https://i.imgur.com/gR7O0hJ.pngThe fifth town's content remade for Sims 3! Strangetown is simultaneously the smallest town of all of Sims 2, AND the largest. And that is is because the PC original has been supplemented by Strangetown appearing in four additional games, each with exclusive content. The PS2 has a new Smith family feuding with an alien-hating neighbour, a household of crazy artists trying to make an Art Gallery, a forlorn washed up movie star looking for a dead lost love on a ruined movie set, and a regular family in a green area of Strangetown. The GBA and DS versions continued on from the Busting Out and Urbs handheld stories, with a few minor cameos from PC Strangetown, and the PSP version was a full-fledged story about what happens to Strangetown a few years down the line, with almost every PC playable sim appearing. Thus, I was quickly swamped with content to make and I got stuck many times over how to convert the non-PC game lots to Sims 3's style.Strangetown has always been my favourite of the pre-made towns, as its wacky, weird and full of nonstandard gameplay and content. Like with Veronaville and ALT, I also consider the La Fiesta Tech students to be part of Strangetown, thus you will find versions of them living at home, before they go to university.Content for this town will be the slowest but most longlived, as I have a LOT of content to do. As of this first post though, I have finished all of the base PC sims and lots and will upload those first.As always, there should be no CC, as I only use bugfixing mods in my games. As a result, some families and lots look different, due to Sims 3 simply not having anything close. Other Sims 2 town lots and sims rebuilt for Sims 3: Tutorial World - Fully Complete! (Thread restructuring needed) Pleasantview - Under construction Veronaville - Complete, requires Townies and NPCs Four Corners - Complete, requires Townies and NPCs Bitville - Complete, requires Townies and NPCs Garden Heights - Minimal work Mesa Flats - Most families made, all lots started Arbor Falls - Minimal workStrangetown PC Quick Links: Smith family Grunt family Curious family Beaker family Spectre family Singles family bin household Loner family bin family Hart/Love household Davis family Terrano family Moonbeam family Williamson family Vonderstein family Wrightley family Dosser family Bratford family Pilferson family Verse family Rai family Zimmerman family Roque family Worthington familyStrangetown PS2 Quick Links: Smith family (Seperate to PC Smith family) Bragg family Hirt household Mesa Gallery artist household Freebers familyStrangetown PSP Quick Links: Deputy Duncan Bella Goth & Emily Emory Mambo Loa Oscar Del Fuego Doctor Dominion Dominic Newlow Dente family Roland Calonzo Rossum family Howell family Penelope Kline Pita Florica & Gimi Branko Virginya Feng Lincoln Broadsheet Kine Society household Dudes in BlackStrangetown GBA/DS Quick Links: Horus Menhoset IX Tristan Legend & Optimum Alfred Honest Jackson Emperor Xizzle & Burple Fusilli family Additional sims are plannedCommunity Lot and Empty Home Quick Links: RTN Shopping Center (88 Road to Nowhere) The Old Strangetown Spa (94 Road to Nowhere) Strangetownhouse (73 Road to Nowhere) Loner's Abode (91 Road to Nowhere) Military Living Quarters A (57 Road to Nowhere) Deadtree Library Division 47 Other important lots coming eventuallyTownie Pack Quick Links Pack 1: Crystal Vu, Abhijeet Cho and Samuel Riley Paradise Place Townies (PSP Content) Deadtree Townies (PSP Content) Division 47 Townies (PSP Content)NPC/Service Sims Quick Links Nannies (Converted to Daycare career sims) Carpool Drivers (Converted to regular Townies) Gardeners (Converted to regular Townies) Delivery Service (Converted to regular Townies) Exterminators (Converted to Ghost Hunter and Townies) Cashiers (Converted to Baby Sitters and Townies) Repomen Social Workers Repair Services Maids Pizza Delivery Police Burglars Firefighters Bartenders Mail Carriers Newspaper Deliverers DJ, Magician, Singer, Acrobat, Party Dancers, Butler and Science Geek to be determined

The Smith FamilyAfter 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 hereNOTE: The download says it requires a blackjack table, there is no blackjack table on the lot whatsoever! https://i.imgur.com/DpvbWWU.jpgThe 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.https://i.imgur.com/aJ8eWDZ.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/xDcNAQy.jpgThe 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.https://i.imgur.com/sfuHknH.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/znO7Pj9.jpgJenny 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.https://i.imgur.com/g1A56w5.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/dhCFAbR.jpgJohnny 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 DNAdips 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. https://i.imgur.com/eoBg6Ta.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/O7Nx8Mk.jpgWhen 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.https://i.imgur.com/lGgkgUh.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/NKF4hVw.jpgPerfectly 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.https://i.imgur.com/Py4iy1X.jpgAdditions 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.https://i.imgur.com/fyVY6A7.jpgThe 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.Bonus Pictures:Spoiler (Highlight to read)https://i.imgur.com/H9B8a7S.jpgA family dinnerhttps://i.imgur.com/xtAWYXN.jpgA weekend relaxing by the poolhttps://i.imgur.com/cCXvEem.jpgAlien status changes the way couples sleep, and not for the better..https://i.imgur.com/ICwRzX9.jpgNaturally, this fire broke out as soon as I started taking pictures. The firefighter yelled at PT9 to be careful, then immediately stripped to his swimwear and leapt into the pool.https://i.imgur.com/fi6puTl.pngPT9 had no pension in the original, but I gave him a rather humourous retirement deal in this one. Caution: The game likes to pull elders out of retirement if there are careers that need NPC coworkers and bosses for your active household. You wont be able to get his retirement back easily.https://i.imgur.com/zLHMg8q.jpgJohnny's girlfriend Ophelia came over one day, captured her chatting with PT9https://i.imgur.com/GoTNUaH.jpgPT9 teaching Johnny how to drivehttps://i.imgur.com/IohEBnS.jpgHome repairs are easier when you have alien powershttps://i.imgur.com/vG56o0B.jpgIts fine to drink, hes almost an adult!https://i.imgur.com/H9B8a7S.jpgA family dinnerhttps://i.imgur.com/xtAWYXN.jpgA weekend relaxing by the poolhttps://i.imgur.com/cCXvEem.jpgAlien status changes the way couples sleep, and not for the better..https://i.imgur.com/ICwRzX9.jpgNaturally, this fire broke out as soon as I started taking pictures. The firefighter yelled at PT9 to be careful, then immediately stripped to his swimwear and leapt into the pool.https://i.imgur.com/fi6puTl.pngPT9 had no pension in the original, but I gave him a rather humourous retirement deal in this one. Caution: The game likes to pull elders out of retirement if there are careers that need NPC coworkers and bosses for your active household. You wont be able to get his retirement back easily.https://i.imgur.com/zLHMg8q.jpgJohnny's girlfriend Ophelia came over one day, captured her chatting with PT9https://i.imgur.com/GoTNUaH.jpgPT9 teaching Johnny how to drivehttps://i.imgur.com/IohEBnS.jpgHome repairs are easier when you have alien powershttps://i.imgur.com/vG56o0B.jpgIts fine to drink, hes almost an adult!Official gender preferences taken from the files:PT9: M: 0 F: 10Jenny: M: 10 F: 0Johnny: M: 0 F: 10Jill: M: 10 F: 0

The Old Strangetown Spa - 94 Road to NowhereRenowned for its vast swimming pool and soothing baths, the Strangetown Spa is the perfect pit-stop on the journey for truth. Download the Old Strangetown Spa herehttps://i.imgur.com/7n3rMss.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/TVPIrY6.jpgThis 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. https://i.imgur.com/uWvrLoc.jpgThe 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 >_>https://i.imgur.com/biUKVPN.jpgSince 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 toohttps://i.imgur.com/TJzvhTt.jpgThe 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 -.-_____________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 simsThe 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 fencesShifting 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 SarahSorority 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 unitTerrano 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 :pThe 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 FamilyThese brothers never agree on anything but somehow they ended up still living together in a new town…Will they ever stop fighting?Download the Davis family herehttps://i.imgur.com/Ja65uQ5.jpgThe 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.https://i.imgur.com/5EfGeVX.jpgThe 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.https://i.imgur.com/fY0rPT2.jpgAldric 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 alreadyhttps://i.imgur.com/AIML5G1.jpgThe 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.https://i.imgur.com/idWE9mW.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/nTt7t7i.jpgAlmeric 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.https://i.imgur.com/wafqa4P.jpgAldric 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 FamilyThe 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.Download the Worthington family herehttps://i.imgur.com/XxfrjtQ.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/NI1aB2H.jpgFrancis 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?https://i.imgur.com/9N4mCIz.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/8D9znfE.jpgIn 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.https://i.imgur.com/Lzw97or.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/QN03gnc.jpgAs 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 Strangetownhttps://i.imgur.com/8EM8JRS.jpgUpstairs 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.

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

Devalaous
3 years ago
The Bratford Family

Monica is always chasing the newest fad or meme. Recently shes into political activism and rebellion, but noone takes her seriously given her hypocrisy undermining her every effort.

Download the Bratford family here

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Monica's newfound political activism can seem somewhat...fake. She can often be found protesting deforestation and animal testing for cosmetics while handing out stacks of fliers and free makeup samples.

Monica Bratford was the oldest sim in the LFT Sorority, and thus, its 'queen bee'. Yet, almost everything about her was kind of fake, as implied in the bio. Generally seemed the type of person to leap at every trend, always having to be at the forefront of the current thing, without actually being part of anything. In hindsight, I should have set her LTW to be 'reach the top of all social groups', in the release version its set to be for nectar collection, to show she WANTs that high society life she makes herself appear to be part of.

Like Gunnar, she has an extra trait slot unlocked via the Rebel group, making her ideal career the Art Appraisal career, either branch works for her. For now though, she has a job at the spa, because its a luxury place.

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The third and final of the Land Lane units, Monica lives a more drab life than she outwardly shows; shes all show with no substance. Perhaps after she has a degree, she can work on making her lifestyle real.

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I do beleive this was supposed to be dancing

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She has what appears to be a fancy super expensive car, but its value is much much less. Perhaps its a mere body kit? (I lowered the astronomical value of the car to a few thousand to not inflate the bills; cars are way too expensive in Sims 3)
Devalaous
3 years ago
The Dosser Family

Mickey is content to just chill out and coast through life. Even his friends and family have trouble getting him off his couch and outdoors. Will he ever realise theres more to life than the next episode of his favourite TV shows?

Download the Dosser family here

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Mickey isn't going anywhere fast, but he's quite happy about it. Even his good friends have a hard time getting him off the couch. Will he ever change, or will he simply master the art of doing nothing?

Mickey was the slacker of the University expansion as a whole; he had no major determined yet, and started the game on academic probation; as such, he was technically the same age as Guy, which is reflected in his age data; he is one year older than all the other 'freshmen', and the same age as all the 'sophomores'. (American university is strange, we never used such terms in my country). He does not have an extra trait slot like the sophomores/juniors do though, as he only earns that after completing his repeated semester.

Back in Sims 2, I would make him go on probation every new semester to drag out the life of the fraternity; these days he passes via the bare minimum with the help of his frat buddies, so that at least Matthew and him can graduate together.

This version has all the traits you'd expect of an ambitionless guy chilling out all day everyday, the only exception is that he DOES have a part-time job; a grocery store clerk, as its the closest I can get to a Slacker career job. Plus, being employed stops the game from forcing him into random unfitting careers at high levels, due to Bob A in the X career needing a Boss.

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When I decorated his home, I made it deliberately strewn with discarded clothing he hadn't bothered to take to the laundromat, and a few trash piles here and there, but a lot of that was cleaned up on its own and likely isn't present in the download, oh well. He even has a spot out back to chill out with Matthew and Guy after he meets them at university.

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The one time you'll see him run; when his carpool is about to take off without him. Of course, he has his own car, but why drive yourself when someone else can drive you?

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The town mayor, Honest Jackson, running past the Smith home, as Mickey rides to work.

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Recovering from a short workout he was pressured into with a cold beer.

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Mickey in his natural element.
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Hero
3 years ago
Wonderful to see such a large scale project! ???
Devalaous
3 years ago
The Pilferson Family

Jessie dreams of being a professional sports star someday, but for now, shes into psychology and figuring out how people tick.

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Jessie is majoring in psychology, but what she really wants is to be a professional sports star. Maybe she'll learn how to analyze her way into the big leagues some day.

Jessie was one of the four Sorority members at LFT, and effectively the romantic troublemaker of the household. She starts off with a big crush on her housemate's boyfriend, Matthew Hart, and drama will surely unfold if Matthew ever comes over, or if both Jessie and Sarah visit the fraternity. Her lifetime wish matches her bio; she wishes to be a pro sports star. However, she starts off here in the Sports Agent career, as it literally is all about 'analysing your way into the big leagues', and it also matches her jock nature.

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Much like the other Dusty Drive units, its a comfortable low-cost spot for one. I decorated a bit TOO sparsely I think.

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Keeping herself in shape

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A phone conversation gone horribly wrong

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Found her dancing with Guy with many other Strangetown residents wanting in on the action

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Maybe she should hook up with Guy, they seem to be hitting it off!
Devalaous
3 years ago
The Terrano Family

Stella has definitely come a long way from home. Will a diverse town like this one offer enough opportunity for even her to fit in?

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Stella loves reading and studying and is completely thrilled about being in college. She has a weakness for cookies.

Stella is the prime reason many link LFT to Strangetown; while all the other students are generally normal, Stella is just wacky enough to make LFT part of Strangetown, being the game's only other living pureblood alien. Naturally, in this version she has alien powers, which makes her a studying powerhouse; she needs no sleep, only the occasional brain recharge session, and even then its only needed if she uses her powers. Her favourite food is indeed cookies too!

She starts off in the Science career, despite how many are already in it, due to her major in 2 being extremely linked to science.

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I do believe one of the five units was naturally pink, so it was a no-brainer to move in Stella there, as almost all her outfits in Sims 2, are pink. She doesnt really need the bed, but it does help pass time if you force an alien to sleep till morning (plus, they get a permanent Well-Rested bonus!)

Bonus pictures:
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Stella sunbathes AND recharges her brainpower at the same time!

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The model of elegance.

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She can game all night long.

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She has her own UFO in the family inventory, but prefers to use her pink car. Because the locals don't react too well to UFOs..especially those Dudes in Black.

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Looks like shes been spotted by one.

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'Oh no not again, this is why the Grunts persecute us!'

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Chaos! Lasers! Panic!

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She enjoys this far too much.

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'Advance the Division 47 plan! The aliens are making their move!'

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I think the entire town showed up here.
Devalaous
3 years ago
The Verse Family

DJ enjoys music, both playing instruments and singing. With her natural talent, she just might become a musical superstar, but first, she wants to get through university.

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DJ keeps herself busy by performing at local venues. She's creative, talented -- only staying in the sorority until she can find a place of her own.

DJ is an odd duck character. Her character arc is basically 'im in a sorority but I don't want to be here', and given her friendship with Zoe Zimmerman, it seems like she is set up to replace Gunnar and move in with Zoe and Jasmine during her third year, as Gunnar will usually have graduated by then and moved out. In Sims 2, Creativity is a catch-all skill that is Painting, Writing, all the instrument skills, all in one, so with her starting three skill points in Creativity, she can easily replace him on the guitar.

In Sims 3 however, those three skill points I assigned to Piano; now the Shifting Paradymes can induct DJ and have all four instruments covered. DJ is also fully able to go into the Singer career and go solo. Its all up to the player where she goes. She starts off with a bookstore part-time job, given her original major was Literature.

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As a copy of Ajay's house, I made sure to redo the painting and landscaping to not have a simple copy/paste job.

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Similarish to Ajay's setup, as DJ is also pretty much in a 'starter state', with touchs to reflect her character, such as the piano. Note that I moved the grill to where the bins are, and the bins to outside the house, to make room for something else shortly after taking these pics.

Bonus pictures:
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All ready to go and learn.

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As its often implied shes more of a singer than an instrument player, she has a karaoke machine to practice with
Devalaous
3 years ago
The Wrightley Family

The Oresha-Hoh-Var Fraternity was founded by Guy Wrightley's great-grandfather decades ago. Will Guy maintain his family's strong academic history or allow jock life to be too much of a distraction?

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Guy is a great student, a good friend, and generally successful at all his endeavors. Can anything knock him off his even keel?

Guy is pretty much the powerhouse student of LFT. A good guy all around with no real faults, he even tries to get Mickey off the couch and involved with the fraternity activities as well as studying. He is the same age as Mickey, but since Mickey slipped behind in the second semester and has to repeat it, he'll graduate before him. Thus, Guy has an additional trait slot, as he reached his second school year.

This version of him is noticabley more well-off than almost all the other students, and he starts off as a Paper Boy for the Journalism career, due to his Literature major in 2. That career is one I usually forget about, especially since in Sims 2 it was an expansion pack career.

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As a high level jock, he has a bonfire pit out back that he'll likely invite the other LFT jocks to.

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A more upscale version of DJ and Ajay's home, with a lot of school pride. His fraternity was founded by his great-grandfather afterall.
Devalaous
3 years ago
The Vonderstein Family

Klara came a long way from another country to enroll in the local university, and her initial excitement has already faded from the strangeness of her fellow Strangetown residents. Can she get over the culture shock and learn to adjust to her new setting?

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Though Klara was at first excited about studying abroad, she finds Fiesta a bit provincial and her fellow students strange. She's not interested in spending time with anyone, really, and is working to overcome an espresso addiction.

Klara sticks out like a sore thumb in LFT, second only to the alien student. Clearly a rich German transfer student, Klara is entirely out of her element, now being in a small desert town where strange things happen. Of course, her clashing with everything around her, is just another way to say shes a strange resident that fits right in. For some reason, she starts off with quite the beef with William Williamson, odd, as they are both workaholic all-study-no-play types.

Her political science major in 2 is a natural reason to start her off in the Politics career; Honest Jackson may have trouble keeping his job as town Mayor with her in the running.

Naturally, her very unique appearance was very difficult to portray, but I think I've done a good job at making her stand out just like the original.

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An open yard, exposed to the strange residents of Strangetown? Surely not! Klara has used her riches to fence off her area and give herself some privacy, as well as a yard to impress PT9...if he was ever allowed in to see it.

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She didn't spare any expenses to make the home worthy of her. As it may be some time before she travels back to her home country, she might as well get comfortable, and a dinky starter home just wouldn't do it for someone of her caliber.

Bonus pictures:
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One of Klara's favourite pasttimes; chilling in her room with a good book, in her dedicated reading chair

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Her other favourite pasttime; napping in the evening, with some Nectar. Maybe one day she'll have friends to invite over.

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That is all of the playable students accounted for! Next up, expect Bella Goth's Strangetown incarnation. PSP content from earlier in the timeline, so it matches the PC era, and a couple of townies and NPCs. Maybe some of the PS2 content as well. But first, i'll take a break :p
Devalaous
3 years ago
The Grunt Family

Tank has always lived under the hard thumb of his father, General Buzz Grunt. In this domesticated boot camp, can Tank prove his worth to this demanding Dad?

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NOTE: Due to the obstacle course replacement, I had to use the rock climbing wall DLC. Those without the DLC will have to build a decorative obstacle course.

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This family was pretty much impossible to 100% accurately convert, as the military stuff that the Grunt family uses so heavily just plain doesn't exist in Sims 3. The entire family tree is present, as graves in the family inventories. This includes Lyla Grunt, who is packaged with her family instead of being on the Spectre graveyard, so that the family tree link isnt severed. Have Olive move Lyla's grave to its rightful spot once both lots are installed, and the rest of the graves can be moved to a proper graveyard.

All family members have the hidden trait 'Can Salute', as expected of a military family. All four have also gotten max scouting rank from the childhood afterschool activity.

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The General likes to have his clocks set to military time. He used to enjoy barbershop quartet singing, but that is classified information.

General Buzz Grunt looks a bit different that Sims 2 players will expect; his Sims 2 hairstyle is not in the game whatsoever, so I made do with a military 'buzz cut' that the ingame military uses a lot. Since the top rank of Military in this game is not General, his career outfit that he starts the game wearing in Sims 2, is represented as his 'Everyday 2' outfit. Here he looks closer to his Sims 2 look. He also wears that outfit all the time in Sims 2 for PSP. The major difference in gameplay for this version is that Buzz is home 6 days of the week, far more time to harass his kids and argue with the local aliens.

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Tank Grunt wants to be just like his old man. He spends his days lifting heavy things, dodging imaginary bullets, and being bigger than the other guy, but deep down inside, he wonders if anyone really knows who he is.

Tank is almost unrecognisable. His hairstyle AND his military facepaint are both not in the game at all, and without both, he just looks like a different person. I gave him a different hairstyle to Buzz that still has the shaved sides that his original hairstyle has, to differentiate him a bit. The fact that I cant recreate Tank's look hurts lot, as Tank was so iconic, that he went on to appear in THREE of the other Strangetown games; the only game hes absent from is the PS2 version, which only has Strangetown as a sidearea. Another devastating blow to Tank is that he cant do what hes scripted to do in Sims 2; he cant get a teen job in the Military to impress his dad. About the only thing he can do is get sent off to Fort Starch, and thats not very fun for the player.

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Ripp totally doesn't care what you think of him. He is going to do whatever he wants to do, which is mostly what everyone else is doing.

The slacker of the Grunt family, Ripp is bullied by both his father and older brother, and this continues even into the PSP game. He has a level 2 part-time career just like in Sims 2, likely his one escape from his family. Many players like to hook him up with his friend Ophelia Nigmos, despite her existing relationship with Johnny. Due to his parttime job, hes unable to take part in afterschool activities. Despite his non-military nature, in the PSP timeline he ends up forced into it anyway and ends up as a Corporal who acts as the quartermaster for Division 47, so sending him off to Fort Starch near the end of his teenage years may be ideal, for continuity.

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More than anything else, Buck wants to be a pet stylist to the stars. He spends a lot of time wondering why his father never seems to notice him.

Buck is the forgotten child of the Grunt household. With Buzz focusing on Tank and trying to whip Ripp into shape, the little one far FAR from military stuff is out of his mind, normally Lyla would be raising him, but well... Buck should be enrolled in Scouting ASAP, as its the quickest way to get some recognition from his father and oldest brother. Buck was so forgotten, that hes actually one of two residents of Strangetown that doesn't show up in the PSP game; the other is Olive, who is dead by then. Thankfully he wasn't forgotten in the official Sims 4 iteration.

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Military Living Quarters B - The Grunt family has always lived in this military-built home. Comes equipped with a 'surveillance tower' built on 'claimed land' to spy on all those suspicious neighbours.

Not too many changes here from the original; the obstacle course stands out though. Buzz has the military career reward already placed in Sims 2, and uses it to keep himself in shape, and to train his three kids to be physically fit. Given how Buck starts Sims 2 with maximum fatness, he kind of needs it. However in Sims 3, I had to either build a decorative version made of fences, like what you can see in Isla Paradiso behind the City Hall, or use the rock climbing DLC. I used the DLC as I can have Tank and Ripp compete, or even Buzz versus Ripp or Tank. Buck cannot use it though.

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Only real changes is adding laundry to the lower bathroom, as it was very empty, and sneaking in 'The Brigadier', Buzz's secret teddy bear mentioned in the PSP version.

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The three bedrooms are slightly more decorated, and have schoolbags for the three (Buck cannot use his till hes a teen), and the exercise room has a martial arts dummy instead of the punching bag, so now Buzz can use those 6 days a week off-duty, to perfect his body.

Bonus Pictures:

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Buzz's astronaut suit has been recoloured to be less garish and more coloured like his original career outfit.

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Instead of the neat military humvee that shows up for some military career levels, Buzz has this big vehicle in camo pattern. Tank and Ripp also have cars, but Buzz needs to teach them to drive first. In the meantime, Tank has a military camo bicycle...

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Buzz oversees a training session with his kids.

Official gender preferences taken from the files:
Buzz: M: -10 F: 10
Tank: M: -10 F: 10
Ripp: M: 0 F: 10
Buck: M: 0 F: 10
Devalaous
3 years ago
The Curious Family

In search of truth and mystery, the Curious brothers got more than they were "expecting." Can Pascal, Lazlo, and Vidcund cope with their new roles as cosmic parents?

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Rather than do things exactly like Sims 2 and start with Pascal pregnant, in this version he has already given birth; this is because there is no control over what pregnant sims wear, a high chance for existing outfit selections to be ruined, and sometimes babies can be born without special features; during the making of this family, Tycho was once born as a regular sim! Not to mention, canonically the baby IS a male named Tycho.

The Curious family is pretty much THE biggest family ever made in Sims, on par and even beating the Capps and Montys in some ways. The ENTIRE family tree is included, and it expands back to the Twinbrook roots. Glabe Curious is also included.

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No matter what happens, Pascal believes there is a logical explanation for everything. In his free time, he practices home psychoanalysis and collects conspiracy theories.

Pascal starts off with maxed Writing skill, a direct conversion of his 10 Creativity skill points. In the original, he started off heavily pregnant and already in maternity wear, and would give birth to Tycho not too long after loading the Curious lot (And Tycho had a chance to be female, and could even be born with human skin, just like Jill Smith!) However, due to the PSP version's canon, and the problems of packaging a pregnant sim, this Pascal has already given birth.

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Serious and exact, Vidcund strives to fit the universe into a nice tidy package. He has an unnatural fondness for African violets.

Vidcund was a bit difficult to make, he has a very distinct look in Sims 2. I believe this result is adequate however. He has career history as a firefighter, a reference to one of his secrets in Sims 2 PSP. Vidcund was scripted in Sims 2 to instantly get abducted if he used the telescope after loading the Curious lot, resulting in TWO alien-sim hybrid babies to look after. However, it wasn't canon, as Sims 2 PSP shows only Pascal's baby was ever born. Feel free to get him pregnant via Pollination Technician anyway though!

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Not as studious as his older brothers, Lazlo got his degree in Phrenology. He likes to call phone psychics and spends hours trying to bend forks with his mind.

Lazlo is meant to be the slacker of the Science Bros, yet he actually starts out higher on the career. Due to being laid-back, he has no feuds with the Beakers, and will be important in the PSP story, when its revealed he has a cousin named Sinjin Balani, who uses his influence to get your sim into a government facility where Lazlo now works.

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Pascal actually gave BIRTH to baby Tycho after he was abducted by aliens.
Tycho Curious was made canon by the PSP version; there he is the target of a quest near the end of the game. His bio was taken directly from Pascal's 'Secrets' menu, as he doesn't have an official EA one, but this one does fit. Unlike regular alien pregnancies in Sims 3, Tycho is a proper 50% DNA human/sim hybrid. I made him by remaking the Pollination Technician and blending his DNA with Pascal's, Tycho was then born ingame after several attempts to get a proper alien hybrid.

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Science Outpost - A strange home built in Strangetown by the Curious family, many strange experiments have gone on within these walls.

The most unique home from all of Sims 2's original release. Its almost entirely intact, however I needed to change one area to seal off weather. The original home had the whole house open to weather, meaning rain, sand, snow, could all get inside. Even with all weather from Seasons disabled, it still doesnt make sense to leave your home open to the elements, so I've closed that area off.

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The left side of the home houses the three science brothers and Tycho. Not too many changes here.

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The right side of the home however has changed; the chess room is now a science station room due to the chess table no longer fitting in there, and the greenhouse room now houses the chess table. Growing plants is now outdoors in the various pots. In the upload, the pizza that the home starts out with is intact, but it seems to break immediately and is not edible anymore. Oh well.

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The 'second floor' I added is merely a laundry spot that serves to seal off that staircase from the weather.

Bonus Pictures:
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The Curious Brothers carpooling to work together

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Tycho's other father, the Pollination Technician

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Two of the Singles family chatting outside during a party

Official gender preferences taken from the files:
Pascal: M: 0 F: 10
Vidcund: M: 0 F: 10
Lazlo: M: 0 F: 10

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