New Sims 2 Mods released in Q1 2025
- BellaDovah
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All of the new mods I found for The Sims 2 released in the first quarter (January, February and March) of 2025!
This hilarious mod by riperiperi makes it so that Rod Humble will trip and explode before being able to deliver your free computer!
This is a GShade Preset made by SissySims which also works perfectly with Reshade too. It is very subtle and optimized for gameplay - it has no strong distracting unrealistic effects but makes everything look more colorful and bright.
My usual lighting mod by VeronavilleQuiltingBee has been updated. The morning and evening light have been fixed, and the night light has been tweaked too. The M&G folder filename for Legacy Edition has also been fixed too.
My usual camera mod, originally by Lowedeus which combined parts of the best camera mods by other creators, has had a new version released by Celestial Spritz which changes the freecam to be the same as Gunmod's which is to fix the issue of the camera sinking to the floor below.
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Nopke has released their camera mods which you could use instead of the one above or mix and match. Its high quality and well done like all of Nopke's work. Personally, I still prefer the neighborhood camera from the Camera Mod Compilation since it allows a higher tilt angle. And, the Compilation includes CAS Cameras whereas this does not, but you could always download one separately. But, I'm torn on the lot view cameras because I much prefer the zoom and rotation in this one, but it the lot-edge panning feels too restrictive for me.
This mod by Lord Crumps replaces the rest of the neighborhood trees that were not initially included in the first set, but this has now been updated to include this part 2 too. So, if you want every single neighborhood tree to be in Sims 4 style, grab the first set, or you could use just this part 2 pack to mix and match with other default replacement sets which do not typically cover the trees in this set like the pine and palm trees. These look very high quality and I think would blend well with other non-TS4 defaults.
This WIP by Matti adds music from The Sims 3 into CAS, Build/Buy Mode and Neighborhood View, so you can hear a mixture of tracks from both games.
This mod by Lamare is a new take on a functional laundry system, alternative to Loads O Laundry, with the aim to be simplistic. Once you place a hamper on a lot it will fill up over time depending on how many people are in the household and the Sloppy-Neat personality of each member of the household - sloppy sims accumulate laundry faster. The hampers always start empty and then will appear full after some time, they will also eventually start to smell. You can also use an optional addon that make it so that sims, especially sloppy sims, will sometimes create clothing piles on the floor when getting changed, this is additional to what is in the hamper and the created laundry when changing clothes never automatically goes in a hamper. So, sloppy sims make a lot more laundry than neat sims. You can wash clothes with a washing machine and optionally, in the sink. No detergent is required to wash clothes. You do not technically need to dry the clothes, but you can do so with a dryer or an outdoor clothing line. There is a hygiene decay buff for washing clothes and a comfort decay buff for drying clothes. The laundry in this mod is not technically a real thing, it has no numerical value and never goes in the inventory or in the world as a physical object, so washing can be done without any laundry actually being present. You can also make functioning laundromats with this mod, but rather than sims actually having laundry piles in their inventory they need to take to clean, its more imagination-based. The animations and models in this mod are absolutely stunning. The animations are very detailed, realistic, and smooth - you will even be able to see the washing moving around inside the machines. The models are very high quality and are mostly converted from The Sims 4. You will always know when a load is finished in a machine because there is a beep as soon as it is done. Sims are really quite attracted to dealing with the laundry autonomously, maids will also take care of it too. You can also download additional sets of hampers and machines.
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This is another new mod by Lamare which adds a touch of realism and also optionally integrates with the Simple Laundry mod, but you can have one without the other. It adds various little items such as toiletry bottles, and household cleaners. When a household cleaning item is placed on a lot - such as one that looks like washing up liquid or laundry detergent. All household cleaning interactions will be faster - washing dishes, cleaning things like sinks and counters etc, and if you have the mod above, washing laundry. These will be used up on cleaning interactions and will eventually vanish and need replacing. Unless you have some kind of toiletry item, sims will not be able to gain their hygiene to 100, they will stop showering etc at approximately 90% full. So, to get your sims squeaky clean, make sure you have a toiletry item somewhere at all times!
This mod by Atomtanned does various things related to The Traits Project. Firstly, it replaces all of the icons of the 3t2 traits, Catch You On The Flippity Flop, and various other custom traits like supernatural ones and the prisoner one, with higher resolution ones converted from The Sims 4. It optionally renames some traits too. It also adds 9 new complementary traits such as Early Bird, Maximalist, and Loves the Rain. As well as this, it includes a trait randomizer program.
This mod by CityOf2morrow converts all of the traits in The Sims 4 to tokens in the Sims 2 like other traits project mods we've seen.
This mod by CityOf2morrow converts traits from The Sims Medieval that haven't already been done to tokens in the Sims 2 like other traits project mods we've seen.
This mod by CityOf2morrow adds new trait tokens representing various sub-hobbies such as ballet, bird watching, woodworking etc.
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This mod by CityOf2morrow adds new trait tokens representing various occults such as Animal Whisper, Chased by Death, Medium, Mystic, Necromancer, Reaper, Tech Bender, and various bloodlines and elemental gifts like moonborn.
Change into Gym clothes to Jump Rope (Update with color traits excluding kids)
This is an updated mod by Velcositro which originally just made sims change into their athletic outfit to jump rope, then was updated with color traits support so the rope will be in the sim's favorite color then was updated again as per my request with a new flavor that would exclude children from the outfit change, so while teens, adults & elders will change, children will stay in their everyday.
This mod by Noodlebelli replaces the icons relationship, badges, enthusiasm and university degrees with ones in The Sims 4 style.
This mod by Heathen Simmer makes it so that sims with the Snob, Diva, Mean-Spirited, and Evil traits can always use the brag interaction regardless of relationship level. Usually, it becomes unavailable when sims have a high relationship so now these traits will keep access to it.
This mod by Gummi separates the chat online interaction into separate sub-pie-menus for each age group, so children, teens, adults, and elders will each be in their own sub-menu.
This mod by Lea Sims Again / millicent-bystander updates SimWardrobe's old Candy Crafting Station with various improvements. Firstly, the created chocolates are now ones by Parsimonious and they also have unique effects - mint increases comfort, ginger increases energy, etc. Hobby Enthusiasm gain has also been added to the machine.
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This mod by abiamalapizza adds a new umbrella stand which can be used by vampires to use a real umbrella to protect them from the sunlight.
This mod by ePSYlord fixes a bug that causes vampire fangs to flash blue, apparently other existing fixes don't always work so this one should fix it for good.
This mod by Freezer Bunny replaces the werewolf skin to match their usual skin and hair color - so blonde sims will have blonde fur, and elder sims will have grey fur, etc.
This mod by Nullsuke adds a new item that looks like the Elixir of Life but can be bought and when used, will turn the sim into a zombie.
This mod by Suratan replaces the Dirt Clod and Park Bark terrain paints with a higher quality but true-to-Maxis alternative.
This mod by Suratan replaces the Concrete terrain paint with a higher quality alternative. The color is the same as Maxis but this changes things up a bit by adding a tiled/paved effect.
This mod by Hypersaline adds an object that can be used to either automatically or manually age townies and NPCs. It has a hidden function to randomize the ages of all the townies & NPCs if you shift click on it, so they won't all be at the start of their lifestage. When a sim needs to have a birthday to the next life stage or pass away, they will come to the lot.
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Nyami has re-created the famous dancer cake from The Sims 1! When you click on this, you can hire either a female or male entertainer then the selected one will appear as a custom NPC on the lot, dance for your sims and can be further interacted with.
This is a new item by Jacky93Sims which sims can use to pour shot drinks. It holds 6 drinks and when sims drink them, they'll gain fun and comfort but decrease bladder.
This mod by jonasn makes sims eat faster when doing the sloppy eating animation from a bowl, which looks like it would be faster than a non-sloppy sim but was actually slower.
This mod by jonasn makes sims eat chinese food much faster, which was previously painfully slow. As well as this, the mod makes several other improvements to the chinese food such as improving how sims find where to place the food and where to sit down and eat it, and much more.
This mod by Eca removes the need to buy or cheat a physical cellphone, the self-interactions that are usually unlocked when a sim has a cellphone in their inventory are now always available, so all sims can use cellphones without actually having one.
This is a default replacement for the taxi by Jacky93Sims. It makes it look more like a New York style taxi and the Sims 4 style. It improves the quality with clearer logos/text and clearer / less blue glass.
These taxi defaults by Vegan Kaktus are a successor to their first defaults, actually inspired by the above default as this also makes the glass clearer. However, this keeps a more Maxis-Match style making only subtle changes. This set also replaces the vacation taxis too.
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This is a functional object by SissySims that sims can use to purchase lottery tickets. There are four different lotteries, each with its own draw days, and a sim can purchase between 1 to 20 tickets at a time. A sim may only have one ticket per draw, meaning more tickets allow them to enter more draws instead of purchasing multiple tickets for a single draw. This lottery system is based on Monique’s Hacked Computers; it does not require a hacked computer to use, but is compatible with such computers.
This is a functional object by Simulation Princess which is a custom decra chill that sims can use to purchase stockable meat produce. You can place included decorative meats on the shelves, and when your sim uses it to buy meat, it will go in their inventory that they can then stock in their fridge at home and increase the fresh food points.
This mod by Nadziejka reduces the cost of buying clothes and it comes in 4 different versions to choose from. The balanced version for example will lower the cost of buying everyday from §200 to §75 and Formal from §400 to §150 and so on so all clothing categories are cheaper to purchase but still balanced, unless you opt for the free version.
This is a default replacement by PForest for the H&M Cash Register that makes it smaller and therefore look better, and adds lots of lovely recolors.
This mod by CityOf2morrow adds a functional cash machine and real physical money. Sims can get loans and withdraw physical cash, which they can then use to sell for its value or gift to another sim. Kleptomaniac sims may autonomously steal money placed on a lot.
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This mod by Pick N Mix adds a new handy interaction to the fridge to stock all of the harvestable produce / functional food the sim has in their inventory at once rather than bringing up the menu to add each item individually.
This default replacement set by More Popcorn replaces various things related to the Temple of Jumbok IV lot in Twikkii Island with ones converted from The Sims 4.
This mod by Siknoy336 adds new diaper box items which are now required to be able to change baby & toddler diapers. Version 2 brought many improvements over Version 1 with various bug fixes and much nicer textures for the diaper boxes. Version 3 added support for custom changing tables and there's a set of edited CC changing tables to support this mod. Phyleis has also made 2 different mesh defaults for the diaper boxes to choose from too.
This is a set of functional toddler toys by JinxxSims converted from ATS4. There are several dollhouse-like toys which gain the charisma skill when played with. There is an abacus that will gain the knowledge skill, a block toy that will gain logic skill and science enthusiasm, a screw toy that will gain mechanical skill and tinkering enthusiasm, and a bells toy that will gain creativity and music & dance enthusiasm too. So, there are lots of options for your little sims to gain skills.
This is a functional toy by Jacky93Sims that can be used by sims children and older. It uses the cellphone button input animations and the screen is animated too. Playing with it gains fun and logic skill.
This is a functional appliance by Jacky93Sims that sims can use to make various herbal teas. There is a very quick interaction to boil the kettle just like turning on a coffee machine and then sims can choose from 10 different teas to pour. Drinking tea will increase comfort and energy and decrease bladder (except chamomile will decrease energy). Sims will then clean up their teacup when done.
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Hypersaline has shared several of their work-in-progress mods to try out! One of these is a new interaction for children and toddlers to be able to talk to babies and gain relationship with them. There is also an associated fix for a bug in the sim pie menu that usually keeps anyone but YAs/adults from autonomously choosing custom social interactions. As well as this, there is now a call all over for all sims that will bring everyone on the lot to the sim's current location. Next, there's a skill by trait mod that makes it so that various traits gain skills faster or slower, like artistic sims will learn the creativity skill faster whereas sims with the can't stand art trait will gain it slower than normal sims. There's also a mod that makes it so that there's a chance of a sim's aspiration changing when they go in aspiration failure! Lastly, there's one called 'Consignment Mod' which I don't really understand, but it's supposed to let you set up a secondhand market and send your sims’ old furniture, etc., to be bought by other families.
This mod by Eca simply allows one side of a double bed to be made even if there is a sim sleeping on the other side.
This mod by EpiSims improves the animations sims perform while doing the 'argue' interaction - they'll actually look like they're annoyed, disagreeing, and having an unpleasant conversation now rather than smiling and nodding.
This default replacement for the maid outfit by PForest is extremely true to Maxis, it basically still looks the same but it is now a blacker black and has nicer shoes.
This mod by Jonasn makes lots of logical balance changes to the soccer net, basketball hoop, and exercise bike. The energy loss will now be far less severe, sims will continue the interaction even with a filled fun meter and much more.
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This mod by Jonasn makes lots of logical balance changes to the jogging and hiking interactions. Jogging and hiking gains more fun proportional to active personality and enthusiasm, as well as relationship towards all participants. Also, bad events during hiking are less likely with high enthusiasm, and much more.
This mod by Pick N Mix adds a new handy interaction to the juicer to stock all of the harvestable produce / functional food the sim has in their inventory of a specific quality at once rather than bringing up the menu to add each item individually.
This mod by Lamare adds randomness to the elder lifestage by introducing 3 semi-random events: living longer, dying early, and getting sick. Elders now have a chance of getting sick with an additional ailment: an elder's cough, which is not contagious. There's a small random chance of this happening but the chance is increased if the elder is half-past elderhood or is in a bad mood, but the chance is lowered if they have learned pysiology. There is also a small random chance of them dying early, but there are several factors that can increase this chance such as bad mood and/or aspiration, having no best friends or pet friends, being sick, or having a recent bad memory. On the flip side, lots of factors also give a chance of gaining an extra day of life, such as being fit, having friends, having hobby enthusiasm, good memory, high aspiration, and more. Each day a chance of one of these 3 events is calculated. This mod is highly configurable and its easy to tune to your liking. Download is here.
This mod by Meduza makes it so that sometimes children & teens will bring home a school project to complete instead of traditional homework. These are conversions from The Sims 4 and work in a similar way. They come in a box and are something to make/build; children can get the castle, solar system and volcano, and teens can get the bridge, electricity and rocket. Projects take a bit longer to complete than regular homework but they gain skills, hobby enthusiasm, and in some cases, talent badges too. Sims have a chance of making school project of one of three qualities: poor, good and excellent. The outcome depends on skill and badge corresponding the project, getting help with school project and traits. It also comes with lots of different compatibility versions for various other homework-related mods.
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This mod by Jonasn adds new options to lock doors: Household and Best Friends, and All Residents and Friends. They permit best friends with any member of the household to pass. The second option also allows all inhabitants of the current dormitory in addition to the household and friends.
This is a default replacement of Pescado's Authorized Personnel Only Security System by Swish Bish Bosch to make it look like a light switch from The Sims 4 rather than the usual Sims 2 burglar alarm.
This is a default replacement of ChristianLov's Sim Control Tool by KaluxSims with various new options, the default being the IKEA square mirror rather than the oval mirror it was before.
This is a default replacement by Silly Soraya for various control tool objects: ACR, FFS Debugger/Batbox, Sim Manipulator, Sim Blender, and the Visitor Controller as well as various new options. They are now a bonsai tree, frost de fleur vase, watering can, piece of driftwood and tip jar by default. The additional models you can change them too also make them great to hide on community lots, even fully outdoor spaces. However, note that the versions of the items that have been replaced here are not all the latest/best versions that I know of and you may have been using previously, for example this updated Sim Blender.
This is a default replacement of what I believe is actually Pescado's Business Controller: Business Runs You by Silly Soraya to make it be a bulletin board instead of the ugly hammer and sickle it was before.
This default replacement set by Vegan Kaktus changes various pet-related items, both Maxis and CC. I particularly like the default replacement of the pet food, making it actually look like pet biscuits / kibble rather than cornflakes cereal! It also replaces the old bone that can be dug up so that it actually looks like an old bone rather than exactly the same as the white dog chew toy. It also makes the old bone buyable from the pet section too so there's more chew toy choice for your doggies.
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This is an edit of MidgeTheTree's Cops Can Fight Burglars mod with added trait support by Matti. Now, as well as either sims who are and were in the law enforcement career only, or the law enforcement, military, intelligence or criminal careers having the unlocked interaction to be able to fight burglars and potentially see them off, now sims with either the brave or 'can apprehend burglar' traits can too!
This mod by Matti is a collection of various mods that alter want trees, since you can only have one want tree file at once. This combines Riftwalker's Wants Tree which combined Go Steady Want for Adults and Elders, Fixed Break Up Want - both for Steady and Marriage, New Family Member Want for Teens and Children of All Aspirations, University related Wants enabled for All Aspirations, Engagement Want and Left at Altar Fear enabled for All Aspirations, and optionally, Teen Woohoo, as well as Lamare's Wants Tree which added University Career Wants Enabled, and Careers now roll based on Interests rather than Aspirations, SnorkackSearcher's Wants Tree which added No Talk or Blog About Hobby Wants, and Hobby Wants are Restricted by Personality, and my personal edits to restrict the Hustle Pool want so that some aspirations will no longer roll it, and neither will children or toddlers (I never shared this anywhere, only in my Discord). Speaking of Discord, Matti actually made me an edit of this to suit my tastes, since I didn't want the "New Family Member Want for Teens of All Aspirations", or the "No Talk or Blog About Hobby Wants" but I wanted to enable the "Go Out" want for adults. So, if you have similar tastes to me then download that customized version in my discord!
This mod by Heathen Simmer unlocks the ability to hack university grades on a computer that is usually only available for sims in the secret society so that it is also available for sims with the Computer Whiz trait too.
These are default replacements by PForest for the Retro Sunglasses from Bon Voyage with new and improved versions.
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This mod by IntincrMars moves Maxis everyday outfits into the athletic category where logical and removes coats from the everyday category so they're only in outerwear.
These defaults by Leto Mills fix various issues with Maxis clothing, particularly with the fat morph, so they are fixed and improved.
These defaults by Leto Mills make the lenses of the non-colored glasses clearer so they are more see-through and less white/blue. There's 2 versions to choose from.
This is an awesome tool by Lazy Duchess that will allow you to create your very own lifespan mod with no modding experience and without even having to open SimPe. Simply input the values you want -1 in each field of the webpage then it will build you a package file.
This mod by matti2k2 replaces the loading screen text that says "Family" to "Household".
These are default replacements for the loading screen by A.D. INC Sims in Microscotch's Style, they're high quality, dark and neon, they are also compatible with the Starship UI.
This is a default replacement for the loading screen by CityOf2morrow in their "Cyberfunk" aesthetic. These go with the Clean UI.
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This mod by dmckim changes the font of the UI so that everything is now in the same font that usually appears in the popup notifications, so other elements such as the pie menu will be in the same font.
This is a mod/tool by Lazy Duchess specifically for The Legacy Collection. It implements some of the basic features of the RPC for the Complete Collection. It adds Borderless fullscreen support, Toggle to skip intro videos, Randomness Fix / Firstborn Syndrome Fix.
This mod by Lazy Duchess improves the audio quality of the sim's voices. It was initially made to fix the low quality bug the Legacy Edition had but even though that has since been fixed, this should still improve the audio quality for all Sims 2 versions.
This is a tool by CroconawSims which will install the Body Shop program for the Legacy Collection game, which doesn't come with it.
An edit of Twojeff's School Bring Friend Dialog - Matti has made it compatible with Phaenoh's School Vacation.
An edit of Monique's Bring Home Friend Dialog (not sure if its of the original or this AL updated version) - Matti has made it compatible with Lazy Duchess' Job Rejection.
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This is a collection of bug-related mods by starfishpaws: A Bug Scouts Part Time Career, an Entomology Major, and an Entomology Full Time Career, as well as some greeting card recolors.
This mod by Heathen Simmer fixes a chance card in the Oceanography career that is supposed to give you §20,000 but actually only gives you §20, so you'll actually get the §20,000.
This mod by Heathen Simmer adds some chance cards to levels in the Natural Science career that previously didn't have one.
This mod by Heathen Simmer makes the part time Education career be in the morning because while this makes it now unsuitable for teenagers, it is more realistic and its ideal for single parents.
This mod by Heathen Simmer stops sims with the dislikes children trait from autonomously reading to children.
This mod by Heathen Simmer stops the want to make friends with sims from rolling for sims with the Loner trait.
This mod by Heathen Simmer stops the wants to go on vacations from rolling unless the sim has the adventurous trait, and with the 2nd version, either has this trait OR at least 6 interest points in travel.
This mod by Heathen Simmer makes it so Evil and Mean-Spirited Sims won’t roll wants to stop being enemies, Evil and Mean-Spirited Sims won’t roll fears of making enemies, Only Evil Sims will be able to roll “Drink Sim from Cowplant” wants, and Mean-Spirited won’t roll fears of having a bad conversation.
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This mod by Heathen Simmer makes it so only these Sims can roll the want to quit their job: sims with the Commitment Issues 3t2 trait or sims with low job performance. And, only these Sims can roll the want to stay home from work: sims with the Neurotic 3t2 trait, sims with the Couch Potato 3t2 trait, sims with the Commitment Issues 3t2 trait, or if their Active personality is less than 5.
This is an edit of LilBabyDillJr's Homework Sometimes mod by Heathen Simmer to fix the issue that sims with traits such as Absent Minded, Rebellious, and Unlucky would have more opportunity to improve their grade than sims with traits such as Genius and Bookworm. This makes no sense because Dill’s mod is supposed to imply that these sims are doing their homework in class or in study hall or on the bus ride home, so their grade should be improving. This makes it so sims that meet the criteria to not bring homework home will still get a grade improvement.
This mod by Heathen Simmer makes it so that Neurotic Sims will react to clogged toilets and broken dishwashers - these sims will loose a significant amount of comfort, and if their mood is relatively low, they will cry, be annoyed, or freak out. Sims with the Absent-Minded, Childish, Unlucky, or Clumsy traits run different random chances to break the toilet. Absent-Minded Sims have an added effect of being the only ones to actually flush the toilet if it’s already stopped up!
This mod by Nopke fixes the IKEA BLADET 3 Plant Pots Grass item - it no longer looks like it's behind a partially transparent object when the transparent object is actually behind the grass, some grass blades that are farther away from you no longer display in front of those closer to you, and it looks sharper than originally, just like other plants.
This mod by PForest fixes a wall light from Bon Voyage to make the light look like its actually coming through the shade when its on, rather than it being completely opaque.
These are new face templates for infant aliens by Atomtanned.
Three mods by leyxcx to choose between: 7 day seasons, 14 day seasons, or 28 day seasons - inspired by The Sims 4.
A lifespan mod by leyxcx inspired by The Sims 4 long setting - the adult stage is a whopping 168 days.
A fairly balanced and realistic lifespan mod by moonxblanc that makes each sim day represent 6 months of age.
A crazy long lifespan mod by Matti - the adult stage is over 700 days long!
A lifespan mod by viersohn that is the same as Maxis except that Elders will get less bonus days from aging up with good aspiration.
This mod by jonasn makes it so that Plantsims gain water in smaller increments every second, proportional to the intensity of rain - heavy rain will add a similar amount to vanilla, light rain will add less, and snow will add a little. Plantsims will now get new wants at a random minute between 7 and 8 hours. Plantsims will also not reapply their special outfit and lose the portrait when arriving on other lots, but may continue to gain water and sunlight.