⏳ The Test of Time Challenge ⏳

Blog run by @nonsensical-pixels Finds &reations for The Sims 2's Test of Time Challenge CC, Mods, Rulesets, & more!

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WELCOME TO THIS SIDEBLOG FOR EVERYTHING ⏳ TEST OF TIME ⏳ RELATED!

It is run by @nonsensical-pixels and will be updated whenever I find the time or motivation to 😊

FAQ | MY DOWNLOADS (WIP) | FINDS MASTERLIST (WIP) | HELPFUL SITES

Mobile-friendly FAQ below 💗

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Test of Time challenge?

The Test of Time challenge was first created by anna220 and is based on, or follows, their original ruleset at ModTheSims. It is a multi-generational, extremely complex historical challenge that follows your sims from the Stone Age to modern times.

How did you discover this challenge?

It was widely popularised by PleasantSims back in 2021 with their own ruleset and accompanying streams, right around the time that I was first 'really' getting into The Sims 2. While I no longer support nor am affiliated with Cindy in any way, I still find this to be my absolute favourite Sims-related challenge to play.

Why did you create this sideblog?

I have always struggled to find CC and mods that are appropriate to this challenge, especially in the mostly-uncharted Roman Era. So I'm trying to compile everything I've been able to find in one place for my own sanity, plus help make the transition simpler for

What era are you at?

I am currently at the Roman Era, playing in my custom neighborhood, Lake Ego or The Egoan Empire. So the self-made content that I post to this blog will be heavily influenced by the era that I am playing in 🙂

Will you ever post your downloads folder?

I'm happy to post mod lists and other recommendations, yes. But I will never upload my Test of Time downloads folder in its entirety. Possible conflicts and creator TOUs aside, it's 18 darling GBs large and I'm not paying OneDrive to upload it.

Why is your icon the Grim Reaper?

Death. There is much death. In this challenge.

[sychik]

ANCIENT ROMAN NECESSITIES. PART 3: LENGTHY WRAPS, JUST LIKE ON THOSE STATUES

WARNING: CLIPPING ISSUES. these are ACCESSORIES, so they don't have morphs and are prone to clipping through the body mesh. 1) I made them to fit the fat+pregnant morphs specifically. they might look too spacious on thinner frame in the front. 2) I have tried to reduce clipping to minimal amounts, so the issues aren't that annoying. I made these for myself, and just to be clear - I don't think they're really worth publishing. I can't promise I'll go fixing the clipping issues later, because at this point, they are a trade-off (I make one thing better and ruin the other). sitting, standing, walking, flailing arms a little bit should look fine, but download at your own risk!

toga for tm-em. we don't have a lot of variety here. ~1200 polys.

plain white is supposed to be toga virilis, white with purple borders - toga praetexta, purple with golden borders and pattern - toga picta (my best attempt at it, anyway), and dark one - toga pulla. toga praetexta is not available for teens: too old to be a child in need of protection, too young to be a senator.

clipping occasions:

DOWNLOAD (mediafire)

palla for tf-ef. it's rectangular and not quite as long. more variety here. 961 polys.

the morphs weirdness:

clipping occasions (older version, most still persist):

DOWNLOAD (mediafire)

pallium for men, in cases toga is too formal or just doesn't fit the status. a little bit different from palla, both in terms of mesh and swatches. not perfectly happy with this one, but if you don't look closely enough, it'll do. 796 polys.

clipping occasions:

DOWNLOAD (mediafire)

enjoy if that's your cup of tea <3 and please, inform me if anything doesn't work as expected! accessories are a completely new territory for me.

[lady-ravendancer]

@ts2-testoftime !!

[angelapleasant]

'MIDSUMMER'

info + dl

[sychik]

ANCIENT ROMAN NECESSITIES. PART 2: MEN

your local Roman attire assembly line is back with new goods.

1. a tunic with sandals. tm-em, different swatches (20 simple, 34 fancy). fancy ones have a plain option and several decorated options. the Internet says the stripes have over time lost their symbolic meaning (= denoting a class), so I decided they looked cool enough to be there.

DOWNLOAD TUNIC W/ SANDALS

2. a tunic with proper shoes - normally, the right choice for a formal occasion. tm-em, same 34 "fancy" swatches + three additional: 1) white with narrow purple stripes, for… erm… checks notes equestrians, 2) white with broad purple stripes for senators, 3) a purple one fit for an emperor. can't pair them with a toga (for now), but why should it stop you? only the emperor special swatch is available for teens (sorry, too young to be in the Senate).

DOWNLOAD TUNIC W/ CALCEI

3. a tunic for boys. shorter than the girls's ones, hence a different mesh. is it warranted? YES. 20 + 10 swatches.

DOWNLOAD BOYS TUNIC

have fun and contact me if anything is amiss! here's a teaser for the next part (as you can see, I have no taste):

[sychik]

ANCIENT ROMAN NECESSITIES. PART 1: WOMEN

I know, it's very unexpected. I've been having lots of fun with the Test of Time challenge, and then I got to Ancient Rome… and the fun ended :/ enormous respect to all creators who have made cc for that era, but it's just not enough. I hereby present to you the results of my latest hyperfixation.

the meshes are my own, frankenmeshed from maxis meshes and modified. no need to fret about violating my TOU, because I don't care. use, modify, recolor, include. they all should have fat and pregnancy (tf-af) morphs.

1) long-sleeved, low-waist tunic. because of… common sense reasons, it's suited best for women who are more well-off. tf-ef, 28 swatches. DOWNLOAD

2) tunic with a stola; again. tf-ef, 73 swatches… I am sorry. I went ham. the actual Romans probably weren't THAT fun with their color combinations, anyway, but my sims Romans will be. they all have pretty borders, for the sake of consistency. DOWNLOAD

3) simple shorter tunic for working class women. tf-ef, 20 swatches, no fancy dyes or borders. DOWNLOAD

4) girls: shorter basic tunic and longer fancy one. those aren't as different, I guess. DOWNLOAD SHORT | DOWNLOAD LONG

that was a lot. if you encounter any issues, don't hesitate to contact me! also, my post-creation aversion is kicking in, so I hope you'll enjoy this more than I do :D

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Incredible start to a series by @sychik - highly recommended for your Roman sims!

[esotheria-sims]

That first pic is way over the top for a simple handswap preview, but it's a pretteh gown so I couldn't resist! 👗

An anon wondered if I'd be down for adding Smooth Hands to @victoriansimmer's conversion of Sifix's Aisha gown, which I totally was. Hence this post! And because I felt bad it took me a million years to get back to nonnie, I threw in a few other meshes as a bonus. So what you actually get is:

Six 4t2* Sifix Gowns with Smooth Hands

*Not all of them are actual 4t2 conversions.

The set includes:

Sifix Aisha Gown, 4t2 by Victoriansimmer (a.k.a the actual requested mesh)

Sifix Corrine Dress, 4t2 by @vulrien-sims

Sifix Eira Dress, 4t2 by Vulrien-sims (more RCs)

Sifix Evenstar Dress, 4t2 by Vulrien-sims

@deedee-sims' Sifix Knock Off Gown mashup* (a lower poly rendition of Sifix’s Arcadia)

Sifix Angelica Dress, 4t2 by @mdpthatsme

The download includes only meshes, you'll have to follow the links above to get recolors!

Usual disclaimers apply: You can have either the Smooth Hands mesh or the original in your Downloads, but not both at the same time! The new meshes won't automatically overwrite the old ones, so you have to delete them manually before adding these to your game.

Check the previews for each individual dress for info on polycounts and morphs.

DOWNLOAD ALL SIX: Simfileshare | Mediafire

Please enjoy! 💙

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*Squeals with joy* I was JUST thinking that I needed more smooth-handed gowns, this is wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing @esotheria-sims 💞

[nonsensical-pixels]

something something for an upcoming upload 👀 @clepysdra's gladiator sandals converted from ts4 to ts2 as a pantless bottom! i've always desperately needed something like this for the test of time challenge 😊

they're for teens to adults, but enabled for elders; they're also unisex - wow, a male pantless bottom! they're medium-poly at just 2354 polys. 13 swatches, all other ages are repo'd to adults of their gender. categorised as everyday, formal, and outerwear!

DOWNLOAD: SFS | MF ⚔

credits go to @clepysdra for the original ts4 meshes & textures! 🥰

SWATCH

if there are any issues that you find with this set, please don't be afraid to let me know! happy simming, and when you download this, do keep in mind,

Love, ~ Ky 💖

[nonsensical-pixels]

another historical outfit from @clepysdra, for @shibarulata: their mycenaean bard robe converted from ts4 to ts2 as a fullbody outfit, paired with their gladiator sandals. it's more greek than roman, but super excited to use this in my tot challenge 🤩

the outfit is about 5.6k polys, for teen-adult males only, all morphs. it comes in 10 swatches and is categorised as everyday/formalwear, with tm repo'd to am. oh, and keep in mind that i townified it, too!

DOWNLOAD: SFS | MF 🎼

credits go to @clepysdra for the iconic original meshes & textures 🥰

SWATCH

if there are any issues that you find with this set, please don't be afraid to let me know! happy simming, and when you download this, do keep in mind,

Love, ~ Ky 💘

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Recolors of the Maxis Toga + Teen and Child Conversions by Cocomama in @peacemaker-ic's Pleasantly Playful

I was looking for more variety, and came across one of my favourite palettes for TS4, so... here we are! There are 24 recolours in total, with teen females repo'd to adult female and everything else repo'd to adult male. Exactly what I was looking for in the Roman era 😍

Download @ SFS | MF

Random Bodyshop preview ^^

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is the place gonna be called lake ego forever or is it gonna be rebranded in later generations (still don't know if your save is going to go futuristic/sci-fi or not)

I've actually been contemplating this, I kind of want to rename it depending on the era... right now I'm looking at 'Hubrisium' for Roman, maybe 'Hubrisia' in later Medieval eras, and then... something-something Ego in modern times?

I really hope to be able to reach Sims 3 'Into the Future' type things someday, but we'll wait and see 😅

[ts2-testoftime]

when you reach modern day (in like 20 years irl probably), do you think you're gonna simulate different eras (80s/90s/etc)? i remembered there was a tumblr page for retro-themed ts2 cc so i thought that'd be fun. not sure how far you could go after that unless you allowed the sims to enter a futuristic world at some point after several generations

Oh absolutely!! I've already got plans for eras beyond the Victorian era (thank you, Bridgerton, for re-introducing me to the Regency) and I was thinking of changing eras every 2 rounds or so as I go on. I've also been keeping a @freezerbunny-sims2 idea of technology and other fashions changing over time in mind 👀

SUPER excited for the Roaring Twenties in particular. I read a Thea Stilton book featuring fashions from there as a kid and I'm still in love. Will probably have to make a lot of the CC myself but... worth it 🤞

[pixelatedollhouse]

Third set of pantless bottoms are some H&M sandals for AF & TF, recoloured in gold and black. The file also contains the original brown colour from chalkmetal’s download, in case anyone doesn’t already have it. I just wanted all my pantless shoes to have matching panties. :P

Mesh is also included, and files are labelled!

[Download - H&M Sandal recolours for AF & TF]

[ts2-testoftime]

They're not necessarily 'historical', but they definitely fit in with the Roman era ^-^ Plus they're super gorgeous!

[nonsensical-pixels]

then vs now... just 20 years apart 👀 from stone age to roman times...

(it's also a monitor + computer upgrade apart lol)

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ModTheSims - Maple Lake

I'm back with another terrain for you guys!

For anyone wondering (namely @oceansmotion 💘) I used the Maple Lake terrain to create Lake Ego.

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@2fingerswhiskey has a Pinterest that's got sections for most historical eras, and the modern historical eras are split by decade.

2FW Custom Content (2FingersWhiskey) - Profile | Pinterest

2FW Custom Content | Sims series player since 2004 and avid CC creator.

Found it, this is one of my favourite sites for any CC, not just historical! 💖 Thanks for the recommendation @asimplevampire!

[nonsensical-pixels]

the imperial palace (roman era) of lake ego 👑

it's an older build (done when i was 14-15) but it's seeing the light again now 💖 even if it's, ahem, pink soup-tinged

[bcnsims]

Nobles Don’t Clean / Cook Mods

Are you sick of your noble sims running around making beds, washing the dishes, cooking dinner, and generally behaving un-nobly? Are you sick of having to lock doors or micromanage their every move to avoid this? 

No problem! If having useless nobles is your goal, I’ve made a couple mods that make achieving that so much easier. :P

Keep reading

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Very useful to justify having live-in servants in the Roman era and later!

[mortia-laura]

Greetings from our shiny new joint Simblr and as a first “official” post here, we think this one is pretty damn exciting (if we do say so ourselves)! 

We are SO pleased to present Greet Expectations, a historical replacement for all default greetings in the game using some existing, but mostly new animations converted to TS2 from TSM and TS4. This mod is driven by the Medieval Caste Traits both by @cedanyblee and @mortia​, and Sims will greet each other appropriately according to class. There’s lots to see so please read below the cut for more info.

Keep reading

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One of my absolute FAVOURITE mods for the later stages of the challenge. I'm already using it in the Roman era and it's absolutely fantastic.