New Video (essential CC): Hogwarts School - No CC

This is new Essential CC for me. It's not essential in the meaning that you need it for anti-corruption reasons, but this is such a great lot and it has no CC that for me I can't imagine a hood without it. You can find it here: https://modthesims.info/d/645268/hogwarts-school-no-custom-content.html Follow S2I on Facebook Copyright © 2020 Sims2Idea, All rights reserved.

New Essential CC: Woodworking Bench

Woodworking bench Ever since I started to work at a lumberyard I really wanted my sims to be able to make wooden furniture like they can make toys and robotics,... in OFB. So I really consider this essential CC for myself. I hope you will enjoy it too. https://deedee-sims.tumblr.com/post/179185809372/let-me-present-you-the-functional-woodworking

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New Update: The Important Essentials

I have updates the page The Important Essentials in a way that I hope it will be easier to find out which CC is absolutly necessary before even starting to play:
https://s2idownloads.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-important-essentials.html

New Essential CC: Badges earned Faster with skills

When a sim has certain skills, certain badges can be gained faster:
 Mechanical - Toy Making, Robotery, Fishing
 Charisma - Gardening, Sales
 Body - Stocking
 Logic - Cash Register
 Creativity - Pottery, Sewing, Flower Arranging
 Cleaning - Cosmetology

But EA forgot to include Body - Stocking.

This mod fixes that: http://www.simbology.com/smf/index.php?topic=8592.0

Credits & Source:
Simbology

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New Essential CC: Lifespans work right away

There is a mod so the lifespan works right away so there's no need to grow up the sim: http://modthesims.info/showthread.php?p=5248917#post5248917

Do I need to say this is (quite) essential CC?



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New Essential CC: Pay Rent Every Day

It really turns out well if you discuss ideas at MTS. First clsve created my idea for Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock (from The Big Bang Theory) and now he uploaded a mod I wanted even more and that I consider essential as for my Project Realistic Ages  1 simsday = 1 real month
You can download it here: http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=614910

Here you can find an overview of all mods I consider essential to avoid game corruption, general issues and a realistic gameplay: https://s2idownloads.blogspot.com/p/the-essentials.html

So I really want to thank clsve for creating my ideas.



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New Essential Food: Steak Frites and Dame Blanche

These are two typical Belgian dishes. I requested them a few years ago to AriesFlare at MTS because I can't make new meshes myself and I just love her creations.
You can find the original upload here: http://modthesims.info/d/569752


More information about the dessert Dame Blanche: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dame_blanche_(dessert)






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New Essential Lot: The Royal Palace of Belgium in Brussels

Normally I wouldn't say about a residential or other lot that it's essential, but when I was looking for new creations for Theme - Belgium this week, I felt this is really it. The thing I needed to publish today. 'Cause today it's the National Holiday of Belgium.
I present to you (though created very well by !jolien! at MTS) The Royal Palace of Belgium in Brussels
http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=345033
It's not actually where our king lives, but it's where he works in our capital city.
I think it's very well done, and most of you know me: It has no CC!

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Past Blogpost: Sims Work Every Day

This is something I worked really hard on in the summer of 2017. It goes along with the PTO3 version of my careers. Sims have to work every day, but as they get 1 paid day off per 3 days of work, that's not really a bugger.
It goes also along with the No Carpool pass of Gummilutt so, you can take a day off whenever you want.

Here are all three creations, which for me are really essential:

• Sims Work Every Day: https://s2idownloads.blogspot.com/2017/09/SimsWorkEveryDay.html
• Overview of which careers already have a PTO3 version: https://s2idownloads.blogspot.com/2018/04/new-overview-creations-adult-careers.html
• No Carpool Pass by Gummiluut: http://modthesims.info/d/593810

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New Essential Mods: Elders walk normal

One thing I don't like about elders is the way they walk. How I Play the game, sims are about 65 years old when growing up from adult to elder, but they look way way older. So I found this thread at MTS that maybe has the solution. I haven't had the time to test it yet, but I'm keeping my hopes up that I find something that makes it work.
I'm listing all (for me) Essential Mods here: http://s2idownloads.blogspot.be/p/the-essentials.html

I found this thanks to a discussion on MTS: http://modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=591116



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Jenna's Sims 2 Blog:List of Sims 2 Very Bad Things

When you follow the link to the blog jennasims2, you'll see a list of things you should not do if you want to avoid corruption. Even when you don't have any downloads in your downloadfolder and play by the book, your neighbourhood can get corrupted so badly that you might lose it. Even after years of playing and not noticing any symptons. It's not because you don't see any errors or glitches that your game isn't corrupted.


The important Essentials are also needed to avoid corruption: https://s2idownloads.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-important-essentials.html


Blog: Jenna's Sims 2 Blog
Post: List of Sims 2 Very Bad Things
Link: http://jennasims2.blogspot.com/2012/12/list-of-sims-2-very-bad-things.html

New Essential Mods: Sims 2 Cigarette Mod

First of all I'm not a smoker myself. Actually I can't even stand the smoke of someone else's cigarette. But I have a simular mod for TS3 and I am so happy I can have it in TS2 too.
I'm listing all (for me) Essential Mods here: http://s2idownloads.blogspot.be/p/the-essentials.html

The mod can be found here: https://slig.dreamwidth.org/24297.html#cutid1

I found this thanks to a discussion on MTS: http://modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=592377



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New Essential Mods: Kids and pets unattended

There's only one flaw about the pre-school mod I mentioned earlies as an essential mod: https://s2idownloads.blogspot.com/2018/02/new-essential-mods-pre-school.html
When all the toddlers are away to pre-school and the teen, adult or elder wants to go to a community lot, there's still the message they can't leave the little ones unattended.
This mod solves that one flaw.
It can be found here (thanks to Boiling Oil):  http://www.leefish.nl/mybb/showthread.php?tid=3005


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New Essential mods: The Blind Needs Challenge

http://sims2idea.tumblr.com/post/172513588549/hexagonal-bipyramid-yes-you-correctly-read

I am not sure to put this as Essential CC or Unmissable CC. I'd say Essential 'cause it really sounds challenging and fun, but it might be making the game to hard for the way I play it.
So I call it Essential, but I don't put it on the list of Essential CC.

New Essential Mods: Visiting Senior Centre

Normally I don't like playing with elders that much. But Chris Hatch made a mod like toddlers can go to pre school elders can go for activities to the retirement home.
Like other creations by Chris Hatch I think this is an essential mod for playing in my game.
I'm listing all (for me) Essential Mods here: http://s2idownloads.blogspot.be/p/the-essentials.html

The mod by Chris Hatch for Elders to visit the Senior Centre can be found here: http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=603534



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New Essential Mods: Insiminator - Sim Manipulator - Sim Blender

These are three modded objects you can use with a numerous of options.
Most of them are the same as the boolprop cheat, but as that cheat is quite unsafe, these objects are a better option. The options are easier to find than with the boolprop cheat and there are more options to enjoy..
Every modded object has quite the same options, but there are also options only for that specific object so choose the one that fits you best. There's also no harm in it to have them all three so you certainly have all the options.
I already discussed the first one years ago, but I like to mention it again:

• Insiminator (a bit outdated and unsupported. Sim Manipulator is newer)
• Sim Manipulator
• Sim Blender

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New Essential Mods: Social Welfare

Social Welfare can be really useful if you're between jobs for a while. That's what sometimes can happen with your sims. I am so glad I found this: http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?p=3891484#post3891484

I already mentioned this as unmissable cc, but it's actually essential for the way I play. I really can't miss it.

Just one thing I changed about this, is the amount of money you get from social welfare. When you register kids and skills, sims earned as much money as nearly level 5 of a career.

So I edited that part a bit in SimPe (or just don't register skills) and I also added a tax system that's really high for Social Welfare. So it can help a sim who is between jobs, but the sim is still motivated to look for a job (to be able to pay the taxes on social welfare).

New Essential Mods: Pre-School

This is one of the great mods by Chris Hatch. The site all his creations were, was an adult site (or at least part of it), but it's down now. Luckily his child-friendly mods are listed here: http://modthesims.info/t/603534
As is this Pre-School mod. It adds a menu to the phone where parents can call to. A van will arrive to pick up the toddlers. They walk to the van themselves if no one brings them. They stay at pre-school until a teen or older calls the pre-school.
What I really like about this mod is that the toddlers learn new things in pre-school and make friends which might be important for them later in life.
The only flaw (it doesn't annoys me yet) is that the game still thinks the toddlers are at home. So there needs to stay a sim (teen or older) at home or you'll get the message they can't leave the little ones all alone while going to a community lot.
But as I said. That's the only flaw I could find. I really love this mod and it is essential for the way I play.



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New Idea: The School Project - Part 2

This idea becomes a bit more specific as I am almost ready to upload the first career. So I thought it might be time to give you some short info on the school system in Belgian. It's just some info you need to know to understand the careers I am creating for teen sims.

There are 4  general types in secondary school. Each type has different directions. I won't create a teen career for  everyone of those different directions because then I have to create +250 careers. Only for the general type I followed myself I will create all the careers for the directions you can follow in my old high school. For the other types I will limit it to the most common ones and combine them a bit (E.g.: Ballet and modern ballet are two different directions and I would combine them then to 1 teen career).
Also there's an abreviation of every of those general types. I put it in bold in the overview below. It's the abreviation I will use to indicate to which general type the teen career belongs.

Secondary school in Belgium is divided into four general types. Each type consists of a set of different directions that may vary from school to school. The general types are as follows:
- General Secondary Education (Dutch: Algemeen Secundair Onderwijs; ASO) (The type I followed myself in the direction Economics-Math)
- Technical Secondary Education (Dutch: Technisch Secundair Onderwijs; TSO)
- Vocational Secondary Education (Dutch: Beroepssecundair Onderwijs; BSO)
- Art Secondary Education (Dutch: Kunstsecundair Onderwijs; KSO)

I found this info (translated in English) here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Flanders
You can find there more information on the Belgian School System.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. I understand this is totally new if you don't know Flanders, but as I said before, I want to create these careers for my own sims.

The Important Essentials

Earlier this month I started a new series of blogposts: New Essential CC
This blogpost is part of that series, but it is slightly different. I was thinking about the essential CC I need in my downloadfoler before I start playing, and I was advised at mod the sims about some important essential mods. These mods add some important fixes to the game. If you don't use them, your neighbourhood can become corrupted (or so they told me here: http://modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=604531)

So this is the list of the really essential mods for your game not to get corrupted or something:
More information on corruption and how to avoid it: https://www.reddit.com/r/thesims/comments/4ih6zx/sims_2_corruption_101/
http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Avoiding_Hood_Corruption
http://modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=504463&page=1&highlight=corrupted+hood
http://modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=552352&page=1&highlight=corrupted+hood

Programs
Hoodchecker: http://modthesims.info/d/456523
Clean Installer: http://modthesims.info/d/409950
Hack Conflict Detection Utility: http://www.leefish.nl/mybb/showthread.php?tid=2063
Lotcleaner: http://simfileshare.net/folder/22477/
Delphy's Download Organizer: http://modthesims.info/d/227925/delphy-s-download-organiser-v1-2-6365-updated-6th-june-2017.html

Clean hoods
https://meetme2theriver.livejournal.com/63030.html

Pick'n'Mix

Not that this tools are really needed are all useful, but they can certainly help to find out which download causes the error

https://www.picknmixmods.com/Sims2/Notes/Home.html

Mod fixes
No corrupted death memory: http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php?topic=2368.0
No Unlinkage on Urnstone delete: http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php?topic=2083.0
No sim loaded: http://www.leefish.nl/mybb/thread-1665.html
Smarter EP Check: http://cyjon.net/node/323
Creature fixes: http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php?topic=1482.0
FFS "Batbox" Lot Debugger: http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,72.0.html
Stuck Object Remover: http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php?topic=1609.0


Pet related mods/fixes: http://www.simbology.com/smf/index.php?topic=12.0
Bug fixes (only the ones which avoid errors): http://www.simbology.com/smf/index.php?topic=16.0
http://www.simbology.com/smf/index.php/topic,15.0.html
Cleaner gameplay (3 fixes): http://www.simbology.com/smf/index.php?PHPSESSID=kc66f905ntih8c0q7rb4ooesi3;topic=7875.0

These are the ones I have in my downloadfolder:

• BO - No Trash Memories v1.03
• Caged Pet Fixes
• Complain Social Fix
• Ghost Hack
• Gypsy - FT Genie Fix
• No Pet Code Spam
• No Pet Obsession
• Pet Pregnancy Fix
• Photo Booth Try for Baby Fix
• Teen - Adult & Skunk Attraction Fixes
• Toddler Toy Death Fix
• notwonieregen
• nodormieregen
• simNopke_simShadowFix0.3
• nostrayrespawn
• MTS_NDR_NoBurglarRel
• woohootwfix

Remember I'm not responsible for these mods nor do I give support for them. I just tell you what they told me at MTS and give an overview where to find them.




I have other essentials (for me) than this.
You can find a list of all (my) essentials here: https://s2idownloads.blogspot.be/p/the-essentials.html



Last update: 2022-07-24




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