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More SimPE. Input Needed!

So, you knowI have been spending the past several weeks working on a Mac native version of SimPE. Success is not assured! But I am making good progress. I have been building it to run on MacOS12 (Monterey) and later, but it would be much easier for me if I could build it for MacOS14 (Sonoma). There is a difference of 3 or 4 years in the supported computers. I want the Mac community to weigh in and tell me if you are still Simming on the older machines that can't be upgraded to any newer OS than 12. These are the differences:

 macOS Sonoma (14) vs. macOS Monterey (12) Compatibility

macOS Sonoma (14) Compatible Macs:

iMac: 2019 and later.

iMac Pro: 2017.

MacBook Air: 2018 and later.

MacBook Pro: 2018 and later.

Mac Pro: 2019 and later.

Mac Studio: 2022 and later.

Mac mini: 2018 and later. 

macOS Monterey (12) Compatible Macs:

iMac: Late 2015 or later.

iMac Pro: 2017 and later.

MacBook: Early 2016 or later.

MacBook Air: Early 2015 or later.

MacBook Pro: Early 2015 or later.

Mac mini: Late 2014 or later.

Mac Pro: Late 2013 or later.

Mac Studio: 2022.

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SimPE for Mac

Yeah, I have not been posting lately because I am spending 8 to 12 hours a day, every day, working on a Mac version of SimPE. I made Xcode cough up a lung trying to use it on SimPE. SimPE is just too big and too complex. I am now programming on VS Code, which is far more robust, and has a far pickier compiler, so I spent days fixing all of the new compiler errors to get back to a working core. Right now it opens a package file and extracts the contents. It identifies the file types. Thanks, Quaxi, for creating the xml file listing all 145 file types the Sims 2 uses! Next up is getting it to display the actual filenames. My ancient programming skills from 20+ years ago are slowly resurrecting. It is slow going. I will be going at this for months. I may never reach full SimPE functionality, but if I can get recoloring and Sims editing to work it will be better than the nothing that Mac users currently have. The bad news is that I am building for MacOS 12 and later, so older Macs may not run it.

Wish me well in this endeavor!

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251 Maxis Tiny Tudor Remodel LC

NO CC!!

Download here.

I again added one square across the back, and an overhanging second square for an upstairs bedroom. It is now a very functional 3 bedroom, 2 bath house. Just like in the Victorian Value I remodeled, there is a small area off the living room that can be used for skilling equipment or a hobby. Add your own pictures and bric-a-brac.

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Splendiferous Bedroom

Before there was the Splendiferous Nursery, there was the Splendiferous Bedroom. Maxis has 4 walls with this design, a plain wall, one with white kick molding, one with white kick and crown molding, and one with white beadboard. I made 3 additional walls. One with dark wood kick and crown molding, one with kick, crown, and chair rail with a solid pink lower section, and a solid pink wall with dark wood kick and crown molding. There is matching carpet, drapes, bedding, and a wing chair.

Download here.

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Yellow Splendiferous Nursery

The Maxis Simply Splendiferous wallpaper was one of the ones I really liked, and an existing texture of the right scale is nothing for a CC creator to sneeze at!

I made the wallpaper by changing the pink flowers to yellow, and changing the beadboard wainscoting to solid yellow. Susim created the 4 Peter Rabbit wall hangings, crib, changing table, high chair, toybox, potty chair, and toy oven. You are on your own for a matching carpet.

Download here.

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Yellow Feather Living Room

Forgive the blurry photo. It was taken on my Mac laptop, which doesn't have anywhere near the screen resolution my PC laptop has. But this is the yellow feather print sofa I made on my Mac. It recolors the Durable Sofa Completer set by Ailias.

Download here.

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GirlStripe Nursery and Bedroom

Another creation by my sister, SuSim.

The Girlstripe set has the striped wallpaper, matching carpet in blue and lilac, single and double bedding, a nightstand, crib, changing table, highchair, toybox, and potty chair. Pajamas for girls, too.

There is a Teddy Bear, but it doesn't seem to work in Legacy, and SimPE won't load the textures. Some message about the MMAT being removed in CEP 8. Why was I able to open that same Durably Plush Teddy Bear in the same version of SimPE just a couple weeks ago to fix the Boystripe Teddy Bear? And that one doesn't show up in my Legacy game either. And my UC won't launch now. Ah, well.

Download Bedroom and Nursery here.

Download pajamas here.

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SimPE RUNNING ON MY MAC

See this sofa? Not the prettiest I have ever made, but I MADE IT ON MY MAC. That's right folks. On my Mac. I have SimPE running on my Mac. Proof:

I spent the past 24 hours with ChatGPT, less the 4.5 hours I slept last night, trying to crack this. I will be trying to write a tutorial with the needed files posted for download. Because ChatGPT had me try so very many things I am a bit unsure just how many of them are needed, and how many aren't. I used Crossover, the free 2 week trial, because I am not spending $74 on Crossover if it wasn't going to work. I am particularly proud that the DDS utilities worked to import the new texture.

I have not even attempted to see if the Neighborhood or Sim browsers work yet. Probably will try it tomorrow. What else should I be testing?

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Mellow Yellow Bedroom

A very small bedroom set by Susim. Just the one wallpaper, the bedding, and a lamp. And of course she made a toddler nightgown to match!

Download bedroom.

Download nightgown.

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Boystripe Bedroom

So, I created this stripe pattern. I made wallpaper, both with and without a kick and crown molding in medium wood. I made bedding. I recolored a single bed double bed, dresser, desk, desk chair, end table, Wingback chair, and rug.

Download here.

And then Susim made matching boys' underwear!

Download here!

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241 Suburban Townhouses LC CC

This is a pretty good approximation of where I live. Do I live in the 1 bedroom, the 2 bedroom, or the 3 bedroom unit? Anyway, this is a stereotypical 1970 era condominium, made with fewer units to fit on the lot. The 1 bedroom unit is one floor, while the 2 and 3 bedroom units are 2 floors. The 1 bedroom has only one bathroom, the 2 bedroom has 1.5 bathrooms, and the 3 bedroom has 2 bathrooms.

Download here.

I tried to limit the CC.

The cream siding is by iCad.

The Wachowt windows are by Huge Lunatic.

The cut stump flower fence recolor is by Michelle.

The flowering bushes are all by Reica15.

The Long Island arch, toilet paper rolls, and white looped flower fence are all by Windkeeper.

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Boystripe Nursery

I created this striped pattern, and my sister, SuSim, used it to make this nursery set. Not just a crib and changing table, oh, no. It includes the potty chair, high chair, toybox, toy oven, 2 different tops for an end table plus a recolor of the rest of the end table, and a painting. It used to contain a teddy bear and lamp, but I have not been able to get those recolors to work. They are not included in the set.

EDIT: Now with the adorable Teddy Bear! Download again if you downloaded it before I got the bear working.

I think this was originally uploaded to Sapphire Sims, where she was Sorceress Topaz, and then later to our website, Cat and Susim's.

Download here.

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249 Coral Pink Farmhouse LC CC

3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Spacious bedrooms, front and back porches, and enough solar panels to get you a refund at bill time. More CC than usual.

Download here.

CC included in this lot:

Kitchen linoleum by Aligeth.

Short single tile Veil of Dreams curtains by DGandy.

Upper kitchen cabinets by CTNutmegger.

The roof, garage door, and gable vent are all by Honeywell in her Bespoke Build Set.

The half landing stairs are by Huge Lunatic.

The coral pink siding is by iCad.

The fitted blinds are by Michelle, from the original by the Ninth Wave.

The white recolor of the Chic fence is by Michelle.

The living room rug mesh and recolor are by Nengi65.

All the windows and front and back doors are from the Georgian Set by Phoenix Phaerie.

The white flowered bushes are by Reica15.

The solid white recolor of the Euro stairs, the porch rail and addon piece to go over the stairs are all by tBudgett.

The Long Island arch, toilet paper roll, and Perfect Match curtains are all by Windkeeper.

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Red Jacobean Living Room

This is a recolor of the Sofa of Substance, which will also recolor the matching loveseat and chair if you have the Completer set. and the Luxuriary Wing Chair. Both included in one download, but separate files.

Download here.

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248 Light Green Ranch SC CC

2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. A nice deck and yard to add an orchard or greenhouse, a pond or play equipment. Room in the garage for a hobby station.

Download here.

Not much custom content included in this lot, but some of the Lyran things are not in the Sims Graveyard, so I uploaded them to a folder on my own SimsFileShare. I will be sending what I have that is missing to the Graveyard folks, once I make sure exactly which files it is.

The armchair that matches the Durable sofa is by Ailias.

The tiny tile bathroom walls and floors, and the sage green and dark green carpets are by Lyran.

The recolorable deck stairs are by Numenor.

The LaFenetre windows are by Windkeeper.

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Blue Diamond Sofa of Substance

Another day, another sofa recolor. This is the Sofa of Substance, shown with the loveseat and chair from the Completer set by Ailias.

Download here.

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Aqua and Orange Living Room Set

Another recolor of the Blue Suede living room set. Get the sofa and loveseat completer set by Ms Barrows. I really like the cheerful aqua and orange in this print.

Download it here.