#veetiesims2

[sims2packrat]

Hi! I'm alarmed at the moment but... What happened to veetiesims2? Their tumblr is still accessible but purged from all creations?! Are there any backups? I hope their content is/can be saved!

Hello anon! :-D do not fret, it seems they only changed URL, their new username is equinoxts2 :-)

Also, I'm sorry that I left packrat inactive for around 3-ish months, I've been working (I managed to get two jobs - yay!) which leaves me with very little freetime. Don't worry though, I won't abandon packrat :-) it will just take a lot longer for me to reply to asks etc since I don't have as much freetime as I used to.

With that being said, I hope you all in Ukraine stay safe. It's a horrible world we live in.

[episims]

Just wanted to say I'm really getting to hate Chase more and more after this last round. I'm sure I speak for a lot of your readers when I say that Hanna deserves so much to be treated like an individual with thoughts and feelings, way more than the sum of those "valuable parts". Hope she manages to find some happiness and freedom eventually! *virtual hugs for Hanna*

I wholeheartedly agree with you! Hanna is already a lot more than Chase ever meant her to be, capable of forming her own opinions and making decisions of her own. And she's constantly learning and growing still.

Chase is... definitely not an easy person to like. Safe to say that compassion isn't his strongest suit.

[deedee-sims]

Hi Deedee! I just binge read the entire +1 story so far and I have to say it really lifted me out of a bad point in the day. I've come to love Ollie and Rhett through their responses to asks alone, and reading the story itself made me love them even more. Thanks to you for writing the story and to both of them for giving me the warm fuzzies!

Hi! Awww thank you so much! I'm glad the story made you feel better and entertained you! ❤ I promise there will be more fluff and shenanigans from the boys in the future! :)

[rio-sims]

veetiesims2

Personally, I unlocked all the interests, but you go with whatever makes sense to you.

simgigglegirl

Oh I didn't know that it was that locked! That really explains why my born in-game sims suddenly had increases in interests they used to be low in. In that case... I think unlocking the interest to be random is much better. But of course that's up to you.

(I don’t remember how replies work... hopefully I don’t look foolish doing it this way... ^^U)

I’m leaning towards unlocking them all. While toddlers caring about work and politics is strange, I think knowing that my sims’ interests won’t ever be truly random bugs me more!

@veetiesims2, you already have yours unlocked? Did you mod that yourself or is there a mod out there for that? Because I tried searching for a mod for this for so long and couldn’t find one anywhere ;~; I was gonna share the file I made but if it already exists then there's no point XD

[criquette-was-here]

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Anonymous said:

Hi Criquette! I love your work and tutorials, in fact, you taught me how to make hood deco buildings light up at night! However, I'm having an issue with the transparency. The day window texture and the main building textures have a transparent gap between them even though they line up perfectly in the image program and GMND preview. Do you know what may be causing this?

Hey anon! Thank you! I’m glad you’ve managed to get your decorations light up at night. As for the gap, sometimes, if a material has ‘alphatest enabled’ on ‘1′ it can interpret almost opaque (i.e. transparency at 50-70%) areas of the texture as fully transparent. Alphatest renders transparency strictly as true/false, or 1/0. I would recommend to turn alphatest off (set to ‘0′) and if you still need to have transparency in your day windows texture, make it work with ‘blend mode: blend’.

@saralynnx​ said:

I'm just in total awe right now. Feverfew completely blew all of my expectations out of the water, and is a prime example of 'TS3 and TS4 could never!' I seriously feel bad for people who are no longer active in the TS2 community for missing out on this masterpiece.

Oh, thank you Sara! Well, this game can wait (i’ve had a break for six years myself) and if someone decides to get back to TS2, Feverfew will be available :)

Anonymous said:

Any chances you could upload just the sc4 terrain for Feverfew? 

Oh, dear anon. There’s no point in doing that. Because the unedited map for thins neighborhood looks like this:

You can still have the Vervainwort SC4 map instead, which makes definitely more sense.

Anonymous said:

Omg I’m so sorry. I really didn’t mind the look of it I just thought I did something wrong! Good to know I’m set. Thank you for replying I know you’re being inundated with messages! Bless!

Not to worry, anon! Happy simming :)

@impassingoveryou​ said:

Had to chuckle a bit at Mr. Bean‘s car. I didn‘t even notice it until my brother casually walked past me and pointed it out. Was that supposed to be an easter egg? :D

Well, I did show some WIP pics of this little car earlier. Not sure about an easter egg, but it’s definitely a mention :) As for the easter eggs, there’s one and it’s not related to mr. Bean ;)

Anonymous said:

Hi, thank you for Feverfew! I don't have a computer at the moment, so I can't dowload it and wander around in it like I want to, but I already love it just from the pictures. Just curious, are there spaces/suitable terrain for beach lots in Feverfew? I have a couple of ideas for beach lots and was wondering if I can fit them into Feverview.

Hi anon! There’s literally one single beach lot in Feverfew and it has a pub so you’ll have to make it over :)

@veetiesims2​ said:

As a detail-crazy worldbuilder I really admire all the work you did on Feverfew. It's not my usual style but it reminds me so much of the village of my childhood that I think I'll adopt it as a side hood! Thanks <3

Ah, thank you Veetie! I’m so glad that so many people see Feverfew this way. I didn’t grew up in a town like this myself, but I really fell in love with small British towns and villages, so it was really something I wanted to try and recreate in-game.

Anonymous said:

This might be dramatic but I literally teared up when I opened up your neighborhood. I wish I was so detail oriented. Your screenshots did not do it justice because W O W

Ahh, thanks anon! Yes, Feverfew looks better in-game than on screenshots ^__^”

@ankapartizankaniko​ said:

Criquette, you're amazing! and your city is amazing! Thank you for a cool gift for the new year. Now I don't want to finish building my city ;)

Oh, please do finish it! :D You’re most welcome @ankapartizankaniko​ and Happy New Year!

Anonymous said:

Hi, I saw a YouTube-video about Feverfew, and there was this river-piece neighborhood deco. Would it be possible to share that piece separately? I love Feverfew, but I play medieval, so I can not use whole hood, but that river hood deco would be perfect!

Hello anon! You can download the whole thing, take the ‘FeverfewHoodCC’ folder and put it into your downloads folder without installing the whole thing. All the hood decorations, including river pieces, will appear as usual under ‘landmark’ and ‘misc’ submenu.

@pleasant-lives​ said:

I was watching the video review of Feverfew and I just kept thinking: I wish we had an open world in ts2! It’s so pretty and detailed, I am amazed

Yes, an open world in TS2 would be nice. But frankly, I’m quite satisfied with the one we have :)

Anonymous said:

2) or, e.g. is it possible to create a default replacement of impostor textures for a lot... by putting its custom textures in a separate package... which would override, upon each load of the game, those textures that game generates after each save? i've never done DRs myself so all of the above is probably nonsense, and even if it's possible it's too much work anyway... but i was mostly just wondering what your thoughts on this topic are. p.s. great worldbuilding in the Feverfew story mode! :)

Is it me, or the first bit is lost somewhere? :D Well, lot imposters work a bit different comparing to usual CC. Although there’s still left some place for experiments and who knows, may be at some point we will be able to improve them somehow!

[ts2library]

This ongoing fantasy story follows the Nuidya tribe of the village of Kulo Seeri, as they find themselves holding unexpected influence in their world. The gods have returned to walk the lands, children are being born with unusual powers - and in the middle of it all, the Nuidya will attempt to navigate the new era, deal with relationship drama, and still make sure there’s enough food stored for winter.

Link to (WIP) index of posts on Blogger

[hexagonal-bipyramid]

Aaaaaah thank you very much @jellymeduza​, @veetiesims2​ and @retromaisie​!! ♥

An Animal Crossing gif because this franchise is gold! I can’t stop playing New Horizons!

[esotheria-sims]

Hi! I was just wondering after your 5 Facts meme about Dominick Irving - is he available for download? Because I now really want to give him a place in my game. I promise I'll take care of him :)

Veetie, hi! I’m very flattered to hear it! ^_____^ Yup, Dominick is available for download, but not on my simblr - he’s originally a sim by Trapping! (heads up:  the pics are busted, but the download link still works; it’s the very last link in the post, right above the linked video)

 I didn’t change any of his facial features so it didn’t feel right for me to upload my version, but if you’d like an exact replica of ‘my’ Dominick for your own game, I’d be more than happy to link you to the cc I used for him. ^^ Just shoot me another message and I’ll have the links up asap!