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Here are the answers to all of your most frequently asked questions!
Q: Where are you?
I came back to my channel in July 2022, but I couldn’t stay long. Sadly, I was pregnant with a baby boy and I went into preterm labor the week after I returned. I delivered him at 20 weeks, but he was too early to survive. I am taking some time away to heal from this. As soon as I feel strong enough, I will come back and make more videos and streams. Thank you for your support and understanding during this very difficult time.
In the meantime, you can check out my vlogging channel for updates or visit my personal blog, Life Plus Cindy.
Q. What happened to the Discord?
A. I don’t have the time, energy, or interest in moderating a large online community any longer. Although I love the friends I made there and I will always cherish the community we built, it was not worth the cost to my mental health. I’m sorry to say the Discord is permanently closed.
Q: What are your Computer Specs?
A: I have an Omen 25L gaming computer purchased in 2021. The specs are as follows:
- Intel Core i5-10400F Desktop Processor
- Hyper X 32 GB DDR4 Ram
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super
- Windows 10 Home 64-bit
Q: What software do you use to record, stream, and edit?
A: I use OBS studio for recording and streaming. I use Wondershare Filmora for editing.
Q: What mic and camera do you use?
A: I use a Blue Yeti Mic that I support on a InnoGear Desktop Mic Stand. I currently use the Canon M50 Mark II for recording/streaming.
My other streaming equipment includes:
- HP 24-inch Monitors
- Redragon Gaming Mouse
- Elgato Collapsible Green Screen
- Neewer Ring Light Kit
- Mountdog Softbox Lights
- VicTsing Extended Gaming Mouse Pad
- Elgato CamLink (for using my Canon camera to stream)
- Gator Cases Pop Filter (fits on my desktop mic stand)
Q: Where are you from? Is that a southern accent?
A: Yep. I was born in the Southern United States and lived there for the first 30 years of my life. I moved to the Midwest about eight years ago. My accent isn’t as strong as it once was, but you can still hear my southern twang. You can read more about me here.
Q: Where do you get your custom content (Sims 2)?
A: I play with a Maxis Match style and my CC comes from a variety of sources. See this post for a list of my favorite sites and creators. Additionally, you can follow me on Pinterest, where I try to catalog most of my CC finds. You are welcome to ask me where I got something, and if I remember I’ll tell you.
Q: What camera mod do you use in your Sims 2 videos?
A: I currently use this one by lowedeus.
Q: What default replacements do you use for skin and eyes (Sims 2)?
A: In my early Maxis Match games, I used Phaenoh’s Correlated Skins which include body hair for males and baby hair. Go to the comments section to get the baby hairs. I used Bruno’s Behind These Eyes Maxified for eyes.
In my non-MM game, I use these skins by WhySim and CuriousB’s Magic Theater Recolors as my eyes.
In my updated Maxis Match games (as of July 2020), I use Poppet’s Plain & Simple Eyes, Lilith’s Honey Honey Skinblend, and New Hair System hairs. You can read more about these hairs and default replacements in general in this post.
Q: Why does your Sims 2 game look so different from the original game?
A: I use a variety of different mods to update the look of my game including Clean UI and Loading Screens. For the Sims and the environment, I use many different default replacements. You can find out more about defaults in this post and see my video tutorial on how to beautify your ‘hood.
Q: What default replacements do you use for skin and eyes (Sims 3)?
A: I use Sugar Pill Skin and Bruno’s Behind These Eyes Converted by Burntwaffles.
Q: Where do you get the Maxis Match hair you use in your Sims 2 Let’s Plays?
A: Again, these come from a variety of sources. But primarily I use hair from Fanseelamb and various creators on Mod the Sims. You can see a list of specific creators I like on my Custom Content list.
Q: Will you give me your entire Sims 2 CC folder? I want everything you have!
A: No. Sorry, but my CC folder has taken years of work – collecting and organizing. It is specific to my game and I will not make it available for download.
There are a couple other reasons why I won’t do this. First, many creators do not allow the distribution of their content except through their own websites. Second, there may be mod conflicts and I don’t want to be responsible for anything happening to your game.
As I stated above, I will gladly point you towards any CC you’re looking for. But you’ll have to do the work of downloading and organizing it yourself.
Q: What happened to Edgewood?
A: Edgewood is a custom integrated neighborhood I built and used to stream on Youtube. It’s currently on indefinite hiatus. I became overwhelmed with playing an integrated ‘hood and I honestly don’t think it’s a playstyle I want to continue in the future. I would like to bring the neighborhood back with some changes, but I need to figure out some logistics. It’s not canceled, just in limbo for the moment.
Q: My mods aren’t working, something is wrong with my game, I’m having graphical issues, can you help?
A: No. There was a time when I could help individuals with troubleshooting, but those days have passed. I am too busy and get too many requests to help you with a specific problem you’re having with your game. Here are the suggestions I can provide:
- Google it. That’s right – just type your specific problem into Google and chances are someone else has had the same problem. Many times when someone asks me for help, all I do is Google it and direct them to the solution.
Q: How can I support your work?
A: Reading my blog posts and watching my videos on YouTube helps me tremendously. Watching, liking, and commenting tells YouTube that my work is worth showing, which means they’ll recommend it to more people. Sharing and commenting on my blog posts also helps me in the Google results. This is the best way you can support me!
You can also use my Amazon Link for your next Amazon purchase or give a one-time donation if you prefer. Thank you for your support!
UPDATE: I no longer wear wigs. You can see my head reveal video and explanation here.
Q: Why Do you Wear a Wig?
A: I have polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), a hormonal condition that causes androgenic alopecia (female-pattern baldness) in some women. Not all women with PCOS have or develop alopecia, but unfortunately I drew the short straw.
Q: Where do you get your Wigs?
A: I get my wigs from cysterwigs.com – a small business owned by a woman with PCOS that caters to women with my condition. But anyone can buy from them! They have a great selection and lots of sales.
Hi Cindy. I hope you are doing well. You are missed. I hope to see you soon.
Hey Cindy!
I hope you’re doing okay, just wanted to say we miss you tons! Sending lots of love.
Yo PleasantSims!
Just wanted to say you rekindled my love of The Sims. I find your playstyle entertaining, creatively inspiring, and your mod list is legit. Love your work and sending good vibes your way. 😎
Wishing you a rad Christmas and a cool end to 2022!!
Hi Cindy, we missed you so much! I hope you are okay. When you planning to come back to Youtube and Twitch Streams?
Lots of love
Hi, nice, I’ve been following you since I started playing the sims 2 again. The best game of the saga if I may say so.
I have a problem, I was looking for a mod that I saw in your old video, I think it was in the Burb family video, possible ?! I don’t remember at the moment. The mod I am looking for is the mirror that allows you to teleport the various sims, for parties. I would like to find it, but I don’t know where I can find it, I searched on google “sims 2 mirror teleporter” but nothing like this appears to me … 🙁 I wanted to use it because my last child, from the third generation is about to have her birthday, and I needed a mod to teleport the sims to the lot … For the party of course! Inviting only two sims, the relatives would not be all! 🙁
I apologize if it’s not the right section, and for my English, it’s not my first language, hello from ShadowSoulSims! XD
Hi, I know this is from forever ago but I’m pretty sure Cindy uses the sim blender to teleport other sims over for parties. That’s how I’ve started doing it in my game. Hope that helps.
Hello cindy, first of all congratulations on your pregnancy I hope you’re doing well you and your baby, I kinda felt like you were pregnant since you disappeared from YouTube I always check on your chanel and today I discided to check your blog and I’m so happy that I got some news from you, I hope that you’ll come back to do more videos I watched like all your videos 😀 and I hope you’ll return to your community sims 4 has made lots of changes that I feel the neeed to heat your criticism on it I love it. Keep it up and take care 💖
Thank you! I just made a new video on Youtube about The Sims 4 wants and fears!
Hi Cindy.
As I just found your content this year, and it inspired me to play whims based rotational games of my own (amazing how they all turn out) I am curious what your thoughts are about the “Wants and Fears” gameplay system coming back and replacing the whims system in Sims 4 this month.
Hope you are doing well.
Hi Cindy,
I have a gameplay question. Sorry, if it is offtopic.
In my game, i can notice some of my npcs like mrs. Cumblebottom and penguin have gossip memories of others making out or woo hoo. I know we shouldn’t touch these npcs. So, i am worried could this cteate a problem? Should i be worried of some corruption?
Thanks in advance.
Hi Cindy.
I couldn’t find any information in your blog or anywhere else, so you’re my last hope. Can you direct me to download custom hair colors and new hair styles? Eventually some new dress for sims.
Thanks for advance, and wish you luck.
Hi Cindy is your full name Cynthia I’m just wondering
No. It’s just Cindy.
Hi Cindy!
First of all I just want to say that I LOVE your sims content and you made me want to redownload sims 3 after many years of not playing it. I downloaded your Pleasant View world and when I play in it, my game runs fairly decently. When I play in other worlds, my game lags a lot (I have all 9 expansion packs and 1 stuff pack). I wanted to ask if you knew why this could be happening? I have a DELL Inspiron 13 7353, I can’t afford a better laptop but like I said, your Pleasant View world runs close to perfect on my laptop even with all the expansion packs and stuff packs installed. I also use NRAAS mods and cc. I’ve looked at multiple youtube videos on how to fix lag but to no avail. I don’t mine lag once in a while but the lag in other worlds that aren’t Pleasant View make the game impossible to play, my screen freezes every few seconds. Please let me know if there’s something I can do differently to make my gameplay in other worlds run as good as my game play in your Pleasant View town. Thanks a bunch!!!!!
Hi Cindy! I’m having an issue with my game (I play irrationally) where when I return to a household all the sims are reset. (they are usually sleeping and when I return to the lot they are all reset, including their needs). Do you know anyway to fix this? Thanks! 🙂
rotationally*
Hi! Thanks so much for your informative and entertaining videos. 🙂
You’ve inspired me to get back into the Sims 1, but after downloading the Complete Collection rar file from archive.org, I had 2 errors: after unzipping the file, I got a message saying there were some files missing and it looks like there is corruption. Secondly, when I click on the file that says “autorun”, it just brings me to a notepad file instead of actually running the game. Do you know how to fix this?
Hi. I’m recently download Midnight Hollow in sims and it works all right but all the lots have code names. Like data10 world venue. Is this an error or something? Somebody help me please 😭
Hii! I hope you’re doing fine and I once deleted the sims 2 accidentally when I meant to delete the sims 4 because I needed more space for my other games, I was able to get the files back but I have absolute no idea what to do starting from there!
Hi Cindy 🙂 I also play wants based in Sims 2 and I had an issue with the fact that my sims are most of the time in platinum… I think this is not realistic. So I have a mod that increases the speed the aspiration meter is going down by 50 %. What do you think?
https://modthesims.info/d/412015/no-less-more-aspiration-decay.html
Hi Cindy,
I’m having a problem with The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection. Yesterday I was installing some neighborhood and camods for the game (SkyFix, GunMod’s camera mod, pretty much most of the mods that are in your recommended mods list) and now for some reason my game will not start. I start it up on Origin, and…nothing happens. No icon in the taskbar or anything, it goes right back to the Origin Launcher after a few seconds. My game was running normally before this happened. Can you please tell me how to fix this?
All the best,
Jakob
Please excuse the “camods”. I meant to say “camera mods”.
hi! i hope i can help u with this: i often have the same issue, have u tried deleting groups.cache and accessory.cache files from ur ts2 ultimate collection folder? this usually is enough to get my game started again 🙂
Hi Cindy,
Firstly, I want to say that I love your videos! I recently found your channel after downloading TS4 on a whim after hearing a friend raving about it and figuring it would be a fun way to spend the chunk of free time I had due to being quarantined w/ Covid. The only problem is, I’m not a gamer and am feeling kind of lost/overwhelmed. I’ve seen your vids on fixing the base game lore and plan to do that, but was wondering if you have any other recommendations for people that are complete newbies to The Sims (and also don’t have a gaming background)? Or if you plan to make any videos on this topic? I’m sure you get a ton of requests, so I completely understand if it’s not in your plans but figured I’d ask jic. Thank you <3
Hi Amber! If you’re brand new to The Sims, you may want to start off by creating a single Sim of your own and moving them in alone. Play them for a while to get used to how the world works, what your Sim can do, where they can go, etc. without getting overwhelmed. As you play, you’ll start to get a feel for things and you can branch out. Have your Sim get married, have a baby, etc. It’s always a good idea to play a single Sim and work out from there when you’re new. Before long you’ll be playing worlds full of families! That’s a really great idea for a post or video, though. Thank you! I’m adding to my list!
Hi Cindy, I love all of your content on YT and this blog. When you will come back to YT? Since you are my favourite vlogger, I feel very empty without your vids! 🙁
Lots of love.. 🙂
Hi, thank you so much! I am recovering from Covid right now so not sure when I’ll be back. 🙂
Oh no! Hope you aren’t feelin too bad and get well soon <3
Thank you! I’m doing better now.
Hi Cindy! I was wondering if there is a mod that makes all worlds that i have installed in the sims 3 progress through story progession, for e.g: i am playing Sunset Valley, but i want Twinbrook, Riverview and Monlight Falls to progress (have babies, sims getting older, being promoted, dying…) at same time that im playing Sunset Valley. Is that possible?
Have a good day! xx
Hi Andre! No, unfortunately that’s not possible since you can only play a single world at a time. There’s no way that I know of to connect them and play them at the same time (like you can in Sims 2 with subhoods). Because only one world can be “active” at once, the other worlds will not progress when you aren’t playing them. Sorry!
If I remember correctly, NRASS Traveller gives you the ability to travel and play in all installed worlds.
Yes, I believe it does – but I don’t think you can play them all at once where everyone ages at once, can you? It could be I misunderstood the mod!
It’s been a long time since I used it, or played Sims 3 for that matter. I do remember jumping around from world to world (including the 3 worlds from World Adventures), but I don’t remember if Sims from the worlds you are not currently in age or not. If I am not mistaken Sims in the vacation worlds aged even when you were not playing in that world. Maybe it was the same with NRASS Traveller. I could be wrong though.
Hi Cindy,
Watched your Sims 2 videos as I decided to play Sims 2 again. Got tired of 3 & especially 4…lol.
I saw that you sorted your Downloads folder into which downloads and mods to load first, second etc. Please recommend which of mine I should categorize into which loading sequence. I have basically ALL the mods you have suggested plus some cc on clothing, etc I downloaded.
Thanks for sharing, it’s Simmers like you that helps to keep the game interesting.
Regards from South Africa
Hi ! I love your channel and videos. I’m having trouble installing the 4gb patch and I followed they way you did it but I can’t it to executable. Doesn’t matter how you install the games? When I install each game and sims2 and the expantion pack they save on my desktop I love playing and need help…
Hi Cindy! I had a question about the Pleasantview download. You see, I downloaded it to test out the game since I enjoyed your let’s play very much, but when I played it, it wasn’t populated. Can that be fixed?
Hi! Please see this video on how to install the populated world: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ880y9sQJ8
Hi Cindy!
I’ve recently started watching your Sims videos, streams and vlogs. I love them all! I came across your series for The Sims Castaway Stories and binge watched up until Chapter 13 &14 and can’t find any more?! Did you stop making the videos? I know these videos are from 2019 so you may have lost interest but I want to know what happens so badly, lol! I was obsessed with sims 2 growing up and would still play it if I could! I have sims 4 but I agree, it just isn’t the same.
Thank you for all your work and putting out great, positive videos I really enjoy them and you! 🙂