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[maisims2]

worked out how to do floor defaults :)

AL ceiling tiles "Tiler Durden Purple/Pink/Grey/Green/Blue from Future Waffles" (floor_tile_tech_1) default replaced with some of the ceilings from Freezer Bunny's conversion of floors and ceilings from Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines.

I also recategorised them to miscellaneous to be with the other ceiling tiles, and I changed the price of the purple tiles to 0, and the pink tiles to 4 (other 3 are the original 12).

The thumbnails are still the original AL tiles, not sure how to change them ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Download: box

[maisims2]

The Backhills BACC wip... i think it's set up enough to start playing now but i'm still undecided on a lot of stuff (mostly to do with posting) i'll do a little more testing and fiddle fuddling but i basically just need to start playing already lol i need to remember this is for fun (and my first try) it's not my magnum opus😅

[maisims2]

The Backhills Asylum Challenge - The Kend 😞

i am just gonna post the last couple drafts as is to get them 'done'

ghost galore

promotions - nearly to ltw

ghost tim is he cheering

ghost tim is he scaring

ghost tim is he lonely

ghost tim he is NOT healthy

20k wow... so excited...

need more friends

wow glad you want to make friends random lady

maybe we can pretend she is consoling ken to make this less weird lol

i can never escape the flames

everyone seemed more upset about the tree burning down than the kitchen and half their friends...

oh ken not again

oh... ken...

end-death of kenneth

pack it up boys challenge over

blake raymond - fortune - head of SCIA - capricorn - cologne + underwear / makeup - cuisine

christopher bar - romance - 20 simultaneous lovers - taurus - full face makeup + unemployed / formalwear - games

jake barthelet - knowledge - criminal mastermind - sagittarius - underwear + cooking / creativity - sports

magnus welsh - popularity - rock god - leo - custom hair + charisma / cleaning - music & dance

<< Part 8 - Getting It On On With It

<<<<< Part 1 - The Beginning

[maisims2]

The Backhills Asylum Challenge - Getting It On On With It

i am just gonna post the last couple drafts as is to get them 'done'

a visual summary of the last part

Ken pees in front of the toilet and falls asleep where he stands

The flu is still around and Ken is late for work

somehow ken still got promoted

magnus tries to talk about silver linings, jake is not interested

blake stands in the way of the carpool, luckily there's no vehicle collisions

Jake plays fetch with a wolf

wow 10k... i'm so happy...

oh hi alan

alan possesses ray's grave, how intimate

Ken invites Brittany over

uhm...

what a face

oh dear, maybe wear eye protection next time

i took a break from playing this challenge by playing strangetown premades.... the curious house caught fire the second day.....

<< Part 7 - The Kitchen Is Destroyed

Part 9 - The Kend >>

[maisims2]

thank you for sharing 😁

i was wondering if you have any examples of how you considering culture and society in your game? do you make religions/holidays or specific kinds of community lots?

👽questions for sim 2 players👽

‼️THIS IS NOT A SURVEY OR QUESTIONNAIRE‼️ you can answer whichever questions you'd like in whichever way you'd like, and feel free to add on to your answers in any way you'd like - share as much or as little about your sims 2-ing as you want, i am keen to hear it all! 👂👀👂

📻audio📻

do you listen to music/streams/podcasts/tv/etc. while playing? if so, is it stuff you would also be listening to if you were doing something else, or do you listen to specific things while playing sims 2?

conversely, do you listen to the sims 2 soundtrack when you're not playing the sims 2?

📺visual📺

if you have little or no cc or other visual changes to your game, are there particular reasons? e.g. disk space/performance, nostalgia/just prefer the vanilla vibe, etc.

if you use a lot of 4t2 and/or 3t2 cc are there any particular reasons? e.g. you play the other game and also want the same stuff in the sims 2, you don't have the other game but want the other game's stuff that you've seen, you prefer the aesthetic of the other game but prefer the gameplay of the sims 2, you feel like eaxis content from the other games is part of the same "set" as the sims 2, you just prefer clay hair, etc.

if you use the vibrant, colourful, and lower contrast? aesthetic that's often called "maxis match", does it actually "match" the sims 2 in your view/experience of the game or do you consider it "maxis match" in the sense of the whole sims series? alternatively, do you not consider it "maxis match" and just prefer the colour and brightness? if so are there any particular reasons? e.g. it reminds you of a game or other media that you like, it gives you a feeling/vibe that you like, etc.

if you use cc that isn't the "maxis match" style mentioned above, but that you consider "maxis match", are there any particular traits that qualify/disqualify "maxis match" cc for you?

if you use "realistic" or "alpha" cc, would you consider your "aim" to be to make the sims 2 game more like real life, or to make a version of real life in the sims 2? alternatively, do you just like the aesthetic, are you used to using "alpha" cc in other sims games, or is "alpha" cc something that is nostalgic for you?

📖experience📖

do your real life experiences influence the way you alter and/or play the sims 2? e.g. adding or replacing stuff with cc that is more familiar to your location and/or culture, making sims, families, builds, or stories that are familiar to you, etc. alternatively, do you have a game that is removed from from your real life experiences? e.g. fantasy, non-human, historical, etc.

do you use the skills you use for sims 2 gameplay/content creation for work/school/other hobbies? e.g. image/video editing, 3D modelling, coding, making/using spreadsheets, writing, internet research, etc. if so, does that influence the way you use your skills? e.g. software, habits/best practices, decreased/increased motivation, etc.

📠mentions📠

@heyoniina, @ennysimmer, @trofysisters, @mocuna-sims, @itschaniesims, @phoebe-twiddle, @squeezleprime, @withlovefromsimtown, @funderberkersims, @kindreddarling

i have just tagged the people that interacted with my posts asking if people would be interested in answering questions, but ‼️if anyone sees these questions and would like to answer them, please do‼️ ‼️especially if we are mutuals‼️ ‼️also please @maisims2 with your answers so i can read them‼️

thank you for your time 🥰

[maisims2]

thank you for answering 😊

i agree that maxis match doesn't have an objective definition - i am very curious about everyone's subjective opinions on what is maxis match, hence these questions lol

the last time i was playing the sims 2 often and looking for cc was before the sims 4 came out, and it was interesting to see how now things like converted clay hairs are often called maxis match even though they aren't really a thing in the sims 2 🙂

i think it's only natural that the other sims games have influenced the styles used by sims 2 players, but i have been especially curious about individual players thoughts behind considering sims 4 style hair (and other stuff) a "match" for sim 2 - does the sims 4 seem like a direct visual upgrade from the sims 2? did they start playing the sims 4 first? 🤓

i haven't done a lot of building but i do like to make "strange" stuff also 😅 i find myself choosing random/mismatching items because "hey this looks like something you'd find for free on facebook marketplace" or "maybe a great aunt recently died and they inherited a bunch of outdated lamps and rugs"

since you said you applied things you learned before to the sims, has that 'knowledge' changed in the years since? like newer software for example?

👽questions for sim 2 players👽

‼️THIS IS NOT A SURVEY OR QUESTIONNAIRE‼️ you can answer whichever questions you'd like in whichever way you'd like, and feel free to add on to your answers in any way you'd like - share as much or as little about your sims 2-ing as you want, i am keen to hear it all! 👂👀👂

📻audio📻

do you listen to music/streams/podcasts/tv/etc. while playing? if so, is it stuff you would also be listening to if you were doing something else, or do you listen to specific things while playing sims 2?

conversely, do you listen to the sims 2 soundtrack when you're not playing the sims 2?

📺visual📺

if you have little or no cc or other visual changes to your game, are there particular reasons? e.g. disk space/performance, nostalgia/just prefer the vanilla vibe, etc.

if you use a lot of 4t2 and/or 3t2 cc are there any particular reasons? e.g. you play the other game and also want the same stuff in the sims 2, you don't have the other game but want the other game's stuff that you've seen, you prefer the aesthetic of the other game but prefer the gameplay of the sims 2, you feel like eaxis content from the other games is part of the same "set" as the sims 2, you just prefer clay hair, etc.

if you use the vibrant, colourful, and lower contrast? aesthetic that's often called "maxis match", does it actually "match" the sims 2 in your view/experience of the game or do you consider it "maxis match" in the sense of the whole sims series? alternatively, do you not consider it "maxis match" and just prefer the colour and brightness? if so are there any particular reasons? e.g. it reminds you of a game or other media that you like, it gives you a feeling/vibe that you like, etc.

if you use cc that isn't the "maxis match" style mentioned above, but that you consider "maxis match", are there any particular traits that qualify/disqualify "maxis match" cc for you?

if you use "realistic" or "alpha" cc, would you consider your "aim" to be to make the sims 2 game more like real life, or to make a version of real life in the sims 2? alternatively, do you just like the aesthetic, are you used to using "alpha" cc in other sims games, or is "alpha" cc something that is nostalgic for you?

📖experience📖

do your real life experiences influence the way you alter and/or play the sims 2? e.g. adding or replacing stuff with cc that is more familiar to your location and/or culture, making sims, families, builds, or stories that are familiar to you, etc. alternatively, do you have a game that is removed from from your real life experiences? e.g. fantasy, non-human, historical, etc.

do you use the skills you use for sims 2 gameplay/content creation for work/school/other hobbies? e.g. image/video editing, 3D modelling, coding, making/using spreadsheets, writing, internet research, etc. if so, does that influence the way you use your skills? e.g. software, habits/best practices, decreased/increased motivation, etc.

📠mentions📠

@heyoniina, @ennysimmer, @trofysisters, @mocuna-sims, @itschaniesims, @phoebe-twiddle, @squeezleprime, @withlovefromsimtown, @funderberkersims, @kindreddarling

i have just tagged the people that interacted with my posts asking if people would be interested in answering questions, but ‼️if anyone sees these questions and would like to answer them, please do‼️ ‼️especially if we are mutuals‼️ ‼️also please @maisims2 with your answers so i can read them‼️

thank you for your time 🥰

[maisims2]

thank you for answering 😁

ahh... the real world radio... i'm not sure what it's like in venezuela but it's pretty awful in australia... at my first job there was always a radio on and now there are some songs that trigger a fight or flight response in me lol 😂

it's impressive that laptop is still running 😆 the xp laptop i played on as a kid was lost a long time ago to my younger sister and a permanent marker...

i was always surprised when i heard people say how much they loved the sims 3 since i could only ever play it for 30 minutes before it crashed and i needed to let the computer cool down... my PC now is probably very good by early 2010s standards and ts3 still freezes and lags on medium graphics 😅

as a kid i would often play out my dreams of being a "cool" popular teenager so i downloaded a lot of "cool" hair and clothing, now for adult me i find myself wanting to play out my (pipe)dreams of owning a modest house🥲... so i am interested in finding/making the stuff that normal australian houses have 🙂

i looked up hallaca and it looks amazing! i'm not familiar with corn or cassava dough but i love olives and capers! too much lol

i'm glad you're having fun writing and blogging - i haven't been here long lol but i'm also having fun 😊

👽questions for sim 2 players👽

Hey there, @maisims2, this was really interesting to ponder, so thank you!

📻audio📻

Back then I used to add my own preferred music to the game's folder so my sims could listen to them as well. I also remember downloading simlish version of a few songs and add them since I was only playing with base game or the Life Stories version.

Nowadays I only play with the game's sounds and radio stations whenever my sims turn it on. At home there's always the radio on so I guess I could listen to whatever's on at the moment (tho not willingly).

A year ago I downloaded one of the build/buy songs into my phone cuz I was going to do a custom greeting video for a cousin (long story). I forgot to take it off (also am too lazy to do it now) so whenever my phone's on shuffle there's a chance I'm be jamming to the sims while doing the dishes or taking a shower.

📺visual📺

I didn't know that cc really existed for the sims too until a few years ago, and when I tried it for the fist time I was using the Life Stories Version on a kinda old laptop that I had since my teens (it' still running on windows xp, can you imagine). So while learning about cc etiquete and advises and considering my poor equipment I always tried to keep my cc under the 1gb (my game was taking about 20 minutes to load with that much). Now I have a "better" pc and have ventured more into cc, but my habits has kept my folder in less than 3gb, which I still feel like it's a lot but learning that there's people with around 12gb and even way more... that's insane to me lol.

Onto my choice of cc, I don't think I'm really consistent. I have a mix of maxis-match and 4t2 stuffs (Tho lately I've been favoring 4t2 hairs). I don't have other reason for choosing my cc beyond "I like how it looks". Yeah, some things might stand out more than others, but at the end I don't really mind that much. The only think I guess I'm consistent would be that I tend to avoid alpha stuff, I'm not a fan of that particular aesthetic, and the polycounts scare me.

📖experience📖

I had to reflect on this for quite a while, and I'm still not sure if I'm satisfied with the way I'm wording this, but well...

I'm used to seeing the sims as it's own little world, and I'm a fan of its craziness and quirks; of course there's ghosts and people get abducted and the men come back pregnant (I'm love alien sims and the fact that the other occults exist). While making sims I just used whatever names come across, either from relatives or tv, and built house from mixed sources as well.

I've never felt the need to add any sort representation of my culture in the game. Like I said before, sims are in their little world with their own identity and stuff. Of course, as I grew older I've come to notice the "americanism" of the franchise but like it's not a big deal for me. That is to say, when found out this conversion of an Hallaca I had to have it. That's a traditional Christmas dish from my country Venezuela that is so deary to us. I confess that I barely use it while playing but I just love that it exists.

Moving on to skills, I guess The Sims have been an outlet for my creativity. Designing houses in the game made me dream of becoming an architect (I didn't), and playing with households let my mind run wild with crazy stories. As of now I've been wanting to dive a bit in my writing, and I actually created this blog as a means to practice that while playing challenges, even creating my own, and coming up with somewhat cohesive stories with whatever the game throws me, and it's been fun :)

[maisims2]

thank you for sharing 😊

do you use any mods/fixes for family gameplay?

so cool you do game dev 😁 do you work on stuff similar to the sims or is it quite different?

👽questions for sim 2 players👽

‼️THIS IS NOT A SURVEY OR QUESTIONNAIRE‼️ you can answer whichever questions you'd like in whichever way you'd like, and feel free to add on to your answers in any way you'd like - share as much or as little about your sims 2-ing as you want, i am keen to hear it all! 👂👀👂

📻audio📻

do you listen to music/streams/podcasts/tv/etc. while playing? if so, is it stuff you would also be listening to if you were doing something else, or do you listen to specific things while playing sims 2?

conversely, do you listen to the sims 2 soundtrack when you're not playing the sims 2?

📺visual📺

if you have little or no cc or other visual changes to your game, are there particular reasons? e.g. disk space/performance, nostalgia/just prefer the vanilla vibe, etc.

if you use a lot of 4t2 and/or 3t2 cc are there any particular reasons? e.g. you play the other game and also want the same stuff in the sims 2, you don't have the other game but want the other game's stuff that you've seen, you prefer the aesthetic of the other game but prefer the gameplay of the sims 2, you feel like eaxis content from the other games is part of the same "set" as the sims 2, you just prefer clay hair, etc.

if you use the vibrant, colourful, and lower contrast? aesthetic that's often called "maxis match", does it actually "match" the sims 2 in your view/experience of the game or do you consider it "maxis match" in the sense of the whole sims series? alternatively, do you not consider it "maxis match" and just prefer the colour and brightness? if so are there any particular reasons? e.g. it reminds you of a game or other media that you like, it gives you a feeling/vibe that you like, etc.

if you use cc that isn't the "maxis match" style mentioned above, but that you consider "maxis match", are there any particular traits that qualify/disqualify "maxis match" cc for you?

if you use "realistic" or "alpha" cc, would you consider your "aim" to be to make the sims 2 game more like real life, or to make a version of real life in the sims 2? alternatively, do you just like the aesthetic, are you used to using "alpha" cc in other sims games, or is "alpha" cc something that is nostalgic for you?

📖experience📖

do your real life experiences influence the way you alter and/or play the sims 2? e.g. adding or replacing stuff with cc that is more familiar to your location and/or culture, making sims, families, builds, or stories that are familiar to you, etc. alternatively, do you have a game that is removed from from your real life experiences? e.g. fantasy, non-human, historical, etc.

do you use the skills you use for sims 2 gameplay/content creation for work/school/other hobbies? e.g. image/video editing, 3D modelling, coding, making/using spreadsheets, writing, internet research, etc. if so, does that influence the way you use your skills? e.g. software, habits/best practices, decreased/increased motivation, etc.

📠mentions📠

@heyoniina, @ennysimmer, @trofysisters, @mocuna-sims, @itschaniesims, @phoebe-twiddle, @squeezleprime, @withlovefromsimtown, @funderberkersims, @kindreddarling

i have just tagged the people that interacted with my posts asking if people would be interested in answering questions, but ‼️if anyone sees these questions and would like to answer them, please do‼️ ‼️especially if we are mutuals‼️ ‼️also please @maisims2 with your answers so i can read them‼️

thank you for your time 🥰

[maisims2]

thank you for answering 😊

i also am often listening to indie horror gameplay (while playing sims and not) - i also like to watch non-english gameplay but i don't think i've ever watched any spanish - do you have any channel/streamer recommendations?

i personally think your game is very maxis match 😁 speaking of, i really liked the wallpaper you used in the hallway of your uni dorm... wcif? 😅

imo looking for anything online has really become an advanced skill recently... 😓

👽questions for sim 2 players👽 by @maisims2

This was really fun :) I really enjoyed it, it's been a while since I paid attention to some of the things I mentioned here! Thank you for this @maisims2 ! 💚

📻audio📻

do you listen to music/streams/podcasts/tv/etc. while playing? if so, is it stuff you would also be listening to if you were doing something else, or do you listen to specific things while playing sims 2?

I usually do two things while playing: I like to watch gameplay in spanish of indie horror games. And I like to draw, usually my sims.

I also tend to listen to music, mostly when I'm building, since it's not my favorite activity (need something to ease the stress process lol) my favorite genres are pop, nu metal, kpop, EDM, indie, r&b and many others.

conversely, do you listen to the sims 2 soundtrack when you're not playing the sims 2? Don't really listen to the soundtrack very often. Also, I have the music sound turned off, I like to hear the ambient sound of the game.

📺visual📺

if you have little or no cc or other visual changes to your game, are there particular reasons? aesthetic that's often called "maxis match", does it actually "match" the sims 2 in your view/experience of the game or do you consider it "maxis match" in the sense of the whole sims series? if you use cc that isn't the "maxis match" style mentioned above, but that you consider "maxis match", are there any particular traits that qualify/disqualify "maxis match" cc for you?

I do have a lot of cc and mods, but they go unnoticed since they're mostly maxis match objects/clothing/decor, as well as add-ons and recolors. I do prefer a vanilla game, since I started playing ts2, I never thought it needed many visual improvements beyond the most common ones, like lighting and general atmosphere.

Also, I consider myself quite a fan of what they call maxis match (my @ lmao) It's what I mostly aspire to with my game aesthetic and I tend to avoid "alpha" style cc, since it's not what I'm looking for. But I don't know if I should consider my game vibrant and colorful, perhaps? that's for others to say. What I try to do is emulate the game's old rendering aesthetics as much as possible, like the beta version.

📖experience📖

do your real life experiences influence the way you alter and/or play the sims 2? do you use the skills you use for sims 2 gameplay/content creation for work/school/other hobbies?

I don't think my gameplay is based on my context or reality in terms of visuals, but it may be that some of my sims' behaviors are similar to mine or those of people close to me. Through this game I also try to experience some things that I doubt would ever happen to me in reality (abductions 😂 and some relationship behaviors)

And I don't think I use any specific skill in relation to the game, but if I had to say something: I think I've been able to better refine my methods of searching and digging for content (old content)

[maisims2]

thankyou for sharing 😁

i never played the sims 1 so for a second there i thought i had completely forgotten about raccoons being in the sims 2 lol

(i'm assuming you played the sims 1 before the sims 2) do you think that you prefer sims 1 music because it's what you listened to first or/and is it more to your music preferences in general? also do you think the sims 1 soundtrack has influenced your taste in music?

to me poppet V2 and pmg V4 seem very similar (maybe i just didn't find good example previews lol), what are your reasons for changing to pmg V4 in your elder scrolls vibe hood?

also google tells me lobotomy corporation is a futuristic game, is the "abnormality" in your hood modified to fit a medieval vibe more?

that's amazing that you have your old creations from childhood😊are they something you've kept over the years or did you find them randomly in storage?

👽questions for sim 2 players👽

‼️THIS IS NOT A SURVEY OR QUESTIONNAIRE‼️ you can answer whichever questions you'd like in whichever way you'd like, and feel free to add on to your answers in any way you'd like - share as much or as little about your sims 2-ing as you want, i am keen to hear it all! 👂👀👂

📻audio📻

do you listen to music/streams/podcasts/tv/etc. while playing? if so, is it stuff you would also be listening to if you were doing something else, or do you listen to specific things while playing sims 2?

conversely, do you listen to the sims 2 soundtrack when you're not playing the sims 2?

📺visual📺

if you have little or no cc or other visual changes to your game, are there particular reasons? e.g. disk space/performance, nostalgia/just prefer the vanilla vibe, etc.

if you use a lot of 4t2 and/or 3t2 cc are there any particular reasons? e.g. you play the other game and also want the same stuff in the sims 2, you don't have the other game but want the other game's stuff that you've seen, you prefer the aesthetic of the other game but prefer the gameplay of the sims 2, you feel like eaxis content from the other games is part of the same "set" as the sims 2, you just prefer clay hair, etc.

if you use the vibrant, colourful, and lower contrast? aesthetic that's often called "maxis match", does it actually "match" the sims 2 in your view/experience of the game or do you consider it "maxis match" in the sense of the whole sims series? alternatively, do you not consider it "maxis match" and just prefer the colour and brightness? if so are there any particular reasons? e.g. it reminds you of a game or other media that you like, it gives you a feeling/vibe that you like, etc.

if you use cc that isn't the "maxis match" style mentioned above, but that you consider "maxis match", are there any particular traits that qualify/disqualify "maxis match" cc for you?

if you use "realistic" or "alpha" cc, would you consider your "aim" to be to make the sims 2 game more like real life, or to make a version of real life in the sims 2? alternatively, do you just like the aesthetic, are you used to using "alpha" cc in other sims games, or is "alpha" cc something that is nostalgic for you?

📖experience📖

do your real life experiences influence the way you alter and/or play the sims 2? e.g. adding or replacing stuff with cc that is more familiar to your location and/or culture, making sims, families, builds, or stories that are familiar to you, etc. alternatively, do you have a game that is removed from from your real life experiences? e.g. fantasy, non-human, historical, etc.

do you use the skills you use for sims 2 gameplay/content creation for work/school/other hobbies? e.g. image/video editing, 3D modelling, coding, making/using spreadsheets, writing, internet research, etc. if so, does that influence the way you use your skills? e.g. software, habits/best practices, decreased/increased motivation, etc.

📠mentions📠

@heyoniina, @ennysimmer, @trofysisters, @mocuna-sims, @itschaniesims, @phoebe-twiddle, @squeezleprime, @withlovefromsimtown, @funderberkersims, @kindreddarling

i have just tagged the people that interacted with my posts asking if people would be interested in answering questions, but ‼️if anyone sees these questions and would like to answer them, please do‼️ ‼️especially if we are mutuals‼️ ‼️also please @maisims2 with your answers so i can read them‼️

thank you for your time 🥰

[maisims2]

thank you for elaborating 😁

by performance i should have specified i meant texture memory/pink soup - but if you like flood-fill textures that's probably less likely to be an issue i guess 😄

i think every one means something at least a little different when talking about cc that "matches" the vanilla game, and i think you could consider "maxis match" almost like a summary of how an individual player has "interpreted" the game through their unique senses and subconscious mental processing - very interesting stuff 😁 ...to me at least lol

i really get accidentally making your "fun thing" stressful 😅 i'm glad that's in the past for your sims 2 playing ☺️

Second Set of Answers for @maisims2

Since you are considering performance, are you picking and choosing recolours to add to your game? If so do you have trouble choosing? Do you like to make Sims or builds with a set palette of some kind, or is more colour variety more better?

Picking and choosing recolours:

Objects - the Lua palette (all 40 colours). Since it's mostly recolouring Maxis game objects, there's no reason to skimp for the sake of performance. But, if I realize that there are some colours that I never use, I may go back and cull those. (Way back in 2016, I built an entire Regency-ish hood around the 10 colours in the LACK palette. After a couple of weeks of playing it (IRL time) I couldn't stand the sight of it! It very quickly became too limiting.)

Houses - I'm in love with Honeywell's Bespoke set. I intend to keep all the colours of it.

Clothes - I do limit how many colours of clothes I have. Four or five colours is all I need. So when I see 40 recolours in a set, I heart it and keep scrolling. I would rather have a 4t2 or 3t2 conversion with only three. Here's the reason: I differentiate my sims by outfits (only one or two sims will get to be the Llama Superhero). So none of the clothes need more than 3 options, but no more than 3 sims will get that outfit. Ever!

Hair - This is the area where I draw the line on a lot of hair colours. I only need the basic four and a colour for elders. So, I picked 4 of pooklet unnaturals that Fia uses.

In general, I don't have trouble choosing. But, I wouldn't want the same palette for objects as for hair. I know some people do that. For example, hair and objects in Pooklet Naturals or in Kinu Vaporwave.

I don't build very much. But, when I do, I like variety. For example, I might decorate a house around a palette of 5 colours. I have a very rudimentary randomizer with all 40 Lua colours that spits out 5 for me to work with. But, I'd never do a house in all blues or all pinks for example. So, of the 5 randomized colours, kitchen is Lemondrop, living room is Tiara, bedroom 1 is Cirrus, etc.

To me an important part of "maxis match" is more 'noisy' or 'detailed' textures, it that something you consider something to look for or avoid?

I've never been able to pin down exactly what people mean by Maxis Match. I do know that I don't like noisy or detailed textures; I'm a flood-fill kinda gal. Flood-fill is what I think of when I think of Maxis Match.

For example, BuggyBooz has amazing sets with detailed and lovely wood and fabric textures. I look at it. I love it. I download it. Then never use it. On the other hand, I have downloaded and used just about every LACK and Lua recolour set that Michelle@MTS has made! I guess that makes me a little Basic. But, that's okay.

It's probably a holdover from playing Barbie dolls. Everything matched and went together in all exactly the same colours in flat plastic with no details. It's what I'm used to looking at when I'm playing dolls, miniatures or Sims. It's a reminder to me that I am engaging in recreation.

When I've tried in the past to use cc with intricate and rich details, it didn't feel fun. It felt awkward somehow. And I'm afraid that I can't explain it any better than that.

I'm really curious about what not-hard SciFi means lol do you have any examples of how that differs from the vanilla gameplay?

Hard scifi: 1. Star Trek themed - Every Sim you play has the name, rank, serial number, the appropriate uniform, a custom career, the correct number of pips, ship assignment, duty roster, . . . all according to the TV show they were on (Original Series, Next Gen, Voyager, DS9, etc) and you keep track of all of it in spreadsheets (I assume).

There used to be an amazing site years ago called "SimTrek". The main creators of content were puppetfish and NixNivis. A lot or all of their content is still on ModtheSims. You can download skins for all the aliens, the neighborhood cars are spaceships, and instead of building houses on the lot, you built or downloaded spaceships that were excellent attempts at being canon: the Enterprise, DS9's Station, Voyager. You could change the terrain to look like you were in space. . . .

Or you could design your hood to look like all the ships had landed on a particular planet (any planet but Earth). But that required that you designed your townies to look like the natives of that particular planet. And it was hard to set up. And it had to be consistent. Of course, not all the homes had to be spaceships in this case. Some of the lots you built could be homes, but they needed to be futuristic-looking or what's the point. So you used a lot of star trek themed build and buy content, including those Turbolift door that was the only door I ever used for my scifi builds (as far as I recall).

2. SynapticSims' X-Men or Marvel Superhero Universe: I love looking at Syn's forum! I love all his stuff by the way. I've been a big fan of Syn's for years. But all the content is based on comics and movies, and also has a canon just like Trek. So I download, but never put it in my game.

3. Blue Heaven Sims has very detailed and specific custom content for playing a Scifi world. I love Jason, have downloaded all the sets through the years. He's currently remastering some of his sets and re-releasing them. It's colour-coordinated for Command, Operations, Security, etc. And when I use his CC, I feel like I have to stick to those assignments. (These restrictions are all in my own head of course).

In addition to the objects, functional items, and clothes, much content is available for creating scenes, posing Sims, and taking screenshots for storytelling, which is not my gameplay style. Though I still download all the storytelling CC anyway because I'm a completionist and a hoarder!

Relaxed/Casual Scifi - to quote MST3K theme song,

"if you wondering how he eats and breathes and other science facts, just repeat to yourself 'It's just a show. I should really just relax.'"

You have few clothes, maybe a spacey hairdos or two, but play the game as normal. with a handful of futuristic looking objects. (I love the 3t2 Into the Future conversions). But you are NOT required to stay within the fixed restrictions of canon: You can have Picard marry Uhura, and not have to worry about the correct uniforms, job assignments, etc. You can have Xavier living next door to Marty McFly. That to me is not "hard"; it's just fun!

As I type this up I realize: 1) I haven't thought about these things in years, and 2) A lot of my stress was self-imposed methinks!

Also you said you prefer to play servos and plantsims, do you mean instead of vampires/zombies or did you mean instead of regular Sims?

I play regular Sims plus a handful of PlantSims and Servos. Though, . . . I have thought about an entire hood of just PlantSims with just the townies left unplanted. All MidgeTheTree's PlantSim mods. Maybe one day.

I'm familiar with medieval and apocalyptic "cc communities" from when I was a kid but I was completely oblivious to the SciFi stuff 🤯 are there popular challenges or legacy types people play?

I never did any challenges or legacy type gameplay. Because I never stuck with it long enough.

[maisims2]

Thank you for answering! ☺️

It seems like you have a whole index in your head of cc sets and systems that you want to build your game with 😁 having a plan is half the battle lol

Your game aesthetic sounds nearly as different from mine as possible, I have so many questions 🙏

Since you are considering performance, are you picking and choosing recolours to add to your game? If so do you have trouble choosing? Do you like to make Sims or builds with a set palette of some kind, or is more colour variety more better?

To me an important part of "maxis match" is more 'noisy' or 'detailed' textures, it that something you consider something to look for or avoid?

I'm out and about rn and can't link but have you seen IaKoa's gimp curves? I think they're mostly based off other creators' Photoshop actions if that's what you use? But theres lots of different kinds of colourful there (sorry if this is old news to you, I definitely don't know as much about Sims 2 CC as you, let alone this kind of cc 😅)

Again, I don't have the link rn, but I recently saw a Tumblr post of someone sharing a bunch of multi-colourful gimp curves for recolouring Sims 2 hairs, there's so many great resources around for cc making in this community 🥰

I'm really curious about what not-hard SciFi means lol do you have any examples of how that differs from the vanilla gameplay?

Also you said you prefer to play servos and plantsims, do you mean instead of vampires/zombies or did you mean instead of regular Sims?

I'm familiar with medieval and apocalyptic "cc communities" from when I was a kid but I was completely oblivious to the SciFi stuff 🤯 are there popular challenges or legacy types people play?

Sorry if this is too many questions lol I am just so curious 😅

👽questions for sim 2 players👽

‼️THIS IS NOT A SURVEY OR QUESTIONNAIRE‼️ you can answer whichever questions you'd like in whichever way you'd like, and feel free to add on to your answers in any way you'd like - share as much or as little about your sims 2-ing as you want, i am keen to hear it all! 👂👀👂

📻audio📻

do you listen to music/streams/podcasts/tv/etc. while playing? if so, is it stuff you would also be listening to if you were doing something else, or do you listen to specific things while playing sims 2?

conversely, do you listen to the sims 2 soundtrack when you're not playing the sims 2?

📺visual📺

if you have little or no cc or other visual changes to your game, are there particular reasons? e.g. disk space/performance, nostalgia/just prefer the vanilla vibe, etc.

if you use a lot of 4t2 and/or 3t2 cc are there any particular reasons? e.g. you play the other game and also want the same stuff in the sims 2, you don't have the other game but want the other game's stuff that you've seen, you prefer the aesthetic of the other game but prefer the gameplay of the sims 2, you feel like eaxis content from the other games is part of the same "set" as the sims 2, you just prefer clay hair, etc.

if you use the vibrant, colourful, and lower contrast? aesthetic that's often called "maxis match", does it actually "match" the sims 2 in your view/experience of the game or do you consider it "maxis match" in the sense of the whole sims series? alternatively, do you not consider it "maxis match" and just prefer the colour and brightness? if so are there any particular reasons? e.g. it reminds you of a game or other media that you like, it gives you a feeling/vibe that you like, etc.

if you use cc that isn't the "maxis match" style mentioned above, but that you consider "maxis match", are there any particular traits that qualify/disqualify "maxis match" cc for you?

if you use "realistic" or "alpha" cc, would you consider your "aim" to be to make the sims 2 game more like real life, or to make a version of real life in the sims 2? alternatively, do you just like the aesthetic, are you used to using "alpha" cc in other sims games, or is "alpha" cc something that is nostalgic for you?

📖experience📖

do your real life experiences influence the way you alter and/or play the sims 2? e.g. adding or replacing stuff with cc that is more familiar to your location and/or culture, making sims, families, builds, or stories that are familiar to you, etc. alternatively, do you have a game that is removed from from your real life experiences? e.g. fantasy, non-human, historical, etc.

do you use the skills you use for sims 2 gameplay/content creation for work/school/other hobbies? e.g. image/video editing, 3D modelling, coding, making/using spreadsheets, writing, internet research, etc. if so, does that influence the way you use your skills? e.g. software, habits/best practices, decreased/increased motivation, etc.

📠mentions📠

@heyoniina, @ennysimmer, @trofysisters, @mocuna-sims, @itschaniesims, @phoebe-twiddle, @squeezleprime, @withlovefromsimtown, @funderberkersims, @kindreddarling

i have just tagged the people that interacted with my posts asking if people would be interested in answering questions, but ‼️if anyone sees these questions and would like to answer them, please do‼️ ‼️especially if we are mutuals‼️ ‼️also please @maisims2 with your answers so i can read them‼️

thank you for your time 🥰

[maisims2]

Thank you for answering! 😊

When I was a kid downloading cc back before the Sims 4 came out, I don't really remember much cc that looked like what is now called maxis match; I was a little surprised when I started playing Sims 2 again last year what was considered maxis match now - not that I think it's incorrect or anything, I just think the Sims 4 style has (naturally) had a big influence on the Sims 2 community style 😁

Although I saw a lot of American movies and shows as a kid, there's a lot of stuff in the game I was never sure if it was a real thing in America or just a weird Sims thing - eating cookies from a bag like they were chips, getting groceries delivered, or words like "smustle" and "bungalow" 😂 (I'm still not sure what exactly a toaster oven is)

I think carpets are a bit overrepresented in the Sims 2... maybe they were easier to make tileable lol

Defaulting a lot of the carpets I'll never use with more woods and tiles that I will use is high on my Sims 2 to do list 😅

That's so cool about the interview! I hope it went well 😁

Questions for Sims 2 Players

Hi @maisims2 ! Thanks for the tag, here's my thoughts. 😄

📻Audio📻

I usually play with streams playing on my other monitor, it can be really anything but usually other Sims streams! Some of my favourite (Sims 2) streamers are Sammy Sundog, TeaAddict, Seeckingly. When not playing I sometimes tune into some Sims music, usually if I have to study, I like to listen to instrumental songs of which Sims 2 soundtrack is perfect for!

📺Visual📺

I prefer maxis match style definitely. In my opinion though it varies between games. Hence I don't really like to use a lot of 4t2 stuff in my game because aesthetically I think it's not really the same. I think it's little controversial but I don't really like clay hairs... At least in my game! Others game aesthetics I don't really mind. But I also am a bit lazy to go default all options to matching ones.

To me Sims 2 style is warm and comforting and obviously something really familiar to me since I've played the game since 2007. I'm happy I've grown to love the game's own items too and try to use them as much as I can! Have helped with loading times as well and the game perfoming little better...

📖Experience📖

Regarding to experiences within the game it took me a long while to realise Sims (2) is an American simulation... Which is really funny now. I always just played it "the Finnish way" building houses familiar to me and otherwise thinking the simulation as something familiar.

Nowadays I've modded my game to fit my own playstyle little better. I have done and downloaded various language fixes and for example defaulted some odd food options to something more familiar. I did not know what toaster pastries for example were for a really long time and now in my game they are just toast.

But I think I do try and appreciate the American way too in my game. I've learnt how to use carpeted floors for example, something that is not a thing in my country. And other weird things like en suites.

I study programming and so modding the game has taught me a lot! I've also learnt to use Excel a lot better and can see it helping in the future. For me Sims 2 is something that really started my love for video games and definitely shaped my study and career journey better. I just had my first interview for a Software Developer role too now! Which is why I've been little quiet here preparing for it.

[maisims2]

Thank you for sharing! 😁

I love how intentional and well thought out your Sims 2 'cultivation' is ☺️ atm I am rediscovering a lot of the vanilla gameplay by having a simblr - it's forcing me to pay attention to the Sims rather than somehow unintentionally 3x speeding through everything...

I have downloaded ACR but I recently saw a post saying that it breaks jealously and recommending a different mod, which I will be looking into since the only difference ACR has made on my game is that Sims already in a relationship will autonomously have a blur party on the couch ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

As a kid I mostly played "cool" teenagers since that was what I wanted to be lol... I'm looking forward to doing a BACC or something similar and actually experiencing playing the parts of the game I thought were boring old people stuff as a kid 😅

You seem really passionate and capable in making the exact game you want to play, I think you would do well in software-related fields! Maybe game design or UX stuff?

👽questions for sim 2 players👽

‼️THIS IS NOT A SURVEY OR QUESTIONNAIRE‼️ you can answer whichever questions you'd like in whichever way you'd like, and feel free to add on to your answers in any way you'd like - share as much or as little about your sims 2-ing as you want, i am keen to hear it all! 👂👀👂

📻audio📻

do you listen to music/streams/podcasts/tv/etc. while playing? if so, is it stuff you would also be listening to if you were doing something else, or do you listen to specific things while playing sims 2?

conversely, do you listen to the sims 2 soundtrack when you're not playing the sims 2?

📺visual📺

if you have little or no cc or other visual changes to your game, are there particular reasons? e.g. disk space/performance, nostalgia/just prefer the vanilla vibe, etc.

if you use a lot of 4t2 and/or 3t2 cc are there any particular reasons? e.g. you play the other game and also want the same stuff in the sims 2, you don't have the other game but want the other game's stuff that you've seen, you prefer the aesthetic of the other game but prefer the gameplay of the sims 2, you feel like eaxis content from the other games is part of the same "set" as the sims 2, you just prefer clay hair, etc.

if you use the vibrant, colourful, and lower contrast? aesthetic that's often called "maxis match", does it actually "match" the sims 2 in your view/experience of the game or do you consider it "maxis match" in the sense of the whole sims series? alternatively, do you not consider it "maxis match" and just prefer the colour and brightness? if so are there any particular reasons? e.g. it reminds you of a game or other media that you like, it gives you a feeling/vibe that you like, etc.

if you use cc that isn't the "maxis match" style mentioned above, but that you consider "maxis match", are there any particular traits that qualify/disqualify "maxis match" cc for you?

if you use "realistic" or "alpha" cc, would you consider your "aim" to be to make the sims 2 game more like real life, or to make a version of real life in the sims 2? alternatively, do you just like the aesthetic, are you used to using "alpha" cc in other sims games, or is "alpha" cc something that is nostalgic for you?

📖experience📖

do your real life experiences influence the way you alter and/or play the sims 2? e.g. adding or replacing stuff with cc that is more familiar to your location and/or culture, making sims, families, builds, or stories that are familiar to you, etc. alternatively, do you have a game that is removed from from your real life experiences? e.g. fantasy, non-human, historical, etc.

do you use the skills you use for sims 2 gameplay/content creation for work/school/other hobbies? e.g. image/video editing, 3D modelling, coding, making/using spreadsheets, writing, internet research, etc. if so, does that influence the way you use your skills? e.g. software, habits/best practices, decreased/increased motivation, etc.

📠mentions📠

@heyoniina, @ennysimmer, @trofysisters, @mocuna-sims, @itschaniesims, @phoebe-twiddle, @squeezleprime, @withlovefromsimtown, @funderberkersims, @kindreddarling

i have just tagged the people that interacted with my posts asking if people would be interested in answering questions, but ‼️if anyone sees these questions and would like to answer them, please do‼️ ‼️especially if we are mutuals‼️ ‼️also please @maisims2 with your answers so i can read them‼️

thank you for your time 🥰

[maisims2]

Thank you for answering ☺️

I get taking a break from music you like haha I have definitely done that too

I don't have much cc in my game right now but somehow everytime I open up cas or build/buy I see something that I've been planning to delete for a week or two 😅

Don't undersell yourself with Excel haha there is usually someone around who thinks using formulas is some kind of wizardry 😂

👽questions for sim 2 players👽

‼️THIS IS NOT A SURVEY OR QUESTIONNAIRE‼️ you can answer whichever questions you'd like in whichever way you'd like, and feel free to add on to your answers in any way you'd like - share as much or as little about your sims 2-ing as you want, i am keen to hear it all! 👂👀👂

📻audio📻

do you listen to music/streams/podcasts/tv/etc. while playing? if so, is it stuff you would also be listening to if you were doing something else, or do you listen to specific things while playing sims 2?

conversely, do you listen to the sims 2 soundtrack when you're not playing the sims 2?

📺visual📺

if you have little or no cc or other visual changes to your game, are there particular reasons? e.g. disk space/performance, nostalgia/just prefer the vanilla vibe, etc.

if you use a lot of 4t2 and/or 3t2 cc are there any particular reasons? e.g. you play the other game and also want the same stuff in the sims 2, you don't have the other game but want the other game's stuff that you've seen, you prefer the aesthetic of the other game but prefer the gameplay of the sims 2, you feel like eaxis content from the other games is part of the same "set" as the sims 2, you just prefer clay hair, etc.

if you use the vibrant, colourful, and lower contrast? aesthetic that's often called "maxis match", does it actually "match" the sims 2 in your view/experience of the game or do you consider it "maxis match" in the sense of the whole sims series? alternatively, do you not consider it "maxis match" and just prefer the colour and brightness? if so are there any particular reasons? e.g. it reminds you of a game or other media that you like, it gives you a feeling/vibe that you like, etc.

if you use cc that isn't the "maxis match" style mentioned above, but that you consider "maxis match", are there any particular traits that qualify/disqualify "maxis match" cc for you?

if you use "realistic" or "alpha" cc, would you consider your "aim" to be to make the sims 2 game more like real life, or to make a version of real life in the sims 2? alternatively, do you just like the aesthetic, are you used to using "alpha" cc in other sims games, or is "alpha" cc something that is nostalgic for you?

📖experience📖

do your real life experiences influence the way you alter and/or play the sims 2? e.g. adding or replacing stuff with cc that is more familiar to your location and/or culture, making sims, families, builds, or stories that are familiar to you, etc. alternatively, do you have a game that is removed from from your real life experiences? e.g. fantasy, non-human, historical, etc.

do you use the skills you use for sims 2 gameplay/content creation for work/school/other hobbies? e.g. image/video editing, 3D modelling, coding, making/using spreadsheets, writing, internet research, etc. if so, does that influence the way you use your skills? e.g. software, habits/best practices, decreased/increased motivation, etc.

📠mentions📠

@heyoniina, @ennysimmer, @trofysisters, @mocuna-sims, @itschaniesims, @phoebe-twiddle, @squeezleprime, @withlovefromsimtown, @funderberkersims, @kindreddarling

i have just tagged the people that interacted with my posts asking if people would be interested in answering questions, but ‼️if anyone sees these questions and would like to answer them, please do‼️ ‼️especially if we are mutuals‼️ ‼️also please @maisims2 with your answers so i can read them‼️

thank you for your time 🥰

[maisims2]

✨️🐰hello!!!! would you help spread some cuteness and silliness around our timeline? Share some pics of your Sims' pets!!🐰✨️ Share the ask around if you also wanna see more pets friends around! 🥰✨️

umm... tbh I usually just get my Sims to play with the strays and wolves when they visit 😅

I have enough trouble keeping Sims alive... even in easy Sims 4, I only add pets to one Sim households...

Can I offer a pic of my rl pet instead?

Thank you for the ask ☺️