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30th Jun 2007, 08:00 AM	Essential hacks/mods... #1
HystericalParoxysm Original Poster Administrator Join Date: Tommorow Posts: 21,336 Thanks: 331913 in 311 Posts 46 Achievements View My Journal	Whether you're a hack addict or just like a few to tweak gameplay, we all tend to have a few hacks that we just can't live without. What are the hacks and game mods that are absolutely essential to the way you play? What's your list of must-haves when it comes to hacks? List 'em here! Thanks to Flea17 for the thread idea.

30th Jun 2007, 08:02 AM	#2
kazu Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 43	I can't live without the hula hack. It such a great help in taking pictures! Also, I'm using the InSimenator, I love it! Oh, and also the shop at home hack

30th Jun 2007, 08:03 AM	#3
lustyforlife Test Subject Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 141	Default replacements for skintones and eyecolours.... they make the NPC's in my game so much prettier!!! That's considered a mod, right?

30th Jun 2007, 08:08 AM	#4
WooHoo Field Researcher Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 356	The same-sex pregnancy one by TwoJeffs... My Neighborhood runs rampant with lesbians. I don't know what I did without it... edit Oh yeah, the blur remover. I hate the blur too... It's so big and gets in the way of all the stuff that I might want to click on behind the naked sim. I also use the Maternity wear any clothes hack, but I don't really fonsider it necessary. Pregnancy only lasts 3 days... I can stand ugly clothes for that long.

30th Jun 2007, 08:08 AM	#5
HystericalParoxysm Original Poster Administrator Join Date: Tommorow Posts: 21,336 Thanks: 331913 in 311 Posts 46 Achievements View My Journal	My can't-live-withouts: - The InSIMenator - Does everything. 'Nuff said. - Censor Blur Remover - I just hate the blur! - No Family Size Limit - Abortable Bedmaking - Pregnant Sims Wear Any Outfit - Toddler Toilet Fix - The Simmometer - Seasons No Bursting into Flames Fix - No Autonomous Viewing Artwork - Because I really don't need my sims doing an artistic critique on the kitchen cabinets because they're cloned from wall hangings. - No Social Worker for Too Hot/Cold Kids - Bitchin Pics Collection - Not quite a hack, but a collection of all my favourite hacked objects for posing and picture-taking, plus links to more that aren't hacked objects but just regular ol' hacks. lustyforlife, this is more meant for gameplay hacks/mods than genetics type content.

30th Jun 2007, 08:16 AM	#6
lustyforlife Test Subject Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 141	Well.. I love the insimenator and the "shop for free clothes at home"... and I dont know where or how I got it, but the hack to make the mailbox all fun with cheats, love it.

30th Jun 2007, 08:24 AM	#7
minou_master Lab Assistant Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 80	I just skimmed my download folder to 9 MB. I found I could not let go of these hacks Insimenator (It's so much apart of my game that some times I forget it's a hack) alwayswearcasualtowork antiredundancy (prevents excessive spawning of the same type of NPC) coffeecuphack (no more hunting for cups djsnofreecatlitter and djsownablecarscostmoney (for the challenge) browse and buy faster for OFB (only way to make money without drastically cheating) noautonomousinstruments (so I don't have to listen to sims with 0 creativity pts) notownieregen (stops townies from spawning, I like to control the population) numenor's slotenablepackage for counters and custom objects for OFB shelves pregnancy wear any outfit gettheclosestplatestupid (makes cleanup easier) OFB AllShopsSleeping Always customers leave after purchase dontwalkawaywhilecooking (less fires that way ) throw massive parties Please excuse any spelling errors, I am half asleep right now.

30th Jun 2007, 12:21 PM	#8
Thrior Inventor Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 939	No "adopt a pet" want. Those CENSORED pet wants almost ruined my family sims and made me WAY too pissed off but this mod saved my sims and my nerves. I would never uninstall it. Vampire hacks. The one which gave them an ability to kill other sims is priceless and I would also never remove the one which now allows them to have normal looking beard and makeup and also prevents Count and Countessa biting my own sims who I'm not controlling. Hula Dance Hack is just lovely. Very great for picture taking. And I'm SO going to download the "notownieregen"-mod. Finally I can kill those ugly idiots who keep overwhelming my community lots evil laugh.

30th Jun 2007, 05:40 PM	#9
AdmiralAeris Lab Assistant Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 95	I play with very few hacks (free will off takes care of most of the annoyances and I prefer the townies stay alive and well in my game) but what I do have and consider irreplaceable: Multiple pollination technicians (currently Oddysee's modified to use eight techs of my own making, but formerly fwiffo's "Big Eyes" collection). I play with a lot of abductions and don't want all the offspring that result to be related. Uni LTW's enabled -- I have all eligible playable sims (and any townie/NPC significant others they have and wish to continue with) attend Uni in my game, so why not have thosw LTW's as well? (Especially since "Become Criminal Mastermind" is grounds for automatic rerolling.) The aforementioned pregwearall -- I play my lots in rotation and frequently pause playing a lot with a pregnant sim on it -- and seeing the same nine/three outfits gets awfully boring after a while.

30th Jun 2007, 06:08 PM

#10

The Decider

Join Date: Jan 1970
Posts: 25

Quote:

Originally Posted by WooHoo

*edit*
Oh yeah, the blur remover. I hate the blur too... It's so big and gets in the way of all the stuff that I might want to click on behind the naked sim.

Yeah, I use that excuse too.

The InSIMenator is the number one hack to have and the only one I need and use constantly.

30th Jun 2007, 06:16 PM	#11
broo_SC Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 328	I only have very few hacks: no townie regeneration, antiredundancy, no stray pets, no alien pregnancy, no autonomous matchmaker/garden club visits, triplets and quads, and a couple more small ones but I have a lot of fixes for game glitches and stupid behaviour.

30th Jun 2007, 07:20 PM	#12
MissLynn22 Lab Assistant Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 112	Personally, my essentials are as follows: InSIM This mod is maybe the best thing ever created. It replaces the need for a lot of little hacked objects and downloads and I very much appreciate that. InTeen I like to have my game as realistic as possible. So having teenagers that can woohoo is awesome. But more specifically, I love the birthcontrol and fertility options. Also, I love being able to speed up pregnancy with a click of my sim. Pregnant Sims Wear Any Outift I hate the Maxis maternity outfits. And sims look so cute in their own clothes while pregnant! Any LTW for sims I love it when a Romance sim gets the LTW to marry off six children. Censor Blur Again, the realism issue plays into why I love this hack. I recently took it out, just to see how I would feel about NOT having it in my game, and the blur is driving me crazy! I need to put it back in...

30th Jun 2007, 09:18 PM	#13
Addicted_to_ts2 Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 45	The only one I can think of right now is the No Pet Obsession at MATY.

30th Jun 2007, 10:27 PM	#14
parimacla_SC Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 17	There are only two hacks I can't imagine playing without-the Insim and Inteen. The Insim has made playing sims easier and more fun for me, because I don't have to constantly type in cheats. The Inteen has helped my romance sims start early, and has added more realism to my game.

30th Jun 2007, 11:13 PM	#15
Addicted_to_ts2 Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 45	I still have no idea what the Inteen and the Insim mods are? What exactly are they?

1st Jul 2007, 03:23 PM	#16
ChrstyFarie07_SC Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 695	Insim- Just because its alwsome, but it tends to make me cheat alot since I installed it again Inteen- Realistic game won't hurt? Preggy Sims Wear Any Outfit- Ugly maxis clothes, just ugly Censor Blur- I wish, but I'm to young All of Numenor's Hacks and Mods- Its just breath taking :D AND the Hula Dance Hack- Alwsome for picture taking and story writing And i think thats all, be back with more, maybe :D

1st Jul 2007, 04:03 PM

#17

Daisie

Top Secret Researcher

Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 1,600

Quote:

Originally Posted by Addicted_to_ts2

I still have no idea what the Inteen and the Insim mods are? What exactly are they?

InSIMinator, Inteenimator

3rd Jul 2007, 12:55 AM

#18

MissLynn22

Lab Assistant

Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 112

Quote:

Originally Posted by Addicted_to_ts2

I still have no idea what the Inteen and the Insim mods are? What exactly are they?

InTEEN allows your teen sims to woohoo; with other teens, young adults, adults, and elders. InSIM is a bit different and more comprehensive, and I would suggest that you take a look at the link that Daisie posted for you.

I could explain it forever.

3rd Jul 2007, 01:30 AM	#19
Canoodle Coffee, anyone? Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 6,081 Thanks: 434 in 13 Posts 4 Achievements	Pescado's entire Director's cut at MATY. Twojeffs hacks at the same site. Morague's hacks at MTS2. ETA: Moragues remake of Dizzy's have a leftover/storefood hack in peasantry at MATY. You'd have to pry it out of my cold dead fingers.
	I'm worried that my latest Salvation Army donation will result in homeless people looking like sluts from the 90s.

3rd Jul 2007, 09:08 PM	#20
Padlock_SC Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 43	Yeah, anything from MATY counts as an essential. :P I couldn't do without the lot debugger or phone hack, though. Preg for all and ACR are pretty high up on my list, as well.

3rd Jul 2007, 09:33 PM	#21
Canoodle Coffee, anyone? Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 6,081 Thanks: 434 in 13 Posts 4 Achievements	I'd love to try ACR, but I read only part of the manual and decided that I'd wait for the movie! LOL Someday, I may screw up my courage and try it out.
	I'm worried that my latest Salvation Army donation will result in homeless people looking like sluts from the 90s.

12th Jul 2007, 10:59 PM	#22
Cidira Field Researcher Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 375 Thanks: 1334 in 13 Posts 9 Achievements	Genuinely essential (I won't run the game without 'em unless I'm just making sure a new EP installed okay or something)? Anything labeled critical or important on MATY. I like my game NOT to blow up, thanks. Seriously, go get the Lot Debugger and install it on every lot in your game during your next playsession. Eventually, you will be glad you did.

17th Jul 2007, 09:18 PM	#23
Shenanigans_SC Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 927 Thanks: 1 in 1 Posts 1 Achievements	Thanks to reading this thread I decided to bite the bullet and download the ACR. I couldn't believe my eyes when Dina Caliente decided to teach teen Dustin Broke about the birds and the bees. Man I wish she would have gotten pregnant off of that one! Anyhow, I have more hacks than custom content in my game. I love the surprises/realisim they bring to my game. My must haves are Risky WooHoo (and the quite pregnancy that go with it), and the Community Time Project. And of course all the "fixes" from MATY that I don't really consider hacks. Stop the toddlers from playing in the toilet and what not.

20th Jul 2007, 07:48 AM	#24
ScoobyDoo Lab Assistant Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 167 Thanks: 299 in 1 Posts 4 Achievements	Don't forget Squinge has some life saving hacks, like no going broke buying open for business stuff and no werewolf wants (hate those ugly things). Also Christianluvs custom skintone selector, the easy phone and all in one npc i consider very important. MATY's stuff is usually important, although a few I don't need. Macrotastics is a godsend. ACR is a mixed blessing, more romantic couples, but lot more unwanted cheating affairs. Crammyboys stuff cough cough is quite important LOL.

20th Jul 2007, 06:14 PM	#25
WooHoo Field Researcher Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 356	I'm curious... what does ARC stand for, and what is Squinge's easy phone hack?

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