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Forum: Sims 2 17th Apr 2024, 1:39 AM
Replies: 11,108
Views: 584,930
Posted By Peni Griffin
Playables from inactive households can bring...

Playables from inactive households can bring kittens and puppies to community lots with them! Squee!
Forum: Sims 2 15th Apr 2024, 6:13 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 741
Posted By Peni Griffin
"Immature" and "mature" are...

"Immature" and "mature" are not value judgements here, merely descriptive. That's why I put the terms in quotes.

Teens who tend to be more focused on immediate things - friends, dating, having a...
Forum: Sims 2 15th Apr 2024, 5:21 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 741
Posted By Peni Griffin
I love all the aspirations, and don't seem to...

I love all the aspirations, and don't seem to have the problems other people do with them. It's just a matter of learning how to play them for maximum player satisfaction.

Some sims will give me...
Forum: Sims 2 11th Apr 2024, 11:11 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 4,923
Posted By Peni Griffin
I think most people who recognize my name here...

I think most people who recognize my name here know I can't resist a pun name.

The latest casual neighborhood, however, was conceived when I thought: "Adam and Eve and Pinchme Tite..." and from...
Forum: Sims 2 11th Apr 2024, 9:18 PM
Replies: 33,626
Views: 1,025,679
Posted By Peni Griffin
If you add an empty premade custom downtown,...

If you add an empty premade custom downtown, downtownies will start to generate from the downtownie templates. This may go quickly or slowly depending on how you use the downtown and what...
Forum: Sims 2 11th Apr 2024, 4:50 AM
Replies: 4,194
Views: 377,801
Posted By Peni Griffin
"Yes! Baldur! You are indeed worthy to be...

"Yes! Baldur! You are indeed worthy to be head of household!"

I'd seen Odin Aesir's death coming, but had a hard time arranging the household to minimize the disruption of the mourning period -...
Forum: Sims 2 10th Apr 2024, 6:18 PM
Replies: 12,870
Views: 570,641
Posted By Peni Griffin
Yeah, on tumblr, you see someone doing that and...

Yeah, on tumblr, you see someone doing that and you report them as "spam or bot," which also blocks them!

S4 creators tagging their stuff as S2, though, are paying the fandom a compliment, in that...
Forum: Sims 2 10th Apr 2024, 6:16 PM
Replies: 11,108
Views: 584,930
Posted By Peni Griffin
That depends on what mods you have in. Vanilla...

That depends on what mods you have in. Vanilla you do, in fact, need love for woohoo, unless you get a casual-woohoo-permitting piece of CC which allows it only as an interaction on the item.
Forum: Sims 2 9th Apr 2024, 4:43 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 602
Posted By Peni Griffin
You are a tiny child and I wish to pinch your...

You are a tiny child and I wish to pinch your widdle cheeks.

First, I'm 61 and I am far from the oldest person here.

Second - NO FANDOM IS RESERVED FOR THE YOUTH!!!!! You like what you like and...
Forum: Sims 2 9th Apr 2024, 3:28 PM
Replies: 33,626
Views: 1,025,679
Posted By Peni Griffin
Yes. Back up your game and find out! If you're...

Yes.



Back up your game and find out! If you're just looking at the thumbnails, those show the family as it was when they were last open in game.
Forum: Sims 2 7th Apr 2024, 11:01 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 645
Posted By Peni Griffin
Just yesterday I was playing in a hood I'm doing...

Just yesterday I was playing in a hood I'm doing casually (because I'm doing so great IRL I don't have time to play as intensely as I normally do!), in a household in which the elder male who had...
Forum: Sims 2 7th Apr 2024, 3:37 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 645
Posted By Peni Griffin
Glad to be of service. I view the game...

Glad to be of service.

I view the game primarily as a storytelling medium, so it's fairly easy for me to think of it in terms of fiction, and understand what we can do with it in the same terms....
Forum: Sims 2 6th Apr 2024, 9:39 PM
Replies: 33,626
Views: 1,025,679
Posted By Peni Griffin
I use the teleporter myself, but if you make a YA...

I use the teleporter myself, but if you make a YA into a townie on campus they'll become a dormie, yes.
Forum: Sims 2 6th Apr 2024, 6:20 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 645
Posted By Peni Griffin
I don't think "most sims players" do...

I don't think "most sims players" do that at all, though it is something that happens.

I have killed a few sims deliberately - I had to kill Angel Hart for the Widespot storyline - and I did feel...
Forum: Sims 2 6th Apr 2024, 6:08 PM
Replies: 33,626
Views: 1,025,679
Posted By Peni Griffin
Since when are there toddler townies? As I...

Since when are there toddler townies? As I understand it, adoptees are generated at time of adoption unless there's a kid in the pool previously taken by the social worker.
Forum: Sims 2 5th Apr 2024, 7:54 PM
Replies: 33,626
Views: 1,025,679
Posted By Peni Griffin
If you delete the subhood, every playable in it...

If you delete the subhood, every playable in it will appear in the family bin to the main hood.
Forum: Sims 2 5th Apr 2024, 5:59 PM
Replies: 12,870
Views: 570,641
Posted By Peni Griffin
How many photobooths does that place have?

How many photobooths does that place have?
Forum: Sims 2 4th Apr 2024, 4:50 AM
Replies: 12,870
Views: 570,641
Posted By Peni Griffin
Yes, because it's boring to go to the same one...

Yes, because it's boring to go to the same one all the time. Also, they had to fill the space with only three EPs to draw from! This is hard - try it.

I dealt with this in Bigg City by creating...
Forum: Sims 2 2nd Apr 2024, 11:16 PM
Replies: 4,194
Views: 377,801
Posted By Peni Griffin
I love this picture because I have relatives with...

I love this picture because I have relatives with similar ones.

They were, I believe, a product of 1930s America and are kitschy, but cool, especially as they approach the century mark. The light is...
Forum: Sims 2 1st Apr 2024, 9:10 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 157
Posted By Peni Griffin
Pretty sure those notifications are moddable. At...

Pretty sure those notifications are moddable. At least I'm not much bothered with them anymore; don't remember the last time I noticed one.

However, till you track that down: parties and outings....
Forum: Sims 2 26th Mar 2024, 10:15 PM
Replies: 33,626
Views: 1,025,679
Posted By Peni Griffin
Oh, yes, there was also a "day room" on...

Oh, yes, there was also a "day room" on each floor - TV, armchairs and couches with stuffing coming out, elementary cooking facilities, just enough to make nachos or something for a party. That's...
Forum: Sims 2 26th Mar 2024, 6:39 PM
Replies: 33,626
Views: 1,025,679
Posted By Peni Griffin
IRL, there's a dorm fee that's paid generally...

IRL, there's a dorm fee that's paid generally along with tuition, once per semester, which is generally much lower than local rents. You can express preferences beforehand about your roommate and...
Forum: Sims 2 26th Mar 2024, 5:13 AM
Replies: 33,626
Views: 1,025,679
Posted By Peni Griffin
@grammapat, There is no rent in a dorm. You move...

@grammapat, There is no rent in a dorm. You move into a dorm for free and then once in awhile bills come to the mailbox, dorm fees for the use of the facilities I suppose, to cover the food you eat...
Forum: Sims 2 26th Mar 2024, 2:00 AM
Replies: 12,870
Views: 570,641
Posted By Peni Griffin
It only looks weird if you're not used to men...

It only looks weird if you're not used to men being Nice.
Forum: Sims 2 24th Mar 2024, 6:18 AM
Replies: 33,626
Views: 1,025,679
Posted By Peni Griffin
"Ring up" is the idiom for "total...

"Ring up" is the idiom for "total the purchase, accept payment, make change." Because of the ringing sound old-fashioned cash registers made.

If you want a sim to stand there indefinitely waiting...
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