Default face templates replace the 27 Maxis default faces with improved versions. The face templates are the faces you choose from in CAS when creating a new Sim. They only affect the templates used for creating new Sims in CAS and bodyshop. You can mix and match faces from different sets or download an entire set by a single creator.
Just make sure you only have one default for each face — one for face 01, one for face 02, etc. Skin default replacements are exactly what they sound like. There are two types of skin defaults — Maxis Match and realistic. I like Maxis Match, but there are beautiful skins out there in both styles. Here are some examples:. And yeah, I know this is a weird picture with Cassandra in her undies right next to Mortimer, Darren, and Daniel.
But I needed Sims in all four skin tones to demonstrate the full range of the skin colors. As with hairs, you may have to try several different skins before you find one you like and that matches your default hairs.
This is why I recommend choosing your hair first. It makes finding a default skin much easier. Just like with face templates, you can mix and match default skins from different creators as long as you only have one for each of the four skin tones.
You can also find defaults for supernatural skins including aliens, zombies, plantsims, genies, werewolves, etc. The Maxis eyes just look so…dead and soulless. Eyes were the first defaults I ever experimented with. The improvement is undeniable. The Maxis makeup leaves a lot to be desired, and modern content creators have done a much better job. You can replace all the Maxis makeup in the game which is what I do and all the Sims currently wearing it will have a fresh, updated look.
The point is, this makeup itself looks a lot better. Just like with clothing and hair, you can also hide the Maxis makeup and just use custom stuff. After finding the hair, skin, and eyes you like, the next step is replacing the Maxis clothing. You have a few options here:. Replacing every single outfit in the game is tedious, but doable if you want to devote the time to it. Another option is just replacing the clothing you hate the most with defaults.
The later expansion and stuff packs did have some cute clothing. But if you just want to get rid of all the Maxis Clothes and start over, you can do that too with the help of hiders. Replacing clothing has an immediate impact on the appearance of your game. Townies previously wearing the Maxis outfit will now wear the replacement instead. Adding skylines and a realistic sky is super easy and adds so much to the environment. It just takes a few mods and a placing two objects in your neighborhood to achieve this effect.
All instructions are included in the video, and you can find all the mods you need here. There are a variety of skylines to choose from including desert, snow, island, green hills, and more so you can match any neighborhood. The best place to find defaults depends on the type. More matching non-default brows can be found here and here. You will need one set of defaults and you can add as many extra non-defaults as you want for more variety. Just put it in your downloads folder and start the game.
You can safely remove defaults at any time and your Sims will go back to wearing what they were before — or random Maxis outfits, hair, etc. The only thing that remains the same is any faces you created using default face.
I use a system of folders and a spreadsheet for clothing and hair. Find a system that works for you! I use a spreadsheet that I created with all of the outfits and hairs in the game. When I download a default for that specific outfit or hair, I mark it off on the spreadsheet with a check-mark. This helps me keep track of what I have and what I still need. If I download a fixed mesh or basic edit, I note that too.
The check marks are for outfits I have replaced with a completely different outfit. I also keep the files organized in sub-folders. Inside the folders for each type of default i. In the picture above, you can see my teen female everyday clothing defaults. I also save a picture of the default and a notepad containing the download link in case I need to find it again — mostly for sharing purposes.
You can remove it from your downloads folder and your Sims will go back to normal. No harm done. This can corrupt core game files. When you download default replacements, some of them modify the property set of the core game files. This will enable the trash button to show up in CAS and bodyshop.
Removing them by using the trash button can cause problems — such as core game files being deleted or corrupted. If I ever decide to change my style again, I will update this post. What style of defaults replacements do you use? Do you have anything to add to the information in this post? Leave a comment below and let us know! Only if you want ALL the hairs replaced in the game. Each game hair has to have a corresponding default hair or it will just remain the same. Hope that helps! So I deleted a default replacement in bodyshop before I knew not to do it.
Do you know anyway to fix it? I deleted the eyes btw. Hi Cindy! I cannot stress enough how thankful I am for this guide and for your overall contribution to the sims community!!! Can the default replacements be compressed and have spaces or other characters removed from their names? Thanks so much! Hope you can answer my question u. No, CC cannot corrupt your game that way. It is not possible to play as one of these drivers without causing neighborhood corruption.
Due to the "Open Neighborhood" concept of The Sims 3 , it is no longer necessary to use cabs to travel between lots; however, they still exist and resemble the 4-door version of the Yomoshoto Evasion.
In Bridgeport and other worlds that are defined as city, fake taxicabs are generated to give the illusion of a bustling city, although these fake taxis do not contain any real sims or NPCs. Sims will take cabs to travel to a destination that's considered too far to reach on foot, as long as it's connected to the road.
Unless a teen or adult family member is with them, children do not take cabs and instead ride bikes, even if they do not own one. Sims also take a taxi when they carry a baby or a toddler even if they have a car or bike in their inventory. Sims will also take a cab without the player's control when moving out, taking a vacation trip [ TS3:WA ] , or with a special van after enrolling to university [ TS3:WA ].
If the The Sims 3: Pets is installed, dogs and cats will use taxi to transfer around the world they're in. In sub-neighborhoods , Sims do not take a cab to travel around. Instead, another vehicle will replace the cab for Sims, even if they don't own the vehicle. In The Sims 3: Island Paradise , when a Sim travels through the water and doesn't have any water vehicles paddleboat, jetski, sailboat, speedboat, or windsurf board , a taxi speedboat will appear for a Sim to go anywhere through the water.
The taxi speedboat comes with yellow paint and features a roof sign similar to regular taxi. Pets will also take a taxi speedboat to get across the sea. A rumor that a quirky Easter egg had the drivers of cabs being ducks has been proven untrue. At the Creator Camp, they had duck drivers because they had not designed the drivers yet.
In the final version, Sims drove the cabs. Taxicabs appear once again in The Sims 4: City Living. Unlike the previous games however, they are for decoration purposes only and are not rideable by Sims. Under the Unofficial AL patch, what do the sshack. SShack — makes the social worker behave more reasonably. You should close this site immediately.
Yes, absolutely! Are there any mods you recommend installing before running it? I ran it for the first time today and got a long list of errors it found on the pre-made neighborhoods, despite me having barely played the game and the only other mod I currently have being one that changes the appearance of the milk bottle.
And you still may run into errors. If you have Night Life installed, there will always be errors with the Tricou family. Thanks for linking me to that. Hi Cindy, I recently downloaded a bunch of mods from your list. The only problem is my sims now reset when I hover over them or even other sims.
I can interact with other people living on the lot, but neighbours just trigger the reset. Was wondering if you knew what to do, Thanks! It sounds like a mod conflict — probably one that modifies the pie menu in some way. I would start by taking those out and testing without them. I discovered your channel last week and today I started watching your reboot of Pleasantview and I felt like playing TS2 again, so I installed it and fixed all the graphics problems thanks to your great tutorial.
Do you know if these mods work for the base game, too? Hi Jimmy! You can always install them and try them out in a test neighborhood to see if you have any issues. Can this be uninstalled? Do you have problems with this mod if you walk to lot? I love your YouTube channel. I like to zone out to it when I just want to chill.
Hi Megan! No harm done! Hi, again! Please help? Hi Kendra! I figured out how to do it not long after I sent the comment. But now I have another problem. I ran my Downloads folder through the Clean Installer in order to see if maybe I had some duplicates or conflictions. I took out the duplicates that I did find, but certain mods are still highlighted red, such as the CJ mods.
If there is any reason why this would be happening and what I could do to fix this, please let me know. The Seasons and Weather Controller mod download page seems to be down. Do you have any other link to that mod? Thanks for letting me know! The one listed here should be the same as the other post. Thanks for catching that! Sorry for the late reply. Is it still possible to download the mod Adult-Teen attraction?
Hi fanny! Thank you Cindy! This is just letting you know it modifies game behavior. Do you remember? Can you post me the link to download these curtains? Hey Cindy, I love your channel keep up the good work.
I really admire your game-play. Please help! Hi Corina! Find where it downloaded to on your computer — usually the downloads folder in My Documents. Then cut and paste or drag and drop the package file into your Sims 2 downloads folder. I find your tutorials very helpful. I was looking at your list of Tools above and was interested in the Collection Creator.
I was wondering if you could do a tutorial on how to download, install and use it. The download links are at the very bottom of the first post.
Underneath the pictures there are four files listed. One is a. They have a little green paperclip symbol next to them, meaning they are attachments to the post. Click on the. I hope that helps! Any suggestions? Hi Amy! Hi, thank you for sharing! I love it! I have a question for Equalgenetics mode. Does it only apply for hair and eyes? How about a skin color? Any idea for this issue? Thanks in advance! Hi Luna! The equal genetics mod I linked to here is only for hair and eyes.
As far as I know, there is no mod that changes the way custom skin tones work. The No Townie Regen is there. I have updated the link to make it easier to find. What mods does it not work with? Are there no alternatives with similar features? I am not an Inteen expert nor have I ever claimed to be.
Also, this is a recommended mods list not an Inteen tutorial, so not sure what you were expecting…. Wow such a witty comeback. Rest in peace to the rest of your brain cells that it took to come up with that. Sorry about that commenter, Liz.
He has been banned from this website and cannot comment here again. I have heard that you can teleport Sims over and ask them to join group and this will allow you to have more than 8. But might be worth a try! Keep it up! I downloaded all the mods from your list and installed them. Everything was fine. But now have installed the same downliads folder into my game on another computer and now I cannot use any career cheats. As everything works fine on my other system, I cannot figure out what is wrong.
I can only look for job through the newspaper. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. It sounds like you have a conflict somewhere. A file may have been corrupted during the move between computers. Thank you so much for this guide! Again, thank you so much. Your list is comprehensive and very helpful. For example , my sims and his wife had a horrible breakup and they went for being married to enemies to acquaintances.
Hi Yoli! Hi Natalie! If you have the Ultimate Collection, you need the Apartment Life version. That girl who tells to thumbs up your series. I just install your mods in my game.
Hi Ana! In order to make the community time project load first, you need to rename the taxi charges mod to make it load last. Just put a couple ZZZs in front of the name because mods load alphabetically. Could you link me to it? Hi Abby! Midge the Tree on tumblr midgethetree made a mod that lets you choose which parent a baby should take the surname of! It works exactly like the marriage last name chooser, so no more futzing about in simPE with that. Link is good! Looks like the website is down.
I downloaded the Social Welfare mod and it seemed to work fine util I noticed my sims receiving their welfare money multiple times a day. I was unable to find any information on this issue online so I was wondering if you had ever experienced this before?
Hi Maria! I have never heard of this, but it sounds like a mod conflict to me. I would download the Hack Conflict Detection Utility and see if it finds any conflicts. Do you use Inteen? I find that it seems to conflict with a lot of mods like this. Sometimes that will do it! I hope you get it figured out! Hej: i have a question about the child support mod: i dont know why but it dont work…or it works in certain days only?
This is how the mod is designed. I was wondering if you were going to make the apartments that you made in Strangetown available for download. Hi Paige! I have just discovered your page today. I am so glad to see the Sims 2 community is still active!
I have not been very involved in the community and have played independently on and off for many many years. I have never tried mods before, but this list makes it so much easier to get started! I do have one question that you may have addressed in your streams; how do you get the game to run properly on your Windows 10 pc?
I am currently using an older and outdated Windows 7 pc and playing off the disks. But the steps are pretty much the same for either one. Good luck and please let me know if you need any help! I just wanted to suggest a mod. I promise you I fell in love with this mod. Hi Hendrik! I think maybe I placed it in the wrong folder, so thanks so much for that tip! I will look into it! Hi Stephanie! Those are called want-fulfilling paintings and you can find them on Mod The Sims.
Could you also make a list of your updates of mod whenever you have updates? Hi Nathan! Yes, I will absolutely do this! I love your YouTube videos! I cannot wait for the University parts of round 5!
Thanks Miles! I absolutely love your game plays and the sims 2! I have the ultimate collection but it is kind of glitchy, especially in build mode. The screen flickers but it goes away quickly. I was wondering if you had any of those problems and if so how you fixed them? Second, you might need to use the graphics rules maker to ensure your game is recognizing your graphics card. I have no idea how old this thread is, but I hope you ended up getting the issue resolved — if not, though, I just found a solution!
Not sure if this matters, but I play with the disc version of the game. Your content has been so, SO helpful for me coming back to the Sims 2! But how did you get the Sims 2 Ultimate Collection? Hi Chelsea! One of my subscribers was able to get it as recently as a few weeks ago, so it can be done.
You do need proof of owning at least the base game. My advice is to go onto Ebay and buy a cheap used copy of the game.
They should ask you for the CD key found somewhere on the manual or on a piece of paper that came with the CD version. Make sure the game you buy has a CD key with it before you buy!
Good luck! I already own all the physical copies of the game and I still have the codes and all that. So, fingers crossed! Thanks so much for replying! And thanks for having such an amazing YouTube channel! Have you tried those clothing meshes in Liana Sims 2?
Hi Claude! I like to use Maxis-Match instead of the more realistic style she creates. Thank you for mentioning it, though. Hi, I absolutely love your Sims 2 videos and I love all the mods posted on this page! I know you have a TON of custom content hairs, clothes, etc. Do you have any CC site suggestions for Sim hair. Hi Ellie! I have listed my favorite CC sites on the sidebar. I hope this helps! Hi, I have a question concerning the Edukashun Iz Gud mod. If for example a sim with no college degree, who graduated from school with a C or higher is in a career track with level 5, can this sim still get a promotion with a chance card as usual?
Btw, your blog is awesome. I think they can still get promoted through chance cards. And thank you! Hello Cindy, My name is Cindy too. I play Sims 2, 3, and 4. Currently I have resurrected Sims 2 on on PC. I used to used the sims 2 murrill clock mod to slow down my game as to have time to play play realistically. The MOD is still there. But I can no longer get it to show up in my game. Is there another MOD or another way to slow down the gamw that you would know of? Thank you. Yes, there is another mod by Chris Hatch.
Hi Cindy, Yes, there is another way to slow down the game now. In Buy mode, go to electronics and buy the alarm clock that goes on the nightstand next to a bed. In live mode, you can click on it to increase or decrease by 10 min of time.
I hope this helps. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. This is my ultimate Sims 2 recommended mods list. Oh thank you! This looks great! Hello Cindy, thank you for your list of recommended mods. Thank you for your quick answer!
You can find the link above. Thank you again! So glad you found it helpful! Does this work with sims ultimate collection pc wont run old sims 2 Reply. Yes, I have the Sims 2 Ultimate Collection. Thanks Reply. Sorry for replying to your comment Max, I intended to leave a comment on the post but it somehow just replied to you ;; Reply. I think its that. Thanks so Much, Ro x Reply.
Hi Cindy, Thank you awesome content and hard work!! Happy Simming! Are there any default replacements for the TVs? They look quite dated. Hi Cindy Thanks for this website and all you do. Yes, definitely! Your neighborhood is probably fine! Thanks again Reply. Hi Cindy, I noticed in some of your videos that when you mouse over lots it says their file locations. Which mods are you looking for and I might be able to help? Scrap my comment — I found it! Please keep it up! I see!
But yeah, this is not normal for this mod.
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