The Summerdream Ancestors: Creating sims out of nothing more than headshots and leftover data.In Sims 2, the three starter neighbourhoods for the most part have the playable sims all with an extensive family tree, showing parents and grandparents, but generally these ancestors only exist in the game files as severely cut down data; just a mugshot or two, and data on their aspiration and personality, and even that is often incomplete or broken. The actual body data is gone for almost all of them, so you cannot resurrect them, nor can one find out their full original set of outfits. Some of the sims that did not lose their data, have old corrupted data, likely from a previous build of the game that never got updated; afterall, they were just tombstones right?
I rebuild all of these ancestors, only to kill them off, to keep that family tree present. All my uploads will have the tombstones either on the lot, or in someone's inventory. I tried leaving the tombstones in family inventory, but that didnt preserve the family tree when installing the lot; the sims themselves survived the process, but the relationships all had to be re-established. Sims with aliens in the family tree, ie Caliente and Smith, the alien ancestors end up with ITF's futuristic tombstones unless the alien died on earth and was buried by humans. Unwanted tombstones can generally be dumped in the graveyard, either on the grounds, or in the mausoleum itself.
In the case of missing personality points, I'll generally improvise. Its still more than EA ever gave them :p Anyay; here is an example of a family tree restoration, and my attempts to give some life to some rather fuzzy headshots (Veronaville suffered heavily from low resolution images, which you will see below)
Brillante Summerdreamhttps://i.imgur.com/h9YqZJs.jpg
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/sims/images/4/4e/Brillante_Summerdream.png/revision/latest?cb=20090228202121 The head of the Summerdream line, I made her a gardener, fully utilising her natural fairy powers to shape her kingdom, what was likely Veronaville before it became the divided town it is today. She was ambitious and a bit of a party animal like most faeries, and took Pistol as her husband
Pistol Summerdreamhttps://i.imgur.com/L8oTL9y.jpg
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/sims/images/6/6e/Pistol_Summerdream.png/revision/latest?cb=20090228202800 Pistol was a humble alchemist who used Brillante's alchemical gardens to provide elixirs to the fae kingdom, and eventually attracted the eye of the queen herself, and found himself the king of the fae. He stayed out of the spotlight and generally preferred to read books or work on his recipes; his crowning achievement was the development of Pollen Punch in elixir form, a recipe passed down the line, but noone has been able to replicate his methods (Real talk: There is a Pollen Punch elixir hidden in the game that functions just like the stuff you drink in a fairy house; except any sim can drink it. It can be learned via debug commands, but cannot be made at the alchemy station. I have left a small supply in the Summerdream house; it is the last of Pistol's stock, and true to my backstory, all four know the recipe, but cannot make it.
Sylph Featherlighthttps://i.imgur.com/RxplRbS.jpg
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/sims/images/b/b9/Sylph_Featherlight.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090602044818 Sylph was a goodhearted fairy with a penchant for black with a talent for seeing the future. Brillante came to her for private readings every now and then, such was the accuracy of her fortune-telling. She was also an exceptional mother, but was unable to curb Elvin's more negative traits.
Damon Featherlighthttps://i.imgur.com/3O01Iil.jpg
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/sims/images/9/9d/Damon_Featherlight.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090602044840
A troublemaker even by fae standards, Damon was on the wrong side of the fortune-telling career when he bumped into Sylph. She somewhat straightened him out, and he ended up her mostly-loyal partner for the rest of his life.
Fae Summerdreamhttps://i.imgur.com/Bd20CSG.jpg
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/sims/images/8/8c/Fae_Summerdream.png/revision/latest?cb=20120814231205
The born heir to the Summerdream monarchy, Fae was more interested in adventure and feats of daring than managing the kingdom's affairs. She lived as a magician, entertaining the sims of the growing Veronaville, unaware of her fairy nature. After Brillante's passing and her crowning as the new queen of the Fae, ironic given her name also being 'Fae', she settled down slightly with Elvin, and had Titania. She met an untimely end when distraught over Elvin's death; drowning on stage during an act, to the horror of her audience.
Elvin Summerdreamhttps://i.imgur.com/FKX826A.jpg
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/sims/images/f/f0/Elvin_SummerDream.png/revision/latest?cb=20090228203417
Elvin was the student of Shock Gossamer; the legendary chef of the Fae world (In the original data, although its hard to see due to the low res, Elvin and Shock both wore outfits from the top of the Culinary career) and aspired to surpass him, as he was not opposed to meat dishes and beleived he could achieve success by catering to a larger audience. However, due to a prank gone wrong from Damon during his childhood, he was terrified of water, and when his kitchen went ablaze on a live show, he panicked and shut himself in the freezer instead of diving into water. He froze to death, inadvertently causing the death of his wife the same day, and brought about the early coronation of his daughter Titania.
Download Titania's Ancestors hereWill post Oberon's ancestors soon.
