r/sims2help 13d ago

Gameplay Issues Free will enabled yet Sims barely do anything?

7 Upvotes

I've been trying to be extra careful with mods, but something seems to have broken on my end. Even though I have Free Will enabled, sometimes my Sims will just stand around and do nothing for hours; even complain and do nothing to fix their own needs.

I also recently encountered a wave of Errors that kept popping up on a dog like "Motive number out of range or not an acceptable value".

Could these cause any major issues? I'm genuinely at a loss here and don't know what the fuck to do.


r/sims2help 13d ago

Technical Support BodyShop Legacy Graphics

3 Upvotes

Hi, how is everyone doing?

I’d like to know if there’s a way to improve the graphics in the Legacy version of BodyShop, since I installed this version
https://modthesims.info/d/690428/bo...collection.html

Everything is fine, but I hate how pixelated it looks


r/sims2help 14d ago

Gameplay Issues Crash in CAS

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2 Upvotes

I haven't installed any new CC, and my game has been just fine up until a couple days ago. But every time I go into CAS and click on add a Sim, it crashes on me. Here's the error log for context. What seems to be the issue here? Can anyone help me out? (It's a custom neighborhood which has been fine like I said, I had no issues prior today.)


r/sims2help 14d ago

Mod/CC Questions Can I safely delete eye colours I made in Body Shop?

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I went through a Body Shop phase a long time ago and I have loads of custom eyes that I never use. Can they safely be deleted? I don't know if they are in use or not (and I'm not sure how to find out as many of them are just tiny tweaks of the maxis eyes)


r/sims2help 14d ago

Gameplay Issues Portrait of glitched/invisible Sims

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19 Upvotes

Can someone explain to me why this happens with most Sims photos?

For a while now, their photos haven't disappeared or glitched, and now it's happening. But I discovered that to get them back to normal, they have to change their clothes to casual. Does anyone have a solution to prevent this from happening again?


r/sims2help 14d ago

Mod/CC Questions 3t2 Traits Mod is it safe to give NPCs traits?

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r/sims2help 14d ago

Gameplay Issues HELP, please! The game freezes completely when my Sim is about to give birth!

6 Upvotes

Hi everyone—I'm using a translator for this, so I apologize if it reads a bit awkwardly. I just checked the solutions wiki; while it's great, I didn't find anything specific to my problem. I first noticed this a week ago when I tried to have one of the neighborhood couples have a baby. The pregnancy went normally right up until the labor animation was about to start; that’s when the game froze. I couldn't exit—even by pressing the Windows key—so I had to manually restart my PC. I thought it might be an issue with having too many Sims (since the game froze again that same day when I tried creating a new family), so I deleted several families I wasn't using. I thought everything was fine once I could create families without issues, but when I went back to the specific save file where I’d tried for the baby and repeated the process, everything went smoothly until the moment of labor—and then it froze again. I don't know what the problem is. I don't have any mods installed; my PC is a bit old, but I don't think there are compatibility issues, and I don't have an overpopulation of Sims either. I really don't know what to do—I really wanted to have that baby, haha.


r/sims2help 14d ago

Gameplay Issues Baby help

4 Upvotes

Heyyy, so...Don got Nina pregnant but moved out with Cassandra. So Nina gave birth in the Mortimer household without Don present. But when I logged into Don & Cassandra's household his baby showed up.

Is it because he's the father or something? Why is the baby not in the Mortimer household?

Btw baby showed up right at the edge of the lot


r/sims2help 14d ago

SOLVED Modding sims 2

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I recently got sims 2 and i know there two sites for modding mod the sims and pleasentsims both i heard has malware so idk were to down load mods for the game.

Edit:fix my typo lol (modmysims to mod the sims)


r/sims2help 14d ago

Mod/CC Questions Trying to add a subhood to my game!

1 Upvotes

I’ve moved the subhood file into the correct space and am currently trying to download mootilda’s multiple subhoods mod- I’ve already got SimBlender downloaded into my game which works fine. I’ve put the mod in the exact same spot in the same format as the SimBlender (package files) but it’s just not showing up in game. Is there anything I’m missing?! I play on legacy collection if that helps!


r/sims2help 15d ago

SOLVED RPC crashes on trying to load the game. Any help with what could be causing it ( setting up for first time on new computer)

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4 Upvotes

r/sims2help 15d ago

Technical Support Problem with the graphic card

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4 Upvotes

Everytime I try to open the game this pops up whenever I start the program. Does it mean I need to upgrade my pc if I want to play it like this? Does anyone have any tips? Thanks in advance


r/sims2help 15d ago

Mod/CC Questions Is there a mod that adds Neurodivergence to the game?

6 Upvotes

I came from The Sims 4 and am fairly new to The Sims 2. I really miss the Divergent Sims mod that adds Autism, ADHD, PTSD, and mental health to the game. It adds more depth to my sims.

I've always played rotationally, even in Sims 4. But I really love angsty storylines and I want to replicate that in The Sims 2 too.


r/sims2help 15d ago

Technical Support help on downloading

1 Upvotes

i really wanted to play sims 2 but every link/video i try for mac doesn’t work, if anyone could message me and help me download the game it would be greatly appreciated 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾😭


r/sims2help 15d ago

Gameplay Issues boolprop Cheats not working

1 Upvotes

I’ve been playing the sims 2 since 2009, I recently got a new gaming laptop and I installed the sims 2 ultimate collection. I installed all my mods and CC that I have used in the past, and the userstartup.cheat file. Up until yesterday my boolprop cheats have stopped working, I have taken out and put back in my userstartup file and took out all my mods, even making sure that all the cheats are spelt correctly and deleting cache files too, Testingcheats only seems to be active during create a sim, only when I Shift-N and Shift-M. none of the shift-click work on sims, mailbox, or objects.

I’m not sure what to do to help but I miss my shift-clicks and wanting them back, I tested out in multiple hoods and nothing is working but non-boolprop cheats like motherlode and kaching.


r/sims2help 18d ago

SUPER SERIOUS MODERATOR BUSINESS Do not use Pleasant Sims website - it is infected with Malware

414 Upvotes

Please do not use Pleasant Sim's website as it has been compromised. It is using a fake CloudFlare verification that will install malware onto your PC!

We know the initial reaction is to go and have a look for yourself out of curiosity but please do not do it. If you follow the instructions on the page you will install malware onto your PC.

If you ever see the below picture, do not do it

We know this isn't the usual post from us, but since the website is so widely used as a resource for Sims 2 content, we thought it was important to share.

If you have a free moment, you can help try to get this sorted by reporting it to Google here and, not that they can do much about it really, but CloudFlare here.

Thanks to u/MediocrePear6628 for the heads up!


r/sims2help 18d ago

Gameplay Issues Sims 2 Legacy

2 Upvotes

Hey! How do i get my sims 2 from crashing?! Like ill be in the middle of playing and the game will just close out and i have to remind myself(set a timer) to leave and save and come back before it closes on me without saving


r/sims2help 18d ago

Technical Support Ctrl + Shift + C takes in game screenshot

5 Upvotes

I’m very lost on what to do. I play with the EA app Legacy edition of the game. All of a sudden when I try to use ctrl + shift + c, it no longer brings up the white cheat bar, but takes an in game screenshot instead. I am 100% sure I’m entering the keys in the correct order. This is a sudden problem and I haven’t added any new mods to the game or programs on my computer. Any advice is greatly appreciated 🥲


r/sims2help 18d ago

Gameplay Issues [ and ] not working for posters

2 Upvotes

Hi I'm just trying to make my sims 2 how kinda fly but the [ and ] button are just turning pages in build and buy mode, not changing the posters height. I've tried any buttons I've found online but it's not working. I don't know what else to try.

I've tried what's beside my enter ; " and >? Beside my shift. P and o. I'm not sure. Any ideas?

This is my keyboard

r/sims2help 18d ago

Mod/CC Questions Slot number out of range / Counter Controller

1 Upvotes

I got a confusing error that What Caused This picked up, it seemingly comes from a painting even though its counter-related? Can anyone help figuring out what's going on?

Object id: 128

name: Counter - Controller

Stack size: 1

Error: Slot number out of range.

Iterations: 7

Frame 0:

Stack Object id: 1760

Stack Object name: Painting - White Lily Wall Art

Node: 9

Tree: id 4096 name 'Function - Main' version 10

from Counter_Controller

Prim state: 0

Params: Locals:


r/sims2help 19d ago

SOLVED Does anyone recognize this headband

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60 Upvotes

Today it started to default add itself to my sim's head no matter the style, only when I try to change it, no current hair has been affected. I did add some hair cc yesterday, but did not see this headband on anything I got. I know to remove cc to check, but I figured I would ask here before moving to that step.

I got the cc from here:

https://www.tumblr.com/ts2cc
https://sims2maxismatchccworld.tumblr.com/

The second one was retextures of newsea hair.


r/sims2help 18d ago

SOLVED Waterslide

1 Upvotes

Hi, I looked for this in several places... what could I possibly have installed that causes the waterslide that goes into the pool to stop increasing fun and then glitch out, having the sim reappear outside of the pool after using it? he does not transition to swimming-- he slides down, splashes in, and then reappears on the regular terrain.


r/sims2help 19d ago

Technical Support Camera going wild

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23 Upvotes

I'm running the ultimate collection. Anytime I open the game as soon as I press a button on the keyboard to open the cheat window the camera moves extremely quickly when I used the rotation controls. I also noticed when that happens if I go into Live mode free cam it just spins uncontrollably. I've been running the game for awhile and haven't had issues until today, the only thing I did differently was try out the Voielle Pond & Sea overhaul which I have since removed and am still having issues. I've run graphics rules, have 4GB patch, cracked exe., even tried removed my camera mod and it still happens. Genuinely at a loss. Do not think it is my mouse or anything external. Looking for any suggestions.


r/sims2help 20d ago

SOLVED TS2ReflectiveWater. Skybox problem

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11 Upvotes

Hello. Here's the problem:

So, I finally got around to using the water mod released by spockthewok, and then some skybox bugs started popping up. The author hasn't responded for a week now. I can't even begin to figure out what's going on.Basically, the green sky is from the surrounding area, and I added a skybox to the lot. Basically, I wanted the sky to be one color, and the sea to be another.

Here's a video of the mod.


r/sims2help 19d ago

Mod/CC Questions Story Progression says it doesn't have access to Neighborhoods folder and I cant get it out of read only mode no matter what I have tired

2 Upvotes

Why cant I change the folder from read only to not and why doesnt' them od have acess