Revision as of 00:55, 28 October 2006

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Hack Management

Not hacks or hacked objects, but programs and utilities to help you manage your hacks.

• Hack Conflict Detecting Program: Paladin at SimWardrobe
• Hack Detector: Clean Installer (As Clean Installer has not been updated since approx. Oct. 2005, it will not detect all hacks, but can help).
• Hack and Duplicate Scanner: DJS Sims

Aging and Time

Hacks and hacked objects relating to the aging of sims, life stages, and time on the lot.

• 12/24 Hour "Military Time" Fix: Pilot76103 at MTS2
• Add/Subtract Aging Days: BlackSwan at MTS2, the InSIMenator
• Aging Controller/Individual Aging: Heirloom Cake by Inge at SimLogical
• Aging Off: the InSIMenator, Cheat
• Better Alarm Clock: Christianlov at MTS2
• Day of the Week - Select: the InSIMenator
• Grow Up/Grow up Baby: the InSIMenator
• Hour of the Day - Select: the InSIMenator, Cheat
• Individual Aging: Monique at MTS2
• Life Stage - Select: the InSIMenator, Cheat
• Lot Sync Timer : JM Pescado at MATY (tracks time on different lots and allows you to jump directly to them without going to the neighborhood - the closest thing currently possible to allow time to pass equally on all lots)
• No Aging Past Adult/Elder: Bobcatben at MTS2
• "Real-Time" Clock: Merola at MTS2
• Time Correct When Returning Home From Community Lot: The fact that one can leave home at noon, stay on a community lot for hours, return home, and it's still noon has vexed players since the game was released. However, there's a VERY GOOD REASON it's set up like this... If Joe goes to a community lot and leaves his wife Carol at home on the lot, and Joe's gone for four days (as is often possible especially with community sleep hacks), what does Carol do while he's gone? What if Carol's pregnant? What if Carol's almost an elder? What if she's about to get a promotion? What if they have kids - do they grow up while he's gone? One can use the InSIMenator to change the day of the week, and OfB includes a cheat to change the hour of the day, so you can simulate a return home at the correct time with that, but actually making it the "correct" time when you return home from a community lot is extremely unlikely/impossible as a hack.

Building, Buying, and Lots

Hacks and hacked objects for build mode, buy mode, lots, and construction.

• Apartments: There is no known "apartment" mod. However, one can simulate an apartment by using a set of the doors listed below (under Doors) to restrict sims from other sims' apartments.
• Authorized Personnel Only Security System (Restrict sims from areas): JM Pescado at MATY
• Buy Clothes from Home: DJS Sims ($$$)
• Buy Clothes/Groceries From Home: Monique at ModtheSims2
• Buy Clothes/Change Clothes/Change NPC & Townie Clothes at Home: christianlov at MTS2
• Buy Clothes/Electronics/Perfume/Magazines from Home: DJS Sims
• Buy Clothes - Gender Preference Clothing Racks (each rack displays clothes from one gender): Squinge at InSIM
• Buyable Snapdragon/Make Invisible: Monique at MTS2
• Build/Buy/Access Inventory when Visiting Community Lots: cathair2005 at MTS2
• Build More Levels/Floors: Cheat/Trick
• Build Walls Right Up To Lot Edge: Not hackable - only Maxis could make this possible.
• Collection - Buyable Aspiration and Career Rewards: TwoJeffs at MATY
• Collection - Buyable Career Rewards: Millipedeman at MTS2
• Collection - Buyable Cars at Community Lots: morten8035 at MTS2
• Collection - Community Items for Residential Lots: loba at MTS2
• Change Lot Sizes After Building: Not possible with hack/cheat, but is doable, with the LotExpander. Make sure you back up your stuff FIRST!
• Contents of Lot Stay When Moving Out: Stay-Things Shrub by Inge at SimLogical
• Doors - Clothes Change (Everyday/Formal), Family-Only, Pay, Bathroom, and Student-Only: Inge at SimLogical
• Doors - Security, Employees Only Pre-OfB, Restrict Sims from Certain Areas: Inge at SimLogical
• Doors - Keyholder, Clothing, Gender, Visitors, Family, Sim Limit Per Room: tunaisafish at MTS2
• Glass Elevators: (OfB) macarossi at MTS2. Pre-OfB or for a different look, you can simulate the look of glass elevators (make a convincing-looking fake one) using Numenor's Wall Windows, Targa's Ascension Stairs, and some suitable walls/floors/a door.
• Larger/Smaller Lot Sizes: Mary Lou Sims (smaller and different lot sizes - lots larger than the largest Maxis lot are not currently possible and probably not a good idea anyway)
• Mirrored Floors: BitzyBus at TSR
• Open for Business Mailbox Fix (Not needed with Maxis patch): Windkeeper at MTS2
• Pond Water Color Change (8 to choose from): Targa at MTS2
• Reflective/Shiny Floors: Reflex Sims ($$$ site, floors free in forums, registration required)
• Residential-to-Community and Community-to-Residential Objects: Extracted Maxis Objects and Collections. Recommended is the Iconed Residential-to-Community collection by Loverat at MTS2
• Stackable Open for Business Stages: Not possible with a hack, doable with build cheats and tricks (though very limited in usefulness). See tutorial here.
• Wall Limit Removed: Hard coded by Maxis - Not possible as a hack. However, you can use Numenor's Unlevel Walls, in addition to your normal walls, to circumvent it.

Business, Jobs, and Finance

This content is focused on items and hacks relating to jobs, careers, finances, business (including Open for Business-specific or useful items) and money.

See this subcategory: Business, Jobs, and Finance.

School, College, and University

This content is focused on items and hacks for school, homeschooling, college, university, and young adults.

See this subcategory: School, College, and University.

Food

Hack and hacked objects relating to edible things for your sims.

If you are looking for edible and decorative foods, please see the main listing at: Food.

• Always Full Buffet: Inge Jones at SimLogical
• Always Full Fridge: Inge Jones at Nectere
• Anti-Foodnapping (Less falling asleep in plates): JM Pescado at MATY
• Any Food Any Time (Breakfast at Midnight): dizzy2 at MTS2, Squinge at InSIM
• Buffets Serve Any Food: Paladin at SimWardrobe
• Cook a logical number of meals: dizzy2 at VS
• Children can cook normal meals: dizzy2 at VS, Carrigon at S2W
• Custom food disappears from plates (NOT compatible with OfB!!!!): cathair2005 at MTS2
• Don't Walk Away from Stove While Cooking: Squinge at MTS2
• Eat More Talk Less with Reduced Overeating (reduces sim conversation while eating, and reduces their chance of overeating depending on their personality): Crammyboy at MTS2
• Fireproof Cooking: Dave Luv at MTS2
• Food Hacks (Includes Visitor Snacking Fix, Food Already Available Fix, Low Food Warning Dialog, and Low Food Warning Dialog - Ignore Minis): TwoJeffs at MATY
• More Servings from Group Meals: Squinge at MTS2
• No Plate Clearing on Community Lots: Inge Jones at SimLogical
• No Serving Food on Community Lots: crammyboy at MATY
• No Spoiled Food: Dave Luv at MTS2, monique at MTS2
• Replicator (Star Trek)/Instant Food Without Cooking: Paladin at SimWardrobe, christianlov at MTS2, smithycpl at SMB, with recolours by princessdanford at MTS2
• Single Serving Nectarine Tartlette and Cheesecake: Morague at InSIM
• Smarter Food Serving: dizzy2 at MTS2

Halloween and Horror

• Artifact Of Cain: MTS2
• Assignable Gravestone: cathair2005 at MTS2
• Blood Bath: gwillewyn at MTS2
• Buyable Vamprocillicon-D: Eggs at MTS2
• Elixir of Resurrection: christianlov at MTS2
• Family Ghost: Eric at InSIM
• Garlic - Protection From Vampires: almecho at MTS2
• Ghost Buster - Anti Ghost Device: J. M. Pescado at MATY
• Ghost Hack: twojeffs at MATY
• Living Grave: claireh82 at SS2
• Little VAMPIRE Dolly (of death): Sims 2 Workshop
• Make your Sim a Vampire Object: tuffield2003 at MTS2
• Manual Navigation for Vampire Fly Here Interaction: syberspunk at MTS2
• No More Angry Ghosts: Squinge at InSIM
• No More Ghosts: Squinge at InSIM
• No Mourn: conker87 at MTS2
• Potions Of Death: wintermuteai1 at MTS2
• Potion of Vampirism: DJS Sims
• Robots and Sims Fly Anytime Hack: Sims 2 Workshop
• SimMacFly Potion (Sims really fly!): MajorJeff at MTS2
• Sims Always Accept Vampire Neck Bites: Squinge at MTS2
• Smart Coffin: DJS Sims
• Tomb of Ghost Haunt and Scare: christianlov at MTS2
• Vampire Bite Anyone's Neck: Squinge at InSIM
• Vamp Daytime Indoors Decay Hack: monique at MTS2
• Vampir “Extension” + VampireHunter ModVampir Extension: Shaklin's Sims2 Page
• Vampire Biting Control (In 3 Flavors): DJS Sims
• Vampire Coffin Mod: syberspunk at MATY, and syberspunk at MTS2
• Vampire Fixes: J. M. Pescado at MATY
• Vampire Sunblock: LycosV at MTS2
• Vampires Walk Normal: Smonaff at MTS2
• Vamprotoxin-A 'Essence of Vampire': Calidan at MTS2

Health

Hacks and hacked objects to make your sims sick or healthy.

• Doctor Helen Heal (Cares for your sims health): Katy_76 at SMB
• Heal Sickness: Shaklin's Medicine Cabinet (18+), the InSIM
• Insanity: wintermuteai1 at MTS2
• No Zits/Acne for Teens: XPTL297 at InSIM
• Recovery Food (Eat it and get better): Katy_76 at SMB
• Sickness Immunity: helloitsjoe08 at MTS2, Shaklin's Medicine Cabinet (18+), the InSIM
• Sickness Meter: dizzy2 at MTS2
• Suicide Hack: Katy_76 at SMB

Reproduction, Relationships, and Family

This content is focused on items and hacks relating to pregnancy, impregnation, babies, baby care, toddlers, children, sim relations and relationships, and family.

See this subcategory: Reproduction, Relationships, and Family.

Pets

Hacks and hacked objects relating to pets and the Pets expansion pack.

• Adjust Pet Skill Gain Speed: christianlov at MTS2
• Always Full/Clean Food Dishes: christianlov at MTS2
• Baby Pet Creator (create a puppy or kitten from any two adults): christianlov at MTS2
• Behavior and Command Tool (adjust learned behavior and command knowledge for all pets, including neighborhood pets): christianlov at MTS2
• Birds - No Escaping Birds: christianlov at MTS2
• Buy Pet Collars at Home: christianlov at MTS2
• Cages (rodent and bird) always supplied and clean: christianlov at MTS2
• Magic Mood Kibble (eat for full moods, longer life, changed interests): Carrigon at S2W
• More Pets (Limit raised to 9): Squinge at InSIM
• More Pets (No family size limit): DocDoofus at MTS2 (has NOT been updated for pets so it will not allow you to adopt strays etc. but will let you have your crazy cat lady if you're willing to deal with limitations and possible conflicts).
• Motive/Needs Cheat Hack (raises pet motives with gameplay - very clever): Carrigon at S2W
• No Digging Dirt Piles: christianlov at MTS2
• No Scratch and Chew: christianlov at MTS2
• No Pet Pee Puddles: christianlov at MTS2
• Resurrect Any Pet or Sim: christianlov at MTS2
• Silent Startup (no music while loading game): Carrigon at S2W
• Teleport/Move in Any Pet/Select and Deselect Visitor Pets: christianlov at MTS2
• Werewolf-related hacks may be found at: Hacks and Hacked Objects: Supernatural Species: Werewolves.

Pictures, Movies, Stories, and Poses

Hacks, hacked objects, and just plain useful items to make staging the perfect scene easier.

See this subcategory: Pictures, Movies, Stories, and Poses.

Sim Stats and Modifications

Hacks and hacked objects to modify sims skills, personalities, appearance, etc.

• Aspiration Level Adjuster: Merola at SimChaotics, the InSIM
• Aspiration Level Change Display: Squinge at InSIM
• Aspiration Level Preserver: Paladin at SimWardrobe
• Aspiration Type - Change: the InSIMenator
• Aspiration Type - Randomize: College Adjuster Plus by TwoJeffs at MATY
• Censor Blur Removal: Invisible Censor Blur by Quaxi at SexySims 2 (18+), SeeThem2 at SimSky
• Censor Blur Specific Body Parts: the Censorizer by interfect at SexySims2 (18+)
• Control Any Sim: Merola at SimChaotics, dolphin26 at MTS2, the InSIM,
• Copy/Clone Sim: christianlov at MTS2
• Custom NPCs: christianlov at MTS2
• Delete/Undelete Sims: the InSIMenator
• Elders Don't Sag (Use adult clothing instead of saggy elder meshes): Motoki at MATY
• Energizer Potion (Max Energy): Smonaff at MTS2
• Fitness Potion (Increses Fitness, but not Body Skill): Smonaff at MTS2
• Happy Potion (Maxes Fun, Social, and Environment): Smonaff at MTS2
• Individual Free-Will: Obtainichi at MTS2, dizzy2 at MTS2
• Influence Adjuster: the InSIM, University Helping Hand by Carrigon at S2W
• Influence - Max Influence Capacity: InSIM
• Interests Adjuster: Merola at SimChaotics, Cheat (Enter testingcheatsenabled in neighborhood view, then enter a lot and you can drag the interests sliders up and down.)
• Lifetime Want Change: the InSIM, Sim Slice ($$$), JM Pescado at MATY, TwoJeffs at MATY
• Lifetime Wants - Get any Regardless of Aspiration: Squinge at InSIM
• Lifetime Wants - Greater Variety and Sanity: JM Pescado at MATY
• Needs/Motives - Decay Slower: Carrigon at S2W
• Needs/Motives - Max/Zero: Leia_Organa at MTS2
• Skills - Auto Skill Macro Control (Skillinator): JM Pescado at MATY
• Skills - Adjust Skill Gain Speed: christianlov at MTS2, Katy76 at MTS2
• Skill Gain Increase Potion: Smonaff at MTS2
• Skills - Max/Adjust/Add Levels: Easy Computer by christianlov at MTS2, Multi Painting by Merola at SimChaotics, College Adjuster Plus by TwoJeffs at MATY, the InSIMenator
• Skills - Randomize Skills: College Adjuster Plus by TwoJeffs at MATY
• Personality - Adjust Personality: Multi Painting by Merola at SimChaotics
• Personality - Randomize Personality: College Adjuster Plus by TwoJeffs at MATY
• Period/Menstruation: Smonaff at MTS2
• Rename Sim (First Name Only): the InSIM, Merola at SimChaotics
• Rename Sim (Copy last name from one sim to another): Christianlov at MTS2
• Skintone Change In-Game: christianlov at MTS2 (Maxis shades only - a skintone changer for custom skintones is not currently feasible. When/if modders figure out how to do it, a link will be posted here).
• Smarter Sims/Better AI: JM Pescado at MATY
• Social Bunny Anytime (Item that raises social): Katy_76 at SMB
• Summon Any Sim: Inge's SimLogical Teleporter, updated by Jordi at MATY

Supernatural Species

The base game and each expansion have all come with a supernatural/odd sort of playable sim. These are hacks and hacked objects relating to them. If you're looking for default replacement genetics and content related to these supernatural species, see the Sci-Fi list.

Aliens

From The Sims 2 (Base Game)

• Alien Pregnancy - For Females: Squinge at InSIM
• Alien Pregnancy - For Teens (Male and Female): Smonaff at MTS2
• Alien Pregnancy - Random (Male and Female): Squinge at InSIM
• Alien Spaceship (Similar to Alien Visitor below): natoli at MTS2
• Alien Sparking (Call alien for fulfilling abduction wants, without risk of pregnancy): Katy_76 at SMB
• Alien Visitor (Spaceship object with effects that will pollinate/alien-impregnate sims): Eric at InSIM
• Better Looking Pollination Technician (makes better-looking alien babies): L-J at MTS2, fwiffo at MTS2
• Change the number of times a particular sim has been abducted (for teen scholarships?): the InSIMenator
• Get Abducted - Both Telescopes: Squinge at InSIM
• Get Abducted - Expensive Telescope Abduction Hack: PatchesSim2 at MTS2
• Multiple Pollination Technicians: fwiffo at MTS2 (1), fwiffo at MTS2 (2)
• No Abduction (safe stargazing): Squinge at InSIM
• No Running to Watch Alien Abduction: Squinge at InSIM

Ghosts

From The Sims 2 (Base Game)

• Enable Ghost Walk: the InSIMenator
• Set Sims as Ghosts: the InSIMenator
• Tomb of Ghost "Haunt and Scare": Spawn ghosts and haunt at your will. Order them to scare a certain sim. Ghosts during the day, or on a certain schedule. Toggleable death by fright. Freaking awesome! christianlov at MTS2

Zombies

From University (EP1)

• Zombies Attack and turn other sims into Zombies! Gnarrrr BRAINS!: Carrigon at S2W
• Zombie Cure: Carrigon at S2W
• Zombify/Make Zombie: the InSIMenator

Vampires

From Nightlife (EP2)

• Child Vampires: Not possible. There are no animations, coding, or textures for child vampires. You can use custom content to make some creepy vampire-like kids though.
• Cure Vampirism:
  • Vampr-o-cillin D potion, bought from the Gypsy Matchmaker in game (not a cheat or hack, but regular gameplay).
  • the InSIMenator
• Vampires Bite Anyone: Squinge at InSIM
• Vampires Can Function During Daytime (Daywalkers): Carrigon at S2W
• Vampire Food: Fireflies at S2W
• Vampires Look Normal (No Blue Vampires): TSN at MTS2
• Vampirize/Make Vampire:
  • the InSIMenator
  • testingcheatsenabled
  • tuffield2003 at MTS2
• Vampire - More Interactions (Kill, feed, etc.): Shaklin (18+)
• Vampires Walk Normal: Smonaff at MTS2

Servos

From Open for Business (EP3)

• Buyable Servos: Monique at MTS2
• Change Appearance for Servos (servos look like sims, can wear clothes and hair, have a face, etc.): Squinge at MTS2
• Recharge Servos: Squinge at InSIM

Werewolves

From Pets (EP4)

• Become werewolf/become human: Carrigon at S2W
• Transform at will: Carrigon at S2W
• Werewolf custom skin fix: pioupiou at MATY

Vices, Violence, and Weapons

Yeah, it's depraved. You know you want 'em.

• Attack Robot, Incendiary Bomb, Cursed Fire Vase: Palladin's Place (Sim Wardrobe) (Sims 2 Objects - Other Objects)
• Authorized Personnel Only Security System: J. M. Pescado at MATY
• Axe (Holdable): Carrigon at S2W, RoseSims
• Beer: Carrigon at S2W, FireFlies at S2W, Sim Slice ($$$)
• Beer Keg with Real Drunkenness!!: SparkleSim at MTS2
• Bomb: Paladin at SimWardrobe
• Bow & Arrow (Holdable): RoseSims
• Buyable counterfeitingmachine. Always money/No more busted by the cops: smithycpl at MTS2
• Buyable Fire: Sir Ignitus at MTS2, (Without Panic) - jaxad0127 at MTS2
• Chainsaw (Holdable): RoseSims
• Cigarette ("Smokeable"): Carrigon at Sims 2 Workshop
• Curses from Spellbook: Wintermuteai1 at MTS2
• DIY Law Career Overrides: Vagrant at MTS2
• Fight Whenever You Want (Regardless of relationship): sanmonroe at MATY
• Fire: Eric at InSIM, Intense Fire Hack: Sims 2 Workshop
• Fire Detector: Dave Luv at MTS2
• German Police Uniforms - NPC & Career Overrides: Mikikitty at MTS2
• Guns (Functional, Holdable, and Decorative): VampCat at S2W, RoseSims
• Hitmen: DMA Sims
• Insanity: Wintermuteai1 at MTS2
• Kill a Sim: the InSIMenator
• Knife (Holdable): Carrigon at S2W
• Lightsabers (Duelable with Sounds): Shaklin (18+)
• Lightsabers (Holdable): RoseSims
• No More Party-Crashing Police: Orbit45244 at MTS2
• Poison Potions: Wintermuteai1 at S2W, Smonaff at MTS2
• Police stuff (Police Radar): Katy_76 at Sims Mod Board
• Simlogical Prison: Blue at The Laden Swallow
• Special Delivery PC OFB (e-mail from a serial killer): Sims 2 Workshop
• Suicide: the InSIMenator
• Suicide Hack: Katy_76 at SMB
• Suicide Potion: Wintermuteai1 at MTS2
• Swords (Holdable): RoseSims
• Unlock Whatever: Variousimmers Forum
• Voodoo Bottle: Carrigon at S2W
• Voodoo Vase: Paladin at SimWardrobe
• Whip (Holdable): RoseSims

Visiting

Tricks and hacks that allow sims to go for visits, and relate to visiting sims.

• Build/Buy/Access Inventory when Visiting Community Lots: cathair2005 at MTS2
• Pregnant Sims Can Go to Community Lots: Squinge at InSIM
• Visiting Children and Teens Stay Longer: Squinge at InSIM

To Visit Residential Lots:

1. Load the residential lot you would like your sims to visit.
2. Call the sims you would like to visit on the phone and invite them over.
3. Use testingcheatsenabled to make the resident sims unselectable, and make the visiting sims selectable (make sure to leave at least one sim selectable the whole time while you do this!!!).
4. Conduct your visit as you like.
5. When you're done, make the resident sims selectable again, deselect the visiting sims, save, and exit. Easy to do, and works just fine.

To Visit Community Lots with Toddlers:

1. You must have Open for Business or any later expansions.
2. CTRL-SHIFT-C to bring up the cheat console and enter "ageSimsCheat on"
3. In live mode, click on the toddler. You'll find there's a new pie menu entry. Age them up to child.
4. Take your family to the community lot as usual.
5. When you get to the community lot, use the cheat again to age them back down to toddler.
6. Conduct your visit to the community lot.
7. Before you leave, use the cheat again to age them back up to child.
8. Return home.
9. Use the cheat one last time to age them back down to toddler.

Weather and Seasons

Though Maxis told us we were getting weather in the base game (and indeed left some of the coding in) it didn't pan out. However, it looks like the next expansion pack may include seasons, including weather. And many modders have created items that both unlock the (rather buggy) Maxis coding for rain and storms, as well as created whole new hacks to enable weather and seasons.

• Rain/Storms: Carrigon at S2W's Chicken Hat & Weather Obelisk as well as Community Weather, spmjcom at SS2 and also by spmjcom at MTS2
• Sky with Cloud Effects (New Weather Atmosphere): chris997 at MTS2
• Weather/Seasons: Sim Slice ($$$) (includes seasons, weather, and pizza showers), Katy_76 at SMB
• Wind Generator: Katy_76 at SMB

Miscellaneous Hacks and Hacked Objects

Items which didn't fit into any other category.

See this subcategory: Miscellaneous.