#i NEED a better game than the sims to come out (that can be modded). can god even hear me from down here

[spaciebabie]

i try to get away from the sims 4 but shes like a toxic ex who i yearn to make love to one last time

[murfeelee]

Murf's Top 50 Mods - Part 3 (2020 - 2023 Edition)

I made a Top 50 list (Pt 1 and Pt2) back in 2016, talking about mods that I've used & love. But with all the goated content that the amazing TS3 community continues to churn out, I NEEDED to update my list! This one in no way diminishes or negates the other mods I've already listed--like, I shouldn't have to sit here and explain how NRAAS continues to carry TS3 on its freaking shoulders, ok. This is just MORE mods, the Top 50 most RECENT ones I've tried out since, like, quarantine.

I am a VERY niche simmer--I love fantasy gameplay, so my fave mods are the ones that not only offer general quality of life improvements, but also add new abilities and interactive objects inspired by different cultures, time periods, or genres. So y'all already KNOW which ones have earned my top spots. They're not based on which mods are "better," just which ones I personally have been using the most.

1: Smooth Patch, LazyDuchess

I've already gushed about this mod, but oh well. Like--I use an EFFTON of CC. My Live Mode gameplay itself doesn't tend to lag so much as my game's slow to LOAD, slow to save, CAS is a nightmare, I can do my taxes waiting for the Misc Decor section to open, etc etc. But the Smooth Patch loads everything so much quicker for me! 😭

One thing is that on the EA App version (curse you, EA) the Master Controller package didn't work on my end, so I took it out, but everything else has been great!

2: Search Mod, LazyDuchess

Speaking of the Misc Decor section -- HOW LONG did we ask EA for a Search function y'all? Only to be ignored. Then the second TS4 is released, it ain't got a effing thing in it, but it's got a Search function??? 🤔 ISTG it's like the simgurus were told to take all of the TS3 community's best suggestions, and poach them for TS4 (like vampire coffins--NO I'm not over it!). WHY do modders have to do your frikkin job for you, EA?! I call EA lazy all the time cuz EA you suck, so it's the most ironic thing ever that LazyDuchess is out here KILLING IT.

My ONLY "complaint" about the Search mod is the position of the icon. I use A LOT of Collection Files, and I noticed that the Search icon actually covers the Delete button when in the Collection viewer. So I can't delete items in collections with the Search icon in the way.

But this is a MINOR nitpick--I almost never delete items, it's just something I noticed is all.

3 - 8: OCCULT MODS: EVERYTHING by @puddingface1902

Y'all already know the Enhanced Witches mod is my favorite mod ever made. But PF1902 also made cool enhancements to the Fairies, Genies, Vampires, Werewolves, and Mermaids too! My sims are usually Nraas hybrids (e.g.: Sakura is a faery, witch & plantsim; Magnus Bane is a witch & genie; etc.), so it's FANTASTIC having so many new abilities for my magical occults. 😍

9 - 11: OCCULT MODS by xantak22

Even more occult mods at MTS are for enhanced Plantsims, Ghosts, and Mummies! I was dying for more Plantsim abilities, omg, they're my 3rd fave occult after Witches & Fae.

12: Sim Control Tools by Knight

Sooooo many quality of life mods have come out! ^0^

I've been ABUSING the Teleport To Me function, to quickly get sims off of lots & where I need them to be. It also lets sims unlock more Social/Romantic interactions. (Now all we need is a way to interact with sims from EA's useless thumbnails.)

13 - 18: @anitmb's mods

There are SOOOO many--most I've yet to even try. But so far newer ones I've been using are the Deck of Cards (FINALLY something other than EA's bulky AF poker table!), Farm Mod (look at all these CHICKENS!), and Hunting mod so my 8000 archer sims can actually hunt! (Ofc I've also used the Woodcutter and Anvil mods in my older gameplay posts, too.) And @mspoodle1's edit of the Cup of Tea mod is so pretty.

19: @mspoodle1's Poker table

Another excellent cards mod is this medieval style poker table I use a lot now, too.

20: @omedapixel's Wildflowers DR

I like EA's default wildflowers from SSNS, but Omeda's are just sooooo much nicer. (I haven't gotten around to trying out their Harvestable Plant DR yet.)

21: Swordfighting mod by CyrusBanefort

En garde! This mod is so freaking epic!

One thing I've noticed is that the game lags while it waits for the mod to boot up (a message has to first pop up saying it's running when you first launch your saves). But other than that this mod is excellent.

22 - 24: Yoga rugs

I've long been using the yoga rugs by Kitabalibar and the edited one from @mspoodle1. But now there's the newest one by @twinsimming, with brand new animations & features. The more the merrier I say, LOL. What's especially neat is the kids wobbling around as they try to do yoga! :3

25 - 30: TheSweetSimmer's mods--so cute! :3

Omg so frikkin many, I can't even catch up! The interactions are so freaking precious, like from the More Toddler Interactions (cuddle, look at, etc) & Biggest Little Mod (hug legs), I've never had so much fun playing with kids! <3 And I LOVE that they can Catch Butterflies and Pick Flowers--you'd think plantsim children would be able to do this by default, EA! Honestly, just grab everything by TSS, your kid sims will thank you!

31 - 33: @spheresims Medieval/Nature/Tribal mods

Y'all know I'm crazy about the Functional Fireplaces mod (the cauldrons, baby! 😈), but the One with Nature and Wildlife Hunting mods are great too, perfectly complimenting the off-the-grid realness.

34: @olomayasims/Cmomoney Smoking Mod Overhaul

The original smoking mod was on my first Top 50 list, so it's awesome seeing it get new upgrades, interactions & animations.

I've never smoked IRL, but sooooo many of my sims just puff-puff away; I'm such an enabler. U_U Now all we need is cigars and pipes!

35 - 38: Callia-Evergreen/Camkitty's CAS CC for animal hybrids at MTS

Not a "mod" per se, but whatever--my list my rules! I love ALL of their CC, but I get SO MUCH use out of animal-themed CC like the digitigrade sliders, wolf feet, lizard tails, and fae wings. Do check them out if you like to play with horror and monster-sims!

39: @greenplumbboblover's Sheep

EASILY one of the most incredible mods I've ever seen. Like....HOW? (Once @omedapixel's Goats are done I'm gonna start screaming someone do llamas pleeeeeaaaaase!!!)

40: Arsil's musical instruments mod

I used the sax most recently in my IWTV gameplay, and it was excellent, perfect for the NOLA vibes! However, although I use the flute A LOT more (for my Untamed gameplay--it's been such a GODSEND!), I really wish the hands were positioned better, preferably using the poses from Chisims' flute poseset. (But I don't eff with poses/animations, otherwise I'd do it myself. U_U) Ah well, it's still one of my fave mods though.

41 - 42: Flower Arranging mod by zoe22 + @mspoodle1's Florist Collection

Guys, I've been wanting this mod since FOREVER! ^0^ (I swear, the best thing about TS4 is all the 4t3 conversions, LMAO!) I just wish Teens could Dabble and use it, too--all they can do is stock the table.

43: Just Sit/Nap Anywhere by FloTheory

Sometimes you just want sims to fall asleep anywhere, DANG, EA!

44: @sweetdevil-sims' Toddler Food DR

Cuz EA's food is UUUUUUUUGLY~! I kept forgetting to install it, only to be rudely reminded every time I had to look at my toddler sims eating MUD.

45 - 46: @mspoodle1's mail pen quill DR and @omedapixel's pencil quill DR

I looooove quill pens IRL (ballpoint pens, not the fountain pens--I'm way too messy), so having mods that let my sims use them too is 👌

47: Fireflies Enhanced! by Canibal_MLO

I love anything that enhances the wildlife and collectibles/harvestables to be more dynamic and interactive. And I was JUST about to do a firefly catching scene for my IWTV insp. gameplay, so this came right on time! The falling leaves effect is delightful, but I kinda wish it was falling flower petals instead, cuz ofc I do. 🌸

48: Unicorn Aurora DR by Canibal_MLO

GORGEOUS. This mod replaces the unicorn mist with northern lights, like.... I love the genius ideas simmers have.

49: Custom Plumbbob Color tool by CrossTheMersey

What a neat idea! Although the default Maxis colors are ingrained in my psyche, with the iconic green plumbbob, as soon as I saw this mod I knew I wanted to at least try something different and play around with it.

50: @aa6x7's Teru Teru Bozu + other edits [Honorable Mention]

I rave about Cmomoney's Time/Weather Mod all the time, I use it constantly. AA6x7's Teru Teru Bozu (Japanese "Sunshine Monk" charms) is kinda like a simpler version of it, as it just resets bad weather back to Sunny. But it's such a cute idea and perfect for my gameplay. Plus, AA6x7 makes all kinds of neat edits/mods to EA's bulky AF meshes, so if you haven't checked them out already, DO!

And that's all the mods I've managed to try out recently!

I don't have anywhere near the kind of free time that I used to, so my simming has been put on the backburner and I've missed all kinds of cool and exciting releases. But trust: I am taking note, so that I know what to try once I have time.

All my deepest & sincerest gratitude & love to the entire sims community, for keeping The Sims 3 going--this year was the 14th anniversary! Here's to 14 more! 🥳 Happy Simming!

[kirlicues]

Rockwell Drive | Sims 2 Residential Lot Download

The Rockwell Drive house features quoining accents to give interest to the large swaths of red brick. It's built on a 3x3 lot and has 3 bedrooms and 3 baths.

It also has beautiful garden spaces, as well as a pool because swimming to gain body skill is so much more fun than running on the treadmill for 10 hours. Let's take a short tour and I'll tell you more about how this lot came about because you have nothing better to do with your time. Jump to the bottom of this post if you want to download it into your game. 😊

Here's what the backyard looks like:

Several years BC (before children) I found it entertaining to set up a household of Sims (Sims 1 was the only game out at the time) and just watch them interact without interfering. It was quite funny, until the kitchen caught on fire, and then it wasn't. 😧 I hate letting my sims have bad experiences, especially when I could intervene and stop them (now if only that could be the case with real life kids as they grow up)!

I decided to try this again with the Sims 2, but armed with several hacks that make the characters a little smarter when it comes to fires and a little more motivated to go to work (further reducing the chance of fires). It was much more successful and other than the sims hogging the computer (until I removed it) didn't give me near as many grey hairs. 😂

This was the house that that family lived in.

Back then it looked a bit different, but it's been freshly remodeled inside, and given some colorful wall treatments to make up for the seas of red brick on the exterior. Please feel free to redecorate it to fit your sim family's needs though.

Here's what the floor plan looks like:

1st Floor: Clockwise from bottom left: garage, sin room, downstairs family room, stairwell, kitchen, dining room, living room, entry, bathroom, and laundry room.

2nd Floor: Clockwise from bottom left: kids bedroom 1, kids bedroom 2, laundry room, upstairs family room, master bedroom, bathroom, walk-in closet, hall way, and kids bathroom.

Rockwell Drive: MF | SFS

All EPs and SPs are required.

*I highly recommend that you have the PerfectPlants mod from TwoJeffs*

I’ve run this home through the Lot Compressor so any random references to sims that aren’t there should be removed. I have also run this lot through the Lot Cleaner to remove any bits of buggy code. This lot comes with a shiny custom thumbnail so it has even more curb appeal in your Lots and Houses bin! 😄

This home has only 2 pieces of CC, which you may already have in your game. These can easily be replaced or omitted if you don’t want them though.

CC List (Included): -Maxis Match Wall Cabinets by CTNutmegger at ModtheSims -Functional Washer and Dryer by mustluvcats at ModtheSims

CC Not included: -Maxis Match Chimney recolors from Mod The Sims (I'm not sure which one I used at the moment so grab them both if you don't already have them!) -Lost & Found BENNO Coffee table from the Ikea Stuff Pack

I ALWAYS recommend using the Sims 2 Pack Clean installer to install lot files.

[simstorian-blog]

New York City: THREE

(CC List + DL)

E X T E R I O R

C O N C E R T S T A G E

H O T E L

Standard Suite I An open concept room with a double bed, hosting up to 2 sims, and living area. It comes with its own bathroom.

Standard Suite II An open concept room with 2 double beds, hosting up to 4 sims, and living area. It comes with its own bathroom.

Premium Suite Private Floor with an outdoor terrace overlooking the city. It comes with the following: A full living room, kitchenette, a bedroom, and a full bathroom.

M A R K E T

Equipped with functional objects. You can grab a coffee and can purchase produce, fish, food from the market stall and/or cafeteria counter! This space has its own bathroom.

B E A U T Y B A R

This beauty bar has 6 salon chairs meeting the minimum requirements for the Shear Brilliance Mod. Alongside those chairs comes a retail counter, seating for waiting customers, 4 mani/pedi Spa Day Chairs, 1 Massage Table, a Staff Room, and its own bathroom.

[W A R N I N G: This lot is heavy. I do NOT recommend it if you do not have a decent system. My personal specs – GTX 1660ti, 16GB Ram, Nvme M.2 Primary Drive with 156GB of CC. It takes me 2-3 min to load for this lot, which is longer than my regular time. However, I have it set to the ‘Lounge’ lot type to avoid the extended load for the ‘Generic’ lot buildbuy when you have a lot of CC.]

World Map: San Myshuno

Area: Myshuno Meadows

Lot Size:  64 x 64

Capacity:

A Beauty Bar – Salon Chairs, Spa Day Items, Staff Room

A Concert Stage

A Hotel – Lot51’s Suite Life Mod Compatible

A Market – Functional

Bonus: 4 Empty Spaces – 3 Small buildings, 1 Spacious Skyscraper Floor

Gallery ID: Simstorian-ish

[Long post, I know! Second half below the line lol]

Packs Needed

Expansion Packs

City Living

Cottage Living

Eco Lifestyle

Get Famous

Get Together

Get To Work

Growing Together

High School Years

Horse Ranch

Lovestruck

For Rent

Seasons

Snowy Escape

Game Packs

Dine Out

Dream Home Decorator

Journey to Batuu

Jungle Adventure

My Wedding Stories

Parenthood

Realm of Magic

Spa Day

Strangerville

Vampires

Werewolves

Stuff Packs

Backyard Stuff

Bowling Night

Home Chef Hustle

Romantic Garden

Kits

Cozy Bistro

Castle Estate

Desert Luxe

Recommended Gameplay Mods

(Please read through what each mod has to offer before deciding if it fits your gameplay style or not.)

Better Build Buy (For the ‘Deletion Protection’ setting, if you want to modify)

City Vibes Lot Traits

Lock/Unlock Doors for Any Lot (Works for Community Lots)

Shear Brilliance (Active Cosmetology Career)

Spawn Refresh

Suite Life Hotel & Resorts

Use Residential Rentals shared areas as Community Lots (For the lot challenge traits)

CC Used

[All credits go to the following creators for sharing their work with the community. It is greatly appreciated and I hope that you all have endless nights of the best sleep ever.]

Helpful Tip: Having Only What is Needed For CC Builds (Tumblr)

Amoebae: Pile in Carpet

Awingedllama: Traffic Light 3

Charly Pancakes: The Lighthouse Collection (Books C + D)

Felixandre: Berlin Pt. 2 (Front Door), Chateau Pt. 1|2|3|4, Colonial Pt. 1|3, Estate Pt. 1|2|3 (CF), Georgian, Gothic Revival (Mirror), Grove Pt. 1|2|3|4, January 2018, London Interior (Cane Chair), Paris Pt. 1, SOHO Pt. 3|4

FlirtyGhoul: Minimart Pt. 1-11

GUA: Air Conditioners

Hamstebelle: Cyberpunk Food Stall (Simlish)

Hanraja: S015 (Shelf Gass Deep), S037 (Dining Sit Booth + Sit Dining 2)

Harrie: Brownstone Pt., Coastal Pt. 5|7, Klean Pt. 1|2|3, Octave Pt. 2, Spoons Pt. 1

HeyBrine: Jessie Livin’ Pack Pt.1, Le Bistro Pack (Tables), Nana’s Collection (Microwave), Noova Collection

House of Harlix: Kichen (Glasses), Livin’ Rum (Frame Tvs), Orjanic Pt. 2

JoyceIsFox: Summer Garden – Tiles Pack (Purity#1 Floor + Wall Tiles)

KiwiSims4: Blockhouse Hallway (Small Lamp)

Kta: Vogue Prints 1 (10s-20s) [Mesh Needed]

Lijoue: A Louer Collection (Fence)

LilacCreative: Keratin Collection

Lili’s Palace: Intarsia Wainscot Wonderland (Polished Marble Floor)

LittleDica: Deligracy Fridge, Roman Holiday

Max20: Happily Ever After (Dining Table Knot)

MintyJinx: Terrain to Floor Collection

Myshunosun: Lottie (Throw Blanket)

Nempne: Cover Sheet Ceiling Tiles

Peacemaker: Hinterlands Living Room (Pouffe), Hudson Bathroom, Vampire Add Ons

Pierisim: Auntie Vera Bathroom, Coldbrew Coffeeshop Pt. 3, Domaine Du Clos Pt. 2|3|4, MCM Pt. 1|4|5, Outside Lunch, Tilable

Ravasheen: CounterFit Mini Fridge, Elevator, Shop Chef

Severinka: Apollo Sofa (Right), Grocery Store Pt. 1|2|4

Simspiration Builds: Portuguese Floors

SixamCC: Hotel Bedroom

Sooky88: Horizontal Oil Paintings

Sundays: Kediri Pt. 1 (Throw Pillows- Solids), Pool Haus, Swell Pt. 1, Ungasan Pt. 2 (Slippers)

Syboubou: Hotel Luggage Trolley

TaurusDesign: Eliza Walk In, Judith Kitchen (Barstool), Lilith Chilling Areas Pt. 1

Tuds: Base Game Curved Windows, Beam Kitchen (Table 1x2), Ind 02|03, Vime Closet

Winner9: Malibu Pillow

Vehicles: Included

DO NOT REUPLOAD MY LOTS.

DO NOT CLAIM THEM AS YOUR OWN.

DO NOT PLACE BEHIND A PAYWALL.

DOWNLOAD (1.82 GB)

[marticoresims]

THE SIMS 2 ULTIMATE CALCULATION You need to copy it and save on your account to be able to use it. I can't risk letting people edit the calculator so they can just wipe out the whole thing.

I made a calculator for The Sims 2 that makes it easier for me to choose certain things for Sims such as aspiration, career, hobby and to get a clear idea of who this Sim is.

How does it work? Here's an explanation for all modules!

Aspiration I rarely use this part of the calculator because usually I look at a Sim's personality and already know. This module is not perfect, but definitely comes in handy when I'm not sure. So basically you put in the Sim's personality points into the teal-colored category, and the burgundy-colored one counts itself (giving "negative" points for a trait, e.g. 6 in Neat is 4 in Sloppy). Each aspiration takes different traits into its formula, giving a certain number of points. The more points, the "better" the aspiration fits the personality. Of course this is very simplified, so only use it when indecisive (which I always am). Here is a general idea on which traits suit which personality in my opinion. Except now I think the difference between fortune and knowledge is how nice the Sim is.

Interests finally matter! The calculator has two systems based on interests that I think make a lot of sense and actually make the interests mean something other than if Sims are going to argue while talking. This calculator makes NO SENSE with VANILLA interests system!!! Interests are based on age which means kids and adults are interested in specific things "according" to their age, e.g. kids like animals and adults like culture. In the vanilla system, this calculator will end up giving you the same results over and over! So I recommend getting this mod that makes interests random and not change in the child→teen age transition.

So go ahead, type in your Sim's interests! Expand the interests panel to have them in the same order as in the calculator (counting by columns left-right top-bottom, so starting with Politics and ending with Sci-Fi).

Career Without this calculator, I would give my Sims the same jobs over and over because I wouldn't even remember all the 25 careers + a few custom ones I have. Each career has a formula and takes different interests into account, you can find them listed next to the career name. It also counts in aspiration, so don't forget to give a few points there! I add in 5 points for aspiration.

One True Hobby I often just leave whatever OTH the game calculated for the Sim based on personality mainly. But sometimes I like it when the hobby and the job align. I also don't like that certain OTHs seem to repeat a lot, so I recalculate it if need be.

The calculator highlights 22+ points in careers and 12+ points in OTH. You can also mark all the career numbers and look in the bottom-right corner for the "max" value to navigate it more easily.

EXAMPLE! This is John Mole's calculation. His aspiration is popularity, so I gave him 5 points for it and put in his interests numbers. The perfect career for him is Slacker and his OTH could be Tinkering because he's very interested in toys. But he could just as well work as a veterinarian and take up fitness or sports as his hobby, for more variety. This calculator will give you a few options to choose from instead of the entirety of game features. And that's what I love about it!

[ivykim]

ENHYPEN PLAYS: LETHAL COMPANY

MISSION START ▶️

the five members bow slightly to the camera, “hello ENGENEs! today, we are playing another game.” jungwon starts off.

“since everyone enjoyed us playing the backrooms and there were a lot of positive reactions. we decided to bring in a new game!” jake continues.

“since noona is joining us today, would you like to introduce the game?”

she claps once, “everyone! today we are playing a game called ‘Letal Company’. ooooo, is everyone excited?”

“I’ve never heard of this game before.” sunghoon says. ivy gasps.

“you’ve never heard of the game? it took the whole world by storm. maybe not Korea? I don’t know but I watched a bunch of people play this on YouTube!”

“foreigners?” heeseung tilts his head. ivy hums.

“yup! anyways, usually the game only allows 4 players at a time but! I added a few mods into the game to make it more fun. just teensy tiny ones.”

“oh, I don’t think engenes know this. we’re playing at the dorms instead because noona said that PC cafes don’t have this game. she paid for each game on our own computers.” jake explains.

[IVY proving how rich she is. FLEX💪🏻]

ivy rolls her eyes playfully, “I just want you guys to enjoy the game without any troubles.”

“and we are thankful for that noona.” jungwon smiles. ivy pats the younger male.

“my favourite.”

jake gasps, “you have favourites in enhypen?”

“now, jaeyun-”

[please note that IVY has no favourite in ENHYPEN she loves them all equally]

“okay! everyone in on their computers now?” ivy turns to look at each of the boys on the discord call.

“yup, but how do we join the game?”

“i’ll send you guys invites just click on it.”

“okay.”

the 4 boys wait for ivy patiently. that is until jake storms into ivy’s room and starts to mess with her.

“yah! sim jaeyun, back to your room! just wait.” he starts poking ivy. “wait!”

“jake hyung!” jungwon yells from his room.

“ouh? it’s working, it’s working!” heeseung says as he loads into the game.

jake runs back into his room to attempt to join the game. once everyone loads into the game, ivy clicks the number 1 on her keyboard. her character starts dancing.

“what? how do you do that?” sunghoon says.

“why is the astronaut a better dancer than us??” jungwon adds.

“noona!! teach us.”

“hit 1 on the keyboard.” ivy says and so the 4 boys listened. they all yelled in excitement.

“YOIIIIII.” jungwon yells.

“can we make it do fever?” heeseung asks.

“no, now. the premise of the game since i’ve watched multiple gameplays.” ivy breathes in. “number 1, our main objective is to go on planets and collect scrap. number 2, we have a quota to reach.” her character points to the quota. “we have 3 days to collect enough scrap and then by the 3rd day, we need to sell it to the company.”

“who is the company?” jake asks.

“mmm, let’s say it’s BELIFT. we are selling our resources to BELIFT. then they will give us money and then we can either buy stuff to improve ourselves or challenge and go to bigger places that are harder than the simple ones.”

“ooo great analogy.” heeseung compliments.

“thank you.”

“what if we don’t reach the quota?”

“we get booted off like we’re on I-LAND.” ivy explains brutally. the boys gasp.

“not I-LAND.”

“exactly so we have to meet our quota, boys. you ready?”

“umm, yes?”

“great.” ivy pulls the lever. it loads them into the game. the spaceship flies down onto the planet and they land. the aircraft door opens.

“welcome to the land so far it’s normal so you don’t have to worry about anything yet. however, if the planet is eclipsed, it’s best if you stay quiet or the dogs will be out to murder you.” ivy explains further. none of the boys moved just yet. “come on, follow me. click right click to scan where the entrance of the place is by the way.”

the boys followed her.

“oh, there is a bridge, will it break-” just as jungwon says so, the bridge breaks and falls.

“am i too heavy?” jake says. ivy laughs.

“nah, if there are too many people walking on the bridge then it breaks. it’s old. don’t worry, jake. you’re not heavy. you can try to go by the emergency exit if you’d like.”

“but noona, i’m scared.” jake says.

“okay, then climb up here. you can walk over there and then come over. me, sunghoon and heeseung will wait at the entrance.”

“what about me, noona?” jungwon yells.

“there is a stable bridge to your left! you can walk over there and then come over to us!” ivy yells back. she turns to the other two. “you two, if you’re brave enough you can go in. we don’t have much time since the time is going by now. if you see the clock above us, we have to be back on the ship by midnight.”

“can we leave early?”

“yup, just as long as we get back on the ship by midnight with scrap.”

“this game is complicated.”

“for your first time, yes but if you play it a bunch of times. nah. you two can go in together, i’ll wait for jake and jungwon.”

and so, heeseung and sunghoon head inside first. not even a second later, they came back out just as jungwon and jake finally made it to the entrance.

“hey, umm vivi you didn’t explain to the both of us that it was scary in there.” heeseung says.

“this game is baby compared to the backrooms. you two don’t have to be so scared. come on.” ivy enters the building and the boys followed in. their voices were slightly altered when they entered the building. like they were in an abandoned building (which they were).

“okay, so you guys wanna split up or stay together.”

“won’t we get murdered quicker if we don’t stick together?” jake says.

“not exactly. you get killed either ways.” ivy says. “how about this. jungwon, heeseung and jake can stick together. me and hoon can look around. we’ll meet at the entrance.”

“but noona, you know the game than us.” jake pouts.

“oh don’t worry, jungwon would probably find a way. which by the way, if you find a stop sign or any sign you can use it as a weapon to kill the monsters.” ivy smiles. “good luck! hoon, let’s go.” both ivy and sunghoon went to the right side of the building.

“WHAT? MONSTERS???”

[ENHYPEN’s journey starts now]

ivy and sunghoon went down the stairs.

“i probably should’ve told them that we can’t hear them and they can’t hear us since we are far from each other.” ivy says. sunghoon’s character turns to ivy, he looks at the camera and deadpans.

“are you serious?”

“yeah, unless we have a walkie talkie but we need to buy that.”

they opened the door and spot a rubber ducky on the ground. “hoon, grab that. that’s scrap. how much is it? scan it.”

“the value is 40.”

“woah, that’s an expensive duck.”

“inflation.” sunghoon says simply. ivy snorts.

they heard a yippie from somewhere and sunghoon starts panicking.

“what? what’s that?”

“you met your first monster. it’s a hoarder bug. it normally doesn’t make that sound. i just put that mod to make it less scary.” ivy explains.

“so i can’t take their things?”

“nope. they’ll murder you so it’s best we ignore it and move on. unless you want to risk your life.”

“oh, no thank you.” sunghoon eyes the bug and starts dancing in front of it. “will they trade if i dance for them?”

“you can try.”

“do you speak KoHReAN.” sunghoon says in english while his character continues dancing. ivy laughs.

“i don’t think they do.” the bug continues to say ‘yippie!’. “oh, hoon. i see something huge that could give us big money!”

“what?” ivy points to the item in game.

“that. it’s an engine.”

“engene? we have to get it then. save our engene!”

“yes, save our engene.”

while ivy and hoon are saving engene. let’s see how jake, jungwon and heeseung are handling their experience.

[JAKE moves forward while covering his eyes shut]

“jake hyung, it’s not that scary. don’t worry.” jungwon says.

“mmm! it’s better than the backrooms.”

“okay…you better not be tricking me.” jake uncovers his eyes. just as he does so, they heard stomping.

“i think i might start cursing.” jake says.

heeseung notices something. scrap!

“yah yah, look. there is scrap over there! let’s grab it and then look for more.”

however none of them moved. both jake and heeseung looked over at jungwon expecting him to do it. “okay, fine. i’ll go there.” jungwon walks over and grabs the scrap. “guys, there is more over here! my inventory is full though. i need help.”

heeseung and jake went over to help. they collected the items.

“is that all?” they inspected the rooms and then they spot a monster, thumping and getting closer to them.

“what the hell is that.” jake says.

the monster turns to them and so their eyes widened. they quickly left and ran away. all three of them yelled out loud.

“NOONA!!!” jake yells.

back to ivy and sunghoon, their trip was decently peaceful. their inventories were almost full. then they hear a couple of footsteps. ivy knew which monster it was.

“hoon, let’s get out of here and meet up with the rest.”

“why? what’s wrong, noona?”

they came across a spider web. “that is what’s wrong.”

“spider-man?”

“no! it’s a spider and we don’t have any weapons! let’s go!!” ivy says. the pitter patter gets closer and so both ivy and sunghoon left quickly. they went back to the main entrance. jungwon, jake and heeseung made it to the entrance. their hearts raced quickly. just as they caught their breaths. a shadow dude comes into the space. jake yells and leaves the building. however, heeseung gets his neck snapped. jungwon’s jaw drops.

“HEESEUNG HYUNG!!” he was about to chase after the monster but ivy and sunghoon arrived.

“do not chase after that monster. he’ll kill you too!” ivy says. “grab heeseung’s stuff, we have to leave. where is jake?”

“outside.” they grabbed heeseung’s scrap and left the building. it was decently dark out, the sun was setting.

“we have to get back to the ship now.” ivy says. they made their way back to the ship.

[this felt like a thriller/horror movie]

they heard large stomping sounds.

“get in quickly.” ivy whispers. she enters the ship and drops her items. “everyone in?”

“yeah.” just as sunghoon says so, there was a growl.

“close the door.” ivy instructs. “the dogs are out.”

“DOGS??” jake says. there was a terrifying growl. ivy takes off the ship quickly. just as the dog was about to come in, jungwon shuts the door. “those were not dogs.”

“they are blind dogs so they react to sound. like i said before if we go on an eclipsed planet, the percentage will increase for monsters. that means those ‘dogs’ will have a higher percent to spawn on those planets.” ivy says.

“what was the loud stomping though?” sunghoon asks.

“giants. they’re just mainly blind but they can hear.”

“what about the thumping in the building…” jake nervously say.

“that monster spawned too??” ivy’s jaw drops. “okay, let’s debrief first. heeseung should come back since we’re safe and in the air now.”

[HEESEUNG spawns in]

“okay, tell me how your trip went and what happened to heeseung?”

“so basically, we heard some thumping but still went forward to grab some scrap. once we collected it, we saw what was making the noise.”

“the monster didn’t have any body. just a head and arms for legs. he also looks like a fish.” jake says.

“then we got scared and ran to the main entrance. once we arrived, we heard a weird scary sound like a growl and then a shadow man came up, jake hyung ran out but heeseung hyung got his neck snapped and the guy dragged his body.” jungwon explains.

“that’s the bracken by the way. he actually lurks behind you before attacking you. i think the editors can put up a video of it for ENGENEs while i show it to you guys.”

[IVY showed the video to the boys]

jake cowers in fear, “i don’t want to play anymore!”

“same!”

“wait guys, drop your things. let’s see how much we made. then maybe we can just land and get a little more than leave quickly. I can show you the company where we sell everything.” ivy says.

“how do we drop things?”

“press G.”

the boys dropped their things. “okay, right click to scan and we should see the total up amount.”

“is 340 enough?”

“more than enough. our first time is only 130. we crushed it.”

“ooo that means we can just play around on the second day.”

“yup!”

which is what the five of them did. ivy types into the computer. “let me see the moons.”

> 41 EXPERIMENTATION - Eclipsed

ivy’s jaw drops. she looks at the camera. “editors can you bleep this when i curse?”

“why? why? what’s wrong?” heeseung asks.

“guys, we are absolutely f-”

[ARTIST PROTECTION]

“oh? why?” jungwon tilts his head.

“it’s eclipsed.” the aircraft lands and they instantly hear growling. the door opens and ivy crouches in game. she shuts the door.

“everyone keep quiet or whisper. i can tell you there is no way we are going to get out of this ship. we are screwed.” the boys too had crouched in game. jungwon looks over to the lever and just holds ‘e’. he pulls the lever and of they went.

“i think it was best.”

“definitely a good choice.” sunghoon says.

“so the company?” jake says.

“okay, one second.” ivy goes on the computer and types ‘71-Gordion’ (the company).

“what do you do in the computer anyways?”

“you can watch people on the monitor and see where we are. disable turrets, know where the monsters are, open and close doors, buy stuff and also see which moon is eclipsed or not or has bad weather.”

“woah, so this computer is like the main thing huh.” jake says.

“yup. anyways, who wants to pull the lever? i already set us to the company.” sunghoon pulls the lever.

they arrived at the company, it was dark and mysterious. ominous too. it sent shivers down jake’s spine.

“i got goosebumps. i don’t like this.”

“well, we are here. grab our stuff. maybe we can save some stuff. just enough for our quota.”

“can we keep the duck?” sunghoon asks.

“sure. just leave it inside the storage closet.” ivy opens the closet and sunghoon places the duck inside. “okay, for this part. everyone please silently walk up to the mysterious door and place the things on the counter.”

“what happens if you make noise?” heeseung asks.

“a monster will snatch you and kill you.”

“so let’s keep quiet.”

each of them placed their items onto the counter. “who wants to press the bell?”

“jake hyung.” jungwon points to jake.

jake sighs and presses the bell. he quickly runs away. the door opens and a hook snatches their items away.

“ewww what was that! why was there a hook taking our things away??” jake says.

“that’s the company.”

the money pops up and it shows that they reached their quota.

“we now have money and a new quota just dropped!” ivy says. she points to the new number.

“301?? oh god.”

“mmm, i think we played this game for at least 3 hours now.”

“yeah, it’s quite fun right? time flies by really fast in this game.” ivy says.

“maybe we can ask sunoo, jay and ni-ki to join us since noona added the mod for more people.” jungwon says.

“i don’t think jay would like this game very much. it’s too scary for him. he didn’t even want to play the backrooms with us.” jake says.

“well, did you enjoy ‘Lethal Company’?” ivy asks.

“we did, it’s quite fun.”

ivy turns to the camera. “well, ENGENEs i hope you enjoyed me, jungwon, jake, sunghoon and heeseung playing the game! be sure to also check out when these four played the backrooms! really fun to watch them play it. i wanna play it too but they only allow 4 players.”

“noona, me, sunghoon and heeseung hyung can play together.” jake smirks.

“oh? it’s a deal then!” ivy smirks. “anyways, ENGENEs thank you for watching this video! oh and comment down below if i should convince jay, sunoo and ni-ki to play along with us. maybe i’ll find a way to convince them.”

all of them waved to the camera and the video ends.

[jonquilyst]

Total Drama Sims: Season 2

That's right, baby! We're back. Is your teenaged sim bored and wanting something epic and awesome to do to spend their summer? Does your teenaged sim want a brush of fame and notoriety? Well, you've come to the right place. Total Drama Sims, the freshest, awesomest reality show on simblr, is back for a 2nd season, and I'm ready for you all to send 14 more teenagers to compete in crazy, wacky challenges (safety/lack of danger not guaranteed) in pursuit of the grand prize!

WHAT'S NEW THIS SEASON?

To keep things fresh, TDS2 will be set in a new location and will have new gameplay mechanics! TDS has claimed an abandoned film lot in Del Sol Valley because this season, our challenges will be based off of movie genres, just like the 2nd season of TDS's inspiration!

As for our new gameplay mechanics, TDS2 will be introducing a double elimination (two people are eliminated rather than one), a team swap elimination (someone is eliminated, but instead of leaving the game, the eliminated person joins the other team), and purge challenges (instead of a vote, the worst-performing contestant of a challenge is automatically eliminated) to mix things up and keep the game interesting!

I am primarily looking for people who did NOT participate last season, or their sim got out early. However, everyone may still participate! I just want as many people as possible to get a chance to have their sim play 💖 A lot of people were interested last time and unfortunately spots filled up so fast that some people weren't able to participate because of it (That being said, to promote transparency, I am now REQUIRING RESERVATIONS! That means if you want to participate, you MUST contact me before submitting your sim. You can do this by DM'ing me or sending an ask).

Read on for a refresher on what this competition is all about and UPDATED submission rules (so if you had a sim compete last season, make sure to read them again!)

THE GIST:

This competition is, obviously, based off of the Total Drama series (a show that’s near and dear to me), but you do not need any background knowledge of this show to participate! The show (and this competition) functions similarly to a Bachelor Challenge, where contestants will be routinely eliminated until there is a sole winner.

This competition will also focus on the contestants building relationships with each other (hence the drama part, which is bound to happen when you put 14 teenagers together!)

SUBMISSION RULES:

Reservations for spots are first-come-first-serve. If for any reason you'd like to give up your reservation, contact me ASAP so I can give that reservation to someone else!

Your sim must be a teen

If you had a sim compete last season, you may not resubmit that same sim. I'm looking for an all-new cast!

No occults; contestants must be human only (to prevent unfair advantages)

Contestants must not have high-level skills (they can have some level of skill but nothing above lvl 5; also to prevent unfair advantages)

Any amount and type of CC is fine, just make sure to include it when you send your sim over to me ^^

Only one outfit per category please

Must be okay with slight changes in sims' appearances (as I may use different mods/presets than you do)

Must be okay with me writing dialogue for your sims (for confessionals (example from last season here). I read all entries down to the word and will try my very best to keep everyone in their intended character)

Must be okay with the possibility of your sim entering romantic relationships with other sims (PLEASE SPECIFY THEIR SEXUALITY/ROMANTIC ORIENTATION. Sims with unspecified sexualities/romantic orientations will be assumed to be pan). Nothing NSFW will be shown or mentioned, as of course I'll be portraying minors, but please let me know if you don't want your sim to enter any romantic relationships!

Please give your sims a backstory. The more detailed the better. Describe what they're like, why they're competing on Total Drama Sims, etc.

Your sim can have any traits/aspirations

HERE IS HOW THE COMPETITION WILL WORK:

The 14 contestants will be split into 2 teams of 7

The 2 teams will compete in challenges in attempt to win invincibility (safety from being voted off). The losing team will have to vote someone off (the winning team will not be part of voting)

This process continues until 7 contestants remain. Afterwards the teams dissolve and everyone competes individually (this is known as merge). This means that only 1 contestant can win invincibility; everyone else will be at risk for elimination

When merge occurs, all eliminated contestants at that point will be eligible to rejoin the game through a special challenge. The winner of that challenge will rejoin the game (bringing the number of contestants back to 8)

This process again continues until 2 contestants remain. In the finale, all eliminated contestants will vote for a winner

Challenges will occur half the time. The other half of the competition will be socialization days, where contestants are free to socialize with each other as they please

The competition will start with a socialization day first to establish relationships before the first challenge

If the numbers between teams get too uneven, then a team swap will occur to one random contestant on the larger team

Voting will be determined by relationship dynamics and how everyone did in the challenge. Contestants who do poorly are more likely to get voted. Contestants who have a negative relationship with each other are also more likely to get voted. Conversely contestants who have a positive relationship with each other are less likely to get voted. The contestant with the most votes at the end is eliminated. All of this will be determined by a spinner (in case of a tie I will use a random number generator to determine who’s out). This will also determine who wins at the end of the competition.

REWARD FOR THE WINNER:

This competition is mostly for the funsies, but whoever wins this competition will personally receive an actual reward from me! You have a choice between the following options:

Discord Nitro for 1 month

A tumblr badge

NO DEADLINE! Submissions will close when all 14 spots are filled/reserved. Please provide your sim's tray files as soon as convenient! (Lmk if you need help with this. I will teach you if you don't know how!)

I will be updating the number of spots reserved periodically and will announce when all 14 spots are taken, but if you're ever unsure, don't be afraid to DM me/send an ask!

That should be it! Please comment, DM me, or send an ask if you have any questions, and feel free to reblog or share this with anyone who might be interested in participating!

[cultofmars]

Sims 2 Default List

There are many default lists out there but most of them haven’t been updated in years. Many new mods have come out and older mods have been lost. With this default mod guide I hope to provide a solid aesthetic for your Sims 2 game while also being optimized. Feel free to pick and choose what you wish and skip around in the sections.

Some house cleaning needs to be done before any default mods can be installed, use this guide by Captain Nikki to get your game up and running and also to install ReShade if you wish to use it. 

Something Nikki didn’t mention but is very useful is the userstartup.cheat. PleasantSims has a guide on how to use it and also has her’s available for download. With this you can extend the view distance and a bunch of other very useful things. 

Lighting Mod: 

Maxist Match Lighting Mod by DeadPirate

Kind of a pain to install as you need to replace the corresponding files for the expansions and stuff packs but it makes the game look so much nicer.

ReShade(see Captain Nikki’s guide for help installing) 

ReShade Preset We Fell in Love in October by DeadPirate

This is the main preset that I use, it’s made to go with the Maxist Match Lighting Mod.

Clouds, Sky, and Water:

Lowedeus’ Maxis BaseGame Clouds Made Global by Lazy Duchess/Lowedeus

Be Sure to read the whole post as you need to grab a file from this page, I chose the Dust version.

Pond and Sea Water Overhaul by Voeille

For the ponds to work you need to go into each lot with one and add a small square, if you don’t the pond will just be a black void. 

Better Nightlife by Criquette

If you plan on using Criquette’s Rual Charm or any of their neighborhood decorations then you’ll want to grab this mod. It’s being listed here because if you use the Pond and Sea Water Overhaul you’ll need to replace the file for the sea water with this one, the pond file can be left alone.  

Blurry Skies by Nopke

One of the best mods in my opinion, it replaces the sky without you having to do anything. I use the version with all of the skies. This mod combined with Lowedus’ Maxis Clouds makes the sky look beautiful. Do not install SkyFix. If you load into the game at this point you’ll notice that it’s not working, it’s because Skyfix isn’t installed but don’t worry as we’ll be using a different version of it that came with Rural Charm.

360 and Seasons Ready Skylines by GreatCheeseCakePersona

A skybox object that’s found in neighborhood decorations that adds a backdrop to the world. Be sure to read the post for placement instructions. 

City and Rural Skyline by GreatCheeseCakePersona

An add on for the mod listed above by the same creator. I use these two skylines more than any other. 

Pond Bottom Defaults by Simsantonic

Now that the water has been replaced it’s time to make the bottom of the ponds cute. Read the full page as this mod isn’t installed in your downloads. I use the River Rock option. 

TS2 Sink and Basin Water Revised by Pineapple Forest

Cleans up the textures of sink and basin water.

Effects and Misc. 

Flutterby by Poppet-Sims

A default for the butterflies.  

Default Snowflake(s) by Ivy-Sims

Changes the snowflakes to those found in the Sims 3, a small mod but helps a lot to make your lots cute.

Brighter and Less Square Fallen Leaves by Frustrated Yeti

Changes the fallen leaves to be cuter.

Prettier Bubble Bath by Pineapple Forest

Makes the bubble bath textures less blurry. 

TS2 Infallibly Good Witch Aura - Smooth Default by Pineapple Forest 

Changes the Good Witch Aura, I use the star option. 

Evil Aura Effect Default + Magical Stars + Cleaning Glint by Pineapple Forest 

I use the star option to match with the above mod. 

Food:

There’s quite a few defaults for food, I suggest using this spreadsheet to pick and choose what you want. I personally don’t use any defaults for the food items themselves or for the cooking appliances.

Items:

Lighten Up! by NixNivis

Makes the computer screens brighter.

Custom Computer Screens by Eddysims

A default for the computer screens.

Better Bubbles by Eddysims

Replaces the blurry speech bubbles with higher quality ones. 

Buyable Potions and Bottle Defaults by Pineapple Forest

Changes the appearance of the potion bottles. On the mod page are a few more options such as being able to buy gypsy potions from the catalog, I just use the defaults. There’s two options for the plantsim cure, I chose vintage.

Date Rewards Roses Default Replacement by Tvickiesims

Changes the appearance of the rose date rewards. There’s two versions, one that’s just a default and the other that puts the date rewards in the catalog. I use just the default.

Vehicles:

School Bus Default Replacement by Poppet-Sims 

You’ll have to scroll down the page a little to find it, I use turquoise. 

Busy Roads NH Traffic Default Replacement by Criquette

You need to install some packages from their other mod. Some of the cars have more than one option so make you only pick one default.  I chose to use only the cars needed, you can find that information at the bottom of the mod page. I also chose not to use any branded cars. 

Lot Trees and Plants

Perfect Plants by Simbology

Not a default but useful for keeping your lots pretty. This is a hack that makes it so that plants on lots do not die. This doesn’t affect garden crops or trees.  

-House Plants Replaced With Nynaeve Design Plants (+ Custom Versions) by Tvickiesims

Changes some of the existing house plants and adds some extra ones as well.

Flora Default Replacement - Sims 4 Style by Tvickiesims

Replaces the trees, shrubs, flowers, orchard trees, and crops. Look through the files because for the Papaya tree there’s two options, I use version one.

DR Plants by Lordcrumps

Changes the decoration plants to a plant from the Sims 4. Each file is included with a picture so it’s very easy to pick what you want and don’t.

Neighborhood Trees and Deco:

Criquette/Lowedeus’ Linen Trees DFR by Peppermint & Ginger

A more optimized version of  this mod. Be sure to read the description and grab the files needed from the original mod. I use the 512x1024px version. 

CS: Seasonal Pines by Lowedeus

A replacement for the neighborhood pine trees. Download the Pines Pack.

Sims 2 Neighbourhood Pine Forest Defaults! by TeaAdicctYT

A replacement to match the above mod but for the large groups of pine trees.

Beautiful Birches by SixFootSim

Changes the neighborhood birches. 

Seasonal AL Pond by Lowedeus

Makes the pond neighborhood decoration seasonal, I use the Lush-Blue version. 

Neighbourhood Trees Default Replacements - Gingko, Walnut, Redbud by PixelDolly

A default to match with the rest of the above trees. 

Rock and Sand Peninsula Tree Defaults by KinderGoth

Changes the palm trees that came with BV.

Hi-Res Lot View-Friendly Farm Fields by PixelDolly

In the vanilla game the farm fields can’t be seen from lots, ruining the aesthetic of farmhouses. This mod isn’t a default replacement but it’s basically a new farm field deco object that looks similar to the vanilla games. You need to install this mod to get them to work. I like to go in and delete each vanilla farm field and replace them with these ones.  

No Rocks Deco Mod by Chemic’s Simblr

Removes the rocks that show when you place an effect in the neighborhood view.

Working Street Lights Hood Deco Set by Criquette 

This isn’t a default replacement, but it’s nice to have. Requires their Better Nightlife mod mentioned before in the Clouds, Sky, and Water section. 

Seasonal Fields by GreatCheescakePersona

Not a default but a very pretty neighborhood decoration item that matches well with this set-up.

Terrain and Road:

Rural Charm Terrain & Road Default Replacement by Criquette

Replaces the roads and terrain. I use the files for the Lush (Temperate) Road DR, Neighborhood Road Transparency Fix, Lot Mode Road Overlays, Unified Bridges, Terrain Paints (I use a different mod for the terrain with it’s own terrain paints so I deleted the files for the three grasses as well as the file for the pebble beach), Floor Tiles, Neighborhood Decals Default Replacement, Winter Textures DR for Lush (Temperate) ‘Hood Terrain, Season Lot Skirt Road Fix + SimNopke SkyFix, Neighborhood Winter Beach DR, Neighborhood mode Cliff DR selection (I use the white option), and Maxis Neighborhood Bridge Road Deck DR.

Criquette’s RC roads on CuriousB/Icad’s terrains (DEFAULT) by Charming-Plumbob

Makes Criquette’s Rural Charm Roads work with other terrain. Use all the files except for the lush one. 

Terrain Default Replacements by Peppermint & Ginger

Changes all terrain types. Delete the lush file from this mod and see below for the updated version. I like using this terrain over the one with Rural Charm because it’s a set for every terrain type so it keeps the appearance consistent.

Lush Default Replacement V2 by Peppermint & Ginger 

Includes an update to the above mod as well as matching terrain paints. 

No More Blurriness by Voeille

There’s quite a few files for this mod, the ones we want are for the beach and snow. There is also a matching beach terrain paint if you want it, just be sure to delete the terrain paints for the cliffs. This mod is a default replacement for the lot view of the beach and the lot light snow. 

Neighbourhood Snow Default Replacement by xSparrow

Download the HoodSnowSeparate file and delete the one for the grass terrain. Rural Charm already has a fix for the snow for the grass terrain. This mod makes the neighborhood snow look nicer. 

4 Maxist Base Game Terrain Paints Default Replacement by iCad

Replaces a few of the base game terrain paints, I use the 512x512 set.

Ceiling and Trim

White Roof Trim Defaults by Phaenoh

Changes the trim around lot roofs.

Replacement Floor Tile Border by Feenwald  

Changes the trim around floor tiles, I use the White Wood option (Weisses Holz).

Away you Ugly Thing! by Maranatah

Changes the wall top, I use the white option. 

Ceiling Default Replacement by Honeywell

Changes the ceiling texture. 

UI:

Clean UI by GreatCheeseCakePersona

The page is very easy to follow for installing so I won’t list too much here, but just be sure to read through everything. Not everything goes into the downloads folder and for some stuff you’ll have to pick only one option.

No Pause Frame by Nopke

Gets rid of the red lines that show up when you pause the game. Very useful for taking screenshots.

Level Numbers Added to Job Titles by Phaenoh

A mod that lets you see what level of a career your sim is at.

Smaller Plumbob Default by Pineapple Forest

Makes the plumbob smaller and less opaque, I use the smaller and softer plumbob option and the neighborhood file. If you'd rather there’s a mod that removes plumbobs here, but I like having them so when it comes to taking screenshots I use the plumbbobtoggle cheat. 

Clean TS2 Skill Meters Default by Pineapple Forest

Matches with the above mod, there’s also a version that’s compatible with the remove plumbob mod. I use the SimSkillMeterDefault and the Invisible Leaves files.

Clean OFB “BuyBar” Default by Pineapple Forest

Completes the two mods above. I use the transparent option.

Camera Mod Compilation by Lowedeus 

Not a UI mod but I wanted to include it as it makes playing the game so much better. These need to be installed in the camera folders. 

This completes my default guide for the environment. All of the screenshots shown are not edited and use the mods listed. With this set-up I haven’t had my game crash or stutter even though I play on a generic laptop not meant necessary for gaming. There isn’t much to say about default for the actual sims themselves as there are so many options for skins, hairs, eyes, etc. I suggest using the default database and picking for yourself. If you rather download a huge folder instead I suggest this post from Peppermint & Ginger, but keep in mind the hairs are high poly and might lag your game. For my game I use this skin default and for the eyes I use these. 

Some tips for making your neighborhoods look nicer, delete any trees that were not replaced and instead use ones that are or look for neighborhood deco trees. Same goes for the farm fields, but the trees especially can look bad if they can be seen from your lots. Try to keep a consistent theme and use similar colors. 

Use whatever you want from this guide or nothing at all. Lesyasun has a guide here and another list here. On r/Sims2Help there’s this guide.     

[mythsanddragons]

“I was feeling epic.”

Welcome to a new legacy based off the television series The Vampire Diaries, featuring both an occult free version for players that prefer realism and an optional occult related track for every generation.

You do not need to have seen the show to play the challenge, however if you want to watch it eventually, there will be spoilers for both The Vampire Diaries and The Originals.

When posting playthroughs, please use the tag #tvduchallenge or #ts4tvduc so others can see your gameplay! This challenge was written by mythsanddragons focusing on the major characters in the series.

Last updated: October 26, 2024

CLICK HERE FOR THE GOOGLE DOC

GENERAL RULES

It is recommended that while each generation follows each characters’ story, that you don’t try to replicate their story exactly as shown in the show. Even though the goals track their storyline progression through the series, I encourage you to play around, change aspects, and have fun!

The aspirations and skills listed should be completed. You may need to complete other skills for the sims aspiration or career. The skills chosen are more based on personality and hobbies the characters are shown having in the series. When it comes to the aspirations, if there is an ‘and/or’ you may do one or all of the listed aspirations. It’s up to you what you choose for your childhood aspirations. If no teen aspiration is mentioned, you may do what you wish for that character.

The goals are more story oriented than goal oriented, though some correlate directly to accomplishing goals. If you wish to skip certain goals or move them to another category, you’re welcome to. Part one is for teen goals and part two is for YA and above.

Play on whatever lifespan you’d like. I’d recommend a long lifespan or a custom one to be able to accomplish all the storytelling goals without rushing and give you some breathing room, but you’re welcome to try and do everything in a shorter lifespan. You can also change the lifespan for certain generations if they feel like you’re getting through faster than others.

It is suggested that you use mods, especially to accomplish certain goals listed. If you can’t or don’t use mods, you can either do storytelling for that goal or ignore it completely.

You can alter generations to fit your game as this challenge was made with all packs in mind.

Some cheating is allowed, if you like, to reach certain storyline goals or to move things in the needed direction. There are specific areas in certain generations where you might wish to do so to progress the story forward.

In instances where you need to move a lot, you may occasionally cheat for a home if you can’t afford one.

University is listed for most generations, as several of the characters went to college in the series. You’re welcome to pause time during it, shorten it with mods, or not do it at all, if it doesn’t interest you.

You may choose an heir in any way you like. Heirs do not need to be the same in any aspect as the generation’s namesake.

Spin the event wheel whenever you’re told, but if you’re looking for more to do during any generation you may use it to spice things up.

Since the majority of TVD is about grief and learning how to live in the face of it, make sure you celebrate both life and death. For every sim that is important, be sure to have a funeral.

FAQ

Why are there so many traits listed?

Mostly, it's for variety. You can choose the traits you feel best represent the character listed and/or the sim you’re playing. Also, for people who play with the more traits mod, it gives them the opportunity to define their sim more. Some traits can be swapped out at different times during a character’s lifetime to better reflect what they are experiencing. It’s really up to you. If you don’t know what to pick, feel free to roll for it.

Where do the Occult Optional Goals fit in?

Basically, you’d insert the goals into the list of the non-occult goals. You may place them wherever you like, though in some generations I give clues as to where they might fit in the best. You never have to follow those guides if you have an idea you like better for the placement of the occult goals.

Which generation should I play first?

If you have a favorite, you’re welcome to jump to it. However, I did write Stefan’s generation to be last and I tried to place them in an order where the characters that have interlocking plot lines are further apart in most cases to make it less redundant.

Can I skip a generation if I don’t like it/the character?

If you want! Though, if you’re doing it just because you don’t like a character, you might enjoy playing their story more than watching it because you’ll have a chance to make the character more interesting.

Why is character XYZ not a generation?

I tried to stick to the main characters that were in the series. The only main character I skipped, I believe, is Enzo because most of his life was in captivity or he was a ghost. If enough people want a certain character generation done though, I’m happy to try and create one.

Wait, some of these generations require me to play sims running away or other storylines where they are not in the same household as the previous generation. What if I’m not done with the previous generation’s goals when the next generation is a teen?

There’s a few ways you can handle this. You can stop aging until you’re ready to deal with it or you can rotationally play with your two heirs’ households. I’m sure there’s other ways to handle it as well, if you want to. Get creative!

Do I have to stick with the color palette? 

Only if you want to. They are based primarily on the colors the characters are seen wearing a lot or a color that is associated with the feel of their generation. They aren’t a requirement, but there for fun, as I personally like color associations.

Will this get updated?

If new packs come out that work with the legacy, or if I notice there are goals that aren’t working how I want them too when I play it through, it might!

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RECOMMENDED MODS

MC Command Center

Adeepindigo

Dynamic Teen Life

Healthcare Redux

Highschool Year Tweaks

SimNation Travel

Pandasama – Childbirth Mod

Basemental

Basemental Drugs

Basemental Gambling

Chingyu – More Traits Mod

DQuiet – Sim Control Hub or TitanNano – Control Any Sim

Ellesimsworld – Medical Student Mod

Ellesimsworld – Law School Student

JaneSimsten – Archery Skill

KiaraSims4Mods – CelebritySystem

Lumpinou 

Milestones Expanded

Mood Pack

Open Love Life

RPO Collection

Talents And Weaknesses

LGBTQIA Mod

LaSimLaStars – Mourning Talk

MissyHissy

Highschool Years Tweaks Parenthood Discipline

Attraction Overhaul

My Wedding Stories Interaction Reactions

The Custom Wants Mod

The Hopes & Fears Mod

The Milestone Mod

MizoreYukii – Arranged Marriages

Sacrificial – Extreme Violence

Simsmodelsimmer – Prom Royalty Mod

Utopya – Brawling Mod

Zerbu

Spawn Refresh

The Custom Preference Mod

Go To School

Organized Event Planning

OCCULT SPECIFIC MODS

(Some of these you will only need one of. Read what the mod does before making your choices)

VAMPIRE MODS

CatDevPete – Plasma Fruit Recipes

SonozakiSisters – Deadly Vampires

Triplis – Vampire’s Thralls

Zero

Vampires Can Kill

Immersive Vampires

Reworked Vampire Mods

Baniduhaine – Vampiric Bloodlines

Ilkavelle – Bloody Party Event

WEREWOLF MODS

Chaavik – Werewolf Experience Mod

Thunder1143 – More Interactions Reduce Fury

Thunder1143 – Werewolf Allies Can Pacify

Carl – Better Werewolf Cheats

ChippedSim – Werewolf Tweaks (Including Venomous Bite to Vampires)

Zero – WereChihuahua - Be Less Obvious

HYBRID MODS

Gauntlet101010 – Hybrids Through Gameplay

TwelfthDoctor1 – Occult Hybrid Unlocker & Stabilizer 

GHOST/HAUNTING MODS

Ilkavelle – Spiritualist Seance Event

Lumpinou - Psychic Sims

SPELLCASTER MODS

Rolwen – Werewolf Fury Enhancer and Reducer Spells

Triplis – Become A Sorcerer

Zero

ROM Master Magic

ROM Tweaks

ROM Expand Spell Collection

Expanded Realm Of Magic

Black Magic - Remake

OTHER

SpinningPlumbob – Occult Preferences Mod

Ilkavelle – Vampire Slayer Mod

JaneSimsten – Secret Occults

GENERATION ONE: Elena Gilbert

“When you lose someone, it stays with you, always reminding you of how easy it is to get hurt.”

►Trauma defines you. Without it, you’re not sure who you are. It makes you want to live and it makes you want to die. You’re not sure how to keep going. Somehow, you figure it out and decide that life is worth living to the fullest. You find that you love to help people and find purpose in assisting others, allowing them to find their second chance as well. With that understanding, that becomes your life: weird, messy, complicated, sad, wonderful, amazing, and above all epic.

COLOR PALETTE: BLUE, LT PURPLE, RED TRAITS: GOOD, CLUMSY, FAMILY ORIENTED, GLOOMY, SELF ABSORBED OPTIONAL DOWNLOADABLE TRAITS: IRRESISTIBLE, LOVEY-DOVEY, KIND, GENTLE, EMOTIONAL ASPIRATION: GOAL ORIENTED & SUPER PARENT AND/OR BIG HAPPY FAMILY SKILLS: LOGIC, PARENTING, WRITING CAREER: DOCTOR

PART ONE

Start as a teen 

Gain two best friends

Join the cheerleading squad

Get in a relationship with someone from the football team 

Write in your journal at least every couple of days, if not every day

Go to parties in the first half of your teen life and live it up

Complete the Goal Oriented Aspiration as a teen

Have a traumatic event occur that changes your sims’ entire life

Start a wholesome relationship that helps you get past the traumatic event 

PART TWO

Find out you’re adopted and decide if you want to search for your birth parents

Become friends with a teacher

Cheat on your partner with someone who is the opposite of you that you have a steamy/unpredictable dynamic with

Leave the wholesome relationship  

Go to university for biology

Lose someone close to you

Halfway through uni drop out due to feeling lost

If using the med school mod in your gameplay, you may finish uni and instead of dropping out, take a break between uni and med school.

Gain the self absorbed trait

Spin event wheel 3 times and follow through during your break from school

If you do not spin for a fire, have your sims start a fire

Party, drink, go on a bender

Be mean to your friends and everyone you meet during this period of your life

Make a lifelong enemy 

Become best friends with your ex

Start to get your life together (you may swap out your self absorbed trait)

Go back to school

Temporarily separate from your partner for at least two sim weeks

Start doing drugs to get past the pain

OPTIONAL: you may date someone else during this time if you so choose

Either get back together with your partner, your ex, or pick up a new lover

Have at least one child

Get married

Become a Doctor, reach the top of your career

Finish your Aspiration

OPTIONAL OCCULT GOALS

Be turned into a vampire

Become obsessed with your sire, doing anything they want

Lose all self control and feed on people, become a temporary menace

Nearly kill at least one of your close friends

Regain your self control and detach from your sire bond

Be given the cure to vampirism from a friend or lover

Become human again

GENERATION TWO: Caroline Forbes

“When anybody tells me I can’t do something, I prove them wrong.”

►You always feel like you’re playing second fiddle. You’re neurotic, somewhat of a control freak, and know that if you want something done, you have to do it yourself. While you put on a facade of everything being perfect, inside things aren’t so bright and cheery. You often feel as shallow as a kiddie pool, but you’re working on it, and that has to count for something, right? Your life is nothing like what you expected it to be, but you find love and acceptance in unexpected places. You might not always be the first pick, but you’ll always make every moment count.

COLOR PALETTE: YELLOW, PINK, AQUA TRAITS: LOVEBUG, JEALOUS, OVERACHIEVER, MUSIC LOVER, HORSE LOVER, OUTGOING OPTIONAL DOWNLOADABLE TRAITS: PASSIONATE, SOCIABLE, NEUROTIC, SENSITIVE ASPIRATION: ADMIRED ICON ASPIRATION & FRIEND OF THE WORLD / OPTIONAL: GOOD VAMPIRE SKILLS: SINGING, ACTING, MEDIA PRODUCTION, HORSE RIDING CAREER: MUSICIAN AND/OR ACTOR

PART ONE

Have at least two friends

Have a distant relationship with your parent/s

Join cheerleading and become captain

Complete Admired Icon Aspiration

Have a relationship with an older sim that is toxic and/or abusive 

Get straight As

Manage to get out of toxic/abusive relationship

Make a prom committee club that you run

Have a strained relationship with a jock

PART TWO

Go to university for drama or fine art

Become friends with one of your professors and/or your old high school teacher

Go through a traumatic event

Struggle with one of your parents, have them hurt you 

Become close with your other parent

Start a new relationship

Get stalked by another sim who is obsessed with you

Have them impact your relationship with your partner

Eventually break up due to outside circumstances

Have one of your parents leave you

Have a one night stand with a sim you hate

Become best friends with your best friend’s ex

Gain feeling for them and hook up with them

Miscommunicate with them and become unsure of your relationship

Surrogate for professor/high school teacher 

Decide you can’t give up the baby/babies and move in with the sim you were a surrogate for

Get engaged

Realize you have feelings for someone else

Break off the engagement and start dating the other person

Coparent

Get married 

Player’s choice: You may choose to keep your couple together, become a widow/widower, or break up and get together with someone else

Travel the world (take at least 3 vacations without your children.)

Complete your aspiration

Reach the top of your career

OPTIONAL OCCULT GOALS

Become a vampire against your will

Seek revenge on your abusive ex

Drink from plasma fruit as much as possible

Complete the Good Vampire Aspiration

Date a werewolf and/or hybrid

Date a vampire

Have children be spellcasters, werewolves, vampires, or hybrids

GENERATION THREE: Jeremy Gilbert

“I wake up everyday and I feel okay. But there's something missing, like a hole. Some people, they fit in life or whatever. I don't.”

►You’ve always felt like you don’t quite belong, like you’re alone in this world. You carry an empty feeling inside of you that makes you feel lost. You hold loss close to your chest and are often overcome with a lack of purpose. You try to act like everything is okay so no one worries about you and try to numb the feelings any way you can. You often know you’re making the wrong choice, but you make it anyway. As you get older, you find new ways to cope and contribute to the world around you. You find a strength you didn’t know you had. Will it be enough at last?

COLOR PALETTE: LT GRAY, RED, PINK, GREEN TRAITS: GLOOMY, ART LOVER, GEEK, LAZY, CREATIVE OPTIONAL DOWNLOADABLE TRAITS: ARTISTIC, HOMEBODY, DIFFIDENT, MOODY, MELANCHOLIC ASPIRATION: PAINTER EXTRAORDINAIRE SKILLS: PAINTING, PROGRAMING, VIDEO GAMING, MEDIUM CAREER: PAINTER OR FREELANCE DIGITAL ARTIST, SECRET AGENT, AND EDUCATION

PART ONE

Start as a teen

Find a sim you like that is hooking up with another sim

Sell weed

Do weed together and other drugs

Get in trouble and get low grades

Hook up with sim you like only to get treated poorly, have a strained relationship 

Fight with sim they were hooking up with

Have sim you like pass away

PART TWO

Become friends with the sim that was your competition

Get involved in art

Meet a new sim to get in a relationship with

Have that sim pass away or move away

Go to university for art

Fall for your sibling’s best friend and get together with them

Make a friend who eventually betrays you

Cheat on your partner with your ex

Have your sibling and your partner find out

Start hitting the gym

Have a two near death experiences during life

Try to get back together with your sibling’s best friend

Work as a freelance artist

Move to a desert world

Become a Secret Agent (get to at least level 6)

Make an art club

Meet up with your art club often, trying to teach sims younger than you art

Roll a six sided die for the number of event spins you need to accomplish (if you get a 1, re-roll)

Complete random event/s

Quit your job

Move back home

Become an art teacher

Either get together with your sibling’s best friend or meet someone new and get into a relationship

Have at least two children

Complete your aspiration

OPTIONAL OCCULT GOALS

Die and get brought back to life multiple times

Date a spellcaster

Cheat with a ghost/vampire/other occult

Become psychic, speak with ghosts often

Become either a vampire hunter or a ghost hunter or both (this can be in place of joining the Secret Agent career)

Complete the medium skill 

GENERATION FOUR: Damon Salvatore 

“Because when people see good, they expect good, and I don’t want to have to live up to anyone’s expectations.”

►You have never been enough. Not for your parents, not for your siblings, not for your lovers. Your life is filled with disappointments — being one yourself and being disappointed by others. You tried to be good, to find love, to be level headed, but everyone turned their backs on you. Instead of living up to expectations, you push everyone away, secretly hoping that one day someone might break through your walls and appreciate you for who you are. Until then, if you’re going to be bad, be bad with a purpose, or else you're not worth forgiving.

COLOR PALETTE: BLACK, NAVY, BURGUNDY TRAITS: HOT-HEADED, DANCE MACHINE, MEAN, PARTY ANIMAL, ERRATIC, SELF-ABSORBED OPTIONAL DOWNLOADABLE TRAITS: THRILL-SEEKING, UNPREDICTABLE, SMUG, IMPULSIVE, BARFLY ASPIRATION: LIVE FAST & MASTER MIXOLOGIST / OPTIONAL: MASTER VAMPIRE SKILLS: MISCHIEF, MIXOLOGY, CHARISMA, JUICE FIZZING CAREER: CULINARY (MIXOLOGIST BRANCH) THEN BECOME A BAR OWNER

PART ONE

Start as a teen

Complete the Live Fast aspiration

Chase all your love interests

Try several different skills never getting far in any of them 

Rebel against your strict parents, sneak out, try and get away from them

Get grounded at least 3 times

Have your parents favor your sibling/s

Be close to your sibling/s until something happens to diminish that bond (it may be they are your romantic competition like in the show or you may come up with another reason, if you prefer)

PART TWO

Join the military career 

Once you reach lvl 3, drop out

Instantly fall for a sim you have a high attraction score to 

Have a steamy romance where your partner is polyamorous but you don’t want to be 

Fight over other lover/s

Have romance become strained and eventually go your separate ways 

Become a mixologist (culinary career)

Start hanging out at bars at least every couple days if not more

Throw parties the days you’re not at bars

Overindulge on alcohol and woohoo

Obsess over ex, constantly trying to reignite your relationship while having a string of one night stands and other lovers

Treat all other lovers and one night stands poorly

Fight and become enemies with your ex's other lover/s (if you want to kill them because there is more than one, you can but leave one who will be your primary competition — this can be your sibling or not)

Become enemies with a sibling 

Regardless of this, fight anyone that messes with your sibling

Meet a sim that is younger than you that is your opposite, show interest in them

Break off things with your ex for good

Become enemies with your ex

Get together with a sim that is your opposite

Have your ex harass your new lover

Try to fix your relationship with your sibling

After some time, if you’re living with your partner, leave the household (come up with a reason)

Move to a different world and try and live there for a season or two in game

Make a best friend out of an enemy during this time (you can play with this being flirty if you want to, entirely up to you)

Reunite with your previous partner after said break

Lose family relationships

Open and run a bar or a club

You may stay with your partner or choose another if you feel the desire to

Eventually get engaged, married, and have kids 

Roll for how many kids or choose yourself (if following the generations, you will need at least two for the next)

Finish your aspiration

OCCULT OPTIONAL GOALS

Date a vampire 

Become a vampire through a lover 

Indulge in being a vampire, drink from anyone you want

Complete the Master Vampire Aspiration

Threaten, fight, kill whatever sims you want 

Kill at least 5 sims

Kill at least 3 werewolves 

Have your SO become a vampire 

Feed on and kill other vampires for a short time

Become human again together with your SO

GENERATION FIVE: Elijah Mikaelson

“I have come to believe that we are bound forever to those with whom we share blood. And while we may not choose our family... their blood can be our greatest strength, or our deepest regret.”

►You live by a moral code all your own. Sometimes it’s not always what is right, but what is necessary. You refuse to give up on your family, even when it seems like they can’t be saved. After all, the very definition of broken means that there is something that can be fixed, and you will do anything to make it better. You dedicate your life to everyone but yourself, trying to make up for what you believe are past failings. Will you ever learn to value yourself?

COLOR PALETTE: DEEP TEAL, MIDNIGHT BLUE, BLACK TRAITS: PROPER, SNOB, LOYAL, PERFECTIONIST, NEAT, GENIUS, FAMILY ORIENTED OPTIONAL DOWNLOADABLE TRAITS: CLEVER, ENCOURAGING, CHARMING, MYSTERIOUS, SMART, ANALYTICAL ASPIRATION: ROMANTIC EXPLORER AND/OR NEIGHBORHOOD CONFIDANTE SKILLS: PIANO, LOGIC, CHARISMA, RESEARCH & DEBATE CAREER: LAW CAREER (PRIVATE ATTORNEY)

PART ONE

Start as a teen

Form a close bond with your sibling/s

Have a strict/difficult relationship with one parent and a close relationship with the other

Have a sibling that is different from you in many ways

Fall in love with the same sim as your sibling

Have that sim choose you

Betray them

Have one of your siblings attack your parent/s

PART TWO

Move to a new world with your siblings

Attend uni for law (do uni from home)

After that attend law school if using mods, if not then join the law career

Find a sim you connect with and make a club only to be ousted as leader eventually

Find a lover

Have your lover become an enemy of your sibling and leave you

Have a brief fling with a sim only for them to die 

Become friends with a sim your sibling cares about

Sacrifice your friendship due to your sibling’s jealousy 

Leave your siblings behind, move to a new world

Make allies, try your best to act against your sibling due to their previous behavior

When confronted with following through, chose to stand by your sibling’s side instead

Find out your sibling is having a child with another sim

Fight at least 3 other sims that dislike your sibling

Spend time with the sim your sibling is having a child with, slowly fall for them

Have them nearly die, struggle and place space between you

Get into fights with other sims whenever your hygiene is low

Have your lover get into an arranged marriage 

Go to therapy 

Connect with a new sim who you hook up with, make them your lover

Have the new lover die in a fire

Get involved in your old club’s politics, assigning a new leader

Get into a fight with your sibling

Have your ex lover either divorce, separate, or lose their partner and be there for them

Optional: have a storyline where your sim gets amnesia temporarily, forgetting those around them

Move to a new world to start over, become a musician

Meet another musician and have a relationship

Optional: have your old lover who was in the arranged marriage die in front of you

*If you are doing the amnesia storyline you make get your memories back

Break up with your lover

Live with your sibling until the end of your days

If you want to marry or reconnect with a lover, you can

Have a child

OCCULT OPTIONAL GOALS

Live among other occults

Become a vampire

Drink from and accidentally kill your first lover

Turn your first sim out of necessity when they find out what you are 

Make a group/club for vampires 

Get ousted as their leader when you abandon them

Briefly have an affair with a spellcaster who dies

Fall for a werewolf/hybrid

Try to make peace with the werewolves and spellcasters

Lose control of yourself and massacre sims when you feel dirty

Have all sims you ever sired died

Get killed by a spellcaster and brought back

Betray and kill a group of vampires

GENERATION SIX: Matt Donovan

“You can’t possibly hate me more than I hate myself.”

►Corruption is everywhere you turn. You had a rough upbringing and never quite felt connected to your family. You tried to put them first, to keep them afloat, but everything fell apart before you. Even your friends fall victim to losing themselves. You explore the world and take risks before coming back home. You dedicate yourself to trying to better the world around you, to make a difference where you can. After all, as someone once told you: the first rule of truly living is to do what you fear most. 

COLOR PALETTE: LT BLUE, WHITE, LT GRAY, RED TRAITS: ACTIVE, BRO, PROPER, GOOD, PARANOID OPTIONAL DOWNLOADABLE TRAITS: SPORTY, DETERMINED, MOTIVATING, GYM BUNNY ASPIRATION: BODYBUILDER SKILLS: FITNESS, ROCK CLIMBING, SNOWBOARDING, ENTREPRENEUR CAREER: ODD JOBS & DETECTIVE & POLITICIAN 

PART ONE

Start as a teen

Join the football team

Have a difficult relationship with your parents

Date your best friend that you grew up with

Get broken up with but stay friends

Pine after your ex

Start dating a sim who is popular and has the jealous trait

Have a sibling that does drugs, try and help them stop

PART TWO

Break up with sim you're dating due to their jealousy

Have your sibling pass away

Have your best friend do something unforgivable

Get into a fight with them

Work at a restaurant/bar

Do odd jobs and side hustles to keep yourself afloat

Get into a fight with your best friend when they start dating your ex

Nearly die at least two times

Heal your relationship with your best friend

Meet a sim with the Mean trait

Be pursued by said sim and get into a relationship 

Travel with sim to other worlds 

Have a threesome

Eventually go home and break up

Get into an argument with your friends

Decide to put space between you and them when they chose a different life path than you

Join the police career

Fall in love and get engaged

Lose your partner at your own hand

Decide to leave town and move somewhere else

Try and reestablish a relationship with one of your parents 

Move back to the world you’re from

Leave the police career for the politician career

Complete your Aspiration

Reach the top of your career

Have at least two kids

Optional: meet a new partner and get married 

OCCULT OPTIONAL GOALS

Have a sibling die at the hands of an occult, try and bring them back and instead let them go

Hate occults either as a trait or preference 

Have nearly everyone in your life be or become an occult

Die and come back at least two times

Kill at least two vampires

Date at least two vampires

Be fed on by a vampire and nearly die

Kick all supernaturals out of the town you live in only for them to start seeping back in as you get older

GENERATION SEVEN: Rebekah Mikaelson

"The first rule of truly living is to do the things you're most afraid of."

►Everything you love turns to ash. You fear being abandoned but it seems like nothing you do can change that. You’re always finding love in the wrong places at the wrong time, desperate to live the fairytale life of true love, growing old together, and having kids. You love through thick and thin, and are more devoted than anyone, yet still it feels like you’re always getting the short end of the stick. You become bitter and resentful, but you keep trying again and again. There is a demon in everyone, and some days it wins, but maybe one day you can control it and finally live the life you dream of.

COLOR PALETTE: WHITE, PINK, MAGENTA, YELLOW TRAITS: MEAN, LOYAL, LOVEBUG, HIGH MAINTENANCE, HOT-HEADED, JEALOUS OPTIONAL DOWNLOADABLE TRAITS: EGOTISTICAL, ENVIOUS, OBSESSIVE, STUNNING, CRAZY, DETERMINED, NEUROTIC, SALTY ASPIRATION: SOULMATE AND/OR ROMANTIC EXPLORER SKILLS: NECTAR MAKING, ROMANCE, VIOLIN, ARCHERY (MODDED) CAREER: DOCTOR (UP TO LEVEL 4 or 5) &  ROMANTIC CONSULTANT

PART ONE

Start as a teen

Become close to your sibling/s

Try to become popular

Join different after school activities

Try to get prom royalty, get mad if someone else gets it and threaten them

Become close to a sim and fall for them

Get betrayed by your lover

Have your sibling/s take revenge on them

PART TWO

Have a sibling that you’re closest to that is over protective and move worlds with them

Make a friend who ends up using you for something they want

Make an enemy of a sim that acts against your sibling/s

Have at least one mean interaction per a relationship

Get in a secret relationship with someone close to your sibling

Have your sibling find out and forbid it

Get into an argument/fight over it 

Work as a nurse briefly (join the doctor career, leave at level 4 or 5)

Befriend someone at work

Try and find a way to run off with your lover without your sibling knowing

Have your work friend get infected with a disease/poison and die either by accident or at your hands

Have an event happen that causes you to flee to another world with your closest sibling (if you have more than one, leave the others behind)

Leave your lover 

Repeat the same cycle of finding and losing love due to your sibling

Have a flirtation with someone new that your sibling likes

Have that sim choose someone else over you

Hold a grudge against their lover, make them your enemy

Have at least two one night stands

Meet a sim who has the Good trait that you have a connection with 

Get into a fight with your sibling, move out

Slowly move towards a relationship with the Good sim until you hurt someone they care about 

Work towards healing your relationship

Become a better person because of what they’ve taught you (you may swap a trait, if you like)

Go traveling together to at least two different worlds

After the trips are done, decide to part on good terms

Meet up with your family again, keep fighting on and off with your closest sibling

Become friends with your sibling’s SO

Meet up with an ex, start to become close again

Take care of your sibling’s child for them until they become a toddler

Get stuck in an on and off quarrel between your sibling and your lover 

Fight with your lover, wanting them to chose you over fighting with your sibling

Get proposed to, accept

You may choose to continue this relationship, break up and find either someone new or an ex that suits your sims best

Get married to a sim of your choice

Have a child

OPTIONAL OCCULT GOALS

Have you and your siblings turned into vampires

Have an affair with a vampire hunter (if not using mods, story tell)

Turn your first friend into a vampire 

Start relishing in brutality, fight and kill at least 5 sims

Have your secret lover turned into a vampire by your sibling

Have your sibling kill most of your lovers

Turn one of your ex lovers SO into a vampire

Become a spellcaster temporarily 

Eventually take the cure, become human

GENERATION EIGHT: Alaric Saltzman

“I find a way to keep going, because that’s what we do. We find a way to keep going.”

►You’ve never been lucky in love. From a young age when you felt inadequate to when you got older and loss followed you. However, you learned to keep going and move forward, building your family by picking up loved ones along the way. You try to be everything you can be to the people in your life, but you often feel a dead weight. You struggle to connect with people your entire life, but you hope you’ve always done the best you could for those you love. COLOR PALETTE: TAUPE, DENIM BLUE,  MEDIUM GREY TRAITS: BOOKWORM, LONER, SELF-ASSURED, ROMANTICALLY RESERVED OPTIONAL DOWNLOADABLE TRAITS: NURTURING, COMFORTING, BARFLY ASPIRATION: ACADEMIC / NERD BRAIN SKILLS: RESEARCH AND DEBATE SKILL, LOGIC SKILL, FITNESS FOCUSED ON BOXING, PARENTING CAREER: EDUCATION: PROFESSOR AND ADMINISTRATOR

PART ONE

Start as a teen

Join the chess club

Have acne and glasses

Get the best grades you possibly can

Make a few friends but don’t keep up with them in university

Go out on at least one date

Have a skip prom party with friends for at least one prom

PART TWO

Apply to university for psychology

While at school fall in love with another student 

Get married young

Have them start to behave erratic

End up being left behind, move them out

Move to a new world

Join the education career

Fall for one of your student’s family members (parent/sibling/etc)

Have ex come back into your life, find out why they left, gain a negative relationship 

Have your current relationship get jealous of your past relationship

Get divorced

Have the sim you’re in a relationship with pass away suddenly

Become caretaker to your student, move them in

Try to train the sim you take in in boxing

Fight any sim that attempts to hurt your student

Lose yourself for a while, going to bars, starting fights

Fall for a doctor sim

Attempt to marry this sim only for them to not make it *they may die at the wedding, prior to it, during childbirth, whatever you see fit

Have twins (you may cheat this and you may have more kids if you want after the twins)

Have a surrogate 

Get close to the surrogate

Get engaged

Break up shortly after getting engaged because they love another

Raise your children either on your own or as co-parents

Swap career tracks from professor to Administrator

Have a complicated relationship with your children

Complete your aspiration

Reach the top of your career

OPTIONAL OCCULT GOALS

Be a vampire hunter

Have your partner become a vampire

Become a vampire hunter

Befriend the vampire that turned your partner

Go dark side for a while, fight, attack, and kill innocent sims in the name of eradicating vampires

Become a vampire, get cured by spellcaster eventually (you may cheat this)

Attempt to marry a spellcaster

Have multiples that are spellcasters

GENERATION NINE: Klaus Mikaelson

"What some would call evil, I believe to be an appropriate response to a harsh and unfair world."

►You are pessimistic and paranoid, seeing enemies in everyone around you. As much as you might love, and deeply, your fear of being betrayed controls your life. You want more than anything to surround yourself with those that will see you for who you are and love you regardless, but you are too blinded by your emotions to see clearly those that have stood beside you all along. There is beauty in those that persevere, in those that believe there is good in the world, but so often you allow yourself to drown in the darkness. Will you ever be able to pull yourself out?

COLOR PALETTE: AMBER, OLIVE GREEN, DK BROWN TRAITS: ART LOVER, HORSE LOVER, CREATIVE, LONER, MAKER, PARANOID OPTIONAL DOWNLOADABLE TRAITS: PESSIMISTIC, SHORT-TEMPERED, DETACHED, DAREDEVIL, ARTISTIC, BAD-NATURED, AVOIDANT, CRUEL, ANALYTICAL ASPIRATION: PUBLIC ENEMY AND/OR LEADER OF THE PACK /  OPTIONAL: WEREWOLF INITIATE (WILDFANG RENEGADE OR LONE WOLF) SKILLS: PAINTING, HORSE RIDING, WOODWORKING CAREER: CRIMINAL

PART ONE

Start as a teen

Form a strong bond with all of your siblings

Lose one of your younger siblings 

Have a difficult relationship with a parent

Get into fights with your parent

Have your parent/s become overprotective, refusing to let you stay out past curfew

Like the same sim as your sibling, have them end up together

Attack your parent and run away from home, taking your siblings with you

Get taken in by a family

Make a friend

Fall for a sim your friend likes, winning them over

Get caught and get into an argument, leave their home

PART TWO

Meet a sim, have them betray you and become your enemy

Destroy your enemy’s family

Be found by your parent and escape to a new world

Adopt a child you feel is being mistreated

Fall out with your siblings, having a good and then bad relationship with them on and off

Find a friend you'd do anything to try and keep

Go around with them threatening sims

Have a falling out after learning they are keeping secrets, fight with them

Meet a sim that dislikes you, be interested in a relationship with them

Try and woo the sim away from their relationship 

Collect a group of individuals that work for you that you consider 'friends'

Work with them to steal something valuable

Hook up with a sim on a whim (either you or they get pregnant)

Have the paternity of the child be questioned by your sim or the other sim

Create a club that is rivals with another club

Have your adopted child turn against you

Meet a bartender you form a connection with, slowly build your relationship

Get into arguments with the rival club often

Send your biological child off for protection but keep in contact with them

Lose the sim you love

When your biological child is a toddler, move them back in with you or the other parent

Share custody with the other parent

Attack members of the other club on sight (if you’re wanting to take it further, you may kill some to escalate stakes)

Fix your relationship with your siblings

Try to fix your relationship with your adopted child

Lose the other parent to your child

Meet up with a sim from your past that you liked

You may choose your ending: either connect with someone you love, meet someone new, or stay with your siblings until you die

Reach level 10 of your career

Complete your aspiration

OPTIONAL OCCULT GOALS

Be made into a vampire

Drink from a sim you care for

Make a vampire or werewolf out of your first friend 

Kill vampire hunter sim (if you're not using the mod, you can just kill any sims)

Become haunted by their ghost

Kill the family of the sim that betrays you

Eventually turn the child you adopted

Kill someone and become a hybrid (if not using mods, chose either vampire or werewolf)

Have a child with an occult 

Have the sim you love turn into a vampire and eventually die

GENERATION TEN: Tyler Lockwood

“Whatever this is inside of me, I don’t want any part of it.”

►You don’t know when the rage started, but you know it completely takes control. You act like an ass, make bad decisions, and treat everyone around you with contempt. It’s hard to understand this beast inside of you, but when an accident happens at your hands, you realize you don’t want to be like this anymore. With the help of your significant other, you start to get it under control, when you lose your grip again. You take off, hoping to get better and to find a new purpose. All you can hope for is that someday you can make things right.

COLOR PALETTE: ORANGE, BROWN, TAUPE, DEEP RED TRAITS: HOT-HEADED, ACTIVE, ADVENTUROUS, MATERIALISTIC OPTIONAL DOWNLOADABLE TRAITS: HOSTILE, SELF-CONSCIOUS, SHORT-TEMPERED, THRILL-SEEKING ASPIRATION: JUNGLE EXPLORER AND/OR INNER PEACE / OPTIONAL: WEREWOLF INITIATE 

SKILLS: WELLNESS, ARCHEOLOGY, ROCK CLIMBING CAREER: BUSINESS (INVESTOR TRACK)

PART ONE

Join football

Make a friend on the team

Be a jerk to most others

Have a lover you use that you consider less than you

Never let your lover come over your house

Beat up anyone interested in them

Have at least three fights with different sims

End things with your lover (break up, they go missing, or die — player’s choice)

PART TWO

Accidentally kill someone and have the death covered up

Get close to your best friend’s significant other

Make out with your best friend’s parent 

Get caught by your best friend

Get into a bad fight with your best friend where you nearly kill them

Get in a relationship with your best friend’s ex as soon as they break up

Go to university for economics

Have an on again off again relationship with your lover

During your relationship try to behave and get in less fights than normal

Become enemies with a sim interested in your lover

As soon as you break up with your lover, start getting aggressive again

Get into at least two fights

Have your enemy negatively impact your life in large ways

Move to whatever world feels like the mountains/forest to you

Meet sims that help you with your anger

Max out wellness skill during this time

Optional: You may change out your hot headed trait for another

Meet a new sim that you like

Have a relationship for a while

Lose the sim you’re dating (either break up, have them die, or mercy kill them)

Become an explorer, find Jungle Adventure artifacts

Join the business career

Go into the Investor branch

Max out your career

Have at least one kid

Optional: meet a new partner and/or get married 

Complete your aspiration

OPTIONAL OCCULT GOALS

Become a werewolf

Date a vampire

Lose control of your rage often, bite at least two sims

Become a hybrid (vampire/werewolf) if using mods

Become friends with a group of werewolves and join their pack

Lose both occults

Reactive only the werewolf side, becoming a lone wolf

GENERATION ELEVEN: Katherine Pierce

“Life is too cruel. If we cease to believe in love, why would we want to live?"   

►Love is what makes life worth it. All you want is to be seen and loved for who you are. Sure, you’re not perfect. You’d do anything to survive, even if it means manipulating those around you. If your needs aren’t being met, why shouldn’t you do everything in your power to get your way? You’re all about sharing until one day someone makes you feel worthy of love. Will you ruin your life to find a way to be with them? Or will you finally realize that familial love is a bond no one can take from you?

COLOR PALETTE: BLOOD RED, BLACK, SOFT GREEN, PURPLE

TRAITS: SELF ABSORBED, SELF ASSURED, ROMANTIC, MEAN, EVIL, NOSY, NONCOMMITTAL OPTIONAL DOWNLOADABLE TRAITS: OBSESSIVE, ENVIOUS, COLD-BLOODED, FICKLE, HEARTBREAKER

ASPIRATION: DRAMA LLAMA & SERIAL ROMANTIC AND/OR VILLAINOUS VALENTINE / OPTIONAL: VAMPIRE FAMILY SKILLS: ROMANCE, DANCING, WINE MAKING, MISCHIEF

CAREER: STYLE INFLUENCER

PART ONE

Start as a teen

Complete the Drama Llama Aspiration

Go to parties, flirt with all the cute sims

Crave love so intensely that you believe you are in love with the first sim you meet and have woohoo 

Become disenchanted with your partner after woohoo and find another, woohoo them as well within 24 hours 

Have a teen pregnancy — either you become pregnant or one of your partners does

Give the child up for adoption

Run away from home

PART TWO

Meet other sims that are willing to take you in

Meet a pair of siblings, flirt with both

Make an enemy out of one

Move out and never move back to the world they are from

While you are gone, learn your family has passed

Move locations every season, charming families to take you in, never settling down until you 

Manipulate, flirt, steal, beg –  do whatever it takes to survive

Get taken in by another family with siblings

Have a polyamorous relationship with the siblings until one gets jealous of the other 

Chose one to be a lover you obsess over (in which you believe you love them)

Note: Once you find your sims' obsession, you can choose to keep moving with the option of staying in one place longer than a season or stay in the world your lover is from until the end of the generation. You may return to their world frequently if you choose to keep traveling or have them travel with you.

Either smooth over the siblings jealousy of one another, break up with them, choose one over the other, or another outcome — roll for it or player’s choice

Make at least 4 enemies

Manipulate sims into giving you gifts

Date several sims while trying to convince your obsession they are the one for you

Have your relationship with your obsession go south and gain a negative relationship

Have negative relationships with several of your exes

If our exes become a problem, set them up or kill them (all but the one you're obsessed with, but you may get into fights with them)

When the child you put up for adoption becomes a teen, get in contact with them

Move your child in with your sim

Dedicate yourself to trying to become close to your child despite missing the majority of their life 

Manage to hook up with your obsession again

Have your child get sick and demand your attention

Have your child get mad at you, argue with them

Make a choice between your obsession and your relationship with your child as to which is more important

Focus your efforts on whichever you choose, ignoring the other

Finish your Aspiration/s

Get to the top of your career

OPTIONAL OCCULT GOALS

Beg a vampire to turn you after you make one of the siblings your enemy

Turn at least 5 other Sims into vampires

Turn the second pair of siblings you romance into vampires

Complete Vampire Family Aspiration

Betray the 5 vampires that you create

Fight with at least 3 of the Sims you turned into vampires, kill any that are out of line

Kill multiple humans through means other than feeding

GENERATION TWELVE: Bonnie Bennett

“For the first time, I’m putting me first.”

►Hope is all you have, even though it hurts. Life is unfortunately never easy for you. You give everything you have and everything you are for your friends and family, but in the end you always pay the price. You have strong morals and you try to stick by them no matter what, but if your friends are in danger, you’re not going to stand by and do nothing. One day, you find someone that loves you the way you always wanted to be loved, but you lose them too soon. Will you finally learn to put yourself first and find the true happiness you deserve again?

COLOR PALETTE: AMETHYST PURPLE, MAUVE, GREY, SAGE GREEN TRAITS: SELF-ASSURED, PERFECTIONIST, PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT, LOYAL, AMBITIOUS OPTIONAL DOWNLOADABLE TRAITS: CHILD OF NATURE, OCCULT ENTHUSIAST, RELAXED, SALTY ASPIRATION: FREELANCE BOTANIST / OPTIONAL: SPELLCRAFT & SORCERY SKILLS: GARDENING, PHOTOGRAPHY, HERBALISM, GEMOLOGY CAREER: GARDENER AND/OR TRAVEL MAGAZINE CRITIC (WITH MOD)

PART ONE

Start as a teen

Have a close relationship with your grandparent

Join an after school activity

Make at least two best friends and two other friends

Get close to your best friend’s sibling

Be there for your friends whenever they call

Become prom royalty

Start dating your best friend’s sibling

Start learning herbalism

PART TWO

Go to university for biology and take photography electives if you can

Get cheated on by your best friend’s brother and break up

Have 3 other love interests for a short time (you maybe become official or not)

Have at least one love interest die

Try to commune with them and attempt to find a way to bring them back by studying the occult

Get in a fight with your two best friends

Get a job as a botanist 

Have an on again off again relationship with your ex

During one of your breakups move to a new world

Become roommates with a sim you dislike

Become close over time (this may be friendly or romantic)

Have them move out without you

Have this loss cause you a depression

Make an enemy in the world you’re living in

When you finally move again, have your enemy follow you

Get in a fight with your enemy

Have your roommate come back into your life again

Meet a musician or an army sim and fall in love

Optional: Using cheats get sick with a long term illness, eventually get cured

Spin wheel for 3 events

Complete events

Lose your lover (death, separation, whatever you want — player’s choice)

Travel the world (visit/live in as many different worlds as possible)

Have at least two kids if going in generation order

Complete your aspiration

Reach the top of your career

OPTIONAL OCCULT GOALS

Become a spellcaster

Master Spellcraft & Sorcery Aspiration

Study the occults 

Use your magic for your friends often

Become a master spellcaster in untamed magic

Have your first lover die, bring them back using magic

When they cheat on you, have it be with an occult 

Die at least twice, bring yourself back to life using whatever means you can

Become friends with several vampires

Date a vampire and a spellcaster at some point

Kill at least 2 other occult sims

GENERATION THIRTEEN: Stefan Salvatore

“We choose our own path. Our values and our actions — they define who we are.”

►You want to believe that people are inherently good, that they are worth fighting for, even when they prove you wrong. There is a hunger inside of you that is inexplicable. It yearns to run free because you don’t know how to deal with the ways in which life has let you down. You drown, over and over again, unable to deal with your problems and face your emotions. Eventually, you find a way, clawing yourself free while reaching for the life you always wanted. Will your life be worthy of being your story or will it all go up in hellfire?

COLOR PALETTE: BROWN, WHITE, INDIGO, DK GREY TRAITS: GENEROUS, GOOD, LOYAL, GLUTTON, MAKER, LOVES THE OUTDOORS OPTIONAL DOWNLOADABLE TRAITS: COMFORTING, KIND, LINGUIST, HEROIC, UNPREDICTABLE, TENDER, UNSTABLE ASPIRATION: RENAISSANCE SIM SKILLS: HANDINESS, COOKING, WRITING, ROBOTICS, FABRICATION CAREER: ENGINEER AND/OR WRITER

PART ONE

Start as a teen

Write in your journal often, because memories are precious to you

Have a close relationship with your sibling

Have a close relationship with your parents while your sibling is distant from them 

Meet a sim, hook up with them

Have this result in a child

If your sim gets pregnant lose this child, if the other does have them lose it without your sim ever knowing they were pregnant **If you want an heir to move on to another challenge after this one, you can have the teen pregnancy go to full term, however do not raise the child with your sim

Join the football team briefly

Decide you want to become a doctor and work towards bettering your grades

PART TWO 

Realize you could never be a doctor, begin working towards engineering

Work as an engineer and/or a writer for most of your life (you may switch between the two)

Meet a sim you’re strongly attracted to

Get in a relationship

Have them also hook up with your sibling

Have your relationship with your sibling become complicated as a result

Have that sim leave you both behind

Get into a fight with your sibling, have them blame you for what happened  

Start drinking 

Move to another world similar to where you grew up

Start getting into fights after getting drunk 

Have a brief affair with a powerful sim and become drinking buddies with their sibling 

Meet a sim who becomes your best friend and helps you stop drinking

Meet a sim that becomes the love of your life

Have them become friends with your sibling, forcing you to spend more time with them

Have an event involving your sibling be the reason you start drinking again

Manage to stop after a while due to the love of your life

Compete for your lover’s affections with your sibling

Have them end up dating your sibling

Make a second best friend

Hook up with the original ex that pitted you against your sibling

Have a tragedy occur involving your sibling

Leave town to try and forget, start a life in a new world

Eventually get brought back to your old world

Reunite with your sibling and repair your relationship

Become friends with the ex you thought was the love of your life

Fall for a sim

Struggle with staying on the wagon

Spin for 2 events to complete

Marry a sim that has two kids (this can be your final relationship or you may divorce and be with someone else, or be alone — player’s choice)

Finish your aspiration

Get to level 10 in your chosen career

OPTIONAL OCCULT GOALS

Date a vampire to be turned by them

Become a vampire

Go on at least three killing sprees in your life, kill indiscriminately while feeding (this can replace the alcoholism or you can do both)

Try to control your hunger by going ‘vegetarian’

Have the person you love become a vampire

Research the cure for vampirism

Help cure them

Kill the first sim that drives you and your sibling apart

Be cured of vampirism

FAIR USE DISCLAIMER

This document contains copyrighted material, the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. All rights and credit go directly to its rightful owners. No copyright infringement is intended. Under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for Fair Use. This entire challenge is not for profit and only intended to be used to enhance gameplay of the Sims and bring about fun for players for individual personal use. 

All quotes cited are written by the creators and writers of The Vampire Diaries and The Originals. Some have been repurposed to write their generation descriptions. I claim no credit for their work.

[britt-kageryuu]

Leo is playing a version of the Sims, with some mods installed.

The audience has watched him mess around, and try to get the Sim based on himself with the one based on his boyfriend named Moon, and somehow just annoying the Bunny instead.

"This is somehow harder in this game, than in real life. Then again my lovely Moon did threaten to cut me in half when we first met." Leo says this while trying to figure why the 'romance options' are making Sim Usagi annoyed.

"Bit of a fun fact. When I visited Bunny Boys family I got to see some pictures. And let me tell ya. He had a Great something Grandfather that was very handsome, and apparently had a 'best buddy'," Leo stopped to do air quotes, "that showed up in quite a few pictures. Though said Grandpa was also a Samurai, so who knows what their relationship was."

In the middle of him talking the Mikey Sim somehow caught something on fire.

"What? How!? He was Painting? How did it catch fire?!" Leo quickly tries to get the Sims to get to safety, or put out the fire. "I need to pause and ask Dee if something in one of the mods is messing with my game."

Leo didn't switch to a BRB scene, he just muted while talking on the phone.

Meanwhile the game wasn't paused either, and they can only watch as the Donnie Sim messes with a Science Station then have it blow up in their face. The Sim then stomps over to a shower to clean up.

The Raph Sim can be seen just going back and forth between a few exercise equipment.

And the Leo Sim starts a stream on the computer, but because of the angle of the camera where Leo left it, it looks like the Sim is talking to the audience. Which is slightly unnerving for the viewers.

Leo after a few minutes ends his phone call and un mutes.

"Sorry about that guys. I asked Dee, and they mentioned that there may have been a mod that adds hidden attributes to the Sims that you have to learn on your own. So maybe my Moon might not see the romance option as romantic until later, and Mandarin might have a hidden pyromaniac trait." As Leo says this the camera switches to see Mikey cooking something with a Flambe flair.

"Though my own Sim might have a hidden trait that makes him a terrible flirt so that romance options fail. Either way time to buy some better fire alarms, and look for a different approach to take with Moon." Leo says while leaning back in his chair with his arms folded.

He just sits back to watch what the Sims were doing for a few minutes, kinda forgetting to turn on double speed, and observed them going about with their lives.

An in game notification mentioned a Sims Splinter, who's a big celebrity, was caught in a scandalous affair.

"I guess this is part of one of the mods. Though what is this affair?" Leo leans forward to click on the notification.

It brings up a in game 'newspaper/magazine' that showed a couple pictures, one of Sim Splinter coming out of a closet with a random male sim, and another of an in game wedding photo of Sim Splinter with Sim Draxum.

"Well this isn't the first time I've seen this kind of article about Dad, but it's the first time that they have a wedding picture. Ya know. Since Pops never married his Ex." Leo says while taking a screenshot and sending it to the group chat. "Though I didn't know his Sim was married to Barrys. I guess that's a personal touch from Dee."

Leo goes to make an attempt at a different interaction between his Sim and Moon. That's when he found a modded sub category of interaction that involved a sword duel.

"Why not? It's the closest thing to what happened, so it might work."

He and the audience sit and watch as the two sims have a fight that didn't last long, but then once it was done their relationship meter had gone up quite a lot. Then the sims started flirting on their own.

"I swear Dee programmed this just to make fun of how weird my relationship is. Because I feel very called out." Leo says with a bit of a pout.

The chat was still very entertained, and tossing around suggestions of what to do next.

The stream continues thankfully without any of the Sims setting themselves on fire.

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Masterpost

My mind was hitting me with so many story ideas while I was writing the Convention series. Which kinda tells me that my own mind doesn't like working on one connected story over multiple posts, and rather me have 10+ loosely connected posts.

[ethicaltreatmentofcowplants]

Packs that I would make, were I EA (part i)

(Although let's be real, were I really EA then at least one of them would be 'my first kitchen pet stuff' or something along those lines. I've read that some consoles won't allow you to buy MFP without Cats & Dogs, which is something, But still, yikes.)

BANDS (GAME PACK). Many people want this, and I get why. This could actually be really good. It's tricky to figure out how musicians would work with the Get Famous system and some elements therefore paywalled, so I think perhaps focusing more on your local grassroots live act would probably be a better approach and still have some gameplay depth.

If people go the semi-professional route, it could even be a freelance career much like writing etc, except hopefully jam sessions and live performances won't be rabbitholed. Sims could be founders of bands and actively try and recruit members, look online for existing bands to join (similar to the 'find jobs' function), ask to join as a permanent member once they have enough friendship with the rest of the group (similar to how joining a pack in Werewolves works). There could be a new lot type which is a 'live music venue,' and bands could try and book gigs, post flyers and on social media to advertise gigs, ask acquaintances to go to live shows and so forth.

And in terms of relationships and stuff, wouldn't it be so messy to date and then break up with a bandmate? 😅 Imagine how much fun the write-ups for the TENSE/ANGRY moodlets could be lol. You could also gain CONFIDENT/HAPPY moodlets from being on the same creative wavelength as someone or from a good jam session etc.

Again I don't know how this would work since you can make music in Get Famous (although that's more digital) but there should also be an option to record/produce/sell singles and albums. And for a more retro, early 90s aesthetic, anyone (not just bands) could make and distribute mixtapes, or make playlists on some Spotify knock-off.

I don't think this needs a new world as much as a new lot type (live music venues). If it's implemented with enough depth, it would be worth the price of the pack without one. Music festivals however, I would make an exception for. Somewhere you could go away for the weekend and camp/buy from local foodstalls etc and have it work similarly to Outdoor Retreat would be a nice touch.

Uhh I'm very tired so possibly I've forgot something, but if this were to be released, it should totally come with a free base game update where children can either (a) play adult sized guitars, or (b) have a child sized guitar in the meantime, similar to violins. Guitars are many children's first instrument, require less space and are more affordable than pianos, so it's ridiculous that children can't play them at all (and yeah, I know there's probably mods out for it).

[vals-sims-world]

Hey guys! Thank you so much for all the love you've given to my Sims versions of Merlin and the knights!

Since there's interest in my Merlin save I will be sharing some stories about what's been happening in that world. However, before I do I feel I need to explain the way I play this save since it's not your standard Sims 3 fashion. I typically play rotationally, spending a week with each family before moving on and using nraas story progression mod to keep everyone from aging while I'm not there. My nraas setup also keeps sims from changing their relationship status or progressing in their careers when I'm not playing them but they can meet new sims, make friends, declare enemies, and start up a bit of a flirtation on their own. I like coming back to a household and seeing what dynamics have formed when I leave them to their own devices, though I get the final say on what romantic interests they end up pursuing.

Now that's just my standard setup for most of my games. For my Merlin save I decided to add some interest by using Merlin characters for my own version of The Medieval Charter Challenge! For those unfamiliar The Medieval Charter Challenge is basically a sims 2 build-a-kingdom challenge where you start with a small settlement and slowly build your world up until you have a medieval city. There are a lot of rules including a tax system and class structures that I'm not going to go over but if you're interested you can check out the original rules here For those of you who are familiar with the challenge just know that I've tweaked some of the rules to fit better with the sims 3 and I don't always follow them strictly. I treat them more like guidelines than actual rules, especially since I'm using pre-established characters, some of which have magic which opens up excuses for all sorts of shenanigans. So if you see me doing something that doesn't follow the rules don't worry about it.

Mainly what you need to know is that I started with an empty world, 3 households who are not part of my rotation but are there to help populate the town (druid camp, knights barracks, and the Ladies' manor), 5 peasant families (du Lac, Smith, Hopper, Emrys, and Ealdor), 2 Yeomen families (Macken and De Grance), and the royal Pendragon family. As my save is currently I have 9 community lots, 3 peasant families (Hopper, Ealdor, Oliver), 1 yeoman family (Emrys), 1 Merchant family (du Lac), 1 Gentry family (Macken), 1 Noble family (De Grance), and the royal Pendragon family that have all dramatically changed as they intermarried, had kids, built up their businesses, and rose in the ranks.

My plan is to make a post on each of these families explaining their story. This will take time though as I plan to give you guys family portraits, before and after tours of their homes, any screenshots I happened to have taken while playing, as well as writing out the twists and turns of their tales. So please bear with me while I sort that out.

In the meantime here's some screenshots of some shippy poses I did with my sims that aren't part of the save

Tagging those who expressed interest in knowing more about my save (let me know if you want me to tag you in future posts about this): @tansyuduri @building-camelot @chairwiththreelegs

[justamessedupdisneyprincess]

I hate to do this but I really need to reach out - vent

I’m sorry guys but everything just really sucks right now. I feel like there’s absolutely no hope left for me in this stupid evil world that I’m clearly not meant to be in. My depression is out of control and everything just feels hopeless and I’ve got no one to turn to. Firstly, it’s summer in my time zone and a lot of the most traumatic things that happened to me are around January and February, usually bullying, the vengeance of an abusive friend, horrible situations that led to massive arguments between family members. To be frank, the biggest meltdowns to the point I do serious damage to myself take place in January to February. I think what adds to it is that my birthday is in February and my brain is constantly screaming at me “Why aren’t you happy?” And “Why does everything go wrong specifically around my birthday?”. It feels like some sick cosmic joke.

Every year my anxiety goes nuts as I wait for the next major disaster. This time it’s covid. I got covid and it’s been so bad I couldn’t write or draw for a week. Not being able to do that adds to my depression and of course not being able to distract my brain leads to me thinking of horrible things. I overthink like crazy. I have been trying to play some games but most of it can be super grinding and that’s the danger where my mind wonders to darker things that scare me and hurt me. Being alone with my thoughts, I thought back on some traumatic things that happened in 2022 and I get fearful if those bullies might ever come back. I get scared if my loved ones will suddenly hate me, that’s where my mind wonders.

It’s been a week of agony and literally my breaking point now is that I tried to play the sims 4 and it’s completely broken and I have no idea which mod caused it or how to fix it. Everything just goes so wrong for me. I see others out there who seem to have it so much better than me and I get so jealous and honestly, I think I was made to be the one who was reminded of how I am just a mistake in general.

I’ve actually tried to posted some vents here the past few days but got scared of being judged and deleted it. But right now, I just feel so helpless. My parents are too sick to help me right now. I try to help myself but everything I try just breaks in front of me and makes me feel way worse. It’s like a string of bad luck that only ever happens around my fucking birthday.

I honest to god don’t know what to do.

[simmerianne93]

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Hello guys!!! How are you today??

I'm back with my normal Patreon posts.

I was supposed to publish this last thursday, but I had a power outage at home all day and I couldn't, and I was too busy on weekend to post anything.

This month I didn't do a "coming soon" post 'cause the poses I'm bringing to you are poses that you have already seeing in my previous "coming soon"posts (I ended up a little oversaturated from simblreen so I need a little break from doing new poses until december. I hope you understand it). I have left a posepack from September (HORSE 01) and two from October (ACTION 08 and FANTASY 18) so my plan is to bring you those posepacks (Although I'm still struggling with the horse poses).

Today's posepack is one of the post I have left pending from October (I guess I wanted to cover more than I could) and that I didn't want to stop bringing to you 'cause I really wanted to do these poses and I spent a lot of time working on them to finish them. Why? Because they are action poses, and action poses always require a little more of work, since I have to pay attention to the strength of the caracters's movements, the movement itself, the trajectory and that everything looks good and without glitches. Furthermore, since there are poses with a wolf involved, it gives even more work, since the wolf rig has had problems since it came out and has to be worked on more than usual.

As I just said, these poses were quite complicated to do and yet I am not entirely satisfied (I feel that I could have done more or something better to convey what I wanted, but I simply did not find a way to do it, to bring you a real fight between a wolf and a vampire, maybe I missed more poses? maybe different positions? I don't know, but for now this is it...) despite that, I hope you like them and can use them to tell your wonderful fantasy stories.

As with all my werewolf packs, this posepack has 2 versions, this first version (V1) works with Natalia Auditore's werewolf costume, and the other version (V2, that you can download here) works with the werewolf rig from the werewolf game pack. Use the version you like the most, all the poses are the same.

Here is the posepack descripcion:

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What is on it?

12 Duo poses  (Made with 2 human rigs) + 3 All in one.

What do you need?

Andrew's poses player 

Teleport any sim by Scumbumbo or Mccc by deaderpool.

Natalia Auditore's werewolf costume

Instructions on the original post.

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TOU

Do not claim my creations as your own.

Do not re-upload or modify my creations.

Do not make money of my creations.

Do not include my creations in Mods folders to download.

Please follow my Term Of Use.

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Download it now here — [EARLY ACCESS UNTIL December 12th, 2023]

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If you want to support me:  Patreon | Ko-fi

For more poses: Pinterest |  Wix

My socials: Twitter | Instagram | BlueSky

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I really hope you like them and I will say on advance: Thank you so much for use them.

@ts4-poses

[olomaya]

Honestly, I'm relieved. This game was still looking so rough and I'd feel much more comfortable with a June release than this coming out in 6 weeks.

I was watching a video from SatchoSims* and he talked about how LBY is more just a compilation of gameplay features without any gameplay and he definitely pinpointed my main issue with the game despite my excitement for it. I just don't know what I'm going to DO or what I will want to do because they haven't really done a good job of explaining the rules and structures and goals of the game (aka what the game is about).

I'm still excited for it and will definitely play it in June and am eager to check out the modding tools but yeah, what are we doing?

The Sims was a time management game. You had to figure your shit out and meet your basic needs all while juggling other mini challenges and responsibilities and TRY to become successful which would then unlock cool shit to buy or do that you would have the time to do because the money and rewards and perks you grinded for allowed you to do it.

And then TS2 improved on that by focusing on interpersonal relationships and making that more complex so that Sims felt more unique but also had to focus more on mental health and well-being and the drama that comes with interacting with other people.

Then TS3 took that even farther by basically unleashing chaos all around you with an open world so you have less control over what is going on so while you are grinding away to create a dream house for the Sim you want to marry and grow old with, you head over to the park and see your future spouse making out with some asshole in zebra print pants! And then on top of that, they deepened skills and hobbies so Sims have soooo much to do so that life goals are so much more diverse (though I will admit this came at the expense of interpersonal relationships). People often say that they wish TS3 had TS2's hobby system but in my opinion, it not only does but it's infinitely much better than TS2's. I would argue that TS3 at its core is a game about hobbies and interests.

I love that LBY seems to be wanting to improve on TS3 (because TS4 definitely didn't) and give us a true life simulator but I still don't understand what the game is about. They show off how many traits they have and how we can mod in our own traits but what do the traits means? If a character has a Difficult Childhood trait, how is that going to affect their ability to form relationships, fall in love, be a good parent? They said we could have truly homeless characters to play Rags to Riches challenges. That's awesome! Can we see that? How does the economic system work? Could it be integrated, for example, where household taxes and bills actually go towards community development? Like THIS is gameplay. I don't want to see another treasure trove video or someone doing work tasks. Those are features, not core gameplay and if it is then I'm afraid Rod Humble is making TS4 competitor, not TS3 which would be a shame.

*I don't know if I like him or not, but he has good viewpoints compared to the other high-profile Sims 4 YouTubers who at this point are practically on the Maxis payroll desperately trying to pretend that game is interesting because it literally pays their bills 😭😭

[dead-lights]

dijon: an EA blonde hair override - now with high school years!

Lemme just put it out there: Morgyn Ember deserves better hair. It took a while, but I went and made a bunch. tl;dr: you can download the recolors here on SFS and see previews/info here.

This was supposed to be a simple mod to pretty up my Rite of Ascension screenshots, but EA’s default blonde looks like it belongs on a sad, soggy sandwich and I decided not to stop there. I came up with something closer to Dijon mustard than yellow - a better color for a fancier sandwich. Also, better hair.

Please keep in mind - this is an override pack. It replaces the default blonde in the game with my recolor, which means that any blonde sims already in the game will have their hair updated. Please let me know if you have any problems!

Download all [SFS]

Base game only [SFS]

Eyebrows only [SFS]

Eyebrows aren't included with the base game package. Make sure you grab both.

Everything is divided up by pack, and needs to be downloaded separately. Only download the ones for the packs you own.

To go back to yellow hair, just remove my packages from your mods folder.

Feel free to tag me! I'd love to see what you do with this.

Don't put my stuff behind a paywall.

If you want to make your own Dijon recolors, you can download a photoshop or affinity template here. Do whatever you'd like as long as you respect cc hair makers' TOUs when it comes to recolors.

**Please note: I do not own every pack. You can check here to see which packs I've finished and which ones I don't own. I will update as I buy more packs, and I can give instructions on how to make your own recolors for anyone interested.

@maxismatchccworld @s4library @public-ccfinds @mmfinds