Sims 2: Test Legacy, with crap 400×300 Screenshots (Sorry!)

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I had meant to enlarge these to 640×480 with SmillaEnlarger, but unfortunately, the enlarged versions looked absolutely terrible. Anyway, this “legacy” is really just for testing things out, so I suppose figuring out how to screenshot nicely is part of the testing process. Also, I am lazy.

Our test founder, Babette Ehrengard, got her name from Anecdotes of Destiny and Ehrengard, which is right behind us, cleverly disguising a stack of thin cd cases. Includes the short story Babette’s Feast, it says, so… there you have it. Babette, rhymes with rabbit, I guess, but you can call her babe-ette and I won’t care! Even her appearance was completely generated by the CAS randomizer, because I was lazy and this is a test.

Anyway, on to the terrible screenshots.

Our lovely founder, Babette, was immediately paid a visit by a garden club member, Charlie Ball. There was nothing to see in the EMPTY DESERT LOT, so he started catching butterflies.

This was pretty damn boring for Babette.

What’s that? Is it a cat?

Oh my, what a strange looking cat!

Let’s pet the weird cat! Because everyone knows that’s what you do with strange animals.

WAAAAAAUGH!!!

“‘Sup Babs, is this a cat?”

“Wow, it’s got stripes! Gnarly cute, man.”

“OH GODS THE CAT IS MARKING ME EWWWW”

Babette has apparently not yet learned that THIS IS NOT A CAT.

The empathy of Sims is sometimes truly astounding.

And so, the first object on the lot had to be an outdoor shower. Babette needed it badly.

Neighbors always decide to come visit at the worst times ever.

I decided to make a fishing pond at great expense, so I wouldn’t have to worry about what the hell they’d do. Also, I liked the small challenge of seeing if Babette could get by for a while without getting a job.

Fishing pond is more popular than Jesus AND the Beatles.

All the accoutréments of life, when you don’t have enough money for walls yet.

When everyone went home, she was bored. So, let’s begin Project Fun On The Cheap!

First, you have to freestyle for an audience of One (1) Magical Ficus, a.k.a. the Simbology Sim Blender.

More productively, you can dig for crap in your yard.


Unfortunately, freestyling for inanimate objects never results in SPONTANEOUS LAWN FOUNTAIN.

I treated it like a bad decoration for a while.

Then she got A PHONE.

Yes, I forgot she needed a phone until this far in. So sue me.

Eventually, she also got a prison cell bedroom/bathroom.



I love these walls and floors. (Peridox Half Life 2 and Portal, all found here. Some aren’t mac-safe and show up as grey nothing, but enough of them work that I’m happy.) Now if only the bed and toilet didn’t look so new…

Then she went crazy.


Hypnotic Regression Therapy got her back on her feet, though. Apparently Babette was a chicken in a past life.

Time to chat up all the young guy walkbys!


…or not.

That’s all for now. Until next time, when the screenshots will hopefully not suck.

Mirrored at Sheelal in the Sims 2.