SimmyMom

A lifelong Sims fan. I play mostly Sims 2.

[simmymom]

Llama Scouts - Custom Scouting System for The Sims 2!

My children needed something to do, so I created Llama Scouts! Start as a Little Llama and work your way through 4 levels, becoming a Grand Llama!

Each level has requirements and badges to earn. The download includes 4 certificates and 12 badges to display as well as a spreadsheet to track progress if you’d like.

❣️Read more at MTS from the link below !!

DOWNLOAD Spreadsheet (Please make a copy before editing)

Please share any photos of your scouts and tag me! I’d love to see what you do with this. 😎

💡 Additional Notes & Credits:

• Badges cloned from polaroid meshes by:

@autumn-rosesims

@litttlecakes

Mesh is included, used with permission per TOU.

• Icons sourced from:

The Sims 4 Ultimate Game Icon Pack by TheSimsKid

https://modthesims.info/d/549037

• Pairs well with the 3t2 Scout Uniforms by @deedee-sims (shown in photo)

https://deedee-sims.tumblr.com/post...cu-requested-by

[arro-now]

Addressing a few concerns

So, I assume most of you don't know, but there is a bit of drama inside the Paralives community. It's funny because this whole thing is revolving around The Sims 3.

TwistedMexi made his first paywalled "early access" mod called Sims 3 Camera, and I've been working on the same thing as he was. 1. Let's get the "clone" allegation out of the way first.

(Source: TwistedMexi's discord server)

TwistedMexi is accusing me of cloning his mod, but let’s look at the facts. Thankfully, I always use GitHub, so the commit dates are there to prove it.

(2026-05-26 22:27:02 +0200) is a timestamp of the first commit with hash d82ddd909e06833b0f8d5d439ad602d04a4f3e08

(2026-05-27T19:57:44.000+00:00) is a timestamp of the publication date of his Patreon post.

Honestly, I didn't know I could see the future, but ok.

2. The second thing I want to address is that currently there are a lot of awful comments directed at Tmex. PLEASE do not harass other creators.

3. Regarding early access and paywalls: My mods are developed in my spare time as a passion project. I believe in keeping my work accessible to everyone, which is why all of my content will remain completely free, forever. I believe the community should play a role in maintaining projects if the original creator steps away, which is why I always share the source code for my projects Free mods are a pillar of a healthy community, whereas paywalls only lead to gatekeeping and unnecessary drama. My hope is that more creators choose to release their mods in a way that prioritizes community growth and shared resources.

A reblog would be greatly appreciated to help spread this message.

Thanks for reading,

xoxo, Arro Ps. If you want to see a broader discussion on this topic, I recommend this Reddit post that goes way more in-depth than I do. It's a good read.

Edit #2 (04.06.2026): I've been banned from his Discord server, even though I never said a word there about any of this. Oh, and he deleted his messages with the allegations. So thanks, I guess? Not for the ban, obviously. But sure.

[spockthewok]

Sims 2 Object Limit Fix

Soooo... I didn't intend for two highly requested fixes for The Sims 2 to drop within the space of a week and a half, buuuut...

Here's where you can download an experimental patch to fix the so-called 'object limit'!

https://github.com/spockthewok/TS2ObjectLimitFix

(Ultimate Collection only at the moment, I'm afraid).

The good news is:

Both @lordcrumps and @teaaddictyt have tested it with stupidly large CC folders and report that it works.

There isn't a dissertation the length of Tolstoy's 'War and Peace' you need to read through to understand wtf is going on.

The crashing wasn't caused by some hardcoded object limit at all! (That I know of).

An explanation of the issue for programmers:

And for everyone else:

The code for the Build/Buy menu was missing basic checks to confirm that the data it was trying to do things with was actually valid. No, I'm not joking.

Basically, it appears that all of the objects you can buy in the game are stored in something you can think of as being like a big, long list, which grows in size with the more custom objects you have.

The only purpose of the code that this plugin patches is to sort the items in the list into some kind of order. This is done by assessing if the value of the previous item in the list is larger than that of the item currently being looked at, and swapping their position if this is true (also known as an insertion sort).

In short, the game wasn't asserting that the data it was about to compare for sorting was valid before accessing it, and then promptly blowing up when it tried to do so and discovered it wasn't.

I imagine that the odds of the game making an oopsie and dumping some funky data into the list increases with the number of objects it is having to process - this might be why this issue only presents itself to those using multiple GB of Build/Buy CC. It was much easier to patch the code encountering the bad data within the list than to try and hunt down the mysterious culprit putting the data in there to begin with, so this is all the information I have at the moment unfortunately.

Either way, one of the first things you're taught when learning to code is to ALWAYS check that the data you're operating on has been initialised (i.e. it holds some kind of value). I guess someone at Maxis must have skipped that lecture :D

Is the 255 objects per subcategory limit theory true?

The Downloads folder I was using for testing had ~672 objects in the Deco/Misc subcategory (Maxis objects included). With the patch, I can freely navigate throughout the entire subcategory with zero crashes, so I guess not?

What about the whole OBJD limit thing?

People have varying beliefs of what the limit on OBJDs might be, but HCDU reports my Downloads folder had an OBJD count of 20,787. Again, without the patch the game would crash when switching categories in the Build/Buy catalogue, with the patch, no crashing.

If you want to hear my opinion on whether such a limit exists, watch this video.

Do I even need this patch if I don't use much CC?

As it adds some fairly important crash-prevention checks to part of the Build/Buy menu's functionality, I'd probably recommend using it anyway, just to be safe - we all know how much this game loves to crash!

Aaaah! I'm still getting crashes with the patch!

I'm aware that a few of you CC addicts out there have Downloads folders larger than the total size of everything ever uploaded to the internet, so if you still experience crashing in Build/Buy mode with this patch, please take a look at the mod's GitHub page and send me over the information requested there. Fingers crossed that shouldn't happen, but if it does, I'll try my best to investigate :)

Anyway...

Will

(I wish I had looked at this for my dissertation, as it was literally only a day's work).

[concat-plays]

Sunset Valley 30Yrs Later Populated Version Release🌟💜

hello everyone!✨

for those of you who don't know me, i'm concat_plays, a sims 3 content creator on youtube, twitch, insta, and tiktok!

sorry if this isn't how a typical tumblr post is made, i never use this site...😈

one of my most anticipated projects on my youtube channel is the full renovation of the lack luster base game sims 3 world, Sunset Valley!

click here to watch sunset valley renovation youtube playlist🌅

after releasing the first version of the world (unpopulated) many people pointed out issues they were encountering in the world. now with the release of the populated version, all issues except for one has been fixed!

the only issue you should encounter in the populated version is the bathrooms for the seasonal festival lot being empty when the festivals come to town... other than that, all is good! (or at least i think it should)

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About the World

the theme for the world as the name suggest is sunset valley but set 30 years later. the overall town vibe remains the same just a bit modernized!

the world itself requires every expansion pack, no stuff packs, has no cc, and requires three sims 3 store items but the store items are not a necessity and can all be easily replaced

Contemporary Curtains by Dave (comes with the store world of Lucky Palms)

String of Inspiration (Wall)

Palm Light

note: i am using brnt waffels perfect day lighting mod with isla paradiso water in all screenshots and i highly recommend if you want the world to look the exact same for you too!😀

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About the Townies

i thought it would be fun if you could see some of the og sunset valley townies all grown up and living out their individual lives so expect to see a couple of familiar names around town as well as some new faces who have moved in throughout the years!

all of the households have a bio and lore written about them, the individual sims do not (this was wayyy too much work) and not only do the families have lore but the townies also have skills, jobs, and relationships with other sims.

the save file does use lots of cc hair for the sims! i have decided not to include a cc folder with the world download, i will instead include the cc creators and exact names of the cc collections i used! i tried keeping cc to a minimum and i hope listing it out like this helps!

cc by ifcasims

hair dump #248 - s club

hair dump #247 - s club

hair dump #251 - simpliciaty

hair dump #244

hair dump #243

male hair

hair dump #234 - wings

cc by elitisim

daylifesims conversion collection (merged)

cc by plumdrops

majority of the hair listed on their downloads section was used to create adult and children sims

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How to Install

once you download the file through simfile share, unzip the folder and inside will be two things

S.V. 30Yrs Later. sims3

Sunset Valley 30 Years Later. world

drag and drop "S.V. 30Yrs Later. sims3" into documents -> electronic arts -> sims 3 -> saves

drag and drop "Sunset Valley 30 Years Later. world" into program files OR program files (x86) -> ea games OR electronic arts -> the sims 3 -> gamedata -> shared -> non packaged -> worlds

install cc hair as you normally would!

download link further below on this post👇

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The End

this will be my final edit of the world, although it is not perfect, im very excited for you all to enjoy the renovated version of sunset valley and the crazy lore all the townies have!

please dont hesitate to share your gameplay screenshots on my discord server as i would love to see what you end up doing with the townies💚

happy simming and detailed lore video coming soon on my youtube!⭐

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Download the Populated World by Clicking Here

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[simmymom]

Sims 3 Era

[elvgreen]

all sunset valley remakeovers/editions

i had the idea to put this together for awhile (not an original idea i know)

WORLDS

Sunset Valley 2020 v 2.0

New Sunset Valley 2020

Sunset Valley 2016

Old Sunset

Pleasantview (Sunset Valley base)

Sunset Valley with Routing Fixes applied

Sunset Valley Victorian

Sunset Island + updated version

Sunset Cove

Sunrise Valley

City of Sunsets

Sunset Valley Second Edition

Sunset Valley Redux

SAVE FILES

Sunset Valley Updated for Pets

Sunset Valley - Plumbob95

Sunset Valley - Nouxplum

Sunset Valley V2 - Nouxplum

Sunset Valley Renovated - franglishetchocolat

Sunset Valley - Lenasimmer (paid)

Sunset Valley 10 Years Later

EMPTY VERSIONS

Sunset Valley 2

Fisherman's Bay

Sunset Valley Empty

Cottonwood Hills

Porto Estivo

TERRAIN EDITS

Sunset Valley DK

Cottonwood Hills

Sunset Valley Restyled

Flare Valley

Old Sunset

Porto Estivo

PSA: these are all i know of. if u know of any more, feel free to let me know.

[teaaddictyt]

Door Locking Overhaul - Public BETA

Hi guys, I've been cooking up a lotta stuff in my modding kitchen!

(I'll be honest, it's chaos over here lol. I got my fingers in too many mod pies!!)

This mod feeds into a larger project of mine, coming soon™️, but here is an overhaul of Inge Jones's wonderful 4-key gender choice door mod.

So, what have I done? Read on and find out...

Firstly, I have redone the pie menus so all locking options are now under "lock.../".

Secondly, I've added locking functionality to arches... Because @kashmiresims asked me to and I said, "sure I should be able to do that!"

Thirdly, I've added key locking to community lots, and the locking information is now stored on a hidden lot token that persists between loads. This means that you can set up a community lot to have keys assigned to doors and those changes won't be "forgotten" when you load in and out of the community lot. Yey!

And fourthly, I have gotten rid of the limit of 4 keys. You may now give out unlimited keys to as many sims as you like.

Gender locking remains as it was; you may now lock any door for either females only or males only if desired.

Key locking has been very much re-done. To start with, you select Lock.../ Allow Me Only, or Lock.../ Allow Only

This will lock the door and give the first key to whichever sim you select.

The Menus are much cleaner than Inge's original mod with all the text strings about giving key 1 to - sim on lot etc etc. Cos honestly, those menus were a bit of a pain in the butt to navigate in my opinion!

The Lock / Allow Only / Any Sim menu is sorted into households, similar to other mods you may be familiar with such as SimBlender's teleport feature, etc.

Once the door is locked, you then get a "keys" menu -

Within this menu you may reset the door, removing any and all assigned keys. You can remove keys to any sim assigned a key, and give out extra keys to any sim you like, again with the options of sims on the lot, or the entire neighbourhood of sims.

If anything goes wonky with the door, just hit reset and start again.

Once the door has a keyholder lock, if you then unlock the door, you can then re-lock the door for keyholders only.

I think this mod is fairly solid and working well, but it probably needs more testing in a variety of different games so please do let me know of anything broken or not working as intended.

Aaaaand that's it. That's the mod. As I mentioned, this mod will be required for the next mod I have coming out (which is a cool one imo) so I recommend grabbing it lol.

Download here

In terms of conflicts, it will definitely conflict with Inge's original 4-key gender choice patch, so replace with mine.

It should work fine with Inge's colour keys system.

I don't know of any other conflicts yet so if you find them, let me know!

Enjoy,

Tea xo

[tvickiesims]

Smart Photo Frames Collection

A collection of 6 frames that let you choose between taking an instant photo or picking an image from paintings folder.

This project started when my friend @trofysisters needed frames that could have the same functions as in Sims 4, to have the ability of making gallery walls and especially have photos from important events and vacations. I then combined code from several photos by Lucas from Aussie Topenders, mainly his Customizable Vertical Photo (these are not direct clones) and used meshes and textures from Sims 4. I've already made several picture frames based on his code (2 from here and other 2 from here) but these frames are different.

They let you choose between taking an instant photo (just like the Luminous Pro Antique Camera, artist career reward) or choose a picture from paintings folder in your sims 2 documents (same one as custom paintings). I made it so that vertical frames take vertical pictures and horizontal frames takes horizontal pictures. Again, all credit for this functionality goes to Lucas and Maxis.

The set includes 2 standing frames (1 vertical and 1 horizontal) and 4 wall frames (2 vertical and 2 horizonal ones, normal and bigger versions). They are found in electronics-misc as they are supposed to be digital frames.

"Modern Photo Frame Landscape" and "Modern Photo Frame Portrait" are V2 versions of these frames, you can't have both in your game so you'll have to choose, to keep older or get newer verion (I recommend newer one from this pack).

Compressed, clearly labelled, picture included.

📸🖼️Download at SFS📸🖼️

[olivemuenda]

Charmed Road Overlay V2: Now with Sidewalks!

So, nearly a year ago now, I shared my Charmed road defaults. Included in the download was a retexture of @criquette-was-here‘s road overlays with my new roads. However, a few days later, I realized that it would come in handy to have a version of the road overlay with the sidewalks included (especially for the curved sections!). I made a new version of the overlays to fix this oversight and then promptly… forgot to ever share them!

The (very lazy - apologies) preview is unedited save for resizing and adding the text. The .RAR includes the mesh for the road overlay, just in case you don’t already have it, and V2 will not override my original overlay files, so you can use both in your game if you’d like to (I certainly do!). I’ll add an SFS link to this post + update the original Charmed download post once the upload functionality is back up. Happy Simming, y’all!

↳ MEDIAFIRE | SFS

credits: @criquette-was-here, CuriousB, Maxis

[olivemuenda]

criquette’s Rural Charm roads with curiousb’s Lush Terrain

Pretty self-explanatory. I love criquette’s roads, but I also love curiousb’s terrain, and it was driving me crazy to see the different grass textures in lot view. I haven’t seen anyone else do this yet, so I did it myself. Remember to remove “crqtt_RuralCharm_NhoodTemperateRoadDR.package” if you already have criquette’s files in your game. Happy Simming!

DOWNLOAD

Credit: @criquette-was-here, @curiousb

[tvickiesims]

Smart Photo Frames Collection

A collection of 6 frames that let you choose between taking an instant photo or picking an image from paintings folder.

This project started when my friend @trofysisters needed frames that could have the same functions as in Sims 4, to have the ability of making gallery walls and especially have photos from important events and vacations. I then combined code from several photos by Lucas from Aussie Topenders, mainly his Customizable Vertical Photo (these are not direct clones) and used meshes and textures from Sims 4. I've already made several picture frames based on his code (2 from here and other 2 from here) but these frames are different.

They let you choose between taking an instant photo (just like the Luminous Pro Antique Camera, artist career reward) or choose a picture from paintings folder in your sims 2 documents (same one as custom paintings). I made it so that vertical frames take vertical pictures and horizontal frames takes horizontal pictures. Again, all credit for this functionality goes to Lucas and Maxis.

The set includes 2 standing frames (1 vertical and 1 horizontal) and 4 wall frames (2 vertical and 2 horizonal ones, normal and bigger versions). They are found in electronics-misc as they are supposed to be digital frames.

"Modern Photo Frame Landscape" and "Modern Photo Frame Portrait" are V2 versions of these frames, you can't have both in your game so you'll have to choose, to keep older or get newer verion (I recommend newer one from this pack).

Compressed, clearly labelled, picture included.

📸🖼️Download at SFS📸🖼️

[belladovah]

~200 Brand New Mods for The Sims 2!

The next episode of my quarterly mods series is here! I’ve compiled every single mod I found for The Sims 2 released in July-September 2025 and showcased them all in a video and written a list on my website! There's been a record-breaking amount this time!🎉

Watch the Video:

Read the Website Post:

New Sims 2 Mods Released in Q3 2025

All of the new mods I found for The Sims 2 released in the third quarter (July, August, and September) of 2025!

Thank you to all the creators that shared their mods this past quarter and made this video possible💚 @teaaddictyt, @siknoy336, @heathensimmer, @lamare-sims, @evenfall-sims, @asimtypical, @thatonebritishsimmer, @pforestsims, @sims-for-semi, @tvickiesims, @episims, @sgthebee, @jacky93sims, @creesims, @wolftestsims, @mrplumbob95, @simmymom, @gummilutt, @freezerbunny-sims2, @enkisstories, @pastel-skulls-sims, @1nsnlgo1nsn, @atomtanned, @fracturedmoonlight, @morepopcorn, @12raben, @letomills, @nosferatusim, @xwhitepolar, @handonthemouse, @nopke, @sunmoon-starfactory, @meowingcookie, @shockmeamazed, and many more exclusively on Mod The Sims!

[simmymom]

How fun!!!

Thank you for showcasing llama scouts!!

[virginyafeng]

i saw the sims 3 post about layering presets by right clicking and it made me curious... IT WORKS FORTHE SIMS 2! i love this game, so many hidden gems

[simmymom]

Sims 2 Mod Request - Hang Out

I would LOVE to have the option for my sims to use the "Hang Out" interaction while standing or sitting on the sofa rather than sitting on the floor. This is my official request haha if anyone is interested. I simply do not have the knowledge to make it happen.

[theageofsims]

I don't care if you build, gameplay, story tell, create custom content -- or all of the above. If you're over the age of 30 -- reblog!

[simmymom]

A new BACC.... Northwood Lake. I thought this would be a fun way to share some gameplay!

[simmymom]

Two new skills coming with the new EP!