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FAQ: Let's Talk about my Sim's 2 🌠ZODIAC🌠 System

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    I use Lazy Duchess' RPC Launcher to start my games, which has a built in mod that disconnects the personality to the zodiacs. People with the same zodiac signs can have very different personalities IRL, so why not in the sim's as well? To have the Zodiac chemistry be similar to IRL, I use Dread Pirate's  Zodiac Overhaul Tweaks . While the specifics of real-life zodiac chemistry are not an interest of mine, I do use this as a bit of realism. To further make Zodiac signs align like real life, I have calculated the seasons/days/times for each zodiac sign for my 16 day sim year. To do this for yourself you'll have to do a number of calculations:     Each season has 3 zodiacs, but we need to figure out how that works with the condensed seasons of the sims games. 1. The number of Days in a Sim Year divided by 12 signs equals how many days each zodiac gets. 16 ➗ 12 = 1.3 (Each Zodiac gets 1.3 days) 2. Take the decimal and multiply it by 24 to get the extra hours. .333333 X

FAQ: Sims 2 Lifespan

I got asked this on my stream a couple times so I will share my aging and chemistry system.  I play my sims according to the in-game seasons which I have also modified. I use the  Shorter Seasons mod  by EvelynnMama on Mod the Sims which changes each season to be 4 days long. This means that 1 sim year is 16 days. Using that number, I wanted each of my life stages to experience all four seasons at least once.    4 Day Pregnancy  1   4 Days Baby 2 12 Days Toddler 16 Days Children  3 16 Days Teens  4 8 Day University  5 80 Days Adult  6 48 Days Elder  7 I've got my adjusted Agecons file and Pregnancy mod available for  Download Here.  (Sims File Share) They are separated, so you can use one or the other. If you want to make your own Aging mod, you can edit the jjAgecons file in Sim PE, or get a "clean" editable file from Simlogical's  Aging Section  1 Pregnancy  Each pregnancy trimester is 32 hours long, resulting in a 4 day pregnancy. 4 Days I f

3 to 2 Traits Project Mod Tracking Sheet

 The google doc is now embedded here on my blog. This will hopefully keep the doc page from slowing down and crashing, since it is over 58 pages of a table. What's cool about this is, I'll update my doc and it will update here, again with now lagging or chrashing. There is no side bar here on the blog, but you can still use Ctrl+F to find the trait you want. The links inside still work, too. Tired on waiting for it to load? Here's a viewable PDF:  3 to 2 Traits Project Mod Tracking Sheet 11-9-2023.pdf   

The Sims 2 is Broken

While undoubtedly one of the top simulation games of century, There are a few bugs that the developers never got time to fix. This Post is to more or less document base game or expansion pack features that were actually broken with official EA updates, and the fixes that can be applied by modders in the Sims community. Cyjon and Simler90 have made a ton of other fixes, but a lot of those could be considered a personal preference fix.  Please read each mod description carefully and pay attention to the install instructions and other needed mods or conflicts.   Actually Stomp the Roach:  The code to make the stomp action kill roaches was already in the game, but disconnected. Cyjon re-connected the code and has made it available Here Aging Baby to Toddler Fix: "There is an issue in the game with the automated Help with Birthday code which prevents sims from aging babies to toddlers, especially if the baby happens to be in a crib, but it can happen in other situations, too. What happ