#sims 2 install

[catbrokensims3]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[bluecaribousims]

Sims 2 installation in 2023

So. I just had to reinstall Sims2... again. About every 18 months I will get careless with my CC, muck with the TSData etc with no backup and lose everything. You'd think I'd learn, but apparently the lure of playing the first 24 hours of the Brokes in a clean Pleasantview makes me subconsciously self-sabotage. So, I thought why not use this opportunity to lay everything out (with links) so that I have myself a handy-dandy guide to All The Fixes. Because currently I use about sixteen different walkthroughs for different things.

Step 1: Install the game (*cough* Mr DJ's version as EAxis have abandoned us *cough*) link here: https://oldgamesdownload.com/the-sims-2-ultimate-collection/

EDIT: Having attempted this... I think the link is now broken. But the link from the Wayback Archive version of this link from 2020 definitely still works!

Step 2: Fix the broken Mr DJ Ikea Stuff Pack. Tutorial video, with link in the description: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWU3__aECuE

Step 3: Attempt 4GB fix (never works - mine seems stuck at 1024MB, advice please?). Tutorial and link here: https://pleasantsims.com/sims-2-windows-10/

Step 4: Fix Graphics/Screen Resolution. Tutorial and link here: https://www.simsnetwork.com/tools/graphics-rules-maker

Step 5: Set up Downloads folder in Documents/EA Games/Sims 2. Set up "Mods" folder inside Downloads.

Step 6: Download the following support programs and install: The Compressorizer, Sims2Pack CleanInstaller, Hood Checker, SimPE. Links here: https://archive.org/details/ts2thecompressorizer, https://modthesims.info/d/409950/sims2pack-clean-installer-v1-6-22-updated-aug-2-2014.html, https://modthesims.info/download.php?t=456523, https://modthesims.info/d/30839/simpe-latest-version-0-75f.html.

Step 7: Download clean Neighbourhood templates and replace defaults. Link and tutorial here: https://meetme2theriver.livejournal.com/63030.html.

Step 8: Download CEP, link here: https://archive.org/details/ts2cepcolorenablepackage, tutorial for manual install here (if needed): https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/897603/cep-installation-help

Step 9: Download "Essential Mods"... and at this point I realise this step is it's own megapost. Coming soon if anyone wants yet another essential mods list...

Step 9a: Play one token day of Sims2 unmodded, before remembering why you have played modded for the last 15 years. Fuss with the Graphics a lot. Muck with all the resolutions, before sighing and turning it to 800x600 because you like the classic UI, but want it big. (If there's a way to fix this... please share! I genuinely like how the dark blue original UI blends into the visual background more than the cleanUI, no matter how good a mod that is. 800x600 UI size at 1900x1600 resolution is my dream!)

Step 10: Commence binge-downloading CC, forgetting (as always) to keep it neat and subfoldered. Some things are essential (thanks be to Numenor, HugeLunatic and Honeywell for Build Mode especially) other things vary each time depending on how I want this particular installation to look/play. Get on Tumblr. Get on MTS2. Get on Pinterest. Get on TSR and wait 1 min per download as a last resort. Fill yer boots!

Step 11: Play!

[thisischeri]

The Sims 2, 2004

instagram: cheri.png

[l-1-z-a]

Interesting 🤔... Really it makes sense.

When googling some TS2 install troubleshoot stuff, I noticed a common thread of “Install gets stuck at 23% / 48% / 77%……..”

Conveniently, those are the spots in the installation where you would switch from CD 1 to CD 2, 3, or 4 - If you have the CD version of the game. If your copy has the full game on one DVD disc, then…???

Did they not change the setup to actually work on the single disc? lol

[osab]

osab's Sims 2 Setup Guide [Google Doc]

Reposting this because it got deleted for no reason!😍💓

This guide details how to install and optimize TS2 with essential fixes for modern systems in 2024 and beyond!

Includes download/install instructions for the full Ultimate Collection (w/ Starter Pack web install hosted on GitHub), as well as disc & Origin UC install info for those who own them, plus graphics setup and Sims2RPC/alternative fixes.

Also check out my GitHub (@voicemxil) where you can find all my installers!

Video walkthrough of the guide from @acottonsock is available here!

Please don't kill my post evil tumblr men.

[redlenai]

Come with me, brothers, sisters and siblings. Let's go pirate Sims 2 and download 4t2 Custom Content. Support modders and CC creators and listen to Hot N' Cold

[grimfolks]

weirdly nostalgic

[whatyoutaughtwasfear]

why did i have a dream that i was sad that they'd just shut down the sims 2 exchange. that website's been gone for years

[nonsensical-pixels]

so i'm trying (emphasis on trying) to make a bigger loading screen replacement for my resolution, 3840x2160, only i've run into some... issues

as you can see, the main menu now looks way better, just in my opinion. previously at least half of it was empty blue void... like the actual neighborhood selection menu currently looks like

i'm still confused about why it looks like this? the images are the same size, i've even made them slightly bigger to see if that works. no change... i've also grabbed @lazyduchess's main menu resolution fix from this upload by @antoninko to no result. my best guess is that it's only made for a 2560x1440 resolution which, tragically, mine is not

i've poked around in simpe and am just as lost as ever with the code in ld's package, so... help, anyone? i'd really like to get rid of the glaringly empty space, but i've got no clue where to start to change the ui like this 😦

[jodeliejodelie]

Supernatural downtown

[brandinotbroke]

modded bodyshop works on linux, now all that's left is the script installer for SimPE

[glitchytrait]

just thought i'd leave this here

thanks to this wonderful video, i learned how to get access to all of the sims 4 expansions totally legally. if you don't wanna go through all those steps, you might just be able to get them, too, if you follow this link...

instructions can be found in the video or in the tags. i will make my own video for my process in the future. when i do, i'll edit this post and link it here.

[mdpthatsme]

Once again.

[socialbunny]

ok?????? 😭

[voidfanatic]

I just realized that I (probably) already passed the year mark being a Tank Grunt fan wtf 😭. I mentioned it to my friend but I didn't know it was actually accurate to the actual time period lol. Good for me ig (love u Tankie nobody can make me hate you) (except your psp version you asshole).

I know nobody cares but, like, the only mf I draw on this blog is him so let me be :( Happy anniversary of meeting my sweet idiot with internalized issues to me!! 🎉

[mikexx2]

Melissa and Chris' whole brood of boys.

I need at least one of these sharply-cheekboned adonises to marry into my legacy family.