A bit of a long wordy title but I wanted to word it in a way to foster open discussion. By mod recommendations I don't just mean mods themselves. It would be good to share resources as well. A lot of older mods have been archived together but plenty are still hosted on independent websites rather than hubs like Nexus mods or Mod the Sims.
I was looking at mods for the original Sims not too long ago and it seems like the scene has been pretty quiet for a while now with the exception of a few holdouts.
I'm not too sure how hard it would be to create mods for either game.
I imagine outfit overrides for The Sims will be relatively common because of The Sims Creator and I have seen plenty of object reimplentations in The Sims with them being hacked for additional functionality or reskinned but I feel like I haven't seen a lot of mods adding brand new content or functionality.
I haven't gotten around to trying to mod The Sims 2.
The mod in the attached photo is "Starfleet Career for The Sims 1" by Corylea. I think it was posted in 2021. Seemed fitting for Lemmy.
I have to say, I think I'll replay the Sims 2 after seeing this post. I would love a job in the Fedration lol. Hopefully this mods easy to find and the games works on newer machines. ๐ค
It definitely gets people over the first couple setup hurdles but apparently there are still issues. I believe most of them are related to things not scaling correctly but I wouldn't be surprised if The Sims 2 had the glitched shadows.
If you look at the Steam reviews you can probably find the specifics and fixes.