#Sims 2 Resolution Fix

[belladovah]

A Complete Guide on how to Fix & Optimize The Sims 2 on Windows 10/11

I've made a video tutorial and written guide on everything you need to know on how to Fix & Optimize The Sims 2 on Windows 10/11, with Performance, Stability, and Graphics Enhancements.

Watch the Video Tutorial on YouTube:

Read the Written Guide on my Website

[dystopianam]

[DOWNLOAD] 20 3t2 SKIES RECOLORS FOR LOWEDEUS LOT SKYBOX [PART 2] - FIXED 08/22/2024

I was very undecided about publishing these skyboxes because they didn't convince me much, but since it seems that someone is interested in them...

Like the other skyboxes the resolution is 1920 x 470 and I tried to keep only the skies with the best textures. If you are wondering why I wrote "3t2" it is because I made these skies by taking screenshots of the sky of The Sims 3 in its various phases of the day using the Uranesia lighting MOD!

Unfortunately, since the skies must be bright even at night, at certain angles sometimes the "sunlight" illuminates the skybox so much that it becomes blinding. I can't do anything about it, I can't adjust the brightness intensity of the material (if there is a way I would like to know). The brightest skies therefore cannot be seen very well from the direction of the light...

I had also prepared another set of skyboxes with pastel colours, but due to this problem I had to discard it for the moment…

08/22/2024 - I FIXED THE BRIGHTNESS PROBLEM! PLEASE DOWNLOAD THEM AGAIN IF YOU HAVE THEM!

All files have been compressed and as usual, these are just recolors, you need Lowedeus mesh which you can find here to make them work! (MORE PREVIEWS HERE)

CHOOSE ONLY ONE VERSION!!

DOWNLOAD INTENSITY 2 (SFS - less saturation)

OR

DOWNLOAD INTENSITY 3 (SFS - more saturation, like in the screenshots)

[simbassims]

Some info about The Sims 2: Legacy Collection

Heads up on The Sims 2 Legacy Collection: It does not have Denuvo. The .exe file for it is only 20MB and Denuvo usually weighs hugely on the executables. Meaning there is no anti-piracy active on this release. Game is also (unfortunately) still 32bit, BUT the executable has been modified to be Large Address Aware, which means it can use up to 4GB of RAM (it comes pre-installed with 4GB patch, basically) There has indeed been some alterations made to the engine, at least to some extent; they did not lie on the game description. There has been fixes on the shadows akin to simnopke's, with resolution tweaks as well. What i think has been happening to some people is hardware not being properly detected, which leads to the same old error with DirectX 9.0c and you having to utilize Graphics Rule Maker to do patch the options into the game (otherwise it would default to the lowest ones available, basically, with all the low resolutions and such). I think EA will likely patch those problems soon enough though. I will be looking further into what exactly was changed and give a follow-up. Wondering if they fixed the First-Born Syndrome?

[fireflowersims]

What we know about the Sims 2 "Legacy Collection"

IKEA stuff is not included, H&M is

The holiday pack (Santa and toddler new year) is included

Available on Steam, Epic Games and EA App

Requires the EA App to play

Has been "secured" with Denuvo

Minimum system requirements: W10

Sims 2 Legacy Edition: €29,99 (EU)

The Sims 25th Anniversary bundle (also included "The Sims (+7 EP's)" and 2 Sims 4 kits): €39,99 (EU)

The Sims Legacy Edition: € 19,99 (EU)

Will update this post as more news comes in from people actually buying/playing it.

ALRIGHT PEOPLE. We are getting the first reports of people playing it. We also got the feature list

Graphic rules is no longer necessary

The exe has been 4GB patched

They copied simnopke's shadow fix

Better support for widescreen resolutions including improved UI scaling

They "fixed" Pink Soup. As of yet, this has not been verified by a Pink Soup sufferer

"improvements and fixes". Unsure what they are

The structure of the install folder has been changed (disks: each ep has a separate install folder. UC: one install folder containing named Pack folders. Legacy: EP1, SP2 etc)

The game is still 32 bit

It appears Denuvo might not be on it after all. It's Schrödinger's Denuvo right now

Many players have been reporting that it does not seem to be stable. Lots of crashing.

BIG update: we did a stresstest and we managed to get pink soup! Note: the stresstest was done by adding a neighborhood default with many 2k textures, then inviting all neighbours in an uberhood. This is not a normal average situation.

[plum-bug]

Plumbug's TS2: Setup List ˎˊ˗

This is a list of everything that I personally used recently to get The Sims 2 running smoothly after I reset my computer. I hope that this helps both new and seasoned players, and myself the next time I do my yearly PC reset. ✰(ᐛ )

˗ˏˋ The Game and Launcher ˎˊ˗

1—The Sim 2: Ultimate Collection

⚠ — Please don't support EA's "Legacy" version. ⚠ — The link I used to use on The Internet Archive is dead, but I have a copy on my external hard drive. I'd like to upload it sometime, but I don't currently have strong internet connection. 2—RPC Launcher ⊹ — Seperates Mod

˗ˏˋ Programs ˎˊ˗

1—Bulk Rename Utility 2—CC Merger 3—Clean Installer 4—Compressorizer 5—Empty Standby List ⊹ — Guide 6—Graphics Rules Maker 7—Hood Checker 8—Hood Replace 9—Lot Adjuster 10—SimPe

˗ˏˋ Visuals ˎˊ˗

1—Body Shop ⊹ — Guide ⊹ — Body Shop Room (I use "Ellcrze Livin") ⊹ — Brightness Fix (I use XB) 2—Camera Mod Compilation 3—Cinema Secrets Lighting Mod ⊹ — Shader Fixes (I use Moi’s Water Mod) 4—Clean UI ⊹ — Better Bubbles ⊹ — Bigger Hobby Panels ⊹ — Body Shop ⊹ — Improved Pets ⊹ — No Pause Frame ⊹ — OSAB Addons ⊹ — Pie Menu Fix ⊹ — Widescreen CAS Fix 5—Custom Loading Screens (I use everything) 6—Terrain and Water Fix ⚠ — I was having this issue, but it's a simple fix! 7—ReShade 4.9.1 ⊹ — Guide ⊹ — Turniphead Preset

˗ˏˋ Neighborhoods Cleanup ˎˊ˗

1—Clean and Empty Neighborhood Templates ⊹ — Guide ⊹ — Stealth 'Hoods ⊹ — Pleasantview (I use "main — without townies" version) ⊹ — Strangetown ⊹ — Veronaville 2—Pleasantview Terrain (No Bridge) ⚠ — I used Hood Replace to make a new 'hood with this terrain and copied it to Pleasantview so I could place a custom bridge instead!

˗ˏˋ Mods in Game Files ˎˊ˗

1—CEP 2—Fewer Hobby Wants (I use "fewer nature" version) 3—Custom Walls ⚠ — I don't use Scriptorium. I used comment #72 to help me install these manually. This is the path I used to find "walls.txt" ⋯ C:\Program Files\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\Fun with Pets\SP9\TSData\Res\Catalog\Scripts

˗ˏˋ Notes ˎˊ˗

✪—I run every program as an administrator ✪—If you're annoyed by the Windows Defender icon, try "Shortcut⋯Advanced⋯Run as Administrator" instead of the usual "Compatibility⋯Run as Administrator". Huzzah! ⊹ ࣪ ˖

˗ˏˋ My Computer Specs ˎˊ˗

✪—Computer: Surface Pro 8 ✪—Resolution: 2880x1920 ✪—Processor: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1185G7 ✪—RAM: 16.0 GB (15.8 GB usable) ✪—Windows: 11 (24H2)

[cindysimblr]

So...who's going to take one for the team and test if it works without pink flashing?

What’s different about the relaunched version of The Sims 2?The Sims 2 was re-released to celebrate 25 years of The Sims. This version of The Sims 2 has the same gameplay, but has been updated to run on modern computers and operating systems: it can now run on Windows 10 and Windows 11 it has an updated rendering engine it has a more versatile pixel resolution scaling on large monitors some legacy and community-reported bugs are fixed.

No ikea though...I might actually download it and test it out later today or tomorrow, curiosity always gets the best of me.

[paluding]

Please, please, please, I know it was just a teaser, but pleeeeeease tell me more about our loved psp puppy 🤩!

Hi! Of course, how could I deny such thing to a fellow Sims 2 PSP enjoyer. So far I have managed to reshape the werepug model to a T pose.

I also swapped the lowpoly hands with the Bigfoot ones, which were the ones that made the most sense from Sims 2 PC, I think. I'm considering adding 3D claws to them, just to complete the look. And for the stuff that's left to do, here's what I have planned for this project: -Fixing the bones assignments and reshaping where needed, right now it's a bit of a clipping mess. -Fully repainting and retexturing it all to a higher resolution. -Adding face morphs so the face is animated.

... and that's it for now! Quite the conversion process. I do have some extra ideas I would love to try before sharing it, but I'm not so sure I'll be able to actually make them, so for now I'll just keep them for myself. Ya know, modding is not my best skill in this game lol.

[osab]

[Guide] Using Magpie to upscale TS2/3: no more tiny UI!

After finally getting the older Sims games set up for modern resolutions, you may be shocked to find the UI is super tiny! The older games’ UIs are designed around lower resolutions, and don’t scale for high DPI like in TS4. If you try to use Windows DPI scaling to fix it, it can make the game blurry.

Luckily, there’s an easy solution! Magpie is an open-source window scaling app for programs and games, which lets you upscale from a lower resolution without losing too much quality. It comes with well renowned scalers, such as Lanczos and FSR. Upscaling from a lower resolution solves the small UI issue and can even improve performance. You can also use similar programs like Lossless Scaling for the same result.

Here’s how to use it:

Set the game to run in windowed mode. For Sims 2, you can do that through Sims2RPCSettings, or by adding “-w” to your shortcut target if you don’t have RPC. For Sims 3, you can use the in-game options.

Once running in windowed mode, set the game to run in a resolution lower than your native screen resolution, such as 1080p if you have a 1440p or 4k screen, or 720p if you have a 1080p screen.

Install and open Magpie. Once it's running, press Windows+Shift+A while clicked inside of the game window. If everything worked, it should upscale to borderless and fill the screen!

You can configure your scaling settings through the sidebar in the Magpie app if you want to try out the different filter options.

Download Magpie here: Github

[sonqgmi-sims]

SIMS 2: My Essential Mods/CC

Hi everyone! I figured since I have been playing Sims 2 a lot lately, I'd provide my current essentials! Will update as I try more things, but this is valid as of February 1, 2024! ♥

Links for everything are under the cut! Found throughout MTS, Tumblr and other Sims Youtubers!

If any links don't work please let me know so I can try to find replacements!

View my video here!

AFTER INSTALLING SIMS 2 (Windows 10) Sim Shadow Fix: Fixes that weird shadow box glitch! Increase Resolution Fix: Have to go into the data files and alter some things to make it compatible for Windows 10!

NEIGHBORHOOD MODS Seasons Icons In Color: Colors the Season Icons in gameplay and in neighborhood view! Easy To Decorate Camera Mod: See more of the neighborhood map that you couldn't see before! CAS MODS Widescreen CAS Fix: Fixes the UI so your sim isn't covered! There's options for every resolution! (I use 1920x1080) More CAS Columns: Adds more Columns in CAS! Just like in TS4! Evie's Equal Genetics: Equal chance for offspring to receive dominant and recessive genes! 5 Custom Genetics Haircolors: Custom recolors for the Maxis hairs! Chocolate (Brown+Black), Sandy (Brown+Blonde), Icy (White Blonde), Auburn (Brown+Red) and Caramel (Brown+Red+Blonde)!

BUILD & BUY MODS Sim Blender: The holy grail of Sims 2 Mods. Can do anything with this! ACR: Sims autonomously Woohoo, Try for Baby, Get into Relationships, etc! Great for drama & storytelling! OFB Shelf Recolors: Beautiful wood recolors for the OFB Shelves! (The OG's were kinda ugly lmfao) Stay Things Shrub: Choose which items stay after a sim moves out! Monique's Hacked Computer: Pay bills, Order clothing, etc! Object Rotator: Rotate objects on an angle! Small, Large and End Tables! Lifetime Want Chooser: Pick your sims LTW!

LIFESPAN MODS 1 Day = 1 Year (Sims): As the title says! More realistic as I consider 1 sim day a year! 1 Day = 1 Year (Pets): Same as the Sim version, but for pets!

UNIVERSITY MODS Uni After Birthday Party: Teens can throw a birthday party and before blowing out candles, the game asks if you'd like to go to college first! Semester Changes: College is now 8 days instead of 24! Faster Uni Education: 24-48 Hour semesters! There Can Only Be One Professor: 2 per major seemed much, so I like this one! Generates less NPC's for me :D Doctors Need Degrees: Depending on your sims education/grades, they can either be stuck at career level 1 or 10!

GAMEPLAY MODS No 20K Handouts: As it says :) Now my sims aren't wealthy! Extended Family Treated As Family: Always hated it when second cousins could marry. This prevents it :) Community Time Project: Time spent on community lot matches with time at the home! Memory Manipulator: Hide/adjust Sims memories without using SimPE Break Up Via Phone: End a relationship over the phone! (Going Steady, Marriage, Engagement) 50 New Lifetime Wants: Adds new LTW's to the game! OFB Adopt Teen&Townie: Adopt Babies-Teens!

PREGNANCY MODS Shorter Pet Pregnancy: Pets give birth within 1 sim day! The default seemed way too long, so this is a must :) PregRel NL+: Can't find original post so I can't remember what it does, but I found a secondary version below! PregRel Compatibility Patch: Negative reactions to baby bumps if your significant other suspects cheating! Alternate Pregnancy Controller Lite: Possibility of your sims getting a miscarriage (Only had it happen once so far!) Triplets & Quads: Allows up to 4 babies to be born at once!

DEATH MODS Death By Childbirth: Morbid, but I like this for storytelling! Select Your Cemetery: When your sim lives alone and dies, a prompt shows up to move the tombstone to any lot! Now you don't have to cram the younger generations in your home ♥

MISC MODS/HACKS Last Name Copier: Edit/Change a Sims last name without using SimPE! Baby Pet Creator: Create a puppy/kitten with stray genetics! CJ Smart EP Checker: Does nothing, but it is required if you use any of Cyjon's mods! TS1 Prank Calls: Get the same funny and scary prank calls from Sims 1!

BONUS & EXTRAS The Christian Collection: On a MTS forum post, (look for Liv Lukas's post) but ChristianLov's mods are no longer able to be found separately. This is also linked where I put the Baby Pet Creator! Sims 2 Store Content: I only use the extra cars in my game, but there's loads of new stuff!

TOOLS SimPE: Edit ages, relationships, memories, family trees, etc! Sims2Pack Clean Installer: Used to install new lots and sims into your game! Mootilda's Hood Checker: Check any custom neighborhoods for corruption! Bat Box (FFS Lot Debugger): Similar to the Sim Blender. Here's the Vase version!

[catbrokensims3]

So I finally got around to reinstalling Sims 2, and just so you all know, it's gotten wayyy easier to get it up and running than it used to be. Graphics Rules Maker just had an update last year, and Lazy Duchess came out with a launcher called Sims2RPC, so these days it's a snap.

It was actually easier than when I last did a Sims 3 reinstall.

Video tutorial if anyone needs one by the ever helpful @acottonsock is HERE.

Since it's abandonware and as far as I know not buyable new, the only place I can personally recommend to get it is Old Games Download, which is an archive of abandonware games. Oregon Trail 1.2 anyone? I know they have Sims 1, 2, and some of the console games.

Even though I still own the disc versions of the Stories games, I just downloaded Castaway Stories from there the other day because I couldn't immediately find a mod that would let me play it with no cd. It works fine, just need to do a little tweaking with the resolution. I picked the MediaFire option, but I think there was a also a choice to download via Mega and one other I can't remember.

FYI though, when I picked up the Ultimate Collection from them years ago, IKEA stuff didn't install with the rest of it so I had to download and install it separately. This was good while ago though, so they may have fixed it by now.

I don't want to talk about what happened to all of my original TS2 discs. Big sigh.

[tabbyphobos]

I don't want to put this on anyone else's post because they are right: you can get sims 1 and 2 for free and get them to work.

Some people do not want to climb up the ass of their computers to get a game to work.

My husband sees when I have to make changes to the game, and he says it seems like a lot of work. And it can be! SimPE, Hoodchecker, WhatCausedThis, Graphics Rules Checker, spreadsheets and randomizers and all that! Just to make sure a game I love works the way I want it to.

And we are lucky! We have an active community for a game that is literally 20 years old. We get new toys to play with and new fixes all the time. Not a lot of games have that.

But. I need you to listen.

Going through all the hoops to get a game to work should not be the cost of entry.

We are not better people than others because we have put in that work. We should not be sticking our noses up in the air when EA makes our favorite game available for modern OSes, to a new generation of people who may love our game.

Sure, it'll have a cost associated. EA is a company. "But they gave UC away for years!" But didn't support it or provide any modernization fixes. The community did that.

And now both 1 and 2 will be available and updated to work on Windows 10/11. With all expansions. And assumptively, without having to edit files and use third-party tools to get them to work.

People who have only played 3 or 4 will be able to experience the original and the first sequel, maybe even for the first time! We may have new people coming into the community with their own ideas and cc and mods. This is a good thing!

And this is behavior we want to encourage from EA! For so long they barely acknowledged that the first two games existed, let alone let anyone play them. They were even claiming that they were vastly inferior to say, 4 but that's just like your opinion, man. Now they are making them available! This should be something we're happy about!

I don't get why the elitism is so prevalent. You don't have to get their updated version if yours works. That product is clearly not for you. But it can be for lots of people who have not had the chance.

Personally, I'm going to wait and see. I have hopes. I'll likely pick up 1 no matter what, but I'm crossing my fingers for an increased resolution. As for 2, I am begging and dying for 64-bit. If it is, you bet your ass I'm going to get it. If not, ah well.

TL;DR: Quit being so stuck-up about the older games being back on sale in a few days.

[thesims4blogger]

New Patch: The Sims & The Sims 2 (February 4th, 2025)

The Sims and The Sims 2 have just received their first patches since they were re-released last Friday, January 31st.

Both updates bring bug fixes that have been reported by players. You can read all about them on the blog post below.

Sul Sul, Simmers!

We hope you’ve been enjoying revisiting The Sims and The Sims 2! It’s been super exciting seeing all the joy and enthusiasm from our community for these classic games. We’ve also been focused on the reports of technical issues that some players have had, and have been diligently working to address them. We wanted to say thank you to the community for sharing your detailed reports via the forum to help us improve these games.

– The Sims Legacy Team: – For the most current bug updates, please visit The Sims Franchise forums here.

February 4, 2025 Patch Notes: 

The Sims 

Fixed Issues: 

Alt+Tab or Alt+Enter can sometimes cause a crash

Alt+Enter can sometimes cause the Windows title bar to be hidden

Alt+Enter can sometimes not toggle between full screen and windowed modes

On some systems, The Sims can appear to launch and then immediately exit (no splash screen displayed)

The Sims should now launch in most situations

In some cases where there is an underlying graphics issue, The Sims will display a message

Some players are unable to click on various parts of the neighborhood map

The travel screen, when traveling between neighborhoods/worlds, can sometimes appear garbled or glitched

The Sims might crash if you are not on the default neighborhood, interact with another Sim, and then save

When using Alt+Enter to cycle window and zoom sizes, the HUD could be clipped. At this zoom level, The Sims will now instead clip from the top of the screen.

In some situations in windowed mode the title bar might not be visible

The Family friends counter could sometimes not be visible

The Sims General Notes: 

Several players have had problems (e.g. walls, floors, objects not showing up; game not launching; other oddities) that are addressed by updating graphics drivers to the latest versions. Please make sure your drivers are up to date.

The Sims game window is of a fixed size that can’t have its basic properties changed after it has launched. Moving the window from a monitor to another with a different, lesser resolution can lead to unexpected results, possibly even crashes. If you want to run The Sims on that second monitor please use the option “-monitor:” to force it to launch on the other monitor. “0” is your primary monitor, a second monitor is “1” and so on. We are investigating adding this as a menu option in the future.

In some situations, players have noted that music only plays in Live mode. Please check your computer sound options and make sure that everything is properly configured (e.g. on a 5.1 surround system make sure that your center speaker is functioning).

You might be prompted to “Enable the help system” every time you return to a house. This is the game trying to have you complete the tutorial. This will continue to happen until you complete the tutorial.

The Sims 2

Fixed Issues: 

Alt-Tab or Alt+Enter can sometimes cause a crash

Some players on EA App received an error message indicating that certain needed files were corrupt

The game would sometimes crash after creating a family

The game sometimes launched at a small resolution (800×600) and then scaled that small format to fill the entire monitor

In certain situations the game will launch and then immediately show a “DirectX” error, requiring use of the “-w” option to work around the problem

Sometimes a Sim (or multiple Sims) would disappear after the player moves to another lot or neighborhood, or after leaving and rejoining the game despite saving

Sometimes non-adult Sims (children, pets) would disappear

Some interactions that result in a transferable reward (e.g. a dog returns from work) can cause the game to crash

Addressed some infinite loading screen issues

The Sims 2 General notes: 

Several players have had problems that are addressed by updating graphics drivers to the latest versions. Please make sure your drivers are up to date.

Remember that the “boolProp testingCheatsEnabled” cheat will cause the game to periodically show various dialogue boxes with debugging information in them. The cheat is working as expected.

We are investigating an issue where during certain cinematic events (such as Alien Abduction), the Sim can be reset and the event fails. While we are investigating this, you can work around the issue by making certain there are no other Sims on the lot to observe the event.

While some issues may not be listed here, they may still be in the process of being addressed. Some topics can require an extended investigation on our end, so even though these fixes may be in active review, it’s not a guarantee that we’ll have an immediate fix for it in the upcoming patch.

Thank you for playing these games that are such a storied part of our history – starting 25 years ago! Please continue to share and report any issues on our forums, and join our official Discord community for tips, tricks, and news!

Dag dag,

The Sims Team

[adelarsims]

Hi, you are more than welcome to ignore especially if you have answered before and I missed it/it's elsewhere on your blog but can I please just ask how you get your CAS photos to look so incredibly clean? Especially around the edges, they're so smooth it's incredible. Thank you in advance, I really appreciate it! You inspire me so much tbh, everything you post is so beautiful. (Also also also the eyebags you released recently are my new gold standard and I use them for everything now tysm for sharing them) 🖤

thank you!

ok so here are a few tips, you don’t need to follow all of them, but if you like exactly my cas style, maybe some of them will help

1. edge smoothing. sorry for being obvious, but use either in-game anti-aliasing, or a smaa shader if you’re a reshade/gshade user, or you’ll get a pixelated staircase for the edges that will be hard to fix. if your PC doesn’t handle high graphics well and you play without edge smoothing, you can toggle it on temporarily just for taking a few good cas pictures and then turn it back off.

2. use MXAO. if you use reshades, use mxao shader for pictures, it's really a life changer. though i don't use it during the regular gameplay and only turn it on when i take pictures, because moving a lot with it slows down your game and is a visual overload for me.

3. but don’t overdo it with MXAO. seriously, don’t go all out with mxao. for a cleaner look shadows need to be delicate, just to overline shapes and give your sim more dimension. every time i tweaked my reshade presets, i made mxao even more thin and gentle and realized that it only got better.

4. background makes a huge difference. solid colors. in my personal opinion, grey gives the "cleanest" look (i said while still using my old dirty yellowish that i'm too lazy to find a replacement for). also, if i want to use black or white background, i make it a little darker than white and a little lighter than black, they look pretty much the same but will attack your eyes less (especially the white one).

5. CAS lighting makes a huge difference. maxis light isn't that bad, but cc lighting definitely give you more clean, crisp image. my personal favorite neutral one that i use by default is v2 by helgatisha. sometimes i use lightings with side highlights for more “rendered” look, but they aren’t always comfortable for everyday use and i only use them for specific pictures and then get back to my default neutral one.

6. shadow overlays. i mean cc that imitates shadows on sim's face, it gives sim's face so much dimension. there are spotlight v1 and v2 by simandy and lighting overlay v1 and v2 by joshseoh. i'd say josh's overlays are for fancy portrait pictures (they imitate a very strong light source from different angles, very cool for sim photographers but not for regular gameplay), and simandy's are more neutral and are very gameplay-friendly on lower opacity. personally, i only use v2 by simandy now, it's my holy grail and i don't take sim's pictures without it.

7. SRWE. it's a program that emulates having a bigger display resolution than your monitor can afford, meaning much better screenshot quality and cleanliness for small details. srwe can be a bit of a hassle to use for a lot of pics and most of the time i’m too lazy to use it and just take my regular small pixelated screenshots, but sometimes i want just one, but extra clean picture.

8. Topaz Clean 3 (photoshop). i don't usually edit my pictures and just drop them like whatever, mostly because i don't know how to do it, but sometimes i make them sharper and cleaner with a gentle touch of topaz on very low strength.

[misssoully]

The Eternal Guardians Challenge by @misssoully (A SIM 4 Challenge)🩸

🤍Inspired by the anime “Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms” and the manwha “Moonstruck.”🤍——————————————————————————

ABOUT:

A vampire sim (or vampire couple) adopts a human newborn and pledges to raise them until the human sim passes away of old age. This challenge tests the vampires’ ability to resist their primal urges, provide care for their fragile ward, and ensure the human leads a fulfilling life. Can you guide your mortal ward through all life stages without succumbing to temptation?

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f you’re interested in playing this challenge, use #eternalguardianschallenge and tag @misssoully to share your gameplay!

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GENERAL RULES:

1. Start with a Vampire Sim or Vampire Couple.

• Create one or two vampire sims in CAS.

2. Adopt or Create a Human Newborn

• You can adopt a baby through gameplay or create one in CAS.

3. Always Keep the Human as Mortal

• The human sim must remain mortal throughout their life.

4. No Feeding on Your Ward

• The vampire(s) are strictly forbidden from drinking plasma from their ward at any point.

5. Limited Use of Vampire Powers

• Vampire powers may not be used on the human ward unless specifically allowed by the rules.

6. Lifespan Settings

• Set the game lifespan to Normal or Long for an added challenge.

7. Develop Positive Character Values

• Before the human sim becomes a young adult, all their character values must be in the positive range.

8. Randomized Traits

• Whenever the human sim ages up, you must randomize their traits rather than selecting them.

9. No External Help

• You cannot hire a nanny, babysitter, or butler to assist in raising the human sim.

10. Same Household

• The human sim must live with the vampire(s) throughout their entire life until they die of old age.

11. Complete Life Stage Goals

• Before the human sim can age up, you must complete all goals for their current life stage.

12. No Parenthood for the Human Sim

• The human ward is not allowed to have children.

15. Avoid Neglect

• You must take care of the human sim’s needs and ensure they are never taken away by Social Services.

16. Mods and CC

• Mods and custom content are allowed, but cheats may only be used to fix glitches or bugs.

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LIFE STAGE RULES:

1). INFANT STAGE 🍼

Provide excellent care (feed, change diapers, soothe crying).

Reach the “Top-Notch Infant” trait before aging up.

Achieve at least 5 milestones in Fine Motor, Gross Motor, Firsts, and Social categories.

Have at least 3 baby food preferences.

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2). TODDLER STAGE 👶

Max out all toddler skills.

Have a gold medal playdate.

Vampires must ensure the toddler never gets scared (e.g., no spooky actions or dark forms around them).

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3). CHILD STAGE 👧

Max at least 1 skill and reach level 5 in another skill.

Achieve an A grade in school.

Have a best friend.

Have a gold medal sleepover.

Complete a child aspiration.

Join an after-school activity and complete it.

Build a strong bond with the vampires. (max out relationship bars)

Vampires must mentor the child in skills without using supernatural influence.

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4). TEEN STAGE 👱‍♀️

Make 5 close friends and 3 enemies.

The human sim must have a part-time job and complete it.

Max at least 3 skills.

Join a school activity and complete it

Maintain an A grade in high school.

Have a gold medal prom.

Have a first gold medal teen party.

Sneak out.

Vampires must teach the teen life lessons without scaring them (e.g., career advice, conflict resolution).

The teen must complete one teen aspiration.

Have a boyfriend/girlfriend.

Have a first kiss.

Have a first breakup.

Break curfew once.

Graduate from high school.

The vampires must not interfere with the human sim’s romantic life (e.g., no sabotaging relationships).

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5). YOUNG ADULT STAGE 👩

Apply for university and graduate(can be done at home).

Go on a date.

Try a second relationship.

Have your first woohoo.

Get engaged.

Complete a young adult aspiration.

Max out 5 skills.

Adopt a pet.

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7). ADULT STAGE 👩‍🦳

The human sim must reach the top of their career.

Complete 7 skills.

Complete at least one full aspiration.

Get married.

Complete a midlife crisis.

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8). ELDER STAGE 👵

Complete an aspiration.

Do 5 errands.

Have a hobby.

Go on a vacation.

Max out 10 skills.

Get retired.

Get divorced or become a widow.

Complete a bucket list.

Die at home in your bedroom.

The vampires must honor their ward’s memory by building a shrine or maintaining their grave.

[simlicity]

ok so apparently pink soup is fixed in the new version?

per the thread here.

GraphicsRules.sgr now supports modern hardware configurations

Fixed a shadow bug that surrounded Sims with a big black square

Wide screen and higher game resolutions are now supported

UI scales better to higher resolutions

Texture memory corruption and “pink soup” are fixed

Dragging The Sims 2 window from one monitor to another works more smoothly

If your computer has a lot of RAM, The Sims 2 is able to use it

Fixed several crashes

Improvements and fixes

this thing is missing ikea though (and denuvo on it?) so i'm like???

[nightospheresims]

Hi!!!!! Thank you SO MUCH for the tutorial I literally am weeping rn you made it so easy and so clear what to do….cannot thank u enough here have my left leg ( I’m kidding but yeah, very very grateful for the text tutorial)

rn have 2 questions (thank u and sorry if they’re dumb)

1: when resizing the uv map of the cloth to fit the uv template ( I am converting a top so I know I put them inside the red part as long as it doesn’t touch the baked area), the original ts4 texture is like, really big, 4096 kinda big, when I scale it down, is there anyway I can do this without messing up the texture quality? Right now the obj and the textures works and is aligned but the texture is kinda blurry and because I have to make it fit to the red area it also looses a lot of the details, what can I do? Can I scale the uv larger?

2: ok, have so far struggled to the final step, the neck(?) part of the mesh on the sims body is not aligned with the head and it’s really weird, there’s this odd collapsing on the sides right under the armpit, would this be a problem because I should have used a different reference mesh? It’s a very baggy top, was it my reference mesh causing this or did I do something wrong😭 it looks fine before I assigned the bone and mesh (I used a nude reference mesh btw should I try a baggy one?)

Thank you so much❤️

Love from anon…:)

hiiii i'm so happy it helped!! as for your questions:

I noticed a bunch of people have been wondering about the same issue. Sims 3 natively has it's textures at 1024 x 1024, which can look blurry when comparing it to a texture that's like 3x the size. While it will look blurry in photoshop, i do notice that when you look at it in game it does tend to look better than when looking at the raw texture file. I would try setting your sim detail/texture detail options to the max when in-game to get them to look their best. Another option is to make your ts3 texture double the size (2048 x 2048) in order to get a higher resolution. However, even if this is done, the game will still shrink it down to 1024 x 1024. In order to get the higher resolution to show up, you'd have to edit the game files (super easy) and/or get an hq mod. Just be aware that doing this might slow down your game a bit, so make sure your pc can handle it.

So the the sims neck not aligning with the head has to do with the vertices on each body part not matching EXACTLY. Even if one vertice is misaligned you'll probably get a gap in that area. You can fix this manually by importing the sim head into blender and using the magnet tool to make the neck vertices snap to the head vertices. If everything looks good in blender then it's probably just an issue with the way the bones were assigned. Thankfully @thornowl updated meshtoolkit to properly fix gaps/mismatched normals for all ages. You can download that version here. After you assign the bones like normal, just go to auto tools for wso > seam fixer, and import the file you just assigned bones to. Assign morphs to that file and BOOM, no gaps ;).

I get this problem when i use the nude mesh too. I only really use the nude mesh as a reference when the clothing is more slim fitting. Ideally you want to use a reference that's closest to your item, so if you're converting a sweater you want to use another sweater as your reference.