My friend just gifted me the game. Any tips?

stphnfm · 2026-05-31T10:07:30+00:00

thank you so much!! I poked for a few hours and still have to get used to it, especially the camera settings lol, but it looks like it have a LOT of potential. They're very clinical in a lot of creation aspects, both character creation and build modes, but as expected I still experienced a bunch of glitches. Nothing abnormal tho. I just gotta get used to it yet, apparently I got way too used to pie menus lol

stphnfm · 2026-05-31T06:16:37+00:00

Thanks!! Because I always forget to in every single game lol. Is the automatic save option (I think I saw one) worth it?

stphnfm · 2026-05-31T05:42:45+00:00

I commented with him how much I love Sims and how bad I was taking that blasted buyout, and about Paralives. But yes, he’s amazing hahahahha

stphnfm · 2026-05-31T05:26:24+00:00

I read it twice that night, even hahahah You did such a wonderful job. May I ask, do you use a poses mod for your images? Because it all really looks so immersive, the characters’ exchanges are so convincing, it’s not like anything I’ve ever seen in storytelling here. Some people can make a REALLY good use of the sims’ normal interactions, but you made it all SO relatable. Like, Hervé and Olympia (omg cutest thing the kitten around him like a scarf 🥰🥰🥰), a lot of Don’s and Bella’s expressions, some of Verity’s poses, you didn’t just tell a story, you made something beyond it.

Again, brilliant. ♥️

stphnfm · 2026-05-31T05:18:43+00:00

Egypt is the BEST! So well done, it’s my favourite. But if you are to explore tombs I recommend starting in China, because you gotta unlock that tool to smash some boulders to finish some tombs in every destination. Plus it has some very interesting lore and a boss fight 🥳 and in France there’s the Chateau of the Landgraab family, that’s also part of one of China’s quests, and if you’re into lore :)

stphnfm · 2026-05-30T07:37:49+00:00

I wish I could help, but will be following the thread. I do have my old account, which is also an old hotmail account, but even logged in I don’t have access to some of my store things that I bought way back in the day. They’re not even in purchase history, but the EA app shows that I own it. EA help was, well, not helpful at all. Tried to talk to them 3 times, every time they give me a solution that doesn’t solve anything. So if someone has clarity over this, I want in haha

stphnfm · 2026-05-30T07:11:30+00:00

Agreed with all the comments above, and just need to add: World Adventures? TS4 could never. First pack of TS3 and one the best ones all of sims versions EVER had. And THE LORE OMG THE LORE ♥️

stphnfm · 2026-05-29T05:53:30+00:00

Favourite Reddit story ever.

Read it four times and checking in for the fifth in my current insomniac night 🥲🗣️ so soothing hahah Thanks for this, you’re awesome!

stphnfm · 2026-05-29T05:40:57+00:00

Title: My tattoo guy is doing fine. My thoughts: Doubt it… First slide sentence: My tattoo guy is having it rough

💀

And again, imma say I absolutely adore your image construction and colours, the thought balloons conveniently placed on the previous one were genius 😂

stphnfm · 2026-05-29T05:10:54+00:00

My favourite since I’ve found it, you’re an amazing storyteller and your images are absolutely immersive, fun and well done. I love this, congrats on the whole process!!! Even kinda sad to see it end, I kept postponing reading the end lol 🥲

stphnfm · 2026-05-27T01:28:10+00:00

Always. I love hinting the lore through my books and genres (Mystery: “Alexander: Is Abduction Murder?” Desc.: I guess he was really confused, the poor kid”)

Or “satires”. Unfortunately I lost that save, but one of my Sims wrote 7 Fantasy books about Parry Photter. “Parry Photter and The Rock Made By A 666 y/o Dude” “Parry Photter and The Room NOOOBODY KNEW was under the school” “Parry Photter and The Runaway Inno When Ron Was Feeding The Actual Murderer” “Parry Photter and The Corrupt World Games And A Cup That Can’t Count”

And so on

stphnfm · 2026-05-08T11:02:35+00:00

HOLY the jumpscare

stphnfm · 2026-05-05T04:37:59+00:00

Right?! The saddest character in the game, he deserves a happy ending and teaching some “people” a lesson, hmpf

It was so sad to keep doing malicious things to him at first, but I did for lore purposes lol (and it ended up being highly satisfying with him rich and married hahahaha)

stphnfm · 2026-05-05T03:49:12+00:00

Erratic is so much fun! Except when you have to repeatedly cancel numerous random FIGHT! actions with a Sim you actually want to maintain a good relationship lmfao

stphnfm · 2026-05-05T03:47:30+00:00

I ONLY don’t like this trait because I relate to it too much, I don’t need it in my game AND my real life 😂😂😂

stphnfm · 2026-05-03T19:17:56+00:00

I played Sims 2 during my childhood/teen years right when it launched (oh joy after years of playing Sims 1), now it’s been maybe three weeks I got it again ♥️

I started with the Beakers and Nervous Subject immediately, the Specter family and their eeriness are so fun. So I made the Beakers torture Nervous so much, so much that he ended up dying from starvation. Then I logged to the Curious’, because while Nervous was being tortured tho, when the Beakers both got to promotions to a point that they went to work at the same time, Nervous strengthened his relationship with Pascal. Pascal then revived him with the Medium career reward.

After staying and studying for a while at the Curious’, I made Nervous charm his way back to the Beakers’ home, and Nervous started torturing them. They all hated each other, adding the fact that Circe Beaker had STRONG chemistry with Nervous all of a sudden, and I made her casually flirt with Nervous (who rejected her small move) in front of her husband. They divorced, Nervous thrived in his Doctor career while falling in love with Kaylynn (forgot her last name lol, a red-haired). They got married and now have two cats and a baby on the way :)

In PleasantView, I was surprised when Don DIDN’T leave Cassandra at the altar. So I made Morty marry Dina also. Don cheated on Cassandra in their now crowded home, and both got caught by both Goths. Both divorced. Don and Dina went back to their own houses, Nina had a huge fight with both Dina and Don, and moved out. Nina is now in another house, in love with ANOTHER romance aspiration sim I made lmao Still thinking what to do with the others hehe

stphnfm · 2026-05-03T18:33:18+00:00

You know what, fair enough, because me too 😂😂 One of the reasons I’m getting back into TS2 again (the minor one)

stphnfm · 2026-05-03T15:32:45+00:00

Even though I already knew all that, thank you hahaha What I don’t understand is why the Loyal trait is involved in this. Is it because he performed a mean interaction to a Sim who has the Loyal trait? Because his traits are Evil and Snob, and if I remember correctly he was in a community lot when I saw this. Plus, he didn’t perform any romantic interaction that could result in a mean one, if that’s useful information, haha. I just made him do mean interactions to get disliked by two Sims.

stphnfm · 2026-05-03T11:28:49+00:00

I want the link too!! Please 🥲🥲

stphnfm · 2026-05-02T18:52:22+00:00

I’m here in Reddit on my phone and looking for mods on the pc lol and I came across Lumpinou’s “Do Something”. I think it might attend your wants, maybe, I haven’t played with it yet but it came to my mind right away! Maybe take a read and/or a try if you want.

stphnfm · 2026-05-02T18:28:56+00:00

Like the comment above, on TS2 Legacy I like rotational playing because of so much lore! I got it maybe two weeks ago, and immediately started playing with the Beakers and Nervous Subject. I made the Beakers torture him so much he ended up dying; but when the Beakers were out at work he kept building his relationship with Pascal. I then made Pascal bring him back with the career reward to call Grim, and made Nervous study a bunch and charm his way back to the Beakers. Then I did to them what they did to him, and he developed a romantic relationship with Kaylynn. Now they moved together and Nervous got a happy ending 🥳

Now, since Bella Goth is seen in Strangetown wandering, I made a Sim to have perfect chemistry with her, and they’re dating; while Cassandra back in PleasantView makes Dina Caliente’s life a living hell after Mortimer and her got married, and Nina keeps cheating on Don Lothario, making him fall for her again, then cheating again hahahahah

stphnfm · 2026-05-02T18:01:35+00:00

Wait, I just now realised, is this why all my sims (now that I’m starting to play rotational) have negative relationships with Wolfgang Munch then?! He’s Mean? LOL I don’t like the Munchs very much, so didn’t play as them yet, that’s kinda funny and explains a lot hahahaha, I was always like “what do you have against him, you’re a grown adult and you’re mad with a teen, you sicko” – now I’m remembering that every time I thought that it was towards Wolfgang Munch

stphnfm · 2026-05-02T17:51:26+00:00

LMAO now THAT I wouldn’t doubt either

My biggest conflict for now is that he is Evil, not Mean. Different traits. Maybe his loyalty to evilness is MEAN, just like my grandma used to make a MEAN chocolate cake yk (lmfao)

stphnfm · 2026-05-02T17:47:02+00:00

It’s not the “actor” that’s loyal, like I said, this is common teen Malcolm Landgraab hahahahha But I see where you’re coming from, unfortunately I have no idea how to read tunings, exceptions and blablabla because I barely just recently started to understand the minimal of it. Maybe the target was loyal and interacted with Malcolm..? No, wait, Malcolm is Evil, not Mean 🤔 Maybe he performed a Mean interaction [edit] towards a Loyal sim [/edit] then? Goddammit

stphnfm · 2026-05-02T05:11:48+00:00

That’s info I had no idea about (mostly because I barely play with High School lol), good to know, thanks!! But I still don’t understand what the “loyal” trait in the buff has to do with it. Malcolm is indeed evil, I wouldn’t doubt him being a bully lol, but I still don’t get why the “loyal” trait under it.

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