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Hello! I've been playing with your ACR edit and Midge's RS in a dorm save. there are multiple couples in the dorm, but only one couple would casually woohoo, and it took me a while to realize that it's because they were the only one with a double bed. there are multiple couches in the dorm but no couple is ever pushed to casually use it despite being in love with 100 LTR. Is this the intended behavior of your ACR edit, or do I have a mod conflict?

The issue you are having with ACR has more to do with its auto sofa checks before allowing such an interaction to happen. I've had these very issues with ACR for years now, way before I edited it. I only ever saw it working with sims that lives alone. And reading the ACR sofa social BHAV, it starts to make sense why that's the case.

[Just a quick notice, my BHAV reading skills are still in the learning phase so there is a small chance I might be wrong on how the sofa checks fully work.]

inside ACR - Controller - SofaSocials, there is a BHAV that will perform a check on whether or not there is a sim (or sims) nearby the sofa that the couple might want to use as their auto woohoo spot. So if there are any, then their chance of automatically doing it on the sofa is lowered. Chances won't be too decreased if the sim(s) are sleeping or aren't close to the sofa (in the same room). Servo are also included in those checks but if they're broken down, you get a pass.

So if the sofas in your dorm are all placed in areas that has students passing by, never giving your sims a chance of privacy, then that would explains why you haven't seen your other couples using them.

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This is the anon who asked about the ACR edit, thank you so much for incorporating both DeeDee and Epi's work!! you're a godsend <3 Should I still keep the ACR - Social - Flirt and Kiss files with your ACR v2?

Hey again Anon!

Yeah, you can keep the ACR - Social - Flirt and Kiss and any other ACR files from v2. You only need "ACR_Controller_Main" to be overridden, since that is the only file I made the changes on.

The reason my downloads has the other files in the folder is for the users that might need them, or never downloaded ACR until now.

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Hi there, I love the mods you've made and they've made such an impact on my gaming experience! I wanted to ask if your ACR edit incorporates DeeDee's No Bi Gender Decrease for the main controller file?

Hey Anon, glad to hear that you like the CCs I've shared so far 😊

So my ACR edit doesn't include the fix DeeDee made but since it's really simple to transfer over the bhav files she edited, I updated my ACR edit to incorporate DeeDee's fix and, if you want it, I've also included Epi's fix as well.

Pick only one option to be your main - Alternate

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Here's the link to the Cinema Secrets.

Anyway, popping out of retirement to say that I will try to update MM Lighting Mod and Cinema Secrets to the Legacy Collection folder structure.

Give me some time (unless someone beats me to it)

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Quick Update!

I got some more information that was worth notifying you about. Since the hours after I posted, Steam has removed their Denuvo notice, that I posted above and we got more comments from other players (Source: 1 & 2) that seem to hint that it was not found in the game.

I've also been searching around and two posts I found from the user Vinícius Medeiros, who seems capable of looking into game files, seem to state Denuvo DRM was not added and it was EA just copying and pasting from their other games. And well, the sims 4 steam page does indeed have something similar in their notice, just no Denuvo.

What's confusing however, is that it's Steam DRM that is used instead? If you bought it from there. And I have no idea if it damages the game in the same way Denuvo is said to do.

Honestly, I'm still gonna wait it out and see how things go from here, after all it's day one, more information will come out as time passes and by then we should find out what's true and if the fixes are confirmed to have worked.

Super quick post (mobile tumblr don't fail me now!)

But I thought this should be posted in order to give some caution. Since I'm not seeing anyone in the sims 2 tags saying it (Again could be wrong, unable to stay longer on the internet to search this up) While the new improvements stated by EA sounds really tempting, if true, there is something that they haven't openly said on their site that you be should caution of.

(source: https://forums.ea.com/blog/the-sims-game-info-hub-en/the-sims-25th-birthday-bundle-release-notes-for-the-sims-and-the-sims-2/11848630)

They added DRM back into the game...

(Soruce: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3314070/The_Sims_2_Legacy_Collection/)

Quick searches will tell you just how bad DRM is. I personally think it would be much wiser you don't buy the re-release until more information about the changes EA said they made to the game are comfirmed true and DRM is removed.

Stay safe out there guys, don't ruin your PC for a greedy company like EA.

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Super quick post (mobile tumblr don't fail me now!)

But I thought this should be posted in order to give some caution. Since I'm not seeing anyone in the sims 2 tags saying it (Again could be wrong, unable to stay longer on the internet to search this up) While the new improvements stated by EA sounds really tempting, if true, there is something that they haven't openly said on their site that you be should caution of.

(source: https://forums.ea.com/blog/the-sims-game-info-hub-en/the-sims-25th-birthday-bundle-release-notes-for-the-sims-and-the-sims-2/11848630)

They added DRM back into the game...

(Soruce: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3314070/The_Sims_2_Legacy_Collection/)

Quick searches will tell you just how bad DRM is. I personally think it would be much wiser you don't buy the re-release until more information about the changes EA said they made to the game are comfirmed true and DRM is removed.

Stay safe out there guys, don't ruin your PC for a greedy company like EA.

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Finally! I made the aspiration sub-type calculation fully working. I'm 90% okay with the formula so I could use some feedback before I finish fixing up the sheet, release it officially and explain how everything works. Traits haven't been updated to take into account the new calculator, planning to do that after I'm happy with it.

I took inspiration from Sophie the Puffin and @delijume-sims own aspiration sub-type calculation to make my own version, so full credit goes to them. I also made a grilled cheese sub type and gave a character description tab, where you can read how I envision how certain types of aspiration pairing could possible be your sim behaviour. (NOTICE: it's not finished yet so some won't have anything yet). That last one is just a suggestion if you find yourself needing it, feel free to do what you want with the results tho :)

Hey sorry to bother you but would you mind editing your aspiration sheet to have the interest match the same way the in-game Interests are ordered. Like for example politics, crime, food, sports... ect.

I can definitely do you one better if you don't mind. I have that fixed on my new sheet with other extra added stuff. I was planning to release this once I was happy with the edits I had done with it, but getting feedback would help me a lot.

Once again, you must make a copy in order to use this sheet and edit it to your liking.

I'm planning to make another post that explains how the whole sheet works and also clean out the sim data that's on it. (was slowly adding all the premade's information in this sheet for another project, this sheet only has pleasentview sim and some of strangetown sims). But since I currently don't have time to make that tutorial, I hope the notes I made are enough for now.

Included in this sheet:

Rotation tracker

Sim Info

Calculator (Career, ACR ideal family size, Aspiration and Traits)

*NEW* Aspiration Sub-Type calculator

Business tracker

University tracker

Death tracker

Neighbourhood tracker

Data = This is where you input your sims information

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To the anon that asked for my help to edit lamare's LTW robot mod to match with my Turn-On Mod. Here's the edited package file, let it replace the lamare_LTW_Robots that you have.

Sorry for the long wait.

Hi Lamare was wondering if you could help me understand on how to edit your [Have 3 Robots and Be Married to One of Them] LTW where the condition checks the robot attraction on the Mechanical skill attraction instead. Since that is where simgigglegirl placed her servo attraction with her turn on mod.

Hi!

Open the lamare_LTW_Robots.package and look at "CT - Test - Lifetime Want - Surrounded by Robots"

Edit lines 7, 8, C, D: instead of flag 1 "Robots" put the flag number associated with Mechanical skill. To find out which number it is, look at your turn on mod or ask its creator

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Never mind, I figured out where to put them but I ran into another issue. I can’t make the Goth family related…Mortimer is too old to be set as Bella’s husband or Alexander’s father and Cassandra is too old to be Bella’s daughter or Alexander’s sister.

Plus, sims in different households don’t know each other at all :(

Every resource says to just fix it in SimPE but it’s also not a program Macs can run.

At this point I think the only option is for someone with a Windows OS to put all the sims into a clean & empty Pleasantview rather than a custom/remodeled one since they all seem to require the ultimate collection. I can do this on my own if I borrow someone’s computer.

If you know of any other options or I’m doing something wrong, please tell me! Otherwise, I’m sorry for wasting your time and thank you so much for your help and patience.

I didn't know that there wasn't a simPE version that Mac users could use 😥 Sorry, had I known I would have given you a different solution instead of package file sims.

Oh btw those package file I gave you don't store family ties, relationships or anything else. They're gonna act like new CAS sims that don't have anything on them. The reason I shared those package files was because I wrongly believed you had a Mac friendly SimPE version to use and could replace the original premade facial features + DNA with it.

Since you don't have that and it seems you want to edit just the premade features and not remove anything that EAxis made in the original hoods (memories, relationships, family ties and etc.). Then what I can do is ask you to point me to which clean hoods you can use with your Mac and I'll open SimPE on my end and replace the premades you want with mine.

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Anonymous Mac user from before, yes that would be extremely helpful! The super collection has up to Bon Voyage for EPs and Celebration Stuff for SPs.

Thank you so much!

Sorry for the wait.

You didn't state which neighbourhood premades you wanted so I ended up giving you the package files of all the genetically correct sims that I posted for download. I made sure to have the Freetime and Apartment Life premades wear outfits that weren't above the EPs and SPs you mentioned. Any issue do send me an ask again.

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Update - 16th March 2025

Added a clean main and subhood option too.

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Do I need any packs to use your genetically correct Pleasantview or Strangetown sims? I have the super collection on Mac and the Sims 2 Pack Installer tells me that the sim files contains content from unowned packs. Apparently this can just be an issue with the game’s default pack installer, so I can’t tell.

Clean Pack Installer doesn’t run on Macs so S2PI is my only option, and since I don’t have the full game I can’t use the hood versions either.

It shouldn't have any other packs than what the base game dresses them in. But to be fair, when I packed those sims I did leave my default clothes files in and maybe I could have dressed some of them with a version that Mac users don't have.

If it'll help you, I can temporarily take out my default clothes and check. Mac only has the Sims game up to Bon Voyage right? I can go through all the premade sims you want and check they don't have anything that passes that EP version. And to help you more, I can give you a download version where they are the package files, skipping the need to use the clean pack installer altogether.

Would this work for you?

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hi! what does HID mean?

HID is short for Household Identification. Its whole purpose is to help you pair up your household sims together and have it correctly show that in the Sim Info tab, an example of this, using Mortimer Goth:

As you can see, by adding their house address and the same HID number. The filter function I used correctly picked up Mortimer and his children living in the same household.

It also works if you use decimal numbers. An example where I used the number (1.5) for the graves in 165 Sim Lane, and get them to show up as a household but not with Mortimer's household.

Hope the examples explained enough, sorry for not having this stated in the sheet I shared. I just haven't been having a lot of free time to make a full tutorial. But feel free to ask questions, if you have any.

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Hey sorry to bother you but would you mind editing your aspiration sheet to have the interest match the same way the in-game Interests are ordered. Like for example politics, crime, food, sports... ect.

I can definitely do you one better if you don't mind. I have that fixed on my new sheet with other extra added stuff. I was planning to release this once I was happy with the edits I had done with it, but getting feedback would help me a lot.

Once again, you must make a copy in order to use this sheet and edit it to your liking.

I'm planning to make another post that explains how the whole sheet works and also clean out the sim data that's on it. (was slowly adding all the premade's information in this sheet for another project, this sheet only has pleasentview sim and some of strangetown sims). But since I currently don't have time to make that tutorial, I hope the notes I made are enough for now.

Included in this sheet:

Rotation tracker

Sim Info

Calculator (Career, ACR ideal family size, Aspiration and Traits)

*NEW* Aspiration Sub-Type calculator

Business tracker

University tracker

Death tracker

Neighbourhood tracker

Data = This is where you input your sims information

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Update on Turn-On Mod

If you downloaded my mod and faced errors as soon as you loaded a lot, I have now fixed that. The reason there was an error in the first place was due to me not correctly making the mods I included skippable if their GUID wasn't found in your download folder.

So the fairy and mermaid traits mod will not be required for my turn-on but I was unable to do the same for the 3t2 traits and RCC, due to that I made two versions. One will need both mods in order for mine to work and another version that only requires the 3t2 traits.

Shout out to @belladovah whose mod showcase video made me realize there was an issue in the first place.

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hello! gc subhood anon again. Just popping in to say thank you so much for taking the time. I hope you didn't feel rushed! That wasn't my intention. But i appreciate your efforts and I can't wait to use your gcp in my game! Thank you!!!

Oh, I wasn't rushed! The request wasn't something that took me a long time since it was just some edits that needed to be done. Even checking them one by one wasn't time-consuming. Sadly I have little free time for myself these days so that has been my main reason for the delay on the request.

I'm happy to have helped and hope you enjoy the new looks :)

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To the anon that asked for a subhood option, it's finally done. Sorry for the wait, didn't think I would have such little time to do this.

Anyway, inside the folder you'll find the subhoods and then text notes, explaining how to install them (if you need the reminder), which 4-letter folder is for which subhood and I gave a copy of the DNA list I originally used to track the changes that were passed on.

I've also taken the time to update the premade with new dominant and recessive DNA that reflects the DNA change they have now. So if your premades gives birth to a baby that you think its DNA was random, check the DNA list, you just might be in for a surprise 😉

Genetically Correct Premades - Info & Masterlist

This all started cause of this post I saw on ModTheSims (here) of what looks like an early beta version of Mary-Sue. The 3rd picture has Mary-Sue looking just like the twin girls that we know today. The original plan I had was just to replace Mary-Sue’s face with one that matched closely as possible to the picture and then get a genetically correct Pleasant family but then seeing Daniel’s darker skintone made me think about extracting all the parents and having them have kids and find out if we get the same look-a-like premades and then the idea spread to the point I decided to redo the whole Sims 2 Neighbourhoods and finally get a genetically correct premades.

I used @meetmetotheriver clean neighbourhoods to extract the dead parents. The reason for this is that some of the dead sims from the original games were missing DNA or had corrupted faces. So huge thank you to @meetmetotheriver for fixing all those that had these issues and making my idea possible!

Another thing to note is that some of the family might look even more different to their canon looks. Not only cause I’m sure @meetmetotheriver had to replace some of the dead parents with look-a-likes, cause of the issues I mentioned, but I mainly did this for myself since I used my personal taste while remaking the premades (Mary-Sue for example). I made sure to point out which ones have been changed and you can decide if you want them or not.

Also, the sims come as sim package files. Was gonna share them through meetmetotheriver & Dreadpriate clean neighbourhoods but in the end, decided that maybe you would like to pick and choose which sim you wanted to replace in your neighbourhood of choice or make further edits that fit your taste.

UPDATE: Added a subhood option below.

Last note, I used this mod so the genetic results might be different from EAxis one.

Link to each neighbourhood’s page and download below!

- Pleasentview Families

- Strangetown Families

- Veronaville Families

- Downtown (Tricou family + Downtown Teens)

- Bluewater Village Families

- Riverblossom Hills Families

- Desiderata Valley Families

- Belladonna Cove Families

- Family Bin: Kim, Ottomas, Traveller & Gavigan family

Not genetically correct anymore but if anyone want some edits that I did, go here.

Subhood download option now added.

Note: I got a request to add my Genetically Correct Premades to makeover subhoods, if possible. So I decided it would be fairer to use the ones that were CC-free, didn’t share their own GCP version in the hood (felt it would be rude to just replace theirs with mine, even if I asked) and didn’t make massive changes from what the original had.

Note2: When you first load up the family, some of the sim’s portrait UI won’t match their new look at first. Just give them a quick appearance change and it will update itself. This is due to SimPE editing.

Note3: Unfortunately, any sim that isn’t in a lot or sim bin will have their name randomized.

Note4: Was gonna manually add the downtown premades + teen townies (that are linked to the family) to Katatty’s makeover version, but I’ve forgotten what mods I needed to avoid the hood getting extra sims made so I went with a safer option which just added them alive instead.

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Subhoods used:

- Pleasentview using Sim State subhood

- Strangetown using Sim State subhood (I made the hood download into a subhood, since there was no option)

- Veronaville using Sim State subhood

- Tricous & Neengia in an empty subhood (Teen townies aren’t included.)

- Bluewater Village using meetme subhood

- Riverblossom Hills using Katatty subhood

- Desiderata Valley using Katatty subhood

- Belladonna Cove using meetme subhood

- Family bin sims (Viper Canyon) using meetme subhood

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Hello again! I'd prefer the edited subhoods with full makeovers. But again, I'm not picky. If something doesn't work out that way or whatever, I'm fine with meetme's versions. Thank you very much for this; I really appreciate it!

Thanks anon for always coming back with the questions I had, haha. Okay I'll start up on the task whenever I'm back from work or have some spare time. I'm 90% sure that every hood that was released with premades, should have a makeover version already out there. So I doubt meetme's version will be used but we'll see.

Once it's done and ready to go, I'll reblog my GCP post with updated download links. So be on the look out for that post.