If the Sim doesn't have, or can't get to, a preparation surface, the meal becomes a can of beans. Sims can choose to have a 'quick meal', which does not need to be prepared, but can be cooked for best results. Sims can use the BBQ grill to cook a plate of hamburgers.
Sims do not have to buy food, but are instead charged each time they prepare a meal or have a snack. If Unleashed is installed, they are not charged for meals prepared from a pantry , though they'll still be charged for snacks.
Later expansion packs provided more food for Sims to eat, including a birthday cake , cookies, and turkey. This food is bought from buy mode , and is ready to eat when purchased. Livin' Large added Servo , which will produce food when told to serve a meal. It's not very good food, but it is free. In Unleashed , dogs and cats can be fed pet food using a food bowl. The most significant upgrade was that of Makin' Magic , which provided a baker's oven which allows Sims to prepare more types of food, as long as the required ingredients were in the Sim's inventory.
Food is now classified into three types: snacks, meals, and dessert, with meals being further categorized as breakfast, lunch and dinner. Sims are only able to prepare breakfast, lunch, or dinner recipes depending on the time of day; for instance, Sims cannot make pancakes in the afternoon, as it is classified as a breakfast food.
Open for Business added the ability to make any type of food the Sim is able to prepare, except for a TV Dinner, at any time of the day, but the Sim will not eat or serve the food unless the player directs them to. The types of food Sims can prepare depends on their level in the cooking skill.
Also, some foods require certain equipment to make, e. The player can click on the partially prepared meal and direct a Sim to discard it "Clean Up" or to continue making it "Resume Cooking". In some cases, a Sim who does not have enough cooking skill to make the meal from scratch may not be able to finish making it once it has been started.
During preparation of certain items, a milk carton appears. This carton has a missing person on the back, and depending on the meal, the person can be Bella Goth , the Tragic Clown , or the Social Bunny. Unlike other games, Sims in The Sims 2 who have been instructed to serve a meal will attempt to set each individual place at the nearest dining surface when they have finished cooking.
When doing so, they will take into account the number of Sims present on the lot, and will generally not set more places than there are available Sims. If Apartment Life is installed, Sims can cook and serve meals in the apartment communal area, if the necessary amenities are present. However, they are not able to eat at a neighbor's apartment. Sims who have less than three neat points can "Lick Clean" empty plates as a faster alternative to washing them, which will provide a slight hunger boost.
They cannot lick clean bowls, however. One difference from The Sims is that it's possible for a Sim to become distracted while waiting for their food to cook, especially if they're using an oven. This can result in a burned meal, or even a fire. Even if the Sim doesn't get distracted, they can still burn a meal, as even the best cooks don't always get it right. Another difference is that cold foods, such as cereal and lunch meat sandwiches, are available, so Sims with little Cooking skill can eat without risking fire.
Also, The Sims 2 fridges occasionally have to be restocked, which means that it's necessary to buy groceries once in a while, either at a grocery store, or by using the phone or computer to have them delivered. Children can only prepare food using the toy oven , which makes a muffin that is fairly filling. Like adults, they can get distracted while cooking.
In Pets , dogs and cats can be fed using a food bowl or with pet treats. They can also be fed plates of Sim food that have been placed on the ground. Pets may also beg Sims who are eating at a table for food scraps, which will promptly be tossed down to the animal. Bon Voyage adds special foods that can only be eaten on vacation. These platters are treated as group meals, though they do not have the "Call to Meal Since they require no preparation, they do not depend on the Sim's Cooking skill.
A list of in-game food can be found here. Food in Castaway Stories has changed, mainly because it has to be collected. Food can be collected much as resources can. Here are the ways:. In The Sims 3 , refrigerators provide the Sims with the choices of quick meals and meals for food.
Quick meals in the fridge are free of charge, but for the most part - require no preparation. Whilst they are filling as main meals, they don't give a Sim any mood benefit, such as the Good Meal moodlet. Ghosts play a large part in the Sims games as they have a number of activities that affect gameplay.
There are multiple fixes to Ghost mechanics in Sims 2, but Cyjon built on the previous versions to create his own. Among the changes include Amok Servos, where servos who are scared to death will run amok instead of die. The Pushy Scares tweak makes it so that ghosts can now successfully scare sleeping sims instead of having to wait for them to get out of bed. How nice of them! Players can build and decorate their dream houses, down to the little details like vases and picture frames.
CEP gives you much more options in terms of customizing objects, as it enables color settings for Maxis objects in the base game. If you prefer to focus on the sims themselves instead of building, Sim Blender is the ultimate tool for that. You can manually set or remove relationship flags.
Forming relationships, making a family, and going through your sim life. Significant experiences makes the Sims series truly exciting. This directly impacts romantic relationships as they are no longer possible for second cousins.
Great grandparents now have the option to family kiss or encourage their great grandchildren as well. This one is aimed specifically towards teens and up, making their romantic relationships more interesting. Well if this is something you can relate to, you can probably already tell how this mod adds that sense of realism to your Sims experience.
You now have the option to decide if a relationship is not going anywhere serious, and to agree to just be friends. In line with that, you ever notice how that cinematic of sending a child off to college seems to always be a little… off? It makes that scene much more realistic as well. You can decide for yourself how many children you will give birth to, assign the odds for children, or keep it completely random. Fun stuff! The have and adopt a child mechanic also has its flaws as they are completely separated in the game.
With this quick fix, that will no longer be an issue as having a child satisfied the adoption want, and vice versa. The actual task of caring for each and every toddler can get quite tedious. You simply place the bowl on the floor, add some cereal, and voila. Your toddlers can eat on their own. Worse mods have been made. For all the pet-lovers out there, your pets can now choose to sleep on the foot of the bed while being used by a child.
Take note, though, that once the child becomes an adult this will no longer be possible. They can still sleep on an empty side of a double bed though. So if you like to keep your pets close check this one out. With thorough playtesting, each life stage has been increased to give the game a more realistic feel in terms of growing up.
The base game included 10 options for job tracks. But with all the expansion packs you can find even more exclusive career tracks for the game. This page is a godsend to me as well. So many wonderful resources. I have one suggestion:. I also have a question about your link to Community Time. Is this the same as the Chris Hatch mod? Have you had weird glitches with this one? I just remove it when I go on vacation. Thank you!! I use the updated Chris Hatch version of Community Time. I like it better because it works with University.
The only issue I have is that it screws up pregnancy length if you send a pregnant Sim to a community lot. They do but it takes time. Don Lothario had sex with a lot of women but he only loves couple of them in my games. And it makes sence. Poor Malcolm is constantly rejected sex by his own wife, Nina.
I find so realistic. Sexual orientation actually matters with this mod. It basically allows pregnant sim to asdign father to the baby while not changing its genetics.
I used it for Landgraabs Poor Malcolm thinks the baby is his, he has the memory and the baby is in his family tree. Thank you for all the amazing mod suggestions. My game is amazing now! I wanted to let you know that some of the links no longer worked due to Simbology shutting down. Thank you for all you do! Do you can make a tutorial to how take the lag of the sims 2 UC for those who have a copy by origin? Hi Ana. Have you used graphics rules maker and applied the 4gb patch? Thank you so much for inspiring a refreshing new outlook on the game!
However, upon trying to download it, I get error code internal server error. Is there something wrong on my side or is it in the link? Hi Alice! It should be back up now. Yup, I got it downloaded! Am I supposed to do anything with it before putting it in my downloads folder? Lots are installed differently than CC and mods. Instead, extract the package file to your desktop and double click it. Wait a minute or two and an installer will appear asking you if you want to install the lot.
Now you should find the lot in your lots and houses bin. I love your gameplay rules and I decided to download some of your recommended mods to spice up things in my game.
Could you please give me some advice how to deal with this? HI Barbi! You obviously have a mod conflict somewhere. Thank you so much for your list of mods! Its super helpful! I just wanted to point out that the link for SimPE is no longer working, I just wanted to let you know! I want to download but I will wait for your response since when i googled it, it was kinda confusing lol. Hi Nicole! The original site for SimPE is no longer functional, unfortunately.
I will update the post too. I just have a question, what mod did you use for the babies to be clothed when they are born? Hi Miah! Thank you so much for this list! I started watching your Sims 2 videos on YouTube several months ago and you inspired me to download my favorite Sims game again. I never really played the game like that when it first came out. Keep up the amazing work! Thank you so much, Tyler! Hi Cindy!!
Can you help me? Did you edited the values on simPE or you just left how it was when you downloaded? If so, can you tell me the values? Sorry in advance for my broken english. Its not my first language hahah. Hi Claire! No, you do not need to edit anything. Just place the files in your downloads folder as they are. These files have already been edited to make the genetics equal. Hi Cindy, I need a help. I have installed some of your recommended mods including Edukashun Iz Gud, more realistist paymemt, taxi charges, car chages, community lot time etc.
Actually, I am having two problems, first thing, last 3 are not working, commuting lot not passed and taxi is still free. No notification also come that the sim has brought this much money. What could be the issue for this. I had a similar issue and had to remove the taxis and cars cost money mods. They seems to conflict with community lot time. Thanks for reminding me! I need to update the post with a warning that these may conflict. This may fix the problem too.
They both are conflicting with each other. Either I can keep commutity timing mod, or taxi and car cost money. Both are not waorking together. Hi, thank you so much for your mod list! Tried installing a the moreawesomethanyou mod to stop townies and the object rotate mod but they just crash the game. Is there another way to do it that wont crash my game? Hi Becky. Those mods alone will not crash your game. They are well-known, stable mods. You can use the Hack Conflict Detection Utility to check for mod conflicts.
Google it. If you have Ultimate Collection, it takes some fiddling. Been watching your videos for a while now and I really enjoy your content! Do you know if theres anywhere else I can get the lot? Hi there! I will update the post! Hi Julia! Not quite sure what you mean. Do you mean exporting them or editing them? Incidentally, what do the Sim: Score files do?
Under the Unofficial AL patch, what do the sshack. SShack — makes the social worker behave more reasonably. You should close this site immediately. Yes, absolutely! Are there any mods you recommend installing before running it?
I ran it for the first time today and got a long list of errors it found on the pre-made neighborhoods, despite me having barely played the game and the only other mod I currently have being one that changes the appearance of the milk bottle.
And you still may run into errors. If you have Night Life installed, there will always be errors with the Tricou family. Thanks for linking me to that.
Hi Cindy, I recently downloaded a bunch of mods from your list. The only problem is my sims now reset when I hover over them or even other sims. I can interact with other people living on the lot, but neighbours just trigger the reset. Was wondering if you knew what to do, Thanks! It sounds like a mod conflict — probably one that modifies the pie menu in some way. I would start by taking those out and testing without them.
I discovered your channel last week and today I started watching your reboot of Pleasantview and I felt like playing TS2 again, so I installed it and fixed all the graphics problems thanks to your great tutorial. Do you know if these mods work for the base game, too? Hi Jimmy! You can always install them and try them out in a test neighborhood to see if you have any issues.
Can this be uninstalled? Do you have problems with this mod if you walk to lot? I love your YouTube channel. I like to zone out to it when I just want to chill. Hi Megan! No harm done! Hi, again!
Please help? Hi Kendra! I figured out how to do it not long after I sent the comment. But now I have another problem. I ran my Downloads folder through the Clean Installer in order to see if maybe I had some duplicates or conflictions.
I took out the duplicates that I did find, but certain mods are still highlighted red, such as the CJ mods. If there is any reason why this would be happening and what I could do to fix this, please let me know. The Seasons and Weather Controller mod download page seems to be down.
Do you have any other link to that mod? Thanks for letting me know! The one listed here should be the same as the other post.
Thanks for catching that! Sorry for the late reply. Is it still possible to download the mod Adult-Teen attraction? Hi fanny! Thank you Cindy! This is just letting you know it modifies game behavior. Do you remember? Can you post me the link to download these curtains? Hey Cindy, I love your channel keep up the good work.
I really admire your game-play. Please help! Hi Corina! Find where it downloaded to on your computer — usually the downloads folder in My Documents. Then cut and paste or drag and drop the package file into your Sims 2 downloads folder.
I find your tutorials very helpful. I was looking at your list of Tools above and was interested in the Collection Creator. I was wondering if you could do a tutorial on how to download, install and use it. The download links are at the very bottom of the first post. Underneath the pictures there are four files listed. One is a. They have a little green paperclip symbol next to them, meaning they are attachments to the post.
Click on the. I hope that helps! Any suggestions? Hi Amy! Hi, thank you for sharing! I love it! I have a question for Equalgenetics mode. Does it only apply for hair and eyes? How about a skin color? Any idea for this issue? Thanks in advance! Hi Luna! The equal genetics mod I linked to here is only for hair and eyes. As far as I know, there is no mod that changes the way custom skin tones work. The No Townie Regen is there. I have updated the link to make it easier to find. What mods does it not work with?
Are there no alternatives with similar features? I am not an Inteen expert nor have I ever claimed to be. Also, this is a recommended mods list not an Inteen tutorial, so not sure what you were expecting….
Wow such a witty comeback. Rest in peace to the rest of your brain cells that it took to come up with that. Sorry about that commenter, Liz. He has been banned from this website and cannot comment here again. I have heard that you can teleport Sims over and ask them to join group and this will allow you to have more than 8. But might be worth a try! Keep it up! I downloaded all the mods from your list and installed them. Everything was fine. But now have installed the same downliads folder into my game on another computer and now I cannot use any career cheats.
As everything works fine on my other system, I cannot figure out what is wrong. I can only look for job through the newspaper. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. It sounds like you have a conflict somewhere. A file may have been corrupted during the move between computers. Thank you so much for this guide! Again, thank you so much. Your list is comprehensive and very helpful. For example , my sims and his wife had a horrible breakup and they went for being married to enemies to acquaintances.
Hi Yoli! Hi Natalie! If you have the Ultimate Collection, you need the Apartment Life version. That girl who tells to thumbs up your series. I just install your mods in my game. Hi Ana! In order to make the community time project load first, you need to rename the taxi charges mod to make it load last. Just put a couple ZZZs in front of the name because mods load alphabetically.
Could you link me to it? Hi Abby! Midge the Tree on tumblr midgethetree made a mod that lets you choose which parent a baby should take the surname of! It works exactly like the marriage last name chooser, so no more futzing about in simPE with that. Link is good! Looks like the website is down. I downloaded the Social Welfare mod and it seemed to work fine util I noticed my sims receiving their welfare money multiple times a day.
I was unable to find any information on this issue online so I was wondering if you had ever experienced this before? Hi Maria! I have never heard of this, but it sounds like a mod conflict to me. I would download the Hack Conflict Detection Utility and see if it finds any conflicts. Do you use Inteen? I find that it seems to conflict with a lot of mods like this. Sometimes that will do it! I hope you get it figured out! Hej: i have a question about the child support mod: i dont know why but it dont work…or it works in certain days only?
This is how the mod is designed. I was wondering if you were going to make the apartments that you made in Strangetown available for download. Hi Paige! I have just discovered your page today. I am so glad to see the Sims 2 community is still active! I have not been very involved in the community and have played independently on and off for many many years. I have never tried mods before, but this list makes it so much easier to get started!
I do have one question that you may have addressed in your streams; how do you get the game to run properly on your Windows 10 pc? I am currently using an older and outdated Windows 7 pc and playing off the disks.
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