FYI you can press F3 in Body Shop to get a free camera (left click and drag to pan around, right click and drag to zoom in or out). You can also press F5 to hide the background and F9 to hide the interface.
that randomizer with gifs on tumblr, you would click on the gif and drag your mouse away while still holding down the mouse button, and it'll show you an image of the frame the gif was on when you clicked. the person probably did it that way bc it was a popular thing to do on tumblr with character pictures & it's fun to see it "rolling" thru the images lol
Body Shop originally has more sliders, but you can still blend the templates in CAS, you just need to right-click on them. One click = 1/10 of that template on the Sim's face :D So about 1/3 of the slider would be 3 right-clicks. But BS is more convenient, as the Sim doesn't do any animations and stupid smiles every 2 seconds xD Also just moving template sliders is probably faster, but technically you could use the Pooklet method in CAS too, especially with BS sliders in CAS (from ModTheSims). Thanks for the video, the Pooklet method felt like rocket science to me before, now I might try that :D
Ok you convinced me I'm gonna find a way to download the sims 2 and relive my childhood. EDIT: I found a website I could download the sims 2 on I'm so happy rn!
You've inspired me to play sims 2 again! Thank you, i was a bit skeptical because of all the things that can cause corruption but i think im a bit more safe knowing what to do! Keep up the amazing job!
@@ewelinagustafsson3956 i was just coming here to say this, I have used them for so many years the last time I reinstalled my game I was so confused why so many sliders were missing in CAS! Until I remembered I had to get back the mod to unlock body shop sliders. I prefer using CAS to make Sims as the resolution and lighting is way better!
I’ve never used body shop (I know I know) I thought it was a separate program to download...definitely gonna play around with it tonight! Thanks cindy!
@@milly9451 whenever they first created the ultimate collection, I got an email to get origin and it was there. I guess I got the heads up because my game was registered on the EA website. This was all years and years ago
Ever since I binged your Edgewood creation streams some months back, I've been using this method to make my Sims and I've never looked back! It's wild how the modifiers can make them look so ridiculous (before smoothing it out with the sliders) 😂
I've been doing this method for years, I love Pooklet's method so much! I get the most unique looking sims every time I do this, it really makes creating townies fun!
i use bodyshop when i just want to play dress up in the sims, but dont want to 1) play with the sims i make 2) lose the sims (just like when you lose CAS, you just lose them :() the later parts of the sims definitely miss the body shop!!! like i even make my own cc all the time!
I've been playing Sims 2 for way over a decade and never knew about this method/these generators. It always took me hours to make one Sim and then I ended up not liking it anyway, this is so quick and the results are really cute!
Not gonna lie, I could watch hour long videos about creating sims this way because you never know what you can get, it's really relaxing too in my opinion
I made sims like this back in the day before the online generators existed - I had to calculate everything using a random number generator and it was extremely tedious! The online generators are amazing - thank you so much for putting me on to them! Makes everything SO much easier and now I want to go and make sims again!
I watched so many of your videos and got so triggered by them that I just took out my slightly damaged old Win7 Notebook (the keyboard is broken, but I have another one to use instead), set it up completely new and installed The Sims 2 again. I tried to run the game on my Windows 10 PC, but it simply doesn't work and Sims 4, so far, is only satisfying my building needs. Thank you so much for your dedication and all the joy you bring us 🥰
I've already seen this method and the randomizers but I still couldn't figure it out based just on written instructions. So thank you so much Cindy for this video tutorial!
I know you are taking a long break but want to thank you for this tutorial. I haven't played in a very long time and couldn't find body shop. I hope that you find peace and contentment soon. 💜
This actually inspires me to play sims again. I’ve been playing since sims 1 and I’ve never been burnt out like I am right now!!! I’m really excited to spend my weekend off work playing and creating my own neighborhood with unique sims and doing rotational gameplay! These videos are making me feel so happy and nostalgic. Proud of you and happy to see you enjoying the sims again 💕
I’ve been using this method (discovered it form watching some of your old streams) to make some of the elven sims for my new hood I’ve been creating and playing! It makes some really nice/interesting sims and I can’t wait to see what all the offspring look like :)
I first read about this method on your website. I thought - too complicated, who needs this?? and then I gave it try. I wouldn’t have never created sims so unique by myself. If I am making my own neighborhood, I only create sims using this method.
I use this method same method sometimes. One thing I like to do is to do the modifiers, and once I have my crazy looking sim, I turn them around so I can only see the back of their head. Then I do the faces with generator two, completely blind, until I'm done. Then I turn the sim around to see the final result all at once. It's so much fun! And also, I think that keeps me from subconsciously messing with the sliders and making them fit *my* ideals of beauty. Another method I use is to build my sims' faces around a certain feature. For example, I grab a random sim and give it a large nose (within reason), and then I try to make the rest of the face "work" with that nose. It can be time consuming, but I find it fun, and I get some really unique, non-conventional yet still beautiful sims that way sometimes
I get soooo excited every time I see a new video from you, you inspired me as someone who had never played the Sims 2 before to give it a try and I LOVE it. Thank you for sparking my interest into such a great game! :)
I was literally just thinking about this recently, I was going to look at your old streams to copy the method. Thank you so much for making it into a video!
You are great! I'm getting back into The Sims 2 after so many years and your content is so extensive I can't get enough. You try to test everything and then condense it to easily to understand words. Thank you so much!
This might be weird but I'd totally watch a hour long stream or video of you just making sims like this in body shop. The process is satisfying in a weird way lol
omg... i just found your vid AHHH !!! thank you, i never used body shop before cuz i was like wtf ? why do i need this XD ahhh now i can make my sims unique and pretty too, THANK YOU SO MUCH
Hey Cindy, thank you so much for this video. TBH, I've been playing the Sims 2 since it came out in 2004, but I had no idea what the body shop was for exactly and what features it had. I saw so many beautiful sims and I thought to myself: "How could you make these sims with the sliders in the game"? Now I know. Of course I know the custom sliders, but this is so much better in my opinion. You have inspired me to play more Sims 2 and that makes me so happy. I love this game so much. THANK YOU SO MUCH! Hope you have a wonderful day. Love.
I'm new to the channel :D I came here thinking I was gonna just watch a couple minutes of the video and ended up watching the whole video and subscribing. I really enjoyed this video, Cindy!!!
I really really enjoy all this play you do in Sims 2. Im watching all the Sims 2 LP from the beginning. I quit watching tv because tbh watching your LP is better! Ty isnt enough. Can i say....more Sims 2 LP?
I never messed with body shop too much, I feel like I needed the (few) up and down angles when you zoom close and they move their heads lol ? 🥴 this is very helpful ty
THIS IS SO COOL?? I've actually never used body shop because I have the ultimate collection and could never find it, lol. It's like 2 am but I wanna do this right now for a town I've had in mind since I first started playing The Sims.
Thanks for the tutorial! I recently downloaded the Body Shop on Aspyr's website (I don't have the UC and am using a MacBook), but didn't know how to use it. You're the best!
Oh my gosh!! I've been making so many sims in regular old CAS for my custom 'hood....because I FORGOT about this method & now I feel like a dufus! 😂 Thank you for this!!
Tried this out and it's pretty fun! Better than my usual method for making random sims (starting in CAS with a sim of the opposite gender, hitting randomize a few times until I find someone I like, then switching the gender), lol. Great video!
I wish CAS had these options like Body Shop. Thank you for sharing your method because I was always wondering how you made such different looking sims!
Finally tried this method and it is so good ! Thank you so much for all the information you are giving us on this channel, I started playing Sims 2 again thanks to you and now I am quite easily building a beautiful custom neighborhood with beautiful AND non-identical townies 😊 It is still a long process but it is very fun, unlike when I used to try it as a teen (without mods or tips at all)
I’m so excited! When I saw you doing this on the stream I was like OMG I’M DOING IT RIGHT NOW, but then nothing happened hahaha. Now I know how to do that so no excuses lol. Thank you so much for this video! ❤️ I love it!
I did my first sim and it's really fun to create sims like this. I hope you'll make a video on how to get them ready in CAS and setting them up in the 'hood as well. Thanks to your streams I wanted to make my own custom hood :D Thank you for the videos, streams and making the sims 2 awesome still!
i love this idea since i got stuck making sims lately ;; but my bodyshop wont open and its just a black screen in there. so my only choice as of now is to watch you do it to entertain myself !!
Hi Cindy! If you already have a video on this apologies, but I was wondering whether you could make a video on things we should do to prevent corruption in the Sims 2. I've never played it before but I just learned it was on the Mac App Store so I'm considering downloading it, but I have no clue what I'm doing and don't want to mess it up. Again, apologies if you already have a video on it. I hope you have a lovely day!
Cindy i just want to take the time and tell you that I’ve grown on you, and I’m sorry if you get hate comments, which you absolutely don’t deserve.. you’re in my prayers 💕 keep doing what you do :>
You can move the camera in bodyshop. Just press "F3". When you hold and drag your mouse, you can move around. Right is zoom, left rotates and pressing both mouse bottons, while moving the mouse, moves the camera.
FYI you can press F3 in Body Shop to get a free camera (left click and drag to pan around, right click and drag to zoom in or out). You can also press F5 to hide the background and F9 to hide the interface.
Wow, great tips! ❤️
cindy, the queen of sims 2
Thank you for watching bobbaesthetic!
@@PleasantSims there is no way to download this though Origin anymore and used to have the game
This was like a mini guide for bodyshop for me and now I wanna create sims all day long!!
I can literally create Sims for hours! It's so much fun!!
I like that technique, it's basically getting the extreme and then sanding off the edges. So they're still unique but not alien looking. Love it!
I really love making faces on Sims body shop, you can make more accurately facial structures there if you're trying to copy a person in real life
You absolutely can! And you can always download additional sliders too!
@@PleasantSims omg I never knew about it! I would definitely download those, they might come in handy :D
that randomizer with gifs on tumblr, you would click on the gif and drag your mouse away while still holding down the mouse button, and it'll show you an image of the frame the gif was on when you clicked. the person probably did it that way bc it was a popular thing to do on tumblr with character pictures & it's fun to see it "rolling" thru the images lol
yeah or maybe with screenshots! I remember doing this in 2012 or so ahah I feel old
Body Shop originally has more sliders, but you can still blend the templates in CAS, you just need to right-click on them. One click = 1/10 of that template on the Sim's face :D So about 1/3 of the slider would be 3 right-clicks. But BS is more convenient, as the Sim doesn't do any animations and stupid smiles every 2 seconds xD Also just moving template sliders is probably faster, but technically you could use the Pooklet method in CAS too, especially with BS sliders in CAS (from ModTheSims).
Thanks for the video, the Pooklet method felt like rocket science to me before, now I might try that :D
I really like doing it this way! And body shop is my preferred way too, even though you could get close in CAS.
Ok you convinced me I'm gonna find a way to download the sims 2 and relive my childhood.
EDIT: I found a website I could download the sims 2 on I'm so happy rn!
Yay!! You'll have so much fun!!
if you have a mac it’s on the app store !
Me too but i need help for install. Just gonna watch Cindy play!
@@akechifloorsign YOU JUST MADE MY YEAR THANK U
I have windows ):
i almost didn't trust the process, but she turned out so beautiful
Call me wierd but whenever you create Sims i get this crazy ASMR vibes lol. I really enjoy watching you create sims. I use the same method btw.
Lol! Thank you!!
yes me too! its sooo relaxing for some reason
You've inspired me to play sims 2 again! Thank you, i was a bit skeptical because of all the things that can cause corruption but i think im a bit more safe knowing what to do! Keep up the amazing job!
Glad to hear it!! Have fun!
@@PleasantSims
Thanks! I will!
I always create sims in BodyShop because have more options than in CAS
Me too!! You can refine their features much easier in body shop!
I have to admit I really never used body shop but i always made different colours eyes on paint.. aw simple times. :)
@@PleasantSims there are mods that unlock the body shop sliders and cas and extra sliders.
@@ewelinagustafsson3956 i was just coming here to say this, I have used them for so many years the last time I reinstalled my game I was so confused why so many sliders were missing in CAS! Until I remembered I had to get back the mod to unlock body shop sliders. I prefer using CAS to make Sims as the resolution and lighting is way better!
I’ve never used body shop (I know I know) I thought it was a separate program to download...definitely gonna play around with it tonight! Thanks cindy!
You're welcome! You will really like it! So much fun to create Sims there!
Ever since I downloaded the Ultimate Collection, I thought I had lost Body Shop forever. This just made my day!
where did you get it from ?
@@milly9451 whenever they first created the ultimate collection, I got an email to get origin and it was there. I guess I got the heads up because my game was registered on the EA website. This was all years and years ago
Omg I NEVER used the BodyShop! How much I've been missing!!!
Thanks Cindy! You are always making my The Sims 2 experience the BEST! 🥰🥰🥰
omg bodyshop THIS BRINGS ME STRAIGHT BACK TO 2005
you can also download more sliders if you want to get more intricate.
Ever since I binged your Edgewood creation streams some months back, I've been using this method to make my Sims and I've never looked back! It's wild how the modifiers can make them look so ridiculous (before smoothing it out with the sliders) 😂
When I was like 11 I could tell body shop was useful but I didn't know how to use it until now
I've been doing this method for years, I love Pooklet's method so much! I get the most unique looking sims every time I do this, it really makes creating townies fun!
i use bodyshop when i just want to play dress up in the sims, but dont want to
1) play with the sims i make
2) lose the sims (just like when you lose CAS, you just lose them :()
the later parts of the sims definitely miss the body shop!!! like i even make my own cc all the time!
I've been playing Sims 2 for way over a decade and never knew about this method/these generators. It always took me hours to make one Sim and then I ended up not liking it anyway, this is so quick and the results are really cute!
Not gonna lie, I could watch hour long videos about creating sims this way because you never know what you can get, it's really relaxing too in my opinion
I made sims like this back in the day before the online generators existed - I had to calculate everything using a random number generator and it was extremely tedious! The online generators are amazing - thank you so much for putting me on to them! Makes everything SO much easier and now I want to go and make sims again!
I watched so many of your videos and got so triggered by them that I just took out my slightly damaged old Win7 Notebook (the keyboard is broken, but I have another one to use instead), set it up completely new and installed The Sims 2 again. I tried to run the game on my Windows 10 PC, but it simply doesn't work and Sims 4, so far, is only satisfying my building needs.
Thank you so much for your dedication and all the joy you bring us 🥰
Great topic 👍🏻
Usually my sims end up looking like a second template, attractive but boring 😅
I agree! Thank you for watching!!
I've already seen this method and the randomizers but I still couldn't figure it out based just on written instructions. So thank you so much Cindy for this video tutorial!
I know you are taking a long break but want to thank you for this tutorial. I haven't played in a very long time and couldn't find body shop. I hope that you find peace and contentment soon. 💜
This actually inspires me to play sims again. I’ve been playing since sims 1 and I’ve never been burnt out like I am right now!!! I’m really excited to spend my weekend off work playing and creating my own neighborhood with unique sims and doing rotational gameplay! These videos are making me feel so happy and nostalgic.
Proud of you and happy to see you enjoying the sims again 💕
I’ve been using this method (discovered it form watching some of your old streams) to make some of the elven sims for my new hood I’ve been creating and playing! It makes some really nice/interesting sims and I can’t wait to see what all the offspring look like :)
It's so much fun to pair up your creations and see what their babies look like! I love that part!
Thanks Cindy! My sims always end up looking so similar so this really helps!☺️
You're so welcome! Glad to help!
Pooklet method is the best and fun to watch the process of transformation of a sim.
Hugs Cindy 🤗
It really is! I love transforming my Sims from hideous to beautiful! Lol
i just found a copy of the sims 2 at a thrift store, your videos are such a blessing lol
for tumblr gif randomisers, you're meant to drag the gif image and take whatever shows up in the dragged preview image :) hard to explain!
I understand what you mean!! Thank you!
I first read about this method on your website. I thought - too complicated, who needs this??
and then I gave it try.
I wouldn’t have never created sims so unique by myself.
If I am making my own neighborhood, I only create sims using this method.
I use this method same method sometimes.
One thing I like to do is to do the modifiers, and once I have my crazy looking sim, I turn them around so I can only see the back of their head. Then I do the faces with generator two, completely blind, until I'm done. Then I turn the sim around to see the final result all at once. It's so much fun! And also, I think that keeps me from subconsciously messing with the sliders and making them fit *my* ideals of beauty.
Another method I use is to build my sims' faces around a certain feature. For example, I grab a random sim and give it a large nose (within reason), and then I try to make the rest of the face "work" with that nose. It can be time consuming, but I find it fun, and I get some really unique, non-conventional yet still beautiful sims that way sometimes
I was literally thinking about this method this morning!
I learned this method from you and used it to fill my custom town. I love it! All of my sims look so unique
I really need to download and play The Sims 2 omg
Yes, yes you do! 😀
I’ve never even played sims two but I just love watching your videos on it 😅I grew up with sims 3
i had no idea you could makes sims pretty like this on the sims 2. i have seen your mod for sims 2 to make them look better but these are next level
I get soooo excited every time I see a new video from you, you inspired me as someone who had never played the Sims 2 before to give it a try and I LOVE it. Thank you for sparking my interest into such a great game! :)
That's awesome! I'm so glad you're enjoying Sims 2!
I have used body shop and i have used the genarators i absolutly LOVE how my sims look by the end
I've always been so confused about body shop. I'll def be watching this twice over lolol thank you! Always coming in clutch with the content.
This channel made me fall in love with the sims 2 🥺
I dont play sims anymore, but i looooove watching these tutorials! Love your playstyle
Thank you!! 😊
I was literally just thinking about this recently, I was going to look at your old streams to copy the method. Thank you so much for making it into a video!
You're very welcome!!
I only used Body shop for an attend of making CC which was only a t-shirt 😂, o didn't even try to do something like this but definitely will now
When I finally over with the defaults I gonna try this out, we all need townies.
I’m working on my defaults too and god it feels like climbing a mountain lol! One day I’ll finish 😢
Body Shop is awesome!! I used to spend hours creating custom faces
Omg..I had no idea this was even an option. When I do get a new computer that I can play my sims on I am so using this to make my sims families.
You are great! I'm getting back into The Sims 2 after so many years and your content is so extensive I can't get enough.
You try to test everything and then condense it to easily to understand words. Thank you so much!
Thank you! I love how you always explain even the smallest things, it makes everything super easy to understand
Thank you!!
This might be weird but I'd totally watch a hour long stream or video of you just making sims like this in body shop. The process is satisfying in a weird way lol
I finally downloaded the sims 2! I just have to install the 4GB patch and fix the graphics! I'm so excited!!
Yay!! Have fun!!
omg... i just found your vid AHHH !!! thank you, i never used body shop before cuz i was like wtf ? why do i need this XD ahhh now i can make my sims unique and pretty too, THANK YOU SO MUCH
Thank you so much for this video, I completely forgot about the existence of the body shop... so many new possibilities
You're so welcome!
Hey Cindy, thank you so much for this video. TBH, I've been playing the Sims 2 since it came out in 2004, but I had no idea what the body shop was for exactly and what features it had. I saw so many beautiful sims and I thought to myself: "How could you make these sims with the sliders in the game"? Now I know. Of course I know the custom sliders, but this is so much better in my opinion. You have inspired me to play more Sims 2 and that makes me so happy. I love this game so much. THANK YOU SO MUCH! Hope you have a wonderful day. Love.
That's awesome!! I'm so glad I could help!!
can we just say how GORGEOUS this sim is???
I'm new to the channel :D I came here thinking I was gonna just watch a couple minutes of the video and ended up watching the whole video and subscribing. I really enjoyed this video, Cindy!!!
Wow this is... excellent! Seems like a lot of effort but so worth it for a unique experience with brand new people
I get so excited when I see cindy has posted a video, no matter the topic! I have spent YEARS in body shop lol I love it
I really really enjoy all this play you do in Sims 2. Im watching all the Sims 2 LP from the beginning. I quit watching tv because tbh watching your LP is better! Ty isnt enough. Can i say....more Sims 2 LP?
i started using this method just recently after watching your livestreams & i love it !! thank you so much to introducing me to this!! ❤️
Just the other day I saved pooklets post on tumblr! Love to see your mind reading is just as accurate as ever
I never messed with body shop too much, I feel like I needed the (few) up and down angles when you zoom close and they move their heads lol ? 🥴 this is very helpful ty
THIS IS SO COOL??
I've actually never used body shop because I have the ultimate collection and could never find it, lol. It's like 2 am but I wanna do this right now for a town I've had in mind since I first started playing The Sims.
I have only made one sim and I made her in cas but I'll have to try this! Also I think this was my kicker to get my cc hair in line
Thanks for the tutorial! I recently downloaded the Body Shop on Aspyr's website (I don't have the UC and am using a MacBook), but didn't know how to use it. You're the best!
This is awesome. Not too hard to do. Love it thank you
Cindy is actually inspiring everyone to go dig out their copies of Sims 2!
Oh my gosh!! I've been making so many sims in regular old CAS for my custom 'hood....because I FORGOT about this method & now I feel like a dufus! 😂 Thank you for this!!
You're welcome!!
Tried this out and it's pretty fun! Better than my usual method for making random sims (starting in CAS with a sim of the opposite gender, hitting randomize a few times until I find someone I like, then switching the gender), lol. Great video!
Love ya cindy u are the literal best-
Thank you!!!
I loved the Body shop! I remember them releasing it before the actual game: my sister and I were hooked on that alone.
I wish CAS had these options like Body Shop. Thank you for sharing your method because I was always wondering how you made such different looking sims!
I literally wait everyday for your updates Cindy!!💖
Aww, thanks so much for watching Devi!
OMG thank you for putting this up! I tried this method a few weeks ago, and was a little lost, so the demonstration helps a lot!
i’ve been waiting for this one, thank you ❤️
You're so welcome!
This method changes everything!
Finally tried this method and it is so good ! Thank you so much for all the information you are giving us on this channel, I started playing Sims 2 again thanks to you and now I am quite easily building a beautiful custom neighborhood with beautiful AND non-identical townies 😊 It is still a long process but it is very fun, unlike when I used to try it as a teen (without mods or tips at all)
I’m so excited! When I saw you doing this on the stream I was like OMG I’M DOING IT RIGHT NOW, but then nothing happened hahaha. Now I know how to do that so no excuses lol. Thank you so much for this video! ❤️ I love it!
Valuable Sims2 resources being permanently stored on message boards is SO Sims2
Haven't used body shop in a while. Might hop in when I have the time. 😊
Thank you for this tutorial! I have always wondered how everyone does it!
You are so welcome!
I did my first sim and it's really fun to create sims like this. I hope you'll make a video on how to get them ready in CAS and setting them up in the 'hood as well. Thanks to your streams I wanted to make my own custom hood :D
Thank you for the videos, streams and making the sims 2 awesome still!
i love this idea since i got stuck making sims lately ;; but my bodyshop wont open and its just a black screen in there. so my only choice as of now is to watch you do it to entertain myself !!
Dreadpirate (on tumblr) has also created a program for this method that can be used offline!
This is absolutely hilarious! I had no idea you can utilize Bodyshop like that. Thank you for this video!
Hi Cindy! If you already have a video on this apologies, but I was wondering whether you could make a video on things we should do to prevent corruption in the Sims 2. I've never played it before but I just learned it was on the Mac App Store so I'm considering downloading it, but I have no clue what I'm doing and don't want to mess it up. Again, apologies if you already have a video on it. I hope you have a lovely day!
I saw you using this method on your first Edgewood streams and adopted it instantly, thanks!
Yeees, Pooklet and Mina's face templates! Invaluable for my game. I'm too uncreative to make unique sims from scratch. 😂
I love this Sims lottery thing
Cindy i just want to take the time and tell you that I’ve grown on you, and I’m sorry if you get hate comments, which you absolutely don’t deserve.. you’re in my prayers 💕 keep doing what you do :>
Thank you!! 😀
You can also adjust the eyelash length and other details in body shop
You can move the camera in bodyshop. Just press "F3". When you hold and drag your mouse, you can move around. Right is zoom, left rotates and pressing both mouse bottons, while moving the mouse, moves the camera.
this was so informative and straightforward, thank you!!
There are probably lots of videos on making clothing in bodyshop, but I'd love to see you discuss it! Unless you've already got a video on it!
I love using this method because of you
Wow awesome! I wish we could do this normally in cas, i dont have enough spare time to do this during my game time 😅