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1. THE SIMS 2 CREATE A SIM BACKGROUND INSTALL
2. THE SIMS 2 CREATE A SIM BACKGROUND MOD
3. THE SIMS 2 CREATE A SIM BACKGROUND FULL
4. THE SIMS 2 CREATE A SIM BACKGROUND MODS

Make sure you pay very close attention to all the install instructions and read all the folder labels carefully so you don’t mess up your game trying to install this.

THE SIMS 2 CREATE A SIM BACKGROUND MODS

The only reason it’s last on this list is because it’s a lot more complicated to install than the other mods I’ve listed here. It really changes the entire feel of the game that much. When I first installed it, I honestly felt like I was playing a completely new Sims game.

THE SIMS 2 CREATE A SIM BACKGROUND MOD

The Clean UI mod is one of my favourite visual mods ever for The Sims 2! It cleans up the UI a great deal and changes that dark blue/purple colour to pale whites and blues. I never really liked it even back when The Sims 2 was the newest Sims game. The old Sims 2 UI is rather dark and cluttered. It’s a small detail but a detail that I’m quite fond of all the same. I’m not sure why the speech bubbles in The Sims 2 are so blurry but this mod will clean them right up for you, giving the bubbles a nice crisp outline. That faded, bedraggled grass was not the vibe for me. I just love how rich and vibrant it makes everything look. I use the lush grass replacement and the grey cliffs replacement in my own game.

THE SIMS 2 CREATE A SIM BACKGROUND FULL

These neighbourhood terrain replacements make your grasses look more full and lush and your cliffs look more detailed. There are replacements for both the pine and oak trees available. I never realised how flat the trees in the neighbourhood looked until I downloaded these replacements and now I don’t think I could ever go back. These tree texture replacements are awesome and really make your neighbourhoods look more vibrant. This mod fixes that for you and creates a nice, even lighting that will make your neighbourhood look brighter and clearer.

There’s a problem with the lighting on the neighbourhood screen causing buildings and other world décor objects to appear dark in places where they shouldn’t be. This might not be something you’ve noticed before, but once you see the difference, you won’t be able to unsee it. I also use the optional corona effect around the sun because I think it looks much prettier with those rays of light beaming out from around the sun. I use the real moon version and the regular sun. Only install one of each you can’t have all three in your game. To use custom skyboxes, place the spawner object in the corner of your neighbourhood map or lot, depending on whether the skybox you downloaded is for the neighbourhood or your lot.Īnother default replacement I love are these more detailed sun and moon. And if you’re using the realistic water mod listed earlier, it makes for some truly beautiful reflections. It comes with a nice variety of different skyboxes you can use that are animated the clouds, stars and other details slowly move through the sky. My personal favourite is the animated skies collection. Why? Custom skyboxes are a lot more detailed and add much more variation to the sky than just clouds. There is a mod to add clouds to the sky but I actually prefer to use custom skyboxes. Have you ever noticed that the sky in The Sims 2 looks very… flat? It’s the same tone of blue with no variation or clouds at all. It will make your ocean and pond water look more realistic, closer to how the water in The Sims 3 and The Sims 4 looks. If you feel like the look of your water could use an upgrade, I really recommend this mod over on Mod The Sims. We really can’t fault The Sims 2 for having ugly water after all, the game is almost 20 years old and at the time, the water looked great! Still, it’s 20 years later and we can do a bit better with the water visuals. That just means The Sims 2 doesn’t recognize your graphics card so the program is asking you if you want it to fix that for you.Īnd you’re done! The Sims 2 should already look loads better but if you want to take things a step further and make the game look even nicer, here are some of the mods I’m currently using in my own game that you might enjoy as well. If you get a popup about your graphics card, just hit OK. Once it’s detected your settings, hit Save Files. Make sure Disable Sim Shadows is checkmarked if it isn’t already. Just open the program, select The Sims 2 from the dropdown list and hit Auto Detect.