hi everyone! this is my first upload so let's hope I don't end up forgetting anything lol.
aging, genealogy, and family trees were a huge selling point of ts2 before its release (see this preview from 2004) so I always found it strange how the premade sims we got tend to look nothing like their ancestors. I thought it would be a fun lil project to start at the very first generation in the family tree and work down to the current one, so the youngest sims will actually have faces/genetics similar to those before them - and that's what I did here with the pleasantview families. this was heavily inspired by @simgigglegirl's genetically correct premades, so credit to them for the idea! I also used these recreations of the ancestral sims by carrit on MTS to generate the new faces for everyone so credit to them as well!
these sims are available as sims2pack files, so you can install them all or only the ones you want. I've also included a document in the download that lists everyone's dominant/recessive genes in case you'd like to recreate the results I got here in your own game. downloads, photos, and more details below the cut. :)
so, as I said above, I started off with the ancestral sims at the top of their respective family trees and worked down to the youngest generation of that family. every generation will have a new face and possibly new genetics. for hair/eyes/skin, I treated the oldest generation as homozygous for everything according to what their DNA was listed as on the sims wiki. ex.: victor goth's DNA was listed as blonde/brown/S1, so he can only pass on those traits. I used the game's default genetics system for this, so check the wiki here if you're curious as to how it works. new DNA will be bolded. any ancestral sims who are meant to be elders were exported as such, but I showed them here as adults to better illustrate new DNA.
and that's everything! please let me know if you have any questions or if I forgot anything. thank you :)
DOWNLOAD: SFS | Dropbox
THE BROKES/NEWBIES
betty newbie: black/d blue/S2
bob newbie: black/grey/S1
skip broke: blonde/d blue/S1
brandi broke: no change
I am obsessed with how brandi looks now, she's super cute :') definitely my favorite of the bunch.
dustin broke: black/d blue/S1
beau broke: black/d blue/S1
the boys got black hair from their mom this time around, but they both still have recessive blonde genes. I didn't realize how similar they look until just now but... they're brothers so it makes sense!
BONUS: TUTORIAL JOE + JANE
since a lot of players headcanon tutorial joe as brandi's brother, I decided to recreate him along with his wife jane and her parents :) if you'd like them in your game, I'd recommend using this version of meetme's clean template by croconawsims on MTS if you'd prefer not to add them manually.
roger jones: black/grey/S4
peggy jones: black/brown/S3
joe newbie: black/green/S2
jane newbie: black/brown/S3
THE CALIENTES
flamenco caliente: black/green/S3
nighat caliente: red/green/S3
flamenco is actually the result of an alien abduction but I wanted him to keep his non-alien appearance, so I gave him back nestor's green eyes and S3. he did keep PT7's black hair though, and I gave him recessive alien eyes/green skin to compensate. nighat took almost entirely after her mom benazir (she was so cute, how could I not!) but gained red hair from her dad tariq.
dina caliente: no change
nina caliente: no change
and since I liked her features so much, both of the sisters ended up with a very similar face to their mom! I included a V2 of nina where she has the same eyes as dina, since I couldn't decide if I wanted them to look more like sisters or twins. I chose to give them recessive alien eyes like their dad.
tango caliente: blonde/green/S4
THE DREAMERS
davis dreamer: no change
delilah dreamer: no change
darren dreamer: no change
darleen dreamer: black/brown/S4
darren is another one of my favorites, and I really like how darleen turned out as well. she gained brown eyes from her mom mariana.
dirk dreamer: black/green/S4
dirk took mostly after darren, and he gained green eyes from his grandfather omar and great-grandmother dacia.
THE GOTHS/BACHELORS
gunther goth: no change
cornelia goth: no change
mortimer goth: no change
bella goth: brown/brown/S3
neither of bella's parents had her black hair, so now we have brunette bella! aside from that she looks just like her normal self (since jocasta had the same face as bella's original)
alexander goth: no change
another one of my favs! he feels like a pretty solid mix of mortimer and bella.
cassandra goth: no change (V1) OR black/d blue/S3 (V2)
and we have two versions of cassandra because I'm indecisive and liked both. I think I will be using V2 in my game, but of course it's up to you whichever you prefer :)
michael bachelor: brown/d blue/S3
frida goth: black/brown/S1
agnes crumplebottom: black/brown/S2
lastly we have mortimer's aunts, frida and agnes. victor and gretle have the same face template, so frida and gunther will also have the same face. i didn't think it mattered too much since they're both deceased and frida doesn't have any children.
THE LOTHARIOS
nicolo lothario: no change
adriana lothario: black/grey/S3
don lothario: no change
okay so... i cheated a little bit here. the face template mama lothario uses looks very exaggerated on males, so i blended it 50/50 with the face 2 template (which don uses originally) to make it less harsh. i was kinda hoping he would get adriana's grey eyes but oh well.
THE PLEASANTS
jeff pleasant: black/brown/S2
diane pleasant: brown/d blue/S3
we have several DNA changes for daniel and jennifer's parents, which will affect the later pleasant generations. I really like both of their new faces!
daniel pleasant: brown/d blue/S2
daniel is looking quite different here but I like it for a change!
mary-sue pleasant: no change (V1) OR brown/brown/S1 (V2)
angela/lilith pleasant: black/brown/S2 (V1) OR brown/d blue/S2 (V2)
you know how normally, angela and lilith have a face that looks nothing like their parents? well, it turns out mary-sue had the same face in the game's beta (as seen here). so we have two options:
V1: default mary-sue + twins with totally new face
V2: beta mary-sue + twins with face similar to their original
unfortunately this means no more iconic red-haired pleasant twins, but daniel did pass on recessive red hair to both versions (from his grandfather, les). so it's still possible for the girls to have kids with red hair. plus I could totally see lilith dyeing her hair, maybe to red? it's up to you!
(small note: if you're playing in normal pleasantview and choose V1, you of course won't need to change mary-sue's face. but I provided it in the download in case anyone wants it :) )
THE BURBS
brad burb: blonde/d blue/S1
tiffany burb: no change
I cheated a bit here too. both of brad's parents use the same face template. this particular template, similar to mama lothario's, tends to look a little strange on males in my opinion. so I once again blended both of their faces with the 2nd template, which helps john look a little more like his normal face 2 self.
john burb: no change
jennifer burb: no change
john was able to keep his brown eyes since his grandfather william had them. his new face reminds me a little of gilbert jacquet from bluewater village. jennifer ended up looking very similar to jeff.
lucy burb: brown/green/S2
similar to dirk, lucy got green eyes thanks to her great-grandfather benjamin and and great-grandmother melinda.
THE OLDIES
herb oldie: red/brown/S1
coral oldie: brown/grey/S1
mary-sue's parents look similar to their normal selves but with some small differences, including a couple DNA changes.
Maxis basegame Sims 2 premade stories: Will this philanderer leave his fiance at the altar? Where has Bella Goth gone? Is she in Strangetown, an irradiated desert full of aliens? Are these people torturing the son of Death? Is this woman murdering her lovers? Will these two kids find love in a modern AU of Shakespearean lore?
EAxis premade stories by FreeTime EP: this family likes. Sport. But..... will this. CONTINUE????
Some of the mentioned site was preserved on the Wayback Machine, but it’s hard to navigate without the Site Map because the entry page of the actual site always redirects to Yahoo’s main page.
So this is where those hidden Freetime outfits came from! They were put in the game via Freetime but say “HM” because they were winners of a contest on this site.
Week 1 results
Week 4 results
It seems like it ran for 6 weeks, and each week had a design theme that they provided “Design Kits” for - The kits didn’t get saved by the Wayback Machine though.
