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Help with SimPE?

I'm trying to recolor the 'on their toes' painting, but the recolour file come up blank - no texture or resources in it at all. Anyone know how to fix this? Or if there is a photo studio template for it?

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Cover your walls part 1: paintings

I'm reposting this because the original post has vansished. It includes recolours for the Bella Squared, Lady on Red, Suspense, On their toes (labelled 'dancer') and City Skyscape paintings, with paintings from TS3 and TS4.

Download here

I have looked at the TS4 easel paintings and they acutally re-used some from TS2 and TS3, but I will be making a follow up post with more paintings soon.

Also, I highly CuriousB's reframed add-ons, as seen in the secon picture!

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons fossils for TS2

Perfect for a museum! This is ALL the fossils converted from ACNH, the skeletons were in multiple parts, so I put them together and removed the bases. I sized these roughly to life size, so they are HUGE, ecspecially the Brachiosaurus and Diplodocus. The Brachiosaurus is about 3 stories high! They are also HIGH POLY - you have been warned! They each only have a one tile footprint though, for more flexibility with placing them. I used the texture from @shastakiss' Tyrannosaurus skeleton.

The smaller fossils each sit on one tile, and use the original textures from ACNH. All of the fossils are in Deco -> Sculptures, and are priced appropriately high - a dinosaur skeleton shouldn't be cheap!

Download them here!

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re: the paintings ask you just got, please! I saw spreadsheet of alllll of the ts4 in-game paintings on reddit, so pretty. i would love to comission for that to be done

I guess I should take a look at them then?

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do you take requests? and if so, can you put the ts4 in-game painted paintings onto ts2 frames? cause we need more maxis match art sooo bad

I could have a look... I have done some TS4 paintings on maxis meshes before.

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D4re bookcase clutter repo'd

@creesims was having trouble doing these with the repository wizard, so I did them manually. They are now repo'd to the in game bookcases from Teen Style Stuff and Ikea Stuff, Download Here!

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@littlelittlesimmies did some of these here: https://littlelittlesimmies.tumblr.com/tagged/notexturerequired/page/6

Maybe a bit late for Bella Squared, but it might save you time with other paintings :)

A thing I am doing in my game: ALL the square paintings repo'd to Bella Squared and ALL the recolors moved to that mesh. I'm nuts.

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Oh, Wow! It sounds like you've got big plans! I can't wait!

All of those ideas sound possible, but I don't think I have the skills for them either - So I'm going to reblog and spread the word!

So, you want to be a wizard?

Dear Simmer, I am pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to this project of a most particular sort. Please find enclosed a list of all works currently in progress and wishes to be fulfilled. Term begins as of 2025. I await your owl. Yours sincerely,

Changeling An American Obsessed with British Literature

I solemnly swear that I am up to no good, and I don't care who knows it at this point. A decade ago, while still haunting the forums of Garden of Shadows, two simmers who shared a love of Harry Potter dreamed a dream. It all started when Dea Ex Machina, otherwise known as @haut-gothique, and I managed some mischief by co-creating a tiny offering for the Magic and Fantasy monthly theme back in 2011. And, well, the rest has been history ever since.

Chocolate Frog Cards

Works-in-Progress

Below is a list of projects I have in the works that are inspired by both the books and movies. Have an idea for something related to what's in the queue? Messages with requests, suggestions, and/or inspiration are very welcome! If it's in my skillset, I'll be more than happy to make it possible.

Harry Potter and the Magic Rock Part I | Part II

Harry Potter and the Hidden Room

Harry Potter and the Convict of Alcatraz

Harry Potter and the Hot Cup

Harry Potter and the Fire Bird Club

Harry Potter and Some Royal Dude

Harry Potter and the Dead Stuff

And yes, the titles have been Americanized since we obviously can't tell the differences between philosophers and sorcerers on this side of the pond. Other sets: Ollivanders Wand Shop Great Hall Gryffindor Common Room Slytherin Common Room Care of Magical Creatures Ravenclaw Common Room Hufflepuff Common Room

Wish List

And now for the wishes! Below you'll find a list of items that I wish existed for The Sims 2 but sadly either don't have the abilities to make possible or haven't started just yet. See something that interests you? Let's collaborate to make it happen!

Various Harry Potter wands made functional with Midge the Tree's Pick Your Wand mod -Hagrid's pink umbrella -Snape's wand -Decat's Harry Potter wands

Functional postal system using deco owls with scrolls/parchment

Simlogical's school system with Hogwarts objects/subjects

Various piles of Galleons for Gringott's vaults

Hogwarts Express car interior

Floating Candles that actually float without OMSPs

Hogwarts houses traits and Sorting Hat that sorts students into houses, similar to the TS4 mod

Pointed Hat accessory for children and teens

Apollo's Hogwarts Gothic Painting as a functional door with the Fat Lady recolor

Resources

Sims Magic Finds at LiveJournal

You can usually find me on Discord at The SimForge and Historical Sims. Say hello if you get a chance!

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Updated to fix the Bibliophile's throne chair, which had a texture with a black square on the seat - that is now fixed and has the correct texture, just re-download from the link above.

Sorry for the inconvinience!

30 objects by @atticwindowatdawn, converted 4to2.

Between dealing with IRL stuff, getting a new computer, and playing other games like TS4 and Planet Zoo, this is the first CC I've made for a while!

There are 15 deco objects, in Deco->Misc, except for the whale which is in Deco->Sculptures.

Other objects are 1 dining chair, 4 living chairs, 1 loveseat, 1 sofa, 1 dresser, 2 stereos, 4 bookshelves, 1 desk, all in the appropriate catagories.

All original recolours from TS4 are included.

Download here!

@jacky93sims already converted three items, here and here, so I didn't do those.

Enjoy!

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If you can't find something...

Some of my older posts seem to have disappeared; I don't why this has happened.

If you are looking for something of mine, here is my old blog: https://decatsims2.blogspot.com/

and here is my SFS folder for TS2 CC: http://simfileshare.net/folder/245449/

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i’m too scared to download anything from sfs right now, do you have any alternative?

I do have a Box.net account, but my newer stuff is only on SFS.

As far as I'm aware, it is only a couple of TS4 creators who've been affected, and I have checked my SFS account and nothing seems to have been touched.

It should be perfectly safe to download my CC from SFS - a good rule is that nearly all CC should be .package files - so if you see anything that is not a .package file or a preview image, just delete it.

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I've just found another old post has gone missing. Does anyone know why tumblr would do this?

These are my download posts I'm talking about, from years ago. I didn't touch any of these old posts, but there are definatley some missing.

If you are looking for something of mine, here is my old blog: https://decatsims2.blogspot.com/

and here is my SFS folder for TS2 CC: http://simfileshare.net/folder/245449/

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235 TS4 posters - yes, 235! - placed on Lord Crumps' set of slaved meshes, found here. These come from most of the TS4 packs; I did all the posters I could find except the ones Lord Crumps already did (Base Game, Cozy Gamer and Casanova Cave). Master mesh is included, and files are labled according to the TS4 pack the poster came from. They are all induvidual files, so you can easily delete what you don't want, and keep the ones you do.

Download here

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Two downloads that I've had sitting around for ages, waiting for preview pics:

This is part 2 to this - more 3to2 furniture recoloured in 4 shades of Cluedo wood. These are the dark, light and medium woods, plus a more saturated, reddish wood of my own creation.

The meshes are included, and were originally converted by @2fingerswhiskeysims, @amovitamsim,  @hafiseazale, Inezy,  @funphumph (MistyFluff), delornariel, Zeussims and myself.

I forgot to include the Great Hall Dining Table in the picture - it is the Dragon Valley table that matches the tall dining chair. It is in the download folder though.

The Moellaux sofa and living chair have the cusions repo'd to jonsei's bed blanket; the sofa does not have frame recolours but the armchair does.

Download here

15 recolours of the jonsei bed blanket using textures from the Freetime wall quilt. They are the same recolours I shared for the wall quilt and my rug version here.

Download here

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Harry Potter and the Magic Rock 32 objects inspired by The Philosopher's Stone

Silver Tabby Recolor of Nemestnaya's Pretty in Pink Cat from Black Pearl Sims Edited to allow sims to gain Nature enthusiasm and recolored using a base texture by TheMalle at Tumblr

Owl Originally converted by Remysa at Tumblr Converted and edited to allow sims to gain Nature enthusiasm

Hogwarts Letter Originally by Suummalumcuique at Deviant Art Converted

Hagrid's Birthday Cake Converted and based on stockable and grab-enabled food by Aelfaed at Pillowfort

Hagrid's Pink Umbrella Converted

Hogwarts Letter Recolor of Cassandre's Classic Paper Sheet from Black Pearl Sims

Galleon Converted

History of Magic and Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration Converted

Hogwarts Express Ticket

Chocolate Frog Package Originally created by Hydrangae at Patreon Converted and based on stockable and grab-enabled food by Aelfaed at Pillowfort Chocolate Frog Originally converted by Decat at Blogspot Scaled down and edited to be edible using CreeSim's Skyrim meats at Tumblr Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans Package Originally converted by Decat at Tumblr Scaled down and based on stockable and grab-enabled food by Aelfaed at Pillowfort

Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans Originally converted by Decat at Tumblr Scaled down and edited to be edible using CreeSim's Skyrim meats at Tumblr

Floating Candles Based on Anye's Shabby Country Bottle Candle and PineappleForest's Elegant Candelabrum Functional table lamp with OMSPs used to make candles appear to "float"

Sorting Hat Originally converted from Hogwarts Legacy by Hydra at Patreon Converted

Hog's Head Pitcher Originally converted by Josiph031 at Tumblr Converted and based on stockable and grab-enabled food by Aelfaed at Pillowfort Daily Prophet Originally converted by Hydrangea at Tumblr Converted and recolored Pointed Hat Originally converted by Decat at Tumblr Edited into clutter

Anne Boleyn's Portrait Converted and recolored

Fat Lady's Portrait Recolor of Apollo's Hogwarts Gothic Painting at Garden of Shadows

Snape's Wand Converted

Flying Lessons Broom Cobbled together using Kativip's Left Suburb Broom handle and Sims Design Avenue's Medieval Kitchen Broom Remembrall Converted

Hogwarts Torch Originally created by MehdiShahsavan at Sketchfab Converted into a functional light using Sunni's Skyrim Imperial Wall Torch at Plumb Bob Keep

Hogwarts Owl Brazier 02 Originally converted by Yolartut at Garden of Shadows Edited into functional lighting based on NixNivis's TSM Brazier at Nixed Sims

Invisibility Cloak Recolor of Jope's Living 05 Blanket at Simply Styling

Dragon Egg and Norbert Converted and edited to allow sims to gain Nature enthusiasm

Self-Playing Harp Converted into a functional stereo

Philosopher's Stone Originally converted by Decat at Tumblr Edited into a functional object based on Shastakiss's Philosopher's Stone at Sims 2 Artists

Hospital Bed Aviolina's Silent Hill Medicine Set Bed at Garden of Shadows Recloned, linked to Maxis bedding, and recolored

All necessary objects are included, labeled, compressed, and optimized in various ways. A collection file has been included for convenience. Some objects may overwrite the originals and files have been renamed. This set was made possible by the creators whose work I borrowed parts of or inspiration from, and this lifelong Harry Potter fan cannot thank all of you enough for making a childhood dream come to life! Please let me know of any problems, and I hope you enjoy using this set as much as I did creating each piece.

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30 objects by @atticwindowatdawn, converted 4to2.

Between dealing with IRL stuff, getting a new computer, and playing other games like TS4 and Planet Zoo, this is the first CC I've made for a while!

There are 15 deco objects, in Deco->Misc, except for the whale which is in Deco->Sculptures.

Other objects are 1 dining chair, 4 living chairs, 1 loveseat, 1 sofa, 1 dresser, 2 stereos, 4 bookshelves, 1 desk, all in the appropriate catagories.

All original recolours from TS4 are included.

Download here!

@jacky93sims already converted three items, here and here, so I didn't do those.

Enjoy!

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Debug mode still won't allow me to import meshes with a "too high" poly count - SimPE v.75 still has advanced mode, but MTS no longer hosts the installer for that version, only the manual download, and Windows 11 keeps blocking it and causing errors.

So, Does anyone have the installer for SimPE v75 that they can share with me?

SimPE help?

So I'm working on some CC for TS2... But Simpe won't dectect all the expansion packs. I use osab's starter pack installer which is based on the UC, and I did the fix here as well as manually setting the file paths, but it still doesn't pick up most of the EPs and SPs. Is there anything else I should do?