Instead of replacing your current neighbourhood, you can copy the new 'hood somewhere else first, use a bulk file rename tool to replace every occurrence of "N001", for example, with, say N005, before you move it into the Neighbourhoods folder. It's still the same 'hood with a new ID, so you can keep both. That's how I used to keep my old PV around until I realised I would never play it again.
Im very much late , but since i ad problem to figure this at and ad my little pannic, here is how to do it if your pc is different then theirs! Computer>Local Disk>Program Files (x86)>The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection>Double Deluxe>Base>TSData>Res>UserData>Neighbo rhoods>Choose the base game neighborhood you want, each one is labeled in the description of the video. Ad to go on other video to find a comment explaining 😂!
for the people who like me couldn't find the folders under program files, click on a folder called "dj user" and the sims 2 will be there then you go on like in the tutorial
thank u so much I thought I accidentally ruined my game lol. as a side note for others, my folder was specifically called "Mr DJ" so look for something with DJ in the name I guess
Thank you! For some reason in my files, it isn't called Sims 2 its called Double Deluxe, but I found the files finally, this video was very educational
i just reinstalled the sims 2 on my new computer, and when i ran it my pleasantview, strangetown AND veronaville were just gone. through some stress finding the neighborhoods folder because my sims 2 isnt in the same place as yours, i followed this and to my surpise it worked!! thank you so so much xx
Thank you! I am so used to Sims 3 and Sims 4 with its hundo’s of save files, I seriously messed things up in pleasant view and was like “Oh, I’ll just move to a new save file…” When the realisation dawned I was panicked but this saved my bacon! Thank you!
First thank you!! But for those whose files says double deluxe, go to double deluxe/base/ts data/res/userdata/nhoods instead. I was worried for a sec that I didn't have the files, thankfully they are there!
Oh my thank you, I was searching my saves files for a long time and didnt know where to go so thanks it us really helpful continue like that you deserve a big like!
Does this work with the DVD/CD versions of The Sims 2 as well? I only have the DVD/CD version of the game since I recently just got this game and didn’t have the game previously:)
I actually don't know for sure, I am using the Origin version of the game for this. I imagine it is similar, but the folders may have different names and locations. Sorry I can't be more helpful.
Haley Deathbyflies I just checked on my pc and it’s the same way to reset neighborhoods the way you did it on the video! I only have sims 2 deluxe and Uni and hopefully I can install open for business collection eventually and reset my neighborhoods:)
I also have windows but my ultimate sims 2 file seems different, I was following everything except when you went back to neighborhood again, plus I have no tsdata? And under program files 86 it’s different, I’m not tech savvy either, I deleted the neighborhoods but now I don’t know if I screw up. 😩
Do you know if you can do this for a sub Hood? I think I’ve broken/corrupted my Sim State University as the game crashes when I try to open it 😣 I’ve been wondering if there’s a way I can reset it without losing all of my pleasant view game!
I have a question, so when I opened the sims 2 to play with a family, I found out all of the families I had created were gone, even the pre-made sims in every neighborhood family bin (university pack included) were completely gone and was only left with the sims that came with the game, my question is. Will the pre-made sims in the family bin of each neighborhood will come back when I reset the neighborhood I chose?
Would the game corrupt if you took out one neighbourhood and didn’t replace it with a new, clean and restarted one? I don’t know why you would do that but I’m just asking out of curiosity😊
@@DeathByFlies yeah, It would probably corrupt the whole game and brake it into millions of pieces of destroyed data or whatever, but it would just be interesting to se what would happen, but yeah, it’s probably not a good idea at all hahah!😂😂
hello, I want to ask, why is it not available on me the (program filesx86)? So I can't bring back the original version. So if I delete the island, it really disappears because I don't have any (program filesx86) to copy the original version.. i hope you understand what i mean and answer this, thank you
Hi there, try to find location of where the app is. Mine is in mr dj foler. Are you Indonesian perhaps? I'm more comfortable explain it in Indonesia if you are.
I would like to reset all of the premade neighborhoods in my game (I also have one extra neighborhood that I've made). But I can't find the EA Games-folder - or I can but it's for Sims 4.
I don’t have a video for it but I googled it for my super collections and it remember it being pretty easy. I wanna say you just find the folder and delete it and then it spawns a new one that’s reset. Just try googling it though because I know there is an answer out there, I’m just not 100% sure if that’s correct.
@@DeathByFlies I removed the neighborhood file and when I loaded the game it was just missing, a new one wasn’t generated. I’m not sure where to find like a clean template of that neighborhood in the documents of the game to copy over. Thank you for the help anyway!
mmmm i feel dumb, i deleted the file before watching the entire thing and theres no EA games folder in my Program Files (x86) so 😅😅 edit: okay so if you cant find it in program files its gonna be in Mr DJ folder
I’m curious about something. So I have done this a lot over the years but I noticed after doing this the little screenshots in the story of each family disappeared after I did it but when I completely redownload the entire game they’re there. Do you have any idea why this would take away the screenshots?
So when I tried doing this it actually copied a old save I had when I went to the res folder. Instead of the game default. I have Uninstalled and reinstalled and it wouldn't bring me back to default. I even reset my pc and re-download origin and sims 2 and it still wouldn't reset my game
OKAY I FIGURED OUT THE PROBLEM. Microsoft One Drive sometimes automatically saves data in games so when you Uninstaller them you can have the data back but it also negates the whole Uninstall to start over in most programs. So if you want to start fresh and have windows 10 or 11 i recommend Uninstaller one drive then proceed with these steps
I accidentally delete kailyn langerak cause want she become widow with 1 child. She's gone. Panic 😂 i try this step to reset neighborhoods and its worked🎉 thank you
Tried lol i was a bit dissapointed i lost belladona cove as its original neighborhood look and have to make a new one :< i was expecting it to reset the neighborhood to its original state-
@@michellereyes3505 hmm I haven’t had this issue before I can try and do some research but I’m not sure why it wouldn’t be there. Unless you downloaded the game from a site and not from origin
@@DeathByFlies I don’t know why even tho I downloaded it from origin I found the base game in a Double Deluxe file lol, thanks for the video It worked 💛
@@michellereyes3505 My comment may seem random to you, but I wanna say thank you for sharing where you found the files! I had the same problem and when I read your comment(s) about it, it helped me to find a way to reset too ☺️
It’s actually easier for Mac. I don’t recall off the top of my head where the folder is, but a simple google search should give you the location. But for Mac you just delete the folder and it repopulated as a reset neighborhood. Look it up just to be safe but it’s really easy!
I installed Sims 2 Apartment Life and once I did, my base game neighborhoods did not appear on the main menu even though their files were still in the Neighborhood folder. Did anyone else have this issue ?
@@samuray_mari I would just look in the same place for a folder with maybe a name you don’t recognize. Mine was actually Mr DJ I just changed the folder name to EA for the video. But at first I was struggling to find the EA folder because it didn’t exist. If it’s not there then I’m not sure where you’d find it.
i created an alien invasion in every world this def helps lmaoo
Hahaha love that we have all been there. Glad it helped!
Sims 2 needs to have multiple saves :( I'm mad at Sims 4, so I am going back to childhood memories of Sims 2
Same I can’t stand the sims 4 anymore 😭
2 is just better imo lol
Instead of replacing your current neighbourhood, you can copy the new 'hood somewhere else first, use a bulk file rename tool to replace every occurrence of "N001", for example, with, say N005, before you move it into the Neighbourhoods folder. It's still the same 'hood with a new ID, so you can keep both. That's how I used to keep my old PV around until I realised I would never play it again.
TS2:UC is under Origin Games in your program filesx86 folder, btw!
the base game neighborhood is under Double Deluxe > Base
Bless you
Thank you so much!!
You are a life saver
this was super helpful! i realized after wreaking absolute havoc on my game that there was no way to easily reset so this helped a lot!
Im very much late , but since i ad problem to figure this at and ad my little pannic, here is how to do it if your pc is different then theirs! Computer>Local Disk>Program Files (x86)>The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection>Double Deluxe>Base>TSData>Res>UserData>Neighbo rhoods>Choose the base game neighborhood you want, each one is labeled in the description of the video. Ad to go on other video to find a comment explaining 😂!
Thank you thank you thank you!!!!
@@VampwolfWarrior Welcome !!
THANK YOU OMG
neighborhood got corrupted so i’m back 13 days later lmao
for the people who like me couldn't find the folders under program files, click on a folder called "dj user" and the sims 2 will be there then you go on like in the tutorial
thank u so much I thought I accidentally ruined my game lol. as a side note for others, my folder was specifically called "Mr DJ" so look for something with DJ in the name I guess
@@symmetricalllama01yes I was stumped but on Mac it’s mr dj!
Your a star ⭐️ thank you!!!
Thank you! For some reason in my files, it isn't called Sims 2 its called Double Deluxe, but I found the files finally, this video was very educational
Double Deluxe was a special release of the Base game and the Nightlife expansion. It was my first Sims 2 expansion :')
Thank you for this comment its how i found my files omg 😭
Thanks so much! I couldn’t find the base game files for the life of me
i just reinstalled the sims 2 on my new computer, and when i ran it my pleasantview, strangetown AND veronaville were just gone. through some stress finding the neighborhoods folder because my sims 2 isnt in the same place as yours, i followed this and to my surpise it worked!! thank you so so much xx
Thank you! I am so used to Sims 3 and Sims 4 with its hundo’s of save files, I seriously messed things up in pleasant view and was like “Oh, I’ll just move to a new save file…” When the realisation dawned I was panicked but this saved my bacon! Thank you!
Thank you this video literally saved my life because I know NOTHING about files😭💕
i'm glad it helped!
First thank you!! But for those whose files says double deluxe, go to double deluxe/base/ts data/res/userdata/nhoods instead. I was worried for a sec that I didn't have the files, thankfully they are there!
Oh my thank you, I was searching my saves files for a long time and didnt know where to go so thanks it us really helpful
continue like that you deserve a big like!
omg tysm!! i wanted to have a seperate maxis and alpha save cause i tend to switch between the two a lot and this helped indefinitely!
Just got the game and needed to know how to do this. Thanks a lot.
No problem, I'm so glad it helped!
Thanks, my wife had this problem! Saved us the trouble!
Does this work with the DVD/CD versions of The Sims 2 as well? I only have the DVD/CD version of the game since I recently just got this game and didn’t have the game previously:)
I actually don't know for sure, I am using the Origin version of the game for this. I imagine it is similar, but the folders may have different names and locations. Sorry I can't be more helpful.
Haley Deathbyflies thank you it’s ok! I might have to get the origin version by messaging them for it.
Haley Deathbyflies I just checked on my pc and it’s the same way to reset neighborhoods the way you did it on the video! I only have sims 2 deluxe and Uni and hopefully I can install open for business collection eventually and reset my neighborhoods:)
@@ellietaylor735 Thank you! I only just bought the discs - I had no idea Sims 2 was on Origin.
I also have windows but my ultimate sims 2 file seems different, I was following everything except when you went back to neighborhood again, plus I have no tsdata? And under program files 86 it’s different, I’m not tech savvy either, I deleted the neighborhoods but now I don’t know if I screw up. 😩
Thank you soooo much! I wanted to reset my pleasantview gameplay, but I was worried about losing my game in Belladonna Cove. Your video saved me
Glad I could help!
Pls help I lost my game
YOURE SUCH A QUEEN THANK YOU
Do you know if you can do this for a sub Hood? I think I’ve broken/corrupted my Sim State University as the game crashes when I try to open it 😣 I’ve been wondering if there’s a way I can reset it without losing all of my pleasant view game!
Thank you so much! You're saving my sims 2 :)
I saw, I tried, I made it. Thanks for tips
of course!!! glad it helped!
THANKYOU SO MUCH! normaly i just deleted the game and have to download everthing again. This helps me so much ❤️❤️
Of course! I'm glad I could help!
Thank you very much for this wonderful informative video. 👍👏It helped me a lot. Much love❤️
Glad it was helpful!
I have a question, so when I opened the sims 2 to play with a family, I found out all of the families I had created were gone, even the pre-made sims in every neighborhood family bin (university pack included) were completely gone and was only left with the sims that came with the game, my question is.
Will the pre-made sims in the family bin of each neighborhood will come back when I reset the neighborhood I chose?
Does this work differently when you use clean templates,, 😅
I accidentally deleted some pre-made lots like the bungalow, how do I get those back from the base game folder? Thanks!
Hello!!!!! im trying to copy and paste the original pleasantview data to my game but theres no copy option for me on the original data
Thank you so much! Helpful indeed
Glad it was helpful!
If I delete my old save, will the data in SIMpe be deleted/restarted automatically?
Thanks a lot, work like a charm
Bro thanks for the tutorial 😭🙏
Would the game corrupt if you took out one neighbourhood and didn’t replace it with a new, clean and restarted one? I don’t know why you would do that but I’m just asking out of curiosity😊
i am honestly not sure but i wouldn't try this haha
@@DeathByFlies yeah, It would probably corrupt the whole game and brake it into millions of pieces of destroyed data or whatever, but it would just be interesting to se what would happen, but yeah, it’s probably not a good idea at all hahah!😂😂
Does this reset the bin families as well?
Ty, I somehow messed up the Pleasantview scripted events...
Can u have two of the same neighborhoods at once? And can you rename the folders?
hello, I want to ask, why is it not available on me the (program filesx86)? So I can't bring back the original version. So if I delete the island, it really disappears because I don't have any (program filesx86) to copy the original version.. i hope you understand what i mean and answer this, thank you
Hi there, try to find location of where the app is. Mine is in mr dj foler. Are you Indonesian perhaps? I'm more comfortable explain it in Indonesia if you are.
did you solve the problem? on my computer the same thing happened 😢
Are you playing Zoo Tycoon?
I would like to reset all of the premade neighborhoods in my game (I also have one extra neighborhood that I've made). But I can't find the EA Games-folder - or I can but it's for Sims 4.
THAT was incredible! Thank you soooo much for this video....what alife saver
Beautiful and smart.Thanks a lot!
This was perfect thank you
I do not have the "sims 2" option in program files
Me neither! Ever fix it??
thank you such a queen ! ♥
Great tutorial! Good luck on your TH-cam and twitch endeavor. Subbed as well because I know the struggle 😅
Did you ever figure it out for Mac Super Collection? I can’t get a clear answer online and I don’t want to screw up my whole game. Thanks 😊
I don’t have a video for it but I googled it for my super collections and it remember it being pretty easy. I wanna say you just find the folder and delete it and then it spawns a new one that’s reset. Just try googling it though because I know there is an answer out there, I’m just not 100% sure if that’s correct.
@@DeathByFlies I removed the neighborhood file and when I loaded the game it was just missing, a new one wasn’t generated. I’m not sure where to find like a clean template of that neighborhood in the documents of the game to copy over. Thank you for the help anyway!
I followed the instructions all the way to the "UserData" folder but it doesn't have a neighborhoods folder, what gives?
hmmm it’s hard to say honestly. I wish I knew where else the folder might be but unfortunately I only know how to do it this way! :(
I don't know why I don't have EA Games folder in Program Files...
Are you playing with a downloaded version of the game? From an archived games website for instance? The EA file might be under a different name.
I don't either, mine are under Origin Games though!
I downloaded the game and found The Sims inside a folder called MrDJ lol
@@florenciagarcia7106 THANK YOU!!!!!
@@florenciagarcia7106 mine didn’t have a neighbourhoods folder though only a neighbourhood template???
hi!! i know this video is old but,
my game has no hoods? aside from pleasentview, strangetown, and veronavile!!! plz help me :pray: thank u so much..
Its because udont have the packs maybe
mmmm i feel dumb, i deleted the file before watching the entire thing and theres no EA games folder in my Program Files (x86) so 😅😅
edit: okay so if you cant find it in program files its gonna be in Mr DJ folder
I’m curious about something. So I have done this a lot over the years but I noticed after doing this the little screenshots in the story of each family disappeared after I did it but when I completely redownload the entire game they’re there. Do you have any idea why this would take away the screenshots?
This happened to me too. Does redownloading the game erase all your save files?
@@NyanGiraffe It does!
Somehow my documents order is completely empty, don’t know why. Is there any other way to reset?
i dont have ea games in my program files x86 , what to do ?
So when I tried doing this it actually copied a old save I
had when I went to the res folder. Instead of the game default. I have Uninstalled and reinstalled and it wouldn't bring me back to default. I even reset my pc and re-download origin and sims 2 and it still wouldn't reset my game
OKAY I FIGURED OUT THE PROBLEM. Microsoft One Drive sometimes automatically saves data in games so when you Uninstaller them you can have the data back but it also negates the whole Uninstall to start over in most programs. So if you want to start fresh and have windows 10 or 11 i recommend Uninstaller one drive then proceed with these steps
i noticed that the story screenshot of the neighborhood and families weren't there, does anyone know a way to get them back?
My saves are gone. I have lost my previous saves, does anyone knows how to fix it?
What do you mean by saves exactly? Do you mean your hoods are deleted?
@@lukekion5047 no deleted, i have played this neighborhood for a long time and my families disappeared.
@@deborabariani8830 I have no experience in sims just disappearing like that, have you done anything to corrupt your neighborhood
WHAT DO I DO IF I DELETED IT AND NOW ITS NIT IN MY GAME.
I accidentally delete kailyn langerak cause want she become widow with 1 child. She's gone. Panic 😂 i try this step to reset neighborhoods and its worked🎉 thank you
Nice tutorial, but how do you reset a custom neighbourhood ?
The sims 2 is not showing up in my documents folder help!!! what do i do!!!
why do the little screenshots of the story of each family disappear?
Hey in my neigborhoods folder its only have g001
Thank you!!
can i make this on a cc neighboorhood ?
I honestly don't know as I don't use cc in TS2 :(
@@DeathByFlies Thank You, but i actually found the answer: no . XD
thank you so much!!!
Yup I just started the game now I have no neighborhoods. 😩
Hai im on ur stream
How did you get the ultimate collection
You can get it on oldgamesdownload.com
Thank u so much . ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I straight deleted my neighborhood but can not find the program file I need
So, when you download it through the old games website. It’s gonna be a fun time trying to find all these files
@@rowanashley5873did you find the files? I have the same problem, also downloaded from oldgamesdownload.
It doesn’t say ea games for me help
Sometimes if you download from a different website or something it could be called something else. Commonly it’s called Mr DJ!
Tried lol i was a bit dissapointed i lost belladona cove as its original neighborhood look and have to make a new one :< i was expecting it to reset the neighborhood to its original state-
I got to program files, and I can’t find the “the sims 2” file. I do have the file Origin games, but I can’t find the base game :(
In the origin games file is there a “the sims 2” file?
@@DeathByFlies No, I can only see the expansions
@@michellereyes3505 hmm I haven’t had this issue before I can try and do some research but I’m not sure why it wouldn’t be there. Unless you downloaded the game from a site and not from origin
@@DeathByFlies I don’t know why even tho I downloaded it from origin I found the base game in a Double Deluxe file lol, thanks for the video It worked 💛
@@michellereyes3505 My comment may seem random to you, but I wanna say thank you for sharing where you found the files! I had the same problem and when I read your comment(s) about it, it helped me to find a way to reset too ☺️
does this work for mac?
It’s actually easier for Mac. I don’t recall off the top of my head where the folder is, but a simple google search should give you the location. But for Mac you just delete the folder and it repopulated as a reset neighborhood. Look it up just to be safe but it’s really easy!
Thanks 👌🏻
Thanks!
of course!
I installed Sims 2 Apartment Life and once I did, my base game neighborhoods did not appear on the main menu even though their files were still in the Neighborhood folder. Did anyone else have this issue ?
what do you do if you delete your game
I deleted all my worlds in the sim2 by mistake on my Mac can someone help me get them back please
What about custom neighborhoods?
They are neighborhood flies. The only way you could reset a custom would be to backup the custom neighborhood when not too many changes were made.
Yay! Thank you😁
Didn't work it deleted pleasantview and didn't restore like it was supposed to following the video to the t
Did you make sure to paste the file back in the first folder you deleted it from?
Thank you :)
Why make it so complicated? I just deleted the entire "Neighborhoods" folder and started a new game.
Everything works.
Thank you😃😃😃
Sims 2 is peak sims
100% it will never get better than this game!!
THANK YOU
Please help on mac
How do you reset the entire game?
Hey so I did this because Brandi Broke died and the neighborhood didn’t change she’s still dead
BESTYYYY IT DIDN'T WORK AND NOW I HAVE NO PLESENTVIUE
ZOO TYCOON BABY
THANK YOUUU
i don’t even have such folders🤦♀️
Where did you get the sims 2? If it’s from an archive website it might be under a different name. Most commonly Mr DJ!
@@DeathByFlies from torrent i got that game, there is no EA Games or mrDJ
@@samuray_mari I would just look in the same place for a folder with maybe a name you don’t recognize. Mine was actually Mr DJ I just changed the folder name to EA for the video. But at first I was struggling to find the EA folder because it didn’t exist. If it’s not there then I’m not sure where you’d find it.
@@DeathByFlies in really sad i don’t search folders in my computer im upset😔
Neightborhoods
please help me i lost my game
Hello
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Boar du redest so viel
Thank you so much!