The Sims 2: Mods I Don't Want (But Maybe You Do)
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- čas přidán 29. 05. 2024
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Mods I don't want:
Face template replacements (example) → modthesims.info/d/106077
Baby bottle replacement → modthesims.info/d/657515/
First-born syndrome fix (Sims2RPC) → lazyduchess.tumblr.com/post/6...
Variated personality genetics → www.tumblr.com/episims/611324...
Baby last name chooser → midgethetree.tumblr.com/post/...
InTeenimater → web.archive.org/web/201901010...
Height mod → lazyduchess.tumblr.com/post/6...
Story Progression → lazyduchess.tumblr.com/post/6...
Edukashun Iz Gud → cyjon.net/node/309
Single plate leftovers → modthesims.info/d/342517
Smarter Serving → cyjon.net/node/324
Inventory inheritance → modthesims.info/d/671675/
TS3 Traits Project → hexagonal-bipyramid.tumblr.co...
Higher bills for apartments →
Some of these mods require Smarter EP Check! → cyjon.net/node/323
Other mentioned mods:
Custom face templates (example 1) → roguebotanist.tumblr.com/post...
Custom face templates (example 2) → deedee-sims.tumblr.com/post/6...
Batbox (FFS Lot Debugger) → www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf...
Last Name Copier → modthesims.info/d/289073/
Wild Child → simfileshare.net/folder/109972/
M!scarr!age → midgethetree.tumblr.com/post/...
Job Stopinator → cyjon.net/node/327
Custom bills → modthesims.info/d/532460/
Bills once a week → modthesims.info/d/602803/
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I wish there was a mod to choose a second parent for an adopted sim so unmarried sims could adopt a child together. At this point, I have to fix the relationship in SimBlender or else the baby will recognize the other parent as unrelated before marriage and as a step-parent after marriage.
There is something similar for just being born babies, Choose Father Mod (Or Parent, I'm not sure). Where child recognizes their supposed to be father when mother cheated, but the child doesn't lose all ties to the biological parent.
For adoptive parents I also use Sim Manipulator. It's so fast to click and choose so it doesn't bother me that much.
i think name the father does that but i'm not 100% sure
I agree about teen pregnancy. I used to be all about the dramatic storylines and in some ways, this is still true but as I get older it’s just not something I’ve gravitated towards in a really long time.
that's so interesting how simmers have different needs and opinions on mods. i audibly gasped when you said that the single plate leftovers mod is just too much for you, it's one of my absolute favourites and i think i would actually go mad if i had to switch to the default option again lmao
thank you for recommending smarter serving by cyjon! i don't know why i didn't grab it yet. also, i agree about teen pregnancy. for some reason in my mind this mod is more destructive than it probably actually is haha, if I want to do something like teenage pregnancy in my game, my sim simply gets pregnant right after her birthday, already as an adult. same thing with the trait project, the only time i ever used one of these is when i wanted Nina Caliente to be more of a romantic romance sim than cheating and woohoo obsessed one since that is possible with the 'hopeless romantic' trait.
have a lovely evening! may the green baby bottle be with you! :)
i felt the same way about edukashun is gud. way too restrictive for more creative/less technical jobs. doctors need degrees is similar to it, but addresses those concerns for me. super good for my college dropouts and the mod goes in a lot of depth.
Yeah im with you. To me I find it a bit unfair. Yes it's harder to get a good job without the university but in my mind it shouldn't be impossible. Just like in real life. With certain careers like the Medical one, I find they either want to study or they don't so non-studiers tend not to get that far up anyway if their hearts not in it.
Yea I recently made the switch to doctors need degrees too it felt more flexible
What I think is also strange but can be useful is dating a University Sim.
A university townie will automatically graduate when you let them live in the main hood.
Only if the Sim inviting them to move in has graduated as well! If not, the student will drop out.
i only ever use story progression when im playing the rare legacy-style game. i hate playing a single household and all the other residents being frozen in time 😭 it's also occasionally given me some neat ideas for my rotational games..
ive considered using it in my regular rotational gameplay for families i don't really care about, but it's just so much work, and i could miss out on kids i unexpectedly grow to love, or drama, or whatever else could happen in those households. it's the same reason i don't play sims 3 very often.
When I was doing a legacy, I created an empty neighborhood especially for that and was only marrying in townies and NPCs 😆
I love the height mod! it really adds more storytelling to my game. For example, this family is tall so their kids are tall and they're known in the town for being hot and tall lol. Or in my alien world some races of aliens are taller and some are smaller thanks to it. and you can really mess with it, since it has a settings file. I guess I got used to animations because I have it in the sims 4 too, I don't mind them.
I agree on traits, I already got twisted installing fairies. I have so many "trait compatible" mods I don't want to update.
When a child geta adopted, I would wish for them to see their biological family and keep their memories...
I don't know if it works ok, but maybe try kestrellyn's No Adoption Memory Loss mod
more than two parents in the family tree for adopted kids and step kids is something i've wanted for sooo long. i usually just end up teleporting kids who are taken away by social services into someone else's house to be "fostered" because the in-game adoption erases their memories, family, age etc.
I really like the face template defaults by AllenABQ on Mod the Sims. They are the Maxis faces toned down a smidge.
Simply Leftovers + Autonomous Put Away Leftovers + Dizzy's leftover-hack2 = completely autonomous putting away (as single plates) and getting leftovers autonomously when hungry. No more micro-management of leftovers ever again, don't need to click on the fridge or food items manually ever again.
That sounds so useful actually! I'm gonna look into those mods :)
@@Metzli I second this! I'm trying out these mods in my TOT challenge asap, 'cause it's starting to drive me a bit crazy with all the clicking i gotta do.
Dizzy's Leftover-hack2 is exactly what I was looking for! I have Simply Leftovers along with BO - Food Dish Autonomy (alternate version compatible with MogH) which works great but couldn't for the life of me find a autonomous eat leftovers from fridge mod, that worked. Was about to give up but saw your comment, downloaded it, and it works!!
@@bebbitea Went through a similar journey, had to deeply scavenge the web for leftover mods until I finally stumbled upon that gem.
too bad it's not personality based, sometimes i like my sim just left the foods rotted on table Especially for a lazy sim like don
One of the mods I don't mind having is any that adds new clothes to pregnant sims, because they are only pregnant for 3 days (or less if I have the 1 day pregnancy installed) so I don't care if my sim uses the same outfit for less than a week.
marticore with the heat 🔥 yet again.
I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one that's not using all these mods. Almost thought i missed out on so much
Since i m kinda of a new sims games baby (started with the sims 3 and 4) i cannot imagine for the life of me the lack of story progression and it s my biggest ick when it comes to the sims 2 plus the lack of customization on sims (lack of bodies and voices) sure rotations are fun but eventually i get so bored and whenever i play a family i just play on third speed so i can just skip it. This alone is the reason i d choose sims 3 or even 4 over the sims 2. And the mod is nice but it conflicts with so many other amazing mods i need and it as also messing stuff up as u mentioned. and while i d prefer the traits, in the sims 2 those do not make any sense to me since they would function as tokens since they are in the inventory but honestly i don t wanna mess with those.
i love your videos i still play sims 2 to this day
Perfect video! I always felt like I could always get rid of unnecessary mods as I'm trying to stay "as vanilla as possible", definitely removed something from here 🙂 Not mods per see but I've never been big on cc/drastic default replacements. Mods that add new features are also iffy, TS2 is just perfect as it is 🙏
I love the left over mod 😅 most of my sims dont eat together cause i focus too much on one sim
I'm the complete opposite, I use almost all of these mods 😅 but it's pain making sure everything works together with the traits project, I've had to get a whole spreadsheet going just to make sure i'm not forgetting something
The only ones I use consistently for story telling is choose a last name and the bequeathing inventory one. The last name one comes in handy for situations like Don Lothario having several children with different mothers. The other one I use because sometimes I’ll place expensive objects or mementos like flowers or letters in there and forget about them 😅
I use several of these, including simply leftovers, which I would hate to do without now that I'm used to having it. One mod that I never use but I know is one of your favourites is the 'no harassing babies' one (whatever it's called). I actually like leaving my Sims to choose when they want to feed their babies and don't find it annoying at all.
Thank you. Agree with the baby bottle. It is the Sims signature! I love the story progression mod, but I had to take it out for the neighborhood I’m playing now. I do think some of the mods can be solved in easier ways (like the baby’s last name).
Hi Marti! Loved the video! I've only just started to get into mods so this is super helpful, I was wondering if maybe you could do more of this type of videos, like mod reviews or smth like that? for example, i was wondering if you tried turn ons/turn offs replacements, or ACR, or the 50 new life time wants mod, or simler90's mods which can be very complex and detailed but scare me cause they could conflict with many other mods, like Cyjon's. Anyways, love your content 💚
Check out "The Sims 2 Mods" playlist, I just refreshed it!
Personally I like AllenABQ's face defaults and use them, I do use traits, and I do use the firstborn syndrome fix with RPC. As for the other mods, I could do without them, even if story progression sounds neat, I might try that for a different neighborhood one day, but since I have a Maxis uberhood setup and do college, I fear it'd break things.
Love RPC because no more first born syndrome or logging into or using the stupid EA app which caused many headaches for me! Like the leftovers because my families don’t always eat together. I got the “get cereal” mod which I like so kids aren’t stuck with snacks. Actually I use the name chooser and the just added the traits as well. I’ve played this game a long time and it’s fun trying new things and I can always take out what I don’t want. Great video though and always fun seeing how others play the game.
For that I just cracked my game to disconnect it from the stupid app 😆
I also really love those strange green baby bottles! They are so charming and iconic for my nostalgia!
Also there's a mod to scale down the giant muffins to realistic tiny muffins since the muffins in TS2 are almost the size of the child's head! I also wanted to bake such gigantic muffins in real life too!
I'm also in the "never getting default replacements" camp. The Sims' vanilla look is too iconic and nostalgic for me to mess with like that. I also find some of the more "hyperrealistic" default replacements, especially the skin tone ones, are kind of edging into the Uncanny Valley.
My biggest "ubiquitous mod I don't use" is probably ACR.
I was like "SAME" to so many of these.
Dang, I had no idea about 5:35 single plate leftovers! Neat concept for sure, but I agree with your logic, I can just get a new plate as a single serving. I think it is quite a useful mod though!
i play with realistic cc, so i use "aoife's maxis match default templates" for the faces. they look like the original faces, just less cartoony. i agree with you, the original faces are iconic.
I love how different we all play. I could never play with the maxis faces xD
Now I’m curious on how do you handle siblings ages when one goes to uni and the other doesn’t (I alway have issues with that!)
It's hard 😅 I managed that at the beginning of Genesee Legacy. But usually the oldest sibling moves somewhere else after uni, so I send them separately. And I rarely have siblings with that little age difference!
I was going to rage if you didn't sing at the end, but you sang. Now my day is made. 😌 Seriously though, I learn more about this game every time I watch your content. This was such an interesting idea! Covering mods that might be worthwhile that you yourself don't play! And this list of mods was very cool to see and hear about!
Omg Marticores accent is just ✨️goals✨️
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Ahaha I agree with all of them. Cool mods, just don't personally need them. The comment about the 30-year old pizza hits especially because I do put pizzas in inventories because I hate them getting spoiled, and then like 30 years later someone wants a snack, but they don't have any groceries...it's time to check inventory for the uni pizza they saved! I do have DR faces, but agree I don't *need them* something I just wanted. I also use RPC to the FBS is just auto-fixed but that sucks it kept crashing your game! Thanks for showcasing, and your notes on the alt mods you use to do the same things (like Wild Child for teen pregnancy or job stoppinator)
I like that inheritance item mod. I think I'll add that to the gigs of mods I already have. lol
ok I'm 30 seconds in and I'm already screaming saaaaaame
I can't replace the faces, they're too iconic like what. Same for green baby bottles
I also used to allow for teen pregnancies, but when it got out of hand (especially when I used ACR), I was pulling out hairs trying to juggle all the new families in my rotation. Speaking of ACR, I no longer use that mod either, mainly due to the hard-coding for Romance Sims (especially with Secondary aspirations). If ACR worked in tandem with the actual wants system, and could distinguish between those I consider "serial romancers" (i.e. Don Lothario, Daniel Pleasant, etc.) and "hopeless romantics" (i.e. Bella Goth, Nina Caliente, etc.), as well as disallowed unrealistic intimate pairings (to me, those are borderline SA, which is triggering for me), then I might consider putting back in ACR, or a mod that can be tuned better for all my preferences.
I also used to use default replacements, but lost them all, along with my save files, when my desktop crashed (years ago). I do want to eventually add them back in, but like you, I have grown accustomed to all the templates, making it fun to create my own unique Sims.
I do not use any time sync mods or story progression, because I do often use community lots to help boost moods for jobs and better school performance (as well as vacations). I also have created save files for every town: Good Witch/Warlock vs. Evil Witch/Warlock (with a few Neutral sprinkled in), and take Sims in groups (multiple days), skilling them up at the Castles, ergo time syncing is not feasible. I do add mods to rid the Green and aura glows of the witches/warlocks, as well as allow regular clothing and hairstyles (because with entire hoods all in witch garb, it gets confusing who is who, outside of their alignment). I also have a mod that allows witches/warlocks to retain all spells they have learned (enabling a select few to be able to perform every spell, regardless of alignment), along with a mod that does not affect alignment shifts when using any neutral spells (got sick of alignment shifting when teleporting and summoning their familiars).
I actually also like the green bottles (which especially, should have been carried over to Sims 3), because those bottles were common when bottles shifted from glass to plastic irl.
Like you, I do not allow Sims to enter careers that would realistically need a college degree (i.e. Medical, Science, etc.), and there are more that degrees are unnecessary (i.e. Law Enforcement, Dancer, Athlete, Education, etc.). Even Politics (in the US), does not even require one to have a H.S. diploma. I do give premade degrees according to their careers and/or wealth class. I also send them to college based on their wants/fears (unless a certain storyline peeks my interest), as well as their wealth status (even if I know they will likely fail).
I never liked the single plate mod, because of all the awful things in my upbringing, I actually loved being able to share meals as a family, as well as preparing group meals in advance (ya never know how much those preprepared meals might come in handy: parties, headmaster, a business, etc.).
I also am part of a minority that loves getting the full uni experience, so I use mods to extend it further than the 72 hour clock per semester, and this does not change my pass/fail rate ratio (especially due to wants/fears), anyway.
All, in all, the mods that I no longer use, are far greater than those I do use (with the exception of mods that fix bugs and glitches). 🤷♀️
*Oops: I meant to put the "Education" career in with those that a degree is necessary.
I've already known about most of those mods and either have been using them, or don't want them as well, it't the first time I hear about that varied baby personality one, tho, and that's going into my downloads now. So, thank you!
With face templates, there are some of the default ones that I very much don't like and have been considering replacing them many times, but always end up not doing it. I guess I'm too nostalgic for all of them in the end xD Plus, I feel like most of the face templates replacements I've seen were all way too conventionally pretty, and currently I prefer my sims to look unique, even if somewhat ugly/cartoonish, that similarly pretty.
Tho a few times I downloaded some face template replacements, went to bodyshop, saved a sim with each of those replacement faces, then took the replacements out. It's not a perfect solution, since then there's no option to do that cool right click thing, but if I like a replacement template that's always some way to have it in my game.
I play rotationally too and I was going to use story progression exclusively on townies and households I don't want to play. The conflicts though are what keep me away
Do you know when a sim makes one plate of food, based on the amount of ingredients left in the refrigerator - it’s equivalent to him making a group meal, or it less? I always make a group meal because it has the same cooking time
As a replacement for Edukashun iz Gud, I personally use 'Doctors Need Degrees' by KittyCarey on MTS, which has a more lenient system in my opinion. Yeah, as for the Trait System I agree. I used them once in one of my playthroughs but I personally found them rather shallow as there still aren't that many mods that enable them to do something game-changing. I also prefer The Sims 2's Personality Traits anyway, and their simplicity. However, I do use the Hopeless Romantic Trait as a standalone sometimes in tandem with BellaDovah's No Multiple Loves/Woohoos/Makeout wants for Romance Sims so I can have more variety in my Romance Sims, where they don't always have to cheat to be fulfilled, but instead makes them focus on one partner and their happiness in that relationship.
I had no idea that you could just use one of those traits as a standalone, always assumed they're a package deal, so wasn't interested. But after looking up that Hopeless Romantic trait, that's actually something I could be interested in 👀Thanks for mentioning it!
@@gwathgor No problem!
I'm surprised at RPC being on this list, but I understand why.
I keep inteenimater because I've only found glitches that have workarounds. Like spawning a sims biological clocks in Veronaville and Strangetown as there's a weird glitch in those neighborhoods causing many sims to not age but the clocks fix that. I like the realism of the possibility of teen/ya pregnancy(Wild Child doesn't seem to allow YA pregnancy) but I don't ever push the issue and keep risky percentage fairly low.
I use the story progression mod only when none of my sims are in college. Then i take it out and when every one of the graduates i put it back in my downloads folder
Man, I wanted to download Wild Child but it says that "pregnant sims can wear any outfit" so does it disable the pregnancy outfits altogether? Does anyone know? I just got some cute default replacements for them and I don't know which of my custom clothes have a pregnancy morph so I don't know if I want the mod in my game if it makes it impossible to use the pregnancy outfits.
It does, they just wear regular clothes. The meshes are almost always wrong. I recommend RCC + Alt Preg Controller Lite instead
Yeah it does mess up maternity clothes, but fun fact that's how I found out some outfits (like the adult short nightgown) that normally aren't pregnancy available have morphs
Store as single plates is my goat tho 😔
Lowkey a lifesaver for my busy sims knowing they don't have to waste time cooking for them or the kiddos
@@nanofate8662 fr everyone can just get a meal whenever they feel like it
Curious if there is any mod for hanging out while standing up.
Mods everyone recommends but I would never use are ACR and TS3 traits . I tried ACR once, got confused, and deleted it. I don't really care about random townies love life, do not need risky pregnancies, it's just too much for me. TS3 traits are too much files and I'm happy with TS2 personality system as is.
With my ACR settings, I think it's safe to say I use less than half of this mod 😆
I only use the traits mods for a bit of easier RP/tracking & some autonomy. But it is a LOT of file bloat yeah.
The rpc launcher messed my game up. I have to go through back doors to launch my game now. And it changed my graphics settings. Anytime I try to change it back the game will not launch at all. The game lags alot now, especially on community lots or during winter. I tried uninstalling rpc launcher, but now my game will not launch at all without it. I cant seem to find any answers as to why this happens. Ive had people insist to me that it isn't RPC, but i did not have any of these issues until i installed it. I will likely have to just do a complete uninstall/reinstall of my game. 😅
I also have not bothered with the traits mod. It just seems so overwhelming to me. Im just not into the idea of trying to figure out how to get everything in the proper load order so nothing conflicts. Make sure everything is installed properly. Im too lazy 😂, and I feel like my sims have plenty of individuality without it
Put away as single plates is the back bone of my game 😂 jk but I think it’s one of the mods I’d keep if I could only could keep like 5 mods.
I agree with the rest of your choices tho! Like:
-I don’t need a milk bottle recolour
-I like the sims face templates and having “strange” looking sims it adds interesting sims so not everyone looks like a model
-First born syndrome I don’t mind too much since I only have like 2 kids max per family (and I also save before birth if I need to get a certain gender)
-I don’t care too much about personality in all honesty it doesn’t effect how I choose to live that sims life
-I don’t have the last name at labor chooser but maybe it would be good for me but I just use the picture to change the surname most of the time anyway
-never used inteenimater (even though I’ve been hearing about that mod for YEARS) I just don’t care for my teens to be preggers
-I highly recommend ACR for the drama (but I’m also someone who hates when one of my sims goes off and smooches a random townie but I try and work it in to whatever storyline I have in my head 😂)
-I don’t care for a height mod since if I wanted to mess with heights I’d use stretchskeleton which I use to use a lot when I was a teen.
- I’d love to play story progression but I’m so controlling of my sims 😂 (I also play rotationally) maybe I’ll try it in a different save away from my main game in the future.
- I think I’d like a season change mod to align some of my sims since some are out of sync in my rotation (aka moving in when the rotation is in winter and they move into a new lot it’s summer I think) but it’s not the end of the world if I never get it.
- I send everyone to college lol (I think, because I’m going onto strangetown in my game I’ll try and limit the amount of college attendees and see how it fairs out.
- yeah I don’t have restrictions for what level someone can be in a career either.
- again single plate leftovers is my beloved.
- inherit inventory seems interesting, I just go through when they are close to dying as an elder (because I’m so invested in my sims I rarely have a death before the elder life stage) and empty their stuff out then manually but that could be helpful
- I’ve seen a lot of people playing with the traits system recently and I’m interested but I don’t see how much effect it has on a game, maybe I have to do some more research.
-I have higher bills mod at the highest it can be cause my sims never seem to struggle cause they always seem to do well in their careers (except for John burb he just kept getting fired 😂 I eventually had to give him a hobby to make money with)
It really is so interesting how people view different mods!
I only use sim pee to keep track on my sims in my neighborhoods but otherwise I don’t use moods for the sims 2 at all.
i started to use story progression until i went to check on ajay loner and he was almost starving to death
Is there any mod to make sims Young adults without sending them to college?
I only use one mod from that list, but one mod you mentioned is particularly senseless to me. I mean, if someone wants to have sims 3 traits they can just play sims 3 :D
I'll get higher bills. I made my private school cost money and the school day is even shorter too
I don't really want to use lazyduchess RPC launcher it kind of messed up the game layout making it very different than what I'm used to
uhhh but the rpc launcher doesn't change the layout of the game. like, at all. haven't you downloaded clean ui or something similar by mistake?
@@Lakaka99 I really dont know why, I kind of forgot but the UI is just a lot smaller.
@@Lemony123 it's probably your resolution. what might have happened is that your screen resolution is bigger than the game resolution. when you use rpc launcher, it uses your screen resolution for the game in borderless fullscreen, so if they are different the ui gets smaller.
it's not exactly a rpc problem, but a game problem. it's not made for bigger screens, so the ui doesn't have good scaling. you can "fix" it by using a smaller resolution and using magpie to upscale it to fit your screen, if you really want to
@@Lakaka99 thank you!
Honestly the vanilla game is already so well put together that the only mod I use is shorter university. That's all. I don't even know why people would want to have TS3 traits in TS2. I hate them in TS3 and TS4 made them even worse than before. And even then, if I wanted it I would just play 3.
The inteenimator link isn’t there😞😞😞
Fixed!
ok.
Huh?
Anything that changes the feel of the game is not welcome in my books. I want my SIms 2 today to be the same game that blew my mind coming from SIms 1 20 years ago. I'm sick of these mods that try to make Sims 2 look like Sims 3 or * shivers * Sims 4.
I can't be bothered with the Sims 3 traits either. I never played Sims 3 because of it's instability and when I start looking at these updates for SIms 2, I'm impressed at the work that went into them but I don't want the work to maintain them!
Well, just a clone of a Polish video xD
Except it's 30 minutes shorter
A subscriber of mine recommended me TS3 traits for TS2. There's so much effort put into this mod, but... Why not simply control your sims behaviours with your own hands?! Same for mods that make small actions automatic.
I feel like TS2 players don't even want to PLAY the game these days anymore. When your sims do the dishes automatically (regardless of their personality, btw) and the ACR creates half of the importants events in your sims life, what are you even sitting in front of your computer for?
I use the traits to guide stories. It can be hard to differentiate the massive families n hoods I make, so traits gives me a bit of a starting point for how I want my sim to be. I usually randomize most aspects of base game personality and their Aspiration as well. Think of it as "prompts" for sims I otherwise wouldn't care about.
I don't know about others, but I LOVE when Sims do things automatically, because it's like watching real little people and it becomes hilarious to go through their lives watching them make modded personalised choices without me having to prompt them. If I have to make them do something, it's all just me, but adding to their AIs with mods and having them do funny/wild things without me expecting it is entertaining