Tag: Anonymous

quick question: do the system specs in your FAQ still apply or have you changed/upgraded anything since then? also, do you still use windows 7 or similar? I do and I’ll need to switch to windows 10 eventually and I’m terrified already :/

Hey anon! Yep, everything on that page is still current. I’m still running Windows 7, too. I’ve heard Windows 10 horror stories, but there are lots of people running the game on Windows 10, so that means there must be a solution! 🙂 Leefish is a great place to look for answers, and (if I recall correctly), a good number of Windows 10 issues stem from SecuROM. So if you remove SecuROM (or you ran the game update on Origin that removes SecuROM although people experienced issues with that as well), you should be well on your way to a lag-free, enjoyable TS2 experience!

Do you know any neighborhoods that are populated already with nice sims? I just created a lot of sims myself to populate the town but I realized when I finished that I didn’t have my notownieregan mod in my downloads folder.

Hey anon! I’m sorry, but I think I might be misunderstanding your question a bit. If you made all those custom sims yourself to populate a fresh, clean hood, you could just add the notownieregen mod and then start a new neighborhood. It would be free of automatically-spawned townies, allowing you to add only your own sims to the hood. 

Unless you didn’t save the sims you used to populate the hood that’s already been infiltrated with spawned townies? In that case, you could always extract them using this method (you can extract and save any in-game sim in bodyshop, allowing you to edit and re-introduce them to any new neighborhood you want!). 

If you don’t want to recreate or extract all the sims you made and just want to start playing, MTS has a couple of pre-populated neighborhoods (just look through the tag, they’re usually clearly labeled if they’re inhabited or not!). Other than that, the only one that specifically comes to mind that I’ve wanted to try but I can barely handle my own neighborhood heheh is Europa by @katatty. I’m sorry I don’t have more specific suggestions, I’ve never downloaded/played a custom pre-populated neighborhood before!

If I misinterpreted or didn’t answer your question, feel free to send me another message for clarification. 😀 

Hi! Any chance at all you’d be willing to share your aurora sky? I’ve always loved the northern lights and something like it would be perfect for a norther/mountain hood. It looks beautiful, by the way!

Hey! I’d eventually like to. There are still some things I want to tweak on it, though, and I haven’t really had a chance to mess around with it since then. I made it as a neighborhood sky, but I’d like to make a lot version too (easier to switch back and forth when you’re actually playing a family, so you don’t necessarily have an aurora in the sky during daytime. ;D) 

Also, since I made that sky, I’ve learned a few new photoshop tips and tricks, so I might be able to use an even better picture for next time. 🙂 I’m glad you like it, though, thank you so much for the lovely comments! ❤ 

wcif the default phone booth you use? i love your town it’s so inspiring?

Hey there! I couldn’t find a decent picture in my screenshots to include in this WCIF, so forgive me. (Maybe I’ll add one at a later date, but I’m like 50 pages into my Sycamore Cove tag at the moment and there’s still no phones to be found lmao.) 

But anyway! The default replacement shape is by CrabOfDoom HERE, but the link is currently broken. Does anyone happen to know if it’s been reuploaded somewhere? I also use these black & white recolors by Anna HERE. They work with or without the default replacement. 🙂 

And thank you so much for the kind words about my town! ❤ 

EDIT: aha! I could’ve sworn I’d seen these reuploaded before. Thank you, @twofee! Anon, you can find the default replacement HERE. 🙂