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Treachery is afoot at the DéMarche Manor.
Hello, The Sims lovers 🥹 After months of work, the first episode of a new series is finally here — a nostalgic tribute to the golden era of the game and Studio Town from the original title.
This new story explores the lives of characters, creators, and Sim actors whose brightest days are behind them, as they search for a new path after the fall of STV Studios. Told through a slightly twisted lens, with a touch of dark humor and a wink to the audience, the series playfully parodies familiar stories we all know.
So hop on the nostalgia bus for anyone who misses the Superstar expansion pack, and imagine how it would look in The Sims 2 edition. I’d be incredibly grateful if you gave it a few minutes ❤️
This series is available in both POLISH (original) and ENGLISH. However, this is my first attempt at recording English dialogues, so please don’t be too harsh — I did my best! 👉👈
This is worth the watch!
🏞️ 300 Followers Gift : The Veronaville Neighborhood🍃
🏰 To celebrate this properly, I offer you a fully decorated village, filled with CC-free Maxis lots. I didn't touch the houses, they are as the Maxis creator made them. This is just to fill in the blanks and give you a guide to follow for those who don't know where to start.
🏘️ This district is made up of several parts : a section for witches and fairies, a main section with houses, two large mansion areas for the Cappulets and Montagues 🪶
🧜♀️ And finally, a remote island to set up a mermaid lagoon and create pirate stories. I originally used it to give a back-story to Captain Khrane - the ghost that haunts the pirate wreck 🏴☠️
💡 You can also download some of my Old Town Lots or my MagicTown lots and recreate something here 🧚♀️
🌆 NEEDED NEIGHBORHOOD DECO :
Redbud Tree CUSTOM version by @suratan-zir Busy Road Vehicle Set by @criquette-was-here Rural Road Charm’s by @criquette-was-here (pick and choose) The Fence & Hedge set by @criquette-was-here Smuggled Deco’s by @criquette-was-here Street Lights Set by @criquette-was-here Assorted Bushes by @criquette-was-here Cobblestone Footpath Pieces Set by @criquette-was-here SimsInsania's 4t2 Hood Epicea by @criquette-was-here Primary School + Flood Memorial by @criquette-was-here Zagoskin Tower Base by @criquette-was-here Vervainwort Canal Items by @criquette-was-here Street Tables and Benches Set by @criquette-was-here Rural Lanes Set by @criquette-was-here Darker Rural Lane Set edited by @teaaddictyt TS4 Park Bridge by @leoz94 4t2 Street Lights by @beautifulnerdkitty 3t2 Stones by @veranka-downloads Tulip Fields by @greatcheesecakepersona Seasonal Fields by @greatcheesecakepersona Lavender Fields by hypersaline on GoS Scrub Oaks Recolor by @shastakiss Medieval deco building + sheeps by @curiousb Sancta Anastasia Cathedral by @lowedeus
🌅 OPTIONAL OR DEFAULT NEIGHBORHOOD DECO
Neighborhood Pine Forest Defaults by @teaaddictyt, @lowedeus and @shastakiss OR My Darker Recolor of the previous set : SFS - Mediafire (it’s the version used on my pictures, obviously) The Linden Trees Redux by @criquette-was-here Skyboxes by @dramallamadingdang (I use Fair Weather Clouds) Skylines by @greatcheesecakepersona (I use Green Hills) Sky Effect neighborhood deco (stars) by @lowedeus 3t2 Coral Reef Deco by @veranka-downloads (in the siren area)
💾 DOWNLOAD Verona Neighborhood
🟥 Verona MAIN + Maxis lots : SFS - Mediafire 🟨 Verona MAIN Empty Hood : SFS - Mediafire 🟩 Verona SUB + Maxis lots : SFS - Mediafire 🟦 Verona SUB Empty Hood : SFS - Mediafire
To install the MAIN HOODS, you have to put the neighborhood folder in your TS2 document folder : …/My Documents/(Your Sims 2 folder)/Neighborhoods/ To Install the SUB HOODS, you have to put the neighborhood folder in your TS2 “Open for Business” installation folder : (Your TS2 Installation repertory)…/EP3/TSData/Res/Neighborhood Templates/
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most recent windows 11 update is wiping SSDs
there's been multiple reports of people's computers not booting properly after the windows 11 24H2 KB5063878 update due to it essentially wiping the hard drives (specifically SSDs) on computers and laptops. users have reported their SSDs aren't able to be read/recognized and unable to be seen in bios settings either.
sources: - https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/08/20/microsoft-is-investigating-windows-11-kb5063878-ssd-data-corruption-failure-issue/ - https://www.nichepcgamer.com/archives/windows11-24h2-issue-with-writing-to-the-ssd-is-this-caused-by-kb5063878-kb5062660.html
it's safe to assume all SSDs can be potentially affected by this update, so if you haven't updated yet turn off autoupdates
the bug caused by this update is seemingly triggered by installing/moving/deleting large files (50+ gb), which as simmers is what a lot of us do very pften
if you're unsure what windows version you currently have:
go to settings > system > about (at they very bottom) > and scroll down to see the current OS version
if you do currently have windows 11 24H2:
in settings, click 'Windows update' > 'Update history' > and under 'Quality Updates' check to see if the KB5063878 update is in the list of recently installed updates
don't panic, you can uninstall this update!
while in 'Update History', scroll to the very bottom and click 'Uninstall updates', and click 'Uninstall' for 'Security Update for Microsoft Windows (KB5063878)'
from there, give it some time to remove the update and after pause updates for as long as possible (5 weeks is the longest i think), but it will force an update if there's a big/official update for the fix
if you've already been affected and your computer is not starting or giving errors regarding your hard drive, i recommend visiting small pc repair shops to try data recovery as some have reported placing their SSD in an enclosure seems to work to recover the data
hopefully this is helpful is any kind of way! friendly reminder to back up your data to an external drive routinely!
👿 Hidden Relationship Type "Rivals"
Rivals are not a viewable relationship type and for it to occur, there must be three sims on the lot. Sim A and Sim C refer to different rivals and Sim B is the sim, the other sims are fighting over.
There are three ways to get rid of a rival
Influence...To Leave Us Alone: Keeps rival away for six hours
Buy Off: Pays rival $50 to leave them alone for six hours
Fight...Attack: If you win the fight, the rival will never hit upon your sims lover again.
These texts above are copied from the strategywiki.org website.
I found out a month ago about this system and I think it's mindblowing. I did not know about it! I think that is such an insane detail! These feature came with Nightlife Expansion Pack. What Sims from Pleasantview, Strangetown or Veronaville would had this feature or even later neighborhoods?
Source:
CCMerger 1.4.1 - Merge your Sims 2 mods
Thank you all for testing the tool! 1.3 has some extra logging/error handling features so you’re not left in the dark if anything goes wrong :)
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4t2 - Cozy Cabin Nursery
@dunne-ias said that she would love some decorative railings and I started talking about how it must be possible to extract the ingame railings. And then I just ran with the idea and used my new found knowledge of Simpe to Frankensim these little guys. Every railing is slaved/repositoried to their respective ingame stairs, and has 3 options: both sides, only left side, and only right side. Stare Stepper and the Upwardly Mobile also have smaller versions for foundations.
The last railings (Smart Deco) somehow can’t show any recolors of the Smart Deco stairs, and I simply couldn’t figure out why. But they are still pretty.
You can find them in the Deco - Misc category, prized at §100.
Download at SFS.
I’ve also made a new tag, “my own cc” to make it easier to find my CC :).
Just wondering if some talented person would be able to create these for 2 & 3 tile variations for different size stairs?
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Sims 2 UI Browser
Did you know there's a cheat that lets you play with UI?
Ctrl-U
Well, it mostly lets you find UI elements and move them around
It helped me make wider design dialog window
There's a search bar and info
Track Mouse checkbox is super useful, takes the browser window right to the element you hovering over
What's the use?
Very FIRST Sims Game
Did you know that there was a sims game…BEFORE the sims 1?
Florence Delarosa.
Its been such a long time since ive played The Sims 2, seeing @yeoldecorprusarium's builds have really inspired me to get back into it. So, here is 15 Lake Meadow Circle.
I've always loved playing this lot ever since OFB came out, so I thought, why not start here? I felt her ideal home would be a British country cottage or barn-style home, with lots of natural materials and cosy furniture, with ofcourse LOTS of flowers, plants and a beautiful garden .
If anyone’s interested, here’s my Reshade preset (SFS) (for version 4.9.1*) I use it for regular gameplay. It’s pretty light, as it combines only a few effects. SweetFX: Vignette and SMAA, and two other from Color effects by prod80. It’s warm, but balanced. With darkened greens & cyans and enhanced reds.
If you are concerned ‘bout performance I also recommend you cap FPS below your screen’s refresh rate. Reshade’s FPS cap didn’t work for me. I’m on Geforce so I changed FPS settings for TS2 via Nvidia user panel and that made the game run a bit smoother.
My preset’s SMAA settings are set to make non-alpha transparencies nice and smooth, but unfortunately that makes sharp lines and also UI itself look not so nice. I prefer smooth leaves to smooth UI, but if it bothers you, just change SMAA shader settings. If you know better way to smoothen transparencies let me know.
If you’re about to install Reshade, 5.0 doesn’t work with TS2. Newer version (5.1) apparently does work - haven’t tried that one yet.
I shared my experience with DoF (blurred background effect) in this thread on MTS (post #23). Should also mention that since I wrote that post I’ve switched to rtx-ready Gigabyte Geforce card and I still can’t use DOF without the help of Pine’s mod.
A new, cheap wall. Cost is $25. Requires scriptorium. Put the .package file in downloads and the .txt file in Scriptorium_Walls-Fences-Arches folder.
To change the price, edit the value in all four lines in the .package file in simpe.
These walls are the green ones shown. The two brown are from this post on MTS.
*credit to TeaAddictYT discord.
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Note:
**If you would rather just change the price of the existing wall in game, you need to edit the file build.package in TSData\Res\Text for your latest EP. Look for the WallTool line and edit each of the four price lines.
**If you share a lot with these walls, I think it will crash the users game if they also don't have the walls.
**If you edit the build.package wall price, then the price of the lot may be higher if you share with someone who hasn't edited that file.
**It seems that the cost of a wall is 20% lower when in build mode on an empty lot. This all walls, not just mine.
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I got a salary increase, so add this to the confirmation bias!
I got food poisoning!!!
You... got the news you got food poisoning?
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It’s kind of interesting when creators come in to the community, make a huge impression… release must have content… and then they’re just gone in a poof. Who was Adele? Why did she leave so suddenly?
People are scared whether she can surpass 25 but where she actually peaked is with this Super Chouette Lamp:
Essential and iconic item tbh.
Someone should make a little documentary on who these famous simmers were and where they are now.
I know of a few…
Katzombie (of Pleasantview High fame) is a punk lesbian in the UK, who got married. She was the pioneer of the queer sims series.
Boblishman is just an older gay dude, chillin’ - also in the UK.
General Zoi is very famous for their complex interactive games, tools, and artwork in the MLP and furry communities.
Architect of the Future is a black builder from Florida, who actually went on to become an architect!
Sparklesim (creator of the tears EVERYONE used) is actually still around, and is just a normal simmer now.
Erujieproduction, easily the most famous sims animator, went on to work in animation in California, iirc! Congrats!
Adele… is a mystery to me. From what I know, she has a degree in film now.
Thehontry1 (made the hacked kids genre popular) still plays TS2, and has a son now. I was actually the first person she told of the pregnancy, years ago. She has totally renounced hacked kids and thinks they’re gross to play now. Anne Rice 180-style opinion. She works in the healthcare field afaik.
Mootilda, the maker of all our favourite TS2 programs, sadly passed away. I don’t have much info on her life beyond that. All of my past interactions with her were so reflective of someone rich with knowledge.
Leefish also passed away afaik. Lee was an indescribably kind and helpful person.
Sunni also passed away, after a long battle. She ran two sites - Plumbob Keep and Sunni.us - as well as being part of many object modding groups.
Theraven (made most hospital CC) is still around but works in the healthcare field, so, is busy.
This is all from memory - please correct me if I got something wrong.
Blake_boy (from MTS2 fame) hailed from Australia, a young guy then, with a girlfriend who frequented reflexsims. Our conversations revealed a friendly person uninterested in sims, crafting objects for hobby. I asked about pictures his GF shared of his unreleased furniture, which he humbly shared, despite thinking they weren't great (they were incredible, though).