Its a Joy to be here

Hi Joy,

Welcome to the site (as a login member, anyway). Sorry to hear about your losing so much. As old computer hands say (and I qualify - wrote my first program in 1961) it's not if your hard disk dies, but when. If you feel icy fingers closing around your heart, you should. Backup, backup, backup!

Having stated the obvious, I'll give you a list of a lot of Sims2 (and sometimes Sims1 and Sims3 as well) sites that I have used for content since 2006. Many of them prune older stuff, but still...

www.modthesims.info - Among the best of them all, although it was much better before Sims3 arrived.
www.milanosims2.com - Her site is still up. She was an immensely talented clothing designer but has left the sims for web design. I can only imagine the web pages she designs!

www.parsimonious.org/sims2.html - lots of clothing etc. tends toward the fantastic

www.annamariasims2.com/index.php - lots of great clothing, including some of Milano's designs as well, also sims

www.simstr.net - a Turkish site. I've used it mainly to download pre-made sims.

www.sugahsplace.forumotion.net/t136-the-link-exchange-affiliates-and-friends - from this site here!

www.sims2graveyard.com - don't know much about this site, but it might include some of the sites you used to visit.

Most of us on this site have given up on Sims3, for a variety of reasons, including some of those you mentioned. It looked so good, but...

Welcome, anyway, to this site. You will find that in addition to great downloads (primarily sims and lots) that it is a lively and loving social site.

Welcome, Joy! We are glad to have you aboard.

I am glad you came back to Sims 2, it is such a great game because there are so many different ways to play it - or not play it - some people use it for creating things only. I, myself, have almost completely converted my game to a medieval setting, with replacements for just about everything in the game.

I think you'll find that many of us here agree with you about Sims 3. For me, none of the new features and perks can make up for the way Sims 3 sims look - like you said, unrealistic; I find them doughy and uninspiring. I'll be sticking with Sims 2 until Sims 4 comes out - if there is such a thing - and even then, it depends on how it's done.

Joy!

I do like to play, it seems that the most of my time goes for recolouring stuff. That is fun.
I do some building too. I think I have much to learn still, I´m improving.

I hope you will enjoy your game again and have fun like we have here att Sugah´s.


Ulli

Thanks for the welcome and the links.

I have started my downloading of custom content again so fingers crossed I can find most of the things that I lost.

Jöy, please forgive my delay in responding to your post.
Thank you for introducing yourself. It's nice to meet you.

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...thank you to all of the talented people on here who create so many wonderful sim creations.

You are most welcome and thank you for the lovely compliment.
I am blessed to have such a talented creative team and could never do this without them.

Jöy wrote:

...most of the sites that I got the content from seems to have disappeared.
I was that disheartened by this that I have boycotted the game since then and have only just decided to come back - the decision to do this was due to Sugah sending me the most recent email and me seeing the beautiful sims made by ilikefishfood - gorgeous!

Yes, it is a shame that many Sims sites have disappeared through the years.
Keep in mind, there are still sites out there like The Sims 2 Graveyard that continue to host downloads from closed sites.
I am thinking you may be able to recover some of your lost items there, provided you remember the name of the site where you first found the downloads.

I am most grateful that Toni's (aka ilikfishfood) gorgeous Sims inspired you to return the wonderful world of TS2, That's awesome and I have no doubt, Toni is pleased to have her lovely models prompt your return.

Ari wrote:

For me, none of the new features and perks can make up for the way Sims 3 sims look - like you said, unrealistic; I find them doughy and uninspiring.

Jöy wrote:

I love to build, most of my time on the sims 2 is used for this, so hopefully I will get some houses made and get them put up on here.
I mostly like mid century modern design including modernist houses.

I am always appreciative of gifts from members.
To learn more about submitting your creations, please check out THIS thread.

BTW, I do not offer much (if any at all) vintage stuff here.
However, if that is your preference, and you have trouble finding it elsewhere, I DO take requests
HERE.
And HERE are the guidelines.
I will be happy to oblige, if it is within my power.

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I have just decided that I will re-upload the game and start to collect some custom content again.

So, thanks again for all of your wonderful custom content and I will hopefully become a talker and not a lurker in the future.

YAY!!!
That's wonderful, Jöy, and we are happy to have you here with us.
We'd LOVE it if you'd become more of a talker and not just a lurker moving forward.

FYI:
To make downloading easy for our members here at Sugah's, I have been diligently working on updating all of our indexes.
Soon, in every download category, you will be able to see a preview image of all our creations.
This will enable you to browse through our "catalogs" much more quickly, easily and efficiently.
It should make for a far better downloading experience.

For example, looking for a living room set? Check out our current selection HERE
Wish to find an ethnic beauty from some far off, exotic land? See what's available HERE.

In each download section, you will find the indexes stickied to the top of that section.
I am currently working on The Modeling Agency ones and have not started the Maxis recolors indexes yet. But the rest should be completely updated for your perusal.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.
Thank you for being here with us at Sugah's Place.