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I absolutely love Jenba‘s Cat’s Corner and I decided to try and rebuild it in Sims 2. Pretty happy with the result :D

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Do a biopsy on this guy or something idk

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Tank wanted to go into ballet, but his father forced him into the military. 

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... and they were ROOMMATES

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i have problems with one of my discs (ended up replacing it) so i will have to reinstall ts2 after all :')

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more of me struggling to edit textures to fit another mesh. i thought that using the same denim textures might feel a bit repetitive so i used textures by io and misomoso to introduce more variety. the results are unsatisfactory. oh well... :(

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This is Modishkitten Shag, a hair for PU-EU. Mesh 3t2 converted by Trapping and FtM converted by @furbyq-sims + I made bone assignment edits (details under the cut). It's in my Pooklet-Digi-Io palette, I used io’s retexture and some of Digi's recolors. Polycount: 6.3k.

For best optimization, choose only one version. Download for F sims only: SFS / Mega Download for M sims only: SFS / Mega Download for F&M: SFS / Mega Or, since I don't really like this hair on toddlers: Download for F&M without PU: SFS / Mega

All recolors are binned and familied except for Naberius which is in the custom bin. I use Grenade both as a blond for toddlers-adults and as a grey for elders - if you don’t want Grenade for elders, just delete the file that ends with “_grenade_EUgrey”.

More previews & details below.

F (shown in Pipebomb) ↓

M (shown in Volatile) ↓

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Mesh edits

I made bone assignment smoother on CU-EU, this doesn't affect polycount or compatibility with other existing recolors.

Download edited F&M meshes only: SFS / Mega

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wips feat. fuckups

figuring out mapping with mixed results -> my attempts at making texture-only default replacements. textures shown are by Javiera, Io, Aweeshie, Goat. 1) need to find some good tights or leggings textures for the al sweaterdress and work on the small things like wrong color on the inside of the sleeves etc. 2) the textures i put together for the bg outfit look bad to me so i think i have to start over... but i think i could give it jelly sandals. 3) behold the floodfill shoes! the textures are nice enough but i'm thinking maybe it could use different color scheme and some patterns? 4) black dress has horrible pixelization. 5) cowlneck looks ok, i just have to throw together textures for the remaining colors...

the 2 replacements that work fine: al stadium makeup replaced with 2fingerwhiskey's pride makeup and al split dress replaced with nosferatusim's recolors

m's androgyny coat retexture: i adjusted Amaryll's textures and recolored the pants and boots (couldn't figure out mapping tbh). that black coat looks too uniform... it needs varied saturation and visible texture on each part i think. main issue with those: i got too lazy to make packages for the remaining age+gender groups.

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realized recently that bottom-only dresses/outfits are pretty cool when combined with a top like flapper or androgyny (same waist as the default bodyshape so it's a seamless match). this way you immediately get more outfits for different bodyshapes :> (except the textures usually have that shading arnd breasts but maybe it's something one can live with. depending).

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Download: SFS / Mega

Maxis-match default replacement meshes for all the CU Maxis clothing, in separate files so you can pick and choose. They are mesh-only (GMDC) and therefore are compatible with texture-only default replacements as well as recategorizers.

My goal with these was to rework the fat morphs and to iron out some kinks on the normal morphs. I didn't try to alter the fashion. This is my edit of cubodynaked, which I used as reference for everything else:

All the CU clothing from the Ultimate Collection is covered, except cubodydragon because it's ✨flawless✨ already. Default replacements for cutopnaked & cubottomnaked are also included (the meshes used when sims are nude).

About the separates: I took care to match the waist seam with the Maxis tops & bottom meshes so my default replacement separates will work with any CC separates out there.

Some comparison pictures and further details under the cut.

I couldn't possibly show all previews in a tumblr post but you can download all previews here (Google Drive, it's a big archive). It should be obvious by going through them but the pictures whose file name end in "a" show the original Maxis meshes, the ones ending in "b" show my edited meshes.

A few special mentions:

↳ cfbodydressformal. Polycount reduced from 2,376 to 2,266 and clipping eliminated through underskirt optimization.

↳ cmbodysportif. Edit includes the normals fix that Nopke also did here.

↳ cmbodyjacketshortsboots. One of several meshes I made less bulky.

↳ cfbodycowgirlskirt. The fit always seemed a bit off to me.

↳ cfbodyfairydance. One of Maxis's most interesting fat morphs to be sure.

And lastly, a note on cftopblouse & cmtopvneckshortsleeve. They're the two top meshes that show texture bleeding when paired with some bottoms:

[Here shown paired with cubottombaggypants, the only Maxis bottom whose texture mapping goes high enough to cause the issue.]

The cleanest way to fix this from a meshing perspective would be to divide the meshes into 2 groups instead of the single "top" group that Maxis put them on. However, you cannot do that without breaking compatibility with the recolors. So I did not do that and pulled the texture mapping up instead. Unfortunately this quick and dirty fix may not work with some CC bottoms whose mapping still goes too high, but it sould be enough for most.

Oh yeah and the neck seam on cftopblouse, that's fixed too (CatOfEvilGenius fixed that neck seam years ago while keeping the original fat morph).

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📢 Recommended downloads (if you want)

• All EA Clothes for All Kids by @kaluxsims • fixed recolors for cfbodydressspring by HystericalParoxysm

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opened milkshape for the first time in years, tried poking at a mesh (i have those bodyshapes on my mind) and it sucked so bad... better luck next time hopefully?

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i think if mercutio took tybalt to a punk show with him it would change his life forever. maxed body skill + music and dance hobby + inexplicable penchant for pushing people? tybalt doesnt need to be performing at violin recitals or whatever the hell his family wants him to be doing he needs to be in the PIT

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Sims Trivia: According to Lyndsey Pearson way back in the late 2010s, the ‘Bella Goth story’ was inspired by Dynasty in the 1980s.

Stay with me here, this is going to be pretty in depth and may just blow some of your minds.

So Lynsey Pearson did a Q&A session on a fan site named Sim Media way back in 2008. The interview wasn’t very insightful, but she did share some details about the inspiration behind the storylines in The Sims 2.

She explained (when asked what was the inspiration for the storylines in TS2) that pleasant view was this huge tribute to 80s soap operas, with affairs, dramatic encounters and mysteries that were left unresolved.

Bella Goth’s story was inspired by Fallon Carrington in the original Dynasty series. If you’re unaware, dynasty was a true 80s soap and it followed a rich family known as the carrington’s.

So let me explain what happened to Fallon. Fallon was this mysterious, femme fatal character that was seen in the title credits wearing a red dress. She eventually goes missing from the show following a proposition from a guy and the family spend an entire season on the hunt for her. She is abducted by aliens, and she’s plagued by amnesia and can’t remember her family beforehand, or her children. Following her being ‘missing’, she’s replaced by a new actress who is visually different to the character beforehand, but still is seen in the credits wearing that iconic red dress. To add to this, a painted photograph remains inside the family home of the character after she’s been presumed dead following her absence.

Also lets not forget that Mortimer is an old man in the sims 2, who happens to be pursuing and being pursued by a younger blonde female who isn’t wealthy, but the game sets up this marriage. This is the same story as Blake and Crystal in Dynasty.

There are more instances where the soap opera aspect comes into play here, but I found this super interesting and hadn’t heard it mentioned since. Granted, the fan site isn’t around any more, but I was a member at the time. I’d love if she could shed some fresh light on this as the 80s soap opera aspect of Pleasantview has always made it my favourite of all the sims ‘hoods.

So yeah, I thought I’d share this trivia with you guys 🤣

Source:

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i've been trying to re-build my downloads by sorting cc better and being restrictive about what i keep. i'm also working on making texture replacements for clothes (since i use many mesh replacements by rudhira and pforestsims... i always liked my game to still bear some resemblance to the unmodded original). it's just a thing to do after coming back home wiped out after work.

in the meantime. would anyone like to share their objects.package file since that's the file i might have broken somehow and it messes with my game. either the most recent or freetime one (since it's the freetime clothes and objects that have missing textures)?

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My dad sent me this, I just started another New Vegas playthrough and I was literally planning out which areas I might screenshot for TS2 building reference lol

The project has its own subreddit, and it looks to be a hood based on New Vegas? So there's sims & lots, but also an in-progress UI mod that resembles the original Fallout 1 & 2 UI which looks so coooooool but I know UI mods in TS2 are so arduous idk how far along it'll get, or how quickly (they started posting it all 8 days ago lol)

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Realistic Sims 3-4 Inspired Face Templates for the Sims 2! No More Long Faces!

I know some Sims 2 players like the long-face cartoony look of the sims in the Sims 2... but I personally don't. It inhibits me from making people that look real and unique. So behold! New DEFAULT face templates for the Sims 2!

Features: 1. Inspired by different faces around the world. I wanted the faces to be as diverse as possible 2. No more gender differences! Maxis Face Templates makes it so that when you switch from Female to Male, the brows go sooo looww, the nose, chin and jaw gets soo big, and the lips become nonexistent basically. Well no more! 3. All faces have the same proportions (same eye, nose, and chin height) so you can mix and match all of the faces and you won't end up with an unproportionate sim! 4. Includes default alien face template replacement as well! Watch Video for reference:

Before Installing: 1. Take any default face templates you currently have in your game if any. 2. Gonna look ugly if you make children with my face template and maxis'. The outcome is gonna look unproportional so don't do that Suggestions: 1. Use my cc skintones + Magic Theatre Eyes by CuriousB (Default). This is what I use, but feel free to experiment with other. 2. Remove all pre-made townies (video by PleasantSims) so that your game can generate new sims with my face templates 3. Download hair replacements since Maxis' hair has a high hairline. 4. Works best if you prefer to create your own custom neighborhood from scratch. Since Maxis neighborhoods have sims with the default long faces. 5. I prefer to create Sims in BodyShop and not In-game 6. Credit to all the Simmers who've made custom face sliders! It's what I used to make these faces, and I suggest you download them here. 7. Download Treeag's Hider for Maxis Sims. Which hides the sims that Maxis created so that your CAS and Bodyshop will only have Sims that you've created yourself This has been one year in the making. When I started, the toddler and child face templates were royally messed up, so I had to painstakingly edit all 28, then, male and female sims look different so I had to manually change them all as well to eliminate all that. This took me months of not playing the game to finish making this. This is what I have been using in my game and so I'm just sharing it here in case anyone wants them as well.

For any feedback and suggestions, message me on Bluesky.

DOWNLOAD (Mediafire)

Credit to Argon for the face template fixes, which I've included in the download since other face template replacements also include them in their downloads.

Note: Might change either Face Template 22 or 23, but idk what. If you have any face-suggestions let me know. Next thing on my list is recolors of CuriousB's Magic Theatre Eyes and Default face replacement for the pollination technician and ideal plantsim. Alien face template for PT replacement and face 26 for ID replacement. WIP

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I just had to share this mod because I thought it was hilarious,

Rod Humble Trips on the Sidewalk and Dies by riperiperi