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Decora finds by BananaBomb

many trendy subcultures nowadays are just those that had been popular in, like, 2007. some MTS creations from 00-s can be given a second fashionable life in your savefile. BananaBomb has a relatively small catalogue, but i recomend checking it out. all on Mod The Sims / meshes either included or linked here

decora nail art

glamorous and over-the-top mesh

sanrio bags

16 piece set of accessory bags with Hello Kitty, Cinnamonroll, Kuromi and a mythic pull which is Sugar Bunnies

kawaii wallpapers part 1 - japanese mascots, part 2 - cute patterns, part 3 - mascots (less pastel)

love the fruit ones

ganguro makeup

4 swatches with various face stickers

so much cute pillows

huge set of avalon/simplystyling recolours (meshes included). 4 different meshes - single and grouped - with mostly sanrio characters

#sims 2 cc #ts2 #sims 2 #ts2 cc #ts2 simblr #kawaii #decora #mts #subculture #creator spotlight #accessory #decor #makeup #wallpaper #ts2 af accessory

andrevasims

My most FAVOURITE hair EVER! buffy29 recolour of Flora Hair 037 by XMSims - Grab mesh and original colours here. The second one is what you need, click on a picture to download mesh and click on colours you want to add. - A recolour pictured above is downloadable from tsr here.

#ts2 #sims 2 cc #sims 2 #ts2 cc #ts2 simblr #hair #af hair #tsr

i’ve been mostly MIA after my Linux post, because i’ve unexpectedly got a great but taxing job soon after posting + i was busy getting out of abusive relationship + fell neck deep into Nintendo (switch and wii) + they kinda take away global Internet in my shithole (i’m Russian and still haven’t earned enough to move)

but when it’s time to rest after work, i can afford to play ts2 for as long as i need to. however, for the first time in 6+ months, i’ve encountered two crashes. there’s no pink soup beforehand, their nature seems quite uncertain.

i will be back soon asking for help and posting about some caveats of Linux ts2 experience. so far it’s still times better than on Windows.

i’m also hoarding some old CC stuff to share. now that i’m back on my lane, please expect more cool posts!

i would also like to share my own sims and interiors i make with older CC. i’m not an in-game photographer, so this project seem a big complicated to me.

thank you for following and supporting me! i may not be present and/or the best tech supports, but ts2 is the most stable things in my life and i absolutely adore the community.

Hiya! Thank you so much for your "Healing Sims 2 with Linux" tutorial, I followed it to successfully get Sims 2 running on my brand new Linux Mint install :)

I was very surprised to notice that the RPC Launcher and RPC plugins (such as Pick'N'Mix's Loading Screen Randomiser and Lazy Duchess' Need Solve Hotkeys) also still work!

I did need to deviate or improvise here and there though. For example, I never got the option to choose ge-proton as the version of Lutris I got from the official packages was not the most recent one that included this Wine build. So I got that from Github instead.

Also, step 7 just does not work for me. I cannot pick a GPU as it's greyed out altogether. That said I only have one graphics card, maybe that is why? I do still get pink soup but it's become super rare.

Anyway, I am writing about something else entirely. An actual problem I am having after following the tutorial.

I use custom TV and video game clips. A LOT of them. I've replaced every single video game and TV station with custom clips (mostly memes) and added a bunch of new video games and TV stations, too.

The issue is, now that I'm on Linux, none of these custom clips work anymore. I just get a material error, or in other words, a grey TV screen with a red X to cross it out, and the TV station's material name (tvstation_sbn, for example) plastered all over, together with massive lag. Audio doesn't work either.

Nothing I try to remedy this works. I installed the VP6 video codec manually. I installed DivX, Xvid, ffdshow, many many more. I can play the clips perfectly fine using VLC on Wine but Sims 2 just never reads the files properly.

I also encoded my custom AVI video clips into any other codec I could think of using VirtualDub on Windows. None of them worked. Ever.

The game's default game and TV clips work, but I do not want those. I want my custom clips.

As the one who seems to be a bit more into Linux than I am, have you got any advice on what could get my custom video clips working in Sims 2 on Linux?

Thanks in advance!

hey! i'm replying asap so you know i've seen the post.

github is a solid way to get lutris, i use it too now. regarding your graphics card: if you're on a non-gaming laptop you might not have a second, dedicated graphics card, only a built-in one in your CPU. usually it's Intel UHD Graphics. It handles TS2 well until you're on a couple of lots per game session. speaking about your custom clips problem. i've never actually did this thing in my game, but i suppose it is indeed a call to use winetricks and install SOME redist... which one - no idea, to figure out one would need to study which tools TS2 uses. unless you've installed them all already? the second logical thing would be configuring linux itself. please specify, did you only install DivX/Xvid/etc inside Winetricks? have you checked if your linux system has them and other AVI playback tools as a whole outside of Wine fake environment? if not, I would recommend googling which packages you need to install for correct AVI playback through the terminal system-wide, including some legacy/outdated solutions. checking files through VLC outside of inside Wine environment doesn't ensure anything i think, because this program might have all the needed playback tools in its isolated code, but it doesn't mean they're installed system-wide. VLC is notable for playing everything on-the-go while other players can't, so using it as a benchmark isn't productive. if you did everything that i said above and nothing works, please let me know! i'll send your problem to my local community at Vk.com. there's a bunch of people way more knowledgable than me about TS2 code and computers.

Mild/Mall Goth AF outfits

clothes for your fem-fraimed sims who are only getting started with their gothical fashion journey. Made for: The Sims 2

Update 02 Sept. 2007!

Three dresses with platform boots for adult females. Mesh by Gelydh, base game compatible. Found in TSR Category 'Sims 2 Clothing Sets'

💬 0 🔁 36 ❤️ 140 · 90+ Followers Gift Part 2 This upload is the two shirt sets I previewed last week. The first one, which is the sweater

All credits to creators linked

#ts2 #ts2 cc #ts2 everyday #ts2 af clothing #ts2 simblr #sims 2 #sims 2 cc #sims 2 old cc #goth #ts2 clothing

bleaksimmer-deactivated20260409

★ Sims 2 External Tools ★ A MODS LIST

⋆ External Tools that pertain the Sims 2 in one way or another ⋆ UPDATE 2.2 ⋆

sims-for-semi

(original)

Old CC manifesto. My blog’s purpose and why you should switch to old cc too.

In this blog, I make an archive of CC for the sims 2 & the sims 3 of pre-sims 4 era. Most of my findings would be considered old and obsolete by today’s standards. So why do I bother?

Technical side:

— It weighs almost nothing. Two sets of deco flowers with similar amount of objects: high-poly 4t2 is 46 mb, one in native ts2 style – 13 mb. Your disk space isn’t endless and you don’t want to use cloud services for handling game files.

— It’s idealogically weird how high-poly and unoptimised some of the modern CCs. For me, making a single mesh weight the same as 5 meshes did 15 years ago, is a skill issue, not a technological advancement. No object should be made to slow down your game or be misleadingly non-functional. Especially because objects 15 years ago, mostly build/buy, were looking very good already. Making CC isn’t just converting a 3D object to be put in game. It’s also making it fit game’s standards and capabilities.

— Given all that, it can delay your game’s crash. High-poly 4k unoptimised CC is one of the main causes for pink soup in ts2 and lag/crashing in ts3. As long as yall are unwilling to switch to Linux to combat pink flashing, it will be your constant concern to minimise straining your game, or it becomes unplayable. Small file size, low poly and compressed textures are your friends here.

Ideological side:

— Sims 2&3, especially 2, have really nice texture and object style. Sims 2 textures are all realistic but stylised, without being too sharp, like many y2k games, or too cartoony. In both games it also comes with masterfully crafted, in terms of optimisation, objects. CAS is rougher in both parts, especially regarding skin texture, eyes and hair. But neither ts4 is good with them. For furniture, old CC objects blend very well with both games’ style. They tend to be realistic without being over-the top.

— The same can’t be told for many modern CC styles. Maxis match sims 4 conversions look obviously out of place in ts2&3. High-poly blender baddies don’t look native in ts2 as well. I also never fancied a particular popular style of ts2 CC which consists of overly bright, but plain textures and is associated with tumbrl and popular “color packages”. Somehow many objects and skins of this CC scene are boring and hipster-y for me. While maxis-match, they didn’t offer a big variety of styles.

— Most important for me: I dig the aesthetic. I really love some authentic late 90s – early 10s style. Modern faux y2k fashion is too doctored for gen Z, it reinvents and is not era-accurate at all. My fashion holy grail is Sex and the City, I get all my clothes from vintage stores. So of course, I would gravitate to objects people made directly when my inspirations were à la mode. Old CC is a great study in authenticity and is an important preservation of fashion history. For my ts2 install, I like putting my sims in mid 00s era. And for ts3, they’re in a early 10’s indie-hipster-swag limbo. It greatly resonates with in-game content and vibe.

Of course, many newer creations are great and fulfilling to the game, I still use them if they're of quality. But excluding ones I mentioned earlier, it's not much for me to choose from. Old CC bring A LOT of variety here.

If you dig my philosophy, hop along! I’m working on a great collection of pre-2014 CC, curating it so only interesting and quality pieces are included. Let’s dive in an authentic 00’s fantasy!!!

#sims 2 cc #ts2 #ts2 cc

TF Clothing sets by *Bunny*

Those are some of my favorite Bunny's sets made for teenage girls. You know, age-appropriate teenage clothing is a rare find! Made for: The Sims 2

— Pretty in Pink

— Bohemian Teen

— Earthtones

All by *Bunny* on TSR

#ts2 #ts2 cc #sims 2 #sims 2 cc #ts 2clothing #ts2 TF clothing #ts2 everyday #by: bunny #ts2 photoskinned

Healing Sims 2 with Linux (part 2)

This is a follow-up for my Linux saga. Basically, I tried Linux and it runs perfectly.

Let's start with theory.

DON'T BOTHER TO DO IT IF YOU DON'T CONSIDER YOURSELF TECH-SAVVY. IF YOU'RE EVEN SLIGHTLY UNSURE IN YOUR ACTIONS AFTER READING TUTORIALS, ASK SOMEBODY WITH A COMPUTER WHIZ PERSONALITY TRAIT TO HELP YOU WITH LINUX. TS2 installation afterwards is easier in a way, you probably wouldn't burn your computer.

Note that to expect any results, you need to have a decent PC. Mine is i5, 16gb RAM, Geforce 1650 4 gb. Not cutting-edge, but more that enough for abusing the hell out of TS2. IDK but your 10-year-old working laptop may still fold and do some crashing, because it has lower limits. But expect it to be less.

Step 1: Watch Tea Addict on Youtube

Watch it fully, then scan this post and then proceed to actually doing things.

Huge credit for Tea Addict for popularizing the method. She's the one to film a huge tutorial that basically explains how to successfully move to Linux. Open it and watch before you do anything, then see my notes for some occurred changes, corrections and additions. I want to add some details to her video that haven't been mentioned but are important.

Join Tea Addict's Discord for more support and discussion

Starting with Linux. BACKUP YOUR WINDOWS!

p.s: if you can’t successfully google something i tell to google, better ask techy person to help with the whole thing. potentially just let them handle the whole installation.

1. Start by simply googling how Linux works. It would be a pain to implement all the lore here. Basically, you'd want to be a bit tech-savvy for installation and up until you launch your Sims 2 and everything works perfectly with your ton of CC and high settings. The biggest difference is that you'll have to do many things through Terminal. You'll get how it works after a few times you'll be ordered to use it by tutorials.

2. Understand what you're downloading Linux for. It has a lot of user-friendly distros that are great for everyday use. I downloaded Linux for playing TS2, but now I browse the Internet, watch movies and keep my notes and writings here too. Here's an article that explains main pros of using Linux. I like it for smoothness, fastness and a lack of things I don't need.

3. If you're unsure what distro to get, get Mint Cinnamon. Tea Addict uses it, many TS2 users use it. Most importantly, it is widely popular elsewhere. You need it to be popular to get the best support and google results. Pop!_OS is also good for gaming, but I recommend Mint. When/if you become a Linux enthusiast, you may choose something else to try. DO NOT DOWNLOAD ARCH!

4. Don't be radical and uninstall Windows. Make a double boot. Better to buy a standalone SSD for that, if you're not a pro, don't partition your existing drive, even if you have space for that.

5. Dedicate enough space. You would want enough for your distro + Lutris + TS2 installation + your Downloads folder which WILL expand a lot because you won't be afraid to stress your game anymore + all TS2 utilities + needed packages and utilities for Linux. You will probably get the taste and want to try some other games and tasks on your new OS, so be resourceful.

5. When installing from a USB boot, you may run into "Can't proceed to install because RST is on". The support link provided wouldn't be helpful for inexperienced users. The process is scary and you need to get into your BIOS to change storage mode from RST to AHCI (don't do this if there's no error). If there's no setting for that, google how to turn on Advanced mode in BIOS for your PC manufacturer. Better to get personalized support. I hate AI but even I had to use Deepseek for help. If you know what to do, following this link beforehand will save you from losing your Windows install in process.

6. When in Windows, don't touch your partition with Linux with a 10 feet pole. I simply renamed my Linux drive in Explorer from "New Drive" to "Mint" and my Mint install wiped away, had to reinstall completely.

7. If you have Nvidia GPU, install their driver through Driver manager. For TS2 many suggest version 550, but you can also install recommended. Some users say they had to try different ones before they got great results.

8. Test your audio. If there's none, you have to install PulseAudio/Pipewire. Here's a fix. If it's still silent, I suggest clicking on sound icon near the clock, then on Sound setting, and then mess around with output devices.

9. Install a system-wide VPN if your country's network is regulated in any way. I can't access the majority of international servers in my country, so without VPN I have trouble installing packages from terminal or Package Manager.

SETTING UP TS2

1. Don't mess with your Windows TS2 installation yet, let it live before you check that everything flies on Linux. You can't access Linux files from Windows, but you absolutely can access and copy Windows files from Linux. So no cloud storage of flash drive necessary for moving. But yeah you should've done a whole Windows 11 and files backup, remember that?

2. Most importantly, OSAB's Starter Pack is dead. You'll need to google "Sims 2 Magipack" and find a carrd with a magnet link. It features everything from Starter Pack and posesses the usual Ultimate Collection file structure. RPC works, 4gb patch applied. It also provides installed CEP and Scriptorium, if I understand it correctly. GRM install is optional. Inside there are bonus items. In Tea Addict's video there's a part where she moves files from install to install. Make sure you don't duplicate preorder bonuses and Store content and move CEP files correctly.

3. IDK if Magipack includes it, so make sure to replace your Graphic Rules file with a Legacy Collection one. Don't tweak anything else in GRM. The whole "recognizing new graphic cards" talk is unnecessary.

4. When installing TS2 from .exe on Lutris, make sure installer preset is either Windows 10 or Windows 7 64-bit. Don't choose 32-bit because the game is. Lutris handles it.

5. In Lutris, right-click on your installed game, then Settings> Game Configuration (or Settings? IDK I have another language) . Make sure your executable is .../Sims2UC/drive_c/MagiPacks/The Sims 2/Fun with Pets/SP9/TSBin/Sims2RPC.exe (don't copy, just find that file in your system). Lutris can mess it up sometimes. Try to run the game to see if it works normally and loads the neighbourhoods.

6. Now you can transfer your EA Games folder with saves and mods.

7. In the same window from step 5, to go System Configuration > Display > GPU. Choose your dedicated GPU like Nvidia or AMD. Or there will be no magic effect (the Pink will return).

8. If that leaves you with game simply not running, then in the same old window go to Runner Settings > Wine version. Change it to ge-proton. Now everything should work with no limitations and crashes! Your game will fully work out your powerful GPU. Watch out for overheating!

9. RPC settings work through "Launch EXE inside Wine prefix", just install whatever they ask on the first launch. Same with Bodyshop.

10. When changing resolution in-game to make my UI bigger, borderless window didn't scale to monitor but became smaller. My easiest but dumbest method is lowering the whole OC resolution to 1600x900 (or whatever suits you). It's not bothering me visually, but UI isn't tiny anymore.

11. SimPE install is a little tricky. Here's the instruction (top comment). If winetricks don't open, go to System Options in Lutris, check "Disable Lutris Runtime", restart the app. Uncheck when you're done with tutorial, before launching any program. For me, SimPE required not only dotnet40, but a latest (9th?) .NET runtime from the same list.

12. In her video, Tea Addict recommends installing a particular Lutris version from the Package Manager, citing that there’s some compatibility benefits. I couldn’t install it (yaaaas authoritarian regime web isolation!!!) and downloaded a .deb file from official Lutris site. Was worrying some of my problems were connected to that. However, there’s no difference — TeaA herself updated that she moved to .deb version. Don’t stress too much about Lutris until it’s up to date.

That's all, I think! Note that with Linux, everything is different for everyone. But I've decided to list all the caveats and problems I've run into, so you don't have to rummage through the whole Internet for them!

#ts2 #ts2 simblr #sims 2 cc #sims 2 #sims 2 linux #linux #linux gaming #pink soup #pink flashing #sims 2 gameplay

Healing Sims 2 with Linux (Part 1)

EDIT: Part 2 with installation instructions IS UP: link

Moving Sims 2 to Linux was a success!

This will be another post to add credibility to the method. Some kind of masterpost ahead. I moved my Sims 2 installation to Linux and got rid of Pink Soup (PS) entirely — stress-tested my game in a 5 hour play session with all settings to the max, cc-heavy save file and lots of lot-hopping. On Windows, it was over after loading one lot. There's also less lag and I got all the essential programs to work, including SimPE. In this part I'll do some yapping around the topic. Next post I'll provide instructions & tips for moving. For as long as I remember, the Pink Soup (PS) Discourse was often built around a paradigm that TS2 is a badly designed game. There was an era of Corruption fearmongering that also demonized save corruption, basically, everyone was like "we really like TS2 and wanna play it but the developers are dumbasses". Turned out, many measures people did were excessive. Same goes for texture memory problem research. With a "maxis bad" paradigm people forgot to ask some important questions: 1) Game worked quite well on peoples' systems 15 years ago that had fractions of power they have now. Systems changed, but the game did not. Why are we trying to fix the game? (Because everything except Standby List and some Nvidia manager tweaks methods was basically fixing the game not the system) 2) Do we assume GPU makers are dumb and wouldn't ensure the best backwards-compatibility with old models? How on earth some RTX that runs Elden Ring on high wouldn't run a 2004 game even with loads of textures? Do we not know how unoptimised and uncompressed modern games are and GPUs still manage them? 3) Most importantly, why don't we question a really unstable, macaroni-code spyware-infected system that forces components and updates on their users? Turns out that yes, Windows 10/11, many parts of which are still leftovers from DOS and, like, Win 98, somehow messes up programs from XP era. I wasn't active in the community back then, but i had my own share of "Windows bad" clarity when playing Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines first on Win11 and then on an old Macbook through Wine. VTMB is a 2004 game (like TS2) that had a very similar texture problem: after an hour or so of gaming, some newly-loaded objects would load wrong models, which were used earlier. For example, a skyscraper in a new location would load as a chair, which was already loaded in a previous location. This behavior was similar to PS, except this game handled the lack of memory to load new textures by replacing them with existing ones, instead of using pink placeholder. Had to re-install my game to Mac, and suddenly this problem was gone on a much weaker computer. So, when people started to discuss Linux as a PS workaround, I jumped on a bandwagon no questions asked. Basically, Linux shows to be a better platform for many-many games, even the modern ones. Tests show higher FPS and less graphic artifacts than on Win11, even though on Linux games are basically "emulated" from a fake Windows environment. The release of Linux-driven Steam Deck gave a huge boost to Linux gaming and many people actually switch for performance reasons.

Next part, I'll guide you through the whole process. With Tea Addict's video in foundation, I'll add everything that wasn't mentioned or changed, that I had to search for myself. Hope it'll help you!

#ts2 #sims 2 #sims 2 gameplay #sims 2 pink soup #pink flashing #pink soup #linux #linux gaming #sims 2 linux #sims 2 help #sims 2 cc #ts2 simblr

sims 3 cool gaming consoles, functional — playstation 3 — xbox 360 — nintendo wii all by Nayara on TSR

#sims 3 #sims 3 cc #ts3 #tsr #ts3 electronics

apricotscented

hello! reuploaded some of buffy/joedy-76's stuff that i could get from her livejournal web archive. it's definitely not everything, but most of it isn't listed on her new lj page and i wanted to save other people the effort i went to here. i think some of it has been reuploaded before? here's what i found for completion's sake.

download folder here, pictures in each folder of what's included

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