#v2.5

[divergent-paths]

The most comprehensive deep-dive into Pk-Text is undoubtedly over here at Pkmn aaah! which I think is very good reading as they've defo done their homework, and have several poke-fonts available for anyone to use, whilst in this specific instance, they are the source of the Thraex font, which we use here more extensively. Meanwhile, another deep dive is right here on tumblr, with the font available to DL through their post here. It's another great read, as they cover IPA usage in relation to the letters.

Ultimately, Dia and I went for a more aesthetic middle ground between these two sets that matched what we saw popping up in more prominent game signage across both Galar/Paldea, aiming to have a set for this comic that was consistent enough that everyone could decipher if they wished.

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As for Franz, MAN. It's been a long time since I drew him like that, and fully rendered, no less lmao. It was an interesting exercise to go through the old design and remember the quirks I had in place. A couple of the quirks he had at the time were that he was supposed to always be drawn with a fake smile (until the plot finally dropped), any goofiness was purely to disarm people and make him seem incompetent to lower their guard, his outfits were all meant to be recognisably expensive in order to show a level of detachment from the average person, and one quirk that he still has today is that he fiddles with his shirt cuffs or wristwatch when he's anxious or irritated.

Since I'd pulled up old ref anyway, I also checked the dates on things, and he really did pull Chairman Rose's 'secretly bad but not completely evil' villain routine six full years before those games came out. :'D For the rest of his backstory, Franz was technically about 4-ish years into freedom/recovery when Alex came into the picture. He'd had very little progress and was still feared/hated by numerous people before the boy came into his life, so it's no exaggeration to say Alex is the one that spurred his change and allowed the real Franz to finally come to the surface. Considering that everything was settled before Alex/Max were born, the boys only have vague knowledge of what occurred as the adults are reluctant to speak on the details until they're old enough to handle it. The vagueness has led to something of an in-family joke where 'allegedly' is thrown about liberally on any talk of mischief or criminal acts, fictional or otherwise. And lastly, in before the ask, no, there is nowhere to read Franz's backstory because as much as I'd love to have it out there, I'm only one person with too many ideas and not enough time or hands to draw everything, and I really want to focus on Alex & Max's story here.

[coolnameorsomethinglol]

DJ Hallybird and Juno Songs

[thelocal-idot]

Okay hear me out fic idea.

Character and their stupidly devoted idiot confessing to each other.

"There is no me without you"

"Are you saying what i think you are..?"

"I would literally kms-"

"What." <- character thinking that they were going to profess their love for one another

"What did you think I was going to say..?"

[sassie-sims]

Inside the restaurant there were more guests standing around and waiting for the host to guide them to a table. However there was no host to be seen! Had the host he had hired yesterday not turned up? Well that was something Devin would have to solve later, first he had to hire a replacement right now! Devin apologized to the waiting guests and told them that the host would arrive shortly. Devin then quickly made a phone call to hire an immediate replacement. The new host would come over right away and would be at the restaurant in a few minutes. While he was waiting on the host, Devin talked to the guests about the restaurant and it’s menu. Upon arrival the new host didn’t need much instruction from Devin, she introduced herself as Izumi Nakayama and asked where her workstation was and then she went to work right away. Is seems like she had done this before! Devin left her to her work and went to a quiet spot in the restaurant to call his first host Amy Ishida and tell her that she was fired because she hadn’t showed up today!

[lavenderatampa]

mindy the cockatiel info

[archivist-on-guard]

BLOG UPDATE! ACTIVITY SOON!

((Hi, guys! This blog was made before the release of V2.4! I had the AU in mind long before that!

I guess I'm reworking it now? It's a good thing I put actually doing anything here on hold :T

Yes it did take me like a month to get around to finishing 2.5 lol, but I will start kicking this into gear after the rework! Please feel free to send things in now and I will get to them after everything is settled again!))

Reason for rework below, in case you don't know or forgot or... just didn't process it, since it was literally one piece of dialogue in passing:

Lingsha's master wanted to do experiments on Dan Heng to preserve Dan Feng's memories through the rebirth* >:( can't be original anywhere no more :,(

EDIT: I didn't grab screenshots myself because I was in shock they just did that to us and had autoplay on, so I went and found a playthrough for a transcript

Jing Yuan: But did your mentor tell you... her "good intentions" led her to perform certain healing arts on Dan Heng, who had just finished his hatching rebirth, so that he would regain the memories of his past life? DH + LS: What did you just say? Jing Yuan: She believed that restoring the High Elder's knowledge of his past life would allow the Viyadhara to resume their duty as the guardians of the Ambrosial Arbor, quelling the strife within their clan and bringing everything back on the right path.

*As stated above I didn't screenshot it so I forgot the exact words. This was, unfortunately, the exact line of thought I had when I initially made this AU, minus the Lingsha part.

[violent-kurumi]

@mintythetiredgrizzcoworker

Trust nobody, not even yourself

[arcanistsanctum]

Noire Initial Sprites & Signature Character to be released on Global V2.5

[probablyasocialecologist]

On Monday, SAG-AFTRA filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board against Epic subsidiary Llama Productions for implementing an AI-generated Darth Vader voice in Fortnite on Friday without first notifying or bargaining with the union, as their contract requires. Llama Productions is the official signatory to SAG-AFTRA's collective bargaining agreement for Fortnite, making it legally responsible for adhering to the union's terms regarding the employment of voice actors and other performers.

[...]

The union's complaint comes just days after the feature sparked a separate controversy when players discovered that they could manipulate the AI into using profanity and inappropriate language until Epic quickly implemented a fix. The AI-controlled in-game character uses Google's Gemini 2.0 to generate dialogue and ElevenLabs' Flash v2.5 AI model trained on the voice of the late James Earl Jones to speak real-time responses to player questions. For voice actors who previously portrayed Darth Vader in video games, the Fortnite feature starkly illustrates how AI voice synthesis could reshape their profession. While James Earl Jones created the iconic voice for films, at least 54 voice actors have performed as Vader in various media games over the years when Jones wasn't available—work that could vanish if AI replicas become the industry standard.

19 May 2025

[swisccfinds]

TODDLER Traits Pack V2.5 by Vicky Sims

I love this mod because this gives your gameplay more traits for toddlers which can be very realistic to toddlers traits that they would normally have in the real world!

Creator's notes-

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🐣  A total of 20 Toddler Age-Exclusive Custom Traits.

They are all base game compatible.

All my Custom Traits Packs are compatible with any other mods.

Provided with CAS Traits version and Reward Traits version that can be used together

To add the reward version to toddlers, you need to use my Traits Picker or AddTraitsMenu.

Traits name in a colored font is the reward version; Traits name not in the colored font is the CAS version

Mod Review by CindySims on YouTube

Mod Review by Kimikosoma on YouTube

Changelog July 16, 2022:

V2.5:

Added Russian translations by coregirl. Thank you!

Check Past Changelogs 

👑  Full Details of TODDLER Traits Pack 

💠 Check out All Custom Traits Pack by Me

❓ What's the difference between Original (CAS) and Reward Version?

Not Required but Recommended Mods:

My Lifetime Traits is a mod to assign corresponding personality traits when toddlers grow up to child age. You can still edit the auto-assigned traits in the aging-up UI if you don't like them!

My More CAS Traits is a tuning mod that allows your Sims to have more than 3 Personality (CAS) traits without script or changes to UI.

My Custom Traits in Club Filter let you set all Preferences, Lifestyles, Parenthood Phases, University Diploma/Degree, Ghost/Death Types, Rewards, and Aspirations Bonus Traits from the base-game and packs as well as custom traits made by me and many other creators' traits as the club requirement.

My Sorted Traits Picker allows you to add traits to your Sims categorized by game packs,  cc trait packs, and their creators, without going through a long list of AddTraitsMenu.

My Mass Traits Remover helps you to remove traits from your Sims/Pets in bulk, without clicking on remove traits one by one with other cheat traits mod.

My Holiday Tradition Override makes custom traits affecting the Love and Ignoration (Does Not Care) of Holiday Traditions. E.g. Aromantic Sims no longer want to celebrate any love day tradition, Hostile Sims love the fighting tradition, etc.

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Translations and Credits:

Icons are from icons8.com.

Brazilian Portuguese Translation by FlaSimsBR. (merged in the mod) Thank you!

Chinese translation中文翻译 by 小好 Lois. (merged in the mod) Thank you! 感谢！

Dutch translation by GothiqueAngel. (merged in the mod) Thank you!

German Translation by Capichan. (merged in the mod) Thank you!

Italian translation by Rahl81. (merged in the mod) Thank you!

Polish translations by rhevv. (merged in the mod) Thank you!

Russian translations by coregirl. (merged in the mod) Thank you!

Spanishtranslation by CindySims. (merged in the mod) Thank you!

French translation by Saki and Kimikosoma here. Francophones ? Vous trouverez chez Kimikosoma, dans la partie "Traits par Chingyu", les différentes traductions des traits. A mettre dans le même dossier que les mods concernés ! Thank you!

If you use a separated translation package, download the mod as usual and also put the translation package directly in your Mod folder.

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DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS:

You can use both the CAS version and Reward version of Toddler Traits.

Put the package into less than FIVE folders deep in your Mod Folder.

To add the reward version to toddlers, you need to use my Traits Picker or AddTraitsMenu.

Download 下載 (You can use both or either one.)

(this one describes my toddler in real life LOL)

Thank you to Vicky Sims for adding realistic traits for toddlers that comes with moodlets! Show them some love and support before downloading!

download - patreon

[simplysusiiie]

Language Barriers V2.5 by Frankk

Overview

Okay, Let's be realist there should be more languages within the sims world? Or am I just a weirdo thinking the sims are real...

Either way, Frankk has kindly made a mod making that possible! Because if Ciudad Enamorada is based in Latin America. & Nordhaven is based around Scandinavian Cities then they don't speak the same language? So naturally they speak different languages, right?

So that's exactly why I downloaded this mod! & I can honestly say it didn't disappoint me! There are so many languages to choose from

These are:

Komorebigo - Sims from Mt. Komorebi (Japan)

Nordska - Sims from Nordhaven (Swedish,Danish)

Ravena - Sims from Ravenwood (Romanian)

Selvadoradian - Sims from Salvadorada (Spanish)

Simlish - Default language (English)

Sixami - Sims from outter space

Tartosiano - Sims from Tartosa (Italian)

Toki Sulani - Sims from Sulani (Hawaiian)

Tomaru - Sims from Tomarang (Southeast Asian)

Windenburgish - Sims from Windenburg (German)

** MAKE SURE YOU ENABLE LANGUAGE BARRIES ON YOUR SIM OTHERWISE YOU'LL JUST SPEAK SMLISH **

⬆��You can also learn the languages that was mentioned⬆️

How to install

Download file, if needed unzip/extract

Drag file(s) into your mods folder (Documents > EA Games > The Sims 4 > Mods)

** SCRIPTED MODS CAN ONLY BE ONE SUBFOLDER DEEP **

Requirements

None

Conflict

None

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[ordinorultor-if]

V2 is here!

UPDATE BAYBEE

Had a lot of fun with this one.

Next update will probably be a bit smaller. There was one sidequest I wanted to add in this update but I realized that learning HTML a bit better would serve that sidequest well (dear god I need to learn arrays) so I pushed it back to V2.5. So yeah, V2.5, coming no later than 8/8/25, will add a sidequest, hopefully update a whole bunch of backend stuff, and possibly move forward into ch2 a little? Not quite sure on that one yet.

Anyways, I hope everyone enjoys. Don't forget that we have a Discord server now, and I would be very thankful if you were to toss a few dollars my way over on Patreon (which grants you the privilege of being able to play updates a week early - and may also come with an extra goody soon...).

Changelog:

Your duchy now has stats! You can see stats relating to Akize's income, military, and treasury.

The story continues, and chapter 1 concludes:

Dux Akize and F's deal concludes, and the Praetor is exposed.

An unexpected guest from a foreign land has a conversation with Dux Akize...

A meeting of the council is called to weather an oncoming storm.

Dux Akize has a strange dream - or perhaps it is a vision of the past?

Petitioners come ask for aid, and Dux Akize makes a choice on if and how to help.

[sassie-sims]

When it was time to close the restaurant, reality hit Devin hard. Burdened by exhaustion and grief, Devin dragged himself back home. He had worn himself out completely, and fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow, totally unaware of the plans his wife had made for tomorrow.

The restaurant has a small profit tonight, but the rating had increased to 4,5 stars! Maybe it’s time to increase the food prices?

[lavenderatampa]

I forgot the dog teeth I’m sorry

dog teeth

I love dog teeth

[kazanti]

My boy was so hype in v2.5 that I contracted tachycardia

the apple of my 眼睛 (yanjing = eye) fr

[an-ev-ent-full-time]

pls pls pls pls i need it for tritations and nothing else i SWEAR

@an-ev-ent-full-time :3