [CAS&Objects] [Sorted by Era/Period], by @ts2history. Update 14: added to resources Trait GUID db, by @fireflowersims. Update 15: I shit you not, there's more - Sims 2 Lot Makeover db [Maxis Lots], by @ts2lotmakeoverdb/ List of Hacks & Mods That Use Tokens, Bulbizarre at MTS/ TS1 Catalog Conversions [Active], by @kitteninthewindow/ WSO Action Masterlist, by Blue Heaven Sims under Resources. Update 16: List of Maxis Lost & Found Objects Converted into Usable Items, @kirlicues. Update 17: Sims 2 Lot db [Maxis ones emptied out], by @mikexx2 @mrsktrout @ts2lots. Update 18: Historical Sims 2 Wiki [New!], by @theacmecatalogblog. Update 19: under archives; Simblr.cc - Dead-Site Repository by @simblrcc-site. Jackpot! Update 20: added Giant List of Simlish Fonts - Collect ‘Em All!, by @franzillasims. Update 21 [can't believe there's more]: Masterlists of Recolouring Templates; MTS [+Cloning] | @hafiseazale | @zerographic [not a list but a tag]. Update 22(!): Index of Effects Names & Definitions [+ Guide], by AmmarAskar at GitHub. Update 23: added Sims 2 - Wall Hanging Decor Recolors Database [New!], by @sims-for-semi

[katatty]

hi kat!

hope you're having a good day. I want to take the opportunity to thank you for your makeovers. I like how they preserve maxis ideas whilst adding your personal flavour. I use your downtown heavily in my personal playthrough and honestly it's the best one out there in my opinion. and now you're working on my favourite hood ever, belladonna cove. with all of that said, I'm sorry to bother you, but I have a problem with a lot you've made over, that is 310 bay view drive. the beach is an amazing idea. however, when I place the lot on a map (I've tried both the standard belladonna cove template as well as yours), the pool just... falls of a cliff? I've even changed the neighborhood.ini, following criquette's tutorial, but to no avail. I wonder if only the lot adjuster can help in this case, or is there anything else that I'm missing? thank you in advance.

Hi! thanks for the kind words, I'm glad you like my makeovers! However, I am not really working on Belladonna Cove currently, it is on hiatus indefinitely for the moment :)

For 310 Bay View drive, it is meant to look like an "infinity pool" so it going right up to/over the cliff is intentional, but I admitedly have not tested placing it from the bin, it could be I have overlooked something, its hard to visualise what you mean without an image so I will test it out myself when I get a chance 🤔 I did use the constrainfloorelevationfalse cheat when making it so maybe try playing with that! you could also just remove some of the pool so theres so squares by the cliff edge

If I've messed something up though, I am not sure when I will have time to revisit it as I've been taking a hit of an extended break from building 😅

[anhedonicworm]

Hi ! i've just seen your Strangetown makeovers and I really love them. I have a question (tried googling to no avail) : is there a way to replace the Maxis lots of the premade families with yours without having to move the family to the bin and back in the new lot ? Thank you !

Hi, thank you for the sweet comment!! If you follow CatherineTCJD's tutorial on making lot makeovers permanent, you should be able to do it by first placing the new lot somewhere in the neighborhood and replacing the lot file of the house you wish to make over with the one you just placed down. In the case of households like the Specters, make sure to put the graves in the sim's inventory before replacing the lot, otherwise they'll disappear! Though I don't know if it's a lot easier than just doing it in game :')

[erehwontownies]

📦 Parcel

A former employee of Llamazoom, Emily has redirected her skills to running her online Plopsy store. She's also become somewhat of a simfluencer due to the popularity of her SimTube channel where she shares compassionate, in-depth tutorials for anything a Sim might come across. She's dedicated to showing young and old Sims ways to make life easier as they navigate the world.

Makeover of Emily Parcel (aka the new tutorial sim) from Maxis' gallery. Includes hand-picked preferences, skills, careers, etc. On the gallery at m0ckest or tray files below. Enjoy!

⤷ simfileshare • patreon

[ethically-sourced-cc]

TAGS MASTERLIST WIP

Create-A-Sim

🌱 Genetics

Skin | Eyes

🌱 Hair

Female Hair | Male Hair | Black Hair

🌱 Facial Hair

Eyebrows | Beards

🌱 Makeup

Blush | Eyeshadow | Eyeliner | Lips | Full Face

Freckles | Moles | Birthmarks | Wounds

Face Enhancers | Misc Face

🌱 Clothing

Female | Male

Adult | Teen | Elder | Children | Toddler

Tops | Bottoms | Outfits | Everyday | Formal

Undies | PJs | Swim | Athletic | Outerwear

Top Only | Bottom Only | Pantsless

Androgynous | Trans | Momma Lisa | Dummy Thicc | Maxis Fat

🌱 Accessories

Glasses | Jewelry | Piercings | Nails | Hair

🌱 Sims

Female | Male | Nonbinary

Face Templates | Default Templates | Sliders | Genetically Correct

🌱 Pets

Cats | Dogs | Coats | Accessories | Objects

Buy Mode

Appliances | Comfort | Decor | Dressers | Electronics | Hobbies | Kids | Lighting | Plumbing | Surfaces | Vehicles | Misc

Build Mode

Doors | Windows | Walls | Floors | Stairs | Railings | Terrain Paint | Gardening | Columns | Fireplaces | Misc

Neighborhood

Neighborhoods | Decor | Skyboxes | Townie Pools

Mods

Hacks | QoL | Gameplay | Functionality | Traits Project | Food | Poseboxes | Overlays

Resources

Tools | Trackers | Photoshop & Gimp | Hair Systems | Recoloring | CC Making | Tutorials | Reshade

Themes

🌱 Aesthetic Themes

Cottagecore | Emo | Fantasy | Futuristic | Goth | Medieval | Punk | Solarpunk | Suggestive/NSFW | Witchy

🌱 Cultural Themes

African | Chinese | Indian | Indigenous | Japanese | Korean | Southern

🌱 Religious Themes

Christian | Islamic | Jewish | Pagan

Misc

🌱 Text

Simlish | Non-Simlish

🌱 Sources

1t2 | 3t2 | 4t2

🌱 Lots

Residential | Community | Makeover

Defaults

Default Genetics | Default Hair | | Default Facial Hair | Default Makeup | Default Clothing | Default Accessories | Default Pets | Default Buy Mode | Default Build Mode | Default Neighborhoods | Default Foods | Default Misc

Stay safe and have fun. Everything will be okay 🫂

[t0xicbimb0]

Black Mesa Rules

My gameplay style is loosey goosey when it comes to wants and heavy on the storytelling! I try to keep the mood cheats to a minimum. I use mods like more caffeine in order achieve the similar outcomes.

Life Stages

The lifespan I use for my sims game is 1 day = 1 year. I used Pleasantsims tutorial when setting up my game so it is identical to what's in that video xD Including respecting the elders.

Life slows down in the university hoods. 2 days is equal to 1 year. Sims who have to spend longer in university or get expelled will be adjusted accordingly

Breakdown

Baby (age 2 /days left1) length:1

Toddler (2-4/3-1) 3

Child (5-12/7-1) 7

Teen (12-18/6-1) 6

College (18-21) 8

Adults (22-63/42-1) 42

Elders: 63-

Rotations and aging

rotations

Rotations in my game are 4 days. I use the time manager by SimNopke to adjust seasons, times, days etc. (thanks Bobo for updating my game lol!!) I also have shorter seasons. (see future mod list post)

Rotation begins with university, which is 2 semesters (4 days) with cjon semester changes.

aging and university

Sims that graduate throughout the round will be put with their families the day that aligns. If Natalie graduates on day 3 of the rotation she will move into her 20’s living arrangement with 2 days left in her rotation.

Sims that graduate at the end of a rotation will remain “graduated YA”s until the beginning of the next rotation when they will move back home before we start university. If they are moving into a new home they need to play the rest of their rotation only. If a sim is expelled their age will be paused until they are 21. If they graduate older than 21, I will adjust their days left reading.

aging and traits

My sims get traits throughout their lives. The default setting for the trait randomizer is 2, 3, 4, 5 at toddler, child, teen, adult. I keep it yhe same except my sims will eventually end up with 8 traits by the time they are 64 following: 5-21, 6-30 7-45 8-63

I will give sims traits early depending on the storyline and develop of the sim.

aging and aspiration

Phase one occurs when the sim becomes a teen. I assign this using the classic maxis match townie method by zodiac signs. I just specify pleasure and romance.

knowledge: Sagittarius, virgo, pisces

fortune: Gemini, Scorpio, capricorn

family:Aquarius, Cancer

popularity: Leo, Aires

romance: Taurus

pleasure: Libra

Phase two

Sims are assigned their aspiration using the primary and secondary calculator in bobobrain's discord! This occurs when they are prompted in the game Jr year of uni.

Phase Three?

The first generation of this town were given aspirations when I made them in CAS and I didn’t run their numbers. So, for those going to the retirement home they will get their true aspiration once they move in. This will be true for any adult, elder townies added into town or expelled sims.

Growing up

birthing…

I use 18 hour pregnancy. I added this to my game during rotation 5.

Babies are named with the letter assigned to their generation. I have a forum in my discord for name suggestions for both save files.

Just Toddler Things

Toddlers are taught every life skill regardless of wants. Birthday parties are not always thrown. Birthday sims typically get a makeover and at least one birthday gift.

Just Children Things

Private school is a popular want in Black Mesa. If sims get in they may get a scholarship. If their family funds are until 10k the family will get 2k per child admitted to pay for their hacked computer.

Sims will then be assigned study skills through the hacked computer which causes them to study for 2 hours on the computer at random times. This way there is a perk to being in Private School.

Just Teen Things

Currently I am reassigning LTWs if its from the base game. I have new 50 ltw mod by Lamare. Before I go make custom variables in my game, I want to see what I’m able to accomplish with my usual gameplay style.

Teens wont get jobs unless a want related to it is rolled; “earn money” counts for examplex Teens will apply for Foxtrot Academy after 1pm with 1 day left in the lifestage.

Generations A-C are going to college sooner just because 18 hr pregnancy was needed to accomplish to system I wanted to create.

Foxtrot Academy

Housing Arrangements

Currently there are 2 dorms for sims to move into freshman year, Dali hall (arts and crafts focused) and Greer Hall (fitness focused.) I decide where incoming freshman go depending on their storyline or relationships.

There is one sorority, Alpha Gamma.

Studies

I decide how far students can go depending on certain wants or fears that are rolled. In the grade pannel there are 3 levels as underclassmen and 2 levels as upperclassman.

breakdown

want/fear, skill point tick level

Fear of Acidemic Probation, tick one

Complete year, tick two

Dean’s list, tick three.

other

Students will get to keep their scholarships and grants for themselves.

I recently installed YA pregnancy. Sims with kids will have to rent out a home the year after giving birth.

sims that are expelled will still be given 6 want slots.

Adult things

Debt

Most of our sims have taken out loans. If someone with a loan passes away their debt will be transferred to their spouse or split among their children unless arranged by the sim in question.

[cinnalattesims]

Sims 4 All-In-One Directory

There are all variety of kinds added to the sims 4 all-in-one directory, so far there are sims 4 challenges, resources, templates, cc finds, tutorials, events, discords, save files, youtubers, twitch, gshade/reshade presets, generators, sim dumps, cc, mods, poses, builders, animations, blenders, alpha, maxis match, townies makeovers, commissions, requests

More may be added when i think of some ideas to add

updated: 2025-01-08

[catherinetcjd]

How to Make Maxis Rebuilds/Remodels Permanent

Have you ever remodeled a Downtown Lot - made everything perfect for you simmies to enjoy - and then lost your hood somehow? Now you have to start over... and try to remember every detail you added to that Eaxis Downtown Lot to make it enjoyable for your sims. *sigh* ...and then your HD dies, and you have to do it ALL over again! OMG!

Well - this is how to keep that perfect made-over lot, so the next time you have to restart your hood, it is already there, ready and waiting, for your sims to come play.

WARNING - Doing this modifies the original installation files of your game. So, make back-ups of your installation files first! Also - if you ever re-install the game (Or have Origin "fix" your installation,) these files will be wiped out. So, make another a back up of your changes when you are done. Note: I use Origin's UC (Ultimate Collection,) if you use a disk install or some other game installation, your folder paths will be a bit different ;)

As an example lot - I'm going to fix up Downtown's Sunshine Park: 1 - Use the Clean Installer to find the original EAxis lot in the ProgFiles. Browse to C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\Double Deluxe\EP2\TSData\Res\NeighborhoodTemplate\D001\Lots - Get the FileName/Lot# - like for our example, Downtown's Sunshine Park is lot number D001_Lot19

2 - Go into the game and fix up the Sunshine Park exactly to your simmies specifications. (Hint - I wouldn't use CC because if you do, and remove that CC down the road, then this lot will crash when you restart your hood.)

3 - Use the Clean Installer again to find your made-over lot in your Docs folder. Browse to Documents\EA Games\The Sims™ 2 Ultimate Collection\Neighborhoods\N001\Lots (I have Downtown assosciated with PleasantView - YMMV) It will have the same name, but a different Lot number. - Make a note of the new lot number (In my example it is: N001_Lot237)

4 - Go to the Documents Folder that has your new lot... Mine is Documents\EA Games\The Sims™ 2 Ultimate Collection\Neighborhoods\N001\Lots - Make a copy of the lot, stick it on your desktop. - Rename it to the original name: D001_Lot19

5 - Go to the ProgFile original lot's location C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\Double Deluxe\EP2\TSData\Res\NeighborhoodTemplate\D001\Lots - rename the original file's extension (I change .package to .packageORIG) so the game won't try to read the file. - Move your new lot file into the folder. Done!

6 - Next time you generate a new game - your "new" rebuilt lot will be used in place of the original EAxis lot.

This works for all the Eaxis lots that came with the game. If a lot has an original ProgramFiles/installation.package, then it can be rebuilt and saved. Vacation Lots, I'm lookin' at you! Oh, yeah! ...this also works for the pre-made sim's houses (occupied lots.) When you start a "fresh" game/new save - their house will already be made-over. I've even done Olive Specter's place this way, and upon re-starting the game her lot and all of it's ghosts were good to go!

If you are new to messing around with the ProgramFiles and aren't sure where to find certain EA lots - there are many different tutorials that explain where to find each of them. Look for tutorials about installing Stealth Hoods and/or Fixed Hoods. Good Luck! :luff:

Please click through to MTS to for the original tutorial. :D

Please visit my MTS Profile for more TS2 downloads.

[alltimefail-sims]

"The world's a mysterious place, full of adventure. Pirate ships and space cruisers can be found around every corner, and are waiting to take you away to magical lands and distant galaxies. Who will dare? Only adventurers!"

The precious babies: Alexander Goth, Elsa Bjergsen, Lucas Munch, and Max Villareal when they were about 12 years old. 

[plumbob-peach]

Theo got his mama's genes😍💙

[10thingsihateaboutqueue]

Help.

I gave a maxis ep community lot a cc makeover, and now I can't get into the lot from the hood or from a household. I just get perpetual (not frozen) loading screen. Thought I knew which piece of cc it was and removed it from downloads folder, but no luck, the lot's still uneditable.

Anyone know what to do or have any ideas?

[plumbtales]

1. Continue building Suncreek

I'm not even gonna have as a goal to complete the whole hood because it's more time consuming than I thought it would be (learned that while remaking Belladonna Cove).

I've realized that the hood map is too big so I need to slice it up into subhoods (kind of like districts, if you've ever played the Urbz).

So I'll need to learn how to make my own terrains in SimCity because we're going full custom up in this bitch. Suncreek will still be the main hood though.

I do not look forward to learning how to use SimCity because I find it confusing but luckily @tvickiesims was sweet enough to share some links and tutorials so hopefully I'll figure it out.

2. Make more Townie Pools

It would be nice to have all the stealth hood sims and sims deleted from meetmetotheriver's cleaned hoods as townie pools just to have it completed so I don't have to think about them anymore. They're such a pain in the ass to make XD

I deleted the university townie pools because while the method I used to add them was quick and easy I wasn't happy with the way the game would assign the sims random hobby badges etc. So I'll need to remake them the slow and tedious way.

3. Remake more Maxis Lots

While I want to focus on my custom hood I still want to make the occasional lot makeover (I mean, that's what I do!).

Sometimes I like to work on a random maxis lot just to get a break from the other projects I'm working on. So that's what'll do when I feel burnt out by Suncreek.

And that's it!

[simblrnova]

Industrial - Corrugated Fence

MY FIRST FENCE YAAAAAAAS! (probably my last because the process to make them was pain). I needed a cute industrial looking fence, so I butchered together an EA fence and the Eco Living corrugated roof textures, because logical... Anyway! The DETAILS! This Fence: - Supports all the Fence Things, including the Curved thing... - Curved. Fences. - Comes in 11 Colours (I hated one of the colours cause it was boring... No, Not Green... Though that one was ugly and needed to have its lineage ended... )

- ITS BASE GAME COMPATIBLE - I just wanted to write that lmaooo

[Download]

And in case you wanna try recolouring it in a bajillion colours cause I didn't... PSD

Credits: @syboubou for the easy to follow tutorial that basically made the entire process of making this fence not painful. We stan painless tutorials that I had to look at a million times to get right. (Also the house in the background is a small surprise thing I'm trying to work on. Maxis Makeover time!)

[mdpthatsme]

Little TS2 update

I think Misplaced Stream (AU) is corrupted. One because all the sims in simPE (besides Tatiana for some reason) are not named their names. And also because I have done everything: purged CC, taken out all CC, done a complete makeover of caches, and still the lots crash the game. Every lot. Even empty ones. So. That’s a bummer.

I’m going to clean lots and sims and go from there. I really don’t want to do another rebuild. The last time was painful enough, but the show must go on and just sitting there at a stand-still isn’t going to make it magically work.

S2BO, I’m sure everyone is curious about that too.  I’m probably going to separate it into its own game. We have one more chapter left so it deserves to be finished.  I haven’t really gone into that neighborhood because I’m afraid that whole big/old/story game (with AU and The Gang) is borked.

I can always redo it since it’s Maxis or do a makeshift neighborhood just for the sake of finishing the story.  I like the authenticity of having the Maxis neighborhoods though so we’ll see what I come up with.

The Gang’s not a bother since it doesn’t have a real set up and it’s pretty much a do when I can story. It’s got an outline to tie it up and get it off my plate. I hate feeling that way about it since it’s my oldest, longest running story and I never really wanted it to have an end, but I have kind of scrapped it in a way and have completely changed the story in prose so the sim version isn’t even canon to me anymore.

CC creating is at a halt, though I need to finish projects for Arda for AU, but with AU not operational it’s stunted my enthusiasm on such projects.  I am looking at 4t2 posing tutorials. It’s gibberish to me right now though, but it’s a part of my skill learning goals.  Because I must do complete top down as hard as possible things or not at all.

[pixeldolly]

PSA: Sim References in Lots (Remove To Be On Safe Side)

So, while back I posted about some strange (ha) errors Mootilda’s HoodChecker was reporting in my Strangetown, involving relationships between “Unknown” Sims and my own Sims, the source of which I just couldn’t figure out because: 1) my Strangetown had been cleaned and 2) I took care not to do anything silly like deleting sims/tombstones and whatnot. Despite this, each time I played, and in particular each time I played certain lots, these “Sim does not exist” errors kept turning up.

So who are these Unknown sims and where did they come from?

I think I finally figured it out. There’s a chance this is actually common knowledge and I’m just showing that I haven’t been actively simming in a very long time, but it was COMPLETE NEWS to me and I figured maybe I’m not alone.

It turns out that, unless they’ve been cleaned, virtually ALL lots, whether downloaded or shipped with the game, include some Sim References which are then spread to your neighbourhood in the form of Sim Relations (SREL) and Sim Scores (SCOR).

These include:

Residential/apartment lots that no sims have ever lived on

Community lots

Lots made by Maxis

The vast majority of downloaded lots, including some that the author(s) claimed to have cleaned (I tested this)

They look like this:

I’m not sure the extent to which these are harmful, but from what I know about this game and incomplete character references, it’s potentially bad. Either way, it doesn’t hurt to play it safe and delete that shit before putting it in your game!

�� Joandsarah77 posted a tutorial @ MTS explaining two methods for cleaning lots, and ever since I’ve been doing this religiously I have had NO more “sim does not exist” type errors being reported by the HoodChecker!

⚡️ I also cleaned and reuploaded my Wasteland Lounge makeover, which was also “dirty”; I’m really sorry about that. :(