I posted this a long time ago in my previous blog, but since it’s deleted, I’m reposting it here.

This is a resource for custom content creators: a diagram of the right foot of the adult female mesh in The Sims 2, showing which bone weights correspond to each vertex. I used it as a reference to make assigning bones to converted shoes easier, and idk, make it could be useful to someone else.

Of course, the left foot has the same weights but with the left side bones (l_calf, l_foot, l_toe).

Edit: Added a alternate version in case the first one is not legible enough.

There's definitely potential for a story here. This town is filled with kooky and shifty cluedo-esque characters and NPCs, from monks to courtesans, poets, scholars, and aristocrats. Every time they interact, it always seems to me like they're up to something.

Walden BACC

"Tess...?"

Tess stared as her wife sat up in her coffin, her mouth smeared with blood. She was pale as death but she was awake, and she gazed up at her with a mixture of confusion and fright.

"Hayden! Yes, it's me! I can't believe it, you really are back! I wasn't sure if it would work..."

Tess felt giddy with joy.

She had brought Hayden back! Nothing else mattered, nothing at all!

"What do you mean? If what would work?"

Her wife did not seem entirely aware of her change, or the events which had transpired. She gazed down at her hands as though seeing them for the first time, then touched her fingers to her lips. She pulled them away, frowning at the red smear left behind.

"Is that...Tess, what am I doing here? Tell me what's going on!"

"Hayden..."

Tess threw her arms around her wife, luxuriating in the feel of her body against hers. For this, she would have given almost anything.

"I don't...I don't understand...I feel so strange...."

Tess remembered how confusing and disorienting the world felt after the change. Everything looked different; everything felt different: the colors were richer, the smells stronger, the light blinding to the eyes.

It could be overwhelming.

"What is the last thing you remember?"

"I was at the clinic...we were talking, and then..."

"You died, Hayden."

"What"

"Your body couldn't take the strain any longer. It began shutting down, your organs failing one by one. We tried to resuscitate you but...you died."

"Annabel -"

"- is alive, and well. We saved her, but couldn't save you. So, I..."

Suddenly, Tess was afraid. What if Hayden did not want this, and would end up hating her for it? She wanted to enjoy the reunion a little longer, but the consequences of her actions would not be delayed.

"I turned you into a vampire."

"I couldn't let you go. Forgive me, but I couldn't!"

"Tess...there's nothing to forgive."

"I - But you understand what I did to you..."

"You saved my life. So what if I must give up regular food and stay out of the sun? I was never big on tanning anyway."

"There is a bit more to being a vampire than that!"

"And I'll have you to teach me everything: how to be like you, feeding on plasma juice instead of blood, managing my urges so I can lead a normal life, more or less. With our daughter. Like we've always dreamed."

It all seemed too good to be true, but when Hayden pressed her mouth to hers, Tess could have wept with happiness. Hayden tasted of blood and her lips were cold, but the kiss was genuine and full of passion, and Tess felt a hunger stir within her that had not stirred for a long time.

And yet...

Why did she have the the distinct sensation that it was all a dream?

That none of it was real?

Walden BACC

Tess awoke to the opaque darkness of her coffin, and the last threads of the dream unraveled.

There was a knock on the door. Tess tried to hold on to the dream a moment longer, but she might as well have been trying to grasp water between her fingers.

It slipped away, no matter how hard she tried.

The joy and hope of that impossible reunion with Hayden faded along with it, replaced by the unbearable pain of her loss.

A bitter smile crossed Tess's lips: of course, none of the events from the dream could've been possible: there was only a very brief window between life and death when a mortal could become immortal - and Hayden had been dead for over thirty minutes before they stopped trying to resuscitate her. By then, it had already been too late.

Nor would her wife have been in any state to have a tender reunion right after rising as a newborn vampire - a terrifying, agonizing process that warped her body into that of an undead, bloodthirsty predator. After the pain, came the hunger - mindless and all-consuming.

Tess could not, in good conscience, have condemned Hayden to that. Even if the opportunity had been there.

And yet...it had been such a lovely dream.

"Tess? I just changed Annabel, would you like to feed her?"

"...Tess?"

"Could you do it, please, Vernoraxia? I...can't. I just can't. Not right now."

"All right. No problem."

"Thank you."

"She still doesn't want to come out of her room?"

"Nope. I'm starting to get really worried, El. It's like she's...shutting down, or something."

"She's grieving."

"I know, but this baby needs her mother."

"How is she? The baby, I mean?"

"Surprisingly normal, considering. Although it's early days yet, and we still don't know why Hayden died."

"I'm afraid to leave them alone..."

"You don't think she'd...do something, do you?"

"No...I mean...No. I don't think so, not on purpose. But I can tell she's uncomfortable around Annabel, and I don't know if she's been, um, feeding regularly..."

"I wish I could help more, but I have to commute from Mistvale, plus my hands are full at home and at work..."

"I guess...Mary and I will just have to try to be here as much as possible, maybe ask Evelyn for help too. Someone should be around at all times."

"You know that's not a long-term solution."

"Yeah, I do. Right now though, I don't have a long-term solution. We're functioning on a day-to-day basis."

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Sorry for the bait and switch! :P It was @esotheria-sims who gave me the idea by wondering whether Tess could save Hayden by turning her. Well, she couldn't, but I couldn't resist doing a "what-if" dream scenario.

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Did you know? You can put any hat you want on a skeleton and it's (probably) totally legal.

ive been really busy and wasn't able to finish this in time for halloween! but i hope someone will enjoy these now regardless lol, more details and DL under the cut!

Food Conversions UPDATE:

I've fixed the issue with the shadows not displaying correctly for my 4t2 Juice conversions, please re-download the new files. Many thanks to @freezerbunny-sims2 for reporting the problem!

I've also updated the prep states for my Into The Future food, if you were having an issue with shadows there, please update those files as well.

Went a little ham with the recolors of some TS4 L&D. On BV (because we don't have enough of those right?), Butterfly Crawler, B&W Collage, Corky Board, That Place Over There and some more misc. bits . Some previews below

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that's not where i meant to put that chair and you know it 🙄

At the moment I've been expanding my custom food knowledge, & learning how to convert from other Sims games. So I thought, why not make things more difficult for myself & combine the two!

In the spirit of the Spoopy season, I've converted both the Plasma Fruit Salad, & the Plasma Juice from TS4. I originally made them red to match the Plasma Fruit from TS3, but included a purple version with the original assets, for people who prefer them that way. They're alternates of same files, so you'll have to pick between Red or Purple.

The Salads come with custom preparation, & are compatible with most bowl defaults. The Plasma Juices come with the box as a custom serving plate (included & required), however I couldn't get the liquid to disappear, so the drinks always appear full. Sims will also jam the bottle into their face when drinking, which you can see HERE.

While I did my best to convert as much stuff as possible by myself, I did end up using a few things by other people.

UPDATE 9-Nov-24 Fixed ground shadows for Plasma Juice (both colours).

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I've been enjoying a little vacation this week, so I wanted to get the things I've been working on up before I go back to work.

To start, I ended up making/converting a bunch of custom food from TS3. The cookies & the mushroom omelettes were originally converted by Delonariel, the cookies require Happy Holiday Stuff, since I used some assets from the Santa Cookies. For my first working 3t2 conversion I converted a couple of the synthesizer foods from Into the Future, you can choose between the glowing/shiny ones pictured, or SFX free versions which you can see HERE. I loved the idea of them as alien foods, so I used @simsinsania's 4t2 conversion of the alien bulb, but had to re-convert the spiky fruit for the Spheres. All foods are fully morphed, with custom prep states.

Secondly, I love the aliens from Get to Work, & while they've been converted before, I wanted living pets. So I tried my hand at a little animation, which you can see HERE, & while they aren't 1-to-1 with the originals, I think they turned out very cute. They're cloned from @deedee-sims' fishbowls, so make sure you read the original post for all the details. I did swap some of the Sim animations out for the Ant Farm ones, for reasons that should be obvious. :3c

While I was on my Alien streak, I converted the Strange Juice from TS4 Strangerville as a quick bonus. It works the same as my other 4t2 Juice, which you can read about HERE, & includes it's own custom serving plate (req).

UPDATE 9-Nov-24 Fixed ground shadows for Strange Juice, & removed unnecessary files from Into the Future food prep.

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Vampires can't eat food except for blood drinks

This set of mods is an expansion of @midgethetree's Vampires Can't Eat Food.

I. Meduza_VampiresCantAutonomouslyEatSnacks

This mod bans vampires from taking autonomously snacks from a fridge. They can still can be ordered to eat snacks from a fridge.

II. midgethetree_vampirescanteatfoodExceptBloodDrinks

This is the main mod. I edited @midgethetree's mod to allow vampires autonomously take and eat custom blood meals:

These dishes won't cause food poisoning.

Remove Midge's mod and replace it with mine.

Update 16th of December 2023: incorporated Charity's edit of my edit of Midge's mod to include their blood bag. Thanks, Charity!

Update 27th of October 2024: added TS4 to TS2 edible plasma foods by @simstralia

Credits: @midgethetree

III. vampires can't stuff face

This mod bans vampires from autonomously stuffing their faces.

There are 6 versions of this mod:

This mod conflicts with @gummilutt's Hidden interactions enabled part 2. Delete GummiluttStuffFaceEnabled before putting my mod into your download.

If you want to have the "Stuff face" interaction unlocked, choose one of versions that include Gummilutt's mod. Then you will be able to order your vampires to stuff their faces but they won't do it autonomously.

Credits: @gummilutt

Big thanks to @abiamalapizza for being my tester!

Download at SFS | alt

I've been enjoying a little vacation this week, so I wanted to get the things I've been working on up before I go back to work.

To start, I ended up making/converting a bunch of custom food from TS3. The cookies & the mushroom omelettes were originally converted by Delonariel, the cookies require Happy Holiday Stuff, since I used some assets from the Santa Cookies. For my first working 3t2 conversion I converted a couple of the synthesizer foods from Into the Future, you can choose between the glowing/shiny ones pictured, or SFX free versions which you can see HERE. I loved the idea of them as alien foods, so I used @simsinsania's 4t2 conversion of the alien bulb, but had to re-convert the spiky fruit for the Spheres. All foods are fully morphed, with custom prep states.

Secondly, I love the aliens from Get to Work, & while they've been converted before, I wanted living pets. So I tried my hand at a little animation, which you can see HERE, & while they aren't 1-to-1 with the originals, I think they turned out very cute. They're cloned from @deedee-sims' fishbowls, so make sure you read the original post for all the details. I did swap some of the Sim animations out for the Ant Farm ones, for reasons that should be obvious. :3c

While I was on my Alien streak, I converted the Strange Juice from TS4 Strangerville as a quick bonus. It works the same as my other 4t2 Juice, which you can read about HERE, & includes it's own custom serving plate (req).

DOWNLOAD LINKS