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Wanna play The Sims 1 or The Sims 2 for free? Here you go!

The Sims 1 Starter Pack

The Starter Pack is an all-in-one source for obtaining, installing, and optimizing TS1 on modern hardware.

The Sims 2 Starter Pack

NSIS-based installer for installing & optimizing The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection. Provides the full Ultimate Collection (free Origin version from 2014 with all packs/updates) and bonus content, including fixes needed for modern systems.

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MINI TUTORIAL

Cas Texture Compatibility

This is the texture map for ALL CAS items. In previous games, we had separate maps for certain items. The Sims 4 has just this one itty bitty map, with designated spaces ( as labeled ).

When asking about compatibility, what you’re really asking is, did the creator place their item in the correct space? ANY texture bleed into a different boxed space will result in incompatible textures, as the items are fighting to use the same one image.

For example, some hair creators will use both the HAIR and the HAT spaces. This makes layering a hat on that hair, incompatible, as the hair is occupying that box, as well as its own.

This further complicates things when creators make accessory objects, such as eyelashes or bags. We don’t have a space for it, so we’re forced to use the space of something else.

It’s a sucky set-up! I hope this helps explain why certain CAS objects don’t work with other objects.

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Maybe everyone already does this, but - in TS2, when you place a new lot, the direction the sun shines is set in stone depending on what direction it was placed in the neighbourhood, regardless of how you move/rotate the lot in the future. Ideally, you want the sun to be shining on the front of your house, but I'd always forget what direction that would be, and have to check manually.

Then I came up with this - I created a small empty lot, put a couple of walls up to see which way the sun came, then drew a diagram on the ground using floor tiles. Now I can see from neighbourhood view what direction the sun will shine on newly-placed lots, and place them accordingly :)

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calling out all the 30+ yr old simmers..

no shade to the teens and early twenties bloggers but it’s hard finding people within my age group that are active and continue to contribute here in the community. 

also idk if anyone else experiences this but sometimes it can be difficult relating to the younger population due to generational differences, pop culture, etc. 

please reblog or comment if you fall into the 30+ age simblr category.

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Testing info: 1) can you cook on the grill with things in your inventory? (fish, etc) 2) on an otherwise empty lot (save for a maxis counter and stove) could you test each of the cc fridges that you have? I remember having a cc fridge that was not actually usable back in the day. 3) repeat #2 but with a maxis fridge and all your CC stoves, or counters. 4) If none of the above help in any way, start looking for any cc items that might have unknown stove or fridge functions: essentially, lay out the kind of non stove or non fridge kitchen cc you have on an empty lot and try to order groceries (testing for fridge) or cook a fish (testing for stove / grill.)

Sooooo already running into roadblocks with my medieval hood...for some reason, some of my lots are not allowing sims to cook! For example, the earl's palace is fully furnished with a kitchen, but fully maxed out cooking skill servant doesn't have the option to serve or make anything. When I attempted to buy groceries, the game threw a message that said all the fridges were full.

This is only happening on a few of my lots. It has happened to me before, but I don't remember how I fixed it. I tried scouring sims reddit and whatnot but couldn't find anything :(

Anyone experienced this before? What did you do to fix it?

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If I recall correctly, the only way to check is to open the character file in sim PE, which should tell you that sort of hidden data.

Is there a way, cheat, object or otherwise, to check for the dance skill or pool skill etc? Like, how close is my teen to getting that scholarship?

I have checked:

the batbox

cyjon’s pizza box

no other hacked objects came to mind

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SimGuruNick says back up your Saves and move out your Mods

Tomorrow's patch is supposed to be the biggest in TS4 history, in terms of file size. Copy/paste your Saves folder to your Desktop. Cut/paste your Mods folder to your Desktop. Do it. Do it. —SimGuruNick on Twitter

If anyone at Maxis knows how hard today's Infant patch will hit your mods & CC, it's Nick. LISTEN TO HIM.

And please, for the love of Bob Pancakes, be kind and patient with modders. Play a fresh, mod-free save for a while, full of new cuteness.

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Since the "How many followers do you have?" poll I just rbed has three major errors (the options are not all the same size of range, numbers overlap, and there's literally no option for 3000-4000), here's a better one:

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Last I paid attention to the game memories were one of the main things that you were not to mess with, along with sim's graves. I would advise against deleting memories, period.

Hi! Is it safe to delete death memories while sims are still grieving? Does it cause corruption?

Hi! I don't think deleting memories can cause corruption?

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Based on how it works? Birth. Literally everything about a baby sim is rolled at birth.

I know there are several fixes and permanent ways around it so you never have to think about it, but just theoretically speaking/to satisfy my curiosity because I’ve always wondered: Does anyone know if firstborn syndrome happens at the time of conception or at the time of birth?

(I feel like I have to stipulate here that this is about The Sims 2 and not real life in case this post ends up in the wrong hands somewhere outside my orbit and they think “what in the actual fuck”)

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Learn how to: -> Change which hobby’s enthusiasm is gained upon viewing a deco object. -> Change which hobby’s enthusiasm is gained from an interactive object. -> Add hobby enthusiasm gain to an interactive object.

Keep reading

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Me, approximately four hours ago: Why isn’t there a Sims 4 BACC ruleset? I mean, I know the game is like this to prevent us from customizing neighborhoods / gameplay types & therefore drive pack sales with new neighborhoods and environments, but surely... Me, about 3 hours into trying to make a Sims 4 BACC ruleset that actually contains meaningful gameplay: >:/

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When you do: PLEASE publish it. Every time I think I want to put sims 2 back together again I cannot find any of the links I used to rely on

At some point I'll need to write down a Personalized Guide for setting up my game, because I'm always missing programs...

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How to Get Rid of Unneeded Hair Textures

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Crib Animation Teeth Fix

I was browsing through my dash today when I saw a pic of this happening, and realized that I know how to fix it. So here's just that: a quick replacement for the crib crying anims that move those levitating teeth into the mouth, where they belong.

Download (SFS) (alternate) - the file is compressed. Shouldn't conflict with anything.

I tested this fix with a few poor toddlers different faces and the teeth didn't stick out anymore, but let me know if you have any issues!

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IIRC, the genie lamp spawns when members of the household have high hobby enthusiasm, and the burglar spawns at a certain time of night. To test the genie lamp, I'd make a test hood + test family, then use Sim blender or Boolprop Testing Cheats enabled to crank hobby enthusiasm all the way up. To test the burglar I'd put a bunch of expensive items on the lot and make sure all sims on the lot are asleep from at least 10PM to 5AM at night. You may have to play a couple weeks through to get either. Another thing: MATY mods are notorious for having extra, undocumented "features" related to their core functionality, so if you have any that sound like they MIGHT be related to NPC visitors stopping by the lot less often (in favor of PC's, or whatever,) I'd pull that for a bit and see what happens.

I’m not getting any burglars. None at all.

In my BaCC- hood, I’m on gen 4, I’ve played sooo many nights in all the nine households, but there hasn’t been a single burglar. This is starting to feel less and less like just winning the RNG lottery every night, and more like something being wrong.

There also hasn’t been a magic lamp in all of this time, which also seems a bit unlikely given most of them meet the requirement and like I said, it has been a looong time.

I’m starting so suspect a mod not doing what it’s supposed to (due to my fault or otherwise). I’m not getting any mod conflicts, and the game isn’t crashing trying to do something.

The hood has a burglar NPC, and a match maker.

Considering burglars and the magic lamp aren’t things that happen on a daily basis, does anyone have any idea on how I could test this? I don’t want to have to force these things to make them happen, I want them to happen the way they’re suppose to happen.

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Popping open my cc folder really quick, I think you want a combination of one of the edited wedding arches (I think one that was on MATY?) that allows you to chose the last name when the sims marry, and a mod that let you chose infants' last names at birth, which I did not have but which may also have been either at MATY or one of the TwoJeffs' mods.

i used to have a mod that was either when 2 sims got married they got a hyphenated last name or their kids got a hyphenated last name? idr which one but it was smth like that, does anyone know which one im talking about?? :(