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what made you stop doing ts2 stuff?

i stopped playing with families in suburban neighborhoods and started playing with singles in open world cities. TS2 is much more for legacy/family play with its focus on playing households and better child/teen play.

the most fun i've ever had playing any sims game was in boroughsburg

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The Sims 2 fandom has breached containment in the form of an Ephemera custom eyeshadow texture being used as a thumbnail for a video about somatic awareness.

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Blackout UI - Dark mode for The Sims 3

Okay, it's done. I finished it. :3

After 500 image and xml files manually hand-edited by me, pretty much everything is done! :3 Live Mode, CAS, Buy Mode, Build Mode, Create A Style. For anything I haven't finished, I'll update it later down the line.

There's some special extras in the download, such as a dynamic main menu that changes based on your computer's time of day (thanks Arro!) and a couple of loading screen variations.

DOWNLOAD (MTS)

Special thanks to:

dino-rex on MTS for reverse engineering the Sims 3 UI

remixicon for providing many of the icons used in this UI

@arro-now for graciously helping with some UI stuff and letting me use his cursor and Season icon mods

@misspats3 for graciously helping test and give feedback to the UI all this time

@nectar-cellar for the yaoi bug testing, feedback and promo help

madge, kylie, dannii, mrs carter, britney, katy, charli thank yeww

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UPDATE v1.2

IJBOLLLLLLL

Fixed an unintentional bug with my edit of Clean Main Menu by @arro-now in Update 1.1

Scrollbars are now fixed and not blue :)

Blackout UI - Dark mode for The Sims 3

Okay, it's done. I finished it. :3

After 500 image and xml files manually hand-edited by me, pretty much everything is done! :3 Live Mode, CAS, Buy Mode, Build Mode, Create A Style. For anything I haven't finished, I'll update it later down the line.

There's some special extras in the download, such as a dynamic main menu that changes based on your computer's time of day (thanks Arro!) and a couple of loading screen variations.

DOWNLOAD (MTS)

Special thanks to:

dino-rex on MTS for reverse engineering the Sims 3 UI

remixicon for providing many of the icons used in this UI

@arro-now for graciously helping with some UI stuff and letting me use his cursor and Season icon mods

@misspats3 for graciously helping test and give feedback to the UI all this time

@nectar-cellar for the yaoi bug testing, feedback and promo help

madge, kylie, dannii, mrs carter, britney, katy, charli thank yeww

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this is what happy feels like

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BLACKOUT UI - UPDATE v1.1!

That FROOT looks familiar!

Changelog (ui update) :

After some feedback, Build and Buy icons are now dark gray and will turn green when highlighted and selected.

A patch for @lazyduchess 's catalog search mod is now included, as people said it didn't work with the mod.

A patch for @arro-now's More Clothing Rows (6 row version) is now included. Please note that you still must patch Smooth Patch to work with it!

Please refer to the original install instructions by Arro.

Outerwear visual glitch when planning outfits is now fixed

Tweaked loading plumbbob colors

Lighter gray-ish cursor per feedback, not as dark anymore

The download on MTS is already updated :3

Bye :3

Blackout UI - Dark mode for The Sims 3

Okay, it's done. I finished it. :3

After 500 image and xml files manually hand-edited by me, pretty much everything is done! :3 Live Mode, CAS, Buy Mode, Build Mode, Create A Style. For anything I haven't finished, I'll update it later down the line.

There's some special extras in the download, such as a dynamic main menu that changes based on your computer's time of day (thanks Arro!) and a couple of loading screen variations.

DOWNLOAD (MTS)

Special thanks to:

dino-rex on MTS for reverse engineering the Sims 3 UI

remixicon for providing many of the icons used in this UI

@arro-now for graciously helping with some UI stuff and letting me use his cursor and Season icon mods

@misspats3 for graciously helping test and give feedback to the UI all this time

@nectar-cellar for the yaoi bug testing, feedback and promo help

madge, kylie, dannii, mrs carter, britney, katy, charli thank yeww

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an official fix for pink flashing from EA in 2025 is kinda gaggy tbh. sims 2 nation where are yall...

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Blackout UI - Dark mode for The Sims 3

Okay, it's done. I finished it. :3

After 500 image and xml files manually hand-edited by me, pretty much everything is done! :3 Live Mode, CAS, Buy Mode, Build Mode, Create A Style. For anything I haven't finished, I'll update it later down the line.

There's some special extras in the download, such as a dynamic main menu that changes based on your computer's time of day (thanks Arro!) and a couple of loading screen variations.

DOWNLOAD (MTS)

Special thanks to:

dino-rex on MTS for reverse engineering the Sims 3 UI

remixicon for providing many of the icons used in this UI

@arro-now for graciously helping with some UI stuff and letting me use his cursor and Season icon mods

@misspats3 for graciously helping test and give feedback to the UI all this time

@nectar-cellar for the yaoi bug testing, feedback and promo help

madge, kylie, dannii, mrs carter, britney, katy, charli thank yeww

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i’m sorry

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the sims 2

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Saw this on sims twitter and it’s honestly how I have been feeling lately lol

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beginning of the weathermans villain era

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This is a re-release of the prologue.

I switched it over to Twine, removed some things, added some things, updated some pictures, cleaned up the writing, moved some bits around to improve the story flow, and added some music. Other than that, it is still largely just the same thing I posted an eternity ago.

The biggest change is to Lilith and Lucy's story lines. If you don't want to reread the entire thing, then the relevant stuff can be found here.

Chapter Zero

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i promise my hiatus isn’t for nothing

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Random UI Experiments [ALPHA]

I’ve gotten a handful of requests to upload some of the other TS2 Clean UI recolors that I’ve showcased on Tumblr and Discord. These were recolors that I whipped up in a week- so I haven’t taken the time to polish them. They were last modified in summer 2021, hope that gives you an idea of how long ago these have been.

I’m really swamped up and busy with school at the moment, so I’m sorry but I can’t dedicate time to finish these. Just to clarify- these are all experimental, and I haven’t finished them. I don’t intend to any time soon- these aren’t public betas, I’m just releasing them so y’all will be satisfied :b

Credit as always to greatcheesecakepersona for being the best modder ever and reverse engineering these files so anyone can make recolors. All I did was recolor the UIs in Photoshop. Again, all thanks to him and EAxis.

Final note: This is an ALPHA mod and therefore won’t be finished. Expect text bugs, visual glitches, and general unfinished stuff. Don’t spam my ask box, you have been warned.

Green UI

Retro Blue UI

Cream UI (Medieval)

Thanks and goodbye 💕

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to y’all who are asking about ts3, just wait... i have something big coming up soon xb

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Pink UI: Download (v1.0)

Surprise, b*tch. 😉 Welcome to Pink UI~!

After a year since its initial reveal, it’s now here!

Please note that as this uses Clean UI & Starship UI as a base, it will require all expansion packs and Mansion & Garden stuff to work as fully intended.

Features:

completely overhauled pink ui based on clean ui

six new pink aesthetic loading screens

custom pink cursors !!

integrated improvements from starship ui (thank you @ethanmcgregor)

Installation process is the same as Clean UI and Starship UI.

Credits:

Once again, huge shoutout and props to @greatcheesecakepersona​.  They really paved the way for Sims 2 UI modding, and the original Clean UI and its corresponding DIY kit make all of this possible. GCKP is a modern-day TS2 hero.

Thank you to @neosimi​ for allowing her beautiful loading screen pic from Starship UI to be reused in Flawless Pink UI!

The loading screen images that use real life Tokyo photographs are from Wikimedia Commons, released under a Creative Commons License.

And lastly, thank you to all of my Patreons for tipping and supporting me throughout this very long and tedious development process:`

Angelll • AnnaDelRey • AstroX14242 • Bifford • Bob aka Lapis • bouse • braeji • @brattyful • Bri B • bribrichan • criisolate • Daimond • deiffol • demonho • dva • Eenalya • eini • Elan • Elio. • FatalQueen • fabrizio • felixw / @fwaldorf • Fraankky • gamingwithdoublea • garrettgivre • ghoulspice • great kness and powerful brain • Jocava • LeighPlays • Lemurphs • littlevalkyrie • MAGLX • Meat • @misspats3 • Motion Sims • mrscee • neosimi • Noodle • PaintTheCityPink • pollybygolly • poplol • Ri2xe • @ryanaiss • simspaghetti • SimulationBabe • staz • SuperLegal • Taliaaaaa • TenDema • THybrid21 • Tonni • toy042 • wbell • xenrces • zan

DOWNLOAD (SFS)

Thank you guys so much for the continued support over the past few months. I’m so glad I was able to finish this UI for one last hurrah. I hope this surprise post is the start of a nice weekend for you. ^w^

<3, -simstate