Resources For Playing.
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Resources For Playing
*Add links later. Retired post on Tumblr, will be updated here.
Override the game’s graphics 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.
My Pinterest boards, where I save everything. These are just save albums; I haven’t downloaded everything in there.
Make a userStartup cheat sheet.
Get CEP by Numenor & RGiles? and CEP Extras (Mega List by HugeLunatic at Sims2Artists).
The Sims 2 Legacy Collection - Essential Mods Masterlist, at MTS. Made in light of the Cash Grab Legacy release but is for all versions.
Sims 2 Databases Database, by me.
Keep in mind the CC’s Polycount and Texture Size! Shrink those 2040p+ textures DOWN [Detailed explanation in the bottom comment].
Default Replacements:
UI:
Wider CAS for HD screens & More CAS columns, Chris Hatch at MTS.
Wider Design Tool, Lamare.
Wider Collections, Wider Change Outfit, by Chris Hach at MTS - Somewhere in the forums, no DL page.
Camera Mods:
Lowedeus’ compilation.
Shaders:
- Better Nightlife, by Criquette. It enable neighborhood decorations to light up at night.
- Extended StandardMaterial Shader for the Sims 2.
- Extended SimStandardMaterial Shader for the Sims 2 + Optionally Brighter Sims, both are by Crisps&Kreosene. Opens up a whole new world of materials.
Graphics Improvements:
Brighter CAS and Bodyshop.
Sky Fix [SimNopke].
Sky Boxes [Loweudes]. - Skyboxes & Horizons Database.
Clouds Fix [Loweudes].
Sun and Moon Fix [Loweudes].
Horizons: The Great Cheescake Persona, Criquette, iCad,
Terrains: I switch between Voielle’s and Criquette’s for Lush. Voielle for Desert.
Neighborhood Roads – tbw.
Water: Neighborhood + Pond [Voielle].
Pond Bottom,
Snow [Voielle].
Beach and Rocks [Voielle].
Databases for Defaults:
Objects, CAS.
Database for Databases.
CAS:
Skin, Eyes, Eyebrows and whatever Hair and Clothes I can find as defaults by io/Serabiet.
Fried Skin, Hair.
Sunburn [Pineapple Forest].
Witches:
Real Skin for Evil Witches, No Effects for Witches Skins, Witches Outfits.
Aliens:
Skin, Eyes.
Other Supernatural:
Vampire, Zombie, Werewolf, Ginnie, Yetti?, Plant-Sim,
NPCs:
Servo as Bone-Hilda?, or Bone-Hilda Robot?. Servo, Paper Messenger, Mailman/woman, Maid, Butler, Gardener, Groceries Delivery, Repo guy, Matchmaker, Mrs. Crumplebottom, Social Bunny, ROD HUMBLE.
Pets:
Fur, Eyes.
Pet collar hack for Lamas and Goats, by . Couger, by
Neighborhood:
Plants:
Criquette, Lowedeus, TVicky Sims,
Decorations:
Maxis Pavement deco - Criquette.
Factory – Leefish.
Stop signs - Slig.
Build:
Plants:
Plant Fix [Voielle].
Gardening:
Ground,
Wall Default (actual walls, not colours) - Numenor.
Doors and Windows:
Clear Glass for Windows and Doors: Slig, Shastakiss.
Stairs:
Roofs:
Buy:
Street Trash Can,
Mailbox,
Community Public Phone,
Small in-game things:
Pineapple Forest.
2FingersWhiskey.
Game Tweaks:
Walk Through Everything, by xxx.
Shiftable Everything, Lamare at MTS.
Klaartje’s OMSPs.
Rod Humble’s Mystery Box Replacement, by Crisps&Kerosene. She turned this annoying feature into a brilliant one, and Makin Magic is my favourite Sims game of all time.
Nopke’s Mods at MTS.
BO’s Garage at LeeFish.
Lazy Duchess.
Midge the Tree, at tumblr?.
Cyjun ? & Pescado are also known for their fixes, haven't tried them yet.
There are too many to mention, here they are on my Pinterest board.
Non-Defaults:
There are so many good things out there, and plenty of people are still creating, these are just of the top of my head. Not everyone here is still active, but all can be found online.
Neighbourhood Decorations: Criquette, Lowedeus, Leoz92, Podchacha,
Conversions from other games: Mistyfluff [&WordPress], Hafiseazle [&DW], Leoz92, Beautiful Nerd Kitty, Chiaroscuro/tenlittlepandas, Yolartut [&Pinterest Archive], Fractured Moonlight & Davina Ojeda - and combined, Hodgekiss, Decat, Yuxi, Maaron, Wawa,
Added Gameplay: Sun&Moon Factory, Inge Jones, Chris Hatch (MTS re-uploads, the whole thread), Midge the Tree, Jelly Medusa, Lamare,
More Lot Sizes: Cathrine CTJD, Lazy Duchess.
Build/Buy: Raynuss (Archived by xxx), Tinkle, Adele, LeeFish (rip), Holy Simoly (@the Booty), Veranka, FancyLamb, Kiri, Feenwald, Numenor, Shastakiss, HugeLunatic, Buggybooz, Guatla, Crisps&Kerosene, Slig, PsychoSim, Saricoya, CuriosB, DeaExMachina, Zero Dark, Ja, Cyclonesue, Sun&Moon Factory, Davina Ojeda, Franctured Moonlight, Sunni (rip), The Medieval Smithy, Mortia, Fire Flower, Lady Lama, Jelly Medusa, Almighty Hat, NixNivis, Klaartje, Pineapple Forest, iCad, Hokadk47, Pumpkin13, Reikus13, Mustluvcatz, Decat, Amythest Fenix, Deatharella, MsReval, YanderePlum, 2FingersWhiskey, Creators at Blacky’s Sims Zoo [+@Sims Cave], Moocha-Muses, Keoni-Chan, Suratan-Zir, Zena-Dew-Drop and many many more.
Specific Topics:
Functional food/ food related conversions: Jacky93sims.
Cars: Vovivilla something (Requires registration to tapatalk), Fresh Prince Creations, VPN’s Garage (Defunct, get some of them here).
CAS: io/Serabiet [Tumblr & DW], Pineapple Forest [pforest on tumblr], Bunhead, Skell, Almighty Hat, Amaryl/WitheredLillies, IaKoa, Memento-Sims, Nopke (CAS sliders), Charlotka, Amidala, Sentate (went by a different back then? is Bunhead?), Eir-sims (@Packrat), Nat at Tumblr, Yuxi, AlfredAskew, Goat, FancyLamb, Ja, Lifa, NosferatuSim, Rented-Space/SerenityFalls, Evannamari [Tumblr], RedSimmer, FakeBloood, YanderePlum, SimBorg, Zena-Dew-Drop, xxxx, xxxx, Creators at Under Your Skin and many more.
Lots: Chris W, Epo, Mariata, Cathrine CTJD,
Sites:
GoS, Sims2Artists, LeeFish, Plumbob Keep, Simbler.CC, Blacky’s Sims Zoo (many S2 downloads are still missing from their site, find at SimsCave/Booty), SimPearls, anou2uk2 (index of cc by type w/pics. really like it), The Medieval Smithy, Feenwald, Simlogical, Hell Has Spoken, The Ninth Wave Sims, Under Your Skin, Sunrader Sims (-tutorials), MTS, N99 Forum Paks, JFade (Software), Around the Sims 2, Moonlight Dragon, MoreAwsomeThanYou (well, there are finds there…), List of Asian Websites (2017, many has defunct-ed since).
Archives for Defunct Sites: Wayback Machine, Sim Archive Project at the Internet Archive (Introduction Post), Sims Cave, Sims Graveyard, Simblr.cc Dead-Site Repository, Sims 2 Packrat, LiquidSims Community Archives section (Archived entire websites), the Booty at PSMBD of course.
Dead Sites to Look for: SimPE Forums (Wayback), Simbology (archived by owner at SFS), Affinity Sims (rip) (Archived by owner at SFS), InSimenator (is gone?), All4Sims2.de, Sims2Collage.de (Patchwork-sims’ stuff at Deatherella’s on Tumblr - SFS) Blacky’s Sims Zoo S2 Downloads (from the crash, at Sims Cave/Booty), Black Pearl Sims (@SimPearls+SimsCave), Adele (@LiquidSims' archives), SimWardrobe (shared by Bulbasaur001 at MTS - SFS)
Find Updates: Best Build 4 Sims, Sims 2 Functional Finds, Ginnie at SimsCave/SimPearls,