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Sims 2 is Amazing
JRBear
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You guys... I have finally been able to play Sims 2, and I'm having a blast!
Some fun moments:
1) At university, lightning caused a fire that was burning the mascot and my sim's boyfriend. My sim ran out onto the balcony to help, almost caught on fire herself. Managed to save boyfriend, but the mascot died. It was exciting to have that unexpected danger after playing sims 4 for so long.
2) I briefly played the plantsim family, discovered how easy it was to make plantsim babies and promptly made as many as I could. Too many toddlers! Spent four days raising plantsim toddlers in the yard, was glad it was a rainy season.
3) I added an arch, cake, and champagne to the love hedgemaze park and had my Romantic sim have an impromptu wedding with her fiancé there, which made everyone at the park like guests. For fun I had her scope the room, and she thought someone else there was hotter than her husband! Even more trouble was revealed when I discovered her husband liked that she was unemployed, but her dream was to top the athletic career! They, uh, might not last.
I was surprised at what objects were NOT in sims 2 that were in sims 3 and either are in 4 or people want in 4. Object wise it is not the winner for sure...
But for gameplay, it's been so much fun. I like the attraction! And the videos in special moments, I kinda wish we had that now. There are lots of other things that are great about sims 2 that I now wish they continued.
I do have some questions, if anyone knows;
1) is there a way to extend the childhood lifespan without mods? Or Is only way to freeze time for everyone? If I do freeze time, how do you age people up later? Any way to force an age up?
2) I have not found any werewolves! Any tips there?
There's no doubt a ton of things I haven't figured out, haha! It'll be fun to explore while waiting for Sims 4 seasons.
Some fun moments:
1) At university, lightning caused a fire that was burning the mascot and my sim's boyfriend. My sim ran out onto the balcony to help, almost caught on fire herself. Managed to save boyfriend, but the mascot died. It was exciting to have that unexpected danger after playing sims 4 for so long.
2) I briefly played the plantsim family, discovered how easy it was to make plantsim babies and promptly made as many as I could. Too many toddlers! Spent four days raising plantsim toddlers in the yard, was glad it was a rainy season.
3) I added an arch, cake, and champagne to the love hedgemaze park and had my Romantic sim have an impromptu wedding with her fiancé there, which made everyone at the park like guests. For fun I had her scope the room, and she thought someone else there was hotter than her husband! Even more trouble was revealed when I discovered her husband liked that she was unemployed, but her dream was to top the athletic career! They, uh, might not last.
I was surprised at what objects were NOT in sims 2 that were in sims 3 and either are in 4 or people want in 4. Object wise it is not the winner for sure...
But for gameplay, it's been so much fun. I like the attraction! And the videos in special moments, I kinda wish we had that now. There are lots of other things that are great about sims 2 that I now wish they continued.
I do have some questions, if anyone knows;
1) is there a way to extend the childhood lifespan without mods? Or Is only way to freeze time for everyone? If I do freeze time, how do you age people up later? Any way to force an age up?
2) I have not found any werewolves! Any tips there?
There's no doubt a ton of things I haven't figured out, haha! It'll be fun to explore while waiting for Sims 4 seasons.
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1) The only way to stop children from aging is to turn off aging for everyone. Control +shift+ C opens the cheat box. Just type in aging off and hit enter. If you want to have them age again open the cheat box and type aging on.
To force age a sim, open cheat box and type boolprop testingcheatsenabled true and then press enter. Shift-click on your sim and click 'set to birthday'. They will then age transition. Type boolprop testingcheatsenabled false in the cheat box to switch the cheat off.
2) Werewolves come out at night. Look for something you might have thought was a dog, only it has glowing yellow eyes. They tend to visit your home lot. When one visits, go out and great it. Make friends with it and it will nibble your sim turning them into a werewolf.
3) You can not visit other households without a mod. Only community lots.
If you have any more questions don't be afraid to ask!
Well, to me anyway
Yeah, it was the best sims game, followed closely by ts3. Ts4 is okay, just not my cup of tea, so to speak.
Good news is, you can download old Sims 2 store sets, but also there's plenty of Sims 3 & 4 objects converted to Sims 2
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Places to get them please?
Depends on what you mean by "fun"? But here's a good place to start:
simbology.com
simbology.com/smf/index.php?topic=7875.0
https://youtube.com/watch?v=WbRQP-PXDpA
But with over 15 years of community made CC...it's hard to not find what you're looking for in any category. If you want to stick to a vanilla game, yeah, TS2 is kind of boring, though. But the sims games has always been about customization so the community always caters to it.
I did not know the old sets were still available.
True its not hard. That's not always a good thing for me. Had a few issues in the past.
Tho if downloaded from the right places. Makes the games much more fun
Thank you
You're welcome!
If you like to download custom clothes, hair, and other accessories here are some good sites:
gardenofshadows.org.uk/gardenofshadows/index.php
https://digitalangels.tumblr.com/tagged/sims-2-download
alwayssims.com.br
https://julietoon-sims2.tumblr.com/
sssvitlans.tumblr.com/tagged/s2cc/
allthehairs.podserver.info/
mdpthatsme.tumblr.com/
sims2graveyard.com/index.php/downloads
shegamerreloadedxo.blogspot.co.uk/p/recent-cc.html
eir-ung.tumblr.com/
https://youtube.com/watch?v=WbRQP-PXDpA
OMG lol.
Dude the sims 2. Complete collection as more than the sims 4 base game lol.
Thanks for the laugh tho
Think about the items we don't have yet in the sims 4 that we got in the sims 2!
So many still missing
Thanks again, awesome links
That's the thing TS4 still doesn't quite get though (with the exception of the GP team): that objects are nice and all, and we all want pretty environments, but they're not in and of themselves playable. Gameplay trumps objects every time. There's CC if you need more objects, but for fresh, new gameplay mechanics, there's not too many mods that fit the mold for me. I love TS4 in many ways, but I still get upset at the sheer amount of useless objects. There's so much stuff in TS4 that I wish had actual gameplay value, not just decorative value.
Agreed.
We got a small selection of some of that content in the sima 4 base game.
And slowly we are getting some of it back in packs.
I could name loads of it still not added.
Hot chocolate maker
Juicer
Sprinkler
Pottery
Sewing machine
Flower arranging
Toy maker
Robotics maker
Lemonade stand
Cash register
Lot ticket machine
Drum set
Juice keg.
And a lot more.
Compost bin
Green house
Hot springs
Beach swimming and activity's
Grocery, clothing,games, magizines
And even more
University
Nightlife
OFB
Seasons
Pets
Apartment life
On holiday
Free time
All well as sets from the sims 2 store.
All contributed to many types of usable content still not in the sims 4.
The sims 4 base game content is good but we have so much decor.
By no means more than the sims 2 complete
Two and three had the most content, interactions, animations out of all four series.
Three having more content,but two having a lot more animations and interactions as well as a load of usable content.
Game guides are great if anybody needs to check the differences between the sims 2 and 4 so far.
I have the Ultimate Collection. Is there a way to download them there? Would they be added same way as custom content and mods? I may have to look up tutorials on modding sims 2... Hah
I have a son lightspeeeeeed!
You can find the old store sets online. We are not allowed to link to them though. Google can be your friend.
You can make other folders in the downloads folder. So you can have things organized.
You can contact EA and ask for it. Instructions in the first post here. http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/814708/how-to-get-ts2-ultimate-collection-windows/p1 You may have to try a few times to get a rep to give it up.
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