A Cute Egg

Sims 2, 26, WCIFs Closed!

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Here are my list of links for those who are on mobile devices! I’m pinning this post.

General Tags

> Gameplay Tag

> WCIF Tag

> CC Finds

Legacies

> Zhang Legacy (Beginning with Jennifer Zhang)

All Zhang Family Members:

Hui Ying Zhang

Li Hua Zhang

Willow Louie

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Come hang out with my new Black Wallstreet BACC Hood where we'll throw a multi-in-game-day Juneteenth celebration!

From today, Friday 6:30 PM Central, until!

Live @ twitch.tv/yessudesu

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Ming Fei: "Hey, uhh, grandma..? Are you okay?"

Jennifer: "I can't believe I'm dead!"

Ming Fei: ".... okay, well...you've been taking a dirt nap for 20 years now."

Jennifer: "How can I live like this???"

Ming Fei: "Okay, grandma Jenny... it seems like you're going through a lot right now. I'll come back another time..."

Ming Fei: "...probably when it's time for me to be buried in the family plot."

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⋆˖⁺‧₊☆ cozy. // Light Palms Overlay ☆₊‧⁺˖⋆

⋆ skin overlay for all ages and genders

⋆ box found under Miscellaneous -> Dressers

⋆ 1 swatch

⋆ compressed and made with love

Link, previews and more info under the cut ♡

I can't believe I've finally made it!!!! I first started working on this overlay in 2024, I tried like three times to create a box, but it wouldn't work. So I settled for replacing a texture I don't use in another box with mine and putting it on my sims. But I've always wanted to upload it, because I think this is a very needed item. After a long fight I finally understood overlays very well and learned how to make them. And I'm so happy that I can upload this box now!

So, what is this? It's an overlay box that contains only one swatch that covers your sim's palms, making them look more realistic on dark-skinned sims. I tried to pick a tone that would be quite universal, it can be used starting with skins around S3 and all the way to the darkest skin tones. The texture is handpainted, I did my best trying to optimize it to look good on the Maxis hand mesh, but there might obviously be imperfections because both the mesh and the texture are quite simple. The texture is unfortunately a bit pixelated; as I've mentioned, I had put it in a different package for personal use at first, and it appears that I don't have the original image file anymore, so I had to pull it out of my game and then back into the game, which... probably didn't help its quality, but it's the best I could do. I think it looks gorgeous, pixelated or not. And if you're not zooming in too closely, it's not even noticeable.

To use this, you just have to place the overlay "box" object on your lot and choose "Add Light Palms" in the pie menu. There is also an option to remove the overlay. The object can be found in Miscellaneous/Dressers for §0. I based it on a mesh made for TS4 by yourdorkbrains and converted to TS2 by trishasimma. It looks like this:

Examples of how it looks on different skintones, before and after:

I hope you enjoy using it! I am very happy with this overlay and it brings me so much joy to finally be able to share it with the world.

Credits: me for the textures, @themeasureofasim for the overlay tutorial and the box I based mine on, yourdorkbrains for the TS4 mesh, @trishasimma for the TS2 conversion.

♡ Download ♡

⋆ NoFaceOverlay.package is required and included in the upload. Please make sure you don't already have it in your Downloads folder, one copy is enough (if you have other overlays in your game, it's likely already there).

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SimLife Generator (Full Version 1.6)

Published: 6-10-2026 | Updated: N/A SUMMARY “You can tell a better story when you have a more fleshed out character” – Simulation Princess, 2026 The SimLife Generator is an excel-based planning tool for simmers. Use it to create new sims, play with ideas, edit existing sims, tell stories, or get unstuck in Bodyshop/Create-A-Sim. This is an ideal resource for editing playables and non-playables alike.

This tool requires one of the following: Excel 2021 and up, Google Sheets, MS Excel Online (via MS Outlook), Office 365, LibreOffice 26, or PlanMaker.

Some profiles will include both default and custom content – disregard what doesn’t apply to your sim. Sims 2 default items are generated on separate lines for ease (“TS2” or “DEF”).

Select Sims 3/Sims 4 items were included so there is some limited application for those games. Lots of descriptive details are available to help you create unique faces/bodies – not everything will have a literal button/slider in Create-A-Sim (i.e. there is no “dad bod” or “bottom-heavy” toggle in-game but the detail can help you assign unique physical features).

See below for more information.

Only the Excel, Office 365, and Google Sheets versions have the CENSUS tab.

Tutorials/Tips for this will be posted under the #co2tools tag.

DETAILS This tool works best if you have all EPs/SPs - use your own judgement otherwise. GETTING STARTED: On the HOME SCREEN tab, do the following: (1) Enter the total number of default and custom FULL FACE templates installed in your game (REQUIRED for TS2). If you don’t use custom face templates or want to limit randomization to default items, a number between 12-30 is recommended (the default is ~27). (2) Use the drop-down menus to select BASIC GENETICS (REQUIRED for ALL GAMES). The genetic information will sync across all profiles. Select any profile type by clicking on any of the non-gray colored tabs.

RE-RANDOMIZE PROFILES: To re-randomize any profile, hit F9 OR select a yellow/empty cell and hit DELETE until you get desired details. SAVE AS YOU GO: All profiles will re-generate simultaneously every time so you should save/export individual profiles as you go. To save a profile, select the portions you want to export and do one of the following:

To export just the text, paste “values” in another excel sheet or as text in another document.

To export as an image, select Paste > Paste Special > Paste as Picture.

To export for the purpose of additional editing, paste to a separate document or photo editing program.

Depending on the website/app, you may be able to paste the profile directly (e.g. you can paste directly to Discord).

IMPORTANT: Generated suggestions come from a small, Non-AI language model (SML). Text items are stored in the gray “DATA-“ tabs – DO NOT ALTER THESE unless you know what you’re doing. DOWNLOAD (choose one) Version 1.6 from SFS | from MEGA

AVAILABLE PROFILE TABS

FACE CARD (Face/Hair/Make-Up): Generate a "FACE CARD" with all necessary face and hair related details. Includes pro-tips, reference images, and a step-by-step guide for making SIMS 2 characters in Bodyshop/CAS ("Pooklet Method").

BODYSHOP (Skin & Body Type/Frame/Shape/Definition): Includes a variety of skin and body details for your sim - some are specific and others are open to interpretation. Reference images and custom body shapes suggestions are included.

PERSONALITY (Basic Traits/Zodiac/Aspiration/Behaviors): Discover your sim's default personality traits, birth story, and aspiration. Use the extra story-oriented details here and in other profiles to give them a unique point of view.

PARANORMAL (Supernatural/Occult/Fantasy/Astrology): Suggestions for alternative life states from aliens to spellcasters, vampires, and fortune tellers. Includes genetics, magic powers, simlish astrological signs, and custom traits.

LIFESTYLE (Backstory/Aspiration/Hobbies/Goals): Your sim's family, household, formative moments, memories, school experiences, friends, enemies, goals, and hobbies - at each stage in their life. Includes income, lot details, careers, death, and bucket list as well.

QUALITIES (Traits/Skills/Talents/Social Groups): This profile is all about skills, talents, traits, and social connections (default and custom) - suggestions are organized by game and/or type.

FAVORITES (Likes/Dislikes/Preferences): Explore your sim's favorite things - places, foods, entertainment, clothing, décor styles, and indulgences. Apply the details in-game as you choose activities, clothing, and shop for your sim. Storytelling items are included as well.

ROMANCE (Attraction/Romance/Dating/Woohoo): In addition to turn offs/ons, this profile lists preferences for dating, realtionships, and intimacy. Suggested ACR settings and a full compatibility chart will help you plan your sim's romantic activities and experiences.

PETS (Cats/Dogs/Horses): All the details you'll need to create and edit pets in-game - limited to cats, dogs, and horses. You may need mods to apply some of the learned behaviors/commands and traits.

CENSUS (Plan Your Populations): Generate a census by age, species, location, education, income, lifestyle, social class, and more. This interactive tool is handy if you're starting a new save, playing a BACC, or wanna set specific goals and limits for gameplay.

CREDITS Thanks: Suggestions, Links, and Feedback from @chocolatecitysim, @ch4rmsing, @ranabluu, @haziewhims, SimFan333, YessuDessu/@brownsugarbabesims, @waterpix, Nemertes/@guessimate, SimBuilderJess, @es-sims, @earlgraytay, @grottydotty, @mishas-sims, StandbyEntrance/@shoque, @xmiramira, @corasims, Treehawk, ViVi, Shield-Sphinx, @honowo, @cerealeatinglion. Sims2/Simming communities, especially the Chocolate City, SimForge, SimCrafters, Spicecord, and Plumbbob Keep discords. Sources: Any Color You Like (CuriousB, 2010), Beyno (Korn via BBFonts), EA/Maxis, Offuturistic Infographic (Freepik), 12Raben (2025), ACR Guide (PleasantSims, n.d.), Historical-Fantasy Medieval BSOK (Norica et. al via Medievalsims.com/PlumbBob Keep, 2020), Meet My Ship (lilmoonberry, n.d.), Gigge (2005 via MTS), Michelle (2013), Mining 3.0 (Sun & Moon, 2019), Parsimonius, Pookley (2022; 2014), Shien (n.d.), Simllama & LilithPleasant (2018), Sims 2 Catalogue of Human Types (Magic Girl Sandbox, 2024 via Honowo), PixelPlumbobChronicles (2025 via EA/Maxis), Sims 4 Zodiac Mod (VickySims, 2023), Sun & Moon Star Factory (2023, 2022a, 2022b, 2020, 2019, (2017, 2016), Sims VIP (n.d.), Missmck/Thesimsmedieval.fandom.com, Painfully-painful-pain (via EA/Maxis, 2026), The Sims Wiki, Veronavillequiltingbee (2021).

Generators: BACCulator (@chocolatecitysim, 2025), Create A Sim Generator: Sims 4 (Soliyl, 2025), Sim Cat Randomizing Generator (Delijume, n.d.; TheCuriousClockwork; Shein), Crumpulator (LordCrumps, 2025), Sim Dog Randomizing Generator (Delijume, n.d.; TheCuriousClockwork; Shein), Sim-Generators (Kawaii-Stacie, n.d.), Sims 2 Tracking Prototype (Cora626 [X], 2026), Generate A Family (GAF) (A Little White Magic, n.d.), Sims 4 Build Generator (Unknown, n.d.), WAPulator (TheWap, 2026).

Other: Adivi (2026 via Lilac St.), Adrianna via Californiapsychics.com (2021), Astroseek, AstroTwins (n.d. via Astro Style), Baraton (2025), BeBeautiful, Bossman (n.d.), Brittanica, Byrdie, Cait (2020), Getty Images, Centeno (via Real Men Real Style, 2025) Simmons (via Alpine Swiss, 2023), Bewakoof.com Jordan and Vestic (via WikiHow, 2026), CfAH (n.d.), Charles via Mind Journal (2025; 2017), Chulpayev via MadeManBarber.com (2025), Clarke via Lovepaper.org (n.d.), Digital Team (via yesmadam, 2025), Dracan via forums.elderscrollsonline.com (2014), Esteves (2024), Ethereality111 via Reddit (2024), Gardenia.net, Original Botanica (2023), Gulf Coast Facial Plastic and ENT Center (2026), Haircode.com, International Gem Society (2022), L’Oreal (2020), Mad Group via Recode (2023), Molly Jewelry US (2025), MyersBriggs.org, Reed (2026, 2024a, 2024b, 2024c), Nair, NASA, Nelson (2016 via Thought Catalog), Salonory (2023), Unwindumd (2015 via Coolguides on Reddit), Old Farmer’s Almanac (2025a, 2025b, 2025c, 2026a, 2026b), Pampered Image Team (2025), Neecey (via Allwomenstalk.com, 2025), Pro Writing Aid (2023a, 2023b), Sadurskii and Minyard (via WikiHow, 2025), Burrows (via Modern Gentleman Magazine, 2024), DiamondStuds (2019), Sicut Locutus Est (2016), Sketchplantations, SourGreg via Reddit (2018), Spencerfromthehills via Reddit (2022), Stuart (2022 via Sustaining Community), Tabeebo (2025), Tarot.com (2026), The Cornrow (2023), The Knowledge Academy, Thecrystalcouncil.com (2018-2026), Tree2MyDoor (2026), Vectorstock, WikiHow, Year and Vestic (via WikiHow, 2025), Yes Spiral, Zodiac Color Palettes (NowLetsGetGoing.com, 2021; 2018), Zodiac Dude via Princeton.edu.

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What happened when GoS died?

Aka: the clarity and communication that you deserve

Hi everyone. As some may have caught already, GoS is not dead (anymore)! During the period that it was, however, so much drama started and if you ask me; it all comes down to people not knowing what's going on and making assumptions that further sparked panic. So, let's clear some stuff up for those who got caught in the rumor mill.

Oh and if you haven't, it's worth reading @julessims excellent writeup on how she got GoS working again.

This is gonna be focused a bit more on communications stuff. Like, a bit more general I guess?

Q: what did you do?

A: I helped get GoS back online. @julessims did the actual hard work of upgrading the forum. @teaaddictyt played a role by facilitating communication and doing some PR (even if that wasn't received well by many a simmer) and ofc hugelunatic provided files, databases and the occasional bit of relevant information. I approached lunie and provided help with hosting, DNS and ensuring the files were safe and handling some communication. It was teamwork (and jules did most of it if you ask me).

Q: why didn't lunie communicate that it would be rehosted?

A: I'm not sure what lunie's exact motivation behind cancelling the hosting was and if I knew it wouldn't be mine to share, but I do know that @julessims and I upgrading and rehosting wasn't planned. It was a spontaneous action on our ends and so lunie couldn't have told you beforehand. I'm really glad that lunie decided to trust us with this and hope GoS will have many more years!

Q: why didn't you communicate any of this?

A: I thought my time would be better spent actually doing the work instead of playing communications department, fielding questions and countering people's wild speculations. I did think about making a post clarifying matters when it became clear people were making some pretty wildly incorrect statements, but I had other things to do. Better to focus on what matters than to get caught up in more miscommunications.

Q: GoS looks different now. Why?

A: the new look of GoS is a direct consequence of the upgrade. The old theme was not made to fit the new software and the conversion process does not convert themes. Seeing GoS in the default (white) theme felt so wrong, so we picked a good-looking dark theme and @julessims modified it to look more like classic GoS, with great success, I think. Still, it is and never will be truly identical. I don't think it's a bad thing.

Q: is the site in archive mode or can I comment?

The site is not in archive mode. It is a live forum. Posting works, registration works, if anything doesn't work, you should find a mod to message so either they or @julessims or I can try to troubleshoot and fix the issue.

In fact, you should comment! Forums are best when people leave comments and engage. Go express how much you like a piece of CC, contribute to the current theme (fittingly about renovating old things) or talk about something!

Q: why did it have to be upgraded? Couldn't it have just stayed now it was?

A: no. It really couldn't. GoS was running SMF 1.1.21 on PHP no higher than 5.3. The newest version is 8.5. PHP 5.3 had been obsolete since 2014. It would've been difficult to find a host that would be willing and able to host GoS and even if that could be found, it'd still leave it vulnerable to bugs and vulnerabilities resolved in newer versions of SMF and PHP. Credit to lunie's host for having continues to support it for this long, many wouldn't. Now that the forum has been upgraded and is running nicely on 8.3, it should be all good to go for many years to come.

Q: just a forum upgrade? So why did it go down?

A: make no mistake: going from something running on PHP 5.x to 8.x is no small leap and had to be done in steps. There were a lot of issues converting the database to the new format which resulted in all sorts of errors that needed manual database conversions. Upgrading a forum, particularly an old one with more than 600.000 posts is in fact not a piece of cake. There were also traces of a prior attempts to upgrade that complicated matters even more. @julessims made an excellent write-up of the technical bits if you're interested.

Q: who is running GoS now?

A: lunie is still forum admin and it will be up to her to decide what to do about the day to day running of the forum. Whether she'll be running it herself, with the help of others or elect someone else will be her choice in the end. As for hosting: that would be me.

Q: so does that mean we can stop archiving?

You could, but I would honestly suggest at least backing up your own favourite CC, regardless of where it's shared or hosted. Also, you can consider looking up an "auto archiving" extension for your browser that will automatically save pages to the wayback machine. The web archive has a page with resources

Q: *insult angry comment about hugelunatic*

A: you are 100% entitled to your anger and frustration. GoS is an important part of the Sims community and losing it, even for a little bit was a huge blow. It's understandable to be angry. Angry comments, however, were never gonna resolve the issue. Angry comments would not get GoS back nor would comments defending hugelunatic for that matter. What did help was working with hugelunatic. No files+database = no forum. Squabbling was not gonna get either back. Saying that, it's important to acknowledge that I was in a good position to do what needed to be done in regards to skills and connections which is not a privilege most people have. I get why people were angry and given that most were not privy to what was going on behind the scenes, it's no wonder everyone got as upset as they did. I also wouldn't have reacted well if I wasn't in direct communication with lunie and working on getting the site back.

Q: what's the plan now?

A: well, sims2artists still needs an update. I hope we can do that sometime soon. I'll also be keeping an eye out for any errors and aim to implement some extra security headers for the site. We also still need to fix some matters in regards to the domain and DNS. I also hope to have some more contact with the GoS mods so we can discuss hosting and what my responsibility and theirs is. Like, write down who is responsible for what and who can be contacted by my host should I pass away unexpectedly, for example. These things happen, so it's good to have backup plans and emergency contacts.

Q: did you have any freakouts tho?

A: certainly. First, when GoS and S2A went down. I was afraid the files and the S2A DB could be gone for good. I was also afraid that lunie wouldn't be willing to work with us and truthfully I also had the fear that if she got more agitated, we could risk losing the files and database. Fortunately this didn't happen, in fact: lunie gave us the resources and helped us out where necessary so we could get GoS back online. I'm very thankful for that.

I also got dragged by my emotions a bit when an unhelpful reddit post suggested that Delphy of MTS infamy might have something to do with hosting and when lunie mentioned something about an offer of hosting as is, no upgrade required. I may have freaked out and freaked out some other folks in the process (my apologies for that. You know who you are). There were many freakouts and I think it was good I didn't make any tumblr posts about this before we got GoS back. I stand by my decision it wouldn't have helped. Freaking out in private was bad enough.

Q: can you tell us what you actually did technically?

A: certainly! First, I set up hosting and new empty databases for GoS (and eventually: sims2artists). I made sure all the required aliases were in place so that when the DNS records for gardenofshadows.org.uk were switched over, it'd find the correct place on the webserver to go to. I also provided a subdomain on a domain of mine to test the forum live before it'd be moved back to the correct domain.

I also got access to the FTP for the original GoS hosting and was able to grab all the files and reupload what was necessary to the new server. While jules was in PHP hell I also cleaned up some stuff on Sims2artists. It's not gonna be anything you notice, but it's something.

I also did a number of things on the webserver, including changing directories. At some point I accidentally moved the forum to example.tld/gardenofshadows/gardenofshadows/gardenofshadows/index.php if you'd believe it. Finally I helped set the DNS records for the move. An SPF record went missing, but was quickly fixed. I also added some HTTP Headers to be served when visiting GoS and a lil something to hopefully keep AI bots from scraping and spamming HTTP requests. If you notice link previews not working: sorry, that'd be the X-Frame header.

Tldr: webserver and domain and DNS stuff; hosting infrastructure

Q: what about hosting costs?

A: right now they're so low we could call them non-existent. Should that change, I don't expect it to be above €100,- per calendar year. Probably closer to €50,-. Aka: it's not an issue. No need for ads. Should fundraising ever be needed, I will discuss it with the mods first.

Now go leave some comments on GoS!

Anyways, if you have any more questions, don't hesitate to ask. There's a lot more to say about this. But hopefully this does clarify some matters.

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The way Taiya gagged looking at her maternity paintings. 💀 Well, having children means the Lorenzo bloodline will go on to become one of the wealthiest in New Blossom. Be glad that it happened, Taiya!

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Taiya and Quince are proud to send their eldest daughter, Shanaya, off to college.

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Congratulations, new grads of New Blossom Charter School!

From top-left to right: Tashika Lorenzo, Remi Jones, Mackenzie Parker, Bryan Kopeki, Bryn Kopeki, Jules Santos, Derrika Jones, Carin Prairie.

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As dared by The Sister, Tash let their hair grow out and took a picture with the new 'do.

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Celebrating 400k profits from our first business! The others are in the 100k-200k range.

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Quince: "I can't believe we're old."

Taiya: "Believe it. We're decrepit."

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Taiya: "Oh, hello! Did I see you at karaoke?"

Quince: "Tai, we're getting too old for this. When will we go on vacation?"

Taiya: "Who is 'we'?"

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My Love Island Labadi season has officially begun! A summer in a villa on an African island ❤️‍🔥🏝️

Can your sims stand the heat? Tap in for girl fights, love chats, challenges, prizes and woohoo! It’s messsyyyyy 🤭

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Remi: "So you're, like, a baby gay?"

Carin: "I think so! I dunno; I'm still figuring me out! I did date a guy before. You know Lyndon? It really just felt like a good friendship."

Remi: "Oh my god; we need to go scouting at this dance! Come sit with me..."

Remi: "You see that girl over there?"

Carin: "Pink dress?"

Remi: "Yeah. That's Meadow Thayer."

Carin: "Woah. She's cute."

Remi: "Watch this."

Remi: "Hey, cutie! I'M gay. YOU'RE gay. Why don't we just be gay TOGETHER?"

Meadow: "Yeesh, just because we're both gay, doesn't mean I don't have standards. I don't DO blondes, anyway."

Remi: "Woah, well, SORRY, hun."

Meadow: "But your friend over there..."

Meadow: "Hey, you! Carin, is it? I think I've seen you before. You're the little nerdy girl in the back of Bio."

Carin: "Haha...yeah...I guess I am?"

Meadow: "So, I saw you two scheming at the table earlier. What's your plan for impressing me?"

Carin: "I, uhh...I can juggle pretty well??"

Meadow: "Okay! It's giving circus. Let's see what you got then."

And so, the awkward lesbians who think they're in a movie compete for each other. Winning couple juggles during prom, and it's so awkwardly fabulous that everyone remembers this moment and cheers them on.

This isn't the first time Carin has juggled at a dance.