The Sims 2 Rags to Riches - Part 1
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- I am starting with $0 and no house, I have to try and make money and build a house!
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Let’s gooo ILED! ❤
Honey, please don’t garden with your leopard print speedos on, what will the neighbours think!
What can I say, I'm a free spirit!
I love this so much ya'll are adorable. Gone are the days of Semaj struggling out here alone because now he has Iled! (Deli did you make Iled for James? Because she really looks spot on)
the nostalgia 😭living for the sims 2 content
hello youtube???
ariana what are you doing here!
Girl I think you used the wrong account to comment this 😂😂
it’s the best!
silence corporation
The idea of someone moving into an empty lot, digging several holes, hitting 2 water lines, and then just walking off as the neighbors watch is sending me 😂
This is why the US has digsafe IRL. Well, for now.
don't forget to check your sims lifetime wants! you can see them by hovering over the aspiration meter just to the left of the wants, if you successfully fufill them it stops your sims aspiration meter from depleting! meaning even if their needs are bad they'll still be a good mood
And if they die, their tombstone/urn is much fancier lol
Yes, and if the lifetime want is completed during the adult stage, it means platinum aspiration for the elder birthday transition which will extend the elder stage by so many more days ! Platinum aspiration at the time of death will also impact positively the death benefits for the family members (bigger inheritance).
So...I had walked away from my screen to get something from my kitchen just as they had started slow dancing and this is what I heard:
43:00 - "--oh we can lower hands. Ooooooh, don't think we can show that on--HEY! Handsy, get out of my hole!"
Good grief I just about died laughing. Just how low did his hands go? I guess we know 😳🤣
Edit: Typo.
😂😂😂😂
Lmaoooooooooooo
Hahaha!!
🤣🤣
"Erm, I would heavily invest in the real estate and property market. 2008 is gonna be a really big year for us, so put all your money there!"
I laughed far too much at this!! Genius!
Digging holes
Iled - "I'm tired of this Semaj"
Semaj - "Well thats too damn bad" 😂
adding deli was such a sweet touch
Go on dates to accumulate points for the anti-aging elixir! Dates will also help to maintain the high aspiration meter
your needs also get a pretty good boost after a dream date ends
There's just so much to explore in the sims 2. I hope this becomes a decently long series! Sending the kid off to uni, living the night life, going on vacation, apartment life, etc. Etc. I've personally never even played around with the supernatural aspects of the sims 2.
Had the saddest similar glitch. I made a family of two young adults and a toddler. And when I moved them into their house I built, the game just closed. When I relaunched the house was there as I built it, the two adults were moved in. But their baby was GONE. Just gone. Worst thing was the nursery I had built was still there and the birth of this baby and aging up to a toddler was in their MEMORIES. But she was now GONE …entirely disappeared. THANKS SIMS 2
I lost a teen and a child, but the parents were still there. It was seriously so sad that their bedrooms were still intact and they were in the parents' memories, but they weren't on the family tree anymore. :(
EA's "fixing" was the blame. TS2 did not have any issues like that before
that's like, folklore horror mythology
@@SuperCoolSunglasses genuinely hurts me that people think this is 'just sims 2 things' like no. ea broke it guys
Did that happen before the patch?
Semaj just casually mopping the grass - That's exactly what I like to do to not make it too obvious that I'm eavesdropping on the neighbours drama
I would love to see Reswob and Inarf join the family and get pet jobs!
Unless the bugs were fixed, I would avoid pet jobs for now. First household I made I got a save-breaking bug where my cat got promoted, got out of the carpool and the game crashed. Since I had the misfortune of saving, I straight-up can't open that family anymore lmao cat comes back home and the game just dies
Yesss! I always forget about the pet jobs ♥️.
I love that you added Deli to your game play. It's been so sweet witnessing your journey with her. I remember watching you both separately then somehow seeing her pop up in one of your videos around Covid time and I thought "ooooooh I wonder if something is going on between them!?" then sure enough we get to see you two together! I'm happy for you both and having her in these videos is ridiculously adorable
the bare walls really set the ambiance for the woohoo cut scene
When you run out of food you can sell your fridge and buy a new one, it's usually cheaper than getting the groceries and your fridge will be fully stocked
Really? Thanks, never thought of that! 👌🏻
It brings memories.. I remember buying a buffet table for my sims 😂 but I don't remember if it's sims 2 or 3
I loveeee sims 2.
Some tips:
The crafting wont help build skill, but having an associated skill helps with the crafting. Pottery is associated with creativity and toy making is mechanical.
You can save on delivery by going to a grocery store lot and picking up groceries - but not as convenient just like real life, also if you buy a new fridge it'll come restocked (tip for when you decide to upgrade eventually)
I believe when crafting if you do make one instead of make many and sell it from the bench once complete it'll count as making money for Semaj's wants, but not if you sell from buy/build/inventory.
You can dig out of the same hole more than once. If you fill in the hole that has water, you can dig again in the same place.
to add onto this: you don't even have to fill in the burst pipe hole completely, just enough to stop the water from leaking. if you cancel the "fill in" interaction after it stops leaking, you'll still be 2/3 of the way to a completely dug hole!
digging out of the same hole more than once is also significantly faster than digging two holes
This is true. I believe you can dig in each hole 3 times, then fill it in, and move on to another hole. It's much more efficient.
This whole video is just a replication of James’ process of wooing Deli
So real 😂😂😂
"Why can't my sim shower in the water that sprays from the busted sewer pipes?" excellent question James😂
You can dig multiple times in the same hole (basically until you hit the water pipe), it makes cleaning up later a lot easier
I so enjoy these Sims 2 videoes!
For the comfort need my experience is that if you have a good bed, a toilet with good comfort and a bathtub instead of a shower, so that the sims get comfort everytime they take a bath, the comfort need is much easier to keep up with 😊
I know you did a one off episode where you followed every whim your sim had, which, if we're honest, wasn't that exciting as the whims are not very exciting in the Sims 4. Now when you have the Sims 2, I'd love for you to revisit it and do a one off episode where all game play is related to the wants and fears! I think it could be very funny! Doing everything (and only what) my sim wants! 😄
Love all the Sims 2 gameplay 😍
the youtuber CallMeKevin actually did two videos doing this! One doing everything his sim wanted and one doing everything his sim feared.
@SaleenSundria I saw one of them, but imo his motives are not to fulfill the sim's needs 😅 it is chaotic, and that is entertaining in one way, but James is more of a rule follower and tries a little harder to make his sim, and the sims around them, stay happy (and alive) ☺️
I would LOVE to see the series culminate with the sims going on vacation and exploring the secret lots :)
I played TS2 back when it came out so much that I now picture everyone from the early 2000s as TS2 sims LOL. It's got the aesthetic from that time!
Semaj and Iled- the cooky neighbours with holes and sewage filling their yard constantly but are as nice as can be.
I miss home businesses so much! I don't think you can name home businesses, but if you can I think Pots and Tots for pottery and toys is a cute store name.
You can name them! That's a really cute name too.
my man really said "its really not bad" after giving his lot the callmekevin treatment lol
the sims 2 really is an endless mine of fun isnt it
Not sure why but I've never really gotten into the Sims 4 rags to riches, but the last sims1/sims2 videos you've done I've watched all the way through and they're fun! Please continue :)
I enjoy the Sims 2 (and 1) videos so much. So much nostalgia
As much as I love the Sims 4, I love seeing you play Sims 2 and 3 more. I started watching you play 3, so this takes me back. ❤
I'm just imagining Semaj as running one of those get rich quick scheme courses and over the video call you can see him sitting in a room with bare drywall walls and out the window you just see all the holes that he's dug in the yard and the water spraying out of them 🤣🤣"Yeah guys it totally worked for me, it'll work for you too"
I must say you are one of my 2 favorite Sims 1&2 player. I'm vicariously glad these legacy games came out so I can watch you play them. :D
I love the “living above the shop” concept, it’s so good! Can’t wait to get more of this series, love the Sims 2
Me yelling at the screen, "click save, click save, click save!" Simmers now have trust issues. Another fun episode though. Lots of laughs in TS2. 😆🤣
I LOVE seeing “Part 1” in the title!
That means a new series!! 🎉
Every time you say Iled I hear "eyelid" and it's making me laugh every time!
if you're worried veronaville is corrupted, you can delete the neighbourhood from the main menu, it'll delete all the lots though so save the house you built there first if you wanna keep it
Having the store on the ground floor and then they live above would be really sweet. I think that could allow for some fun gameplay and multitasking where one sim is running shop and the other is tending to their future kiddo. Then the kid can work 😈
You dont understand just how much peace you bring to my day James… Thank you so much for posting consistently and just being awesome!
I look away for like five minutes and when I look back again, there are 1000000 holes in the yard. 🤣🤣🤣
13:35 “rags to riches? More like rags to easy!”
Good one James 👏🏻
That must be so frustating to lose your progress on that save, specially because you're a content creator, but I love how you handled it, just starting over again... We'll always be here to watch it!
Love the reference to Enron/the real estate market - probably something only older viewers find funny but I snorted out loud!
What i used to do to get rich quick is dig and also do the flower crafting thing because when you reach a high level you can craft the energy flower that i put besides the bed and it replenishes all sims needs while the sim is sleeping.
2:45 the biggest tragedy ever, rip Skippy you will be missed 2025-2025 😭😭😭
0:59 “..and they were roommates!”
omg they were roommates
The holes are ruining their environment...they really hate it so....keep digging 😂😂😂😂😂Classic James
Lmao glad to see the sus eyebrows stuck after dancing bug is STILL a thing, even in this version. 😂
I've never watched your videos before, but know you from being an avid player since S1 and also watching other let's plays. I like your playstyle and commentary. New sub! Thanks for your content!
Thank you and welcome! 😀
My favourite Sims 2 cutscene is the baby birth one, I love how the mum's plumbob splits off a tiny baby plumbob and the baby then falls down into mum's arms, I feel like the Sims 4 hospital birth tried to replicate the vibes but is just too silly.
Also, get the First Kiss Anytime mod, you can trigger the cutscene at any time between any couple. I don't care for that one much beyond the original vanilla default of teenage first loves, but it's nice to have the option.
56:56 was lowkey devastating. i love the green vibes of the place
This series really combines my two favourite things - sims 2 and RtR!! I'm so excited for this
Oh boy, it took me till the last minutes to realize their names are James and Deli backwards
When I look at SIms2 I wander what went wrong with the ts4 XD We had bright future ahead of us. When I compare ts1 to ts2 and then ts2 to ts4 it's weird. They only had to improve built and cas modes. I miss ts2 charm, animations, relationships and sims reactions and packs for ts2 and ts3 were amazing. With ts4 I feel they start to do a good job just now, after what, 10 years? Can't wait for more content with ts2 and ts1!
I feel like what went wrong was the Sims 3 & Sim City were such utter failures in so many ways under the hood it changed the course of the entire franchise. The Sims 3 was wildly popular with players but it set expectations unreasonably high. The color wheel and open worlds basically ruined the franchise. Players now expect features like these that were so memory intensive most PCs just couldn't handle what the software was demanding. Even today trying to play Sims 3 slogs PCs and we've had 10 years of memory, ram, graphics advancements. Maxis flew too close to the sun, had to backtrack on their ambitions and players have not let them forget it.
I hate the sims 4 cas its so ugly to me
James turner sims 2 always been the best LPs iktr
James I would love to see you trying the Sims 2 Asylum challenge! It could even be a new series. That challenge has a lot of chaos potential Lol
I also rec getting Lazy Duchess's timesync so when you are back to your home lot time has passed like the sims 4
According to the most recent patch notes, the disappearing sim bug is supposedly fixed now. Supposedly.
I wished someone would have told my game that 😩
I keep getting missing file errors, I highly doubt they've fixed most of the problems they introduced when making this version. Honestly it's just worse than the old one in most ways.
The stuck quizzical face absolutely got me 😂
My entire body activated when I heard Iled yell "shooflee!"
You don't need testingcheatsenabled to set the family funds to 0, and you don't need to set it to 1. Just do minus whatever funds you have available. So if the family has 20,000 simoleons, do "familyrunds Rentur -20000" and Bob's your uncle :D
If you have enough aspiration points, you could buy the money tree. Just be careful with your neighbours and any service people you hire for your home as they might try to steal it.
Because of the captions saying things like Island, Isla, and Eyelid, it took me a while to work out that the other sim was Iled (Deli backwards) 🤣
I know there was another update for Sims 2 Legacy today, so I'm hoping that fixes more bugs.
I had a funny one yesterday, where Jill Smith glitched out every time she tried to cook. I had to get her elderly mum to cook for her lol.
Which was actually in character for Jill, since she grew up to be a Pleasure sim with Popularity as her second aspiration. Plus she was a bit snobbish, only dating elderly men with money, and constantly rolling the want to hire a butler. 😂
I'm really enjoying these new videos of the old Sims gameplay. You are so entertaining. Love those World Adventures videos. Everything "old" is "new" again. Same thing happens in the fashion industry.
I watched your other episode and thought about something that might be very helpful to you. To go on vacation to three lakes and then go to the hidden lot "the hidden burrow" and befriend bigfoot then ask him to move in with you. When you have him in your household he has all his skills maxed, super helpful, you could have him help with selling or making the cars or send him to work, up to you. It truly is super helpful having him in your household. To get access to the hidden lots you need to dig for the map in the yard, keep digging till you get it. I find it easier to go on vacation then dig, chances of getting maps higher on vacation.
I'm loving the sims 1 and sims 2 content. Looking forward to more!
Can't wait for part 2, I am looving this series!!
YES!!!! STARTING FROM ZERO 😁 with a Deli selfsim too! Too cute ❤ I can't handle it!
51:20 is the funniest part 😅🤣😂
Yes please continue this series ❤
I love this so much, I'd be okay with you never playing sims 4 again tbh 😂
43:09 "HEY! ANDY! Get out of my hole!!"
- James Turner Out Of Context
As someone who has ever played the plder main sims titles, the animations in this game got me SHOOK 🤣💀
james you are insane for keeping these holes (I haven't finished the video yet just came here to comment that they make me SO MAD ahahah)
I finished the video and the holes are still there... JAMES!!!
@litchichinesis 😂😂😂
I'm loving the Sims nostalgia era! Thanks for the incredible Sims 1 and Sims 2 content James!
i love that semaj has a companion in these horrific journeys now :D
yesss!!! i was hoping for more sims 2 thank you james
I was like “what kind of name is Iled?” And then I put it together 😂
I love the The Sims 2 videos! We need WAY more of them! Keep it up!
In My mind all the financial advice Semaj is giving is just invest in columns 😂
So excited for this series- sims 2 was such a huge part of my life 😊 I played it daily from when it came out- roughly 12 years before getting sims 4 so I’m so happy we’re getting a series 😄
The wink at 12:37 ... nice one hehe
oh my god they were roommates!
GRAACE IS MY FAVORITE SHE IS A SCHIPPERKE AND A PRECIOUS BEAN
Please fill the ones that spill water. Also you can use the same digging spot until it fails by that sewer thing.
So embarrassed that I only just now realized that Iled is Deli spelled backwards 🤦🏻♀️
Same! Lol
This episode was the exact opposite of “and there was only one bed”, they flirt and then go their separate ways 😂
I've been watching him for years, and how am i just now realizing the backward name with him and his self sim. XD
The Sims 2 cutscene whenever your parents walked in the room is a core memory from my childhood 😅
So excited for sims 2 open for business rags series…definitely should start as a “home business” and then when you get bigger open up a store to go with your rags to riches story
im so glad you didnt give up omg
I like the idea of having the residence upstairs and a shop downstairs, and if you need to make it bigger you could expand to the back a bit too. Also yay Iled!
This is my favourite series so far 💕 The Sims 2 will always be the best of them all.
I still remember trying to impress the private school principal fondly. I hope we get to see some shenanigans like that in this play as well! Thank you so much for the content
A tip re:last names. If you make two different households and have them move onto the same lot, they'll have different last names. Optionally, you could make young adults for university as that CAS allows you to make separate last names. Then you can just drop out and return to the home neighborhood.
Oh and if you wanna "walk" somewhere I do believe you need the "pedestrian crossing" sign. It gives you the option to walk somewhere. Otherwise I think you can only go to neighboring lots.
Having cheats on always isn't a mod, it's a config in the startup.ini file.
An hour of James playing the sims 2!! Hell yes!
The way I’m like smiling and kicking my feet with the slow dance. It’s so cute!!
49:14 that laugh was so funny to me
Long awaited holes sequel. It’s too bad they couldn’t get Shia labeouf back for it
Remember to return the initial 1 simoleon to appease the rags-to-riches-gods!