Custom SkinĬustom skin is another way to improve the look of your Sims.
Townified simply means townies and NPCs randomly generated by the game will also use them. What are geneticized and townified eyes? Geneticized eyes are custom eyes that are passed on genetically and work within the range of genetic inheritance in The Sims 2.
Default eyes are genetic and used by the game just the same as the original Maxis eyes. What are default replacement eyes? Just like with all other custom content, default replacements REPLACE the Maxis versions. If you don’t want custom colors, you can always just stick to defaults that only replace the Maxis eyes. If you’re interested in genetics and breeding your Sims, I recommend finding a set of eyes (like Plain & Simple) that include both defaults AND a set of geneticized/townified custom colors. I use both the defaults AND the geneticized and townified eyes to add more eye colors to my game. But my current favorites are Poppet’s Plain & Simple Eyes. I started with Bruno’s Behind These Eyes Maxified (great for a Maxis Match style). There are tons of options out there no matter what your style – from Maxis Match to realistic. Custom EyesĮyes were the first default replacements I ever experimented with in The Sims 2, and now I can never go back to the Maxis eyes. I also recommend downloading the Argon archfix mod, which fixes the broken Maxis face templates for faces #21 & #25 – allowing them to appear for all ages and to pass on the appropriate genetics. But I personally find it easiest to just use a complete matching set that contains all 27 faces (like the ones I listed above). You can pick and choose and mix together from multiple sets. NOTE: You can only have ONE replacement face template for each face in your game at a time. Below, you can see the difference between the Maxis 01 Face and the same face using Mina’s 27 Face Templates. My favorites are Mina’s 27 face templates. I highly recommend everyone have a set of replacement faces in their game because the Maxis ones can be a bit fugly (in my opinion).Įven if you’re a hardcore Maxis Match player who loves the way the Maxis Sims look, you can still find a set of face templates that work (and make a big improvement). They change the shape of your Sims’ faces.
Face Templatesįace templates are the most important of all the custom content you could install for creating your Sims. I briefly covered these in part 1 of this tutorial, but for the sake of completeness, we’ll touch on it here too. Now, let’s talk about the different kinds of custom content you might want to use for this process.
How to Organize & Compress Sims 2 Custom Content.How to Install Mods & Custom Content in Sims 2.Ultimate Guide to Sims 2 Default Replacements.If you want to use CC but don’t know where to start, here are some posts and videos I’ve made that might help you: If you don’t want to use custom content for your Sims, that’s okay too! You can skip this step and get straight to the creation process. This is important so you can see how your Sims will really look in the game. Before you begin creating, make sure you have any custom eyes, skin, hair, and face templates you want to use downloaded and installed.