Caption: [Video Games/Modding] When You Want Your Sims To Have Pretty Nails But End Up Getting Lightning

Viking dresses by Savelyeva Ekaterina

I didn't know about the guid database at MTS, does anybody know if it's still being updated?

Sims 2:

Because I'm working on a simple solution, but idk if its still an issue.

obsessed

Has anyone ever did something with that? it could be nice.

Great discovery. And that site Cutting Room Floor is also great, I've only recently encountered it.

Might as well throw in this list of unused Maxis stuff made functional by @kirlicues:

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Unused resources for belly piercings in The Sims 2 base game

I could not find this in The Cutting Room Floor, so here's some info. I noticed one of the models years ago but only looked for more resources recently. I'm not a 3D artist, so forgive me if I say something nonsensical (and correct me in a comment!).

This is a list of the resources I could find:

The meshes are incomplete in the sense that they are not assigned to any bones, and they appear at floor level, near the auskel joint.

There were at least two types planned, "ring" and "post". The mesh for the post is separated into two groups: "uuaccessorybellybuttonpost_gold" for the metallic part, and "uuaccessorybellybuttonpost_red" for the plastic/stones part. The ring only has one group, "gold".

The material definition files for the "gold" groups reference "shineymetal2" and "nightreflection2-envcube" as the base texture and cube map texture respectively. The "red" group doesn't reference any textures, so maybe it was meant to look like translucent red glass.

There are thumbnail cameras specifically for the piercings. By the names we can guess that they were planned for teens and adults (maybe elders too?).

I'm not sure why they weren't implemented, my only guess is they could not find a way to avoid clipping or warping during sim animations. Although if the meshes didn't even have bone assignments, maybe they didn't reach that stage in testing. Who knows.

It could be possible to restore these, you would probably need to make separate meshes for each life stage, gender and body shape.

Index

Preparing For a Tumblr Shutdown Scenario - Where to Find Me Elsewhere.

Resources for Creating: My Go-To things: The Updated List on DW. Retired Post on Tumblr.

Resources For Playing.

GUID Database Revival.

Sims 2 Databases Database.

SimPE Material Definitions Index.

UV Maps Thread.

Game Fuckery Help and Linux List.

List of People's Experiments with Replacing Sims' Face Mesh. Other posts are organized by tags.

Just re-signed at MTS after years and went to uppdate profile. This gives some proportions..

the way silent hill 2 remake without the fog just looks like an average day in the uk

TS1 Goths as doll defaults

This was a very random idea, but I like how it turned out! They’re a little higher poly (700-900 polys) than the original dolls, but they’re lower poly than some of the defaults out there so I’m fine with it. They clip a little with the hands, but it’s what it is. I stole the default file from Epi btw and changed stuff XD

Have fun! :)

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Magnificent! I was hoping to find something like this, it's spot on.

I never liked these fences (and it seems no one else liked it either, as I couldn't find any recolor or retexture of them), but that changed once I found out that they were inspired by the Parisian subway stations in Art Nouveau style:

Lovely, isn't it? Therefore, I decided that a less shiny texture would fit them well, applied @cluedosims' rough metal textures to them and voilà! Now they're finally useful:

These are default replacements for the two fences in-game ("Nouvelle Fence by I. Ron Smith"), the green and the iron one.

I also found two other textures in the game files ("brass" and "white"), which I put in proper packages so now you can use them as well, and they're recategorized to appear neatly together in the catalog.

Since I linked these directly to the hidden Maxis texture files, they will pick up any default replacement you might have for these textures. In my default replacement file, those textures are replaced with @cluedosims' "bronze" and "silver" textures, respectively.

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⚠️ Not all the files are meant to be put in the Download folders! Here's what you need to know:

The three files inside the folder labeled "These ones go in your Res - Catalog - Bins folder" should go in this path:

C:/Program Files (or wherever else you installed your game)/The Sims 2/[your latest EP or SP]/TSData/Res/Catalog/Bins

If you don't want Cluedo textures, and you merely want to unlock the lost and found Maxis textures, simply abstain from placing the default file in your Downloads folder.

Please let me know if you have any doubts or if I screwed anything up.

Credits: @shastakiss / @cluedosims for the textures!

*UPDATE* List of Asian Sims 2 Sites With Working Downloads

Here is a list of sites (163, Daum, NAVER, etc.) that have Sims 2 downloads available as of February 2017. Not all downloads on the site may work, but if there was at least one then I added it to the list. My old list is almost two years out of date so here is an update! Unfortunately some of those blogs are now dead too, but I can also add a few. If you need any help downloading feel free to ask away! So! Here’s the list, in alphabetical order, sorted by host:

163 (Chinese language):

 - 222, 37, AIKA, Daislia, The Doll’s Town, Esor Sims, Helena, Kyara/Clover, Laeris, Ran

Blog.me (Korean language):

Cazy, Cranberry, ELISSU, Haniyuyu, Luo, Mori, MYOS, PLIN, RUSTY, Siaorang, Tomang Homme, Yoosims

Blogspot (English language):

502508, Maysa, N-K, Pinty, SimsSM, SioSims, Totoasims, TsuKa

Daum (Korean language): 

Alicelove, Amily, Avika, BELL, Berry, Bobo, Dream, FahJung, Grayish, Heinz, Janita, Kawaiirei, Kraris, Louis, Maynarakmak, Menijung, NaerxNaer, Nely, Papa Gizmo, Pepa, Rose, SAU

FC2 (Japanese language):

1080, 11 Rabbit, GIGO, Hyacinth, Mercury Sims, Midnight Garage, Minga, Momoka, Motoi Sims, P Sister F, Pirinporin, Si5, Sims Rocket Coaster, Vera’s Atelier, Vertiges, Yume Maboroshi

Geocities (Japanese language):

GARA, Ton Sim

Jimdo (English language):

Hedman, JanMaSa

Naver (Korean Language):

A+S=Error, Acqu, Ang, Ariella, Asha, AvikaPang, BELL, Berry, Blue1489, Blue Lemon, Calvin Cao, Chabiiz, Crystalsims, Ehrpzla, Emgle, Enjoy Kiss, Feliojen, Ferris, Guy, Guzzhang, Hohoemi, Ilazys, Imziiz, Jaeeunp, JAPAN, Jiny, Karr, Kasu, Kawaiirei, KimJ, Kuku, LINDA, LuXon, Maynarakmak, Mjizombie, Momoring, MYOS, Narusia, Papiko, Paryun, Pingoz, Potae, Reichi, Rinlin, Rongmong, Royalblues87, SAOKI, Sizz, Slutty Ellie, Snow Flower, SORAbear, SpongKeku, TDN, Tealeafs, TJIN, WafflEploy, Xod, xxxholyshit,  Yeondang, YOOSHIN, Yul.E, ZIONWARD

SINA (Chinese language):

Luna, YF

Tistory (Korean language):

Black-le, Cerebella, Crayonsama

Xuite (Chinese language):

Abby, Ruby

Yam (Chinese language):

Hina, Tsing Sims, Yoriann

Other hosts:

BabbyebeSims, Blue Chilipepper, Dedital Sheep Bower, DeepSpaceUnder, Elton, Juna, JuNECHi, Karas, Keto, MayPink, Melo, MTSims Cakestore, SimpleLife, Sims2Heaven, Sims in Cider, XMSims