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Carier (Sims 2 Custom Neighborhood)

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Created by RecklessJerry
Uploaded: 22nd Jan 2024 at 11:44 AM
Hello and welcome to Carier!

Once just a collection of barracks for the workers of a nearby quarry, Carier has now transformed into a small community of individuals who made the bold decision to trade the hustle and bustle of big city suburbs for the serene tranquility of a town in the middle of nowhere. However, it appears that the newcomers have also brought along some unnecessary drama, causing slight concern among those who still remember when this place was nothing more than a pile of bricks on the sandy banks of the local river. Despite its peaceful nature, one can't help but wonder if this calm is merely the calm before the storm. Only time can tell...





Here's something I've been working on for quite some time now. A couple of months ago, I stumbled upon an old photo of a town my friends and I built in a pile of sand in my backyard when we were kids and naturally it got me thinking, why not recreate it as a neighborhood in ts2?


Since I'm just a lot builder, this project was definitely a challenge as I had to start from scratch, from creating the map to designing the families. Most of the families were based on the ones my friends and I used to roleplay as.

Now, since I'm a newbie in creating custom hoods (I've made some before, but they were merely for personal use, mostly testing, and I wasn't giving too much thought into them), here are some things that I probably should've done differently and I feel like you should know about:

- The basic PV NPCs are all there since I completely forgot I should've gotten rid of them beforehand. And when I remembered, it was already too late as the hood was almost completed. I don't know if there are any ways to delete them safely now (other than via SimPE I guess) so I decided to keep them. I personally don't mind having NPCs in my towns, so if you are like me, that shouldn't be a problem. Plus since I use a bunch of mods like notownieregen, they weren't even getting in a way that much;

- This is not a story hood in terms of scripted events, modified sims memories, etc. since all that has to be done via SimPE and that's just way too advanced for me at this point.
The families in Carier have their own backstories and relationships all set up. Personally, I'm happy with just having that much;

- I probably shouldn't have furnished the lots as heavily as I did just so it would be easier for the game to handle them, but as I mentioned once before, I can't do minimalism to save my life lol;

- Since I don't use any custom face presets, the sims might look a bit dull. I'm fine with that, but you are more than welcome to change their looks as much as you want;

- The hood is CC free, but there is a family whose story revolves around one member's obsession with their car collection and since the vanilla game doesn't provide a viriety of those, I decided to remove the collection just so you could choose yourself what vehicles they would collect out of the ones you have in your game (personally I used a bunch of vintage cars made by Fresh Price Creations);

- I really hate how low the river is on this map. If you've ever created your own maps, you'll understand what I mean. I know it's a common mistake that many people make at the beginning, but it's just so annoying ;_;.

If you're still interested, here's some general info about the hood:

- It's not BGC and requiers you to have all the EPs and SPs;

- The uninhabited version is provided in case you need one;

- As said before, it's CC free. I use a ton of default replacements, as seen on images, but I checked how everything looks without them and made sure the sims won't look too ugly if you don't have any DR installed;


- There are 15 residential lots, 12 of which are occupied, and three community lots;


- All the lots has been compressed with LotCompressor;

- Everything should be reachable even without the camera mods;


Special thanks:

- To TwoJeff for Sim Blender;
- To Mootilda for HoodChecker and Lot Compressor;
- To BO for No Sim Loader;
- To PleasantSims for her lovely turorial that made me realize I've done everything wrong lol.

Have a nice one!
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