PlumbTales

The Sims 2 | Lot Makeovers | Hood Makeovers | Sims | Hair

[plumbtales]

All of my recent lots are cleaned and should contain no Sim References or the Super Duper Hug Bug (SDHB). 

However, it’s possible that my older lots, from 4-5 years ago, have SDHB, as I didn’t know how to properly clean my lots back then.

If you’ve downloaded an older lot from me that has SDHB, this mod by Chris Hatch will remove it from the lot.

———————————————-

🏠 TS2 Lot Makeover Database

💾 Lot Uploading Guide

➡️ Come Join The Sims 2 Community! ⬅️

———————————————-

Lot Makeovers 🏡

🌤️  Pleasantview Lots

🌵  Strangetown Lots

🎭  Veronaville Lots

🍂  Riverblossom Hills Lots

⚽  Desiderata Valley Lots

🗽 Belladonna Cove Lots

🏪 Bluewater Village Lots

🍸 Downtown Lots

🎓  SSU Lots

🏯 Takemizu Village Lots

🏝️  Twikkii Island Lots

⛺ Three Lakes Lots

🔮 Magic Lots

🗑️ Bin Lots

♾️ TheSims2.com

———————————————-

Custom Lots  🔨️

🌻 Suncreek Lots

♾️ Other Lots

———————————————-

Hoods  🌎

🏘️ Hood Makeovers

———————————————-

Sims  💃

💧 Maxis Townie Pools

🧬 Genetically Correct Premades

⚙️ Custom Sims

———————————————-

Hair 💇

🎨 Hair Retextures

✂️ Hair Defaults

———————————————-

Misc.  📌

🔓 Unlocked Maxis Objects

🧱 Cas Screens

🔍 Resources

[plumbtales]

MAXIS TEST OBJECTS | UNLOCKED 🔐

———————————————

💾 SFS | MEDIAFIRE

Ko-fi ☕

———————————————

These are 13 shaders and 2 spheres that were used as test objects in the game. Numenor already unlocked them but only for residential lots. I unlocked them for community lots as well. Place the package in the Bins folder. Example: C:\MagiPacks\The Sims 2\ Fun with Pets\ SP9\TSData\Res\Catalog\Bins

Information ℹ️

🔹Found in General > Misc

🔹Available in both the Residential and Community lot catalog

🔹Already placed objects will not disappear from a lot if the file is deleted from the Bins folder as these objects exist in the objects.package

⚠️ Clicking on the shaders and choosing "animate" will throw an error for the selected sim ⚠️

———————————————

Thank you @peanuttysims for showing me how to unlock objects <3

[plumbtales]

Hii! Hope you're doing well. :) I just wanted to ask if you know what Shirt your Genetically Correct Tank is wearing, on the GC Strangetown Screenshot you shared him on. I NEED it. lol😩 Love your Genetically Correct Sims, btw. I use them ALL the time. 🥰

Good question! I would like to know as well so that I can download it for my game again, it's a nice outfit. 😅

I think it's an older cc item and I remember the creator having their own page with clothing categories like elder female, teen male etc.

I'll look around and see if I can find it. Does anyone else recognize where this outfit is from?

[plumbtales]

@starshiphelix

It's been a million years but I found it! It's from All About Style which is only available through the Wayback Machine!

Here's the link to the download: https://web.archive.org/web/20080619132141/http://www.all-about-style.com/zip/MTteen5_AAS.zip

[plumbtales]

Might try ReShade instead of the Post Processing Mod just so that I can use a comic preset and pretend i'm playing Paralives...

[plumbtales]

All the links to Sims2Artists and Garden of Shadows that I have to find and replace for the Lot Makeover Database now... if they're all even archived on the Wayback Machine that is.

[plumbtales]

Exploited the fact that my birthday is coming up by making my brother buy Paralives for me.

I absolutely love the art style! The paras couldn't look any better in my opinion. Can't wait to see where the devs and modders take this game.

Visually, it's already my dream game.

[plumbtales]

Moroccan Manor - WIP

[plumbtales]

FIESTA FORTRESS | CC-FREE ✅

Requires: All EPs and SPs Cost: $76,809

———————————————

💾 SFS | MEDIAFIRE

Ko-fi ☕

———————————————

Recommended Mods ☑️

🔹 Rug Fix

🔹 Centerpiece Enabler

🔹 CEP

———————————————

More pictures under the cut

Floor Plan

[plumbtales]

Fiesta Fortress - Before & After

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

[plumbtales]

Finally learning to use @simnopke's Object Dye Kit! Testing it on Fiesta Fortress by making all the greenery more yellow and sun soaked and dyeing windows/doors to match better!

[peanuttysims]

unhidden maxis objects (reinstallation recommended)

for a while i'd been using objects.package modified by me to unhide objects that sims use during interactions and it's now a MUST HAVE for me when it comes to no cc decorating!

initially i posted a whole modified objects.package, but @simnopke suggested i make an override mod instead, so i did! anyone who has downloaded the previous file can bring back their backup or download one someone posted here and then proceed to download the new mod, as modified objects.package isn't needed anymore :)

DOWNLOAD

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS READ PLS!!

the file goes into Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Mansion and Garden Stuff\TSData\Res\Catalog\Bins (if you have Ultimate Collection or Legacy Collection the Mansion and Garden folder is called SP9)

enjoy :3

21.02.2026 - first update - added fish, utensils, crops, trash/leaf piles, weeds, roaches, etc; to change a crop's quality use testingcheats -> shift + right click on the crop -> change material (works only on some crops, not all, but that's outside of my control)

02.04.2026 - second update - properly assigned categories to objects, those that don't fit any category can be found in decorative -> all

[sillysoraya]

Nice, now I don't need all those separate files I had littering the bins folder, and there might be some I was missing :) Nice and neat, thank you!

[plumbtales]

Oh, awesome! 😍

[plumbtales]

BV GRAND HOTEL | CC-FREE ✅

Requires: All EPs and SPs Type: Lodging

———————————————

💾 SFS | MEDIAFIRE

Ko-fi ☕

———————————————

Recommended Mods ☑️

🔹 Rug Fix

🔹 Centerpiece Enabler

🔹 Less Square Water Lilies

🔹 CEP

———————————————

More pictures under the cut

Floor Plan

[plumbtales]

BV Grand Hotel - Before & After

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

[plumbtales]

I wonder what careers the Pleasantview townies were supposed to have...

It's too bad that they have preset career levels and skills in SimPe but get completely new skills/career levels upon loading them in the hood.

[plumbtales]

PLEASANTVIEW TOWNIES | CC-FREE ✅

Requires: Base Game Type: Townie Pool

———————————————

💾 SFS | MEDIAFIRE

Ko-fi ☕

———————————————

All 30 townies from Pleasantview gathered in a subhood that can easily be attached to any main hood as a shopping district.

These are exact replicas of the townies that came with the original Pleasantview hood but I’ve recreated them in a clean template.

——————————

Information ℹ️

🔹 All sims have Genetic Infant Faces & any Broken Face Templates are fixed

🔹 All townies now have correct hair genetics (no sims with black hair but genetics for brown hair for example)

🔹Marsha Bruenig now has facial DNA that will be passed on

🔹LTWs & turn-ons/offs will be randomized

🔹 Names will be randomized when added as a subhood, this can be fixed with this mod

——————————

⚠️ Choose between 3 Versions ⚠️

🔹 Pleasantview Townies - All 30 townies in one subhood

🔹 Pleasantview Townies (Pick and Choose) - Townies are separated into individual subhoods so that you can pick and choose which sims you want to add

🔹 Pleasantview Townies (Package Files) - Package files that go in the SavedSims folder, for those that want to fiddle with the sims in BodyShop or CAS

——————————

Installation under the cut

Installation

C:\ProgramFiles\Origin Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\Best of Business\EP3\TSData\Res\NeighborhoodTemplate C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Open For Business\TSData\Res\NeighborhoodTemplate C:\The Sims 2 Starter Pack\Best of Business\EP3\TSData\Res\NeighborhoodTemplate C:\MagiPacks\The Sims 2\Best of Business\EP3\TSData\Res\NeighborhoodTemplate

Add the hood as a shopping district to your main hood. You can delete the subhood right after adding it.

[plumbtales]

TWIKKII ISLAND TOWNIES | CC-FREE ✅

Requires: Bon Voyage Type: Townie Pool

———————————————

💾 SFS | MEDIAFIRE

Ko-fi ☕

———————————————

All 13 Twikkii Island Townies gathered in a subhood that can easily be attached to any main hood as a shopping district.

Sims will only show up in Tropical Vacation Destinations (like Twikkii Island).

These are exact replicas of the townies that came with the original Twikkii Island hood but I've recreated them in a clean template.

——————————

Information ℹ️

🔹 All sims have Genetic Infant Faces & broken face templates have been fixed

🔹 No Townie Memories / Mystery Sim Memories

🔹 Townies no longer have relationships to Universal NPCs in SimPe

🔹 Daisy McCarthy now has genetics for black hair and no longer has brown eyebrows

🔹 All 21 Language Strings included

——————————

⚠️ Choose between 3 Versions ⚠️

🔹 Twikkii Island Townies - All 13 townies in one subhood

🔹 Twikkii Island Townies (Pick and Choose) - Townies are separated into individual subhoods so that you can pick and choose which sims you want to add

🔹 Twikkii Island Townies + Fire Dancer (Package Files) - Package files that go in the SavedSims folder, for those that want to fiddle with the sims in BodyShop or CAS

——————————

Installation under the cut

Installation

C:\ProgramFiles\Origin Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\Best of Business\EP3\TSData\Res\NeighborhoodTemplate C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Open For Business\TSData\Res\NeighborhoodTemplate C:\The Sims 2 Starter Pack\Best of Business\EP3\TSData\Res\NeighborhoodTemplate C:\MagiPacks\The Sims 2\Best of Business\EP3\TSData\Res\NeighborhoodTemplate

Add the hood as a shopping district to your main hood. You can delete the subhood right after adding it.

[plumbtales]

FIRE DANCER | CC-FREE ✅

Requires: Bon Voyage Type: Townie Pool

———————————————

💾 SFS | MEDIAFIRE

Ko-fi ☕

———————————————

The Fire Dancer from Twikkii Island put into a subhood that can easily be attached to any main hood as a shopping district.

This is an exact replica of the NPC Fire Dancer that came with the original Twikkii Island hood but I've recreated him in a clean template.

——————————

Information ℹ️

🔹The Fire Dancer has Genetic Infant DNA

🔹 All 21 Language Strings included

——————————

Installation under the cut

Installation

C:\ProgramFiles\Origin Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\Best of Business\EP3\TSData\Res\NeighborhoodTemplate C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Open For Business\TSData\Res\NeighborhoodTemplate C:\The Sims 2 Starter Pack\Best of Business\EP3\TSData\Res\NeighborhoodTemplate C:\MagiPacks\The Sims 2\Best of Business\EP3\TSData\Res\NeighborhoodTemplate

Add the hood as a shopping district to your main hood. You can delete the subhood right after adding it.