Paradigmatic Sims

Sim 2 Simblr -- currently playing: Pleasantview - 18th century Strangetown - 1930s-ish Veronaville - Some kind of punk thing .......................................................................... she/they, queer of some description, Australia, 30+

[twentyfourfirst-sims]

Garden of Shadows: a preservation effort

Like many of us, I grew up with Garden of Shadows. To me, it was more than just a forum. It was a place I could ask for help, learn new skills and, best of all, find amazing content in any style I could possibly want. I loved the board names, the people, the themes; everything, really.

And I admit I was more than a little heartbroken to find it gone.

After mulling it over, I decided that I wanted to preserve what I possibly could. I spent a few hours yesterday running through strategies and ideas about how to best go about it, and the best I could come up with was, well, exactly the same.

So, here it is: the Garden of Shadows mirror forum.

I've only just started, but I hope to add a little bit to it every day. The primary focus will be on preserving all the knowledge and custom content. I'm tackling it myself, but if you feel so inclined, you're more than welcome to join in.

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PS. I am not here to offend, break Terms of Use, or to step on any toes. This is simply an effort to preserve content and knowledge for a game I have played and loved for over twenty years. Thank you ♥

[paradigmaticsims]

Simple 18th Century Toddler Gowns

I find that there aren't many historical clothes for toddlers that aren't just mini-versions of what adults wore, and while that's often pretty accurate for older children I wanted my toddlers t be wearing something more reminiscent of what they actually wore.

That tended to be dresses for boys and girls, and for the mid-late 18th century, and sometimes a bit earlier, I saw a lot of paintings with these simple white, chemise a la reine type dresses even when everyone else had more colourful and complicated clothing. My favourite is this one of a woman using the sash on her son's gown to keep him in place.

So I tried to make something like that. There are two versions, one with long sleeves and one with short. They are unisex, both are categorised as everyday and formal, the short sleeved ones are also underwear and sleepwear.

The textures used are by Kalynn (I think I spelt your name wrong on the tool tips sorry!) and an old teen chemise a la reine dress that I can't find the creator of :/ And the mesh is by simphany (not included).

In game previews:

Poor Kaylynn has to deal with this spawn of Don (there's a third one too!) She loves them though.

Swatch:

MESH NOT INCLUDED as per Simphany's wishes. Get it here.

Download 18th Century Toddler Gowns (compressorized)

[sadoalicesims]

After a long, unwanted semi-hiatus due to work, illness and creative block, I come back with something I finished up before the hiatus even began. Classy, I know.

Anyway, @deedee-sims made this lovely CF peasant top and shorts mesh… And I thought it was the perfect shape for a type of undergarment I’ve seen in so many vintage ads and photographs- combinations! Or, at the very least, a chemise tucked into a pair of drawers. That in mind, I made up a texture for the outfit with the help of some old photographs (basically just slapped some lace, buttons, and a bow over Deedee’s own texture), and I borrowed @yandereplumsim‘s tudor lady stockings and garters.

Everything is done up in all the Yeti colors, plus pink (I don’t remember if it’s from an action or not) because petal is pretty but just too orangey for me whenever I use it.

The awkward preview is a result of removing all my build cc and remembering too late that I’d hidden all the maxis walls, floors, and terrains… oops.

These say Edwardian, but they should work pretty well for 20′s, too.

Here ya go! https://simfil.es/1040487/

[deedee-sims]

Lovely! Perfect for historical games :)

[paradigmaticsims]

I think I found the working link for this: https://simfileshare.net/download/2397713/

Folder here: https://simfileshare.net/folder/231814/

[paradigmaticart]

Oh look I drew them as dudes.

I'm practicing drawing kisses. The reference seemed right for them.

No burn scar version.

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Don Lothario pictured moments before realising he would be going home alone.

Based on this which I guess is a real vintage illustration.

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Just as god (I) intended...

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Not one to leave all the mpreg to his brothers, Lazlo got pregnant to the Mothman by Bayoubash Sims.

He had triplets, which let me tell you I almost didn’t save cause that’s too many! But I’m glad I didn’t cause they’re all so cute.

Noctua

Atlas

Ghost. I love these little freaks.

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I just wanna draw gay sims.

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My dream mods: Part one.

I’m gonna start posting a series of my fantasy sims 2 mods – mods I wish existed or could exist. Not really to ask for them to be made, some I think wouldn’t even be possible. I just wanna dream.

Starting with a small thing: I really wish there was a symbol that came up in the corner of a sim’s thumbnail for when they’re asleep (like the one for when they’re at work).

[teaaddictyt]

The Sims 2 Purple Flashing Patch

(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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The dissertation is an actual university dissertation?!!!

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Puck.

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The sequel to what does Tank think about while doing his assignments: What does Tybalt think about alone in the college dorm toilets?

Tbf this was after they had slept together for the first time. But he stood there and cycled those two thoughts SEVEN times in a row.

Sometimes the game makes it easy to pretend the repression is real <3

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JRO college smustle.

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Goat's retextures on basically the same hair 5 times

I play a 1930s neighbourhood so the various versions of this hair are all pretty useful to me. When Goat retextured one of them (Mrs Robinson coverted by Frau Hupfner) it enabled me to use it on the rest of them and do a few extra recolours of Mrs Robinson as well.

The hairs are in order of the picture from left to right: Pincurl Loose converted by Platinum Aspiration, Pincurl Loose converted by the Ninth Wave (the hair has a different shape so I kept both - original dl link broken), Ciaran converted by Rascal Curious, Cinema, and Mrs Robinson converted by Frau Hupfner.

Sorry no in game previews. I’d call myself an amateur hair binner. CatofEvilGenious’ hair binner seems to be very temperamental for me so I just have the grey and families situation that I managed to get to actually work. Which I think is no families for any of them and no grey for Cinema hair and Mrs Robinson. I think.

The colours included are Dynamite, Landmine, Depth Charge, Fission, Brisance, Volatile, Grenade, Primer, Pyrotechnic, Explosive, Molotov (and Comburent for all except Ciaran cause I did that more recently and decided I’m not using that colour anymore).

Meshes included.

Download All

Download separately:

Pincurl Loose (platasp)

Pincurl Loose (theNinthWave)

Ciaran

Cinema

Mrs Robinson

I think redid all of the Mrs Robinson hair so it would be all in the same place for me, but given that the grey hair doesn’t show up for elders for this one (or Cinema) then you might want to keep Goat’s version and just get the extra colours from here if you want them.

Also I think I edited the blacks to make them slightly darker than Goat’s but still lighter than they would be when just pookleting volatile.

Enjoy.

Ps. If anyone wants to invite me to sim file share that'd be cool but ok if not.

[paradigmaticsims]

Circe and Loki's daughter Livia likes (pre-vamp) Gvaudoin Tricou.

I'm not sure that giving her a noogie is the best way to flirt...

But I guess it worked

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What does Tank think about while doing his college assignments?

In that order.

[beecampbell]

"everytime the sims 4 remakes a sim from the sims 2 i never look at that sim the same" fucking weak. as if this is Tybalt's fault. he needs your support now more than ever. i'm being shaken to my core.