#ts2 books

[episims]

What We Need Is... More Books

After long last I realized that instead of battling with the constant urge to swap my book defaults, I could just give my sims more books to read.

This mod combines both of mine + iSimChi's book defaults and makes the game randomize between those for each genre. So instead of 7 books, there are 21 ✨

I made my older covers use the pages of my newer ones since they have more details.

The mod also fixes the following book behavior:

Books placed outside of bookshelves will no longer turn upwards when a lot is loaded

The 'read to sleep' interaction (that was added in Apartment Life and appears on minors who are in bed but haven't yet fallen asleep) will use children's books instead of the skilling one

This mod consists of two files. In addition to the mod file, there's a texture file that includes the needed book defaults.

If you want to use the mod with some other defaults, simply replace the textures from the texture file. You can also use that file as a base for making your own default set of 21 books.

📚 Download (SFS) (alternate)

Free Time is required. Conflicts with other book cover default replacements, remove those before using these. Also conflicts with ftminifixes by Pescado, if you want to use both make my mod load last (you'll lose the golden book that ftminifixes brings back to the reward bookcase since this mod randomizes textures for that bookcase too).

⚠️ A replacement for novel icons isn't included. You'll probably want to get the one from my newer defaults, as those covers will be used for the novels with the included texture file.

Many thanks to @isimchi for the permission to use their awesome textures 💜 for full credits, please see the original posts.

Update (11.11.2024): The covers are now also randomized for the bed/hammock reading interactions and for the film & literature reading while walking hobby idle. For all of these, sims can now also pick books other than skilling and will show an individual taste in books based on the sim's interests, hobbies, and aspirations, as well as on 3t2 traits* if those are used.

*Includes trait checks for bookworm, computer whiz, dramatic, hopeless romantic, natural cook, and perceptive.

All the books have 512x512 textures and use a 64x64 specular map. The mod file includes improved material definitions that also fix some lighting issues for the drama and the scifi books.

[jacky93sims]

Swiss Chalet Set: Sofa, Chair, Coffee Table and Books - for The Sims 2

These are 4to2 conversions from Plush Pixels, low poly.

DOWNLOAD HERE

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If you want to support my creations, you can send me a donation with Paypal or Ko-fi ☕ If you want to ask for a Paid Commission, HERE you can find more details. Thank you ❤️

[evignonita]

[🔶] Annual Pasnerv redraw

"Entre nomeolvides, me dejé nuestros abriles olvidados en el fondo del placar del cuarto de invitados; eran tiempos dorados, un pasado mejor. #ghosteado"

This early strangetown drawing is a redraw of the first drawing I uploaded to this blog, this on July 1, 2023. My style has changed considerably since that date and even since last year 😭😭 I still don't color as well as I would like LFBSPEJEPR

This year I decided to draw Nyon instead of the og Nervous and my Pascal from TS4 because I love them so much tehee

↓ Previous versions ↓

[2023] // [2024]

CRYING how awful but lowkey cute

[teeayohess]

[pixelasher]

sometimes u just need a weird lil cramped bookstore that may or may not be selling occult textbooks. the owner will neither confirm or deny this but might let u in when the store is closed if u ask nicely

[andrevasims]

[nataliasobreira19]

dean and castiel arriving in france

[plumbbobtoggle]

Household 3/20: The Dars

Saeed Dar Senator Atheer Dar's son, Chief Administrative Officer for Elsewhere Township, family man Adam Dar, né McClain Saeed's husband, staff writer at The Brindleton Herald, breakfast food and children's poetry enthusiast Frances Dar Adam and Saeed's daughter, student at Elsewhere Elementary, avid reader Bella family's cocker spaniel

[fitzrove]

Every youtube video in my suggestions is like "the sims franchise is DYING" "minecraft is DYING" "fandom is DYING" "literature is DYING" and I feel like a lot of these people would feel better if they played/watched/read things that came out before ~2014. because then you don't have to worry about whatever the owners of a Product (tm) are doing to make a profit, you can just play with your toy/s and talk to the ~35 other people who are somehow still extremely invested in the old thing after 10+ years

[angelapleasant]

how i feel waiting for ts2 to load

[sim2goblin]

Not my Medieval save BUT these are Consort's books, the more he lives with Romeo the more hate this man has.

[episims]

Cloud "Ugghhh. My back feels like there was a boulder under the mattress."

Julian "A bad sleeping position?"

Cloud "I blame the bed! I doubt the military has ergonomy among their criterion for purchasing these things."

Julian "-just a short shower, but my beard needs tidying up, too-"

Jonas "Take your time. I'll keep her occupied for a while."

Jonas "Any story requests?"

Aurora "Dad!"

Jonas "Yeah, not an option. Your dad deserves the beauty break."

Aurora "Ah...!"

Jonas "This book seems to have unicorns and bears. No preference, no right to complain."

[jacky93sims]

Divinify: Crystal Ball, Magic Book and Tarrot Cards - for The Sims 2

These are 4to2 conversions from Madlen, low poly. The lamp is functional and emits a red light. Book and Tarrots are deco and can be found in the Hobby section of Buy Mode.

DOWNLOAD HERE

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If you want to support my creations, you can send me a donation with Paypal or Ko-fi ☕ If you want to ask for a Paid Commission, HERE you can find more details. Thank you ❤️

[potential-fate]

“Hey kiddo.” he said quietly.

“Hi, Nerd.” Cindra looked at the book, rather than at him. Jorah chuckled a bit at the nickname, knowing she meant it affectionately.

“I’ve read this.” She touched the cover of the book. Jorah gave her a mildly doubtful look. It was one he’d checked out after Nathan had insisted on doing a horror movie marathon. He was only a third of the way into the book and had already managed to figure out that the movie was a poor adaptation. But more importantly, he wasn’t sure Interview with the Vampire was an appropriate read for his baby sister. He wasn’t even sure where she’d gotten a hold of a book like that. The school library certainly required permissions from parents for higher reading levels.

“Isn’t that a bit…”

“Nope.” She cut him off.

“I hadn’t even finished.” he pursed his lips.

“I’m almost eleven.” she said simply.

“I didn’t even say it yet.” He argued.

[landgraabbed]

[fleabuki]

wanted to share some drawings that ive done over the past few weeks

first we got needles

(i drew this with barely any light so i didn't see a lot of what i was doing 😭)

then we got some vidcunds

(the first one is partially unfinished, and the second one is him with the jojo siwa karma makeup bc he was a bad girl 😈⛓️💔)

and then i drew tank for the first time yesterday

(it was supposed to be general buzz grunt with big naturals but i decided to scrap the idea)