Sims 2 Let's Play | BACC - Hard&Harsh S01E01 | New Beginnings!
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- čas přidán 13. 07. 2023
- In this episode we start our version of a sims 2 BACC in a post-apocalyptic world, hard & harsh style. 12 survivors, only one cart, a few seeds, a few tools and their last rations to start their settlement with. In an attempt to bring the survival & crafting games to the sims 2, with the help of all of sun & moon mods (link below), the sims will have to survive using farming, fishing, resource gathering and scavenging for useful items.
A huge thanks to all of the custom content creators who's creations were used in this challenge.
Links:
sun & moon's star factory mods: sunmoon-starfactory.tumblr.co...
CreeSims Mod ur Dig: creesims.tumblr.com/post/6155... - Hry
This is so cool, you've built such an immersive world! Looking forward to seeing what's next!
Thank you so much! Really glad you liked it so far. It was so much fun piecing it all together with the mods and all the defaults. New video will be up soon!
Omg this was EPIC!!! ⭐I love this idea so much, really really creative. It's almost like you've created some sort of spin-off game, such as the sims medieval or castaway, but with the core game - I can't get over how immersive you've managed to make this with the simple use (so far) of 2 lots. 😱 Like it was just 2 lots, and still you made it feel like a whole open world.
The home lot is stunning and the layout is so clever. I had to laugh at you pointing out the one item that's not cc 😂I can definitely relate to that. Also the fact that you finally ended up putting in light switches and power outlets into the one house that does not have electricity was hilariously ironic 😂 And that quarry blew my mind - I don't even know where I would begin coming up with a lot like that. Did you take inspiration from somewhere for it, or was it completely free hand?
Seeing you incorporate the Sun & Moon mods into this was so great - I've only seen it used in a medieval setting before so this scratched an itch I didn't know I had. Also the clever use of the inventories and the usable items was great - I would love to see how you manage the scavanged items, that sounds really interesting. A mod came to mind that I swear I've seen Let it simmer use before, that allows the sims to relieve themselves anywhere outdoors 🤔I'll do some digging after this and see if I can find it.
It was also really fun seeing the townies (and John+Brandi) reimagined in this setting - especially since watching the prequel video to this about the townies too. It'll be so much fun following them and seeing where they all end up. (I really hope no-one dies, that would be hard to watch 😅)
You really blew me away with this one - it was both unexpected and also instantly addictive. Looking forward to the next part ❤
Found the mod so in case it sounds interesting: "Pee Anywhere" by Hunter240x on MTS (male/female version)
Thank you so much! 😄🥰 You always manage to put such a big grin on my face. 😄 Immersion really was what I was going for. I wanted to bring that feeling of scavenging and needing to find items that I usually get from other games. Initially just for myself when I started fiddling with some ideas and mods. I only decided to turn it into a let's play later on. So I'm really happy that it also feels immersive when watching it! 😊
Haha yeah that one maxis couch, it never occurred to me it was the only Maxis thing in there until I was doing that tour and was "standing in front of it" and realised it was. 😄
I did go into that quarry build without a plan yes. But by that time I had been thinking about this world and project for weeks (like non-stop😅) , so it just kinda came out like this when I asked myself where these sims would walk to to get their stone. In the back of my mind were probably some images of Skyrim rock areas. And the mining set items from sun&moon are really inspiring too. Their look & feel just kind of ask for a certain build I think, so when placing down one, I started to get a vision of what the area would look like. I remember that pit being a last minute decision when I was looking at the empty lot, so I started by digging a big hole and the rest followed. I do think it gives the entire lot some depth. (litterally and figuratively 😄 )
The sun & moon mods are really addictive once you get started with one, in my experience. A lot of them are tied together and use items from another set. There is such an interesting system and logic behind them. I never used them much because they do have a learning curve and I didn't spend the time on reading up on them before. I started out by reading the ones that I really needed for the resources and then moved onto the ones I liked the most and adding them one by one, once I had figured out what to use them for. Ended up adding like 95% of all their mods. Including laundry. 😂 Poor sims, have been through an apocalypse and stil have to do their laundry.
"I'll do some digging after this and see if I can find it" - oh, I do so hope that pun was intended. 😂😂 Thank you very much for that mod suggestion. That would be a perfect addition to make it more immersive and get rid of that chamber pot! So much more realistic! I'll be sure to check it out!
I really hope nobody dies too! 😅 That would be devastating really. It was a dilemma that I had when I decided to turn the project into a series for this channel. It was either using new sims that nobody knows and that I don't know and having to focus on their stories and characters while playing, or putting in sims that we all know already, so that during the gameplay we can focus almost exclusively on their chores. Or at least in this first phase, before they start building houses. The latter seemed to make more sense. But I would be crushed if one of them really does die. We'll have to see what happens! 😄
I love love LOVE this!! So exciting, cant wait to see more. The quarry is so cool, Ive been needing to build one in my medieval hood so Ill definitely take some inspiration from your lot 😍😍
Haha thank you! And I love that you loved it! 😄🥰 I'd love to see how your quarry turns out too. 😃
teaaddict recommended you on her stream! excited to join this journey, we neeeeed more sims 2 content on here!! ♥️♥️
Was that the stream from a few weeks ago when I was in the chat? Or like recently? I'm so flattered Beth recommended my channel. That was really unexpected and I nearly dropped my mouse when I felt directly spoken to. 😂 I absolutely love her content. And I wish I would get more chances to catch her streams too. The ones I did catch were really fun. 😊
So welcome to this channel then! 😀❤ Thank you for checking it out! I hope you enjoy what we've done so far. And personally I am really excited about the new challenge too. 😄 Nice to have you join in! ❤
I love how you said "WHEN there's a fire a ashes are left", not "IF" 😁 having no hope for your sims is a classic game experience
Lol, I think I meant the campfire! But I love your explanation much better, it's definitely a classic. 😁 And looking at later episodes, it's much more fitting! 😂
@@StoriesNStrategymy bad, didn't know it leaves ashes 😭😁
@@hellofwinnie No worries, made me laugh nonetheless. 😊 And you're right, it's not a question of IF they will set something on fire, but WHEN. 😂
Wow! You had my utmost interest all the way through the gameplay, it's very cool! Can't wait for more
Thank you very much! It's really nice to hear that. So glad you found this interesting! 🥰
promise me you are not to stop playing 😢 wanna see the whole world you build
Aw, thank you! ❤️ I have every intention of seeing this world, that was designed on paper, come to life in the game and share that on this channel! It's been way too much fun to want to stop doing that. 🥰 And also, I've been playing the game for almost 20 years now and will probably still play the game when I'm in my 80's, technology willing. So it is very unlikely that I will stop playing the sims. 😄😉 It'll be so nice to have you following along! ❤️
Please keep this series going I just started playing the sims 2 and I’m in love all over again
That must be such a great feeling, falling in love with the sims2 all over again. 🥰 Really such a great game. I have given TS3 and TS4 a fair chance, but I will probably never stop playing TS2. Nice to have you following along with this new series! 🥰
This was incredible! Surviving and crafting - a drastically different playstyle to my own. I’ve never even heard of some of the mods you’re using. I’m in the process of starting my own BaCC and I’m so glad to have stumbled upon your video as I was scavenging youtube for inspiration. Subscribed!
Thank you! 🥰 And welcome to the channel! Fresh starts are amazing, aren't they? I wish you a lot of fun with your BACC! 😊
This is amazing! The sims save of my dreams! Have you played stranded: alien dawn? You might like it if you enjoy survival sims with a focus on a few survivors living together.
Oh wow, thank you! Glad you like it! 🥰
I have not played stranded: alien dawn. I just watched the trailer and this looks awesome, exactly the kind of game I can get addicted to. I've played so many games in this genre, I'm actually surprised I hadn't even heard of this one. Thank you for the recommendation, I really appreciate it! ❤️
Great idea, post acolyptic world ! Sound like a RTS Settlers game or any builder like banished. Wonder,about civil things like work, school, services restricted ?
Thank you, glad you like the idea! I did take a lot of inspiration from Banished, it's one of my favorite games of all times. And I've always loved playing any kind of city building games that involved strategy in one way or another. And yes, all town services are completely restricted or locked, until they unlock them by advancing on the knowledge/tech tree. And only then can they start building those buildings and use them. It will take them some time though, they are now mostly focusing on building those warm houses before winter. 😊
Just found your BACC play and I instantly fell in love with it.
Aw, thank you! That's such a sweet comment. ❤️ Glad you are enjoying it!
I never leave comments, but this is incredible! I'm a huge fan of sims 2 myself and I love finding new sims 2 creators, especially as creative and interesting as you! Everything in game looks so good and realistic and I'm really excited to see what's gonna happen next
That is so very kind to say! I'm glad you decided to leave this comment then, because it has put a huge smile on my face. It makes me really happy to hear that people are enjoying this video. So thank you! ❤ A new video will be up before the next weekend if all goes well, so we're going to see what will happen next very soon! 😃
That was a fun watch! It's always nice to see people using our sets in all sorts of different contexts! I'm looking forward to watching more of this series. ❤ Echt superleuk gedaan!
omg hi! haha It's so cool to see you here and I love that you liked the setup of this series. These sets are so amazing and so versatile!! The more I read about them and how they all connect together, the more I fell in love with them. And I am mostly just really happy to finally be able to use them! 😊❤️
And you're dutch! I had no idea... haha Dankjewel! 🥰
Hope you enjoy the rest of the series. I'm still working on making that tech tree ready to be shown in a video and I might have taken a few liberties with the crafting things here and there, but I hope you like it and enjoy watching! 😊
Wow, so much of effort put in it! I absolutely love the start and thrilled to see what's happening next. Is there any chance btw that you will share your neighborhood/lots?
Oh, thank you! So glad you liked it so far!
I really doubt these builds will be suitable for upload. I never considered it before. 🤔 They were not made in a clean hood. And apart from the actual walls in the building, and apparently that one couch 😄, everything is cc, no maxis items or walls and floors in there. Plus I did some experimental things to the lots, that I was willing to risk myself, but wouldn't want to mess up anyone's game. I deleted the roads in front of the settlement, quarry and forest for example, and then built trees and bushes where the road should be, to achieve more of a feel that they are in the middle of nowhere.
I might consider it for future builds, although I should really check out how that would work with this much cc. I guess for now they can only be used as inspiration. 😊
visiting random sims I could see keeping out, but random animals would make sense wondering in especially if this is a post apocalyptic landscape. I could even see random cats since their owners would have abandoned them. XD
That's a good point! I could imagine there being skunks and stray pets too. There will definitely be some stray cats and dogs once we get to the RNG part, where we go scavenging in abandoned buildings a bit further away from this area!
Jesus, only now have I got to watching these series and I'm blown away 🤯 What a gem I've been missing for half a year!
This is exactly what I have always wanted to see when it comes to BACC and challenges similar to that.
I love that you are incorporating the hell out of SnM's mods 😀 they are perfect for this. When I started playing with them, I found that in some cases the balance seems off (like, you can sell a raw log for much more than the planks you get after cutting the log, even though it requires some additional effort). So I really can't wait to see what you do with the mods throughout this series, how it turns out in terms of economy and stuff like that.
Can't help but watch the next episode right away 😅
Aw, that's so sweet, thank you! You really made me smile with that kind comment. 😊
So glad you like the ideas for this challenge. I really wanted to incorporate as many aspects from other games that I love in here. And I love survival games, so I took a lot of inspiration from those. The sun & moon mods are so perfect for this and they never fail to amaze me with how intricate their mods are. I recognise what you said about the balance seeming off in some cases, but in my experience it all makes sense when I start using them in the challenge. For instance with the logs and planks; I use the logs for gaining enough value to buy the houses (so build mode), and the planks for crafting items and furniture. And in that way it feels much more balanced, because even a crappy cabin still costs around 8k, which is huge in this setup.
So I decided early on to never tweak their mods for this playthrough, also because I want others who try this out to get the same experience as seen in the video, and not be surprised by different balance and settings of the mods. 😊
@@StoriesNStrategy ohhh, I see, yeah, that makes a lot of sense! Indeed, separating sellables to Build and Buy mode should definitely help with the balance.
Challenges like these remind me of games like Rimworld, Anno, Tropico, etc. And there, you usually have separate tiers of craftables: raw material -> simple refinement -> complex refinement etc. Every subsequent tier costs a lot more when you sell, but it's also more time and effort consuming. SnM's stuff does not always follow this progression, which is not a bad thing, just something to get used to, if you come from games like that 😅
@@letitsimmer94 Ah yes, I know what you mean about the crafting materials. They do not always follow that progression. It probably has something to do with the OFB mechanics of the sims and having a cost for resources used in all cases, but I can't speak for them obviously! 😊 And omg, Tropico!! ❤❤ Truly one of the best games ever imo, definitely among my favorites of all time.
This is such a cool concept! I'm excited to follow this series 😄
Aw, thank you, that is really nice! 🥰 Glad you like the concept. I'm excited to continue with this series too. New video will be up soon!
such a fun set up!! excited to see what you do with the series
Glad you liked it! It's been sooo much fun building it and starting their first steps in this settlement. 😄 For once I am actually ahead of my videos and currently on day 3, so a new video should be out soon!
this is so cool! the amount of setting up is amazing, and the detail in the lots is just insane. can't wait to watch this series
Thank you! 🥰 I'm glad you like it.
Love every bit of the start. Waiting for the next eps already
Thank you so much! Good to hear you enjoyed it. 🥰 If all goes well, the new video will be up next weekend.
Oooh the building and scavenging systems remind me of some I came up with for my Celtic and zombie apocalypse hoods, respectively. Looks like a lot of fun!
Yeah, I took a lot of inspiration from the apocalypse challenge I found online. (and some zombie games that I really love) But I wanted to change the way in which buildings and careers are added. You played an apocalypse hood? That is so cool. Did you use that zombie mod too?
@@StoriesNStrategy I am using a few, yeah. I haven't gotten very far with it though. I think I ended up realizing that townies couldn't autonomously infect other townies or something like that, or maybe it was the overlay that didn't get updated... I'm not sure. I'm still mostly in the college phase so the apocalypse hasn't happened yet, I just was testing out my zombie defaults heheh
@@anachibi Oh yeah, I guess that would be a thing, if zombies don't autonomously do actions to fear. Hmm.
It's been a while since I read up on those mods, because I created this hood in februari/march, but I think one of the reasons why I added the immaturity mod is it makes sims fight more when they are in a bad mood. (hence all the fighting in the Big Brother house, if you've seen that) I think one of the approaches could be turning a sim into a zombie if they lose a fight to one.
I think that's what I wanted to try, but I never did test it, so I really don't know if that works. Still sounds very fun! Just out of curiosity, do you play other zombie games too? After your comment about the references, I was really curious if you recognized that last one too, but didn't want to give any spoilers either. 😊
Love this. So happy to have found you, a lovely lets player. Keep up the great work, youll be big someday ❤🎉
Thank you so much! This was a really heartwarming comment, thank you for that! ❤️ And I'm glad you are enjoying the videos! 🥰
This is great, can't wait to watch more, thanks
Good to hear you enjoyed the start of this new series! More is in the making and will be out soon. 😊
This is AWESOME! can't wait for more parts to come out!
Thank you so much! 🥰 It's good to hear you enjoyed it! Next one is in the making! 😄
@@StoriesNStrategy Yayyy I can't wait
This is incredible! So immersive and interesting
Thank you! Happy to hear you enjoyed it! 🥰
This was so fun to watch! I’m late tuning in, but I’m glad I didn’t miss out! The Quarry is such a cool lot, with the stairs that lead down to where you can mine stone. Really cool!
I like the idea of lots being exhausted, it adds so much more of a challenge to this post apocalyptic set up. I haven’t yet used the traits mods in my game, but I’m tempted to after watching this!
I want to create some sort of sub Saharan africa inspired world, and I’d like the households I set up to have agricultural jobs as well. Fishing, butchers, sewing, etc. So this definitely inspired me! I need to look more into sun and moon mods!
May I ask where the Macro action mod is from?
Great video - I’m onto the next ep 🎉
Hi! It's so cool to see you here! 😄 And I'm happy to hear you've enjoyed the episode. 🥰
I was hesitant to try the traits at first too, especially in my older and way too huge n-hood, because I didn't want to throw too many mods in there. (and sorting the conflicts there gave me a headache 😅) But I love using it in my smaller hoods, with a more updated mod set and it really adds so many possibilities to the game imo.
A sub Sahara African world sounds awesome. And judging from what I've seen you create so far, it will be amazing. 😊 Sun & Moon mods would be perfect for that, they're so well balanced and versatile, can't recommend them enough!
The macro actions are from the Macrotastics mod from MATY. You'll probably find it if you google that, if not, let me know. Also very useful if you play an integrated neighborhood and hire other playables to clean/garden/repair by summoning them in. They will actually spend their entire time doing just that and take bathroom breaks on their own if needed.
Enjoy watching the rest of the series! ❤️
This looks amazing wow great work, im excited to see where this goes
Thank you so much! ❤
I just found your channel and I'm loving it! Really insipiring! Do you have a tumblr? Btw the lots are incredible! I could never haahhaah
Thank you so much! Your comment really made me smile. 🥰 I don't have a Tumblr (yet), but I'm getting the feeling that I really should. 😄
Glad you like the lots! I always thought I wasn't a builder and I still make the weirdest buildings too 🤦🏻♀️ , but there's a lot of love in these lots! And I've learned a lot from other creators on CZcams in the past few years. 😊
Heheh I think I recognized most if not all of the game references. I won't spoil but yeah I play most of them!
Haha cool! 😄
Wow! Soooo crazy how much you can do in this game. Do you have a tumblr? Or something? I just want to browse your whole mods folder 🤣
Ikr?! This game keeps amazing me after all these years. ❤️ And there are so many talented creators out there who keep making awesome new mods even now, opening up all these possibilities for new gameplay. 🥰
I don't have a Tumblr (yet). 😊 But if you would look in my downloads folder, it's 80% sun & moon mods in there. I think I downloaded everything for this hood and it did take a bit of reading, but it's so totally worth it with everything that these mods make possible. They even released a new mod in the last few weeks that I haven't even gotten the chance to check out yet. But they keep adding and improving stuff, it's really cool.
But if you have anything specific you're wondering about what mod is used to make something happen, feel free to ask! I'd be happy to answer. 😊
This is awesome! Is this town and content still available for download and if so, where?
Hi! Thank you! ❤️ The hood and lots are not going to be available for download, because of the amount of cc that was used in it. They are solely here for inspiration and for the BACC series. But if you see any cc in the video that you like, I'd be happy to check where I found it, so you can download it.
This was fantastic! To answer your question yes I would love to see inventory management, I love how well thought out and detailed your challenge is. Could you please share your own rules and restrictions? These are so well thought out and inspiring.
Glad you liked the idea for this challenge and hood! 🥰 It's been so much fun putting it together. It started out as just a small project for myself, to see if I could make having to scavenge and craft feel realistic and immersive enough, with the help of all of these amazing mods that are out there. Sun & Moon especially, all of their mods are so well thought out. And only later on I decided to turn it into a let's play, because I thought it might be fun to watch. Long story short, my rules are really a set of scribbles, checklists in a notebook, a pencil-drawn design for the map that I later made in SC4, only a few excel sheets and a lot (!) of written pages on paper to work out what unlocks what. So detailed and thought out, yes, readable? Not really. 🤦♀️🤓 In short, I never thought about making it into a version that can be shared before. I would really like to though, so I will look into working out the last details and turning it into a format that can be shared, so more people can use it! Might take me a little while though. 😊
Forgot to mention that I will be going into the inventory management in the third episode! The second one was already filmed, but I will talk a bit more detailed about the crafting and inventory parts of the challenge in the third one.
@@StoriesNStrategy that's totally okay, take your time! i love the way your mind works for this! using simeoleons as crafting points? genus!
Wow, what a great challenge, did you create it by yourself? Maybe you could share your rules and i hope you have saved your hood, maybe to share it at some point? Can‘t wait for the next part.
What happend to Cherryblossom Springs? That was fun to watch too.
Love your content 😍
Thank you so much! 🥰 That makes me really happy to hear. 🥰
There are so many amazing modders out there, that I think I just pieced some parts together to create this world and system. Parts of the challenge I came up with by looking at other games I like. Like that tech tree, linking skills to traits and the dice system to decide what buildings we are going to scavenge. Part of the rules came from the BACC rules and the Apocalypse Challenge rules. I loved those, but I wanted this to be more like those kinds of games where you go out scavenging and find items or people. And I wanted to use a different logic for adding sims and what job you need to unlock before advancing the town to the next step with like a hospital or something.
I could look into sharing some parts of the hood. I really never considered that before. The buildings are 99% cc, but the hood itself, I kept copies during most steps of the process... so I guess that would be possible? And the rules; I think it would be awesome if others would want to use it! I would have to look into how to share those, never done that. And I'm still working out some details to tie things together. So maybe in the future, yes. 😊
Cherryblossom Springs is still very much alive! I haven't played it since the last video on the channel, so nothing really happened there. And it is ready to pick it up where we left off at some point in the future. I do intend to! It would be nice to have one series in an achievable upload frequency, so I can slowly start to pick up previous creative projects again. I still very much love Cherryblossom Springs and how we started there too. I sometimes miss the simplicity of that hood. So yeah, definitely intend to continue that in the future. ❤️
Wow, this is very cool!
There are just so many way to play this old game! And a great show case of different mods
I'm glad you liked it! 🥰
Ikr?! So many ways of playing this game indeed. The amazing mods that are out there keep surprising me with their possibilities too.
I do actually have that list. I plan on sharing a bit more about the details in one of the upcoming episodes.
Did you use the editable treasure mod for this? I'm noticing them digging up stuff that I don't think normally comes in it.
I did, yes! It's the one from CreeSims that's on their tumblr. Mod ur Dig. And I used a version where sun & moon items are included too. Really cool combination and essential for what I really hoped was possible, to create that scavenging vibe that some survival games can give. It is possible to further mod it and add or remove items you would like to include in it in SimPE, but I haven't done that.
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