Finally here are the colored lights! I've always loved NL neons, but I've always hated that they were huge and impossible to put in residential lots unless you want to make your home look like a fantasy, alien or futuristic house.
I specify that those who use lighting mod see the intensities from 4 to 5 very bright (like me in the video), but those who do not use lighting mod see the intensities from 4 to 5 as in the video the intensities from 1 to 3 are shown! Intensities 4 to 5 are for those who don't have lighting mods!
EXPLANATIONS AND CREDITS
(Skip it if you want, but it's full of credit for other persons)
For years I looked for invisible recolors of NL neons, or someone who had changed the mesh of these, but I never found anything.
I remember that, perhaps, I had once found an invisible recolor of the round neon lights that you can place on the wall, but honestly that recolor never worked for me ;_:
So I gave up, I lost hope of having some comfortable neon lights that I could put in my house and I went on with my life, until...one day I don't remember what I was doing in game, I took a cc lamp I had and saw that it had a beautiful colored light. I told @jacky93sims "this light is beautiful, but the mesh is huge and impossible to use".
At first, since I just wanted to do something personal, I wanted to change the mesh of that cc, but I had difficulty because I didn't know how to do one thing yet (which I now know how to do). So Jacky said to me "but instead of changing the mesh why don't you take a lamp from the game you like and change the light using the light from this cc?" and she proceeds to send me a tutorial on how to do it. She then added "it's a Nightlife light, it's called [name of light]".
And that's where it all started.
I looked for that lamp in the game, I found it, and it was this one that I asked you about a few days ago.
However, there was a little mystery surrounding it: this neon does not emit light, but both Jacky and I saw blue light. Just me and her. Nobody else.
It was strange. Right now my suspicion is that we probably have a different light from everyone else because we use two lighting mods which, although different, use the same settings for that particular light.
But...Jacky doesn't have NL, yet she saw the RGB color of that NL light, how was that possible? Snooping around a bit in the file, we then discovered that the RGB value was set to emit that particular color. Jacky then understood how to make the RGB codes work on simPe, she explained it to me and out of curiosity I started trying other colors: BINGO! The light could become any color I wanted! And what's even more beautiful? Even Jacky, without having NL could do it! It therefore meant that we could create neons without needing NL and above all... without editing game files.
I was so happy. So to test that light would work for everyone, I sent the light to @simstraffikcone @ash1c , but... it was a fail. It didn't work for them. Right now I thought it was because Traffikcone not have a lighting mod, while Ash has the Maxis Match Lighting mod, which I remember not having that specific NL light with the blue light as Jacky and I see it.
I was confused. I could edit a lot of non-RGB lights and make the colors work on many of them, but no one but me saw those colors when I sent the files. Then Jacky suggested to try using the source of these RGB spotlights... and finally, with this the others were able to see all the colors too!
I hope that the creator of these spotlights doesn't mind that I used the same source, their post is from 18 years ago, the last time they was online was 2021 and they doesn't have a TOU. From the name of the light it seems like a custom light, but not having a custom installation I can't say. This creator is a pro when it comes to editing game lights, I saw them talk about it on some posts on MTS!
In the end, It doesn't matter what kind of light it was, I just needed the RGB values to work.
PROS AND CONS
But at this point you're thinking, looking at they profile on MTS "but sorry, this creator also made RGB ceiling lights, so what are yours for?" and here... comes the part where I explain why my lights exist (don't fall asleep, I'm almost done, I swear)
Its ceiling lights have two requirements that I tried to bypass: you need NL to make them work and to do extra steps, editing game files. Some people are uncomfortable doing these things, others don't have all the expansions!
My lights don't need NL to work and you don't have to do any extra steps, you don't have to edit any of the game files, you just put them in the download folder and play with them.
And why this? Because I don't use the source of their ceiling lights, but that of their spotlights!
But here too you may be wondering...why not use spotlights then? Well...it is a question that includes many factors:
- The spotlights are very nice to use in the garden, but what if you want to use those colored lights indoors? Wouldn't it be strange to have garden lights around the house INSIDE the rooms? I think sims can bypass them, but it's not very aesthetic! With my ceiling lamp not only you not take up space in the house and you can't see it, if you don't want to see it at all you also have the option of making it invisible!
- True, you can mess around with colors to get colors other than red, blue and green, but my lights come with 16 ready colors! So you don't have to bombard an area full of spotlights to form a color! (Mine can mix too btw)
- The spotlights can illuminate a maximum of one or two objects that they point to, this means that to illuminate multiple objects you should use lots of spotlights. My lights on the other hand illuminate practically every object in the room!
- The ONLY con my lights have is that following the light settings of the RGB spotlights, my lights illuminate all objects and sims, but not the walls and floors. This means that you won't always get nice effects, you have to experiment a little. Sometimes rooms that are too empty will have bad effects, it is better to use them on rooms full of objects that reflect light. I tried to solve this problem, but unfortunately I haven't succeeded yet. And this is the same reason why I'm only doing the ceiling version.
I want to point out, however, that I am not discrediting their lights. Indeed, without their work today I couldn't even create these lights! So BIG THANKS to their works! I invite you to also download their (absolutely compatible with mine) They are NOT necessary to make mine work, but if you want to use their too, you can!
Another of the advantages that these lights have is that they work both for those who do not have lighting mods and for those who have them. (Obviously those who have lighting mods have better light and shadow effects, but I can't do nothing about this).
The solution was to create different intensities. People who have lighting mods see lights that basically have low intensity with high intensities. People without a lighting mod see lights with low intensity...well, with very low intensity.
For this reason I made sure that each set of lights has unique guids and that they can all work together. You can put all 5 sets in your download folder, figure out which lights you see best, and delete the ones you don't see well.
I can already tell you that people who don't use lighting mods can use intensities 3 to 5, while those who use lighting mods can use intensities 1 to 3!
So to summarize, the pro of this light are:
Base Game compatible. (You don't need NL!)
Work with and without lighting mods.
5 different intensity which you can choose.
16 ready colors to use.
Invisible recolors for all the 5 sets of intensity.
Ready collection files for all the 5 sets (residential and community lots)
You don't need to edit game files. Installation is simple. Put everything in the download folder and it works. (Everything except the collections you have to put them in the collection(s) folder)
By enabling moveobjects you can put them ANYWHERE, they work both inside and outside the house, and you can use invisible recolors to hide them.
Because they use the light from the RGB spotlights, you can mix colors and sometimes you can create some really cool gradient effects!
They work better with the light off, but even with the light on it has a nice effect because the colors that reflect on the furniture can still be seen.
And the downside...precisely, is only that the walls and the floor don't light up, but I'll see if I can resolve this in the future.
Stop! I'm done torturing you with my chatter! In the download you will find a .rar with all 5 sets + a folder with two collections for every set! (One for community lots and one for residential lots)
Thanks to jgwhiteus for the source of the light, Jacky for explaining how to use the RGB codes on simPE and Ash and Traffikcone for testing the lights for me!
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(Recommended but not necessary, this rug fix. Game rugs are buggy and don't reflect well the light and the shadows.)
i don’t like to talk drama at all but considering the majority of cindy (pleasantsims) fanbase are teenagers just getting into the sims, just an fyi that she’s 1) a very icky person, read about it on the snark subreddit that’s up (there’s verified evidence of her abusing her ex husband there) and 2) her new boyfriend is planning to doxx many people who criticise her (on that snark subreddit) by hiring a digital detective. this is a grown man btw. please be safe people, this is really some disgusting work by the hands of cindy 🫂
3 to 2 Traits Project - Sims who Can’t Stand Art Pack
Hello everyone! For my first ever post I wanted to share some of my first ever work on the Sims 2, so I apologise if these files are a bit jank. I have tested them and they all seem to be working smoothly in my game with no errors, but please let me know if you have any problems with them!
Without further ado, allow me to introduce…
Sims who Can’t Stand Art actually won’t like art!
This pack includes a few options, for those who use the 3 to 2 traits system. Sims who have the Can’t Stand Art trait will:
• No longer roll wants to buy paintings or sculptures
• No longer view Art autonomously
• No longer paint autonomously
• Will lose fun if directed to paint
• Will lose fun if directed to view art, and will always boo art
I've done a bit more research and testing on the subject of pink flashing (Thanks to everyone from my Discord who contributed!)
I came up with a "duct tape", temporary solution for Mansion & Garden players, in the form of an ASI mod, available with instructions under the cut.
Let me know how it goes! This won't fix crashes and won't work in every case, but people have seen improvements. Hopefully we'll get to the bottom of this at some point. I might make it a part of RPC eventually.
Download
SimFileShare / Dropbox
Usage and drawbacks:
All this mod does is ignore when the game tells materials to start flashing, which can result in them working fine as the game tends to misjudge the amount of available memory and make stuff pink flash when it's not really necessary.
This can result in pink flashing being gone and everything looking normal or stuff that would normally pink flash simply turning invisible.
If you see things start turning invisible in-game, type in the cheat "boolprop reparseshaders true" (without the quotes of course)
Installation Instructions:
If you use Sims2RPC, copy the "NoErrorVisualization.asi" file into your "(Mansion & Garden Install folder)/TSBin/mods" folder. (e.g "C:/Origin Games/The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection/Fun with Pets/SP9/TSBin/mods")
If you don't use Sims2RPC you will need a cracked Sims2EP9.exe, then copy the "NoErrorVisualization.asi" file into your M&G TSBin folder, and download an ASI Loader: (SFS/Dropbox). Copy this dsound.dll file in TSBin alongside the .asi file.
Over on MTS I have just uploaded a whole default replacement set! This is a replacement for all dining chairs and tables. Please see the thread for more details! Enjoy!
Here is the link to the MTS thread!
Thanks to @platinumaspiration for help with the some of the tables, @teaaddictyt for helping me choose what to replace with what, @hugelunatic and @tvickiesims for allowing me to spam them with images!
The second (and last) part of my Secret Santa gift for JelaLili on the Discord!
She mentioned in her wishlist that she likes aliens and animals, so I came up with this little space-themed capsule bed for cats and other small pets.
I cloned it from @honeywell-mts's comfy crate pet bed, so it fits on one tile. It comes in 9 felt colors for the outside wall and 3 colors for the cushion with matching dirty states.
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Hi Loosia! So, I just developed a tool to automate part of the default replacement process for hairs. I'm not really sure where to post this cause I'm not active in any sims communitites (open to suggestions), but since I use a lot of your defaults I thought I'd send it to you :) It's at gitlab_com/CarolinaRansatto/defaultreplacer if you're interested
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This is really cool! Thank you! Immediately when I saw your message I rememberd that in the 10 year aniversary post mods of the sims 2 default database said that they want to work on creating template files for default replacements. They might appreciate your work, how about you send them a message? But you need to create an account on dreamwidth first in order to do this. I can't help with that, because I can't login for 2 days now because this website keeps on showing me an error massage, but it might be an issue on my part due to storms in my area. Or you can try linking your tool in the comments (idk if it’s a good idea tho... there is a lot of comments for mods to look through so it may take longer for them to notice your link). If you don't want to post your work here on tumblr then if it's possible could you publish it on modthesims? so more people can find it!
This Compilation includes defaults for various handheld items such as cellphone/MP3 player/coffee mug etc., some build and buy objects, plants and texture fixes.
Mailbox and Trashcan by Alienpod
TV Dinner by Alienpod
Cereal by Alienpod
Newspaper by Alienpod
Ceiling by Alienpod
Pancakes by Alienpod
Mixing bowl and food tray by Alienpod
Pot, frying pan, fork and spoon by Alienpod
Date rewards by Alienpod
Polka dots dishes by Deedee-sims
Spray by Vegan-kaktus
Chess Pieces by TSLD
Taxi by Vegan-kaktus
Maid Vehicle by Vegan-kaktus
Toddler Food by Vegan-kaktus
Apartment doors + mats by Vegan-kaktus
Pet Food Box by Vegan-kaktus
Fruit Bowl by Vegan-kaktus
Muffin + kid’s oven by Vegan-kaktus
Realistic-sized Muffin by Rosebin
Baby bottles by Vegan-kaktus
Chinese Delivery by Vegan-kaktus
Pizza Delivery by Vegan-kaktus
Watering Can by Vegan-kaktus
Handheld Game by Mohd14
Weeds by Vegan-kaktus
Toy Stick by Vegan-kaktus
Toys by Vegan-kaktus
Dollhouse by Vegan-kaktus
Diary by Epi-sims
Cellphone by Epi-sims
Tombstones by Epi-sims
Urns by Epi-sims
Medicine Cabinet by Vegan-kaktus
Homework by Moyokeansimblr
Douglas fir trees by Peppermint-ginger
EAxis Trees by Peppermint-ginger
No Shine on Ivy by Tvickiesims
Bushes by Peppermint-ginger
Butterflies by Tvickiesims
Garden Weeds by Tvickiesims
Greenhouse by Tvickiesims
Phlox Shrub by Tvickiesims
Simoleons by Tvickiesims
Orchard Trees by Tvickiesims
Less Neon Hydrangea Bush by Tvickiesims
Fountain Icicles by Gingerplaysthesims
Heavy Snow by Tvickiesims
Sea Foam by Tvickiesims
Pool Table Balls by Pineappleforest
Perfume Display and Bottles by Pineappleforest
Pinmaster 30 Bowling Alley by Pineappleforest
Restorable Car by Pineappleforest
Country Shower Revised by Pineappleforest
Better unlit look for Plutonium Rod Neon by Pineappleforest
Hearts textures by Pineappleforest
A Cure for Plantism and ReNuYu Porta-Chug by Pineappleforest
Potion Defaults by Pineappleforest
Darker Heaps of Trash by Pineappleforest
Eye-friendly CounterTops by Pineappleforest
Magic Reagents by Pineappleforest
Prettier Bubble Bath by Pineappleforest
Mr.Maritime aquarium by Pineappleforest
Aquabox Fish by Pineappleforest
Teddy Bear by Pineappleforest
Flowy Floater Fountain by Pineappleforest
Fountains by Pineappleforest
Bathtub Water by Pineappleforest
Hydroponic Garden Rack & Plants by Pineappleforest
Wedding Petals by Gingerplaysthesims
Make-up by Muupi
Art by Muupi
Base game white phone, fire and burglar alarm by Ivy-sims
Build mode flowers by Dreadpirate
Shakers and Movers Pets Eyes and Fur by Kahlena
Vending Machine Drinks by Neosimi
Vending Machine Snack Defaults by Neosimi
Clothing Racks by Lifa
Base Game Magazines by Diwasims
Snowflakes by Ivy-sims
More Stars by Ivy-sims
Beach Towels by Keoni
Piano by TSLD
Bedding by Muupi
Late Night Drinks by Delonariel
Snacks by 2fingerwhiskey
Cookies by 2fingerwhiskey
Bv Suitcase by Keoni
Hot Chocolate Can by Neosimi
Clipboard by Neioni
Soapbox by Shasta
MP3 Player
A Bunch of Defaults by Pineapple Forest
Sailboat by Keoni
Hood Deco Part 1 by Simsantoinc
Hood Deco Part 2 by Simsantoinc
Open/Close OFB Sign by Slig
Maxis Street Lights by Lowedeus
Gardener Truck by Atomtanned
Bug Collection by Gingerplaysthesims
Grocery Basket by Gingerplaysthesims
School Bus by Poppet
Barn Hood Deco by Greatcheesecakepersona
Coffee mugs by Gingerplaysthesims
Uni Bonfire
Garden Plot by Hugelunatic + Garden Ground – a terrain paint that matches the Seasons field (not a default)
Genie by Poppet
Video Games and Magazine Racks by Peppermint-ginger
I have just reinstalled my game and currently reorganizing downloads folder. I thought that it could be helpful to share the resources that I use. If you’re starting over just like me, good luck! We can do it :D
All the mods are listed in the random order. But important ones go first. I also added tiny descriptions of what each mod does. Also, let me know if you notice that some of these mods conflict. I’ll appreciate ♥
This is an endless list, so I’m hiding the part of it under the cut. I also decided to share the PDF and word version of the list for convenience. Have fun! ♥
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Clean UI - changes user interface to minimalistic and modern one.
Clean UI for Bodyshop - the same style interface for Bodyshop.
Bodyshop Brightening - redefines the lighting used in BodyShop. Must be put in Documents/EA Games/The sims 2/Config folder!
Minimalist Bodyshop Background - put in the Documents/EA Games/The Sims 2 folder and click F5 when you are in Bodyshop.
Minimalistic Logo Screen
No Pause Frame - removes the red frame that appears when the game is paused.
Default book covers and novel icons
Better Bubbles - replaces the default blurry low-resolution Chat, Thought and Yell Headline Bubbles with brand new high-quality textures.
Talk to Me - a speech icon replacement mod that replaces (almost) all speech icons with TS4 icons.
Camera Mod Compilation
Widescreen Camera Cas
Maxis Match Lighting Mod by Dreadpirate
Maxis Roofs Default Replacement by Curiousb4
Clean Neighbourhood Templates by Jawusa - these neighborhood templates allow to create clean custom neighborhoods with no Townies/NPCs or if you want to play in EA’s neighborhoods, but without the playables.
Clean and Empty Stealth Hood Plates by Jawusa - allow to get rid of Maxis families that appear in neighbourhood’s bin.
Rural Charm terrain and road default replacement by Criquette
Linden HOOD Trees Replacement
Birch HOOD Trees Replacement by Sixfootsims4
Pine HOOD Trees Replacement
Palm HOOD Trees Replacement by Anima
Redbud HOOD Tree Replacement by Suratan-zir
Ginko HOOD Tree Replacement by Suratan-zir
Lowedeus HOOD skies + by Zena-dew-drop + by iCAD + by iCAD#2 + by iCAD#3 + by iCAD#4 + by iCAD#5 + by iCAD#6 - hood sky replacement which also can be seen from the hood view. Some of them have animated clouds!
Seasons Skylines - a custom objects that adds more realistic background in a hood view
No More Bluriness by Simnopke - replaces snow and beach textures into HQ.
Moon Replacement by Simnopke
Sun Replacement by Lowedeus
Neighbourhood decorations can be placed anywhere - enables neighborhood deco to be placed on/overlapping lots
No Rocks Hood Deco Mod - gets rid of those deco rocks that serve as placeholders when using certain hood deco.
Sim Shadow Fix - fixes Sims’ shadows shown as black rectangles.
ACR - makes all the romantic interactions autonomous.
Pregnancy Wear Any Outfit - allows your sims to wear any outfit instead of maternity clothes. If the outfit hasn’t got a pregnancy morph, it will appear on a sim without a pregnant belly.
Community Time Project - enables the passing of time on community lots to be spent on the home lot. When your sims come home from the community lot, they won’t travel back in time as in vanila game.
Simblender - can teleport sims onto your lot, set family relationships, move sims in, make townies, give skill points, set career levels and more
No Plumbobs - removes plumbobs above sims heads and in hood view above lots too.
Sims 2 Sliders - various extra sliders for Sims faces in CAS. I have most of them except for asymmetry ones.
Invisible Stop Signs – makes the stop signs in the hood view invisible
OMSPs - special tiny shelves that add extra slots for clutter
White Roof Trim Replacement
White Floor Edge
White Wall Top
Antiredundancy - spawns one NPC per type instead of 3.
No Townie Regen - doesn’t allow the game to spawn new townies when you create a clean hood
Breadfruit Tree Fix - yes, it’s a very important fix that must be in top 50 :D Maxis Breadfruit Tree is broken and when the lightning strikes it, the fire effect never goes away. This is so annoyiiing.
Build/Buy Mode Enabled on Community Lots
Community Skilling - enables your sims get skill points on community lots. By default they can’t gain them.
Sleep on Community Lots
Business Runs You - it will manage the employees, making them take breaks automatically, giving them reasonable wages automatically, etc
Autoyak - adds phone options to call friends. Automatically picks and chooses existing friends and calls until relations are repaired. This mode is required for the Business mod above.
How about some blush? I really love the smooth face and red nose look, so that’s the style I went with for these. There are six shades and they’re available for all ages. Previewed on Leh’s skins but they should work well with whatever skins you use. Enjoy!
Day fourteen: Various recolours of the salt-pepper-sugar canisters that came with Kitchen & Bath Stuff. Some edible, some not! This is a versatile little mesh.
From left-to-right, top-to-bottom, the recolours are:
General-purpose baking sprinkles — Valentine’s/Hallowe’en/Christmas sprinkles — Valentine’s/Hallowe’en/Snowflakes sprinkles — “Tea break” (instant coffee, sugar, and teabags) — Herbs I know you miscreants will misuse — Craft glitter — Cocoa powder/chocolate chips — Buttons — Spices/poppyseeds — Nails/screws/etc — Pasta — Nuts — Bath salts — Original K&B swatch for comparison
A replacement for garden hedge texture in 6 variants. Has all new winter textures so be sure to take out Voeille’s plant fixes for them if you have them. Choose one version out of the 6 available! Everything repositoried to hedges will take up new textures.
I decided to compare the 4 aspiration calculators I know of by calculating what 1st and 2nd aspirations the sims from Pleasantview would have according to the calculators.
I know toddlers and children can’t have any other aspiration except Grow Up but I decided to just go ahead and calculate them anyway for the sake of it.
I’ve included Kaylynn Langerak & Gordon King, as well as the dead sims that people like to resurrect; Michael Bachelor, Skip Broke & Darleen Dreamer.
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@pleasantsims Secondary Aspiration Calculator (No Grilled Cheese Version)
Calculates only interests
Counts high interest in sci-fi as a Pleasure aspiration trait instead of Knowledge aspiration trait
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