If anyone is up to a challenge, GOS is hosting one for building a house for a sibling pair of vampires from TS4 :
Help the Vatore ! October Build Challenge

The rules are in the thread, and the empty shell of the house is available here: Vatore Building Challenge.rar (202.9 kB)

My silly question: What's a "What’s Happening Sign"?

Honeywell made a fix for chairs allowing for 45 degree angles.
https://modthesims.info/d/660926/ch...e-45-angle.html
I know all about the 45 degree angle cheat for furniture but it would be nice if someone made a mod for the sofas and loveseats too so 45 degrees angles are always available.

I think that it's a promotional sign for something current (ex. a movie or a book that has just come out)

Meduza made a compatibility plugin for InTeen and Midge's death by childbirth mod! Yet another mod I feel kind of weird about, and yet want. After all, I did force one incidence of this long before the mod...

This one for watching TV could maybe come in handy:
https://modthesims.info/d/462269/wa...all-chairs.html
(no idea if the fix wnables other things than just watching TV)

Ever wondered where the infamous Murphy bed came from?

History of the Murphy Bed

I was looking at a MTS creation the other day (https://modthesims.info/d/638621/3t...big-hero-6.html) and I noticed a huge list of sliders I had never even heard of before! I've been using some from Nopke, but never discovered the other ones until now. I'm just in amazement at what the TS2 community has done over the years. Cannot believe all these sliders exist. The amount of customization! I'm freaking out! What an upgrade from TS1, really. TS2 was ahead of its time, but so was/is its fanbase.

Speaking of which, just sitting here loving all the stuff LazyDuchess (https://lazyduchess.tumblr.com/) has made. RPC has done wonders, and so has the Story Progression. Never knew I wanted a mod to edit the design tool cost until now, and now I feel I can't live without it! More importantly, I'm no longer having to remember to open my TS2 documents *every time* I want to play, to delete the cache files! No more FBS! Smooth camera rotation! Just... so... happy!!!

Having recently complained about how the neighbourhood water looks from lot view in the pet peeves thread, I find that LazyDuchess has fixed this in the last update to RPC!



This is how it looks now! There is even a subtle animation effect on the water. No pool tile required!

You have to go into RPCsettings to enable it, it is switched off by default.

Ooooh! Is this compatible with water mods, do you know?

Here is what they say about it

QUOTE:
I added a reflective lot view ocean water option to the latest updates for Sims2RPC and RPCLib. Works without needing to place a pool anywhere on the lot.

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Doesn’t require a water mod but it might be worth getting one as the default water is a little too artificially cyan tinted…

Ponds next? Hopefully?
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https://lazyduchess.tumblr.com/post..._related_post=1

Since I know a lot of simmers here pay close attention to sim stats like interests, I wanted to mention Veetie's Interest Ages Mod: "Now all sims’ interest levels are truly random and not dependent on their age stage."

https://deedee-sims.tumblr.com/post...s-a-collab-with

Witch dress

https://2fingerswhiskey.livejournal.com/195888.html
with this?: https://modthesims.info/d/134039/in...glar-alarm.html

It's an old mod but it allows sims to look like playable ghosts.
https://modthesims.info/d/202081/ghost-hack.html
You can change the characteristics of how the ghost walks as well as the color of the ghost all from the pie menu. They even pass through walls and objects.
Finally I can have playable ghosts in my game.

If you want playable ghosts, I'd recommend looking at midgethetree/Radium's ghost mods too.

For those who can't see the moon in the sky at night in the game, there is a moon in buy mode.
http://www.theninthwavesims.com/201...n-buy-mode.html

Spellcasting Duel by Omglo/Early Pleasantview
Jelly Meduza made Servo separates

Functional knitting created on the basis of Beck’s Knitting

https://tony-veis.tumblr.com/post/6...ft-knitting-4t2

While searching for some extra counter & dining room recolors, I found iCad's Simblr with SO many downloads. I only ever had their stuff from here on MTS. No idea all this existed. So very happy!! (https://dramallamadingdang.tumblr.com/indexed_downloads)

This is truly fabulous!

Do you have a link for that?

@jain Check out Midge's ghost tag and The Supernatural Transformer V2

ETA some related Jelly Meduza mods:
Cyjon’s Resurrect-O-Nomitron Mark 2 with ghost option and Ghost potions (also Ghost Painting is available there, but you don't really need that if you're using Supernatural Transformer V2)
Playable ghosts can haunt
Useable tombstone
Useable Urn

There is now a coffin making station at GOS:
https://gardenofshadows.org.uk/gard...0;topicseen#new

It looks awesome! Now you can be a coffin maker!

Ohhh, I wonder if that coffin making station might be integrated with Sun&Moon stuff at some point. It's certainly the same spirit!
Functional food stands and vending machines! TS4 is a wonderful gift to TS2!