Celebrating 20 years of Sims 2

As a celebration of 20 years of the Sims 2 I have been working on something a little retro.

20 years ago we left Old Town behind to play the Sims 2, now to celebrate we are going back to Old Town but in the Sims 2.

I have produced a modified version of Old town by marka93 titled 'Sims 1 Old Town in the Sims 2' (found using the link to my google drive below).

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1yylFVZNq1Y6rufYGNAiPO5EeRElA4Sgw

Marka's version of Old Town is an outstanding recreation and well designed and produced. The main changes I have made in my version are as follows:

• Added correct careers to sims
• Altered ages of some sims to fit the timeline better
• Edited sims looks to suit my outfits and given them 4t2 hair
• Edited Sims with nails and body hair etc.
• Added in the missing pets from the 'Unleashed' families
• Written family bios for all families with suggestions on their story so far.
• Created 39 NPCs from the Sims 1 (and other places...)
• Created 32 Townies from NPCs from the Sims 1 (and other places...)
• Created family relations for a few families (such as the Roomies)
• Added in a graveyard for the dead sims
• Altered some lots to match Mod aesthetics etc.

My download comes as a compressed file with my own spreadsheet set up for the town pre-populated ready for you to enjoy gameplay!

Most of the sims in the hood were well created and I just made some additions and corrected some ages and carers, adding in body hair and nails if you use them.

I use the better looking water mod by Voeille, and lots close to the river/sea or with ponds have a hidden pool tile to show off the better water (See the link to this mod below).

NOTE: I cleaned the hood as best I could with HoodChecker which just gave the usual memory and 'met ...' etc etc.

Premade Playables

All the well know premades are in town from the original Sims 1 hood and its' expansions so Cassandra Goth and Daniel Pleasant are children, will they make a cute couple when you play your version of the hood?

Some of my favourite missing playable that have never been seen again can now long long and strong lineages that survive for generations such as the Hicks, the Hatfields, and Claire Charming. All are ready to play with their traits, and looks and ages adjusted. Plus Marka93 recreated their house excellently with funky Sims 1 style dining and lack of enough bedrooms haha!

Townies

Many of the famous faces that wonder around in the Sims 1 without corresponding roles in the Sims 2 can be seen as townies. See Agnes Crumplebottom above, famous sister to Cornelia Goth. Meet my own familial links too; Chris Roomies has quite the extended family living in town. Plus can you spot the sims that are still here from when the town was Sunset Valley? Their children are also around! There are 39 Townies for you to play as with their own traits and if they needed it, their own names and some even have a family in the game!

There is no apartments in the hood, but you can add them in if you wish, however doing so will generate the social group sims to live there as neighbours and I have purposefully killed them all off, you're welcome! Here are a few mods to help with stopping them respawning:

https://modthesims.info/d/511564/no-townie-neighbours.html

At least one hack from MATY can be useful for this too - 'notownieregen'. But there are others you may find useful for helping with this too.

http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/ffs/al/hacks/

NPCs

All universal NPC sims are remaining for obvious reasons, but the maids and burglars will not be generated, thanks to my friend GrottyDotty for helping me with this, the NPCs are the ones you would find in the Sims 1 games. Above is Tanya Tydee, in the Sims 1 she was the lots cleaner known as 'Tidy Tanya' see her new look in game when she comes to clean that filthy toilet of yours!

Other famous Sims 1 NPC faces are around too.

Need a maid? Brigit is on hand!

Forgot to pay those bills? Bud will be coming to claim them!

Garden full of weeds? Gloria can be there today... or tomorrow at least!

Plus new NPC roles have been given to existing Sims 1 NPCs, and a few sneaky remaining Sunset Valley sims are around as your friendly (or not so friendly) NPCs.

If you don't want the Universal NPCs like Mrs. Crumplebottom, I recommend using the Visitor Controller and banning them from every lot so only my created NPCs and Townies appear.

You can find marka93's Old town original on MTS

https://modthesims.info/d/522506/old-town.html

Thank you for producing this, 10 years later still a beloved and enjoyable hood to play, all credit for making the world, playable sims and most lots goes to them and their own creditors.

You can find the Water Overhaul by Voeille on MTS
https://modthesims.info/d/587597/pond-amp-sea-water-overhaul.html

Add this in whether to celebrate with me or just because the Sims 1 played in the Sims 2 sounds epic!

Insert this into your Game and Insert the Sims into your life!

If you would like to contact me, please comment down below, or alternatively send me an email at insertthesims@gmail.com, I would love to hear your feedback.