This is small but I really miss the head in the middle of the interaction tree. It really makes it feel like your in the sim’s head as they decide what to do. And makes each sim feel unique. In the sims 4 the interaction tree feels less personal and I forget what sim I’m controlling without the little head telling me who I’m choosing for.
Romeo being a black guy with braids is hilarious, for those who don't know lil romero was BIG back in the day and he was a singer/rapper who obviously was black and he was known for having those braids
Honestly they prob mixed that in with the Romeo and Juliette theme and it worked wonders for them 🤣 Veronaville is amazing and I especially have a fondness for it because I really really enjoy Shakespeare and the whole town was themed just that.
The thing I love about sims 2 CAS is when you put glasses on a sim, when the sims wearing undies/jammers and I think swimwear, the glasses automatically off. I don't know why I was charmed by that.
The woohoo cinematic only shows up if they’re doing it for the first time! The husband and wife already had done so in their memories hence it didn’t trigger 😢
I'm replaying the Sims 2 rn too! Sims 2 University is peak gameplay of all Sims university attempts. The dorm doors that lock to just your sim, the classes, the professors that visit your dorm for some sinful pre-marital babymaking, the Sorority/Frat Greek life applications, the parties (TOGA PARTIES). What a game. Sims peaked in Sims 2. Back when it was Maxis, before EA moved the Maxis team to Spore and we never had the same quality since.
Dude! I loved the sims 2 and I was so excited for university but it was bugged and always crashed for me! To the point I was unable to ever play it and I was so disappointed. Fast forward, I only checked out Sims 4 for the university pack because I was cheated in sims 2. Here I am many simoleons later cheated Tbh the New for rent pack is a flop. How did they not include an apartment door?! In a pack about rentals?!…
Omg yessss, I LOVE Sims 3 but university was my absolute favourite pack in 2 and I always miss elements of it, like being able to do work in the dorm for some cash??? God iconic, changing your major multiple times, cramming essays last minute! If I had any favourite show I'd make all of the main characters and play them through university 😭 I remember doing Naruto... I should play Sims 2 again
Yes to all of this, and I also love that you can gather sims from different families to live together as one household in college. I wish that was possible in the other games
I love how detailed the relationships were. Sims with different interests and different personalities will always create different relationship outcomes. Your interests can change based on books you read, movies you watch and conversations with other sims. Relationships are one-sided so you never know how the other Sim feels about you unless they’re part of your household. You couldn’t just be friends or romantic with mostly everyone like in 3 and 4.
there’s actually a mod that fixes the cas resolution so you can actually see what you’re looking at! it’s called widescreen cas fix and i think there’s a clean ui compatible version of it 👍
@@Tj_Smeejay @willnaid Actually that is NOT a screen resolution fix. The widescreen CAS fix they mentioned is a camera tweak mod for CAS, there are also a UI Tweak mod that move the CAS menu further to right, which I think is better solution.
Ok but you can fix the screen resolution AND the UI WITHOUT mods or anything. You just need to follow a guide that shows you how to go into the game settings files, you don't even need any special software, you just use Notepad to make the changes.
@@Tj_Smeejay Yep but I'm explaining that the Screen Resolution and the CAS UI/Camera fix are totally different problem. There is no correlation between the CAS problem and the game screen resolution.
you can put objects on half tiles! it just requires a cheat called setquartertileplacement on. then after that you have to do control+f to enable/disable it
I recently got back into playing the sims 2 again and it’s so crazy how better the gameplay is in the sims 2, like small details like they using the cabinets when cooking
Sims 2 relationships are harder than Sims 4's, but it was a godsend after Sims 1, I could NEVER manage to develop a romantic relationship with another sim in the Sims 1 😭
I love the interaction between siblings in Sims 2, it's so adorable. It sucks cause in the sims 4 once siblings aren't the same age anymore, they can't really play together because too many playsets are just for children
The clothing in sims 2 was iconic. I spent so long in create a sim despite the lack of choices and the fact that most of my sims always ended up the same.
Your recent video about the Sims 2 made me want to play again so I spent the last few days setting up the game and mods/cc and oh my goodness, I forgot how much I love this game. It's so well made and I love playing it so much more than Sims 4. I got custom hoods and default replacements, my game is looking fresh and plays fantastically! So thank you so much for the videos and the reminder Plumbella! (Also now that it's abandonware it's easy to get)
@@Plumbella It is SO chaotic but so much fun! Definitely more difficult too. I get so absorbed in playing the Sims 2 in a way I never really do with Sims 4. Very glad to have rediscovered the game! Plus modders have just kept at it for the last few years, just amazing the kinds of things they've added! P.S. if you use the cheat 'setquartertileplacement on' you can place objects on quarter tiles as opposed to snapping to the full grid! After entering this cheat, press Ctrl and F to toggle between quarter tile mode and regular tile mode. :) There's also a 45 degree angle cheat. (boolprop allow45degreeangleofrotation true)
@@crowqueenamps CleanUI Lamare 50 new LTW CJ Self Preservation (more autonomy) Midgethetree Supernatural sims mods & creaturefixes (there's a bunch, they add life stages to supernatural sims such as letting you have child werewolves etc) GunMod's Camera Mod 3.1 Cinema Secrets Lighting Mod For default replacements I am using Beetle Eyes, Xiasimla Cartoon Skinblend Defaults, Spookymuffin's bulk hair download, a bunch of clothes from Malvern, Lionspau face templates, but you can basically download & install whatever you like! :) also there's a bunch of fixes you should install to prevent game corruption, they'll be mentioned in just about any mod rec video, they are antiredundancy, nounlinkondeath and nocorruptdeath!
You mentioned how difficult the game is, the other I was playing and with one click my cat and my sims lost their job. Like no performance lost or anything, just straight up fired and sent home in the middle of the work day. Sims 2 is savage...
I genuinely adored this video, it was so chilled out it was just like hanging out with a friend and watching them play and piss about. Honestly if you enjoy this content, seeing more would be great
THIS IS ALL THAT I COULD HAVE EVER WANTED!!! It would actually be a slay if you stayed with the same family? I want to watch the sims 2 plumbella let’s play though? Or whatever I just could never get emough of the past games with the plumbella chaos. Love whatever you do!
I’ve been playing the Sims 2 a TON lately and it’s so fun, I do the same thing as Sims 4 where I start new families alot without finishing the first but this time I tend to atleast get through to the third generation and go back and play my older families, it is so much fun ! And I have zero mods currently but it’s already ten times as fun as Sims 4 with 20 mods
It’s so funny to know British people go through an “American-boo” phase because I definitely went through a phase of genuinely wanting to be British🤣 I blame the arctic monkeys
I love american media and food (especially southern) but didnt wanna be american cos id probably be disliked or worse. Like i have the unholy trinity: minority, bisexual, ND. 😅
@@eroticmanhole eh maybe not like (unless you find communities) but less overtly rude/staring/hostile.. sometimes perfomative allies are better than complete ignorance/rudeness. Plus I fear guns, and I know it's a stereotype/irrational but I've heard & seen too much.
@@sommerblume9671 I mean youre not entirely wrong LOL but as a midwesterner i don't even know if ive seen a real gun before outside of like hunting rifles which are a big thing here..and i hope to find some more accepting communties soon haha
I recently started playing sims 2 again thanks to your videos, and oh my lord the nostalgia! I didn’t really remember sims 2 that well since it had been sooooo long since I played it and regarded sims 3 as my favourite but sims 2 is quickly closing in on a shared first spot in my heart fr 😭 like how is it so old yet so detailed
Also the needs thing you mentioned in spot on and I was shocked at first when returning, like in sims 4 I sometimes go days without cooking or where my sim just eats breakfast cause why bother 💀 but in sims 2 you actualky need tonest realistically often!
12:39 You can totally do half-tile placement with "setquartertileplacement on" (Ctrl+F to toggle it on and off after entering the cheat). I always center my sofas for the tv in this game. It also allows some neat tricks with columns placement like putting the column inside walls (with "moveobjects on") to make nice "dividers" in them, or to put the columns under diagonal walls for aesthetic purposes. Several items' animations do get bugged due to the positioning, but most of them work fine, especially decorative items like carpets, paintings and flowers. "Sims 2: Apartment Life" which you seemingly have installed also allows to change the height of (some of) the paintings, shifting them up and down the wall with [ and ] keys. Doesn't work with paintings sims make, photos from photo booth and some other decorative items (but there's a mod for that which I never used). I think Ctrl+Alt even allows to put paintings on top of each-other, which can be combined with that quarter tile placement trick, but this I never used myself too.
Build cheats for quarter tile placement (and off-grid free placement, although that’s best for decorations only), and mods for widescreen CAS (they do exist) and you’ll be in sims2 heaven. There are a lot of other mods needed that tweak stuff, and certainly sims4 CAS with greater body/skins etc, and wider array of clothes categories (separate hairs and hats, separate shoes from clothing) are huge improvements, but as you say, TS2 gameplay wins overall.
There’s supposed to be a scripted event that boots up when you first load the Capp lot (like the Goth family one where it encourages Cass to marry Don) but I believe it’s broken in the final release. Think there’s mods to fix it though
Same. I have acquired it another way but it’s very buggy after a few generations. Actually I’m not sure if it’s where I downloaded it from or just the game being so easy to corrupt that’s done it lol
It is such perfect timing that you uploaded this because I /just/ downloaded The Sims 2 a few days ago. I would love specifics of your favorite CC for TS2! I forgot how chaotic this game is. In my game I had a goth girl and a soft boi. I made them flirt for a second, and then all autonomously they then: -He confessed his love for her. -She rejected him -He immediately slapped her with a pillow and they had a pillow fight -They made out. 10/10 plot.
As someone who literally had the same experience being autistic with a special interest in the sims 2 as a kid I appreciate this woman so much! GOD BLESS YA! Hearing her talk about how TS2 is perfect to play in 2023 is so real. You can find it so easily and it plays well on all systems plus the fashion is definitely trendy right now. THERE WAS A DEISEL STUFF PACK in TS3!!! And now Deisel is BACK IN! Ahead of it's time honestly this franchise had such golden days before EA decided to abuse the invention of DLC Maxis did flawlessly, lmao.
Waaait this has me in my feelings in a way I didn't expect! I played Sims 2 so much when I was in college (2004-2007) and those were some of my favorite years. I spent my free time playing Sims 2 and talking to my besties on MSN Messenger. Every Christmas I'd ask for a Sims 2 expansion pack and a season of The Simpsons on DVD. So many things and people from that part of my life are gone now WHY DID SEEING SIMS 2 BUILD MODE BRING ALL THAT BACK
Plumbella talking about her hair being greasy after one day and face after like 5 minutes finally makes me able to relate to someone. I’m jealous of all people who are able to not wash their hair for more than a day and still look clean and good. Also I loved the more chill vibe of this video 🩵
You can actually place objects on half & quarter tiles in the Sims 2 with some cheat codes!! setquartertileplacement on - after entering this cheat, press Ctrl and F to toggle between quarter tile mode and regular tile mode boolprop allow45degreeangleofrotation true - allows you to turn objects 45 degrees with the arrow keys boolprop snapobjectstogrid false - turns the whole grid off (too much freedom for me but it's a very useful feature!) and of course the old fave moveobjects on also helps you place things :3 Hope that helps!!
I wouldn't mind messing around with the Sims 2 again, but the last time I installed it and loaded it up, it played like garbage. Stuttering, incredible lag, poor resolution adjustments, it was just awful. How did you get your Sims 2 to look so dang beautiful??
PLEASE MAKE THIS A REGULAR THING!!! (playing sims 2) please even make a series or sum because i can never find sims 2 videos and sims 2 is my fave sims game out of the 4 so please!!! and ty ty ty
I did NOT know that those two outfits from nightlife were made by users in a competition. I wasn't around in the Sims community back then. Glad to learn something new.
I NEVER played in Veronaville as a kid. I hated it 😂 it was so drab compared to the other towns. Also I feel like the faces in sims 2 were more distinct than sims 3 and 4
god i knew the TS4 gameplay was bad but this really put it into perspective. i never ever play families in TS4 because they're so boring, but TS2 I was playing with aging on, creating lineages, doing build a city challenge. i miss that.
Also, I used to think The Sims 2 was great but also the careers are not live ones and there are missing stuff that The Sims 3 do have. The details are great, but they are just details, not the whole gameplay. But you made it seem really fun to play again and I wish I'll have some time to play it again.
19:55 - If you wanna do it without cheats, you can start by asking the Sim about its interests and make those your talking points. It's a slow burn if there's low chemistry. Love Potion #9 also works👍🏾💓💗💞💕
You mentioned at one point that they can't have end tables next to beds in TS1 but just throwing it out there that they very much can! (I'm not sure if they could in base game though, it might have been added later)
@@MissAdalia1991 thank you for the confirmation! I haven't played just base game in quite a while. I remember thinking for the longest time that end tables didn't work next to beds and being completely surprised when they did without any issues. I'm not sure if I was confusing it at the time with another object or if I was just assuming that it'd be one of the game's many pathing limitations.
i really, really miss the lore the sims 2 had with its premade characters. yes, the building and customization are better in the sims 4 but personally for me, i always end up making sims or building and then never playing. back in the sims 2 i picked a family, live for the drama and maybe remodel the house, but kept playing for generations with the premade families.
Sims 2 gameplay is great recently I played as a sim called Witchy McWitchface and was trying to meet and become a witch. Unfortunately I couldn't find one so I ended up purchasing a karaoke set. Then I made up a story that my sim was using it like a siren song to summon witches and my sim is a terrible singer so it really adds to the ambience. Also my sim lives in an apartment, imagine hearing your neighbour singing a witch siren song at random hours of the day (I still haven't gotten a noise complaint, I've had loud neighbours in the sims 2 previously so hmmm)
The way I was GUTTED when I realized the Sims 2 Exchange was obsolete.. I recently discovered TS2 Super Collection is on the App Store for Mac and it runs great - all the UI is perfectly set and it runs seamlessly! I play TS4 on my PC and TS2 on my laptop and I love bouncing from modern to nostalgic lmao I love your Sims 2 videos thanks betch
The Romeo and Juliet reference just reminds me of how much I hate Baz Luhrman (for creating the 90’s modern version of Romeo and Juliet. The Bain of my existence when I was 15.)
I actually love that movie. admittedly, i'm pretty sure at least 97% of the reason for that is i just like john leguizamo and harold perrineau, and that was probably my first introduction to both of them.
I love the challenge from sims 2. I made a welfare centre for my sims and connected Brandi broke to it, so she could afford a nanny for a day, so she could focus on her needs. She had twins, as well as beau and Dustin. But man, it was a hard rotation, I was glad to move on. Next round the twins turn to children though, so cannot wait for that. Hopefully Brandi is able to find a love. She wants to get married, but funnily enough, her wants were also to have another baby, and she had a fear of having another baby as well. Haha I literally downloaded and modded the f out of the game so I can play it more. Sims 2 is honestly my favourite of the sims generations.
I would love a long form video of Jesse playing The Sims 2 and talking about her memories from it and little tidbits and factoids from back then. TS2 gives me so much nostalgia too and it's so fun to hear someone speak passionately about something they really love (ngl, especially a fellow ND person, lmao)
Okay, as a person with a baby who will grow up into a toddler (turn 1) next week called Beatrice, this was lowkey anxiety every time something happened with her xD Great play, though. Sims 2 will always be my go-to game. There's just something about it that *works*, and I think that the gameplay element is a bit part of it.
Plumbella keeps forgetting that the relationships in Sims 2 can be one-sided, LOL Harold's just walking up to these people with his relationship values set super high and trying to flirt, and they're like "uhhh dude WE JUST MET." Also: the reason the other woman got the woohoo cinematic, but Shelly didn't is because it only plays if the two Sims haven't woohooed with each other before (as in, they don't have a "did woohoo with " memory about each other).
Four Good Horses of Building 12:54 Swatch 13:00 Configurable 13:04 Coziness 13:09 Immersion 16:09 WOOH! 16:24 She is different than the orange dressed lady 18:10 Making funny face to ants 18:41 The pinball machines! 19:12 Good witch work 19:36 She is gone! 21:42 Massive attraction girl! 26:40 Teenager in the play house 26:54 Cutscene time! 27:46 Woo-Hoo cutscene! 28:12 Romance Sims creates so much drama 29:15 Passing through a bag of simoleons 30:26 NOT THE BURGLAR!
Man I really should play 2 and before, again. I miss the little things like phones and newspapers. I know they've changed as time as changed, and maybe it's just me getting old. 😂 Truly resonate with how "easy" 4 is. Everything before 3 felt much more like a game, rather than a fishbowl/building simulator (Which is fine, but it feels like a different kind of game).
I never played in veronaville either 😂homeworks made (and still make) me crazy bc the kids were so low in fun when they came back, it takes u a while to get it up and then doing homework makes it low again.
The headboard on the double bed is so cute :). A shower head with a handheld nozzle might help your hair since you asked for advice on it, they're not terribly expensive or hard to install (at least where I am in the US). I don't wear makeup much, but I've seen people wear setting powder over their foundation in videos and they say it helps the makeup stay matte :)
Jesse there is a mod called “Wide Screen CAS” mod by Chris Hatch (it’s linked on the post where you installed Clean UI) that moves the selection panel over so you can see your Sims’ outfits while in CAS. :)
I don't remember how because I did it a couple years ago but I somehow downloaded a file which has loads of stuff from the Sims 2 exchange including outfits, a baby activity mat and a baby swing. Worth looking into xx
I've been playing sims like almost 20 years and this was sooo nostalgic. Im crying giiirl. Sims 2 is the best of all. Im glad that someone give credit. Also this video is not enough to explain how perfect the game was sooo keep it coming Plumbella ❤ now how we gonna download and play sims2 😂
i really like the sims 2 hair physics, the music when in build/buy mode, the randomness that can occur with npc's and the small details like they walk past someone and react to them or they do autonomous interactions with items without you clicking them
i agree with you on the whole video!! sims 2 was my childhood and i love it so much im glad u made this video! also the sound of the burglar coming terrified me
Such a fun video and such a throwback! Also if you get shiny, I recommend a mattifying primer underneath your foundation + using a beauty blender or pouf to really work powder into your t zone + finishing spray. Should really help makeup stay matte way longer. Love you queen! ❤
This is small but I really miss the head in the middle of the interaction tree. It really makes it feel like your in the sim’s head as they decide what to do. And makes each sim feel unique. In the sims 4 the interaction tree feels less personal and I forget what sim I’m controlling without the little head telling me who I’m choosing for.
yeeeess!!!!
DUDE! You just blew my mind, it makes sooo much sense that they’re thinking about what to do 😱
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve made the wrong sim do something because there was no little head
Fun fact when you were playing as a vampire their little face would show their fangs while choosing the interaction!!! 🙊🙊
@@Alisha-lm1vs zombies have a personal animation too :)
Romeo being a black guy with braids is hilarious, for those who don't know lil romero was BIG back in the day and he was a singer/rapper who obviously was black and he was known for having those braids
OMG YOU UNLOCKED A MEMORY i used to love lil romeo
@@PlumbellaSame!
Stop I’m dying I’m so mad I never put that together 😂😂😂😂
I loved this nabourhood I played in it obsessively, I loved the cultural references and the law. I played rotationally and it was so good.
Honestly they prob mixed that in with the Romeo and Juliette theme and it worked wonders for them 🤣 Veronaville is amazing and I especially have a fondness for it because I really really enjoy Shakespeare and the whole town was themed just that.
Okay but teenagers actually look younger than adults in this game
Honestly i would love if jessie mostly did sims 2 content because it think it matches her level of chaos
The thing I love about sims 2 CAS is when you put glasses on a sim, when the sims wearing undies/jammers and I think swimwear, the glasses automatically off. I don't know why I was charmed by that.
it’s the small attention to detail. the sims 2 is just an amazing game especially because it was just so detail oriented and felt so real ♡
The woohoo cinematic only shows up if they’re doing it for the first time! The husband and wife already had done so in their memories hence it didn’t trigger 😢
I'm replaying the Sims 2 rn too! Sims 2 University is peak gameplay of all Sims university attempts. The dorm doors that lock to just your sim, the classes, the professors that visit your dorm for some sinful pre-marital babymaking, the Sorority/Frat Greek life applications, the parties (TOGA PARTIES). What a game. Sims peaked in Sims 2. Back when it was Maxis, before EA moved the Maxis team to Spore and we never had the same quality since.
Dude! I loved the sims 2 and I was so excited for university but it was bugged and always crashed for me! To the point I was unable to ever play it and I was so disappointed. Fast forward, I only checked out Sims 4 for the university pack because I was cheated in sims 2. Here I am many simoleons later cheated
Tbh the
New for rent pack is a flop. How did they not include an apartment door?! In a pack about rentals?!…
Omg yessss, I LOVE Sims 3 but university was my absolute favourite pack in 2 and I always miss elements of it, like being able to do work in the dorm for some cash??? God iconic, changing your major multiple times, cramming essays last minute! If I had any favourite show I'd make all of the main characters and play them through university 😭 I remember doing Naruto... I should play Sims 2 again
Yes to all of this, and I also love that you can gather sims from different families to live together as one household in college. I wish that was possible in the other games
gawd SPORE! what a throwback
Omg. I LOVED spore. Had no idea it was the sims team! Sad that EA ran that game into the ground too :/
I love how detailed the relationships were. Sims with different interests and different personalities will always create different relationship outcomes. Your interests can change based on books you read, movies you watch and conversations with other sims. Relationships are one-sided so you never know how the other Sim feels about you unless they’re part of your household. You couldn’t just be friends or romantic with mostly everyone like in 3 and 4.
there’s actually a mod that fixes the cas resolution so you can actually see what you’re looking at! it’s called widescreen cas fix and i think there’s a clean ui compatible version of it 👍
You don't need a mod to unlock all the screen resolutions.
@@Tj_Smeejay @willnaid Actually that is NOT a screen resolution fix. The widescreen CAS fix they mentioned is a camera tweak mod for CAS, there are also a UI Tweak mod that move the CAS menu further to right, which I think is better solution.
@@leolc6351 oh yeah oops! that was what i was referring to but i must’ve mixed up the names of the mods since i use them both together
Ok but you can fix the screen resolution AND the UI WITHOUT mods or anything. You just need to follow a guide that shows you how to go into the game settings files, you don't even need any special software, you just use Notepad to make the changes.
@@Tj_Smeejay Yep but I'm explaining that the Screen Resolution and the CAS UI/Camera fix are totally different problem. There is no correlation between the CAS problem and the game screen resolution.
you can put objects on half tiles! it just requires a cheat called setquartertileplacement on. then after that you have to do control+f to enable/disable it
i was about to comment this too lol
i cant live without this cheat
There's also a cheat that let's you rotate objects 45 degrees!
There’s also boolprop snapobjectstogrid false which allows free placement. I always forget the quarter tile one exists
I didn't know both of those existed, turning back for more sims 2 asap
Plumbella i think you need to do a sims 2 let’s play… i think it needs to happen babe. I’d love to see it!
Highly improbable she'd do it, because it doesn't bring as much money as the other basic videos
I recently got back into playing the sims 2 again and it’s so crazy how better the gameplay is in the sims 2, like small details like they using the cabinets when cooking
Sims 2 relationships are harder than Sims 4's, but it was a godsend after Sims 1, I could NEVER manage to develop a romantic relationship with another sim in the Sims 1 😭
Also, I had a notebook where I wrote down all the cheats I could find, it was like a catalogue 😂
I love the interaction between siblings in Sims 2, it's so adorable. It sucks cause in the sims 4 once siblings aren't the same age anymore, they can't really play together because too many playsets are just for children
The clothing in sims 2 was iconic. I spent so long in create a sim despite the lack of choices and the fact that most of my sims always ended up the same.
Your recent video about the Sims 2 made me want to play again so I spent the last few days setting up the game and mods/cc and oh my goodness, I forgot how much I love this game. It's so well made and I love playing it so much more than Sims 4. I got custom hoods and default replacements, my game is looking fresh and plays fantastically! So thank you so much for the videos and the reminder Plumbella! (Also now that it's abandonware it's easy to get)
ive been having SO much fun i just love the absolute chaos of gameplay but also its so wholesome at the same time 🥹
@@Plumbella It is SO chaotic but so much fun! Definitely more difficult too. I get so absorbed in playing the Sims 2 in a way I never really do with Sims 4. Very glad to have rediscovered the game! Plus modders have just kept at it for the last few years, just amazing the kinds of things they've added!
P.S. if you use the cheat 'setquartertileplacement on' you can place objects on quarter tiles as opposed to snapping to the full grid! After entering this cheat, press Ctrl and F to toggle between quarter tile mode and regular tile mode. :) There's also a 45 degree angle cheat. (boolprop allow45degreeangleofrotation true)
👀 I may need some mod recommendations.
@@crowqueenamps
CleanUI
Lamare 50 new LTW
CJ Self Preservation (more autonomy)
Midgethetree Supernatural sims mods & creaturefixes (there's a bunch, they add life stages to supernatural sims such as letting you have child werewolves etc)
GunMod's Camera Mod 3.1
Cinema Secrets Lighting Mod
For default replacements I am using Beetle Eyes, Xiasimla Cartoon Skinblend Defaults, Spookymuffin's bulk hair download, a bunch of clothes from Malvern, Lionspau face templates, but you can basically download & install whatever you like! :)
also there's a bunch of fixes you should install to prevent game corruption, they'll be mentioned in just about any mod rec video, they are antiredundancy, nounlinkondeath and nocorruptdeath!
hey where did you download it from? i tried recently and all i got was a trojan virus lol
You mentioned how difficult the game is, the other I was playing and with one click my cat and my sims lost their job. Like no performance lost or anything, just straight up fired and sent home in the middle of the work day. Sims 2 is savage...
"You can't place items on half tiles"
boolprop setquartertileplacement true has entered the chat
"I'm looking for a rich man who may be very close to dying" !!! Yessss Plumbella lore is in the chat ❤
I genuinely adored this video, it was so chilled out it was just like hanging out with a friend and watching them play and piss about.
Honestly if you enjoy this content, seeing more would be great
I miss the Sims 2. I particularly miss being able to build your own world and set lot sizes.
Good times.
The fact they put all the servings of food on the table ❤
The gold light and sparkles meant that a Good Witch was showing up on the lot.
THIS IS ALL THAT I COULD HAVE EVER WANTED!!! It would actually be a slay if you stayed with the same family? I want to watch the sims 2 plumbella let’s play though? Or whatever I just could never get emough of the past games with the plumbella chaos. Love whatever you do!
I’ve been playing the Sims 2 a TON lately and it’s so fun, I do the same thing as Sims 4 where I start new families alot without finishing the first but this time I tend to atleast get through to the third generation and go back and play my older families, it is so much fun ! And I have zero mods currently but it’s already ten times as fun as Sims 4 with 20 mods
i am so, so sad that sims 4 sucks actual asscheeks
It’s so funny to know British people go through an “American-boo” phase because I definitely went through a phase of genuinely wanting to be British🤣 I blame the arctic monkeys
Same. For me i blame Skins UK hahahah
I love american media and food (especially southern) but didnt wanna be american cos id probably be disliked or worse. Like i have the unholy trinity: minority, bisexual, ND. 😅
@@sommerblume9671theres places they don't dislike you for this combo? (as an american)
@@eroticmanhole eh maybe not like (unless you find communities) but less overtly rude/staring/hostile.. sometimes perfomative allies are better than complete ignorance/rudeness.
Plus I fear guns, and I know it's a stereotype/irrational but I've heard & seen too much.
@@sommerblume9671 I mean youre not entirely wrong LOL but as a midwesterner i don't even know if ive seen a real gun before outside of like hunting rifles which are a big thing here..and i hope to find some more accepting communties soon haha
“Where’s the baby?!” and burglars were two of the absolute best parts of The Sims franchise 😂
7:36 clean ui comes with widescreen fixes! the widescreen cas fix makes the ui longer so you can see your sim!
I recently started playing sims 2 again thanks to your videos, and oh my lord the nostalgia! I didn’t really remember sims 2 that well since it had been sooooo long since I played it and regarded sims 3 as my favourite but sims 2 is quickly closing in on a shared first spot in my heart fr 😭 like how is it so old yet so detailed
Also the needs thing you mentioned in spot on and I was shocked at first when returning, like in sims 4 I sometimes go days without cooking or where my sim just eats breakfast cause why bother 💀 but in sims 2 you actualky need tonest realistically often!
12:39 You can totally do half-tile placement with "setquartertileplacement on" (Ctrl+F to toggle it on and off after entering the cheat). I always center my sofas for the tv in this game. It also allows some neat tricks with columns placement like putting the column inside walls (with "moveobjects on") to make nice "dividers" in them, or to put the columns under diagonal walls for aesthetic purposes. Several items' animations do get bugged due to the positioning, but most of them work fine, especially decorative items like carpets, paintings and flowers.
"Sims 2: Apartment Life" which you seemingly have installed also allows to change the height of (some of) the paintings, shifting them up and down the wall with [ and ] keys. Doesn't work with paintings sims make, photos from photo booth and some other decorative items (but there's a mod for that which I never used). I think Ctrl+Alt even allows to put paintings on top of each-other, which can be combined with that quarter tile placement trick, but this I never used myself too.
Build cheats for quarter tile placement (and off-grid free placement, although that’s best for decorations only), and mods for widescreen CAS (they do exist) and you’ll be in sims2 heaven. There are a lot of other mods needed that tweak stuff, and certainly sims4 CAS with greater body/skins etc, and wider array of clothes categories (separate hairs and hats, separate shoes from clothing) are huge improvements, but as you say, TS2 gameplay wins overall.
YES!! I’m so glad this video came next! The sims 4 could NEVER!
There’s supposed to be a scripted event that boots up when you first load the Capp lot (like the Goth family one where it encourages Cass to marry Don) but I believe it’s broken in the final release. Think there’s mods to fix it though
I will never forgive myself for not being able to download the sims 2 when they announced it on origin 😢
There is certainly another way to get it.
Same. I have acquired it another way but it’s very buggy after a few generations. Actually I’m not sure if it’s where I downloaded it from or just the game being so easy to corrupt that’s done it lol
For the love of god just pirate it. They released it for free. They don't care!!
@@selkiefluffright lol why are they in turmoil when they literally don’t sell it and gave it away for free
give 'The Sims 2: Setup Guide - osab' a cheeky google
It is such perfect timing that you uploaded this because I /just/ downloaded The Sims 2 a few days ago. I would love specifics of your favorite CC for TS2!
I forgot how chaotic this game is. In my game I had a goth girl and a soft boi. I made them flirt for a second, and then all autonomously they then:
-He confessed his love for her.
-She rejected him
-He immediately slapped her with a pillow and they had a pillow fight
-They made out.
10/10 plot.
As someone who literally had the same experience being autistic with a special interest in the sims 2 as a kid I appreciate this woman so much! GOD BLESS YA! Hearing her talk about how TS2 is perfect to play in 2023 is so real. You can find it so easily and it plays well on all systems plus the fashion is definitely trendy right now. THERE WAS A DEISEL STUFF PACK in TS3!!! And now Deisel is BACK IN! Ahead of it's time honestly this franchise had such golden days before EA decided to abuse the invention of DLC Maxis did flawlessly, lmao.
My favorite kinds of videos are Jessie’s gameplay with her narrating the shit show. Especially with TS2 because it’s so chaotic. Looooove it.
This reminds me of how I used to play the sims 2 when I was little. It’s always been my favorite Sims game!
Gurl I love the sims 2. It has just never hit the same. The drama I got up to as a young boy playing that game. Nostalgia~
plumbella calling it strangerville and not strangetown at 1:14 lmaooo
NAURRR IM A FRAUD
@@Plumbella girl i gaspeddddd😭😭😭
Waaait this has me in my feelings in a way I didn't expect! I played Sims 2 so much when I was in college (2004-2007) and those were some of my favorite years. I spent my free time playing Sims 2 and talking to my besties on MSN Messenger. Every Christmas I'd ask for a Sims 2 expansion pack and a season of The Simpsons on DVD. So many things and people from that part of my life are gone now WHY DID SEEING SIMS 2 BUILD MODE BRING ALL THAT BACK
Plumbella talking about her hair being greasy after one day and face after like 5 minutes finally makes me able to relate to someone. I’m jealous of all people who are able to not wash their hair for more than a day and still look clean and good.
Also I loved the more chill vibe of this video 🩵
"look at this it is going to blow your mind!"
Cuts away and never shows it 😂😂
Great video I love sims 2 stuff so much!!
She showed it earlier in the video
You can actually place objects on half & quarter tiles in the Sims 2 with some cheat codes!!
setquartertileplacement on - after entering this cheat, press Ctrl and F to toggle between quarter tile mode and regular tile mode
boolprop allow45degreeangleofrotation true - allows you to turn objects 45 degrees with the arrow keys
boolprop snapobjectstogrid false - turns the whole grid off (too much freedom for me but it's a very useful feature!)
and of course the old fave moveobjects on also helps you place things :3 Hope that helps!!
Sims 2 and sims 3 gameplays are all I needddd
I wouldn't mind messing around with the Sims 2 again, but the last time I installed it and loaded it up, it played like garbage. Stuttering, incredible lag, poor resolution adjustments, it was just awful. How did you get your Sims 2 to look so dang beautiful??
I never had the sims 2 as a kid but I absolutely love the chaotic nostalgia of your videos 10/10
PLEASE MAKE THIS A REGULAR THING!!! (playing sims 2) please even make a series or sum because i can never find sims 2 videos and sims 2 is my fave sims game out of the 4 so please!!! and ty ty ty
Always a good day when plumbella uploads ❤
I spent 3 hours playing Sims 2 today and then watched this video. Sims 2 simply can't be boring!
When i play sims 2 i never have a thought «what do i do next?» it flows naturally. In sims 4 i need constantly to think of goals and what to do
I did NOT know that those two outfits from nightlife were made by users in a competition. I wasn't around in the Sims community back then. Glad to learn something new.
I NEVER played in Veronaville as a kid. I hated it 😂 it was so drab compared to the other towns.
Also I feel like the faces in sims 2 were more distinct than sims 3 and 4
god i knew the TS4 gameplay was bad but this really put it into perspective. i never ever play families in TS4 because they're so boring, but TS2 I was playing with aging on, creating lineages, doing build a city challenge. i miss that.
Also, I used to think The Sims 2 was great but also the careers are not live ones and there are missing stuff that The Sims 3 do have. The details are great, but they are just details, not the whole gameplay. But you made it seem really fun to play again and I wish I'll have some time to play it again.
It's so lovely to see you bring people back to the magic that is The Sims 2! 🥰
19:55 - If you wanna do it without cheats, you can start by asking the Sim about its interests and make those your talking points. It's a slow burn if there's low chemistry. Love Potion #9 also works👍🏾💓💗💞💕
You mentioned at one point that they can't have end tables next to beds in TS1 but just throwing it out there that they very much can! (I'm not sure if they could in base game though, it might have been added later)
I'm 100% sure it worked even in base game.
@@MissAdalia1991 thank you for the confirmation! I haven't played just base game in quite a while. I remember thinking for the longest time that end tables didn't work next to beds and being completely surprised when they did without any issues. I'm not sure if I was confusing it at the time with another object or if I was just assuming that it'd be one of the game's many pathing limitations.
i really, really miss the lore the sims 2 had with its premade characters. yes, the building and customization are better in the sims 4 but personally for me, i always end up making sims or building and then never playing. back in the sims 2 i picked a family, live for the drama and maybe remodel the house, but kept playing for generations with the premade families.
all i want is for ea to put the sims 2 back up for sale. we all know how much they love our money… this is the best way to get all of it
When plumbella uploads its a better day ❤️🫶🏻
I’ve never actually played sims 2 but this video might have convinced me haha
Yes! To Old Games Download for the Sims 2 Ultimate Collection you go!
How TF did I play sims 2 for so long and not notice the toddler red hair was slightly different
Sims 2 gameplay is great recently I played as a sim called Witchy McWitchface and was trying to meet and become a witch. Unfortunately I couldn't find one so I ended up purchasing a karaoke set. Then I made up a story that my sim was using it like a siren song to summon witches and my sim is a terrible singer so it really adds to the ambience. Also my sim lives in an apartment, imagine hearing your neighbour singing a witch siren song at random hours of the day (I still haven't gotten a noise complaint, I've had loud neighbours in the sims 2 previously so hmmm)
Veronaville was my b****, I always played in that world. So sad I was a Shakespeare dunce so the Romeo and Juliet references went right over my head
The way I was GUTTED when I realized the Sims 2 Exchange was obsolete.. I recently discovered TS2 Super Collection is on the App Store for Mac and it runs great - all the UI is perfectly set and it runs seamlessly! I play TS4 on my PC and TS2 on my laptop and I love bouncing from modern to nostalgic lmao I love your Sims 2 videos thanks betch
This has made me wanna play the Sims 2 again so badly, this game was my whole childhood lol! Also please do more videos like this, i loved it!!
Sims 2 is the best game in this franchise, super appreciate the content & all the love you've been showing it!
7:41 there is a ui mod you can get that extends the panel over so you can actually see your sim
See, I thought I know everything about this game… YET I LEARN SOMETHING EVERY TIME! The toddler hair oversight? Iconic
One of my favorite things with sims 2 is that car you can fix up
there was more than those 2 outfits selected. there was a bonus disk of 50 outfits, but not everyone got one. i got the outfits from someone who did.
The Romeo and Juliet reference just reminds me of how much I hate Baz Luhrman (for creating the 90’s modern version of Romeo and Juliet. The Bain of my existence when I was 15.)
I actually love that movie. admittedly, i'm pretty sure at least 97% of the reason for that is i just like john leguizamo and harold perrineau, and that was probably my first introduction to both of them.
That red tank/black skirt outfit had such a chokehold on me in the Sims 2 😆
I love these type of videos! The Sims 2 runs in my blood lmao so it really feels so soothing to watch you play it. More pleaaaase 😩
I love the challenge from sims 2. I made a welfare centre for my sims and connected Brandi broke to it, so she could afford a nanny for a day, so she could focus on her needs. She had twins, as well as beau and Dustin. But man, it was a hard rotation, I was glad to move on. Next round the twins turn to children though, so cannot wait for that. Hopefully Brandi is able to find a love. She wants to get married, but funnily enough, her wants were also to have another baby, and she had a fear of having another baby as well. Haha
I literally downloaded and modded the f out of the game so I can play it more. Sims 2 is honestly my favourite of the sims generations.
I would love a long form video of Jesse playing The Sims 2 and talking about her memories from it and little tidbits and factoids from back then. TS2 gives me so much nostalgia too and it's so fun to hear someone speak passionately about something they really love (ngl, especially a fellow ND person, lmao)
Bro it’s 2am rn im tryna fall asleep, not even 15 seconds in and I’ve already laughed audibly loud. Your editing is hilarious
You don't get a woohoo cinematic with the wife because it only plays for the first time they woohoo.
Okay, as a person with a baby who will grow up into a toddler (turn 1) next week called Beatrice, this was lowkey anxiety every time something happened with her xD Great play, though. Sims 2 will always be my go-to game. There's just something about it that *works*, and I think that the gameplay element is a bit part of it.
Plumbella keeps forgetting that the relationships in Sims 2 can be one-sided, LOL
Harold's just walking up to these people with his relationship values set super high and trying to flirt, and they're like "uhhh dude WE JUST MET."
Also: the reason the other woman got the woohoo cinematic, but Shelly didn't is because it only plays if the two Sims haven't woohooed with each other before (as in, they don't have a "did woohoo with " memory about each other).
Four Good Horses of Building
12:54 Swatch 13:00 Configurable 13:04 Coziness 13:09 Immersion
16:09 WOOH! 16:24 She is different than the orange dressed lady
18:10 Making funny face to ants 18:41 The pinball machines! 19:12 Good witch work
19:36 She is gone! 21:42 Massive attraction girl! 26:40 Teenager in the play house
26:54 Cutscene time! 27:46 Woo-Hoo cutscene! 28:12 Romance Sims creates so much drama
29:15 Passing through a bag of simoleons 30:26 NOT THE BURGLAR!
Man I really should play 2 and before, again. I miss the little things like phones and newspapers. I know they've changed as time as changed, and maybe it's just me getting old. 😂
Truly resonate with how "easy" 4 is. Everything before 3 felt much more like a game, rather than a fishbowl/building simulator (Which is fine, but it feels like a different kind of game).
It's not fine, it's not supposed to be just a building simulator. Sims 4 is seriously lacking.
i genuinely think this is the best video you've ever done
I loved this. Watched it multiple times in the last few days. It has been very comforting throughout my personal discomfort
I never played in veronaville either 😂homeworks made (and still make) me crazy bc the kids were so low in fun when they came back, it takes u a while to get it up and then doing homework makes it low again.
The headboard on the double bed is so cute :). A shower head with a handheld nozzle might help your hair since you asked for advice on it, they're not terribly expensive or hard to install (at least where I am in the US). I don't wear makeup much, but I've seen people wear setting powder over their foundation in videos and they say it helps the makeup stay matte :)
”Find entertainment elsewhere. Observe ants” 😭
Can't believe those 33 minutes went by so fast! This gameplay has been really fun, more TS2 please!
Jesse there is a mod called “Wide Screen CAS” mod by Chris Hatch (it’s linked on the post where you installed Clean UI) that moves the selection panel over so you can see your Sims’ outfits while in CAS. :)
So so so here for this content and format, I LUV IT
You know what I miss? Makin' Magic. Oh she was everything.
I don't remember how because I did it a couple years ago but I somehow downloaded a file which has loads of stuff from the Sims 2 exchange including outfits, a baby activity mat and a baby swing. Worth looking into xx
I miss the Sims2 SO MUCH 😭 the drama was ELITE
I've been playing sims like almost 20 years and this was sooo nostalgic. Im crying giiirl. Sims 2 is the best of all. Im glad that someone give credit. Also this video is not enough to explain how perfect the game was sooo keep it coming Plumbella ❤ now how we gonna download and play sims2 😂
i really like the sims 2 hair physics, the music when in build/buy mode, the randomness that can occur with npc's and the small details like they walk past someone and react to them or they do autonomous interactions with items without you clicking them
I feel you so much when you say that this game is not just your childhood, but "you"! I feel exactly the same!
You look like Sabrina, accompanied by Salem in the beginning of the video 💁🏼♀️🐈⬛ 0:14
YESS
I miss playing the sims 2 so much. Used to play it for hours and hours
i agree with you on the whole video!! sims 2 was my childhood and i love it so much im glad u made this video! also the sound of the burglar coming terrified me
Such a fun video and such a throwback! Also if you get shiny, I recommend a mattifying primer underneath your foundation + using a beauty blender or pouf to really work powder into your t zone + finishing spray. Should really help makeup stay matte way longer. Love you queen! ❤