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A few tips on How to tweak The Sims 2 CC kettles / coffemakers using SimPe

Here's what I've learned so far. CRES structure is the same for most (if not all) TS2 coffee/chocolate makers.

You can adjust position of the entire thing or each part separately via Translation brackets, found in cTransform node tabs.

Coffemaker node is the first one on the CRES list - edit this to move the entire object, including items mentioned below, that are attached to it (hand slot, kettle, and also shadow).

Carafe_rot is the location of the handheld kettle part.

slot_coffemaker_target is the hand slot, a point where Sim 'grabs' the handle. Coffee stream fx shows next to it (at fixed distance). If you move the hand slot, coffee fx will also move. Distance between those two limits kettle width (unless you're willing to ignore / remove the coffee stream fx OFC).

Coffeemaker contains 8 mugs of coffee by default, it's easy to edit.

Pics feature this 4t2 kettle, my functional remake is here.

More under the cut:

To make a functional version of the tea kettle I've used compact kettle by Oshima @persimmonthusiast as cloning material. It doesn't have coffee making animations (not needed in this case) so that's a few less things to adjust. It has custom pie menu, but you can easily bring back "make/ drink coffee/ juggle mugs" menu in all languages: clone random TS2 coffemaker, extract Pie Menu Strings resource from it and replace the one inside Tea Kettle clone.

If you'd like to have two recolourable subsets, go ahead and add one. It seems TS2 coffeemakers handle the dreaded Fix integrity quite well.. But it's best you make sure your clone works fine in the game before you start working on it ;)

Handheld kettle part will not align with the base when you extract and combine both in 3D software because - as any handheld TS2 item, it's placed almost in the center of XYZ axis. So even with reference, it might take quite a few in-game checks and corrections to properly align all the parts.

Coordinates that work for one coffemaker, might not work well for another one that's cloned from something else. Numbers on pics below are just an example.

*the pic above: that's +X to the right, or -X to the left, when looked at from the back of the counter.

You can move the entire coffemaker, or just the kettle (carafe_rot) left or right by adjusting X value, and front / back by adjusting Y value in Translation bracket. Obviously you can just move 3D models instead - takes more time, but some ppl might prefer it.

Have in mind that even if you move the coffemaker node, Sim will approach the coffemaker and hold the mug in the same place as before. Only Sim's hand will be pulled to where the hand slot has been moved.

0x2 carafe_trans is the idle position of the kettle, usually doesn't need adjusting. BUT if changing other coordinates causes your kettle to shift position when animation starts, then you could try to adjust that one as well.

slot_coffeemaker_coffeegrounds_fx is where coffee aggregates in the filter during the coffee bag animation. Unlike coffee stream, you can't hide that one, but it can be moved by adjusting cTransform.

If you're an advanced SimPE user you probably know that SimPe is using different translation system than Milkshape or Blender. Here's a tut about converting coordinates between Milkshape & SimPE.

Amount of coffee mugs per kettle is 8 by default, and that's quite a lot. If you'd like to change that, it's one number in the BHAV. Pic below (thanks @episims ) shows where to find it.

The other pic contains instructions on how to replace the chocolate* / coffee stream with invisible effect. You cannot simply delete it from the text list, it as object might (and usually will) start throwing errors.

*I always use chocolate effect instead of coffee as to me it looks a tiny bit better (less green, I think?)

Apartment Life "PJ Tank Top" for Teens and Elders

In honor of Sims 2's twentieth anniversary I finally sat down and polished a Maxis conversion I'd done ages ago, which is the apartment life male pajamas for teen-elder. (They're my favorite pajamas in the whole game so...) They use Maxis feet and hands (I mean it's Maxis Match after all!), are repo'd to the adult txmts so any default replacement textures will work, and are pinned to the Apartment Life EP section. I also included a default for the adult male mesh that adds a pregnancy morph. All six swatches are included, though I could only get four of them in the screenshots. Second screenshot is the fat morph.

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Pillowfort Invites

Hey, I have a couple of Pillowfort invites if anyone is interested, as a bonus, have a .gif of Kiryu and Majima (yes, it’s a recreation of that one from Kiwami): https://www.pillowfort.social/user/sign_up?invite=kamalUdC3JAWPbK4gq53Ow https://www.pillowfort.social/users/sign_up?invite=j4OsVTjUZodIwIZ5BH7_Bw https://www.pillowfort.social/users/sign_up?invite=hzGcrg-irAaoY2uBG2kVRA Edit: Have three more:          https://www.pillowfort.social/users/sign_up?invite=Q1fEPblJs9EuzDhGfhJlWQ https://www.pillowfort.social/users/sign_up?invite=Vk8BxxccC0nDOaBatqgZAg https://www.pillowfort.social/users/sign_up?invite=itla-x8mVboGVBC1K2U78w If anyone uses any of these, please give me a heads up, so I don’t keep them up and have people click on used links

Around the Sims 3 Update | Ilona likes IKEA: the bedrooms

I’ve been intensively busy at working on this set (and so I’ve been quite absent of Tumblr!), and no, the Ikea theme isn’t over yet, I hope you don’t mind! :p

So today, you’ll find more furniture for the bedrooms (I had already released some beds here), like dressers, end tables, also a simple MALM drawer to put under the bed, or a Hemnes daybed to “build”, so you can use it as sofa or as single bed. Plus a cushion in 24 variations.

Ahaha, why do I always make TONS of things, all the time?! *lol* I often find great updates over the web with just one or two objects, and it’s perfectly fine. Am I overwhelming with my “MORE stuff!!” mania?

(I’ll try to catch up a bit with all your fabulous Tumblrs during the week-end!)

And Now for Something Completely Different…

After coming back into contact with Stas, Sunni's widower, the plans for the Keep have changed. Disregard most of what was posted above.

We WILL be remaining open for the foreseeable future, accepting both new members and new content. The site will remain a historical- and fantasy-focused Sims 2 forum.

Going forward, the Keep will be managed by a "Regency Council" instead of just one Regent. This will consist of PBK moderators CelestialSpider, Davina Ojeda, and rugrat0ne, as well as Discord moderators Fire_flower and Sonikku3.

Fractured Moonlight will be stepping back into something of a "silent partner" role so she can focus on creating. We thank her for her years of service running the Keep all by herself, especially out of the blue. We know it was not easy.

We are already establishing better lines of communication with Stas in hopes of avoiding the annual early March panic, and reminders have been set for February fundraising.

There will be annual fundraisers on GoFundMe or similar sites to offset the cost, and to provide more transparency than we've been able to provide in the past.

Meanwhile, archiving efforts will continue until the site is fully backed up, as a failsafe. We will also periodically archive new content in the future.

Many, many thanks to those who pitched in on the archiving project, to those who donated, in this year and previous ones, and to everyone who supported and continues to support Plumb Bob Keep.

Thank God 2 Still remains in pristine condition *knocks on wood so EA doesn't get any ideas*, despite the fact Microsoft is making harder and harder to run legacy software, where there's a will there's a way. As for the state of 4... I would really like to know where are EAs investors , I just want to talk.

God, I really do not like the direction The Sims is going.

Please reblog if you do not use an HQ Mod

Uma Pequena Flor - Base Game Hibiscus Flower Converted to an Acessory

So, while my brain bloomed in Simming ideas, i came with this one! The Hibiscus is such a cute flower, wasted in a base-game hair that nowdays people rarely use.

Some important information:

- The flower was cloned from a bracelet, every acessory can be used, exept bracelets.

- It can be assigned to sims between Teen-Elder, Females only.

- It can be used on all clothing categories.

- It's compatible with atw Hat Sliders, so you can move around and make it fit on various hairstyles, make it bigger, or rotate it.

And withouth further ado, here's the Download link:

Mediafire: http://www.mediafire.com/file/9n2k3dx2xhn5s0w/HibiscusAcessory.rar/file SimFileShare: http://www.simfileshare.net/download/563477/

Hope you enjoy.

Credits:

Hibiscus Flower Mesh by EA

Marisol Velasquez and Rita Felicio by me

Lili L'Amour by Alex/Hellfrozeover/Ice-creamforbreakfast.

Terms of use (The Boring part):

- You may use it on your pictures.

- You may upload sims with it, just give the proper credit

- Do not steal nor upload to pay sites and\or the Exchange.

PS: "Uma Pequena Flor" means "A Little Flower" in portuguese, it's also a music by portuguese band "Entre Aspas"

CDK/MoneyMAT: Cashpointe Set

Published: 9-14-2024 | Updated: N/A SUMMARY MoneyMAT is a collection of modified objects for financial operations and storytelling in your game. The series includes functional cash clutter, as well as tools for banking, loans, and investments. #CO2MONEYMAT This is a crossover with the #CO2CDKSERIES. Cubic Dynamics by John B. Cube and Marcel Dusims forged the future with furnishings that were minimalist in design and maximalist in erudite pretension. Generations later, the company continues to produce edge-of-cutting-edge designs. Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Sims 2 (EA/Maxis, 2004) by adding various currencies from the simsverse to your game – simoleons, magicoin, simoles, OMEGA, neo simoleons, simoleon sprouts, war simoleons, and more. Canon currencies and extra recolors allow you to create a color-coded banking/investment system. All items are grabbable, sellable and available in the catalog as well. Watch out for robbers!

The newly enhanced Cashpointe ATM (Honeywell, 2019; Katy76/PC-Sims, 2007) can be used for small loans, currency exchanges, and investments: (1) LOANS of §250, §500, §1K, §5K, §10K, §20K, or §30K with no payment schedule! After repaying in full, sims can take out new loans, (2) GET CASH by converting household funds to individual cash notes, coins, rolls, stacks, cards, or palettes, and (3) INVEST in virtual currencies which increase/decrease in value over time. Children can do everything except take/repay loans.

Collector’s coins can be sold and make great gifts for investors. Simoleon, Magicoin and Simoleon Sprout coins always increase in value over time while NeoSimoleons and other CryptoCoins increase AND decrease daily (sometimes they fluctuate twice in one day). DETAILS Requires Sims2 and all EPs/SPs. §1 - §30K | Buy > Electronics/Misc You need the Company Expo (Mesh Pack) set (Simmons, 2024) for TXTRs to show properly in game. ALL files in the CASHPOINTE set with “MESH” in their name are REQUIRED. Apply a recolor of your choice to cards or cryptocoin piles AFTER purchasing them from the ATM (or select directly from the catalog). Investment objects will NOT change in value while stored in a sim’s inventory – they must be placed on a surface for that effect. IMPORTANT: The individual cash notes (§1, §5, §10, §20, §50, §100, §500, and §1000) share the same GUIDs as those in Honeywell’s Money Jar (2019). The money Jar will use the notes from this set instead. Remove the originals. ITEMS Notes (§1, §5, §10, §20, §50, §100, §500, and §1000) (4-6 poly) Rolls (§1000, §2K, §5K, and §10K) (168-170 poly) Stacks (§1000, §2K, §5K, and §10K) (20-62 poly) Coin Piles (§100, §500, §1000, §5K, §10K) (660-1904 poly) Cards (§100, §500, §1000, §5K, §10K) (4 poly) Palettes (§10K, §20K, §30K) (286-710 poly) Collector Coins (§300, §500, §1000, §2K, §5K, §10K, §20K, §30K) (76-732 poly) Signs (332-376 poly) Card Shelf (9 slots) (104 poly) DOWNLOAD (choose one) CASHPOINTE OBJECTS from SFS | from MEGA RECOLORS from SFS | from MEGA MoneyMAT COLLECTION FILE from SFS | from MEGA

CREDITS Thanks: SimCrafters, Chocolate City, and Sim Shenanigans Discord communities. Sources: Beyno (Korn via BBFonts), EA/Maxis, Offuturistic Infographic (Freepik). Other Sources: Pierre, G. via Jovan, 2014); Applesee, 2023; Cgoodw, 2024; Iamsosha 2024; Kalagoglu, 2023; Olena_Skrypka, 2024; Oliveira, 2023a-b; Sam, 2024; Solsnare, 2024; Katy76/PC-Sims, 2007; D_dgjdhh, 2019/2011; THe Ninth Wave, 2019; Tvickiesims, 2019, Honeywell, 2019.

20th Anniversary of Sims 2 Gifts!

We are at two whole decades of this amazing game! May we get many more to come, because my love of this game will not run out. I still do something sims 2 related every single day and I wouldn't change it for the world! Thank you for the years of fun, and thank you sims 2 community for making the experience even better! :)

As so many are doing, I wanted to share some gifts for this happy occasion. I come bringing treats, literally and metaphorically! I have something for you, for the sims, and for the pets! Yay!

Gift for Players - Posebox function that remembers last used pose

Gift for Sims - Updated Simslice Beer Keg

Gift for Pets - Functional Pet Treat Bucket

Original plan for pets was easier stray adoption. That will be coming but I was not able to finish testing in time, so for now, they get pet treat immersion mod :) I hope you all have had a lovely Saturday with lots of Sims 2 activities and community events. If you have free time, I hope you'll check out the twitch stream train currently going on that is hosted by ChocolateCitySim and Ranabluu!

Heart Balloons by Gayars, shared for anniversary here.