Socially Awkward 30-something (and okay with it)

37, Bookworm. Capricorn. Sims and computer enthusiast, Old Hollywood buff. Comfortably introverted.

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Soaring through the night skies

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[vixsims]

⬇️Pleasantview Library Floorplans⬇️ 

Recently, @irueone​ asked if I would share floor plans of my recreation of @anotherplumbob​ ts4 Pleasantview Library. I wanted to include a few pics of the other rooms in the library so that the floorplan pics make a bit more sense. 

There are 2 rooms on the first floor (not counting the bathrooms): the main study area and the kids activity room. 

Then on the basement level there are 3 rooms: the debate room, the Jackalope Scouts meeting room, and the “restricted section” research room. 

The lot size is 40x30. Floorplans below the cut! 

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[lesyasun]

Lesya, I'm so so sorry if this has been asked before, but your houses are always so beautiful. Mine always end up looking like a box with nothing outside. Please, teach me the ways of creating gorgeous houses and beautiful yards??

Thank you so much for the compliment about my houses. It’s really so nice to hear that they look not bad ^_^”

My houses look like colourful boxes too and there’s nothing bad in it as it suits my cartoonish gameplay style. And you’ll probably never see such houses in real life :D I can give you some useful links and tips that will come to my mind:

1. Floorplans. You can use floorplans from real life houses (luckily there are such useful sites as eplans that provide very detailed floorplans). Or you can build houses inspired by other simmers (my inspirational folder has more then 3000 exterior pics). It’s also better to think over the floorplan beforehand. (Sometimes when I build community lots I even draw a sketch on paper)

2. Plants! I love plants especially ivy and I always overuse them on my lots. There’s a wonderful guide how to landscape your lots. And I have nothing to add here.

3. The lot size. Personaly I don’t like building big lots because you actually don’t need them for gameplay. And it’s always so difficult for me to decorate big lots because “What should I place here? Another plant? Another sofa? Oh too much free space..” So small and average lots and houses are perfect for me.

4. Roofing. Roofing is probably the most difficult part in building :D Apartment Life expansion pack gives us an opportunity to change rhe roof angle and it’s cool. I don’t like big roofs and always end up with 20-30 deegrees angle.

5. Style. It’s always nice to see when everything in your exterior match. So what style of houses do you like? I adore craftsman houses and it means that roofs and fences should fit that style (it won’t look so good if I’ll place a metallic fence on the craftsman lot or vice versa a typical wooden fence on a modern house). So try to match everything (your inspirational pictures will help you ^_^). The same thing goes to thematic lots that I build: lots of tropical plants for a beach house, various pine trees and ferns for a camping lot and so on.

6. Collections. The Sims 2 gives us a wonderful opportunity to create collections where you can include your thematic objects. Every time when I landscape I create a folder with plants that I’ll be using on this lot (bushes/flowers/trees because it’s not nice if you’ll place all your plants on the same on lot. I think 10-15 bushes and flowers and 3-4 kinds of trees will be enough for an average lot). You can also create a folder with siding and bricks that you use more often. It’s a nice idea when you use the same bricks/concete/siding as all your lots will match from the hood view. And again you can create folders for your plants (I have something like ivy/hanging plants/CC-free plants/tropical plants/pines/pond/asian plants and so on). It’s handy because I won’t have to find necessary objects every time.

Hope my random thoughts were helpful for you :3

[belladovah]

BellaDovah’s Aspiration Calculator

I have come up with my own way of calculating what a Sim’s aspiration should be based on TeaAddict’s and @shutupshirley’s (the one PleasantSims uses) calculators. This calculator takes both personality and interests into account.

I have changed what aspirations some of the interests belong to compared to shutupshirley’s original calculator, such as Sci-Fi now belonging to Knowledge instead of Pleasure and a few other things like that that make much more sense to me. However, what is most unique about my calculator is that it actually takes opposites into account and subtracts from the scores. For example, if a sim has 0 interest in Sci-Fi, their Knowledge score is reduced by -5. Similarly, if a sim has 10 playfulness points, their Knowledge score is also reduced by -5.

I play rotationally so I have a lot of different sims and its important for me that they each feel defined and varied. I use my No Zodiac Chemistry mod so since Zodiac signs have no meaning in my game, basing aspirations on star signs is out of the question. So I personally use my calculator to decide both Primary & Secondary Aspirations, with the highest scoring being primary and the second highest scoring being secondary. However, you could use it to calculate only secondary or even only primary. I also recalculate my sims aspirations every time they age up and use the aspiration reward or the simblender to change their aspiration if the calculator gives me different results because I like the idea that sims sometimes change as they grow, but that’s by no means necessary, just an insight into my gameplay rules.

You could also leave the interest column blank to calculate only based on personality, or leave the the personality column blank to calculate only based on interests. Its really quite flexible.

How I suggest to use my calculator:

1. Click the link to the google doc and either make a copy in your own drive or download it as a spreadsheet, do not request edit access.

Note: the middle table is purely informational. This is where you can see which interests and personality traits affect which aspirations.

2. Fill in the sim’s interest scores in column B. These are intended to range from -5 to 5, with 0 being -5, 5 being 0, and 10 being 5. It would still work if you entered numbers 0 to 10 if you really don’t want low interest points to subtract from aspiration scores.

3. Fill in the sim’s personality scores in column D. The idea here is that only one side of the scale should be a number other than 0. These range from 5 to 0 on the left/‘bad’ side of the scale, and 0 to 5 on the right/‘good’ side, with 5 points being 0 for both sides. So, if a sim has 10 neat points, their sloppy score is 0 and their neat score is 5. If a sim has 8 neat points, their neat score is 3 (since 5 is 0 and 10 is 5) and their sloppy score is 0. If a sim has 3 neat points, their sloppy score is 2 (since 0 points would be 5) and their neat score is 0. If a sim has 5 neatness points, both their sloppy and neat scores are 0.

4. Use the scores that generate in column N to determine which Aspiration(s) the sim should have. If calculating for both Primary & Secondary, the highest score should be their Primary and the second highest should be their Secondary. If calculating for either only primary or only secondary, use the highest score only to determine this. The cells in this column are where the calculation formulas are, so be careful to not accidentally edit them as it will break the calculator. However, if you know what you’re doing, this is where you can make changes that make more sense to you, such as changing which aspiration an interest affects.

LINK TO THE CALCULATOR

Note: The reason I have held off sharing my calculator for some time is because I’ve been trying to figure out a way for the School interest to affect the Knowledge Aspiration for Teens and Young Adults, but affect the Family Aspiration for Adults & Elders. My current solution is to have two calculators on separate sheet tabs. So if you look at the bottom left, you’ll see that the first sheet is meant for Adults & Elders but there is a second sheet meant for Teens & YAs. This means that 5 interests affect the Knowledge aspiration for Teens & YAs but only 3 interests affect the Family Aspiration for them. The other aspirations have the same 4 interests as in the Adult/Elder calculator. I couldn’t think of an interest to get rid of from Knowledge to replace School with and I couldn’t think of an interest to add to Family to replace School. If you have any ideas of alternative ways of doing this so that School counts for Knowledge for Teens & YAs, do let me know.

Keep an eye out for the next episode of my Opening Valley Let’s Play to see the calculator in action!

I hope that all makes sense and some of you can find my calculator useful, do let me know if you have any questions.

[plumbtales]

I’ve tried to gather some useful tips and mods/cheats that I use when building and decorating.

1. Building Cheats

2. userStartup File (copy & paste)

3. Unlock Hidden Objects

4. Mods

5. Tips & Tricks

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[nerlika-blog]

Hello, Nerlika! I hope you feel great, I was looking to recreate your Founders Park in my game, so I would like to know what CC you used to build it if it's not a lot of hassle

Thanks in advance! ❤️

Hi! :) Okay, here we go:

4t2 Hawthorne tree

BG bougainvillea recolor

3t2 Barnacle Bay sculpture

White fence

4t2 Mesquite tree

BG community trashbin default

Seasonal London trees

BG community phone recolor

Decorative stone floor + decorative stone floor with diamonds - Life Stories build bundle

String lights

3t2 Bohemian Garden gazebo

Low white fence

Fountain

4t2 deco sauce bottles

3t2 picnic table

3t2 terrain paint - river rocks

Invisible picnic seats (require global mod SharedIsChairABoothGlobal)

4t2 deco bottles

3t2 main street pennant (free registration required)

Rowan tree

Lilac bush

Pink Monkshood

Seasonal Shasta Daisy by Raynuss

Monkshood

Park is designed to be placed on a 3x3 lot surrounded by roads

[nerlika-blog]

Exterior - Sea Museum 1 - Sea Museum 2 - Restaurant

The top-down view and the floor plans can be found under the cut

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[nerlika-blog]

Random posters for Science Building

In the middle of decorating Science Building for uni I realized I’m lacking some thematic posters - so here they are: 

swatch 1 · swatch 2 · swatch 3 · swatch 4

They are on Grilled Cheese, Surfing Universe, Great Movie and BV Travel posters so no meshes required, but I recommend these addons:

Surfing the Pineapple

Unframed BV Travel poster

Unframed NL Grilled Cheese poster

Original posters from Freepik, Simlish fonts by Chere-indolente, Franzillasims and Gazifu

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[nerlika-blog]

New version of movie theater

I really liked how marquee looks in this build by Eulaliasims and decided to rearrange the front of my theater to incorporate it. Another positive change is that the front has a space for windows now, and yay - it looks so much better!

Floor plan is pretty much the same

[daily-spooky]

Your daily dose of spooky posts

[mystery-sim-deactivated20230825]

Resources for TS2

 BASICS:

The Sims 2: Ultimate Collection (oldgamesdownload.com)

4GB Patch & Memory Allocation Fix

Guide for Better Resolution

Custom Launcher

Clean Installer

Clean UI

Sim Shadow Fix

No Pause Frame

Anti-Corruption Mods (x) (x) (x)

Gunmod’s Camera Mod

Widescreen CAS Camera Fix

GAMEPLAY MODS

Smarter EP Check (allows certain mods to work)

Story Progression

No Matchmaker or Garden Club Visit

No Rod Humble (Free Computer Guy)

No Hobby Stalkers

Career Rewards as Aspiration Rewards

Monique’s Hacked Computers

Brighter Computer Screens + Custom Computer Screens

No Computer Chat Notifications

Exercise Bike Fix

Better Speech + Thought Bubbles

Single-Plate Leftovers

Smarter Parent Choice for College Cut Scene

Random Radio Station

Select Your Cemetery

Build Skills at Community Lots

No Relationship with Deliverypeople

No Relationship with Burglars

No Relationship with Servers

No More “Dance Face”

‘HOOD DECO:

Seasonal Crop Fields

360 Skylines

SkyFix

‘Hood Skies

No More Blurry Beach/Cliff/Snow

Tree Replacements

Tennis Courts + Soccer Fields

Deco Cars

SIMS’ PERSONALITY & BEHAVIOR

ACR (Autonomous Romance)

Zodiac Compatibility Overhaul

Go Steady for Adults + Last Name Dialog

No Pets Lifetime Wants

University Career Lifetime Wants

Dress Me Correctly

Personality Please

Custom Turn-Ons and Turn-Offs

Call Anyone (Even Sims in the Family Bin)

Smarter Bed Use

Smarter Lights

Better Wants

Bring Home a Friend Dialog

Watch TV From All Chairs

Don’t Mess With My Newspaper (Or Trash)

Visitors, Stay Off My Stuff!

KIDS + BABIES

Children Can Get Cereal From Fridges

Faster Homework

School Doesn’t Change Fun

Summer Vacation and Winter Day

Baby Bottle Replacement

Access High Chair From All Angles

No Baby Harassment

CREATE-A-SIM

Default Face Templates

Custom Hair (x) (x)

Skinblends (x) (x)

Eyes (x) (x) (x) (x)

Default Eyebrow Replacements

Default Makeup Replacement

Lipsticks (x) (x) (x) (x)

Eyeliners (x)

Other Makeup (x) (x)

Maxis Match Repository Project (Clothes)

More Maxis Match Clothing (x)

Buddy Holly Glasses

BUILD MODE +  RESIDENTIAL LOTS

Bespoke Build Set

Bespoke Curtains + Blinds

Invisible Greenhouse Roof

Bespoke Lot Pack

Bespoke Lot Pack II

Wellwood Bespoke House

Super White Bespoke House

Rustic Mansion

No-CC Residential Lots

Mission Bay Bedroom Set

Drivable Cop Car

For Sale Sign

COMMUNITY LOTS

Pleasantview Cemetery

Wedding Chapel

No-CC Community Lots

Benny’s Retro Diner

Bittersweet Coffee Shop

Scienctific Research Facility

Average Jane’s Gym

Indulgent Bakery Set + French Patisserie Set

Grocery Display Defaults

[freezerbunny-sims2]

You can delete large amounts of neighborhood objects quickly by holding the Escape key and moving the cursor over the objects. I totally knew that. I totally didn’t spend forever deleting the trees that come with the maxis sc4 terrains, one by one.

[jenplayssims]

1940s No CC Families

Gallery ID: HawkeyeTARDIS

I plan to make another family or 2 from the 1940s eventually, but here’s the 3 uploaded to the gallery so far. All the men have a military outfit from the Strangerville pack as a secondary outfit since I originally envisioned them as military buddies for my decades heir.

Meet the Carver family:

Dottie, Dennis, Helen, George, and Frank

Meet the Richmond family:

Maxine, Leona, Laurence, and Marvin

Meet the Gallardo family:

Oscar, Dolores, Diego, and Silvia

UPDATE: Meet the Nishihara family:

Marilyn, Lois, Don, and Roger

If you happen to use any of them in your games, I’d love to see! Happy simming!

[alainas-sims]

Alexandrea Cole Morales: 1940s Lookbook

A wartime (circa 1943) lookbook for Alexandrea Cole Morales. Alexandrea is an aspiring actress who moved to Los Angeles to get her start in Hollywood at the beginning of the decade. After an unexpected pregnancy, she married Héctor Morales and the two moved into a small apartment together, where they raised their two children, Salvador and Gloria. Currently, Héctor is serving in the Army in Europe, and Alexandrea balances her duties as a mother with her appearances in film newsreels. Her traits are Romantic, Clumsy, and Creative.

everyday 1: hair / dress (Shirley) / tights (TSR) / shoes

everyday 2: shirt / pants

everyday 3: dress / tights / shoes

formal: hair / earrings (VG) / lipstick / dress / tights / shoes

athletic: jumpsuit

sleepwear: hair (DineOut) / nightgown (VG)

underwear: bra / underwear

party: dress / tights / shoes

going out: hat / jacket / skirt / tights / shoes

swimwear: swimsuit

hot weather: dress / tights / shoes

cold weather: hat / coat

Thanks to: @twentiethcenturysims, @linzlu, @rustys-cc, @double-plumbob, @needleworkreve, @gilded-ghosts, @javitrulovesims, @lordreboot, @gladlypants, @simsfromthepast, @ice-creamforbreakfast, @hanalinori, @qicc, @saurusness, @happylifesims, + those not on tumblr

[thesimline]

Enjoy this big round up of 1930s style hair cuts for the ladies! CC links after the cut.

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