Mod The Sims - Do you make you and your family on the game?

PeterFoster111

1st Oct 2010, 8:58 PM

Do you ever make your family or friends on TS2, including yourself? I make my relatives like my cousins, aunties, grandparents, nanas, grandads...

I also build there houses (Well duh!) and make their pets, if they have any.

So do you make yourself and your family and friends on the game?

zumppe

1st Oct 2010, 9:32 PM

Myself yes, others no. My sim world is my escape from real life, so I want to keep all RL people out of it. My sim spouse, family and friends are totally different from the ones I have IRL.

(and I play with aging off, so I never watch myself age and die ;) )

TUL

1st Oct 2010, 9:49 PM

I did once when I first installed Pets(my family isn't complete without my four cats and dog), but it occurred to me that the Sims would eventually grow up and die, leaving my a grim reminder of my own mortality...after being depressed for a couple days I ended up deleting that entire neighborhood. ^^;

dizzystars

1st Oct 2010, 10:06 PM

I have a sim me, with her own life and husband and children, despite the fact i have none. I know she'll die, but i'll have fun continueing my own legacy in my sim children :)

lazzybum

1st Oct 2010, 10:13 PM

I have made my family before with my house. My parents, me, and my 3 cats xD. The house I had fun making since I would look around and measure how many squares it takes.. the house ended up being bigger than I expected. (I made myself a teenager I think too)

Ive done that once though, but now I like to make a self sim of me as an adult and out on my own.

Kailacat

1st Oct 2010, 10:28 PM

Yes, I made them, but just as practice to improve my Bodyshopping skillz. No playing with them ingame.

Julieryc

1st Oct 2010, 11:22 PM

I made a SimMe my freshman year in college - and then my roommate noticed and wanted to make herself, and then her boyfriend noticed and wanted to make himself, starting a trend of people making self-sims in my game, so I have most of my college friends in my 'hood, and now the descendants of them and whoever they were dating at the time (or the descendants of them and whatever celebrity or fictional character they wanted to be dating at the time.) I leave my relatives out of it, though - I play with ACR on, and really, who wants to see that? I tend to become the only immortal sim in my neighborhood, though - I keep feeding my selfsim Elixir of Life.

AlexandraSpears

2nd Oct 2010, 12:32 AM

Nope.

But I have made houses with floor plans similar to those of houses I've lived in.

jodemilo

2nd Oct 2010, 1:17 AM

But I have made houses with floor plans similar to those of houses I've lived in.
I did too, created a whole row of houses (set up as apartments although they were two storey) to replicate the house I live in and my neighbours (seen from the outside). Inside I modified the layout somewhat but then it got me frustrated with my real life house, thinking: "I wish I could put an ensuite bathroom upstairs next to my bedroom plus a patio balcony on the second floor". It also made me realise how small - or rather, narrow - my house is.
Actually I'm glad I did it because it made me look at my house with a fresh interior design eye and I've since changed it completely.

Regarding creating sim-selfs and families. Well I'm all grown up so it would be a bit weird trying to replicate my elderly parents in the game, although I did recreate my sister's family (she has a hubby and two kids). I have lived the various aspects of my personality through several "sim-selfs" in the game and it's interesting as I do think it sort of reflects how you are as a person. It's confirmed to me that I am pretty independent and like my own company but not to the point where I become a reclusive, as I do like to get out and have fun now and again. And interestingly, although I'd say I adore kids, I found them somewhat of a psychological tie in the game, which makes me think would I have felt the same if I'd had them in real life? If any of my sim-selves had a partner and had kids, I would always put their needs before my own sim.

So from a self-analysis perspective, playing the Sims has been fairly revealing.

FranH

2nd Oct 2010, 1:26 AM

My family, no..but I'm tempted to put all the people I work with into a NH and see what happens! Ought to be fun. Of course one never tells their co-workers what they're doing in sim-life. Safer that way.
I've created myself, but didn't play my self-sim very much. Pretty creepy, to my tastes.
I've also recreated the house I grew up in-it's huge in game, and it's huge out of game..no wonder my father sold it when he did-it was a oil-eating monster!

lizard49

2nd Oct 2010, 1:52 AM

Yes, I made a Sim of myself, who's in college right now ... I'm past college age. I haven't made a Sim of my husband yet, as he's younger than I am & it would be too early for him to start college. He made the house we live in & I put it in my game. Nobody lives in it yet. He also built a nightclub where we sometimes go in real life, I put one iteration of it in the college hood & one downtown.

Edit: This weekend I made a Sim of my husband, here he is.

stygia2002

2nd Oct 2010, 1:58 AM

Oh heavens yes! I got Sims 2 six months after my Mom passed away...for Christmas. First thing I did was make my parents, sister (teen), 2 brothers (also teens) and myself as a toddler...that was the most realistic age gap I could come up with for my siblings and I since my sister and oldest brother are 21 and 18 years older than I am. I moved them into Pleasantview and they became my first "legacy" family (of course this was before I knew it was called a legacy family :) ). Now I have a version of me and select members of my family and friends in almost every neighborhood. And I've built Sim versions of some of my favorite houses that I've lived in over the years. I haven't done any self-simming in Sims 3 yet though...I thought I'd wait for the new EP to come out.

Marie.M

2nd Oct 2010, 2:08 AM

Nope. I've made the house i grew up in, though. Tiny little place, huge yard and garden. Ah. I miss it.

Ive never wanted to make myself, but my boyfriend has made us both. And one of our friends as our kid. Haha.

Simonut

2nd Oct 2010, 3:35 AM

anothereyjana

2nd Oct 2010, 7:06 AM

When I first started really simming, I kept hearing about other people's self-sims, so I sort-of tried to make one, just for the experience. However, I could never find the right hair (there wasn't really a lot of good curly hair floating about at the time, not to mention that I was still learning where to look), the right eyes, or the right skintone (I have very freckled arms, but only the occasional large dot here or there on the rest of my body--even my face! I have a light line of them right under my eyes, and a few on my nose, but that's it. My body is a bit weird like that at times. :/), so I would sometimes make a half-assed attempt, only to end up scrapping it.

In hindsight, this may have been a good thing, as I now realise that it would be a bit too creepy for my tastes. I may still try to build one, just to challenge my bodyshop skills, but I will most likely never use it. If for some reason I do end up putting her in-game, however, it will be as a townie, not a playable. It would just be too unnerving otherwise. :|

treegirl17

2nd Oct 2010, 11:13 AM

Yes. Currently my boyfriend and I are married with a child and a baby on the way. We live in a three bedroom house too. He is a city planner and I am at the top of my education career level. I love making Sim Mes :)

I also dont mine watching them pass away but turning old and gray freaks me out.

beafish123

2nd Oct 2010, 1:55 PM

i make a selfsim (not my parents tho) but i "fast forward" so that im an adult, married and have a daughter. i dont name the husband after a crush, cuz i find it foolish- plus crushes change fairly often.

i do sim some of my friends, also setting them up with a made-up character

LilGeek

2nd Oct 2010, 2:03 PM

I never made a Sim-self, and never felt tempted to :) I make up so many stories for my Sims anyway, that they take on a life of their own. I'm not kidding at all when I tell you that me and my sister gossip about our Sims the way some people gossip about their family!

Also, Sims 2 really makes my bodyshape kinda impossible! I'm 5"1 and don't fit any of the bodyshapes available :P

riotxx

2nd Oct 2010, 2:08 PM

I have made myself on my sims and I was kind of freaked out after my sim-self invited my cousins sim-self over and we both died in a fire after I tried cooking a toaster pasty. I will never make me or my family on my sims again, makes me think about how I might go eventually. O_o
I have made my house and vacation house and friends apartments houses on my game though. It's pretty cool decorating your place completely different than it actually looks and it gives you good ideas on real redecorating ideas.

jodemilo

2nd Oct 2010, 2:38 PM

Interesting to see how a few people here don't like making their sim-selves because of horrible things happening to them in the game and they see it as sort of superstitious. :)

It's just a game to me. I reckon I've made myself about 4 times in the game. When I first seriously made my self-sim it was exactly the same astrologicial sign (Virgo) but the characteristics of Virgos ingame are somewhat fussy, cleanliness-obsessed and prudish, everything I'm not. She died of hunger in the game, which was my fault for not checking her motives and I was fairly newbish then :). In later incarnations I made myself a Leo, business-oriented, creative and a slight over-achiever. I leave aging off mostly unless they have babies and I want to age them up.

Lufferkinz

3rd Oct 2010, 4:00 AM

I made myself, married my crush (IRL), and had a boy named Pablo. ^__^

I also made my crush's girlfriend and had my sim kill her in cruel ways. >:D

And though some people scream at the sight of seeing their simselves get old and dying, I don't really mind it. We're all gonna be like that someday, plus it's nice to know my simmy is going to spend the rest of her life with my crush :) We're all gonna die eventually as well, and again I don't mind it. It's only a game afterall, I most likely won't die at like 70 years old, seeing as I'm an Italian and drink a lot of red wine ^__^

Nalia

3rd Oct 2010, 11:05 AM

Mortimer 2

3rd Oct 2010, 11:29 AM

Hell no (http://www.google.com.au/#hl=en&source=hp&biw=1024&bih=673&q=Hell+no&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=f58fe64ac2ffe34f) ,i will never do that,cuz i don't want to watch my parents wohoo,my sim self got a F score or something like that. :rofl:

lauratje86

3rd Oct 2010, 1:25 PM

I have, but then I always get bogged down trying to get my life right (ie accurate) up until the present before I go nuts and make myself top of the Education career followed by my custom falconry career and have a handsome husband/beautiful wife and a bunch of adorable children and pets...... It was fun the first time, but I don't think I'll do it again.

I occasionally just make me as an adult (which I am in RL - scary thought!) without relatives and play me but not my parents etc. That's easier as I don't spend ages playing all the bits of my life I've already lived! :-)

Phoeberg

3rd Oct 2010, 1:38 PM

I built my house in the sims, and then decided I would make my family too, but I haven't really ever played them. I made myself as a child with the intention of watching myself grow up but then I realized that past high school I didn't really know what I was going to do with her as I couldn't decide, so now they're all just stuck in limbo in my game.

Julieryc

3rd Oct 2010, 4:01 PM

I wish I could make places I've lived in the Sims. I could never make the house I grew up in (the stairway placement doesn't exist, or at least I can't figure out how), and once, I tried to make my college house, but 7 sims can't live in a narrow, 1.5 bathroom house with 3 floors without flailing and dying - the routing problems were horrendous. :faceslap:

PeterFoster111

4th Oct 2010, 7:14 PM

No way would I "Ever" make myself or my family in the game I am much to superstitious to do that. If something was to happen to my sims in the game that is me or a family member, I would worry to much that it may happen in real life. :|

What I do is this. What happens in real life happens on Sims. So, when I grow up into a teenager, I will force me to grow up into a teen then.

And plus, it's just a game. Don't worry ;)

PeterFoster111

4th Oct 2010, 7:19 PM

I also made my crush's girlfriend and had my sim kill her in cruel ways. >:D

Wait, you had your sim actully MURDER your crush's girlfriend? How do you that?

EDIT: Crap, I was meant to put this in my previous post ^^ :faceslap:

Lufferkinz

4th Oct 2010, 8:04 PM

Wait, you had your sim actully MURDER your crush's girlfriend? How do you that?

EDIT: Crap, I was meant to put this in my previous post ^^ :faceslap:

My crush has a girlfriend in real life, so I created her, locked her in a windowed and filled the room with dirty plates. Eventually she got eaten alive. Her tombstone is now smashed. I put it outside and put ugly weeds in front of it.

stygia2002

4th Oct 2010, 10:16 PM

You can also download the warrior sword (aka sim-killing sword) that allows the sim using it to kill another sim. My sim has killed many romantic rivals with it. :heyhey:

Hoekind

5th Oct 2010, 1:38 AM

Funny Story. I Just finished building (Sims 3)one of the best replica's I have ever done of our house (I have built it a few times in Sims 1 and 2) Then I had to click on the Edit Town option, so that I could save my game. When I clicked edit town, the game shut down for no reason. I couldn't believe it. That house took me a good 4 hours, and now its all gone...

As For making myself, yes I have, but I would love to have a "me" version in Sims that actually looked allot like me. I would love if someone (Someone who maybe usually makes good replica Sims of Celebrities) could maybe make a realistic looking Sim of myself. I will send them pics. Anyone know of someone who would do that??

stygia2002

5th Oct 2010, 4:49 AM

Just look around at some of the custom sims and see if there is one artist who you like consistently and then message them and ask if they can do it. Otherwise, there really aren't supposed to be requests in the forums. ;)

Hoekind

5th Oct 2010, 7:19 PM

oh thanks. and sorry about asking for a request, didn't actually mean to, was more directed at getting some advice. :) And I will take yours. Just recently got Sims 3, so I haven't really got a favourite artist yet, since I only started downloading CC just recently. Anyway, I'm heading back to build my house I lost yesterday. :( FUN. Cheerzzz

stygia2002

6th Oct 2010, 1:38 AM

Bruno has some amazing custom sims for TS2...I have her Orlando Bloom and he really does look like Orlando...it's kind of scary actually. ;) I don't know if Bruno is creating for TS3 because I haven't got CC in Sims 3, but you can check.

MadforSims

6th Oct 2010, 1:57 AM

I have in the past, and I have also made my sisters, but I would rather play imaginary people, in my opinion that's the whole point of Sims. I'm kinda of done with the whole 'people i know' thing.

SiliconAI

6th Oct 2010, 5:47 AM

I made a self sim of me and my girlfriend with the corresponding traits to boot. (me: knowledge&popularity, her: knowledge&family) Unfortunately my sim-self fell in love with another female custom character and started making out with her! (I was such a flirt for not being a romance sim!) My REAL life girlfriend became quite unhappy with the REAL me!

Needless to say, in order to save the REAL life relationship, I thought it best to delete our sim-selves seeing as how I was so easily won over by other sim-babes!

karikaylee

7th Oct 2010, 10:56 AM

Of coursee [; I even made my crush >:]
xD

Maranatah

9th Oct 2010, 12:02 AM

To me the game is a way to escape the RL, like for many players and I don't like the idea of making my family or even myself as a sim. But I have made houses and apartments that have the same floorplan as the ones I have lived in.

A.G.Doren

9th Oct 2010, 3:35 AM

I do a lot of writing and fanfic writing, but I never inserted myself into ay of my stories or writing for years. Recently though I was depressed,sick and essentially homebound. So I made a self sim, let her have the kind of fun I couldn't have and then inflicted my problems on her and then fixed them. It was strangely fun and now I keep a selfsim to play at all times.

Lavaster

9th Oct 2010, 7:27 PM

Myself, multiple times. Although my most recent one looks very old, and in real life I am the OPPOSITE of looking old, I actually look very young for my age... heh, that comes from not using make-up, especially concealer or whatever.
Back when I was actually younger, I made me, my mom, dad, my brother, my aunt, uncle, two cousins, and their two dogs. Being the n00b I was, I had my aunt's sim get pregnant because of my uncle's sim.

lauratje86

9th Oct 2010, 7:42 PM

Back when I was actually younger, I made me, my mom, dad, my brother, my aunt, uncle, two cousins, and their two dogs. Being the n00b I was, I had my aunt's sim get pregnant because of my uncle's sim.

Ah, but that's not much of a problem...... You just have to persuade your aunt and uncle to have another baby in real life - problem solved! :-D

Now, if your sim uncle had gotten pregnant by an alien, that might've be difficult to replicate in real life.....

jrhk72

10th Oct 2010, 4:18 AM

This is an interesting & "revealing" topic so guess I'll post here too :) I SOMETIMES use my game as "creative therapy" I create people from RL that I'm not "fond" of & stick them in crappy situations....for instance, my 1 in-law is VERY allergic to cats...hence she now live in KuuKiLuuk Neighborhood w/ 5 cats. Another RL annoyance lives in a house with no fridge...he must visit people in order to eat. It's cruel but oddly satisfying. :) I "myself" Sim lives in a nice house with my dog Gracie, a pond, a nice car, and NO HUSBAND OR KIDS!

FranH

10th Oct 2010, 5:10 AM

I've often thought about doing exactly that with some people who I do not like particularly well: co-workers.
Make their lives a living hell, and I do nasty things to them. It's almost worth the effort to make them in bodyshop.
Utterly ruinous to them, and much fun for me.

Willow's Tara

10th Oct 2010, 5:36 AM

Mad- That's the same for me, but it's with stories not Sims, when I used to write stories I always had real life people in them... But after those same people in the story backstab you, piss you off or do something that hurts you I stopped writing that story because when I am angry, bad things happen in the stories if you get my drift or they are no longer written. This one story I have with 6000 pages used to have real live characters but apart from me, my family (Who aren't in it that much, especially the ones I live with, just annoying if I am writing a story with them in it, they get me angry and I can't write the story then), one or a few characters there most of them are made up. However on my old computer I had an Neighborhood based on all the characters in my story so it included family and friends.

Fran- That gives me an idea lol, I think I might create a sim of this girl that hurt me and screwed me over and make her sim life unbearable, kinda like a therapy thing lol. She was years ago back in high school but still you know.

strawberrieflavored

12th Oct 2010, 2:08 AM

I've made a self-sim before, but I didn't give her my name. So really, she was more of an identical sim-twin ;) And she just so happened to marry a sim who looked an awful lot like my boyfriend... But of course, with a different name! ;) I don't know why, but I'd feel weird if my self-sim had my actual name! I'm not superstitious... I think I'm just more worried about what others would think about me creating a self-sim. My sister sometimes plays on my game when she's around, and she actually got a little suspicious about my sim-twin and her hubby! =P

I've tried creating previous homes of mine in the game, but it's incredibly difficult for me! I love decorating houses, but I'm terrible at actually building them, lol! Especially the more intricate details of the architecture...

RoseGirl101

13th Oct 2010, 3:25 AM

I usually create me and then make my sim life the same as my dream life. So that my dream-life doesnt seem like it belongsonly in myimagination.also i recreate really great dreams i wanna remember and put them in my story mode for me myself to remember

SommarBlomma

1st Jan 2011, 4:08 PM

I make mysellf, but no-one else. Sometimes I also make people similar to my friends, but not exactly their copies (ad I don't give them my real friends' names). Now I have made myself and my sister as adults in CAS, but then I aged my sis down to a teen, and am planning to send her to college, to make the things as they are in RL. Parents, uncles and aunties do not have a place in my game.