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[withlovefromsimtown]

I'm convinced that making a shitty music video with the sims 2 would fix me

[withlovefromsimtown]

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but do you have custom versions of your trenchcoat and tomboy goth outfit defaults by any chance?

I believe both of them (or at least one of them?) have been made custom by other folks & the ones that have been made custom will exist somewhere in my clothing tag. I'm not up for the struggle of searching Tumblr tonight. I'll follow up if I can bring my 2 brain cells to Tumblr at any point tonight, but you're always welcome to make your own custom versions if you'd like... it's super easy, little bit of light data entry & then just making a recolor in Bodyshop.

[withlovefromsimtown]

It is actually possible to install Windows 7 on new hardware! It takes a bit of doing, a valid key, & some type of Physical Media (USB drive works). I did have to flash the BIOS the last time I did it a couple years ago & I messed around in the registry to forcibly enable DX11 just, for purposes, but if you wanna get real comfy with customizing your tech it can be done.

Anybody else have a growing fear of updating their tech cuz everything seems to be getting worse and worse

[withlovefromsimtown]

still struggling A LOT. low on food and gas for transportation. not all bills paid. brother is looking into an employment agency. i have applied for ssi and uploaded my level 1 autism diagnosis breakdown and am hopeful, but the ssa is slow moving.

amazon wishlist for food - please let me know if you purchase something for me, although if you're too anxious i understand.

paypal.me/furbyq cashapp: $furbyq venmo: @/furbyq

gofundme - all money from this so far has gone to march and april's bills.

please reblog this if you can. i am not fucking with you, i am literally a disabled person who is trying to find a way to make it.

[withlovefromsimtown]

9️⃣ people I want to get to know better!! ✨

Thanks for tagging me @ghostwoohoo !

last song: Conflict Instigation by Grendel

favourite colour: Black, it goes with everything.

currently watching: I'm between things, I had some suggestions for a new series to start but as soon as I saw this question the suggestions all flew outta my brain (thanks ADHD!) so I'll probably just rewatch all of Futurama again.

last movie: I rewatched The Last Unicorn (again, for probably the millionth time in my life) a few weeks back.

sweet, savory, sour?: Sour candy, forever.

currently reading: I've mostly been reading legalese recently? I'd say "for funsies" but it's really not all that fun, I'm just curious. Mostly stuff regarding banking regulations.

relationship: I have a partner, somewhere. (The partner is out Doing Stuff while I'm writing this lol.)

current obsession: The stupid lavender Starbucks drink.

last google: Relocating the silicone rings I bought, to link to my sibling, because they were interested in getting a set.

currently working on: Pajamas & plants. I'll let you take some wild guesses which one is irl & which one is in Sims.

Tagging: Anyone who wants to answer some questions! I'm not sure who's been tagged & who hasn't, so feel free to jump in if it interests you.

[withlovefromsimtown]

I have a few things I've been (slowly) working on but figured I'd check in with Current Life Events.

Been dealing with what I've dubbed the City Sewer Worker Saga, which basically boils down to a subcontractor company supposedly laying new sewer pipe but actually doing absolute dumbshit behind my house, destroying things & making a mess, because they are accountable to nobody & above consequences.

"Someone" jammed a hex key (the little L shaped thing that you use to assemble Ikea furniture?) into one of my car's tires... which destroyed the tire. I got it fixed (well, I called my dad & he arranged the tire swap & hauled it to the shop lol), it was just expensive.

So as to those first 2 points, had some friends out to help me install security cameras.

Had a minor medical event with the 23-year-old cat, because he has arthritis now. He's fine & on a prescription painkiller for it, he was just expensive.

Been collecting & propagating plants, again, for my Yard Project, between tearing my hands to bits on the shovel leveling things out to make it all work. Unfortunately the "Actually I would pirate a plant" of it all is a lot faster & easier than the "Digging in the absolute garbage ground" part so I keep giving various plant shoots to people because I have So Many.

My body finally said "no more of this" & decided to throw me basically a prolonged muscle cramp or spasm through my trapezius muscle which was debilitating for about 3 weeks. I'm a little better now but still dealing with soreness & aches.

Currently I'm doing a bit more yardwork & housework here & there but mostly have been just hanging around being in pain & stretching when I'm able to.

[withlovefromsimtown]

"i have been especially curious about individual players thoughts behind considering sims 4 style hair (and other stuff) a "match" for sim 2" I mostly consider TS4 Black hairstyles (protective, natural, braided/dreaded) as being MM to TS2 with some slight textural changes, because otherwise we have a gaping void, but hair texture is the main place I deviate - I'm a Pooklet palette Guy. I think I can make a cromulent texture, probably, for any hairs I touch to be swapped to any palette because Pooklet Volatile is a near-universal base at this point, but I'll back down if someone has something else to say since Pooklet isn't really truly Maxis-Match.

"since you said you applied things you learned before to the sims, has that 'knowledge' changed in the years since? like newer software for example?" Maya was a trashfire program when I learned it & 3DS Max is where triangles go to burn in hell. I don't do a lot out of Milkshape & Blender because I don't have to, & those are both preferable in UI, layout, & functionality for everything I do.

👽questions for sim 2 players👽

‼️THIS IS NOT A SURVEY OR QUESTIONNAIRE‼️ you can answer whichever questions you'd like in whichever way you'd like, and feel free to add on to your answers in any way you'd like - share as much or as little about your sims 2-ing as you want, i am keen to hear it all! 👂👀👂

📻audio📻

do you listen to music/streams/podcasts/tv/etc. while playing? if so, is it stuff you would also be listening to if you were doing something else, or do you listen to specific things while playing sims 2?

conversely, do you listen to the sims 2 soundtrack when you're not playing the sims 2?

📺visual📺

if you have little or no cc or other visual changes to your game, are there particular reasons? e.g. disk space/performance, nostalgia/just prefer the vanilla vibe, etc.

if you use a lot of 4t2 and/or 3t2 cc are there any particular reasons? e.g. you play the other game and also want the same stuff in the sims 2, you don't have the other game but want the other game's stuff that you've seen, you prefer the aesthetic of the other game but prefer the gameplay of the sims 2, you feel like eaxis content from the other games is part of the same "set" as the sims 2, you just prefer clay hair, etc.

if you use the vibrant, colourful, and lower contrast? aesthetic that's often called "maxis match", does it actually "match" the sims 2 in your view/experience of the game or do you consider it "maxis match" in the sense of the whole sims series? alternatively, do you not consider it "maxis match" and just prefer the colour and brightness? if so are there any particular reasons? e.g. it reminds you of a game or other media that you like, it gives you a feeling/vibe that you like, etc.

if you use cc that isn't the "maxis match" style mentioned above, but that you consider "maxis match", are there any particular traits that qualify/disqualify "maxis match" cc for you?

if you use "realistic" or "alpha" cc, would you consider your "aim" to be to make the sims 2 game more like real life, or to make a version of real life in the sims 2? alternatively, do you just like the aesthetic, are you used to using "alpha" cc in other sims games, or is "alpha" cc something that is nostalgic for you?

📖experience📖

do your real life experiences influence the way you alter and/or play the sims 2? e.g. adding or replacing stuff with cc that is more familiar to your location and/or culture, making sims, families, builds, or stories that are familiar to you, etc. alternatively, do you have a game that is removed from from your real life experiences? e.g. fantasy, non-human, historical, etc.

do you use the skills you use for sims 2 gameplay/content creation for work/school/other hobbies? e.g. image/video editing, 3D modelling, coding, making/using spreadsheets, writing, internet research, etc. if so, does that influence the way you use your skills? e.g. software, habits/best practices, decreased/increased motivation, etc.

📠mentions📠

@heyoniina, @ennysimmer, @trofysisters, @mocuna-sims, @itschaniesims, @phoebe-twiddle, @squeezleprime, @withlovefromsimtown, @funderberkersims, @kindreddarling

i have just tagged the people that interacted with my posts asking if people would be interested in answering questions, but ‼️if anyone sees these questions and would like to answer them, please do‼️ ‼️especially if we are mutuals‼️ ‼️also please @maisims2 with your answers so i can read them‼️

thank you for your time 🥰

[withlovefromsimtown]

Oh this is an interesting one! Answering. @maisims2

📻audio📻

I am listening to everything BUT Sims while I'm playing Sims. Sometimes I'm picking through work (which I do have to listen to), sometimes music, sometimes I have a movie or show or Youtube on the 2nd screen.

I very rarely ever listen to the music from the game; in fact I don't play with the sound on most of the time. I've heard it all so many times I don't need to listen to it again.

📺visual📺

Just by the sheer amount of GBs, I've made more CC than some people have in their whole game. This doesn't apply to me lol.

I've pretty much sworn off everything but hair & select Build/Buy items from other games, I don't like the way it looks in TS2 for the most part.

I think having made a color action palette that matches the cheap toilet maybe automatically qualifies me as a Maxis Match person?

Maxis Match can just be things with similar polycounts & similar textures to that of the original game. Some of the stuff from later EPs doesn't even "match" all that well, just look at the Apartment Life clothing versus the BG clothing! It's not an exclusive club, so long as you're using a little bit of Maxis texture in there somewhere you can be in it.

I steer away from the "realistic" things because I just don't like photoskinned or high-poly clothing & that tends to pop up a lot in those circles. You don't really need much to make the game look good.

📖experience📖

Yeah! I build a lot of weird houses, & specifically weird rooms that mirror places I've been IRL. If you download a house of mine & look at a bathroom or kitchen like "who would build a room like that, it's nonsensical & weird", it's probably a little bit like my grandma's house or my friend's coworker's apartment or the house we did Scout meetings at as a kid, or something lol.

I'm older than the Sims so more often it's the other way around - learning how to apply something I learned a little bit of before back to whatever I'm doing in Sims. My insistence on automating as much of the process as possible (Photoshop actions! WSOs!) is probably the one thing I really picked up mostly from making Sims content.

📠mentions📠

This is a fun one, I'd be interested in seeing answers from anyone who's interested in answering.

👽questions for sim 2 players👽

‼️THIS IS NOT A SURVEY OR QUESTIONNAIRE‼️ you can answer whichever questions you'd like in whichever way you'd like, and feel free to add on to your answers in any way you'd like - share as much or as little about your sims 2-ing as you want, i am keen to hear it all! 👂👀👂

📻audio📻

do you listen to music/streams/podcasts/tv/etc. while playing? if so, is it stuff you would also be listening to if you were doing something else, or do you listen to specific things while playing sims 2?

conversely, do you listen to the sims 2 soundtrack when you're not playing the sims 2?

📺visual📺

if you have little or no cc or other visual changes to your game, are there particular reasons? e.g. disk space/performance, nostalgia/just prefer the vanilla vibe, etc.

if you use a lot of 4t2 and/or 3t2 cc are there any particular reasons? e.g. you play the other game and also want the same stuff in the sims 2, you don't have the other game but want the other game's stuff that you've seen, you prefer the aesthetic of the other game but prefer the gameplay of the sims 2, you feel like eaxis content from the other games is part of the same "set" as the sims 2, you just prefer clay hair, etc.

if you use the vibrant, colourful, and lower contrast? aesthetic that's often called "maxis match", does it actually "match" the sims 2 in your view/experience of the game or do you consider it "maxis match" in the sense of the whole sims series? alternatively, do you not consider it "maxis match" and just prefer the colour and brightness? if so are there any particular reasons? e.g. it reminds you of a game or other media that you like, it gives you a feeling/vibe that you like, etc.

if you use cc that isn't the "maxis match" style mentioned above, but that you consider "maxis match", are there any particular traits that qualify/disqualify "maxis match" cc for you?

if you use "realistic" or "alpha" cc, would you consider your "aim" to be to make the sims 2 game more like real life, or to make a version of real life in the sims 2? alternatively, do you just like the aesthetic, are you used to using "alpha" cc in other sims games, or is "alpha" cc something that is nostalgic for you?

📖experience📖

do your real life experiences influence the way you alter and/or play the sims 2? e.g. adding or replacing stuff with cc that is more familiar to your location and/or culture, making sims, families, builds, or stories that are familiar to you, etc. alternatively, do you have a game that is removed from from your real life experiences? e.g. fantasy, non-human, historical, etc.

do you use the skills you use for sims 2 gameplay/content creation for work/school/other hobbies? e.g. image/video editing, 3D modelling, coding, making/using spreadsheets, writing, internet research, etc. if so, does that influence the way you use your skills? e.g. software, habits/best practices, decreased/increased motivation, etc.

📠mentions📠

@heyoniina, @ennysimmer, @trofysisters, @mocuna-sims, @itschaniesims, @phoebe-twiddle, @squeezleprime, @withlovefromsimtown, @funderberkersims, @kindreddarling

i have just tagged the people that interacted with my posts asking if people would be interested in answering questions, but ‼️if anyone sees these questions and would like to answer them, please do‼️ ‼️especially if we are mutuals‼️ ‼️also please @maisims2 with your answers so i can read them‼️

thank you for your time 🥰

[withlovefromsimtown]

The ENVy Dress

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: Pick ONLY ONE. >>Default Replacement Version<<  Replaces DressFormalTrumpet for Teen & YA. You still get all the extras. The extras are decustomized & pinned to Uni. YA default dresses are expanded to include Adults. >>Pinned-to-Uni Version<< Everything pinned to Uni, replaces nothing. Multishoe Repo Kit is included in both packages. You need these, don't delete them. -Note: If you ALREADY HAVE the Multishoe Repo files from any of my previous posts, SOME of these will be duplicates. You can overwrite the duplicates, but you will still need the unique shoes from this download. Custom ENVcubes by @crispsandkerosene included with thanks.

If you liked it, maybe Buy Me A Coffee.

More info under the cut.

Includes:

Dress mesh for AFEA, TFEA, AMTr, & TMTr, which each have all 3 morphs.

24 dress options for AF & TF. 12 dress options for AMTr & TMTr.

As always, the gender tag of the Trans meshes only indicates the clothing category they reside in. Where this outfit occurs in your Sim’s journey is up to you, as the player & the storyteller.

9 shoe options on each mesh.

The AMTr/TMTr recolors only use 3 of the shoes, but all 9 options are present in the mesh. Go wild recoloring or shoe-swapping in easy mode.

The AF/TF dress options with Vans, Converse, & Combat Boots should not be "Towniefied"; your Sim won't grow up into them.

Formal Only.

Why I did this: I got the ENVcube working on clothing. I pinned it to Uni because it looks more like a homecoming or prom dress, but in a pinch it would probably also make a good bridesmaid dress - if your Sims don't hate their bridesmaids. Dealbreaker: I didn't Towniefy the Trans meshes. Sorry, but the male clothing bin is so bleak that if I had done so, this dress would overpower the (clearly inferior) tuxedos/suits.

[withlovefromsimtown]

The ENVy Dress

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: Pick ONLY ONE. >>Default Replacement Version<<  Replaces DressFormalTrumpet for Teen & YA. You still get all the extras. The extras are decustomized & pinned to Uni. YA default dresses are expanded to include Adults. >>Pinned-to-Uni Version<< Everything pinned to Uni, replaces nothing. Multishoe Repo Kit is included in both packages. You need these, don't delete them. -Note: If you ALREADY HAVE the Multishoe Repo files from any of my previous posts, SOME of these will be duplicates. You can overwrite the duplicates, but you will still need the unique shoes from this download. Custom ENVcubes by @crispsandkerosene included with thanks.

If you liked it, maybe Buy Me A Coffee.

More info under the cut.

Includes:

Dress mesh for AFEA, TFEA, AMTr, & TMTr, which each have all 3 morphs.

24 dress options for AF & TF. 12 dress options for AMTr & TMTr.

As always, the gender tag of the Trans meshes only indicates the clothing category they reside in. Where this outfit occurs in your Sim’s journey is up to you, as the player & the storyteller.

9 shoe options on each mesh.

The AMTr/TMTr recolors only use 3 of the shoes, but all 9 options are present in the mesh. Go wild recoloring or shoe-swapping in easy mode.

The AF/TF dress options with Vans, Converse, & Combat Boots should not be "Towniefied"; your Sim won't grow up into them.

Formal Only.

Why I did this: I got the ENVcube working on clothing. I pinned it to Uni because it looks more like a homecoming or prom dress, but in a pinch it would probably also make a good bridesmaid dress - if your Sims don't hate their bridesmaids. Dealbreaker: I didn't Towniefy the Trans meshes. Sorry, but the male clothing bin is so bleak that if I had done so, this dress would overpower the (clearly inferior) tuxedos/suits.

[withlovefromsimtown]

Suddenly I have a new list of fantastic terrible names.

ahhhh these are too good

Two Point Campus has "cliques" for the students, like goth/jock/greaser/nerd/etc., but there's also groups specific to an area of study like Robotics or Cooking

and every single one has their own individual naming conventions

[withlovefromsimtown]

Edits over Edits - Default Replacements

Any reason I did these other than unemployment and insanity? None, actually. tmbodyoverhangtshirtlongshorts replaced with TSS Outfits Set with Cozy Argyle & Stripey Sweaters textures. This one was originally done by Lottie I think, but I made this teen standalone only. Everyday and has morph.

✨Download tmbodyoverhangtshirtlongshorts✨ (SFS / Box)

tmbodycomfy replaced with Arcade Potato by platinumaspiration. Originally done by @ello-sims, I just changed the colors. Has morph, requires FT.

✨Download tmbodycomfy✨ (SFS / Box)

Tiniest texture replacement for tmbodygreaser because I wanted black tees (not for the punk one though, it looks better with white). Mesh and adult conversion by Lifa are included, with thanks. Everyday + outerwear, has morphs, requires NL.

✨Download tmbodygreaser✨ (SFS / Box)

Credits to all the original creators! @fanseelamb, @platinumaspiration, @withlovefromsimtown

[withlovefromsimtown]

You are faced with some random problem and the only person who can help you is the main character from the last piece of media you consumed (you can also do favorite character if there are multiple main characters). You can stay in this universe or be in the universe of the character, whichever you prefer, but the problem remains the same and the only person who can directly help you is the main character. That character can call on the help of those they know in their media, but when it comes down to it, they are the only person really helping you. How do you react to this situation?

Spin to find out your problem:

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Stop looking for the web installer on random shady websites. I am NOT providing the web installer and it will NOT work even if you manage to get it.

If you try to get it from these fake websites it IS NOT coming from me. The source code could be modified. you could get A VIRUS!!!

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Congratulations, youre body has taken on a new form! Spin this wheel three times. These words describe your new body