Sims 2: Strangetown - lots and sims rebuilt for Sims 3

The Smith Family

After a fruitful career, Pollination Technician 9 has retired to his favorite planet. But can his son Johnny make friends and fit in, or is this family just too strange for Strangetown?

Download the Smith family here

NOTE: The download says it requires a blackjack table, there is no blackjack table on the lot whatsoever!

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The iconic Strangetown family, now with actual alien powers via Seasons! PT9 has his special alien ancestors in his inventory as graves; move them onto a graveyard or similar out of the way location.

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The only thing PT9 loves more than his lawn is his family. When he is not spending time with his children, he enjoys clipping coupons and staring up at the sky.

PT9 was the very first Strangetown sim I made, via editing an existing natural alien. I wanted to see how well his unique facial structure from Sims 2 could carry across to the Sims 3 engine, with the rather different skintone colour from Sims 3 aliens. He no longer has to sleep, so hes usually up all night doing housework. Good thing too, due to engine differences, his side of the bed is now blocked off by the fireplace.

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Jenny loves having a career, but she wishes she could spend more time with her family, and maybe make some new friends. She really likes green.

Jenny now looks her age; shes the eldest of the Curious siblings, and 5 days away from Elderhood, even taking Sims 3's much longer lives into account. The half-alien daughters of PT9 are still technically older, but they have worked around that.. Thanks to the favourite system, Jenny does indeed have green as her favourite colour, and shes also eco-friendly....so she can talk to people about going green. Shoot me now.

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Johnny dreams of being the hero that rides in on a white horse, or at least a cool sports car.

Johnny is a sim that was full of difficulties. In Sims 3, Alien DNA gives you full alien powers, black eyes, and an echoey voice, until your alien DNA
dips below 20%, instead of losing more and more powers as the DNA dilutes. Thus, Johnny's human eyes are impossible. So this Johnny, under the hood, has 19.9% alien DNA, just like his sister. I did the same for the Caliente sisters, as 25% gave them powers. Consider it as story and gameplay segregation. He is also on his last day of teenhood, just like Sims 2, but no worries, he has learned how to drive, and graduated from school activities, so players wont miss out on much.

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When Jill closes her eyes, she sees dolphins. She has her heart set on becoming a deep sea welder someday.

Jill is lucky; despite technically being half-alien, she looks absolutely identical to normal sims, and if her brother and father werent in the public eye, noone would ever know she was different. However, she DOES have special powers. The PSP game establishes she has pyrokinesis, a power shes terrified of. She has this in Sims 3 too, thanks to the secret Pyromaniac trait, which allows random fires and the ability to turn fruits into flame fruits.

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Perfectly Human Home - A perfectly normal rural home along the Road to Nowhere. Great care has been taken to keep the grass green and growing amid the desert aridity.

The Smith home always stood out just like its residents. Green lawns in the middle of the desert, a home that looks like it was plucked out of a regular town. The pool seems to attract a lot of people in my game; if a service NPC shows up, they will often dive into the pool before leaving.

The plants not needing maintenance is a godsend, PT9 tended to spend all day out there, and some of the plants were bugged too. The golfing item is naturally now replaced by the Showtime golf item.

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Additions and changes to the lower floor are basically adding a laundry room to a previously empty little room, and replacing a chess set with a small dining table; this is because chess tables cannot fit in 3x1 spaces anymore, they now need a lot more.

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The upstairs floor houses the removed chess table from downstairs in the spare room, and the bathroom has been made smaller; this is due to changes to stairs, you cannot have tiles above any part of the staircase now. As a result, Johnny cannot take a shortcut into the bathroom anymore. Johnny's room is very decorated in accolades from his teen years, as he is on the verge of young adulthood.

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Official gender preferences taken from the files:
PT9: M: 0 F: 10
Jenny: M: 10 F: 0
Johnny: M: 0 F: 10
Jill: M: 10 F: 0

The Old Strangetown Spa - 94 Road to Nowhere

Renowned for its vast swimming pool and soothing baths, the Strangetown Spa is the perfect pit-stop on the journey for truth.

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This is the big reason why I remove that weird pool from the RTN Shopping Center; the other community lot in Strangetown was a dedicated great big pool! With Sims 3's open world, the second pool wasnt needed, as this lot is flagged as 'Pool', thus drawing in people specifically to go swimming.

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The boiler room at the back of the lot seems to draw in people a lot. Even after making sure that back door isn't set as the front door, people still go in there >_>

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Since the original lot did call itself the 'Strangetown Spa', I've repurposed the empty area at the front into an actual spa with a massage table too

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The cafeteria and the dedicated shower block. The original just had more toilets in there, so I converted the whole section to use the public showers, so that it functions more like an actual pool. The cafeteria was a random grocery store that REALLY doesn't fit, so now you just buy meals there, or use the vending machines. In my game, the register is pretty much always abandoned though -.-

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This marks the end of all basegame playable content for Strangetown; next up I'll be focusing on the LFT students, as if they always lived in Strangetown

After a long break to do other things, making an interlude post to talk about the upcoming stuff before I upload the next main set of lots and sims

The LFT Students:
The first expansion of Sims 2 added three universities, full of both NPC students and playable students, and all three universities were themed after the original three towns; SSU has a very normal university, similar to the single Sims 3 university in many ways. ALT had none of the silly fratboy stuff and was a much more serious and foreign-themed university, and several of the premades were serious artistic types. LFT was a desert university, and had an alien student, thus it paired wonderfully with Strangetown.

The issue was that Strangetown itself was so small, and after moving in the two family bin families, you had only an empty lot left, and a big empty home that noone fresh out of CAS or Uni could live in, and thus the LFT premades had basically nowhere to go after graduating unless you expanded the town manually. My solution here is the same as what I did in Sims 2 itself; copy the small home Ajay is meant for, making three new 'units', plop down a few Lot Bin homes, and utilise the rental homes from LFT as 'full' starter homes.

The breakdown:
The Worthington family = Still living in that private residence from LFT. Ive built this home twice in Sims 3 now, a desert 'accurate' version, and an expanded version I built in the university that has a garage and fences
Shifting Paradymes = Split up into three seperate families, as they met and formed the band AFTER going to university. They each live in a different type of house too. Jasmine lives in one of the three Land Lane units, Zoe lives in a Ranch Retreat from the lot bin, and Gunnar lives in the Dusty Drive units.
Fraternity household = Guy lives in a much nicer copy of Ajay's home, due to his family status, Mickey lives in a trashy Dusty Drive unit, and Matthew lives in a 'Just Right' from the Lot Bin with Sarah
Sorority household = Monica lives in Land Lane unit, not as upscale as she'd like, Jessica lives in a Dusty Drive unit and DJ lives in a copy of Ajay's home.
Student Housing household = All three are split up, Klara has a massively furnished 'rich person' edit of Ajay's house that puts the rest to shame, William has the final Land Lane unit, and Blossom is in a Dusty Drive unit
Terrano family = Stella is in the final Dusty Drive unit.
Davis family = They live in the 'Strangetownhouse', the small weird home with the basement.

The Land Lane and Dusty Drive units are all intentionally sparse outdoors; this reflects how basic the lots are in Sims 2 itself, as rental lots, and also gives plenty of room for each resident to landscape and build upon. First things first though, they should all go and get a degree :p

The PS2 content:
This stuff is kinda weird really. Only one part of the PS2 content actually fits in Strangetown, and that's the household of aliens living next door to a suspicious xenophobic military enthusiast. The Freebers family is described as being in Strangetown, but as soon as you load thier lot, its pretty clear it might as well be Downtown Pleasantview. The grass is green, theres no desert in sight, and the surroundings are urban. I made them anyway, and will include them in the thread. The artist household can technically fit; the lot is a strange desert commune of artists basically living on a community lot, trying to make an Art Gallery. Thus I could simply make their home, set it to Art Gallery, and have the artists live elsewhere. The final household is an abandoned movie set where a depressed movie star down on his luck is moping around, due to the death of his girlfriend, whos grave is on the lot alongside two other ghosts. As the lot was western themed, and theres a stuff pack with a buttload of western themed items, it should be doable...but where would it fit in?

The PSP content:
This stuff fits the best with the original PC content, as this game was made to be a sequel to Strangetown's PC 'storyline'. The only residents that dont show up in the game are Olive (who is dead by then) and Buck (who would be a teenager, likely not able to casually be at Division 47). The Singles and Loner households were forgotten about entirely, since they are kinda hidden to casual new players. The PSP-exclusive characters will be treated as earlier incarnations of themselves, due to the game being set later. Thus the Dente household will not have Roland, and Dennis will be alive, the Beakers wont be living in that second home, Bella Goth will still be living in the Espiritu Estate, and so on. I am making PSP-timeline versions though, for an alternative game so that people can roleplay the PSP story.

The GBA and DS content:
This stuff is the messiest. All of the lots and sims aren't even remotely comparable, as the games were basically part of a handheld quadrilogy that was barely connected to the Sims series we know. The tone and feel was entirely different, and each game was basically a sequel to the previous one, so many of the sims started back in Busting Out for GBA. Someone out there HAS made the majority of the lots and sims from the GBA and DS Strangetown for a custom Sims 2 world though, and I'll likely reference those lots for remakes. Ive already made some of the characters, but I must warn you: The sheer differences in the game styles means that some characters will lose a LOT of their visual identity, and I cant even make Optimum Alfred as anything less than a Plumbot, as hes basically a very advanced Servo. Several of the non-human characters cannot be made fullstop, like the Yeti and Bigfoot (Who CAN be made in Sims 2..), and some cant be made in Sims 2 accurately, but CAN in Sims 3 (I already made the mummy, as there's not too much variation possible there)

The Townies and NPCs:
This stuff is where I stall forever, as these are really not fun to make, whatsoever. I will however at least force myself to make the 'relevant' NPCs and Townies (Crystal Vu is referenced in other games, and one of the Curious brothers has a crush on her, and Circe Beaker knows a townie and an NPC bartender), and I'll also make the PSP-exclusive Townies, as they have more personality than any of the townies in Sims 2 thanks to the Secret system

The Davis Family

These brothers never agree on anything but somehow they ended up still living together in a new town…Will they ever stop fighting?

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The Davis family is one of the three Student Bin households that ships with LFT, and generally I put them in a dorm, one of the larger ones, and have them basically live out the uni period as if they were seperate families that cant stop bumping into each other. They never actually fight though, due to having the EXACT same personality, and starting out with a decent relationship to each other. There isn't even a negative daily relationship value, one has 15/15 with the other, and the other has 20/20. With the Interest system gone (The only real source of their squabbling), these two will get along way too well autonomously .

For this iteration, they moved to the same town and likely ended up roommates by sheer coincedence. They even have almost the same job; they both are employed at the local spa, one in each branch.

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The older brother by about 2 minutes, Almeric relishes his seniority and uses it to his advantage in every argument with his little brother.

Almeric was the more jock-like of the twins, and seemed rather unfocused, as he starts off with an Undeclared major. In this iteration, hes meant to go for Communications, but he can be signed up for anything really. Physical Education would also fit if he goes with the standard Jock career. I feel hes a good fit for a Sports Agent however, given in Sims 2 he has almost minimum Active points (which translates to the Couch Potato trait), and this is why I have him set for Communications, as that career is all about social networking and charisma.

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Aldric can't stand being the younger twin and was hoping he'd be able to get out of his brother's shadow when he went to college. Can he do that now that they're both at the same university?

Unlike his brother, Aldric has focus, as hes easily the nerdy brother with a major in Physics. That pretty much translates to the Science and Medicine degree here. He'd be a good fit for the Science career, but really, hes probably better off in the Video Game Dev career, as Strangetown has no shortage of scientists already

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The house hasn't change too much after being occupied. The radio from Almeric's Communications degree is up here, and the deck out back has a chess table and railings now.

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Almeric claimed the master bedroom/living room as his, the small bedroom is a laundry room with a TV in it, and the dining room and kitchen is furnished properly.

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Aldric is a basement dwelling nerd, but he has all that space to himself! And due to being a REAL basement now, it can be expanded endlessly. His own full bathroom for example. I added the sink and table because I was tired of Aldric getting a beer or snack from his minifridge, then going all over the house to eat or to clean up. Now he SHOULD be able to live down there for an extended period if hes having a gaming binge or has had another fight with Almeric.

The Worthington Family

The Worthingtons are old money, and a big name family. Why Francis J. Worthington III has been sent to Strangetown is a mystery to the townsfolk, but really, its just to make the commute to university a little easier.

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Francis J. Worthington III doesn't believe he needs any friends aside from the Simoleons he keeps hidden under his mattress. He prefers to keep to himself and is hoping to join the secret society he keeps hearing about.

I corrected his name from Frances to Francis, and ingame his name only says 'Francis Worthington' as an anti-frustration feature. It gets annoying seeing 'Bella thinks Francis J. is okay' and other such things in the text boxes, and its even worse when he marries and has kids, with the whole family having 'Worthington III' as a surname. Feel free to edit it back if you like though.

He looks a bit different, mainly with the eyes, I couldn't seem to replicate his look. On the other hand, now he looks like a proper trust-fund kid, accustomed to the finer things in life. He already has a small foot in the Business career door, at level 1, mainly to prevent the game forcing a random career on him. Maybe in time he'll own the local businesses in Strangetown, or maybe he'll slink on back to whatever town he came from, who knows?

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In this iteration of Strangetown, LFT does not exist as a university, so his fancy residence from there now exists in Strangetown itself. The gravel path was replaced with a much nicer path, it just looked bad no matter how I did it.

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As this is a home residence and not a rental university lot, its a lot more furnished than the Sims 2 one; notably, Francis has a bunch of nectar to sample, and quite a few fancy grapes in his fridge to make his own nectary if he so chose to bring culture to Strangetown

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Upstairs is generally the same, just less sparse, with lavish curtains, plants and the like.

The only real problem is that he has no room for his own laundry. But there is plenty of room to build additional areas and a garage; I did exactly this when building a version of this home for the Sims 3 university town; there I have been building the Sims 2 uni content to match the existing town. This version however, is designed to be architecturally accurate to Sims 2, so the only real changes are railings outside where you'd expect them to be.

The Sweethearts Household

Sarah and Matthew have been together for a long time and came from a small town to finally live together and attend the local university. Will their relationship hold now that they live under the same roof?

Download the Sweethearts household here

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This is one member of the Fraternity and Sorority households from LFT each, living together as a family due to them being longterm lovers. They are only set as boyfriend and girlfriend, not fiances or more, and they still live in seperate rooms for now, classic slowburn romance, not going too fast, taking things steady. In Sims 2 they are each in different households, and this pretty much tests their relationship, especially since Jessie Pilferson, a fellow sorority girl, has a crush on Matthew.

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Matthew came to school with his longtime sweetheart to get educated and grow up a bit. He's completely in love and excited about enjoying the college experience.

Matthew was a pretty featureless member of the fraternity in truth; he was basically the generic guy inbetween the smart older guy and the lazy slob, who's main trait was that he had a girlfriend next door. Basically you played him and the Sorority together, and then moved him in with his girlfriend and had them make a big family. He had an Economics career, which translates to Business. Unlike others with Business earmarked, he does not start in a proper career, both he and Sarah are in part-time careers for now.

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Sarah loves her boyfriend and feels like life is going pretty well. She came from a small town to a big campus and can't wait to meet new people.

Sarah's main flaw was that she looked near identical to Jenny Smith, also of Strangetown. Ive tried to avoid that. Like Matthew, she was the most featureless member of her sorority, being the nice plain girl with a boyfriend that her housemate has a thing for. She had a Biology degree, meaning Science and Medicine in Sims 3. This would, amusingly, make her ideal for a Medicine career...the same career as Jenny Smith.

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Since I have them not sleeping in the same bed, I needed a house from the Lot Bin, and I settled on the 'Just Right' from Sims 2.

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Internally its decorated comfortably for two people living as roommates, with enough space to have a party or two with friends. And since both are Jocks due to the greek house thing, they will definitely be having a few

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The Zimmerman Family

Zoe loves music, but shes not sure if she wants to make a career out of it. For now though, shes looking to join up with likeminded people and play in a band, before she decides what she wants to study at university and what path her future career will take.

Download the Zimmerman family here

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Zoe joined the band to get out of the dorms and make some new friends, but her real focus is on her studies. As much as she likes music, Zoe wants to graduate and get a job.

Zoe is the serious studious one of the Shifting Paradymes household, and is depicted as the bassist of the band. Since she isn't too sure about a career in music yet, she has a part-time job. In the future, she will head to university and meet Gunnar and Jasmine, and join their band.

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Zoe lives in a lot bin home from the base Sims 2, one of the most basic homes there is. It still ended up being bigger than expected for one person, so I could comfortably decorate the place. I forgot to place the power box on the lot, since its an older build before I started adding those. Ideally her place will get expanded with a garage and a bathroom big enough for laundry, and maybe a garden for herbs, given the overall rebellious streak of the band members.

The Rai Family

Jasmine dreams of being part of a successful band known worldwide, and already has a name in mind: The Shifting Paradymes. She just has to find a few more musicians in town..

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Jasmine wanted to live out her dream of being a professional musician, so she founded the Shifting Paradymes. But now it seems she spends all her time trying to keep the band together.

Jasmine is the leader of the band, and is depicted as the drummer. As the band is her dream, she has a self-employed Band career for when she completes her band. Its funny how the band only really functions in Sims 3, there is no real way to keep the band functional in Sims 2 or 4, to my knowledge.

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The Land Lane units are directly lifted from Sims 2 Uni, right down to the colouration differences in each unit. They are comfortable enough for one person, but expansion will be needed.

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The Roque Family

Gunnar thinks of himself as the greatest guitarist in town, and the hottest one too. In truth hes completely average, but maybe he has talent hidden away somewhere.

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Gunnar is a so-so musician, but he thinks he's the best thing since sliced bread. Perhaps he'll eventually understand why his female bandmates aren't exactly at each others' throats for his attentions.

Gunnar was the oldest playable sim in LFT, and the slacker of the band. He was also the guitarist of the group. Since all sims in their second year onwards in Sims 2 have an extra want slot, ive made that translate into an extra trait slot; if you fully complete uni in Sims 2, you have 6 want slots; in Sims 3 you gain one trait slot for finishing a degree, and one slot for reaching level 8 of a social group. Thus, Gunnar has level 8 in the Rebel group and his social group trait mirrors the first year want slot unlock.

Gunnar is level 1 in the music career, aiming to be a rockstar, and he has tattoos just like his Sims 2 version; only his tattoos are permanent, and will be visible in all his outfits. He rides on a motorbike in true metalhead rockstar fashion

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The Dusty Drive units was a set of five simple rental homes for sims not interested in the dorm life. All five were identical on the outside, but had differing colours inside, and ive repurposed all five to house the LFT students. Also, as I was taking these, Jasmine decided to randomly show up and ring the doorbell

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Gunnar's unit is modestly decorated, and is all set for hanging out with friends/band members. The only thing I forgot was a bookcase for the school studying, but really, hes not exactly the studying type anyway. If anything, he needs the drum bookcase from one of the Store DLCs, to store his music textbooks and guitar song books in.

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The Williamson Family

William is dead-set on becoming a successful businessman, with his eyes set on the CEO seat of the local business office. He hopes to get a degree in Business to further this goal, and is looking to enroll in Sims University.

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While others may party and prank, William simply can't bothered by the day to day goings-on of a large campus. He's at school for one reason and one reason alone: to become a successful business man.

William was part of the Student Housing household, and is basically the male counterpart of Ellen Frost from ALT; he's only there for his degree and nothing else. Generally, playing that household can be frustrating, because William and Klara do not get along and constantly fight. William is level 1 in the Business career, and is all set to go earn his Business degree.

Like several university sims, his shirt IS in the game, but with a jacket on top of it. No other shirt comes close.

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The exterior view of the Land Lane units, as I forgot to take them for Jasmine's place

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A very no-nonsense home, just like William. It basically just houses him between his work shifts, and that's how he likes it.

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