Strangetown
Strangetown is one of the three pre-made neighborhoods shipped with The Sims 2.
It contains 11 lots, of which 2 community lots, 9 residential lots, and 5 families living in.
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The Imperial Tower
The Imperial Tower is a The Sims 2 optimized version of Empire State Building, because the game do not display in neighborhood view flooring above 150 steps from ground, had to cover building using a pitched roof. 15 floors is the maximum height possible using SetHighestAllowedLevel cheat, without crashing game. Sister building with Empire Tower.
Pleasantview
Pleasantview is one of the three pre-made neighborhoods shipped with The Sims 2.
It contains 26 lots, of which 4 community lots, 22 residential lots, and 6 families living in.
Condominium 4 blocks S 136
I planned this condominium using AutoCAD to make it as big as possible while keeping under limit of 2100 wall segments. I made 4 identical blocks with 9 floors, floors 1-7 having 136 squares and 60 wall segments, floor 8 having 88 squares and 44 wall segments, floor 9 having 24 squares and 20 wall segments. total 1936 wall segments. Then I built half-height walls that do not count towards wall limit. Then I build foundation and pool that does count towards wall limit but can be built even after 2100 limit was reached. It took about 5 hours to build in October 2018.
Twikkii Island
Twikkii Island is a Tropical-themed sub-neighborhood that appears in The Sims 2: Bon Voyage as a vacation destination.
It contains 13 lots, of which 7 community lots, 4 lodging lots, 2 vacation homes, and 0 families living in.
Secret Vacation Lot: The Mysterious Hut, occupied by the Witch doctor.
The Sims 2 career tracks and jobs
I compiled an Excel database with all career tracks and job positions, showing also job description, salary, work days, skills and friends required, etc. Summary of salaries is shown in this table:
Three Lakes
Three Lakes is a mountain-themed sub-neighborhood that appears in Bon Voyage as a vacation destination.
It contains 12 lots, of which 6 community lots, 4 lodging lots, 2 vacation homes, and 0 families living in.
Secret Vacation Lot: Hidden Burrow, occupied by Bigfoot.
Takemizu Village
Takemizu Village is a Far East-themed sub-neighborhood that appears in The Sims 2: Bon Voyage as a vacation destination.
It contains 11 lots, of which 6 community lots, 3 lodging lots, 2 vacation homes, and 0 families living in.
How to build taller than 5 floors
By default, The Sims 2 allow you to built up to 5 levels. This means houses like basement + 3 floors + roof or terrace. You can eliminate the basement, or built an underground floor inside basement. There is a TRICK that allow building 6 levels: put a dormer on the highest level, but this will not allow anymore stepped roofs taller than one floor.
University Expansion Pack allows to change the floor limit: press Ctrl+Shift+C when you are in Neighborhood (NOT in a lot), type sethighestallowedlevel 16 (or any number up to 255), then open any lot and you can built more levels. If the height limit was reached, just put a dormer to unlock the limit.
Condominium 5 blocks N 116
I planned this condominium using AutoCAD to make it as big as possible while keeping under limit of 2100 wall segments. I made 5 blocks with 8 floors, each floor having 116 squares and 52 wall segments. 52 x 8 x 5 = 2080 wall segments. Gate uses remained 20 wall segments. Then I built half-height walls, 24 segments per floor x 8 x that do not count towards wall limit, roof terrace with 66 x 5 half-height walls. Then I build foundation tall like one floor and pool that does count towards wall limit but can be built even after 2100 limit was reached. It took about 5 hours to build in September 2018.
World Trade Center
The Sims is a game meant to build houses, but I can also build a skyscraper… or two, the twin towers of World Trade Center, completed by Marriott Hotel and the 3 additional low-rise buildings.
The Pinnacle Tower
The Pinnacle Tower is the largest of the series of skyscrapers I build in The Sims 2. Because the game do not display in neighborhood view flooring above 150 steps from ground, had to cover building using a pitched roof. 15 floors is the maximum height possible using SetHighestAllowedLevel cheat, without crashing game.
The Empire Tower
The Empire Tower is a The Sims 2 optimized version of Empire State Building, because the game do not display in neighborhood view flooring above 150 steps from ground, had to cover building using a pitched roof. 15 floors is the maximum height possible using SetHighestAllowedLevel cheat, without crashing game. Sister building with Imperial Tower.
Empire State Building
The Sims is a game meant to build houses, but I can also build a skyscraper. Well… I had to downsize it from 86 floors + 16 floors spire, to 9 floors + 3 floor spire.
The Vertical Tower
The Vertical Tower is the simplest of the series of skyscrapers I build in The Sims 2. Because the game do not display in neighborhood view flooring above 150 steps from ground, had to cover building using a pitched roof. 15 floors is the maximum height possible using SetHighestAllowedLevel cheat, without crashing game.
Bluewater Village
Bluewater Village is a shopping district sub-neighborhood that was introduced in The Sims 2: Open For Business expansion pack. Bluewater Village can be added to all neighborhoods and played separately in each.
It contains 32 lots, of which 18 community lots, 14 owned community lots, 10 residential lots, and 5 families living in.
Palace of the Parliament 6×5
I noticed that nobody build in The Sims 2 a replica of my country’s Parliament Palace, so I made my own replica.
Downtown
Downtown is a sub-neighborhood shipped with The Sims 2: Nightlife. When viewed in the neighborhood view, by default it is nighttime as opposed to the usual daytime for other neighborhoods and sub-neighborhoods. The player can toggle daytime/nighttime view in the bottom-left corner of the screen.
It contains 44 lots, of which 30 community lots, 14 residential lots, and 0 families living in.