Stashing Sims Stuff

Once upon a time, I thought I was going to run a storytelling blog. Nope! Now this is just a CC stash :D

[osab]

The Sims Online returns in a new form...

Announcing OpenSO alpha testing 🧪 Signups are open now!

OpenSO is a revival of FreeSO, a fan-hosted recreation of The Sims Online, upgraded with a modern foundation:

Runs on .NET 10 LTS with the latest MonoGame. GitHub Actions automatically builds client, server, and updated shaders for all platforms.

A C# launcher replacing the old Electron one, with an integrated patcher and self-updater.

Replaced the Mina.NET dependency with a rewritten networking and buffer stack supporting TLS end-to-end encryption.

Updated rendering pipeline: dynamic frame rates >60FPS, resolution scaling, new AA options, and optional post-processing effects for 3D mode.

New features: rebuilt Create-A-Sim with zoom & rotation plus larger icons; edit your Sim's gender, appearance, and skintone at any time from the Select-A-Sim menu; a Social Bunny NPC who shows up to help your Social need when your Sim is alone. 🐰

Fixed long-standing nitpicks, like the window scaling/mouse glitch.

Always free and open source, with no pay-to-win or donation perks.

OpenSO is early in development, so things may break or be rough around the edges. Expect frequent updates.

Player feedback will be crucial in shaping the game's direction. Once the foundation is tested under a real player load, the beta release can shift focus to new content & gameplay changes while staying faithful to the original game — as well as events, documentation, tools, and quality-of-life features.

The alpha provides starting funds of $100k to begin building. The testing world, Genesis, will be wiped for the public beta.

Signups are open now and public for anyone who wants to help playtest, report bugs, or contribute ideas and changes.

🔗 Sign up + download: openso.org

💬 Discord: discord.gg/3U3sqPnPB7

💻 Code: github.com/voicemxil/OpenSO

not affiliated with EA, no copyrighted assets included

[harmonyckrs]

stolen instagram posts as premade sims - Lazlo edition

also I'm going back on break as I'm getting longer shifts at my job and would prefer to spend my free time working on my writing/drawings. see you all again in September, October or November. I'll decide on that later

[freezerbunny-sims2]

Not sure what I was going for with this one. I just wanted to try stuff with Blender.

Lately I've been wanting to learn 3D art. It would be slightly more profitable than Printmaking, which is what my major focuses on. Sucks that I can only specialize in one thing at a time. I think I'll take the optional digital 3D art class before making any decisions.

[freezerbnuuy]

500 Followers Gift - Freezer Bunny Party!

DOWNLOAD: SimFileShare | MediaFire | Patreon Free, No AdFly/Linkvertise, No Forced Patreon Join

To celebrate 500 followers on Tumblr I have made a special CC gift! There is: wallpaper, earrings, poster, framed art, biscuits, figure, toy, children's book, slippers, rug, and greeting cards! THERE ARE FOUR SWATCHES for the poster I accidentslly duplicated one on here, the fourth is blue with a Freezer Bunny in a cloud on it

Basegame compatible. Most are recolours of EA meshes or slightly resized EA meshes, earrings + biscuits plate are around 500 polys.

Most items have 6 pastel swatches - pink, blue, yellow, green, purple, and white. Posters have 4 swatches, and the wallpaper is just one swatch.

Wallpaper for all heights. All items colour-tagged. All visible LODs filled.

Search 'Freezer Bunny Party' in Build/Buy and you should find everything, or just 'Party'.

Because of its shape, the toy floats in the child's hand.

@alwaysfreecc @sssvitlanz

[muln]

iono man i just miss playing this game

[episims]

Community Phone Default Replacement

I've been hesitant about sharing this as it's a bit fiddly to use. But this default has made my co-existence with community phones a lot more painless, so maybe it'll help some fellow simmer who doesn't mind using cheats.

This default removes the cover and the stand of the community phone completely, leaving only the phone box (previewed on the middle). Handy for placing it against a wall.

The fiddly part is:

You'll need cheats to use this default efficiently. It's easiest to place the phone against a wall with moveobjects + quarter tile placement on. The box will sink into the wall a bit, but won't show from the other side and is still fully usable.

And you can only move the phone from its handle. It's annoying but afaik can't be fixed as editing the bounding mesh of this thing crashes the game.

Since not all community lots have walls to attach the phone to, I made a custom version of CrabOfDoom's community phone booth (previewed on the right) that can be used together with this default. It's repositioned to the in-game community phone booth and will pull any recolors you have for it. For the variety, I also added a recolor that has the stand only (previewed on the left).

More fiddliness: you'll first need to place the booth and only after that move the phone at its place.

Download (SFS) (alternate) - files are compressed. The booth is located under Electronic / Misc for free.

I recommend using this default together with this edit by @dramallamadingdang which removes the phone booth from the neighborhood view. The texture default shown in the preview is this pretty one by @shastakiss.

Credit to @hugelunatic whose community phone default was the inspiration and base for this one!

Update (30.6.2026): The bounding mesh now properly covers the whole phone so you can grab it and click it from anywhere, not just from the handle.

[episims]

Update!

Not a fix but an improvement. I figured out a way to expand the bounding mesh without crashing the game, so this default is now 90% more grabbable and clickable. I recommend redownloading for better life quality.

Thank you @gummilutt for testing!

[picknmixsims]

Family Manager - Updated

Family Manager V1.2

Added options to show NPC families

Added detection, reporting and merging of split character files.

[episims]

Great news for everyone who has character files split by mods and is worried about them!

I highly recommend reading William's notes on the topic, too.

[esotheria-sims]

This feature is an absolute game-changer! ⭐️ If you were wondering how I was able to save little Godric from a broken and split character file... this is how.

[achillesinhighheels]

[painfully-painful-pain]

The Sims 2 Nightlife: Polish Desktop Wallpapers

[mizuthe-cat]

Positive affirmations for people who have side blogs

I am on the right blog

i have never reblogged anything to the wrong blog ever

this is the right blog

purple Tuesday

I have never made a post on the wrong blog

[never-obsolete]

[plumbogs]

The Sims 2 Lezzing It Up Stuff

[notonlymice]

Emilie de Ravin as Claire Littleton in Lost (2004–2010)

[painfully-painful-pain]

The Sims 2 University: Guitar and Bass Concept Art

[eisbae-r]

Medical Accessories in a Box

Created this mainly for myself.  Thought I share.

Back in 2024, I created an accessory box for my own game using an amazing tutorial by Ocelotekatl ( @blueheavensims ) .  It contained some measly 20 acc. The arduous task increased my respect a 1000x for those creators out there that have provided us with amazing accessory boxes.

Mid May 2026, @picknmixsims posted a template that automates the whole process 😍.

Oh my, I had a wild weekend 😁, with a long download hunt and an ever increasing list of new accessories to add. 😂

The box includes 134 accessories from various creators now.

I added the option to “change model”. Featuring 6 Maxis objects.

And the box is now peaceable on all surfaces.  

📦📦 DOWNLOAD HERE 📦📦 all files included.

If you don’t like the maxis models, you can easily customize the box. More details in this Tutorial. Open in SimPe, navigate to STR#0x85. Change names of models.

Want more models? Add them to the list in STR#0x85 and open BHAV 0x10C8. Change the literal value to the last number in your list.

e.g. I use various models from Syringe Vials by Crocobaura, First Aid kit, Paramedic Bag by Ocelotekatl and Clutter from this set by TheRaven.

Credits

The genius team Whoward69 @picknmixsims and Ocelotekatl @blueheavensims for the Video and PDF Tutorial  on acc boxes and especially the new Template that automates everything with DPBFSripter. 💖

If you are like me and have an old system with old software and can’t get the template to run, try any LibreOffice (free) version 25.2.X and higher with this Template. I adjusted the equations and the macro.

TheRaven (also know as  Simmer22 ) for their valuable input on how to group all their medical accessories.👍

Meshes and Original Files

Boblishman == Casts and Wrist ID. 2Fingerswiskey for WristID Rec.

CASSIS @0201-sims & Mahuyu == Stethoscope 

Cemaly ==Masks and Gloves, GOS SecretSanta2018. I couldn't find a TOU but if you see this and have any issues with it, let me know and I will respect your terms.

Chiklia == Labcoat  

@ilikefishfood ==Gloves, mesh by @julietoon-ts2

@episims & @deedee-sims == Hearing Aids

@whattheskell == Nurse Caps.

Ocelotekatl == Mask . Original Download(& even more futuristic medical accessories!)

Theraven == More than 2/3 of the accessories are form this creator! Registering is free. Go HERE and raid the download section to get the hospital objects.

Yagi == syringe

Zoi == Long Labcoat

RoseSims == Crutches

[2fingerswhiskey]

Great job!

[crossingsj]

To me it's so important that none of the Grunts realise that Lyla's actually dead.

I feel a lot of people overlook it but it adds to the misery that is their household.

Like all three of her sons are hoping she'll come back for them...

Tank is hoping she comes back so he can be himself because he remembers how soft she used to be with him and he's idolised his mother to this near perfect human being. To Tank she's something she never was.

Ripp is hoping she comes back so he can stop fighting. He doesn't want to argue with his dad but knows if he doesn't put up a fight against Buzz's expectations no one else will. Ripp believes his mother will fight for them so he can just be a teenager again.

Buck is hoping he can get to know her. She left when he was so young he barely remembers her and wants her in his life. He remembers her as the only parent that cared for him.

Tragically none of them will get what they want, the only one who does is Buzz.

And Buzz is terrified Lyla will come back for their sons. He's spend the better part of a decade trying to mould his sons and control them. He might not like Tank, but Tank has met some of his expectations, Tank's desperation for Buzz's approval will have him joining the military in the blink of eye if it means Buzz will be happy. And Lyla could come back a ruin it all, for all he knows Lyla's spent years getting her shit together so she can win custody of them when she couldn't initially.

But because she's dead she never will, so Buzz can keep being Buzz. Buzz can keep torturing his sons physically and mentally because they just need to "toughen up." And the boys just have keep dealing with it until they're old enough to get out of there (but if the Sims 2 for PSP is to be believed, they never will).

[veronavillequiltingbee]

Lighting Mod Ultimate Collection

(yes it's a reference to the ultimate collection because...it is indeed an ultimate collection)

The Lighting Mod Ultimate Collection is a lighting mod/framework that allows players to switch lighting configurations on a lot-level basis.

Now, the game itself already utilizes lot-level lighting as far back as Nightlife for Downtown lots, and some lighting mods have combined this with the usage of cheat aliases to use different lighting configurations that potentially suit different lots of neighborhoods, or using different lighting color definitions (as in Cinema Secrets's implementation of World Lit by Fire), or the lighting direction changes in Maxis Match Lighting Mod.

However, Lighting Mod Ultimate Collection takes this a step further and features five lighting mods in one setup. This means one installation and you can switch from one config to another on the fly.

INFO AND DOWNLOAD LINK HERE