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Hello. Maybe there is someone who can help? I’m looking for these female clothes, blouse and skirt. I think they are by Cosette but since all her pictures are gone (thanks, TinyPic) I can’t find them. :/ I also can’t find them in my old Downloads-folders, there are some clothes by Cosette but not these two. :/

#reblog #wcif #ts2

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Y'know what, fuck this bullshit. I need to know y'all are actually against it.

Reblog this if you will NOT use or support Post+.

I hope to make @staff see how that is total bullshit. Tumblr will die without writers/creators.

#non-sims

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14. Pleasant/Bradshaw, back home

Back home, full of energy and sunshine, happy and ready to start again... Angela and Todd decide to go on a hike together, just like when they met, but it doesn’t feel as nice as it used to.

#ts2 #ts2 pleasantview #maxis premades #pvw02

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Simblr non-update XD

Urghhh spent all morning on the phone trying to sort out my mum’s mobile phone service. Guess I won’t be updating my simblr this week-end :/

On the plus side, I’ve been playing a bit when it wasn’t too HOT. Slow-paced, easy-going play, and it’s been really enjoyable! The Blurbs are blurbing along, and the Pleasant-Bradshaw madness is sort of calming down.

#ts2 pleasantview #non-update

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okay, there are many legitimate reasons to dislike disney, but can we please stop using “disney tells stories based on folktales!!11!!!” as one of them? pretty please, with cherries?

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14. Flexor household

Abaddon adores Felix :)

#ts2 #pvw14 #maxis premades #ts2 pleasantview #pvw flexor

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14. Flexor household

Max’s promotion is one thing, but Lilith gaining two charisma points? WOWZA!!!

#ts2 #pvw14 #maxis premades #ts2 pleasantview #pvw flexor

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14. Flexor household

Abaddon played Marco Polo with Ayslinn Dreamer and Beau.

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14. Flexor household

We’ll leave the somewhat explosive Pleasant/Bradshaw household for now to focus on Felix. <3

#ts2 #pvw14 #maxis premades #ts2 pleasantview #pvw flexor

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14. Pleasant household on holiday!

Time to go back to the grim reality of Pleasantview...

#ts2 #ts2 pleasantview #pvw14 #pvw pleasant #ts2 twiikii island #maxis premades

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14. Pleasant household on holiday!

Rumour has it that there’s a pirate hiding on that ship. Despite the team’s best efforts, they didn’t find him. They had fun anyway!

#ts2 #ts2 pleasantview #pvw14 #pvw pleasant #ts2 twiikii island #i love that ship

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Hi! Aspiring Sims 2 modder here. I'm asking a bunch of my favorite modders. Do you have any advice for beginners on working with BHAVs? Any tutorials you recommend or easy projects to start with? Useful background info? I know there's a lot of trial and error involved, but I was wondering if there's a better approach to learning about them than just looking at other people's mods and trying to figure out what on earth those BHAVs mean. Thanks again for all that you do!

Hello! Always exciting to see people who have become interesting in modding! I can try to help but honestly not sure how good I'll be at it. I'm mostly going to tell you what worked for me and some ‘modding life advice’.

Honestly what helped me the most? Breaking it down. If you find a tutorial you can follow successfully...rewrite it to fit how your own mind keeps track of how to do the steps. For example, this is how I learned to do overlay boxes...and I broke down an 18 page tutorial (when copied over from a blog post and mind you there were pictures included) down to just two pages of step 1 - whatever. Most tutorials are old and haven’t been rewritten for current years, but most are doable as the functions don’t change much. Also, compare them. If you find more than one tutorial on the same subject, see what same steps they’re following.  Picking apart other people’s mods can also help you understand those tutorials. Or see they found a better way to do the same thing. An example here...the code I use for @sunmoon-starfactory​ inventory detection, can be very different from what @mortia-laura​ use. Both achieve the same goal (detecting and deleting/adding to a sim’s inventory), but go about it in seperate ways. If I recall, my way is longer (at least on the data entry side) but I’m more comfortable with it because it’s what I know. Neither is wrong.

Another thing? Understand your limits. It's no secret that I get help from other people on some modding aspects because my brain literally cannot wrap around them. I'm talking things like primitive arguments and other things I deem "math". Which is mostly numbers. I don't deviate from what numbers I don't know, I don't stress out. But add in something new there? Learning curve for sure. Basically, know that you're not going to master everything. Few creators rarely do, and that's okay. Find your niche, improve it, and be happy with it. Of course if you want to branch out after you're comfortable, go fo it!

That being said, have a support circle that does understand what your yourself don't, and ask! I know it's scary to ask other "big name modders" out there sometimes...but honestly, most aren't scary. Personal example...I never imagined @midgethetree would have helped me. She's so smart and seems way above my pay grade if you will, but she's actually super nice (and knows how to explain things to me like I'm five...which I like! I learn best in simple steps!) and is always there to just hear me whine sometimes. It's usually about a misplaced zero where there should be a one. I also know I can count on @davinaojeda, @fireflowersims, @mortia, @veetiesims2, @nixedsims, @gayars, and so many more. To add on to that, find a supportive discord to help connect with others. Most of the ‘new’ or ‘updated’ information seems to be passed around on those.

Now here’s the most important thing and I’m writing this with myself in mind also as I recently suffered a bout of it. Whatever you make, make sure it’s how you want it. There are going to be a lot of opinions thrown at you. Some helpful and some that perhaps make the project such a giant monster it makes you want to rage quit. You won’t please everyone. You can’t. You can try, but it’s going to drive you crazy. So always take a step back, ask yourself why you’re making something and then answer if it meets your original intention. If it does and you’re happy, stick to your guns. Don’t let people push you into something you have no interest in or don’t want to do. The Sun&Moon Woodworking set gave me this problem...it was huge to begin with and was stressing me out and making me anxious because I knew I couldn’t please everyone. Got some advice on how to make it seem manageable, and that’s when I solidified my idea of what products it makes. Upon release, I got A LOT of messages from people who were asking for ‘more types/amounts/can you change it so this item comes from it’. It made me feel like I’d failed to deliver what people expect...but stepping back, it produces exactly what I want it to for my game. That’s what matters. I made something to enhance my game, it does what I want it to do, and sorry if others aren’t happy it doesn’t do more but that’s how it is. If you feel like it, add options for people who don’t agree with your choices (looking at Livestock here...heck even I use the force options!), and if they can’t be happy even then...well that’s just going to have to be their problem. Or if you know how to properly instruct people take what I call the Midge Approach, and explain how to change a particular behavior of the mod.

So when you do start modding and people ask you questions like this (which is still weird for me honestly) remember that you are not indebted to anyone (unless you take a commission of course but that’s different), you own no one anything, and in any particular way. No two simmers play their games the same and you can’t account for it all. Create for YOU first, and share when you’re happy with your results. Don’t feel bad if you don’t answer messages that make you angry because you suddenly feel like you didn’t do what other people wanted. Yeet them and continue to create what makes you happy. Create to make your game better, don’t create for the sake of people pleasing or popularity.

I know this post isn’t full of links and such to old/new tutorials but I still feel these are important pieces of “background information” to have when you get into this modding scene. I still struggle to remember some of this stuff and have to remind myself. We’re all our own worst critics and judges already, no need to let other people add to that.

#ts2 content creation #lots of excellent advice

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I’d like to thank everyone for the kind words and hearts, it helped more than you could think.

We said good-bye to Sultane on Monday. I’ve obviously been a bit quiet since last Friday. I don’t quite realise yet that she’s gone, because I was at work when my parents took her to the vet. We had called every vet in the area, and none would do home visits. It’s cruel. Neighbours had to come and help put her onto a tabletop, tie her to it, and drive her to the vet like that. Thankfully one of our neighbours actually owns a garage and used his van for that. It was a harrowing experience for everyone. We’re definitely not impressed with the local vets.

Anyway. Some better news: on that morning I also had a job interview, which went well (I warned my interviewer that I’d be distracted, and he was very understanding), and I’m now working two jobs. I started yesterday and it was amazing!

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I don’t usually post personal stuff on here but my dog isn’t doing very well. She collapsed yesterday while Mum was walking her. I was at work. Two neighbours kindly helped her back on her feet, and they managed to walk back home.

She couldn’t climb up the stairs. The neighbours tried to lift her (not an easy task, she’s not pocket-sized) but she was in too much pain. She wouldn’t even go on the blanket they’d laid out for her.

Mum waited with her outside until I came home. The vet we called got us to give her some Ibuprofene (a one-off, and it really shouldn’t be given to pets without a vet’s say-so). With that, we managed to get her back inside just before the storm hit.

And she’s a very brave girl. Six steps, and she fell four times and she got back up. She had to stop at the doorstep because that was too much, but she got back up again after a little break. She’s incredible.

She’s with us this morning. She’s not moving much, but she got up a couple of times to move from one blanket to another. She’s active in that she looks at us and seeks our attention. 

I love her so much. I don’t think there’s much we can do. I hope I’m wrong, and that the vet will find something that’ll alleviate the pain. I’m with her today and I just wish I could do more.

#non-sims

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Perso

I don’t usually post personal stuff on here but my dog isn’t doing very well. She collapsed yesterday while Mum was walking her. I was at work. Two neighbours kindly helped her back on her feet, and they managed to walk back home.

She couldn’t climb up the stairs. The neighbours tried to lift her (not an easy task, she’s not pocket-sized) but she was in too much pain. She wouldn’t even go on the blanket they’d laid out for her.

Mum waited with her outside until I came home. The vet we called got us to give her some Ibuprofene (a one-off, and it really shouldn’t be given to pets without a vet’s say-so). With that, we managed to get her back inside just before the storm hit.

And she’s a very brave girl. Six steps, and she fell four times and she got back up. She had to stop at the doorstep because that was too much, but she got back up again after a little break. She’s incredible.

She’s with us this morning. She’s not moving much, but she got up a couple of times to move from one blanket to another. She’s active in that she looks at us and seeks our attention. 

I love her so much. I don’t think there’s much we can do. I hope I’m wrong, and that the vet will find something that’ll alleviate the pain. I’m with her today and I just wish I could do more.

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14. Pleasant household on holiday!

Kudos to @sunradersimblr and his autonomous campfire mod! It’s brilliant. Go and get it.

With that said, Angela has to admit bringing Quinten in their suitcases wasn’t such a bad idea. She doesn’t know what to think of it yet, but she doesn’t mind. Not one bit.

Todd, however, is back to being the loving man he used to be at Uni. It’s confusing.

#ts2 #ts2 pleasantview #pvw14 #pvw pleasant #ts2 twiikii island #maxis premades

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14. Pleasant household on holiday!

Smustle!!!!

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14. Pleasant household on holiday!

One of the great discoveries of this trip -- both for me and (probably) for them -- is the budding friendship between Todd and his daughter. Even though Matariel was furious with Todd at the beginning, she’s quick to realise he’s just as playful and fidgetty as she is.

She’s also getting along quite well with Quinten, and unlike the adults, she’s not shy about talking with the locals.

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