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Lucy_Henley's avatar
Lucy_Henley
New Spectator
3 years ago

Good custom hood templates?

I’d like to try using some custom hood templates, ie not just the ones from Maxis. Ideally I’d like some with space for beach lots. Seems like there are loads on Mod the Sims so I don’t know where to start!
  • Rflong7's avatar
    Rflong7
    Rising Vanguard
    Hi :)

    I have a few uploaded on modthesims and a few here.
    https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/792381/neighborhood-maps/p1

    I like Pinecone Valley the best.

    Twikkii Fish - which I added a bit more road.
    https://www.mediafire.com/file/ce3d12opom6r91q/TwikkiiFish.sc4/file

    Starter City has a nice area but no breach
    https://www.mediafire.com/file/rr35n4z8h7jubua/StarterCityB.zip/file

    City Hwy has a small beach area
    https://www.mediafire.com/file/o3izbrroi3f7b08/CityHwy.zip/file


    Twikkii Fish map (I didn't add the pictures for it.
    https://i.imgur.com/ynvjGuK.jpg
  • Rflong7's avatar
    Rflong7
    Rising Vanguard
    The .sc4 files and the pictures files go in Documents\EA Games\The Sims™ 2 Ultimate Collection (or whichever Sims 2 you're using)\SC4Terrains folder.
  • I would be careful downloading some from MTS. I have tried almost all of them. Many of them spawn all sorts of crazy stuff I had to spend hours deleting. Like the ponds, hundreds piled upon top of each other. And or those little trees that look like bushes, hundreds of them. It's because the creator of those hoods didn't do something to stop the game from spawning a bunch of unwanted foliage. I have never had nor seen that problem with Rflong7's templates, they are great and never did spawn all that unwanted stuff.
  • Thanks @Rflong7 !
    How do you install a custom template? Where do they go?