One thing I forgot to mention in the video - The game WILL generate random townies as you play your new 'hood unless you use the following mods: No townie regen - www.moreawesomethanyou.com/ffs/ No stray respawn - www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,6027.0.html No dormie regen (for Uni) - www.moreawesomethanyou.com/ffs/ Anti-Redundancy - www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php?topic=9607.0

@nitaandersen1154

4 жыл бұрын

No townie regen link doesn't seem to work :/

@ExcitedCupcake

4 жыл бұрын

@@nitaandersen1154 No townie regen, and no dormie regen doesnt work. Tried clicking and right clicking.

@ExcitedCupcake

4 жыл бұрын

www.moreawesomethanyou.com/ffs/uni/hacks/ - its alphabetichally .

@danastevens7701

2 жыл бұрын

can i leave out no stray respawn

@la912

Жыл бұрын

@@danastevens7701 You can, all of them are optional

The community did a much better job at finding hood corruption than the developers, EAxis. Essential mods here, it's about time there was a cut and dried video tutorial so well done!

Cindy you are such a gem 💎! I’m pouring my heart and soul into creating my first integrated hood inspired by the Urbz, I just realised the game will generate a bunch of townies that don’t really hit the vibe of the hood so this is hugely helpful!! Thank you!

@PleasantSims

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to help Hannah! Good luck with your 'hood!

@jngseok1277

3 жыл бұрын

urbz are the best sims

Thank you so much! I have been so confused about how to get this right! No matter which tutorial I tried to follow I was ending up with Maxis sims. Your tutorial is the clearest and most helpful one out there!

Thank you! I'm an anti Townies-and-Maxies extremist, and now that I'm getting ready for a clean fresh install, this tutorial is gold. I did a quick test on my old installation first. I played in window mode with the characters folder open so I could follow the creation of characters live! I started a new Neighborhood, ordered pizza and a gardener; I added Downtown, sent a sim on vacation an TreeLakes and put a student in a la FiestaTech dorm. Ahh, only 43 Characters! I also used CJ-ThereCanBeOnlyOneProfeessor

I used the SimsWiki tutorial for this and it worked just fine, but I didn’t know it was available for the university subhoods! I will have to download them soon. I’m better at learning things when I see it anyways. Thanks as always, Cindy!

@PleasantSims

4 жыл бұрын

💙 💙 💙

I've bought a new computer and I'm restalling everything to continue my 1 year old custom neighborhood. Your tutorials are always so useful!

Thank you Cindy, i was wondering how to create a "clean" 'hood and then your video came up, thanks again.

@PleasantSims

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to help!

Using this for my Homestead Challenge. And some of your other amazing work! Thank you :)

Cindy that is awesome thank you for another amazing tutorial ;) I'm really glad that you came back and still enjoy this best game ever

@PleasantSims

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Very simple and well-explained tutorial!

Thanks for the bit on BV, I didn't know that about the second folder.

@PleasantSims

4 жыл бұрын

No problem Jo!

Just found u. This video saved my life lol. Love you. Thank you very much. I'm from Germany my English is not very good but I understand everything what u said. It was very easy. 👍

Thanks for this tutorial

Was just wondering about this today! Perfect timing tysm! 😊

@PleasantSims

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!!

You are a real lifesaver! Thank you so very much!

You're a legend, thank you!

Thank you for the tutorial! I've always wanted to do this but was worried it'd be too complicated.

@PleasantSims

4 жыл бұрын

It's more tedious than anything, but once it's done, you're good! :)

Thank you for this. I've read tutorials on this but I needed pictures cuz AM BABBY.

These came right on time. I'm getting close to starting my own neighborhood and didn't want these people here. Lol

Thanks for this! Really clear and helpful

This video is perfect, i FINALLY was able to make my neighborhood! although, about three weeks in, I noticed a couple random townies. Idk where they came from! any ideas??????

Thank you so much! Very helpful and needed tutorial! 😊👏👏

Thanks for this! :D

I followed the steps exactly, and even made a Backup, and an error popped up when I created a custom neighborhood saying "Application has crashed and will now terminate"? What will I do now :( UPDATE: If anyone else runs into this problem, you probably did what I did, which was 1. Create custom neighborhood (N004) 2. Follow this tutorial 3. Delete the custom neighborhood (in game) , and recreate same custom neighborhood as a test to see if it worked 4. Got the error Just restart the game and try again. It also helps to type up the Neighborhood summary in your notes so you don't lose anything and paste it into the summary when you create the custom neighborhood

Will it definitely not affect the default hoods no matter what, or do you have to load them all up first, for example load up all default hoods and add all the unis and downtown etc to them first to be unaffected?

Thank you so much!

This is so good 😊

@PleasantSims

4 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you like it Spark! Thanks for watching! 💙 💙

Thanks alot for this...

@pleasant sims hey, would you know how to make the story book thing bigger? You know like when you screenshot in the game, and then you can make the screenshots into a story..it's so small by default. I would like to have this be bigger since I love making little stories

Hi there, thanks for everything, all your videos are supper helpful. I need a little help please, I used your video to get rid of that dumping townies in every time problem. But I want to keep the bin families that university shipped with, how do I do that?

thanks, Cindy 😁

@PleasantSims

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!! :)

Cindy, does this prevent the social class sims from spawning as well? I have the recommended Cyjon mod to prevent them from moving into apartments, but they still generate and wander around as townies. Thanks!

@PleasantSims

4 жыл бұрын

They will not spawn as long as you have the mods in the pinned comment above and follow the steps in this tutorial. :)

I did this before with my sims. Charlotte Willow... Gosh I miss playing my families there. Makes me sad.

@PleasantSims

4 жыл бұрын

Awww. Well, you could always try to recreate them. :)

Sooo I did everything you said perfectly but for some reason when I load the neighborhood it doesn’t load “hobbies” magic” and all that.. did I do something wrong ?

I've done all the steps and it's still generating over 300 characters! Help!

please explain the original place. I completely lost when you explain bon voyage part as subhood and english is not my first languange 🙏🏼

I just started a new Custom World, finishing the first generation (about 2 Sims weeks in). My Sims have friendships with townies but no one is in a serious relationship. Can I do all this to delete my townies from my Custom World without having to start over with my Sim families?

Does adding STEALTH to the folders make families such as the Ottomas disappear from your bin or do you keep the bin families?

The first time i tried to do it my Sims 2 stopped to launch, but now everything works fine i just had to reinstall everything QwQ

Will using this method make the townies from Pleasantview, etc, disappear or will it ONLY affect new worlds that you create? 😬

When starting a new neighborhood, how many sims you need to start with, to not run into incest problems?

Does anyone know if this is possible to do with Sims 2 Supercollection for Macbook Air? Would love to see if it's possible, I tried to follow this tutorial but the files are in different places and doesn't look the same when you open them, has anyone been able to do this on mac (with the app sims 2 bought on app store)? I have been able to mod it and download CC but this is just really hard to follow when the files doesn't look the same.

Here is a question, Why only several of them. veronaville and strangetown are reasonable as they had nothing to do with giving townie, but what about exotic destination and other stealth hoods?. I just don't get it.

Hi I know this is an old video so idk if you'll see this but will this method in any way affect any of the worlds I'm currently playing in? I just want it to apply to new worlds that I create. Thanks for the help btw!

@PleasantSims

4 жыл бұрын

No, it will only impact new neighborhoods. The current ones will keep all the Sims already there.

Uh oh I dont have the double deluxe folder lol this is not starting well lol

I tried all of this but still keep getting Townies when I create a new neighberhood :( I have the empty hoods, I have the (_stealth) and I have the mods, I dont know what Im missing

This is way less tedious then the way I was doing it, I think I'm going to change to doing it this method. The only thing too is for the pets EP there is two playable households in the lot catalog.

@PleasantSims

4 жыл бұрын

I will make a second tutorial about this someday. They shouldn't cause any problems as long as you never place them down and since they're in the lot bin, you'll never see them unless you want to.

@Arilyboo

4 жыл бұрын

@@PleasantSims Thank you for making this tutorial =)

This happened to me but only with the og hoods 😢 anyone know why thus happened? I didn't delete anything, but even the bin families are gone😢

Great vid! 💜 Just curious will there be a tutorial vid on how to install the LoadingRandomizer for custom Loading screens? 🙂

@PleasantSims

4 жыл бұрын

I will add it to my list of requests. 😀

So once I want to play my backed up Pleasantview again should I delete the empty default before I put it back in?

@chabybiz

2 жыл бұрын

i think yes🤔

Never been this early 👀

@PleasantSims

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching Michael Madlock! 💙 💙

* snap * All sims: god I don’t feel so good * wanes * Ps: I love you videos and you Chanel 🥺💕❤️💕👍.

Hi Cindy! I have a question about this tutorial. I made custom neighbourhood as you showed here, what if I would add all of the backups back, will it populate this neighbourhood with these townies? Or they are spawned only at the moment when you create neighbourhood? And one more question 😄 How to create my own townies for vacation destinations? Thanks in advance! Ps I love your channel so much!

@PleasantSims

3 жыл бұрын

They are only spawned during creation. If you want to add them back in, you COULD but it would be a huge pain in the ass. You'd have to extract them all in Sim PE, add them to a custom subhood, attach the custom subhood to your neighborhood, and then change all their names back. Here's a tutorial to make your own vacation townies: keoni-chan.tumblr.com/post/93056125207/lisag45-ive-gotten-this-question-a-couple-of

@animacervae9640

3 жыл бұрын

@@PleasantSims thank you so much for your answer!

How can you remove the townies BUT keep the bin families???

Hello Cindy! Thanks for all your contribution to the community. I find your website and videos a valuable source of information. 😘 I know how important back ups are in the game but I was just thinking what if I rename the default template folder to N001_backup and paste in the new N001 alongside it, would that prevent the game from reading it and read the empty and cleaned up N001 template instead? I just don't want to take it out of the original path that I might accidentally delete the back up I made 😅

Cindy, you're such a livesaver in so many ways, I would never get a chance to play how i wanted if not your videos. Still I encountered a problem, and I don't know how that could possibly happen. The thing is, I followed your tutorials closely, and I installed all mods you attached in the description, and I rechecked everything twice, but I still got some random townies in my custom hood. :( What did I do wrong and is there a way to fix it without starting the whole hood again? Thanks so much in advance, if you ever stumble across my comment!

@Maanemand

3 жыл бұрын

Did you download the no-repawn mods?

@koshechkaninja5887

3 жыл бұрын

@@Maanemand yes, all of them

@aimz1013

3 жыл бұрын

Just curious, how many new townies did you end up with? The same thing has happened to me (I double checked everything too), but there appears to be only one townie that's spawned so far. They showed up after the mail person and Rod Humble visited after moving a new family in. But it came up with a notification message saying they were from the "Garden Club.." etc. So I wonder if something still triggers those particular townies to spawn. I went to a community lot to test it out further and the same townie was the only one to show up (apart from the NPCs). I double checked on Sims PE too, and they're the only townie in my neighborhood that's spawned so far.

WARNING THIS IS A DUMB QUESTION: So i was stupid and started my pleasantview on a non clean template and so far everything is fine but i still back up like insane. many of my pleasantview sims rn (brandi and herb) are dating magic sub hood townies. will deleting the folder delete my current pleasantview and their relationships until i put the back ups back?

@TheDarkAngel396

3 жыл бұрын

Nope, unless you mess with your N001 in Documents/EA Games/Neighborhoods, these templates will not affect any hoods you've already played!

If you create a custom hood with no townies, will these settings affect the other neighborhoods you're playing such as Pleasantview?

@aistikina8745

Жыл бұрын

have the same question :(

@kade7xx

9 ай бұрын

if you've already played before installing the new templates then it won't be affected. only hoods created after the new templates won't have townies

does this work if you played the neighbourhood already? or does it have to be a brand new game?

@PleasantSims

4 жыл бұрын

It has to be a brand new game. Or you can just install a clean template for the premade 'hoods and it will work fine. But it won't work for 'hoods you've already played. They will stay just as they are.

@crowleybobby4198

4 жыл бұрын

@@PleasantSims alright thanks :D

Now that we have an empty neighborhood, is there a way to move families from another neighborhood in this new one without corruption ? 🤔 PS : It is very fascinating all the work you do on this game.. I have never seen this before, keep going !

@PleasantSims

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Coco! Unfortunately, no. It's not possible to move Sims between neighborhoods. However, there is another option. You can package them in bodyshop and reinstall them in your new neighborhood. It will just be their appearance - so you will have to go in CAS and create a NEW Sim - then choose their aspiration, personality, etc. again. Here is a video on how to package up your Sims to move to a new 'hood: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aYCFsZaagcfMhag.html After you package them, when you open CAS, select the "premade Sims" and you will find the appearance of your packaged Sims there. I hope that makes sense!

@twistedpsychiatrist5567

4 жыл бұрын

@@PleasantSims Thanks for the answer ! I'm gonna take notes of all that I did like funds, skills etc.. And recreate it with my clones. Do you think that I can move the houses without problem to the new neighborhood ? I think so but I want everything to be well done so I prefer to ask before doing it 😅

@twistedpsychiatrist5567

4 жыл бұрын

@@PleasantSims Oh and I forgot something ! You should put the link of the simogical cat that allows you to create customed townie and stray pets ( Is " stray the good words for pets with no owner ? My english's not on point about that ). It can be very useful for those who are tired of Maxis ones but don't want their neighborhood to be empty 😁 And just one more question and I stop bethering you 😅 How to delete a neighborhood properly ?

How can I make my sim into a townie?

So... this might be a stupid question but, what happens to restaurants and shopping places? Are waitresses, DJs, chefs, cashiers and such NPCs or townies?

@Keekaigurl

3 жыл бұрын

Townies are those sims like Meadow Thayer, Goopy GilsCarbo, Joe Carr, Ivy Copur, etc. NPCs are the maids, nannies, firefighter, baristas, butler, grim reaper and Mrs. Crumplebottom. This tutorial will only deal with townies. I haven't seen any mod that suppress NPCs though but I might be wrong.

@Keekaigurl

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry, 🤦‍♀️ I forgot there's the anti redundancy (prevents multiple sims for every npc type), nostrayspawn, and npc expurgator (prevents witch, skunk, penguin, & pickpocket NPCs) but these mods will not eliminate all NPC in the game.

@25Abril95

3 жыл бұрын

@@Keekaigurl thank you for the clarification, darling✨

@Keekaigurl

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome 😊

Who dosent want Goopy or Meadow in their game? I know for me townies make the town more lively for sure

@PleasantSims

4 жыл бұрын

They'll still be in Pleasantview. They just won't be in custom 'hoods where many people prefer to create their own townies. :)

@christopherdelacruz9728

4 жыл бұрын

@@PleasantSims ah true, i see now. Wonderful! Glad you can help those people out

Hey!

my game is the exact same ..... followed everystep

I hope someone can help me out. I tried disabling my stealth hoods but the game keeps loading the sim bin families etc. I even tried removing the whole folder from the Sims 2 system files, yet they keep loading the sims in all of my new neighbourhoods. I dunno what I'm missing, I removed the folders completely so I dunno where the game is loading those sims from

@nymphtastictarot4256

3 жыл бұрын

Did you make a backup of your older saves before adding in the stealth hood?

@nymphtastictarot4256

3 жыл бұрын

Wait actually I’m a little confused are you trying to remove the stealth hoods and get the townies to come back or add the stealth hoods and stop townies from showing up? From what you said I’d be worried that the hood you’re playing in will end up corrupted. Sims have two sets of data, one in the character folder & another in the neighborhood folder. If they’re running around your ‘hood but you have an empty character folder that will lead to corruption. Delete the neighborhood. Try to install a clean template of pleasantview (try meetmetoriver’s it’s great) and that might replace the files that seems(?) like they might’ve been overwritten/deleted when installing the stealth hoods. If doesn’t work I would honestly just reinstall :( ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS create backups for this game. It seems so redundant but the sims 2 itself is a ticking time bomb without doing anything to it.

An easier way instead of 'cut and paste' is to just drag the file into the back up file

This mod only partially works; all the pleasantview townies are gone and my main hood is townieless but downtownies still spawn in the downtown... no I don't mean npcs, fugly ass annoying downtownies...

@x1y8z

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I've got the same problem. Have you found any solution?

@reverie7925

3 жыл бұрын

@@x1y8z I did! I downloaded an empty Downtownie template from a website that I can't remember. I will post it here later when I can, just replace it with your Downtownie folder and they disappear. It's great!

@x1y8z

3 жыл бұрын

@@reverie7925 TY in advance.

@x1y8z

3 жыл бұрын

@@reverie7925 Have you found the website? Sorry if I am being to pushy.

@reverie7925

3 жыл бұрын

@@x1y8z it wont let me share the link here. Is there anywhere I can send it to you?