#ts2 cc resource

[andrevasims]

TS2 Quality of Life Mods

idk what else to call them... Mods that make sims slightly less annoying to deal with, or slightly more self-sufficient, or tweaks that help reduce risks of corruption or otherwise avoid less than ideal problems/situations.

It’s not 100% comprehensive, just a list of mods I personally use or have used. Even then I have way more mods than this total, but I just wanted to focus on one specific aspect.

I intended this to be more like a personal archive than anything, so don’t take it as guarantee that every single one works together without conflict lol

SuperDuperHugTest (instantly removes Super Duper Hug Bug from any infected lot as soon as it’s loaded)

Mods by TwoJeffs

• Visitor Controller (you can allow/ban sims from a lot based on tons of things)

• ACR (Autonomous Casual Romance)

• Same Sex Marriage (no “Joined Union" for gay couples just “Married”)

• Stinky Dormies & Assignments Fix (dormies never shower or complete assignments because Do Assignment advertises Hygiene fulfillment??)

• Smart Beds (enforces bed ownership, but I don’t really use it because townies or sims you've never directed to Sleep will never autonomously sleep in a bed)

• Have-Adopt Child Want Fix (adopting a baby fulfills Have a Baby want & vice versa)

• Sim Blender (modify motives, skills, relationships, skills, personality... everything basically. also the fastest way to do the Good Genes Challenge because you can choose one sim to get pregnant by another sim and accelerate the pregnancy to only take 3 hours instead of 3 days)

• Preg for All Genders (AF sims can impregnate AF/AM sims, or AM sims can impregnate AM sims, stuff like that)

Mods by BoilingOil

• No Trash Memories (removes “Met [Sim]” and “Moved In/Out” memories so they don’t clog up the memory panel, also removes “Met Mystery Sim” memories from CAS sims so they can have a First Kiss with a real sim lol)

• No Sim Loaded (removes “Sim Loaded” tokens from sims, which apparently do nothing anyway, and whenever a lot is loaded it automatically clears/resets things that are otherwise broken or could possibly cause corruption, also suppresses the Super Duper Hug Bug so you don’t see it in the game)

• No Lecture Baby (stops sims from lecturing babies for being stinky)

• Less Toddler Annoyance (toddlers ask adults for stuff based on needs/skills)

Mods by Pescado

See this post and this post for mod descriptions/compatibility

• Batbox (clear gossip to reduce chances of corrupted memories, make sims stop doing the silly dance face if it gets stuck, delete all rain puddles, make dormies stuck as transparent from being in their room normal again, etc.)

• Stuck Object Remover (place it on a square to delete everything in that square if you can’t otherwise see/interact with whatever’s stuck there)

• No Unlinkage On Urnstone Delete (prevents shredded character files caused by deleting tombstones or when moving them to community lots)

• No Corrupted Death Memory (reduces the chances of seeing the corrupted memory that we all know as the “squiggly lines” - btw it’s a corrupted memory NOT a corrupted sim/hood. still not great, but also not the end of the world if you do end up seeing it)

• Creature Fixes (random fixes for supernatural behaviors/wants/appearances)

• AL Fixes (fixes related to things from AL that the EP broke or came broken lol)

• Vacation Fixes (fixes related to bugs from Bon Voyage)

• Anti-Redundancy (prevents tons of new NPCs being needlessly created)

• No SS Respawn (limits new townies being created to fill Uni Secret Societies)

• No Stray Respawns (prevents tons of stray dogs/cats being created)

• Garden Club Townie Fix (makes the game treat Garden Club members as townies, because it didn’t before, which prevents issues that may have caused)

• Door Jam Fix (fixes doors getting stuck open by a light or stair tile)

• Warmth Fixes (prevents zombies from getting frostbite or sims exercising indoors spontaneously combusting)

• Drama Professor & Met Self Fix (prevents useless memories related to the drama professor and “Met Self” from happening)

• Front Door Hack (the door a deliveryperson considers the “front” door makes more sense, instead of a garage or a door in the back of the house)

• Smarter Cashier (makes it faster to earn the Register talent badge, because apparently by default it otherwise takes 50 checkouts to get to Bronze)

• No Humble (Rod Humble doesn’t visit new families but you can buy his PC)

• No Eat Crap (sims stop eating when they’re full or if food spoils while eating)

• Anti-Foodnapping Hack (sims won’t fall asleep in their food if doing so would cause them to die of starvation)

• Less Whiny (sims whine less about “stupid things” - idk what that means but I’ve apparently been using this mod sooo yeah lol)

• Don’t Wave At Me (if sims are having a problem they just have the problem instead of yelling at you about it first)

• Anti-Weather Reactions (prevents reacting to weather from becoming a thing sims have to do immediately even when they’re doing other stuff or sleeping)

• No Servo “Do Chores” (removes autonomous “Do Chores” self interaction from servos)

• No Baby Harassment (stops sims from constantly interacting with babies, which is annoying because then babies never get a chance to sleep)

• No Route Fail (stops the complaining/yelling when sims are blocked by something, leaves only the thought bubble telling you what’s causing the blockage)

• Local Walkbys (walkby sims are from the same hood the lot is in)

Mods by Cyjon

• Smarter EP Check (many of Cyjon’s and others’ mods require this to work)

• Lot Inspecter (place it on a lot and it tells you if it’s safe to delete a lot or not because of tombstones, offworld loiterers, owned businesses, etc.)

• NPC Maker Fix (improves functionality of NPC Maker that can be spawned with TestingCheatsEnabled)

• Breadfruit Tree Fix (stops tree from burning forever after lightning hits it)

• Bug Collection Fix (sims literally can’t complete the bug collection without this)

• Call to Meal Fix (doing “Call to Meal” won’t include servos/babies/toddlers/plantsims/NPCs in who comes over to grab a plate)

• Dance Advertising Tweaks (different dances are preferred based on personality)

• Dance Near Stereo (sims doing the smustle get closer to the stereo first instead of just suddenly dancing outside in the corner of the lot alone)

• Dumb “In Use” Test (sims won’t go all the way across the lot to use an object if it’s already being used by another sim)

• Fake Townie Sales (NPCs/townies buying from a business don’t get tons of objects piled in their inventory, it just disappears)

• Fewer Tourists (allows smaller/fewer Vacation Destination tourist families, because otherwise the game expects 12 families with at least 4 members each and will not generate any tourists at all if there’s less than that)

• Floor Sleep Fix (fixes bug where a passed out sim stops gaining energy)

• Ghost Hack (set of mods you can pick & choose from for ghost behavior)

• Less Naked Freakout (sims in Love don’t get shocked seeing each other naked)

• Meet Professors Fix (fixes bug related to sims in Uni meeting professors)

• Memory Fixes (fixed bugs related to a few memories and associated gossip)

• More Dishes (sims pick up more dishes to clean at once than originally)

• No Table Platters (sims can’t put serving platters on eating surfaces)

• Pool Ladder Autonomy (sims autonomously enter pools using the ladder)

• Relationship Decay Fix (fixes bug related to daily relationship decay involving larger sized families/households)

• Self Preservation (sims prioritize satisfying Hunger over Bladder or Energy)

• Smarter Chair Selection (sims choose seating more sensibly, based on location/proximity/activity)

• Smarter Food Serving (sims decide how many plates to serve based on who’s on the lot without including people like babies or ghosts)

• Townie Apartment Residents (empty/unplayed apartments are filled by townies instead of social groups, which you might not have/want in a hood)

• Townie Enthusiasm Seeder (gives townies hobby enthusiasm if they don’t have any, usually when they were made in CAS then turned into a townie)

• Vampire Walkbys (more nighttime walkbys involving different supernaturals)

• Yoga/Meditation Fix (you can put Yoga/Meditation in a sim’s queue multiple times so they resume after falling without it disappearing from the queue)

Mods by Nopke

• Random Dormies (dormies that move in are picked randomly instead of being the lowest numbered, also if a dorm a dormie lived in is demolished or no longer has a playable sim in it then their old dorm room key is removed so they can move into a new dorm)

• Inventory Inheritance (the inventory of a sim who died gets moved to another sim based on their relationship with variances you can choose from)

• Food Already Available Fix (if food is already on a lot then sims won’t autonomously cook, get a snack, or “Stuff Face” with some variances you can choose from)

[anachronisims]

Minor Traits Update - (Get) Straight Outta the Kitchen

Updates for two cooking-related traits mods. Info and d/l link below the cut.

SITS_foodsuccessfailureUpdate.package

NEW: all odds below stack except for Natural Cooks, which preempts everything

NEW: +20% chance of burning food/starting a fire for Terrible Cooks

NEW: -5% chance of burning food/starting a fire for the Disciplined

NEW: -5% chance of burning food/starting a fire for the Perceptive

Existing: + 10% chance of burning food/stating a fire for the Absent-Minded

Existing: Never burn food or start a fire (**unless action is canceled**) for Natural Cooks

DELETE ORIGINAL: clumsy_naturalcook_foodsuccessfailure.package

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SITS_toyovenanimationchangesUpdate.package

NEW: Child Terrible Cooks will always do confused animations at the toy oven.

NEW: Disciplined Children gain an effective +1 cooking skill buff for the random odds of doing confused animations at the toy oven

CALIBRATED: Absent-Minded Children suffer an effective -2 cooking skill penalty for the random odds of doing confused animations at the toy oven (changed from always)

Existing: Natural Cook Children never do confused animations at the toy oven.

DELETE ORIGINAL: absentMinded_naturalCook_toyOvenAnimationchanges.package

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Credits: @hexagonal-bipyramid for the traits project and original mods these update; @noodlebelli for doing the great work of trait mod tracking; @fwaysims for general traits improvement inspo/improved coding techniques; mne1993 at makeagif.com for uploading the fire gif masquerading as a preview; all you wonderful folks who love this stupid terrible wonderful old game as much as i do

Download at SFS

[fwaysims]

FIND: Updated Gussy Up Mod

Image credit to lingeringwillx

This mod by lingeringwillx adds more functions to Christianlov/Midgethetree’s versions of the Gussy Up mod. More info about the download here. (MTS)

[osab]

Revealing my WIP "Clouds" Hair System for TS2!

["Stable" pictured on Wings TO0607]

The Clouds system is a more realistic take on a Maxis-match hair system! You might have seen it already if you're in the TS2 Community Discord! It has subtle, soft shine to strike the perfect balance between flatter so-called "maxis-match" systems and shiny/realistic ones. It comes in two sets of all-original colors.

I plan on doing brows/facial hair at some point to go with it. Please let me know if you have suggestions/requests for those or hair meshes you'd want to see in this system!

Full background info as well as the Creator Resources (textures, Photoshop Actions, GIMP Curves) are at: osab.tumblr.com/Clouds! I have 24 hairs so far and I'm debating whether to wait and release in bulk or start releasing individually/in waves. (Leaning on the latter for time reasons but let me know what you prefer!)

More previews & color names/swatches are below the cut!

[V1 on top, V2 on bottom]

[simstationdance]

HAPPY BIRTHIVERSARY part 1 - THE SIMS 2 IS 20???

FUN FACT: The Sims 2 (2004) was released 3 days before the date upon which I was released from my mother's womb, therefore making me younger than The Sims 2 by 3 days as of September 14th 2024, but objectively older by 6 years as of September 17th 2024. The march of time is inevitable and frightening! Let's celebrate!

Admittedly I didn't have very much to give when it came to sharing content for the Sims 2's anniversary because I've been battling the Chronic Exhaustion Demon, but then I realized I still haven't released those hair colors I showed a while back. And then I realized I could share EVEN MORE content by spreading it out across a few days instead of condensing it into one day. And it just so happens that, as stated above, there are two special occasions (for me at least... lol) close together on the calendar. SO. HERE'S SOME COOOONTEEEENT.

Today's bundle is mainly a resource for creators who use GIMP 2.x, and includes 11 UNNATURAL HAIR COLORS in the form of Curves that can be used on just about any texture you want, as long as you use it on a Volatile base These only come in Curve form, but if anyone would like to convert them into Photoshop actions, you're more than welcome to.

The colors are named, in order of appearance above: Sapphire, Tanzanite, Azurite, Alexandrite, Moonstone, Aquamarine, Bloodstone, Ruby, Entropy, Blue Moon, and Lily. You can read more about them under the cut.

DOWNLOAD (sfs)

(btw I made the Gemstone colors and the Alien black and brown a year ago, and I made Ruby and Lily this year, which is why they're in separate folders in the .zip)

The Gemstone colors were inspired by, of course, gemstones. They were my first attempt at making a hair color palette of my own. Out of them all, Moonstone, Bloodstone, and Alexandrite are my favorites.

I wanted to go for something fantastical. I also wanted to push GIMP's Curve function to the limit and see how many shades I could put into one color without it looking like garbage.

I use Bloodstone, Moonstone, and Aquamarine as Red, Blond, and Grey respectively in my (still hypothetical) Alien hair color family.

Entropy - intended to be alien "black", a very desaturated indigo color. since Alien sims born in game typically have black hair genetics (unless using a pt mod that changes this), I wanted it to really stand out against both the Maxis mint green and any alternative Alien themed skin tones despite its overall 'plainness'.

Blue Moon - intended to be alien "brown", I wanted to go for a color that was strange and unsettling in comparison to human brown hair. I think I originally intended it to be more blue but it came out more desaturated teal instead. Attempts to change this made it too similar to Entropy for my liking, so I left it as it is.

These colors were originally created and named after the sims I specifically made them for, and I was going to use them only on a small handful of hairs. But I liked the shades so much that I decided to incorporate them into my personal palette. And so, with that in mind, it didn't feel right to keep them to myself.

'Lily' maintained its name as a color, but 'Ruby' was renamed to what it is now. In my game I bin them as Brown and Black respectively because they're meant to be considered 'dyes' in-universe and I wanted to be able to make their associated sims in CAS without having to make them go to the mirror in-game every time I put them in a new hood, but you can do whatever you want with them lol.

[analog-mothman]

Crybabies Paradise Eyes

54 colors + alien swatch

human eyes are on an edited Alfred Askew + Mousy Blue sclera

alien eyes are on Remisim's Mayday sclera

custom OR towniefied + geneticized

compressed and tooltipped

The defaults are swatches 41, 34, 23, 12, and 07, plus the alien swatch.

The dark blue was replaced with a hazel swatch because it matches the genetics more.

Download: SFS | MF

I'll be honest: I mostly just wanted both some darker and some less intense colors. And a few of the existing swatches not already converted.

For the geneticized set, the top three rows (swatches 28-54) are dominant, while the bottom three (swatches 01-27) are recessive. Numbering goes from right to left, bottom to top, because I can make nothing simple I guess.

Both the custom and geneticized share files, so you can't have both at once. There's also a custom version of the alien eye in both folders.

Also, I really have no idea what counts as animation friendly, so here's a mostly unedited and slightly deranged shot of a sim emoting.

I started these a while back, and I wasn't sure if I was going to share them because idk there are so many eyes out there and these edits appeal specifically to me and my weird finally-figuring-iy-out maxis mix-ish (???) game.

But I got an ask about them that I still need to respond to sorry I just felt bad that every answer for every ask I've gotten lately is "they're a wip lol so I figured, why not?

Credits: Crybabies, Cerberus-Sims, Alfred Askew + Mousey Blue, Remisim

[celestialspritz]

some ts2 creating resources i never posted (*^_^*)

THE EYEBROW KIT -

this psd has grouped layers for making alphas, bump maps as well as colour fills you can change to your liking

dl @ SFS

THE LIPSTICK KIT -

almost the same, more catered to recolouring stuff rather than fiddling with alphas and bumpmaps. in place of an alpha group like the eyebrow kit, i've included @pooklet's handy set of alphas they uploaded a while back as they were very useful to me when creating. hope they do the same for you too!

dl @ SFS

creds - pooklet

THE PALETTES -

Y2K palette - dl @ SFS (.aco file)

my eye colour palette - dl @ SFS (.aco file)

enjoy!!!

[antoninko]

💿The Afterglow Hair System Resources💿

Here's the creator resources for Afterglow, includes 2 volatile bases (straight and wavy) aswell as pre-coloured textures for the naturals.

Download HERE!

Credits: MicroScotch, PolygonBeach, Poppet, SkittlesSims, Io, Pooklet, FurbyQ, Wyxii;

[hankgoddardsbike]

Resources

The Sims 2 is now abandonware and has been since 2017/2018, so if you didn't get your hands on the game when EA was giving out the game for free back in Summer 2014 @acottonsocksims2 has a great guide here on how to find the game and optimise it for modern PC's.

Default Replacements

Wisteria Skin and Pupa Eyes by @microscotch (I use their alien defaults too which are linked on the post)

4T2 Hair Defaults by @platinumaspiration

These amazing eyebrow replacements by rainstorm25 over on MTS

Gameplay Mods/ Fixes

Community Time Project by More Awesome Than You (Updated by Crish Hatch)

Pretty much everything from @lazyduchess but especially their Date/Outing Stood Up Fix, Seperate Top/Bottoms for Non-Everyday Clothes Mod and of course Sims2RPC (which you should have anyway if you followed Madi's guide)

The updated version of Gussy Up

Sim Blender

ACR

(If you're stuck with anything else please check out Cindy's guide here for more recommendations)

Reshade

I switch between edits of Raices by @folkbreeze and Senshi 4.0 by @simsenshi that I've adjusted to fit the style of Sims 2

Hair and Clothing

I mostly download from @kestrelteens @microscotch @platinumaspiration @rascalcurious @nonsensical-pixels @neosimi @angelapleasant @moyokeansimblr but my wcif's are always open if needed

[potential-fate]

These are the same old images from the first info post, but don't be fooled. this is a new post, because I finally edited the base meshes to a place where I'm happy sharing them as WSOs for others who want to use them. I've included links at the bottom.

A few people mentioned wanting these morphs available, and @withlovefromsimtown informed me that making a morph WSO is quite easy, so here we are!~

Full disclosure, I don't really use WSOs for morphs, cause I tend to prefer doing them by hand, so I haven't tested these extensively. They do work though. I just can't promise how well they work.

Anyways, download links.

These are creator resources, not custom content.

[MF] // [SFS]

[simsrainbows]

this program literally is a life changing thing, you won’t believe how many duplicated files people put inside their downloads, specially for ts2cc, they just change the name of the mesh.package or put a dot or a symbol, and you end up with four packages for the same freaking thing. 💀 when i first scanned my sims 2 and sims 4 folders it was SO mind-blowing, like, how many duplicated files i had (so many!!!!!!). i always use this program before i play ts2 or ts4, specially after i went cc shopping. this thing saves lives 😤

i found out about it through this tutorial! thank god for @ilovethesims2cc​ 🙏🏻

[anachronisims]

Louise's Bedroom Poster Pack!

Art by Otter Space Design Co. on Etsy, inspired by the animating staff of Bob's Burgers

Sims 2ified by sufficeittosay

More info and SFS DL link under the cut!

What the pack includes:

There are five different posters, but due to the aspect ratios, two of the meshes only have four (a different four) each.

Maxis FT Mesh - Great Movie Poster ($60) - FREETIME REQUIRED, SORRY MAC WITCHES

Hooded Cat in Snow

Girl Riding Bear

Mouse Riding Turtle

Onion with Tea

*In the previews, this is the mesh with the multi-colored push pins.

Amaryll's 3t2 Obey the Cat Poster in Simlish (included) ($40)

Cat over Orange

Hooded Cat in Snow

Girl Riding Bear

Onion with Tea

*In the previews, this is the mesh with the silver push pins.

AikeaGuinea Half Tile Wall-Writing Mesh (included) ($0)

Cat over Orange (smaller!)

Girl Riding Bear (bigger!)

Hooded Cat in Snow (smaller!)

Mouse Riding Turtle (smaller!)

Onion with Tea (smaller!)

*In the previews, these are the ones with no push pins. I am too lazy/not confident in my ability to graft scotch tape (Louise's chosen hanging method) over these. Sorry!

BONUS!

Thread&Sandpaper It Will Last Longer (Horizontal) [MESH NOT INCLUDED] featuring a reference photo of Louise's bedroom (post lofting, which hid a lot of the posters which is why I didn't stage it that way in the previews). In the canon of the show, TECHNICALLY Mouse Riding Turtle does not show up until the bed is lofted so it's apocryphal in the preview :)

FULL DISCLOSURE: Otter Space Design's original PNGs were beautiful, hi-res, amazing drawings. I sized them down to MAX 343x512 for the biggest one, Girl Riding Bear on Aikea's mesh. The tiniest (Cat Over Orange on Aikea's mesh, because it is canonically the smallest) is 150x225. If you zoom in too close, they will be pixely. If for some reason you think this is important enough to go up to 1024 on, I can make that for you.

All files clearly labeled so you can keep only what you want. Enjoy!

Other Credits - Blue Gamba's TS2 Painting Sizes Database, and Latmos on the SimCrafters Discord for directing me to it.

Download at SFS

[fwaysims]

Image credit to Lenna9 at ModTheSims

If you’ve always wanted to make custom CAS screens while having the Seasons expansion pack in, to possibly have a seasonal themed CAS screen, there is now a mod that makes it possible! Check out this mod by Lenna9 on ModTheSims! 

[tokkisims2cc]

I did not create this. I'm just reblogging, because I use tumblr as a database. Please don't blame me.  

[fakebloood]

Hi Olya! I was wondering if you use any specific eyelash cc/makeup or if you photoshop the lashes on your models? They are stunning!!

Hi, dear anon!! Thanks for your review, I really enjoy reading this!! All my models have best eyelashes by @digitalangels and @an-elegant-simblr, you can download them HERE, HERE and HERE Enjoy!!

[stilllovnsims2]

IS ANYONE USING A LAPTOP WITH RESHADE? IM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH RESHADE WORKING ON SIMS 2, RESHADE WORKS FINE ON MY DESKTOP COMPUTER. WHAT INSTRUCTIONS DID U FOLLOW FOR RESHADE TO WORK ON A LAPTOP FOR TS2?