Welcome to my Sims 2 Blog!

This blog is to keep track of all my Sims 2 (TS2) stuffeths. I mostly "build" - houses, apartments, recreational, and community lots - but, I also create walls (and murals), floors, terrain paint, and various other recolors. And I've written a few tutorials too. 😁

All of my items are available through Mod the Sims - MTS2: CatherineTCJD.

Most of my stuff is also posted on Tumblr: A Peacock's Tale.

And I'm slowly adding things to Simblr: CatherineTCJD.

I also have an archive of everything I have made on SFS: CatherineTCJD.

Thank you for visiting!

TOU/Standard Mods

~~~ My TOU ~~~ 

 

Uploading terms:

  • Upload to Free sites only.
  • File-share friendly.

General terms:

  • Please give credit, if you use anything I made/built.
  • Don't make money for yourself from my creations.

With my meshes:

  • You may include with Lots.
  • You may include with recolours.
With my recolours:
  • You may include with Lots.
With my walls/floors:
  • You may include with Lots.

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👉 Standard Mods I Use 👈
not necessary, nor included
...but were probably used whilst building/photo-ing/prepping these lots for upload:

I love Numenor's Unlevel Wall #90 - it is a boon for builders!
- If you ever enter one of my builds and find missing walls or strange pieces of WroughtIron fence where walls should be... it is because I used Numenor's Wall #90, and you don't have it in your Downloads folder. To fix it: exit the game, install the wall, and re-install the lot (from your lot bin.)
- If you have trouble installing Numenor's Wall #90 - Scroll down for help.

I use the Lifestyle Build Bundle ALL the time (it's the second link in the top post) extracted from Lifestyle Stories by Argon @ MATY. This 'bundle' lives back in my Bins folder so it doesn't have the CC star. If you ever enter one of my builds and find it has blank/unpapered walls/floors, it is because I used ones from this bundle and didn't realize it. So, either substitute the wall/floor of your choice, or go get this bundle and re-install the lot (from your lot bin.)

I use Deastrumquodvicis' Roof Shader for brighter roofs
And, HW/Honeywell's A Little Greyer: Roof Trim Defaults
Maranatah's White Wall Top texture replacement
Moo's Turn On/Off Lights
Menaceman's Lunatech Lighting Fix
Feenwald's Blocked Doors can Close (so doors close properly!)
BeosBoxBoy's no-red-pause-mod
Nopke's Go Under Spiral Stairs mod for proper spiral stair usage
Gunmod's Radience Lighting System, which is installed with the Scriptorium (which is necessary for installing CC stairs.)
Lamare's Shiftable Everything and...
HugeLunatic's Sweet Down Low Tweaked + for the ability to shift things up/down on a wall without darkening the item!
And, I highly recommend using gummilutt's Invisible Medicine Cabinet to add features to any mirror.
And, of course, everyone needs Numenor's CEP and SEP!

NOTE: Sweet Down Low Tweaked + sometimes causes pictures, curtains, shelves, and ceiling lights to 'jump' out of place when you first install a lot. You can click the item to put it back in place. The 'jumping' is a side-effect of the mod. It won't affect your game at all (other than the inconvenience of things being initially out of place *sigh*)

 

EA Store Stuffeths (7 sets) ~  EA Pre-Order Incentives

Life Stories  ~  Pet Stories  ~  Castaway Stories 

NOTE: I store the above 5 items back in my ProgramFiles/BINs folder because all of it is made by EA/Maxis and doesn't deserve the star-of-CC-shame.


...and Tools 📐

Sims2Pack Clean Installer ~ SimPE ~ HCDU+ ~ Delphy's Download Organizer ~ GRM

Mootilda's Lot-Adjuster & Grid-Adjuster ~ Simler90's StairMods

Chris Hatch's LotCleaner & LotCompressor & SDHB Tester

 

How I Install Numenor's Unlevel Wall #90

- If you don't already have it, go get and install the Scriptorium by Numenor - it makes it super easy to install Modular Stairs, Fireplaces, Custom Walls, Lights/lamp mods (You can read about the what/why/how of it on his post) To sum up - all these items use scripts to work properly in the game - and that means they have an extra .txt file along with the regular .package file - and you don't just dump it all into your Downloads folder. Once you install the Scriptorium, it will install all the other stuff for you.

- Then - go get 90_UnleveledWall also by Numenor. (This wall is amazing!) Numenor cautions on his post that some people have experienced problems with this wall; but, I've used it since he first released it in 2006, and I have NEVER had a problem with it - I've used it through various EP/SP disc installs on XP, Vista, 7, 8, and now on Windows 10 with UC - and on Windows 11.

- Unpack the zip file and find two items:
90_UnleveledWall.txt
90_UnleveledWall.package

- In your DL folder, find the Scriptorium shortcut labeled "Scriptorium_Walls-Fences-Arches" and drop the .txt file into it. (If you open the shortcut, you'll see it's path goes to: C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\Double Deluxe\Base\TSData\Res\Catalog\Scripts\Scriptorium_Walls-Fences-Arches - if you have the UC)

Numenor advises that you put BOTH the .txt and the .package in the shortcut folder. However, my 90_UnleveledWall.package file is in my documents/Downloads/zHacks folder - always has been! And like I said, I've never had a problem with it.

 

🕮 Tutorials That I find SUPER Helpful 🕮

How to match Sun Direction on a lot and in Hood View by Sunrader

For building swimmable lakes: Easy Swimmable Real Lake by patul/MTS

...and another Making Real Lakes Swimmable by JustTheBast/MTS

To make a skateable pond: Make Sims Skate on Frozen Ponds by SariaDeea/Tumblr

To build piers out over the water: How to build a deck/foundation/room on the beach on BV beach lots

Or Whoward's method: Building a Beach Hut and Pier

And: Making coastal elevation changes stick when moving/packaging BV beach lots

Josepina's How to make an above ground pool from 2012, on MTS.

Making S2 Terrains in SimCity 4

 

For Game Management:
Internet Archive link for The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection.

Evie's TS2 Guide

The easiest way to install the UC: Osab's Sims 2 Starter Pack and Guide

Important info -  The Sims 2: Known Issues. Stop Reinstalling Your Game! 

"George" the Sims2 4Gb patch originally by CelebKiriedhel, now with BodyShop added by DreadPirate. (DP's link no longer works, so I keep a copy at SFS)

Or DL the 4Gb Patch directly from NTCore - and use it on all the TS2 programs: BodyShop, HomeCrafter, and SimPE!

If you really want to install from your old discs, here's a GUIDE - Good Luck!

Creating an Empty Stand-by List by Osab. 

ChrisHatch's Lot Cleaner. (post #4)

Kiri's Handy Dandy Page of Sim Info by CelebKiriedhel/Tumblr

Beginners Guide to Setting up TS2 by Lesya/SunnySimblr

Sims 2 Pink Flash & Crash FIX! by Maranatah/MaraSims

...and another Sims 2 Pink Flashing & Crashing guide by 2FingersWhiskey/Tumblr

...and another CPU/affinity "tip" suggestion from NiiicePants

Bright CAS Fix - without DVXK or adding a file. Done in SimPE. From Jawusa.

 
Interesting ideas: Why Sims 2 has been so broken the last ten years - this info contradicts a lot of the above stuff... so I dunno?
 

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