Want to create a "Megahood" for personal play while keeping original hoods intact for a Lore YouTube channel. Need advice!
Hello everyone,
So first, I want to just say sorry for my English Level, I am French, so sorry for mistakes.
I don't know much about the Sims 2, I grew up with the Sims 3 and I absolutely love it. But I have a question and a problem to solve.
I don't know much about The Sims 2's inner workings since I grew up with The Sims 3. I am a French Lore YouTuber, and TS2 is on my list of games to cover. However, I also want to play the game for fun with my own custom family. Because of the way TS2's saving system works (unlike TS3/TS4 where you can have multiple save slots), I don't want to modify or touch the original premade neighborhoods like Pleasantview, Strangetown, or Veronaville.
So I thought of creating my own city and move all my favorite premade families there (the Goths, Capps, Montys, Specters, etc.) using the default family bin. However, I was told this causes severe neighborhood corruption, which I knew nothing about. I have since deleted that neighborhood to avoid any issues.
Is it possible to create a custom world, bring in these famous premade families with their original houses, family trees, and memories, while keeping the game 100% safe from corruption? For example, one day in my family, I would like to marry either Cassandra or Alexander Goth to be linked with their family.
The first picture shows you the world I was creating but I stopped after learning about this, I took family off their world with the family boxes and added them here, the second a bug I had in Pleasentview which the lore family stories disappeared but I succeed to make it back.
I know some people use "Clean Templates" or "Megahoods," but I'm completely lost on how to set it up properly, especially since I need to keep my original hoods untouched for my YouTube channel. Has anyone tried this? Do you have any advice or guides for a beginner?