Posing tools
Insanely useful for decorating your sets and also when posing your characters for a particular scene.
SEP (Slot Enable Package)
The Slot Enable Packages is module than enables additional slots in the Maxis counters (residential and commercial counters and islands).
Once installed, you'll be able to place objects in new spots, and in new positions, that previously weren't allowed by the game.
http://sumomo.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=144021 More Decorative Slots for Maxis Furniture - Dressers, Desks, End Tables, Coffee Tables, Vanity and more
This mod adds decorative slots on top of many Maxis furniture, like dressers or vanity tables, as shown in the screenshot.
http://sumomo.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=295062 SilentLucidity's OMSPs Revisited and Improved:
http://www.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=317716 I haven't tried these yet, but so far I've read amazing things about them. Personally, I want to try them out with a space scene. With the shiftable shelves and the angle options, I want to re-create a gravity zero scene ;).
The set includes:
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Get Where You're Going -- Walk Around & Through Blocks
http://sumomo.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=320185 JohnBrehaut1's One More Slot Packages (3 sets):
http://www.modthesims2.com/member/download.php?f=385&u=292138 Ariffrazalin's One More Slot Packages (3 sets):
http://www.modthesims2.com/member/download.php?f=385&u=186886 Moune's Invisibles:
http://mounes-neighbourhood.110mb.com/Invisibles.html BakaSolo's Sim Poser OMSPs - No OfB required!:
http://realizeadream.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/sim-poser-omsps-no-ofb-required/ Compiled List of OMSPs:
http://www.digitalperversion.net/gardenofshadows/index.php?topic=4516.0 ______________________________
Trays and shelves :
Windkeepers spacesavers - hidden shelves:
http://www.thesimsresource.com/artists/Windkeeper/downloads/details/category/sims2-sets-objects/title/Spacesavers%20-%20Hidden%20Shelves/id/584102/ Booty:
http://paysites.mustbedestroyed.org/booty/tsr/windkeeper/ AnoeskaB's 5 degree object rotator:
http://www.thesimsresource.com/artists/AnoeskaB/downloads/sims2/sets/objects/816644/ Booty link:
http://paysites.mustbedestroyed.org/booty/tsr/anoeskab/objectrotators-5degreeangle.zip Kaitlyn's Invisible shiftable shelves (AL req):
http://phorum.mustnotbenamed.com/index.php/topic,1972.msg134164.html#msg134164 EletroDJ's Base Game Compatible "Magistray":
http://modthesims2.com/download.php?t=319577 ____________________________________________________
Invisible Stuff
Combined wth the moveobjects and snapobjectstogrid cheats, these recolors let your sims interact with one object, but with the animations of another. For example, you can pose the sims as if they were making out on a hammock, while in reality they are laying on an invisible couch:
I learned this trick from a very talented storyteller,
cindyanne1, so you'd better read her explanation directly from her tutorial (Some photos contain partial Sim nudity and implied sex):
http://cindyanne1.livejournal.com/38950.html The possibilities of invisible objects are infinite! Here are just a few of them:
Pfish downloads (He/She has made tons of invisible recolors)
http://www.modthesims2.com/member.php?u=22093 In particular:
Pfish's Invisible magisplay tray (A storytelling must have!)
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=181208 Invisible obstacle course
http://www.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=208689 Invisible 4 fountain recolors-visible water for moveobjects on cheat code. (Besides the decoration purpose, you could create a geiser with them)
http://www.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=172000 Invisible comfort objects recolors - bedding, frame, single frame, sofa. The jump in the sofa animation could be used on a decorative tumbling, for example :).
http://www.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=182670 INVISIBLE Sim
http://www.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=75530 And here's my favorite storytelling trick: If you ever wondered how I took this screenshot...
The warlock didn't make the coffee with magic, of course. I actually made an invisible sim with the skin, eyes, clothing and hair from the link above and teleported him to the lot. Then, I made him prepare the coffee while Michael the Warlock casted a random magic spell.
Invisible sims are useful for telekinetic scenes too. And the invisible eyes also let you make really creepy looking sims like this one:
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Special Effects
Roboticizer (Turns a sim into a "robot" and back)
http://www.insimenator.org/index.php/topic,18118.0.html Incendiary Bomb
http://208.109.175.73/Sims_2_Incendiary_Bomb.htm Cursed Fire Vase
http://208.109.175.73/Sims_2_Cursed_Fire_Vase.htm Seasons and Weather Controller
The Seasons and Weather Controller allows you to change the current season and the season's length with just a couple of mouse clicks. There is also an option to make weather and even turn weather off altogether.
http://208.109.175.73/seasons-and-weather-controller.htm Wrath Of The Gods
This statue will allow you to release several disasters of biblical proportions on your sims. These disasters range from lightning storms and rain of fire to the ever popular plague of locusts.
http://208.109.175.73/wrath-of-the-gods.htm SimMacFly Potion: make your Sims fly for real!
http://www.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=169139 Special Effects (Includes an animation poser object to pose your sims as if they were casting magic spells of different kinds)
http://www.thesimsresource.com/artists/sim_man123/downloads/details/category/sims2-sets-objects/title/Special%20Effects/id/708905/Booty:
http://paysites.mustbedestroyed.org/booty/tsr/sim_man123/ In action:
Moons
http://www.thesimsresource.com/artists/sim_man123/downloads/details/category/sims2-sets-objects/title/Moons/id/657858/Booty:
http://paysites.mustbedestroyed.org/booty/tsr/sim_man123/ Special effect: buyable fog
http://linna.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=202644 Twinklies!!
http://linna.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=211957 (No Pic)
Buyable Fire Without Panic Versions
http://linna.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=92812 Puddles of Blood
http://www.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=195424 In action:
Phone Manipulator
http://www.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=211799 Eric's Special Effects (UNSUPPORTED)
The effects it creates are teleport, light beams, elixir glow, sim on fire, body odour, ghost smoke, fight dust cloud and a few different types of smoke.
http://www.simscave.com/index.php?topic=7430.0 _______________________________________
LIGHTS!
Smarter Lights
http://www.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=188024 Gunmod's Radiance light system 2.2:
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=133383 updated for Seasons, BV abn FT:
http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,9811.msg266720.html Spookymuffin's lighting mod:
http://www.digitalperversion.net/gardenofshadows/index.php?topic=7999.msg240400#msg240400 Morning/Evening sunlight
http://linna.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=295814 HP's Seasons Atmospheric Lighting Tweak:
http://modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=223605 Colored Spotlights
http://linna.modthesims2.com/download.php?p&t=92373 Colored Ceiling Bulbs With Colored Light
http://linna.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=91821 Five Studio Lamps
http://linna.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=34516 Two Studio Lights
http://www.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=98324 Anywhere Candles
http://www.parsimonious.org/furniture2/lights/k8-Anywhere_Candles.shtml Orbital Lights
http://www.parsimonious.org/furniture2/lights/k8-Orbital_Lights.shtml Xanathon's Lights
http://www.modthesims2.com/browse.php?f=401&showType=1&showAll=1&u=9069 ______________________________________________
CAMERA!
GunMod's Camera Mod 3.1 -- All Game Versions --
http://linna.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=97642 Master of all Videogame's Camera enhancements
http://linna.modthesims2.com/browse.php?f=414&u=755316 Enhanced Gameplay Cameras
http://linna.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=312294 _____________________________________________
ACTION!
Poseboxes (static poses):
I'm providing a picture of how the box looks in game, because I've found out it's pretty hard to find the one you need among the eight billion ones that clutter your hobbies’ catalog. It doesn't help that the boxes are pretty similar too!
Huge thanks to
6akalaka1 for providing me with the preview pictures I was missing!
Jaydee's Photo Poses Box:
http://www.jd-movies.com/loadingscreen.php Decorgal's Custom Modeling Poses Overlay Hack V2:
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=272312 Trendy Hendy's Depression Animation Hack:
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=294571 RoseSims2 Pose Boxes:
http://www.rosesims2.net/ (downloads/other page 1)
Doremifa's Comic Pose Box:
http://www.simscave.com/ferris/index.php?topic=5907.msg67521#msg67521 Dominopoker's Pose Box:
http://www.simscave.com/ferris/index.php?topic=5908.0 catdog2's Pose Box v1:
http://www.simscave.com/ferris/index.php?topic=6262.0 catdog2's Pose Box v1.1:
http://www.simscave.com/ferris/index.php?topic=6263.0 catdog2's Pose Box v3:
http://www.simscave.com/ferris/index.php?topic=6472.0 catdog2's Pose Box v4:
http://www.simscave.com/ferris/index.php?topic=6474.0 (The skateboard is an accessory found under "Glasses" in CAS)
Moirae's Pose Box:
http://www.simscave.com/ferris/index.php?topic=6264.0 青貓小邑's Pose Box v1.2:
http://www.simscave.com/ferris/index.php?topic=6265.0 落日楓情's Pose Box v1.2:
http://www.simscave.com/ferris/index.php?topic=6266.0 Posing box by minttsang:
http://www.simscave.com/ferris/index.php?topic=6480.0 Pose Box v1.0 by Tomang:
http://raspi.oolim.net/ Posing box by mintka:
http://www.simscave.com/ferris/index.php?topic=6692.0 Duma's pose box:
http://www.simscave.com/ferris/index.php?topic=6694.0 Moirae's gods pose box:
http://www.simscave.com/ferris/index.php?topic=6695.0 Gamesir pose box 3:
http://www.simscave.com/ferris/index.php?topic=6696.0 Zurako's Dante (DMC) pose box:
http://www.simscave.com/ferris/index.php?topic=6699.0 Duma's FF pose box:
http://www.xmsims.com/sims2/ehtm/simerobj/simermisc07.htm# FF pose box 2:
http://www.simscave.com/index.php?topic=6780.0 Minanna's pose box:
http://varietylab.tistory.com/22 Berry's Luv-Luv Posebox v1.1:
http://www.simscave.com/index.php?topic=6794.0 Berry's Luv-Luv Posebox v1.2:
http://www.simscave.com/index.php?topic=6795.0 (The link of this posebox currently takes you to download the Posebox V1.1. The file name is different, but the package files are identical.)
落日楓情's Posebox 1:
http://www.simscave.com/index.php?topic=6796.0 落日楓情's Posebox 2:
http://www.simscave.com/index.php?topic=6797.0 猫儿水水's Posebox:
http://www.simscave.com/index.php?topic=6799.0 tqnh001's Posebox 1:
http://www.simscave.com/index.php?topic=6800.0 mintka's posebox 1:
http://www.simscave.com/index.php?topic=6829.0 mintka's posebox 2:
http://www.simscave.com/index.php?topic=6830.0 mintka's posebox 3:
http://www.simscave.com/index.php?topic=6831.0 mintka's posebox 4:
http://www.simscave.com/index.php?topic=6832.0 Jasumi's fashion posebox:
http://www.lostutopian.com/#/jasumisfashionposes/4532277971 Video of the poses:
Click to view
Order of the poses shown in the video:
-Pose 1
-Pose 10
-Pose 17
-Pose 20
-Pose 5
-Couple Pose 1 and 2
-Pose 21
-Pose 13
-Pose 6
-Pose 8
-Pose 3
-Pose 4
-Pose 2
-Pose 14
-Pose 19
-Pose 12
-Cool Pockets
-Hand on Chair/ Legs Crossed
-Kneeling Chair
-Siting Pensive
-Kicked to Ground
-Pose 19
-Descending Crescent
Eletro DJ's CupOfPoses:
http://www.pontopackage.com/ed07/f24.html Catdog2's MurongZiying Posebox:
http://www.simscave.com/index.php?topic=6891.0 Minana Pose Box 2
http://varietylab.tistory.com/?page=5 The creator recommends the use of the StretchSkeleton 1.1 cheat on the taller sim for best results.
tqnh001's posebox (gift):
http://www.simscave.com/index.php?topic=6927.0 Posebox by lj112106:
http://www.simscave.com/index.php?topic=7009.0 (No picture -> It's a white box in game)
Trendy Hendy's Natural Sitting Poses (in testing):
http://trendyhendy.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/random-meshes-and-a-hack/ jasmyu's Latin Dance posebox:
http://www.simscave.com/index.php?topic=7188.0 stier421's slam dunk posebox:
http://www.simscave.com/index.php?topic=7191.0 Note from the creator:
1. input cheats "moveObjects on " "boolprop snapObjectstoGrid false"
2. purchase a basketball court (Free time must be installed), select a sim and get him play basketball.
3. before his shooting pause your game, grab that ball and place it in your sim's hand
(adjust the basketball to the same Grid where your sims stand, it will appear automatic in their hands, NO OMSP needed )
Salia's Posen-Versuche:
http://www.all4sims.de/board/thread.php?threadid=7823 cherry_xyz's posebox 02:
http://www.simscave.com/index.php?topic=7236.0 Jasmyu's sexy box:
http://www.simscave.com/index.php?topic=7327.0 Catdogll's Posebox v1.5:
http://www.simscave.com/index.php?topic=7374.0 Miya's Posebox:
http://www.simscave.com/index.php?topic=7377.0 RayE_Scape's BJD Posebox:
http://www.simscave.com/index.php?topic=7425.0 stier421's Posebox 2:
http://www.simscave.com/index.php?topic=7431.0 Miya's Fashion Posebox:
http://www.simscave.com/index.php?topic=7441.0 落日楓情's Posebox: (Bodybuilder poses)
http://www.simscave.com/index.php?topic=7443.0 ___________________________
Animboxes and hacks (animations):
Ceedj's TS2 Studios Machinima Production Tool:
http://modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=100738&highlight=pawfect Decorgal's Standing Talk/Conversation Hack:
http://modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=185570 Decorgal's Sitting Talk/Conversation Hack:
http://modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=209855 Decorgal's Talk Overlay Hack for Movie Makers (and Storytellers):
http://www.modthesims2.com/member/showthread.php?t=223451 Decorgal's Action Hack for Movie Makers (and Storytellers):
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=240564 Decorgal's Child Animation Hack:
http://www.decorgal.com/designs/download.php?view.192 Squinge's Hula Dance & More:
http://www.insimenator.org/smf/index.php/topic,9544.0.html Squinge's Toddler Poses:
http://www.insimenator.org/smf/index.php/topic,97012.0.html Jaydee's Open For Business Reaction tester:
http://www.jd-movies.com/ofbtester.php Jaydee's Nightlife EP Animbox:
http://www.jd-movies.com/nlanimbox.php Jaydee's University EP Animbox:
http://www.jd-movies.com/universitybox.html Jaydee's Seasons EP Animbox:
http://www.jd-movies.com/seasonsanimbox.php Jaydee's Bon Voyage EP Animbox:
http://www.jd-movies.com/bonvoyagebox.html Jaydee's Free Time EP Animbox:
http://www.jd-movies.com/freetimebox.php Jaydee's Apartment Life EP Animbox:
http://www.jd-movies.com/apartmentbox.php Jix's Dance animation Hack:
http://simtacular.com/blog/?p=54 Jix's Idle Animations Hack:
http://simtacular.com/blog/?p=60 aikea_guinea's Animation Painting of Chaos and Doom:
http://www.insimenator.org/smf/index.php/topic,42093.0.html aikea_guinea's Animation Painting of Bedlam & Catastrophe:
http://www.insimenator.org/smf/index.php/topic,42499.0.html Callum91'a animation painting:
http://modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=227195 Nova4708's Cat Behavior/Interactions Hack for Movies and Stories:
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=229120 Kodiak's Canine Self-Defense Pratice Pad:
http://modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=279384 Treeag's Sim Locomotor:
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=298515 ________________________
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