I assume this is for the Base Game? If so, I'll get you a link shortly (I can't upload it here as it's 57 Mb in size). Put the file in the C:/Program Files/EA Games/The Sims 2/TSData/Res/Sim3D folder.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, Madame Mim, but I'm pretty sure that you can do that, Morriganrane. After all, the character files for the townies for a 'hood are kept in the My Documents/EA Games/The Sims 2/Neighborhoods/N00x/Characters folder. I'm not sure if you'd have to summon all the pre-made townies and NPCs first or not (I suspect you would, though).

The only thing that I would also change would be to make sure that you remove the default Medieval Pregnancy Wear hack when you weren't playing that 'hood, since it's a default maternity wear replacement.

Sounds rather likely to have happened. 

Do you happen to have any recommendations for some nice medieval hairstyles? I think that might be the only thing that my new 'hood is lacking at the moment. For some reason I thought that I had seen Peggy have some quite some time ago, but the prospect of having to go through hundreds of pages of downloads is a little daunting.

AHA! I shall check that out right now and let you know how it turns out.

ETA: Yup, that did it. Everything seems to be working peachy keen right now. The only issue I have is with some elders clothing (and that is doubtless due to the fact that I failed to get some clothing from one of the sites listed) and one Service Sim, Ernest Gast, seems to be sporting mime costume makeup and I'm not sure if that was intentional or not.

Am going to download the 'missing' clothing soon and will even get the rest of the medieval set (objects, building items, etc.) very soon. I love this idea! There even is a Goopy lookalike in there somewhere. 

The only thing that I'd suggest is that since it would doubtless attract many other users, perhaps just adding a footnote to mention that one doesn't need to spawn new townies or NPCs would be helpful. I know most people here at MATY wouldn't need to know that, but people who tend to do stupid things (i.e. myself) would probably benefit from a 'stating the obvious' instruction like that.

Nicely done, Madame Mim! And I love your username, by the way.

Okay, for the installation:

1). I've only downloaded the recommended clothing files. I've gotten those files placed in a separate folder in Downloads (a folder named Scotia).
2). When I first began this process, my C:Program Files etc. area had a folder named N001-bak. I rared this folder and then deleted it (keeping the .rar file in the same location).
3). I then extracted the first part of the 'hood files. I cut/pasted the N001 folder into the C:Program Files etc. area.
4). I opened up the game and created a brand new hood.
5). I went into CAS to create a Sim to start the 'hood off with. I then moved her into a lot.
6). Since I have debugging mode on in the usercheatstartup file, I then shift-clicked on her and spawned the Spawn NPC and Townie tree.
7). I generated several townies that way as well as a maid and a gardener. They all had regular clothing, but their names were drawn from a Live.package file from my Downloads folder.
. I then quit the game.

I later managed to get all seven of the .rar files to extract at once and then copy/pasted over the N001 folder I had gotten from just the first part earlier. Rebooted game; same thing. Then I manually deleted the N001 folder from the C:Program Files etc. area and re-extracted the seven .rar files into the location I had saved them (a folder on the Desktop). I then cut the provided N001 folder and placed it back into the appropriate area. Rebooted game; same result.

I'm wondering if this has anything to do with a Download conflict.

Finally MATY has returned.

Nope, no luck. I got all the clothes except for the ones from Fashion 2 Sims and put them into a separate folder in Downloads. Created a new 'hood, but the townies are all being created with regular clothes. What could I be doing wrong?

I figured out why it hadn't unzipped the others: I'm pretty sure it's because I changed the default unzip location. I did it again and I'm pretty sure it was fine. I'm going to try it again here in a second.

Hmmm, when I unzipped the first one, it didn't unzip the others. Perhaps that's why none of the townies I've spawned have had medieval wear.

Just to ensure that this works, can I manually unzip the 7 files and install them somewhere? Also, I'm only installing the clothing to test that this actually works. Does it matter what folder the custom clothes are placed in within the Downloads folder? Can I put all of the clothing into a separate folder of its own (which is what I've done) and still have the game generate medieval townies/NPCs?

ETA: Urk. I was spawning them in an existing 'hood. Whoops. Let me go correct this.

I downloaded all seven parts of Scotia, but they're all the exact same size. Why do I need all seven parts?

Testing right now. Will update you shortly.

ETA: Seems to have worked just fine.

If I could see the size of all the files that I'd need to download, I could give this a shot for you. I don't mind spawning a new 'hood to test this out. This sounds rather interesting.

ETA: Okay, I got in this time. I'll give it a shot and let you know how it goes.

ETA2: It may take me a while to download all the clothing listed. Trust me when I say that I will, in fact, update you as soon as I know anything.

Silly question: I'm playing a N001 'hood right now that is not Pleasantview (it's my own custom 'hood). Were I to replace the requisite file, would I see any negative effects on my custom 'hood and current townies?

Also:

I like that idea, Sagana. In fact, it would be even better if the 2 hours didn't have to be consecutive (i.e. You could build for one hour, take a break for a day or so and then build for another hour before stopping).

I'd give them points for quoting Weird Al, but that's it, I'm afraid. 

That quote really got to me too. I mean, what is the purpose of a Pre-Marital Sex Association anyways? 

Also, another quote:
That's an interesting way of describing an unexpected baby: a sex joke. 

By the way, what happened to lot G? It goes from A - F and then skips to H.

Hmmm, since I haven't come up with a more convincing way of 'picking a fight with Ugly Butt' as per Pescado's instructions, I see you've taken it upon yourself to use the old tried and true 'anti-feminist' method to try to start things up again. Yawn. Boring! Can't we be a little more creative in our catfights for his amusement? Because [deity] knows that if you comment on a video's technical merit in a less-than-unfavorable way, that automatically means you approve of the content of it. Silly Ugly Butt.

On topic, though, I think the hardest part of this challenge is going to be finding offensive movies or stories that don't contain rape in some way, since it's a real-life trauma that doesn't occur in The Sims 2 (unlike certain death scenarios). One would likely have to wade through a whole shitload of stories to find one with the subject of murder that would be considered offensive and not just stupid, silly or ridiculous. Also, I would imagine that the stories/movies that contain the more objectionable material would likely be found on sites like LiveJournal, making it infinitely more difficult to hunt them down.

Perhaps I should amend my previous statement: the video could have been a lot worse technically speaking. The flashback of the rape was a nice touch, the lingering shot on the pregnant belly and the camera angles that shot from the rapist's point-of-view when he was observing the family weren't that bad. I'm not saying this was a piece of cinematic mastery, but it's not like it was a mess of randomly shot videos spliced together with no regard for pacing and/or ambience. There were a lot of things that could have been improved on, but I've seen much worse.

The content still horrifies me, though.

Funny; when I hear Rock + People, I think of the Stone Prince from Dealing with Dragons.

Apparently the theme is that if you get raped, you'll be perfectly fine as long as you have a baby. If you don't, then you're fucked (both literally and figuratively). 


The horrible part about it (beyond the obvious) is that they actually did quite a good job of portraying the trauma that rape induces. The only thing that ruined it completely was the ending. If it was just a shit video, it wouldn't have been worth being nominated. However, side from some technical issues, the video was (in my opinion) actually put together quite well, which just makes the contents that much worse.

Well, I have a video nomination, but I'm not sure if it's really 'deserving' of being here if it's actually just a recreation of a music video. Even if it is, however, I find the whole concept of it to be rather. . . uhhh, ridiculous and offensive.

Beautiful, Part 2 - Song: I Believe in Love by the Dixie Chicks

So the premise of the video is that a woman is raped by a common thug and has his baby. However, the rapist comes back and watches her raising his son and then just shows up one day and they become one big happy family. The fact that a rapist could just show up one day and 'claim' his family while it's being sung to a song about love just appalls me.

If (like I said earlier) it's just actually a recreation of this video or whatnot, feel free to ignore me entirely.

Warning!   If the subject of rape in any way disturbs or bothers you, do not watch this video, and certainly don't read the comments to it. It's not graphic, but I feel I should warn anyone uncomfortable with such content.

So let me get this straight: Malcolm Landgraab discovers his wife has been abusing their daughter and in a fit of rage decides to leave without taking his daughter with him?! Now that's just sloppy characterization right there. Yuch.

The Columbine one has to be the most tasteless story I've ever read. The issue of rape has been so trivialized on the Exchange that I barely even blinked at the other ones.

No 'death to Emmas' until the judging is over, though. Right? 

Your kids are ridiculously adorable, I assure you. I'll post pics for you in your Made Up Animals thread.

I'd like to second this request.