The Sims 2 - Blog Posts
Resources for Creating: My Go-To things.
Update: I’ll be updating the list on this page from now on, since Tumblr can’t handle so many hyper-links in one post, on Dreamwidth - right here, so I won't have to update it multiple times. Please note: I keep updating this list, and updates aren't showing up on reblogs. Please check the original post for the most up to date list.
Sooo this is going to be a long comprehensive list. I got back to this game after a long time and with a different computer, with a dedicated graphics card, hurray! It made me want to return to making things, so while gathering back all the necessary stuff, I've complied this list. It might be is updated as I go along, but these are the main things I use. Maby one day i'll even finish something. So here are my go-to resources & tutorials; I'm posting it here for safekeeping, and hopefully others will find it helpful. Everything that's listed is here free. So many wonderful things for free under the cut.
Programs – General:
Creating: Blender. Blender Addons: 3D Print Toolbox – comes with blender, enable it from within the program. Originally for 3d printing. Good for fixing flipped normals, and some quick general repairs. Source Tools And source tools wiki – for exporting as SMD!!!! (SimPe: to enable bump maps for the mesh on import). GMDC Addon for Blender 4.0+ by Nopke.
GIMP. GIMP Addons: G'MIC-Qt. Resynthesizer. Nvidia dds?. Doesn’t it come with Gimp?
Other: Nvidia Texture Tools Exporter (iirc it works with all graphic cards that are compatible, doesn’t require Nvidia). For making Normal / Bump / Cube Maps. For high quality compression.
NormalMaps - Online, For making all types of maps, has good setting menus. A very cool tool.
Converting: Umodel, for Unreal Engine (Static meshes: export as gtlf.2. Animated meshes: export as psk. Requires Add-on). AssetStudio, for Unity. AC Viewer, self implied (+ USD Addon for blender). QuickBMS* and support forum, for basically everything else. (don't forget the required scrips, down the same page). *I haven’t tested it fully yet, but it was recommended here. A tutorial for it is listed further down. Works like a charm.
UV Mapping: UV Mapper, Classic (free) and the most recent Demo (for visualization).
Programs – Sims:
Never Mind the Bollox, Here's Osab and MAGIkarp to the rescue!
Latest version of SimPe, works with a non-default installation path. Chris Hatch's updates.
Home Crafter installation, Post by Huge Lunatic at Sims2Artists.
Repository Wizard, by Pick'N'Mix Mods. A game changer.
DBPF Compare, by Pick'N'Mix Mods.
Object Relocator, also by Pick'N'Mix Mods.
SMD Tools, by Lazy Duchess.
The Compressorizer, by JFade – Lazy Duchess's edit.
Bulk Rename Utility, to change file names in well, bulk. As explained by io here.
Lot Adjustor, by Mootilda at MTS.
Tutorials:
Override the game's graphic settings via Nvidia, as explained by iCad. The settings to Nvidia Profile Inspector she linked to at MTS have been deleted for some reason, here they are via WebArchive.
Meshing in Blender:
Mesh Optimization Info (and links), by Crisps&Kerosene.
Additional - Reducing Polycount:
Tutorial, by Flaming-Chickens (another username on other sites perhaps?)
Edge – Un-subdivide, a quick one by CG Link.
Transfer high poly details to low poly object in Blender, by 3Dnot2D.
Shrinkwrap Modifier - Blender Tutorial for Beginners - Basics, by in2vert.
Placeholder for this Addon that I want to try but haven't found, something for AR that was on facebook's defunct AR.
Scaling tips, by Blender Secrets.
How to fix inverted/ flipped normals, by ipaintsmallthings.
Converting: How to Extract 3D Models, Textures, Music from Unreal Engine Games, by iwanMods.
Extract 2D/3D/SFX Unity Assets fast & easy from your Unity Game, by iwanMods as well.
How to use QuickBMS, by darkhorse.
Guide to Converting 3t2 and 4t2 Part 01 and Part 02, by Chiaroscuro/tenlittlepandas.
Converting TS4 Windows and Doors, by Crisps&Kerosene.
Using Different Material Maps as Shading/Details for Base Texture, in Gimp or Blender, by Pineapple Forest & Crisps&Kerosene: https://www.tumblr.com/crispsandkerosene/764893644571525120/great-info-thats-the-reason-some-conversions?source=share
Texture Editing in GIMP:
Using Gimp Add-ons: G'MicQT. Resynthesizer. Both by Davies Media Design. This guy's channel for Gimp in general – here's a good one to begin with. And another one about layer masks.
Making a texture Tile Seamless: 1. My favorite - How to Make Seamless Textures for Cinema 4D - 3 Levels of Photoshop Wizardry using iPhone Photos, by School of Motion.
2. Simple Trick for More Realistic Texture Patterns in GIMP, by Davies Media Design – Quick and simple, using the Resynthesizer plugin. Good for patterns.
Making walls in SimPe out of a square texture, with minimal quality loss. To be written.
SimPe: Cloneable Objects: A List of Good Objects for Cloning, by IgnorantBliss at MTS.
Huge Lunatic's Tutorials, Her website.
Object Creation for Absolute Beginners, by Moune.
Sims 2 start to finish Object Creation Tutorial, by JWoods, Numenor, Lethe_s & IgnorantBliss.
The Material Definition (TXMT) Guide, by PixelHate – very comprehensive. Part 5 is about Bump/ Normal maps.
Null (Texture-less) Groups, by Skell. For bodyshop, for Objects see an elaboration by Midge the Tree below.
Crisps&Kerosene discovered how to add specular maps to objects! It's incredible there are still new things to discover in this ancient game.
More on Specular Maps, by Pineapple Forest.
Making new flooring & walls with SimPE, by Charisa. Includes adding Bump/Normal maps. She added a file to clone from in the comments below. It works for normal maps as well. Here's cool discovery in the game files.
Expanding footprint: a mini tutorial, by Deedee.
How to add correct drop shadows to objects, by Yuxi, via Wayback Machine.
Making Objects Viewable in Neighborhood View, by iCad.
Making Objects Visible In Build/Buy Mode, Invisible In Live Mode, by Midge the Tree.
Making Seasons-Friendly Trees, by Echo.
Io/ Serabiet's resources list, mainly for Bodyshop but not just.
Pineapple Forest's Tutorials, useful tips for efficiency and optimization.
MTS modding forum in General.
The Sims 2 Tutorials, on Tumblr. A database, is more updated.
Sims2Artists tutorials section.
LeeFish modding forum.
Garden of Shadows, Tree of Knowledge section.
Troubleshooting: What to do if you get a System.OutOfMemoryException Error, SimPe Forum, via WayBack Machine. Thank you @fanseelamb for the find.
How to read object error logs: I just want to know what causes it!!, by Episims.
Common TS2 errors, by Midge the Tree.
General game fuckery: How to Stop Sims 2 Crashing (Memory Allocation Fix and 4GB Patch Repair), by Jessa.
Graphics card problems, LeeFish forum.
Graphics help - DIY, by Kiri. How to fix faulty Texture Memory allocation, and the problems that stem from it. Tumblr can't handle anymore hyper links so here it is: https://celebkiriedhel.tumblr.com/post/189431721483/graphics-help-diy
General: Switching between save folders without renaming them, by Nopke.
Resources:
3D Models Online*: Various furniture designers' websites: Porada, Zanotta, Muuto, Hay, Poltrona Frau, many luxury furniture designer basically.
3D Warehouse, belongs to Sketchfab (get the Collada files).
Scan the World.
Wikimedia Commons. And more.
*(NOT OPTIMIZED).
Textures: Architextures.
Fabrics & Wallpapers: Natural Stones: Wall Plasters:
iCad's Woods. Shastakiss's Cluedo Metals, Yeti Metals, Pirate Woods. Goat's Woods.
Textures from other games: Dishonored, Thieve and much more, by Saricoya at GoS. Dreamfell by io.
Resource sharing threads at Garden of Shadows.
SimPe - General: CEP Extras list, HugeLunatic at Sims2Artists.
TXMT settings for different materials, by Hafiseazale.
Extended SimStandardMaterial Shader for the Sims 2 + Optionally Brighter Sims, by Crisps&Kerosene.
Custom CubeMaps, by Crisps&Kerosene.
Shiny TXMT Settings & Cube Maps Packs, by Pineapple Forest.
Build/ Buy: Templates for Recoloring Maxis items; MTS Templates sction, Hafiseazale (+cc), ZeroDark.
Template for Seasonal Trees, Gwenke at Sims2Artists.
Making Roof Recolors, Tutorial & template by Numenor, great template by iCad.
Pack for making food clutter usable, by DeeDee.
CAS: Default Makeup Packages - BYO Packages, by Huge Lunatic.
Body shape, Io/Serabiet on Tumblr.
Skin template, Io/Serabiet on Tumblr.
Hair texture, iCad.
Color Actions, Pooklet on Tumblr.
That's it for now.
Edit: forgot about CEP extras. Added more links. Edit 02: Added Troubleshooting section under tutorials.
Just re-signed at MTS after years and went to uppdate profile. This gives some proportions..
Sims 2: What do you consider as a reasonable amount of polygons for a tree?
Maxis Match Buffet Platters and "Grand Rotunda" Banquet Table
If you don't care for the text exposure of how this set came to be, you can just go straight for the Neocities download page (Check it out, it has a gallery now too!!):
Download
and now, for the context
Early this week Lord Crumps released a 4t2 conversion of the Luxury Party stuff pack, that included this nifty custom functional serving platter, courtesy of Lamare.
However, since a lot of straightforward sims 4 conversions don't match the visual style of my game much, I decided to clone the serving tray and use Pineapple Forest's Restaurant Cloche default mesh and textures to replace it with, but then, the project escalated (Not as much as other projects), and I decided to also include a Banquet Table that matched The Rotunda Table from Celebrations, and instead of sticking of one size of party platter, how about two, and make it recolorable and repositoried while I'm at it!
So This is what you get, 3 Objects and 1 recolor
Again, special thanks to @lordcrumps @lamare-sims for the original objects, and @pforestsims for the mesh and textures of the cloche.
PS: I do recommend the mod edit that comes with the party pack to make the sims make more use of the buffet platters.
Happy to see some of my remeshes flying out of FreeSo and into other Sim Games!!
Happy New Year! 25th Anniversary Gift from The Sims for The Sims 2, Sims 3 and The Sims 4
Happy New Year! Here's part 2 celebrating The Sims 25th anniversary. I've always loved this bedroom set! Let me know if there's any problems! Info below the cut The Sims collection file for The Sims 2 and The Sims 3 can be found on my collection files page: Found Here!
Downloads:
The Sims 25th Anniversary Gift - Happy New Year! For The Sims 2 - SFS For The Sims 3 - SFS For The Sims 4 - SFS
Alt Download - Patreon credits; Joe, BrandonSJ, NoCarbs, Lazy Duchess, @thesims1master Enjoy my work? Consider becoming a Patreon or buying me a coffee!
Pinegulcher Dresser Information: Recreated by Joe. Extracted by TheSims1Master. Mesh edited and converted by me. The Sims 2: Has 3 deco slots. The Sims 3: Create-A-Style enabled for 2nd swatch. 1st swatch uses an overlay for accuracy. Price - §250 Category - ‘Miscellaneous > Dressers’ Polycount - 1700 Texture Size - 1024x512
Pinegulcher End Table Information: Recreated by Joe. Extracted by TheSims1Master. Mesh edited and converted by me. The Sims 2: Has 9 deco slots. The Sims 3: Create-A-Style enabled for 2nd swatch. 1st swatch uses an overlay for accuracy. Price - §40 Category - ‘Surfaces > End Tables’ Polycount - 282 Texture Size - 256x256 Cheap Eazzzzze Double Sleeper Information: Recreated by Joe. Extracted by TheSims1Master. Mesh edited and converted by me. The Sims 2: The cheap eazzzzze double sleeper bedding is included.The Sims 3: Create-A-Style enabled for 2nd swatch. 1st swatch uses an overlay for accuracy. Price - §450 Category - ‘Comfort > Beds’ Polycount - 2732 Texture Size - 1024x1024 Antique Persian Rug Information: Recreated by BrandonSJ. Extracted and converted by me. The Sims 3: Create-A-Style disabled. Price - §8,200 Category - ‘Decorative > Rugs’ Polycount - 30 Texture Size - 512x512 Torchosteronné Table Lamp Information: Recreated by NoCarbs. Extracted and converted by me. The Sims 3: Create-A-Style enabled for the shade with 2nd swatch. 1st swatch uses an overlay for accuracy. Price - §200 Category - ‘Lighting > Table Lamps’ Polycount - 1536 Texture Size - 256x256 Torchosteronne Floor Lamp Information: Recreated by NoCarbs. Extracted and converted by me. The Sims 3: Create-A-Style enabled for the shade with 2nd swatch. 1st swatch uses an overlay for accuracy. Price - §350 Category - ‘Lighting > Floor Lamps’ Polycount - 1536 Texture Size - 256x256 Plushie Mushie Pleasure Chair Information: Recreated by Lazy Duchess. Extracted and converted by me. Regarding the Sims 2 and the Sims 4: Has the functionality of both a dining chair and living chair just like the Sims 1 and the console games, but categorized as a living chair. Use bb.moveobjects on to place in front of a coffee table in The Sims 4. The Sims 3: Fully Create-A-Style enabled. Price - §329 Category - ‘Comfort > Living Chairs’ Polycount - 638 Texture Size - 512x512
For someone who struggles to understand sometimes what a given block does inside a specific BHAV, this might be useful!
BHAV to Diagram Tool
I've just released a web tool for The Sims 2 modders that converts SimPe BHAV code to Mermaid diagrams. It's intended to make BHAV functions easier to understand, especially the big ones.
BHAV to Mermaid diagram (cosmatevs.github.io)
Yeah, like, it makes sense when a large boat uses a larger texture, an hourglass that you see for like... 10 seconds.. not so much, if you can encompass details in smaller textures to the point none of them would be lost... better to do that than have 2k Textures for a piece of deco clutter that's gonna be used a lot but barely occupies the space of a slot
I was curious and decided to summarily investigate the base game's heaviest textures.
Most are 1024x1024. However, the urn sculpture is 512x2048:
Also, the Grim Reaper's hourglass' texture is uselessly big:
His ass is not respecting "texture size roughly matching the size of the object on the screen" !! lol
Edit: I initially did not look at EPs. PineappleForest pointed out the Bon Voyage pirate ship uses two 2k textures. Looking through EP files, I also found three for the Freetime basketball courts. Considering the sizes of these objects, a fair use.
(In general I find that the textures from later EPs are better in general 🤔 like you don't see the flat floodfilling you have in some base game textures.)
20th Anniversary of Sims 2 Gifts!
We are at two whole decades of this amazing game! May we get many more to come, because my love of this game will not run out. I still do something sims 2 related every single day and I wouldn't change it for the world! Thank you for the years of fun, and thank you sims 2 community for making the experience even better! :)
As so many are doing, I wanted to share some gifts for this happy occasion. I come bringing treats, literally and metaphorically! I have something for you, for the sims, and for the pets! Yay!
Gift for Players - Posebox function that remembers last used pose
Gift for Sims - Updated Simslice Beer Keg
Gift for Pets - Functional Pet Treat Bucket
Original plan for pets was easier stray adoption. That will be coming but I was not able to finish testing in time, so for now, they get pet treat immersion mod :) I hope you all have had a lovely Saturday with lots of Sims 2 activities and community events. If you have free time, I hope you'll check out the twitch stream train currently going on that is hosted by ChocolateCitySim and Ranabluu!
Heart Balloons by Gayars, shared for anniversary here.
Ok this is the first of my uploads for today (only have two). The first one is my Plumbob Wedding Cake I made a few years ago and finally dusted off and made the recolors for, for this very special event!
Plumbob Wedding Cake
Wordpress post
link to heart balloons
20th Anniversary Gift for The Sims 2 from The Sims Console and The Sims Bustin' Out
Happy 20th anniversary to The Sims 2! I absolutely love The Sims 2 and how this game was treated. Every platform for it provides different, unique gameplay and lore. Out of all the PC versions, this is the one I tend to gravitate towards. There's just something about it. So here's a gift to celebrate it! This gift consists of 9 conversions (+ an extra of the Torchemada Wall Torch to include a flipped version) from The Sims console and The Sims Bustin' Out. This was heavily inspired by the master bedroom at the Goth Manor location, also in spirit of Halloween coming up! Please let me know if there’s any issues!
The Sims console and The Sims Bustin' Out collection file for The Sims 2 can be found on my collection files page: Found Here
Downloads:
20th Anniversary Gift For The Sims 2 - SFS
Alt Download - Patreon
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Modern Mission Bed Information: The modern mission bedding is included.Mesh and textures were converted by me. Price - §3,000 Category - ‘Comfort > Beds’ Polycount: 1704 (the frame alone is just 196) Texture Sizes - 256x256
Modern Mission End Table Information: Has 9 deco slots, shown in last photo.Mesh and textures were converted by me. Price - §250 Category - ‘Surfaces > End Tables’ Polycount: 68 Texture Sizes - 128x128
Traditional Oak Armoire Information: Mesh and textures were converted by me. Price - §550 Category - ‘Miscellaneous > Dressers’ Polycount: 700 Texture Sizes - 256x256
Faux Bearskin Rug Information: Mesh and textures were converted by me. Price - §4,300 Category - ‘Decorative > Rugs’ Polycount: 231 Texture Sizes - 256x128
Queen Vivanco Roses Information: Mesh and textures were converted by me. Price - §99 Category - ‘Decorative > Plants’ Polycount: 314 Texture Sizes - 256x128
"Eruption of Decadence" TapestryInformation: Mesh and textures were converted by me. Price - §8,100 Category - ‘Decorative > Wall Hangings’ Polycount: 72 Texture Sizes - 256x256
Torchemada Wall Torch (left and right versions)Information: Mesh and textures were converted by me. Price - §250 Category - ‘Lighting > Wall Lamps’ Polycount: 438 Texture Sizes - 128x64
Torchemada CandelabraInformation: Mesh and textures were converted by me. Price - §400 Category - ‘Lighting > Floor Lamps’ Polycount: 455 Texture Sizes - 128x128
Topiary SkullInformation: Mesh and textures were converted by me. Price - §101 Category - ‘Garden Center > Shrubs’ Polycount: 972 (1084 overgrown) Texture Sizes - 128x128
CDK/MoneyMAT: Cashpointe Set
Published: 9-14-2024 | Updated: N/A SUMMARY MoneyMAT is a collection of modified objects for financial operations and storytelling in your game. The series includes functional cash clutter, as well as tools for banking, loans, and investments. #CO2MONEYMAT This is a crossover with the #CO2CDKSERIES. Cubic Dynamics by John B. Cube and Marcel Dusims forged the future with furnishings that were minimalist in design and maximalist in erudite pretension. Generations later, the company continues to produce edge-of-cutting-edge designs. Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Sims 2 (EA/Maxis, 2004) by adding various currencies from the simsverse to your game – simoleons, magicoin, simoles, OMEGA, neo simoleons, simoleon sprouts, war simoleons, and more. Canon currencies and extra recolors allow you to create a color-coded banking/investment system. All items are grabbable, sellable and available in the catalog as well. Watch out for robbers!
The newly enhanced Cashpointe ATM (Honeywell, 2019; Katy76/PC-Sims, 2007) can be used for small loans, currency exchanges, and investments: (1) LOANS of §250, §500, §1K, §5K, §10K, §20K, or §30K with no payment schedule! After repaying in full, sims can take out new loans, (2) GET CASH by converting household funds to individual cash notes, coins, rolls, stacks, cards, or palettes, and (3) INVEST in virtual currencies which increase/decrease in value over time. Children can do everything except take/repay loans.
Collector’s coins can be sold and make great gifts for investors. Simoleon, Magicoin and Simoleon Sprout coins always increase in value over time while NeoSimoleons and other CryptoCoins increase AND decrease daily (sometimes they fluctuate twice in one day). DETAILS Requires Sims2 and all EPs/SPs. §1 - §30K | Buy > Electronics/Misc You need the Company Expo (Mesh Pack) set (Simmons, 2024) for TXTRs to show properly in game. ALL files in the CASHPOINTE set with “MESH” in their name are REQUIRED. Apply a recolor of your choice to cards or cryptocoin piles AFTER purchasing them from the ATM (or select directly from the catalog). Investment objects will NOT change in value while stored in a sim’s inventory – they must be placed on a surface for that effect. IMPORTANT: The individual cash notes (§1, §5, §10, §20, §50, §100, §500, and §1000) share the same GUIDs as those in Honeywell’s Money Jar (2019). The money Jar will use the notes from this set instead. Remove the originals. ITEMS Notes (§1, §5, §10, §20, §50, §100, §500, and §1000) (4-6 poly) Rolls (§1000, §2K, §5K, and §10K) (168-170 poly) Stacks (§1000, §2K, §5K, and §10K) (20-62 poly) Coin Piles (§100, §500, §1000, §5K, §10K) (660-1904 poly) Cards (§100, §500, §1000, §5K, §10K) (4 poly) Palettes (§10K, §20K, §30K) (286-710 poly) Collector Coins (§300, §500, §1000, §2K, §5K, §10K, §20K, §30K) (76-732 poly) Signs (332-376 poly) Card Shelf (9 slots) (104 poly) DOWNLOAD (choose one) CASHPOINTE OBJECTS from SFS | from MEGA RECOLORS from SFS | from MEGA MoneyMAT COLLECTION FILE from SFS | from MEGA
CREDITS Thanks: SimCrafters, Chocolate City, and Sim Shenanigans Discord communities. Sources: Beyno (Korn via BBFonts), EA/Maxis, Offuturistic Infographic (Freepik). Other Sources: Pierre, G. via Jovan, 2014); Applesee, 2023; Cgoodw, 2024; Iamsosha 2024; Kalagoglu, 2023; Olena_Skrypka, 2024; Oliveira, 2023a-b; Sam, 2024; Solsnare, 2024; Katy76/PC-Sims, 2007; D_dgjdhh, 2019/2011; THe Ninth Wave, 2019; Tvickiesims, 2019, Honeywell, 2019.
Apartment Life "PJ Tank Top" for Teens and Elders
In honor of Sims 2's twentieth anniversary I finally sat down and polished a Maxis conversion I'd done ages ago, which is the apartment life male pajamas for teen-elder. (They're my favorite pajamas in the whole game so...) They use Maxis feet and hands (I mean it's Maxis Match after all!), are repo'd to the adult txmts so any default replacement textures will work, and are pinned to the Apartment Life EP section. I also included a default for the adult male mesh that adds a pregnancy morph. All six swatches are included, though I could only get four of them in the screenshots. Second screenshot is the fat morph.
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A Gift for the 20th Anniversary of The Sims 2
Well, this would normally be the part where I just uploaded a picture of what it is and a link to the download, but I decided to bring back me going on verbose tirades, if not for just a tiny bit This game has been in my life for very long time, 20 years huh, next year the game will legally be allowed to drink in all countries, xD So what did I decide to make to celebrate this special location, something related to Iconic things like the freezer bunny, llamas, cowplants? No, I decided to celebrate what could have been.
This is an early screenshot for The Sims 2 prior to release, for a while, we knew that at a point in development, jewelry was added to the game, only for it to be completely dropped before the game went gold.
What we can see in this screenshot, is what I suspect to be where you would be able to buy said jewelry in a community lot, this being one of the two pictures where you can see said displays (The other picture having slightly worse visibility of said displays)
I've always wanted to see these displays in full glory, but considering how much we've digged out of the game files already, nothing related to these displays remains in the game files
So, I decided to try my luck to recreate them
I knew coming into this project that they would never bee a 1 for 1 recreation (proportions might be wrong, can't really see how the jewelry in the displays looks like in detail), so I decided to at least recreate the overall shape of the stands and fill them with jewelry that ended up shipping with Boy Voyage, and a bit from the Prism Art Studio jewelry display as well for good measure. I am happy with my work, but feel free to try and fill the stands in your own way, that was decidedly my worse struggle with this, just give me credits.
and now without further ado! Download Here - Neocities
And Happy 20th Birthday The Sims 2!!!
Happy 20th Birthday, The Sims 2! may we keep having fun for years to come!!
Happy 18th Birthday to the best game in the franchise! You're legal now, The Sims 2!
Tutorial: Fixing Exploded Lot Imposters
Published: 8-25-2024 | Updated: N/A SUMMARY Using dozens of the same object on a lot—such as a window on a skyscraper, or lots of the same tree/hedge on a large park lot—may cause “exploded” lot imposters. The lot imposter is the version of a lot seen in neighborhood view or from adjacent lots during gameplay. The error often appears in the form of warped or smeared objects – as if someone wiped part of the screen with a wet cloth. In other cases, the mesh looks like broken shards and/or pokes through other parts of the lot. Meanwhile, everything looks fine when you enter it. This error seems rare, having only occurred about 4-5 times over two decades, but that doesn’t make it any less annoying. Don’t panic! The object itself is likely not broken (although double-checking wouldn’t hurt) but the error happens as your game tries to render the same object/textures multiple times. In my testing, the culprit was usually a single object and one of its recolorable subsets. SOLUTION I used to delete the blown-up lot and rebuild it until the problem went away. Yet, a much easier solution exists – recolors! Apply 1 or more recolors across copies of object and that should fix the warped/exploded object on the lot imposter. In most cases, this should take care of the problem. In this example, the windows “exploded” in hood view. After applying plain glass recolors from THIS (Simmons, 2023) set, the problem didn’t go away. The true culprit was the metal detail on the glass – for which I had no recolors for. I made some (HERE), using similar colors which looked the same from a distance, and that solved the problem.
Simmers who use lots of greenery in their landscaping might encounter an exploded lot imposter. Keep similar recolors in your arsenol…just in case. During gameplay, this happened when I used a ton of custom hedges repo’d to the default one (“boxy lady”). This has also happened with the default birch tree in-game, so I recommend keeping something like Gwenke33’s recolors (2011) handy. DOWNLOAD THIS TUTORIAL (PDF) (choose one) from SFS | from MEGA CREDITS Thanks: William, Gina, Catherine and others on discord who helped me think through solutions years ago.
After weeks of email round robin where every tech support person knew something different. ^_^
It's back! For realz this time. With it's totally centered header if your browser is wide that I'll most likely never fix because I don't ever want to do this again.
A big thanks to everyone for their patience and support. I hope to never do this again.
All bookmarks should work. All redirects from old digitalperversion links should work. Feel free to let me know of any links not working. Unless it's cc stuff, then I probably not the one to ask.
GMDC Importer/Exporter for Blender 4.1+
You might have noticed that the GMDC importer/exporter by DjAlex88 doesn't work with Blender 4.1+. So I made a compatible version… with a new feature I needed.
Download on GitHub
I've never made a Blender add-in or coded in Python before, so I hope I didn't break anything.
Please let me know if it works the same as before once you have tested it.
Extended StandardMaterial Shader for the Sims 2
A Shader Edit/Default Replacement "StandardMaterial" is the shader commonly used by sims objects. It tells the game how to render them, and by default offers features such as making them glowy or transparent. However, most of its effects apply to the whole material at once. I figured out how to edit it! So here is my improved version. It now supports: - An "additive" texture map, lighting up specific areas of the material. - An envCube mask, controlling the intensity of this effect via a texture. - Two new envCube modes, and improvements to an undiscovered one. + "Blend" replaces the base texture by the envCube's. + "Multiply" multiplies them together (duh). + "DiffuseRadiance", which already existed in the shader, adds the envCube texture to the light received by the material rather than its already lit texture. All three of them support the envCube mask and the envCubeCoef parameter. The envCube modes are mutually exclusive, but all effects can otherwise be used with each other. The download itself contains the shader package, a pdf ReadMe listing features and material parameters, and examples showcased on my envCubeTesterObject (also included). The readme lists the specific shader files I've edited, in case anyone else made an incompatible mod. (I've not included the recolours from the first preview pic as they're kind of lame lol + I had to make a CEP extra for the robot.) I'm hyped to see what cool objects and recolours people will make with this! And I'm probably forgetting information.
-> Download at SimFileShare
Sul Sul!
It's me, Eve - or @simping-simmer, as you may know me. I've decided to create this blog in order to make a more comprehensive and accessible resource for those of us who enjoy playing with diverse bodytypes. I will try to update this blog as often as I can but it may slip through my fingers a bit - I work as a teacher, it gets quite busy.
I also personally play with quite a limited range - so things like RenGal, SlimBB, CPU, for example, may be less likely to get reblogged by me because I simply don't use them. However, if there's a bodyshape I have missed new content for, or completely forgotten altogether, please let me know via the ask button!
Anyhow, please enjoy this blog and I hope it proves as a good resource for these different bodytypes!
I feel very attacked, but yeah, this check out
when i want to play the sims but
Just Reblogging this again to say that thanks to @fireflowersims there are some new translations up in this default and the file has been updated
Apothecary - @episims Improved Biotech Station Medievalized
Download at the Plumb Bob Keep
"A Rose by any other Name" Flower Arranging Station
Download at the Plumb Bob Keep
Eorzean Imports - Orchestrions and Other Audio Equipment
Download at the Plumb Bob Keep
So as you are aware, 4 year ago I released my coin defaults to the world (here if you need a refresher to what i'm talking about), and my question goes to those who made use of it or are using it right now. Out of the 71 Defaults, which ones are your favorites, and which ones would you like to use more if you could. And if you don't use any of them, what are you favorite money defaults then? Feel Free to Reply or Reblog this post I need as much input as possible for this, not gonna make any polls because... 71 defaults, that would be too much, so just say names and details about them.
May I offer you a Xena Realness Crystal Vu in these trying times?
Apothecary - @episims Improved Biotech Station Medievalized
Download at the Plumb Bob Keep
Oh this is absolutely a game changer on the task of mesh repositoring!
Sims 2 Tools - Repository Wizard
Repository Wizard
The Repository Wizard is a utility for automating the repository technique for objects and clothing.
Object Mode
This mode of the Repository Wizard automates the process described by HugeLunatic in their Repository Technique tutorial.
Clothing Mode
This mode of the Repository Wizard creates new re-colours for a new/modified mesh based on an existing mesh with its own set of re-colours.
This is NOT the simple approach to the repository method of linking the dependant's TXMT resource(s) to the donor's TXTR resource(s), but a new, more advanced, approach of linking via the 3IDR resource.
See the application’s web page for extensive details about both modes.
If you do not know what the repository technique is, or why you would want to use it, this application is not for you!
"Age of Clay" - 4 Aged Terracotta Recolors and 1 4to2 Mesh Repositoried to the Glazed Pottery Superset
Download at the Plumb Bob Keep
"Fit for an Infant" - Medievalized Chris Hatch's Baby Clothing Rack
