Like many of us, I grew up with Garden of Shadows. To me, it was more than just a forum. It was a place I could ask for help, learn new skills and, best of all, find amazing content in any style I could possibly want. I loved the board names, the people, the themes; everything, really.
And I admit I was more than a little heartbroken to find it gone.
After mulling it over, I decided that I wanted to preserve what I possibly could. I spent a few hours yesterday running through strategies and ideas about how to best go about it, and the best I could come up with was, well, exactly the same.
So, here it is: the Garden of Shadows mirror forum.
I've only just started, but I hope to add a little bit to it every day. The primary focus will be on preserving all the knowledge and custom content. I'm tackling it myself, but if you feel so inclined, you're more than welcome to join in.
--
PS. I am not here to offend, break Terms of Use, or to step on any toes. This is simply an effort to preserve content and knowledge for a game I have played and loved for over twenty years. Thank you ♥
An advent calendar in February? Why not! 🎄 From 6 February to 17 February, I’ll be releasing a new gift set for your Sims 2 game every day! 🤍
Welcome to Day 1! We’re starting off with Ground Cover, all 81 terrain paints converted from The Sims 4 to The Sims 2, to really help beautify your lots.
Be sure to visit tomorrow for your next gift! ˖˟ ⸜₍⁽ˊ꒳ˋ⁾₎⸝ ˟˖
Hello, a little update to and expansion of this set from last year!
UPDATE 30-09-2024:
— Updated the 21 Rock + Rock Storm textures with the high-quality versions included in the 09/18/2024 Sims 4 patch.
— Converted 61 new terrains, included the ones released in the 09/18/2024 Sims 4 patch, so that all terrain paints from The Sims 4 are included in this set!
I'd recommend redownloading the whole set and letting the files override the old ones as many old textures were updated, too. Enjoy! ♥
A set of 42 modern, patterned wallpapers, converted and adapted from two sets by warmthlu.
Volume One features 21 wallpapers, one more than warmthlu designed. A happy accident; the first wallpaper in this set wasn't seamless so, after much fiddling, I decided to redraw the whole pattern from scratch. During this process, I ended up with a calmer, more minimalist wallpaper I loved so much, I wanted to include it, too!
Volume Two has those same 21 wallpapers, but they now feature skirting and cornicing in complimentary shades from my State of Elegance palette. The skirting and cornicing was taken from my new 'Details' set, which is available here.
Included in this set are:
I. 4t2 WARMTHLU WALLPAPERS - VOLUME 1
— Catalog: Build > Wall Coverings > Wallpapers
— Price: §4
— Colours: all original 21 colours + 1 additional recolour
II. 4t2 WARMTHLU WALLPAPERS - VOLUME 2
— Catalog: Build > Wall Coverings > Wallpapers
— Price: §5
— Colours: all original 21 colours + 1 additional recolour
DETAILS
— Credit: warmthlu (here and here).
— Descriptions: both volumes feature a description written by me, hinting, as always, at upcoming custom content. This is one of my favourite things to do ˶ˆᗜˆ˵
— Everything has been compressed; the swatch is included in the .zip.
LINKS
— 📝 Terms of Use
— 🦋 Bug Reports (Google Form)
— 🎁 Commissions
— ☕ Patreon
— 📁 Download on Patreon (Free)
As I slowly get back into creating, I've found myself in need of more resources to streamline the process of converting. So whilst I'm re-learning all my skills, I've decided to share everything I personally wanted with you (´｡• ᵕ •｡`)
Walls are really fun to convert, but if you want to give them an extra oomph . . . well, you'll need it to have some nice skirting and coving, won't you?
Details is a PSD with wall coving + skirting pulled from the Sims 4 Base Game. It's featured on wallpapers like "Basic Darks with White Trim", amongst others. The texture was extracted and cleaned up by renorasims, then converted, tweaked and recoloured by me.
It comes in all 27 colours from my state of elegance palette and features a subtle shadow near the top (coving) and bottom (skirting) of the texture for some added depth.
Use them freely on all walls, from tiles to wallpapers, for that little bit of sophistication!
DETAILS
— You will need a copy of Photoshop to open these files. It doesn't matter which version of Photoshop you have; PSDs are forwards and backwards compatible.
— Credit: EA and renorasims.
— There are two versions of the PSD file included: one for Windows users and one for Apple users. The Windows PSD is made for 512 x 1024 walls; the Apple PSD for 256 x 512 walls.
LINKS
— 📝 Terms of Use
— 🦋 Bug Reports (Google Form)
— 🎁 Commissions
— ☕ Patreon
— 📁 Download on Patreon (Free)
Hiiii, oh my goodness, you are so kind, thank you!! ˃̣̣̥⌓˂̣̣̥
I am slowly getting well. Like, baby steps forward and then about ten back, but I am getting there at a snail's pace. I'm already feeling better than I was last year! So, that's good.
A lot of my attention has gone to the Sims 4t2 Build/Buy Database, because I'm working on some coding projects on the back-end of the site. But alongside that, I've actually been creating again!
It's going equally slowly, as I really need to relearn to remake everything, but some new custom content will be coming up! (人´∀`) Thank you for your kindness and for thinking of me!! It's very appreciated.
just wanted to check in to see if you were okay :) - a worried anon
Goodness, thank you so much for checking up on me, Anon, you are so kind 😭🙏🏻
I'm all right, really. I'm in the 10% percentile who doesn't respond well to the medication they give post-treatment, so things are a bit complicated and wobbly as we try to all navigate that.
Patreon billing has been further suspended for September, and billing will continue to be suspended until everything that I've committed to releasing is ready to share (๑•ᴗ•)◞♡
Hi everyone, hope you're all well ♥ I'm going to need to step back from The Sims for a while. I've paused billing on Patreon.
I got prescribed some new medication and not only are the side effects are very unpleasant, I have very very little energy to get anything done, if I'm not sleeping because I feel so terrible. I'll be back in hospital soon for more tests which joy, absolute joy
I hope to be back at some point in this year, but right now, I can't make any promises or commitments. Thank you 🙏🏻
I love the dress from your "killed our love" upload. But I would rather have it as a custom dress than a default. Since it’s a shoe-swap, I hoped there might be a pre-shoe-swap custom version out there somewhere. I tried looking for it but couldn’t find anything myself. So I wanted to ask if you could point me in the right direction. Thank you very much in advance.
Hi, hello there anon! Awh, thank you so much for the love for one of my older sets, it’s amazing to hear that people are still loving something I made years ago (ㅅ´ ˘ `)
There is, actually! The dress in the “Killed Our Love” set is a shoeswap I did of Trapping’s Valentine’s Day dress with Sentate pumps and I made it first as a custom version <(˶ᵔᵕᵔ˶)>
You can download the custom version of the dress as part of the 150 followers gift I shared on my original blog; it's in the Valentine's Swap set. I've reuploaded it on SFS for you here.
Please note that, since this is a very old set, I won’t be offering any support on it. Hope that helps! x
Hey there, I'm not sure if you've been made aware but your Brickie advent set seems to be undownloadable? There's only a WeTransfer link and it seems to be expired.
Hi, hello! Thank you so so so much for reaching out and letting me know (人´∀｀).☆彡 I really appreciate it! I've updated the link to a SimFileShare one, so it's available again for download.
SFS was down when I first tried to upload the file, so I used WeTransfer as an alternative — I'm so sorry for any inconvenience caused!
ETA: I've also attached the file to the Patreon post! I'm in the process of doing this for all my downloads, so everyone can access them even if SimFileShare is down ♥
An advent calendar in February? Why not! 🎄 From 6 February to 17 February, I'll be releasing a new gift set for your Sims 2 game every day! 🤍
Welcome to Day 8! Today's gift is Wrapped, a set of 10 wrapped gift boxes converted from The Sims 4 for The Sims 2!
Be sure to visit tomorrow for your next gift! ˖˟ ⸜₍⁽ˊ꒳ˋ⁾₎⸝ ˟˖
Included in this set are:
I. 4t2 WRAPPED BARBIE GIFT BAG*
— Catalog: Decorative > Sculptures
— Price: §5
— Original mesh: aroundthesims
— 1 subset: bag
— Colours: 1 swatch, as original
— Polycount: 384
II. 4t2 WRAPPED BOTTLE GIFT BAG
— Catalog: Decorative > Sculptures
— Price: §5
— Original mesh: aroundthesims
— 1 subset: bottle
— Colours: all original 4 colours
— Polycount: 1.1K
III. 4t2 WRAPPED CRAYON GIFT WRAP
— Catalog: Decorative > Sculptures
— Price: §5
— Original mesh: aroundthesims
— 1 subset: box
— Colours: all original 3 colours
— Polycount: 312
IV. 4t2 WRAPPED DINO GIFT
— Catalog: Decorative > Sculptures
— Price: §5
— Original mesh: aroundthesims
— 1 subset: box
— Colours: all original 2 colours
— Polycount: 30
V. 4t2 WRAPPED GAMING COMPUTER GIFT BOX*
— Catalog: Decorative > Sculptures
— Price: §5
— Original mesh: aroundthesims
— 1 subset: box
— Colours: all original 2 colours
— Polycount: 30
VI. 4t2 WRAPPED GAMING SCREEN GIFT BOX
— Catalog: Decorative > Sculptures
— Price: §5
— Original mesh: aroundthesims
— 2 subsets: box
— Colours: all original 2 colours
— Polycount: 30
VII. 4t2 WRAPPED HEART GIFT BOX
— Catalog: Decorative > Sculptures
— Price: §5
— Original mesh: aroundthesims
— 1 subset: box
— Colours: all original 5 colours
— Polycount: 102
VIII. 4t2 WRAPPED GLOBE GIFT BOX
— Catalog: Decorative > Sculptures
— Price: §5
— Original mesh: aroundthesims
— 1 subset: box
— Colours: 1 swatch, as original
— Polycount: 819
XI. 4t2 WRAPPED EMOJI GIFT BOX
— Catalog: Decorative > Sculptures
— Price: §5
— Original mesh: aroundthesims
— 1 subset: box
— Colours: all original 9 colours
— Polycount: 62
X. 4t2 WRAPPED TOY CAR GIFT BOX
— Catalog: Decorative > Sculptures
— Price: §5
— Original mesh: aroundthesims
— 1 subset: box
— Colours: all original 3 colours
— Polycount: 176
---
DETAILS
— Descriptions: descriptions weren't included with the original objects, so they were all written by me ^^
— Asterisk (*): the textures of these objects have been remapped to make them appear a little more seamless.
— All objects are base-game compatible, have been enabled for quarter-tile placement, and are placeable on Open For Business (OFB) shelves.
— Everything has been compressed; merged files are included.
---------
LINKS
— 📝 Terms of Use
— 🦋 Bug Reports (Google Form)
— 🎁 Commissions
— ☕ Patreon
— 📁 Download on Patreon (Free)
sul sul~ i ♥ your new loading screens! will you be making more?
Hi!!! Yay, I'm so glad you like them! They were so fun to make.
Yes, I'll definitely be making more! I love seeing a new one every time I boot up my game (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧
I've recently hit the 450 followers milestone (wow!), and I was thinking, after I've wrapped up the advent calendar, to open up a suggestion box, where you can send in your ideas for what I should release to celebrate! If you've got your eye on any specific set, don't forget to send it in ^◇^
An advent calendar in February? Why not! 🎄 From 6 February to 17 February, I'll be releasing a new gift set for your Sims 2 game every day! 🤍
Welcome to Day 7! Today's gift is Brickie, a set containing all 21 brick walls from The Sims 4 Base Game, converted for The Sims 2!
Be sure to visit tomorrow for your next gift! ˖˟ ⸜₍⁽ˊ꒳ˋ⁾₎⸝ ˟˖
Included in this set are:
BASE GAME
— Better Days Brick Facade
— Better Days Brick Facade with Corner Accent*
— Better Days Brick Facade with White Trim*
— Blocked Out
— Brick & Plaster
— Firehouse Brick
— Industrial Interest
— IndustryMatters Brick Facade
— IndustryMatters Brick Facade with Corner Accent*
— IndustryMatters Brick Facade with White Trim*
— Ornate Brick
— Pretty in Plaster
— Steve & Graham's Habitat Bricks
— The Brickery
— The Brickery with Corner Accent*
— The Brickery with Stone Corner Accent*
— The Brickery with Wood Trim*
— The Brickery Elite
— The Brickery Elite - Caution
— The Brickery Elite with Corner Accent*
— The Brickery Elite with Wood Trim*
---
DETAILS
— Descriptions: walls in TS4 don't come with descriptions, so I wrote one for all of the bricks in this set ^^
— Mirrored: walls marked with an asterisk (*) have mirrored counterparts. For example, if the wall came with a trim on the right side, I've included a left side version, so you have more wall functionality all around!
— All walls can be found in the build catalogue under Build > Walls > Brick. They share the same prices as their original EA counterparts.
— All walls have a high-resolution texture (512 x 1024 pixels) and come in all of their original swatches.
— Everything has been compressed; the swatch is included in the .zip.
— Merged files are included.
———
LINKS
— 📝 Terms of Use
— 🦋 Bug Reports (Google Form)
— 🎁 Commissions
— ☕ Patreon
— 📁 Download on Patreon (Free)
An advent calendar in February? Why not! 🎄 From 6 February to 17 February, I'll be releasing a new gift set for your Sims 2 game every day! 🤍
Welcome to Day 6! Today's gift is Glazed, featuring five objects converted from The Sims 4 to The Sims 2, to make the perfect addition to your mid-century game!
Be sure to visit tomorrow for your next gift! ˖˟ ⸜₍⁽ˊ꒳ˋ⁾₎⸝ ˟˖
Included in this set are:
4t2 FUTURA LIVING GAZELLE
— Catalog: Decorative > Sculptures
— Price: §232
— Original mesh: peacemaker-ic
— 1 subset: gazelle
— Colours: all original 25 colours
— Polycount: 548
4t2 FUTURA LIVING GLAZED VASE 01
— Catalog: Decorative > Sculptures
— Price: §116
— Original mesh: peacemaker-ic
— 1 subset: vase
— Colours: all original 15 colours
— Polycount: 410
4t2 FUTURA LIVING GLAZED VASE 02
— Catalog: Decorative > Sculptures
— Price: §117
— Original mesh: peacemaker-ic
— 1 subset: vase
— Colours: all original 15 colours
— Polycount: 362
4t2 FUTURA LIVING GLAZED VASE 03
— Catalog: Decorative > Sculptures
— Price: §118
— Original mesh: peacemaker-ic
— 1 subset: vase
— Colours: all original 15 colours
— Polycount: 338
4t2 FUTURA LIVING STORAGE BOX
— Catalog: Decorative > Sculptures
— Price: §65
— Original mesh: peacemaker-ic
— 1 subset: box
— Colours: all original 24 colours
— Polycount: 98
—
DETAILS
— All objects are base-game compatible, have been enabled for quarter-tile placement, and are placeable on Open For Business (OFB) shelves.
— All objects have shadows!
— Tweaked: I wrote my own in-game description for the objects in this set, since the TS4 versions all shared the same one ◕ ◡ ◕
— Everything has been compressed; merged files are included.
———
LINKS
— 📝 Terms of Use
— 🦋 Bug Reports (Google Form)
— 🎁 Commissions
— ☕ Patreon
— 📁 Download on Patreon (Free)
An advent calendar in February? Why not! 🎄 From 6 February to 17 February, I'll be releasing a new gift set for your Sims 2 game every day! 🤍
Welcome to Day 5! Today's gift is Reloaded, a series of 15 loading screens converted from The Sims 4 to The Sims 2, to make waiting for your game to load even more aesthetically pleasing! ♥
Be sure to visit tomorrow for your next gift! ˖˟ ⸜₍⁽ˊ꒳ˋ⁾₎⸝ ˟˖
Included in this set are:
—
DETAILS
— General: all loading screens were converted from custom TS4 loading screens; so fun to learn! I chose my favourite loading screens from the following sets: debbiepearl's Sky (which uses artwork by yattamigeru, Constance Chen, Bev Johnson and Freepik), katverse's Mt. Komorebi and @raindropsoncowplants's Cottage.
— Software: if you want to have a different loading screen every time you boot up your game), try @greatcheesecakepersona's Loading Randomizer. It's one of my favourite software add-ons for TS2! For those who use @lazyduchess‘s RPC, you can use the two programs together; there are instructions at the bottom of this post.
— Resolution: all loading screens are 2560 x 1440 pixels. They should resize properly on lower resolutions; they look really nice on my smaller resolution ^ｰ^
— Credits: many additional thanks to @greatcheesecakepersona for their loading screens PSD, which made this process a lot less fiddly!
— Everything has been compressed.
———
LINKS
— 📝 Terms of Use
— 🦋 Bug Reports (Google Form)
— 🎁 Commissions
— ☕ Patreon
— 📁 Download on Patreon (Free)
An advent calendar in February? Why not! 🎄 From 6 February to 17 February, I'll be releasing a new gift set for your Sims 2 game every day! 🤍
Welcome to Day 4! Today's gift is Frosty, which features the cutest cup of cocoa you ever did see!
Be sure to visit tomorrow for your next gift! ˖˟ ⸜₍⁽ˊ꒳ˋ⁾₎⸝ ˟˖
4t2 SNOWMAN HOT COCOA
— Catalog: Decorative > Sculptures
— Price: §12
— Original mesh: kkb*
— 2 subsets: cup + saucer
— Colours: all original 16 colours (8 cup + 8 saucer)
— Polycount: 1.6K
—
DETAILS
— The cocoa is base-game compatible, has been enabled for quarter-tile placement, and is placeable on Open For Business (OFB) shelves.
— Fixed: I wrote my own in-game description for the cocoa, since the TS4 version sadly didn't have one, and added a shadow! ◕ ◡ ◕
— Asterisk (*): just as a head's up, the original TS4 download post has an AdFly link.
— Everything has been compressed; merged files are included.
---------
LINKS
— 📝 Terms of Use
— 🦋 Bug Reports (Google Form)
— 🎁 Commissions
— ☕ Patreon
— 📁 Download on Patreon (Free)
