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I'm about to play The Sims 2 again and I wanted to give a try creating a custom neighborhood as I always like creating things. The only thing I got idea of is just the sort of community lots I want to make as well as which the few I want as Sim-owned business.

How do you planned out your Sims to make them feel like an individual in the way that they don't feel like a same person. Anytime I create a Sim, they feel generic or a Mary-Sue.

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I never really got the swing of the Create a World tool. I couldn't manipulate terrain or roads without jagged edges and clipping.

I've installed custom worlds such as Jericho and Greymont Bay but the maps being unpopulated kept me from the playing them for long.

Last night I was playing sims 4, trying to make happy my couple weeks maried sims, which they just had a baby, and everything started to break down. sinks to fridge would go bad. I passed 2-3 days in game of hell. Sometimes this game gets really crazy and intense.

TS4 players, what do you usually do with Newcrest?

I like making it Community Hub Central with a few residences. That includes unofficial venues like an arcade and event hall.

Bonus question: Would you want to have another empty world in the future? I'd welcome it.

I held out hope and waited for her to grow into a teen but it only got worse! I did match them up because I find them both snobby but why does she literally LOOK punchably rich and arrogant?

Paradox’s life sim is dead, Paralives is supposed to come up out this year at least?

But I guess they’re still pumping out those kits? Pay $5 for models that wouldn’t merit a star if they were Sims 2 mods on 2008 MTS…

I mentioned Simitone in another post here and it made me consider giving it a try. A couple years ago I attempted to set it up (I think it may have been around 2018 after seeing a post like this on ModTheSims) but ran into some kind of issue that kept me from actually being able to play. I'm wondering is it worth the effort?

From talks in forums it seems like it isn't being developed anymore.

The SimsTek Wiki goes into specifics stating the following:

Simitone was cancelled when Rhys was sent a ceased and desist from EA over attempting to publish the project to Apple's App Store sometime after EA announced The Sims Mobile. He noted that it had the real potential to cut into EA's revenue and that the company wasn't having it. The code was released to the public but is still treated as proprietary software.

But doesn't site a source.

You can find the FreeSO final post here if you would like to read it.

For those that want to know more about The Sims Online here is the Wikipedia page.

If you want to see people playing the game several YouTubers such as CallMeKevin and Plumbella.

There are other servers that exist for FreeSO such as SimNation and FreeMyLand but I haven't tried them myself. Others such as FSO Brazil don't seem to exist anymore from what I can tell based off of a very minimal amount of digging.

Here are some other screenshots from just before the end:

Related:

Here is an article about multiplayer in The Sims 4.

FreeSO also serves as the base for Simitone.

By community projects I mostly mean mods but I'd be interested to hear about anything adjacent.

For example Simitone is self described as

On modern operating systems, The Sims has a few nagging issues that make it less than playable. Simitone can be seen as a tool to improve the playability of your existing installation of The Sims. Here are some features:

• Playable in 3D - using a combination of models generated from the 2D sprites and created by the community.

• Download the mesh pack here!

• Custom user interface that works at modern resolutions. Working on a more desktop oriented interface.

• Improved graphical performance, support for high resolutions and refresh rates.

• Custom lighting - directional lights with smooth falloffs and shadows using generated 3D meshes.

• Volcanic, a program which allows you to examine, modify and create new game objects. (from FreeSO)

But I'm not too sure how the release of legacy collection will effect their efforts. The last release was on January 16th which was a couple weeks before the release of the legacy collection and a couple weeks after the end of FreeSO.

Another example is the Sims 1/2 starter packs by voicemxil on GitHub being taken down by a DMCA. Previously these were considered the way to play the original games in The Sims community.

Other than that some Sims modding websites or mods have gone on to specify that their mods are compatible but that's about as much as I've seen.

I remember when i was young, my dad got me the sim (1).

I was quite young then, about 10 or less, and English was my secondary language.

So i can't figure out how to make wall, roof, ... And i just let the sim stay outside, on the empty loot.

I only built a piece, i mean 2, of wall to connect my kitchen, my toilet on the other side and a phone wall to this.

Everything else like bed, tv, couch, is place on green grass.

When my infant aged up to toddler, she immediately after aged up to child, etc, up to elder. I was worried she'd die, but she stopped there. Cas.fulleditmode let me age her back down to toddler, but still, wtf? Has anyone else got this bug?

The designs were created by /u/HotCryptographer2090 on Reddit. GameRant wrote an article mentioning their designs.

/u/HotCryptographer2090 has created several other neat room designs that can be found on Reddit. Like this one for example. Great if you want inspiration for what to do with extra space on a lot or awkwardly sized rooms.