The final part of my Pleasantview with a Twist households overview, I love seeing what others do with their hoods or the premades. So I am hoping this has been somewhat interesting!
Part 1 is here, Part 2 is here.
Newson-Lee
Gallagher, Kelly and Kinnon.
These two met in College and have recently had Kinnon, focusing on their careers first. And Gallagher's goal of creating 200 robots, no pressure there. Kelly is in the Paranormal career and Gallagher is in the Science career.
Rauscher
Lilith, Ethan the Atrociously Evil Warlock and Persephone.
After she broke up with Dirk, Lilith had a short marriage to Abhijeet - after she found him cheating with Nina and would not stop fighting him. She stayed single and worked her way up the Athletic career until she met Ethan, he is fighting pretty much everyone in the 'hood to fit his lifetime wish of 20 fights. They have had Persephone in this round.
Copur
Ivy and Alvin.
They have recently graduated after going to university with Morty Caliente, I think they'll stay playable and not be added to the townie pool again. Just to keep some more marriage options as both met dormies they could marry, extra babies will soon be needed!
Goth Uni
Vince.
The adopted son of Cassandra and Darren, he's currently studying Literature and dreams of being a Rock God. He was once involved with Nicolo Lothario, so we shall see if that rekindles.
Here's more of the household overviews from my Pleasantview with a Twist, Round 7. You can find the Part 1 here.
Part 3 coming soon!
Broke
Dustin, Marisa and their son Bobby.
Dustin continued his criminal antics after his relationship with Angela ended. He almost had a romance with Lilith until he met her friend and roommate Marisa. The pair are thriving in their careers, Marisa has a high interest in Crime so I don't think she minds where the money comes from!
Broke II
Skip Jr and his wife Adriana.
Skip Jr has not long returned from College and has moved in with Adriana, who he met during College. The pair hit it off well, they're soon to be married and both happily focusing on their careers. Adriana is Don's second alien baby, she lived with Kaylynn until she was a child and the fire took her mother.
Boyle
Dante and his wife Jade.
The second alien son of Daniel, Dante has recently returned from university with his wife Jade. They're looking to start a family and move out of their apartment as soon as possible.
Goth II
Alexander, his wife Sophie and their son Luther.
Alexander hasn't had the best luck in romance, until he met Sophie who pursued him relentlessly. He lost his first love Ricky in College after he died from electrocution. He had short flings with Dirk and... Don (much to my horror, thanks freewill), until he settled down with Sophie and had their baby boy.
Gothier
Belladonna and Angela.
Angela started her career in Oceanography, before becoming fed up and moving on to Politics like her mother. She met the mysterious Belladonna after years of being single. They're now happily married and Angela is climbing the career ladder, hoping to be the Mayor of Pleasantview.
Harris
Remington and Brittany.
Previously married to Don, for many years, Remington is out on his own after catching Don cheating. It had taken him years to convince Don to adopt Brittany and he longs to have six children... but he doesn't quite have the funds or time to sustain six more children on his own.
Nanale
Georgia, Phillip and Louis.
Georgia has been determined for a long time to have a string of successful businesses, her pet store is going well and she hopes Phillip can beat Angela in the race to become Mayor. Although he doesn't seem as invested. Not much to report on these two!
Newson
Gavin, Cathy, Gloria and Gwen.
Gavin has recently opened his own business, a farmer's market, after working his butt off in the Intelligence career to get enough funds together. Cathy keeps rolling wants for babies, I may let them have one more if their budget can cope!
I have been playing a bunch of Pleasantview with a Twist, I just love this iteration. I'm on Round 7 about to go into Round 8, so that is 28 years (days) later!
I'm still playing medieval (Holmwick) too but haven't posted anything. Maybe I'll do an update for that soon!
I'll start with showing where each of the original households are at, e.g. Goth, Lothario - then branch off from where the rest of the Sims from those families are.
Lothario
Don and his alien son Nicolo - whose mother is secret alien Kaylynn Langerak.
Don had twins with Kaylynn after their fling, but they never made it official. He had no other children except for Nicolo and his sister Adriana who has moved out with her husband. Don was married to Remington Harris for a long time, but they broke up recently, and he moved out with their adopted daughter Brittany.
Goth Manor
Cassandra, Darren and her alien daughter Anastasia.
Cassie was left at the altar by Don and immediately married Darren, they struggled to conceive and adopted a son called Victor. Cassie was then abducted by aliens and had Anastasia. Darren was caught cheating with Nina, after a rough patch with Cassie, who has only just forgiven him.
Caliente
Nina, Dina, her son Morty and his partner Kaylynn Goss.
Dina married Mortimer and had Morty, she has been really successful in the Show Business career - and through the money Mortimer left her. Nina has been woohoo-ing and working mainly. Morty has just come home from university with his fiance Kaylynn.
Broke Carr
Brandi, Joe and their adopted son Chandler.
Brandi had Skip Jr and struggled for a long time, ending up with a terrible relationship with Dustin who she no longer speaks to. She met Joe later in life and didn't want more kids, although he did. Brandi compromised and they adopted Chandler.
Pleasant
Daniel, his son Jeffery (another Kaylynn baby), his wife Tina, their daughters Tallulah and Teagan.
Daniel was never caught with Kaylynn and broke up with her after having his sons Dante and Jeffery. He and Mary-Sue raised the boys as their own with her believing he was abducted by aliens. Dante, Lilith and Angela all live elsewhere. Jeffery moved home however with his wife Tina Traveller to have twin girls. Mary-Sue has just died of a heart attack, which Daniel has not recovered from. Jeffery is trying to run a toy store and help his father.
Dreamer
Dirk and his boyfriend Orlando.
Dirk spent most of his time focusing on his career, as well as being one of Don's lovers. He broke this off and fell head over heels for Alexander Goth, but the two never committed. He then reunited with Orlando and they are getting married soon.
Burb
John, Jennifer, Lucy, her wife Ginger and their son Brad.
Jennifer has been very successful in her career which has allowed John to be the local gardener and enjoy an easy career-life. They have poured everything into Lucy's life and adore Ginger, and their grandchild Brad. Ginger and Lucy plan to adopt more children soon, whilst Ginger balances running her salon.
Oldie
Garrett, Beau, their daughter Aria, Gabriella and her son George.
The Newson kids were adopted by Coral and Herb, by her demand. The rest of the kids have moved on, but Garrett and Gabriella have kept the Oldie name going. Gabriella had George early in her adulthood, whilst Garrett and Beau have only recently made their science baby Aria - thanks to Beau's career connections!
(yes, PURPLE, because I always saw it as purple and the shader name is literally called the purple error shader. Sue me!!)
Just in case anyone missed it, "pink flashing" in The Sims 2 has finally been busted wide open by a lovely chap named Will Nixon, see here.
I thoroughly recommend reading through the entire dissertation pdf, it's a good read! Even if your eyes glaze over and you skim past the super technical computer engineering jargon, you'll pick up some interesting tidbits from it.
Just wanted to share that
1) the patch is fully compatible with Linux and works to improve Linux performance even further, as testing by myself and my dear friend @niamh-sims
2) Some screenshots from testing my medieval hood on Windows 11:
No patch:
With patch:
I also stress-tested the hood by loading into the main Castle lot and having a sim travel between 4-5 different lots with my settings on max. (This is how I play on Linux now so I've gotten used to it, no more turning neighbours and hood deco off for me!!)
Without the patch in, the game crashed and wouldn't load the castle lot for me at ALL, so that was a great start.
Ooft, lol.
With the patch in, I could load into the castle and travel freely around the hood. I noted that that game also generally felt smoother.
This is an absolute breakthrough, people. Linux is no longer absolutely required if you want to play TS2 without pink flashing! Get excited!!
I will personally continue to play on Linux because I honestly enjoy the OS and prefer it over Windows, and my game still loads faster and runs smoother on Linux, but I recommend every simmer download Will's patch (V1 or V2, but V2 is likely safer) and keep it in your essential mods list forever.
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