This Post Has Been In My Drafts For Over A Year Now. Im Not Sure Why It Took Me This Long To Share It.

This post has been in my drafts for over a year now. I’m not sure why it took me this long to share it. Usually the previews are the problem for me, but I already had those done?? (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)

Anyhow! I love the Nintendo Switch, and when I found out it had been converted to ts2 I just knew I had to turn it into a default replacement for the handheld game. EA’s original mesh had a polycount of 168, meanwhile the nintendo had a whopping 1546. I got rid of the buttons so now it’s down to 724, still high (compared to EA’s) but I don’t know how to decrease it any further. If anyone wants to give it a try, please go ahead! And if you know how, please teach me :-D

I re-made the buttons so they’re now in simlish and re-mapped the mesh a bit. The default replacement is red&blue, but I’ve included a grey recolor inside the download. If you want to use the grey recolor, you have to install jacobaoconnor’s CEP-extra for the handheld game. (The CEP is now included in my download. Thank you! :-D) If you don’t care for it to be recolorable, only install vegankaktus_DEFAULThandheldgame. The default replacement and recolor goes in your downloads folder as usual. Also, @jellymeduza shared a fix for the handheld game here (scroll down) which I highly recommend downloading :-)

This default requires University and remember you can only have one default replacement for the handheld game in your downloads folder at a time. All files have been compressed to reduce file size. If you run into any issues, let me know!

Edit: I also recommend downloading Graverobber’s vending koisk fix here! It’s the file called “GR_DefaultVendingKioskFix.package” you want :-) otherwise the vendingkoisk will look a bit weird with my default installed :-)

Edit #2: Me and @yosarna-sims discovered that if you have Pineappleforest’s water tub (the BV repo’d one) in your game, my default is flashing blue. Pineappleforest has fixed their file now though (thank you! :-D) so if you’re using their BV repo’d water tub, you should re-download it.

Edit #3: @jellymeduza has updated their custom cellphone mod to include my default as a custom handheld game! Thank you! :-D I also forgot to mention that as seen in jellymeduza’s post, my switch is nearly below ground level when placed. I unfortunately don’t know how to fix this, but you can grab it if you zoom in :-)

Edit 2022-12-24: @themeasureofasim shared some awesome recolors here!!

DOWNLOAD: SFS | MTS

Credits: Apples (dead link) for the mesh, ported by Fatalitysonic2, converted to ts2 by @wyxii and @jacobaoconnor for the CEP :-)

hi vegan-kaktus! I'm trying to default replace some of the fugly ea glasses but I'm not finding 3idr/gzps in simpe like I usually do for hair and clothes. do you have any idea of where should I start? I didn't find many tutorials about default replacing accessories, and since you're our default replacement queen I thought you could have some insights. thank you!

since you're our default replacement queen

*heavy breathing* (I am not though!!! but thank you!!! 🥺🥺🥺🥺)

Hello veganossauro! :-D I come with good news!! 

I’m sure there are easier ways to do this, but I couldn’t find any tutorial either so yeah ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ and sorry if this is too beginner friendly for you, I thought it would be better to explain everything in detail just in case :-D

1. Open up bodyshop, click on “make parts”, then “create new project”, choose “create facial hair, make-up & glasses” and then select the glasses you want to replace. I’ll use the black “ufaccessorysunglassesretro” glasses here as an example:

2. Click on “export selected textures” (i.e make a recolor) and name the project “glasses” or something (you don’t need to import the recolor to the game, we just want bodyshop to make a project folder). 

(I’m using SmugTomato’s version of bodyshop, if anyone’s wondering.)

3. Close bodyshop and go to your Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Projects folder. Look for the folder (in my case, “glasses”) with your glasses and open up the package file from that folder in SimPE.

4. Now, select one of the XMOLs (XMOL seems to be the accessory “version” of GZPS), click on “Resource” down in the left corner and copy the text/numbers from “Type”.

5. Click on “finder”, choose “PropertySet Search” and paste the text/numbers you just copied in the “Custom Type (opt):” search bar. Then you want to write the name of your glasses (in my case it’s “ufaccessorysunglassesretro”) in the very first search bar where it says “Match:”. The name of your glasses can be seen in the XMOLs. Click on start when you’ve pasted/written everything :-)

6. Here you should get some matches! Double click on one, sort by “instance” (so it’s easier to find the matching 3IDR) and then you can extract them (right click + “Extract...”) like usual :-D

7. And you’re done!

Now I did only test this with these glasses, but hopefully it will work for other glasses as well. I have no idea how I came up with this tbh, and I haven’t tried this “solution” at all. I’m not even sure if it will work, but I think it should? (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)b I don’t see any reason why it wouldn’t!

Also, I’ve read over at MTS that many of EA’s glasses are borked (especially the round glasses, I’ve heard that you shouldn’t even clone them when making custom accessories bc they are very much borked) so you might encounter some issues when defaulting, but I wish you luck my friend! :-D and do let me know if it doesn’t work or you stumble upon any other problem, I’m happy to help if I can! (◍•ᴗ•◍)❤

Ninento Switch as a default replacement for the handheld game! It’s been lying in my WIP-folder since forever. Hopefully I’ll share it soon (◍•ᴗ•◍)

What! Defaults from me two days in a row?! I swear I’m okay lol :-D

EA’s watering can is pretty cute, but it bothered me a lot that the front part didn’t have any holes for the water to pour out of.. Hence this default! :-D I re-mapped the mesh, fixed the texture and gave the white part a new texture + holes.

The file has been compressed to reduce file size, and remember you can only have one default for the watering can in your downloads folder at a time. If you encounter any issues, let me know!

DOWNLOAD: SFS | MTS

Credit: EA

Excuuuuuuse me, how dare you created such awesome default replacement CC for The Sims 2!! Love your creations <3!

I’m so happy you like my defaults anon 🥺 thank you so much for the sweet message!!! I rly don’t deserve all these kind messages 🥺🥺

Clean + shoeswapped default for afbodyslob! (ambodyslob is in the progress as well). Can’t really decide if I want my “design” (left) or EA’s original (right) on the t-shirt 🤔 I want to keep the ✨EA vibe✨ but I think I like my design (or what to call it lol) as well. I’m also not sure if I should remove the shadows under the shirt or not. Hmmmmm…