#vandermorgan household

[neosimi]

on their first day reunited, olive took lyla out to the cafe to grab a quick bite. lyla obviously missed human food, a lot. 

[lasudio]

StrangeSpot, Round One: Specter

Olive guides Lyla through her new way of “life”, Ophelia studies floristry, and Ripp and Buck officially take their mother’s name and become Vandermorgans. With one of the town’s coven witches as their matriarch, this newly formed household can sleep soundly - when they’re not being woken by the garden spirits, of course.

[annieshowell]

"The Vandermorgans came from a powerful lineage that fell from grace. Now the expectation is on Lyla, so she can get some of that power back through (forced) connections."

[heromonty]

RIPP GRUNT -> RIPLEY VANDERMORGAN

GRUNT II -> VANDERMORGAN

oh and here’s jill’s makeover lmao

[dreadpirate]

Truth-seekers move to Strangetown hoping to discover the secrets the town holds. Do aliens live among us? Do missing Sims mysteriously appear here? In this town nothing is what it seems.

ALT STRANGETOWN V2 [Main Hood | Subhood]

The last of the revamps of the three TS2 base game neighborhoods is finally complete (Alt Pleasantview V2, Alt Veronaville V2). 

I don’t really play Strangetown that very often so I didn’t know what I could offer here. Then inspiration struck and Alt Strangetown V2 was born. Click here to view the household photos.

More info under the cut.

Required CC:

Life Stories Buy Bundle

Life Stories Build Bundle

Alt Strangetown V2 CC Bundle

The rest of the required CC is included in the folder

Required Mods:

Creature Fixes (to make Jill Smith's eyes work properly): 

Slot Mods: by hafiseazale, by Gwenke

Recommended Mods:

No witch overlay (or a witch overlay replacement of your choice): 

No werewolf hair

No personality change for werewolves (to keep the premades' personalities after transforming): 

Witch No Change Outfit (Alternate Version)

KNOWN ISSUES:

The graves may disappear upon first loading the lot. If this happens, just run the lot through HoodChecker and the graves should be back

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:

for main hood (ALST):  Put directly in your Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Neighborhoods folder.

for shopping district (SDST): Put in your -INSTALL LOCATION-\The Sims 2 Open For Business\TSData\Res\NeighborhoodTemplate folder.

FOR ULTIMATE COLLECTION USERS: follow the same instructions, except your base game folder is under Origin Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\Double Deluxe\Base, and your OFB folder is under Origin Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\Best for Business\EP3

Changelog:

Some Strangetown sims have been turned into supernaturals:

Zombies: Lyla Vandermorgan

Vampires: Loki Beaker, Erin Beaker

Werewolves: Lazlo Curious, Kristen Loste, Ajay Loner

Plantsims: Vidcund Curious

Witches: Jenny Smith (Good), Circe Beaker (Neutral), Olive Specter (Evil)

New/Moved-In Sims:

Beaker: Atom and Ceres Beaker (children) have been added in, as is Cyclotron Beaker (Servo)

Curious: Crystal Vu has been moved into the Curious house

Specter: Lyla Grunt has been “resurrected” and is staying with Ripp and Buck Grunt in the Specter home

Grunt: The household has been split up (see info on the Specter household)

Appearance Changes:

Jenny Smith (new face, skintone changed from S1 to S2, eye color changed from natural green to natual gray + green contacts. contacts should be repositoried to your default eye colors)

Jill Smith (new face, skintone changed from S1 to S2, eye color changed from green to alien)

Johnny Smith (eye color changed from green to gray)

Vidcund Curious (eye color changed from light blue to gray)

Loki Beaker (eyebrows raised a few clicks)

Nervous Subject (skintone changed from S1 to S4)

Erin Beaker (new face)

Lola Curious (new face)

Chloe Curious (new face)

Other changes:

Makeovers for all occupied residential lots

Non-randomized outerwear

Gender preference changes (too many to list)

Turn-ons, Turn-offs, and LTWs that make sense

Basic makeovers given to all sims (mostly to utilize the EP content)

A couple of sims have secondary aspirations (only if it makes sense for the person)

Pets added to most households

Various relationship changes

Some changes to memories to reflect new relationships

Singles household, Ajay Loner, and all Teens are given jobs

Maxed out Paranormal interest for Jenny Smith and Erin Beaker (WHY did they give them low interest points in that???)

Credits:

@meetmetotheriver for the hood template used

the following for inspiration for the lot and sim makeovers: @katatty, @frottana-sims, @strangetomato, eight/homekeys @ discord, @/vidcunds

those at the Katrina Caliente Hate Club discord server who help playtest this hood

[simstationdance]

Meanwhile, back at the Vandermorgan household...

[gutosimmer]

It's Vandermorgan time!

EVERY single household I play, has the want to have a baby, and BURNS THE FIRST MEAL THEY COOK!

Oh look! Lyla came home from school! Wait... Is that... JOY DESPRET?!!?!!? what are you doing here?

Ok...Another try for baby, I hope Jacqueline can get pregnant, she is In her 40's, so the chances are getting low...

GREAT! At least you have a little bit more money when the baby comes!

Bye Lyla, hopefully I can focus on you In college lol

[neosimi]

olive resurrected lyla after pulling some supernatural strings. 

[annieshowell]

at work, a.p. rolls a chance card

YAY HE GOT THE PROMOTION! and let's end this round here :D

[annieshowell]

after dinner lyla went to her room and put on her pajamas

"dear diary, for a change my parents keep hounding me about my relationship with buzz. they talk about marriage all the time and they keep saying that this will be good for me, but i know they just want everything that will come as a bonus with their daughter marrying a general's son. buzz and i started dating not even a week ago, why do i already have to think about marriage? i just want to finish high school and go to college, i don't want to think about marriage right now, especially with a guy that i don't even know if i really want to spend the rest of my life with. and now my mom has decided that i'm helpless and can't walk around alone, and that i have to spend 24 hours with buzz because he can protect me if anything happens... i hate it"

[annieshowell]

after the bar lyla went to the h&m store in the center to buy some new clothes

and then she went home because it was already getting dark

[annieshowell]

you decide what she's singing

[annieshowell]

so lyla went to the golden rattlesnake, a bar made by @katatty

"hey mullet boy see me a blended drink please"

"for teenagers only non-alcoholic drink"

"*rolls eyes* ok whatever"

[annieshowell]

buzz and his family left and lyla decided to go out to be alone for a while

[annieshowell]

[annieshowell]

before working, a.p. decided to call the maid service and hire someone to take care of the house and thanks to the antiredundancy mod, it's the same redhead guy from every house in strangetown, jesus this guy works very hard