Resources
Most (but not all!) of what I use in my Sims 2 game, in case anyone's curious! I'm sure it'll change 😅
CAS Defaults
Skins: Party of One by DreadPirate
Eyes: TresureEyes by PralineSims, converted by Hazelpuff
Hairs: 4T2 Hair Defaults + 4T2 Eyebrow Defaults by PlatinumAspiration
Makeup: Dreadpirate's defaults
Glasses: Rudhira's defaults
Clothes: mostly from ello-sims, Loosia P, vegan-kaktus
Other CAS
Skins: Rainbow Party, my unpublished recolors of Party of One
Eyes: ELF Alien Eyes by datapeach, Beetlejuice Alien Eyes by Hazelpuff edited by Dreadpirate, Bad Dream Dolly Eyes by bugjar, Confutatis Pearl Eyes by Rensims converted by oktober-sims
Hairs: Hazelpuff, minicule, PlatinumAspiration
Makeup: Angela Pleasant, BerryNooboos, Cress, falkii, futile fairy tale, Gryning, PineappleForest, Pooklet
Clothes: DeeDee, janika31, kaluxsims, kayleigh83, keoni, kestrelteens, Lucilla, Moocha's Muses, moyokean, nonsensical-pixels, PlatinumAspiration, RascalCurious, Rented-Space, Skittles Sims
Accessories: celestialspritz, Diamond Eyes Universe, Luver of Ralts, nonsensical-pixels, PlatinumAspiration
See "Other Objects" for more creator links
Object Defaults
Clear Glass by Corax
Clear Door/Window Glass by slig
alienpod (link below)
Epi
HugeLunatic
PineappleForest (link below)
Tvickiesims (link below)
vegan-kaktus
Other Objects
I use a lot of 4t2 conversions, especially from Maxis, Myshunosun, Peacemaker, Syboulette, Kiwisim4, Charly Pancakes, Leaf-Motif, and Harrie/Felixandre/House of Harlix
alienpod (4t2)
autumn-rosesims (Maxis 4t2)
buggybooz (original meshes)
cozy-sims (Maxis 4t2)
DeeDee (repositoried add-ons)
hafiseazale (repositoried add-ons and edits)
Honeywell (Bespoke Build Set)
i07jeuu (4t2)
Jacky93 (4t2 and lots of food and functional items)
Jinxy (Maxis 4t2)
kaluxsims (4t2 and original meshes)
kayleigh83 (Maxis 4t2)
keoni (4t2, recolors, and edits)
kestrelteens (4t2)
limonaire (4t2 and mashups)
linacherie (4t2 and recolors)
littlelittlesimmies (Maxis 4t2 + repositoried add-ons)
LordCrumps (Maxis 4t2)
MegaMassikaLove (Maxis 4t2)
Michelle (recolors and Maxis 4t2)
Monsieur Oshima (add-ons and original meshes)
Moocha's Muses (recolors)
morepopcorn (Maxis 4t2)
neosimi (4t2)
Nixed Sims (add-ons and original meshes)
nonsensical-pixels (4t2)
PineappleForest (repositoried add-ons)
PlatinumAspiration (Maxis 4t2)
Shasta (recolors)
Simsco (4t2)
Sims in Low Space (4t2 and recolors)
TheNinthWave (Maxis 4t2)
thimblesims (4t2)
Tvickiesims (Maxis 4t2)
Veranka (4t2 and a few 3t2 items I like)
Vix (functional food stands/vending machines)
Lighting + Terrain
Lighting Mod by spookymuffin
Shader Fixes (just Deastrumquodvicis's roof shader and Moi's water shaders) by DreadPirate
Extended Material Shader (for DreadPirate's Shade Fixes + edited lot skirt) by Crisp & Kerosene
Accurate Hood Terrain Lighting (soft) by simNopke
Sim Shadow Fix (0.3 really not misty) by simNopke
Blurry Skies by simNopke
Lush Terrain Default by curiousB, edited by siletka
Lowedeus's Skies, Optimized by celestialspritz
UI Mods
Clean UI by greatcheesecakepersona + various extras
Colorful UI by simmer-until-tender
Minimalist Loading Screen (black) by osab
Colorful Loading Screen (simlish, minimalism) by A.D.Inc
No Useless Town Buttons by ePSYlord
No Pause Frame by simNopke
Gameplay Mods
Epi
MidgeTheTree
simler90
simNopke
Misc
The Sims 2 Starter Pack
Various Utilities by Pick'N'Mix
ReShade via reshade-linux
Bottles to run TS2 on Linux
