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{{Warning-header|This tutorial requires you to know basic knowledge and understanding about save game folders, game data directories, restarting a neighborhood, and so on. If you are reluctant to mess up with game folders, avoid doing this. Side effects may occur if the tutorial is not followed properly.}}
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This tutorial is for ''[[The Sims 2]]'' only.
Sick of seeing the same townies and NPCs from Pleasantview
==Required Mods==
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|Prevents new Social Group Townies from being generated. This mod also makes [[Game guide:Which NPCs are safe to play as?|safe NPCs]], Townies, and Downtownies occupy empty apartments. If no eligible NPCs, Townies, or Downtownies exist, then the apartments will remain vacant.
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==Preparing - Disabling the Templates==<!--Note that the templates from More Awesome Than You are not guaranteed to be fully cleaned, and it may leave unwanted references behind. The best way to create a neighborhood that is completely devoid of Sims is to never have any be generated in the first place.-->
===The Sims 2 Original===
Custom
===The Sims 2 Pets to Apartment Life===
Pets, Seasons, Bon Voyage, FreeTime, and Apartment Life all create the same special townies and NPCs for custom neighborhood. You will need to replace those stealth hood templates with empty ones so the game can't read them. First, download [
: For Pets, it will be folder P001. Move that folder to a folder on your Desktop (you can call it "TS2 Original Stealth Hood templates" to avoid getting them mixed up), then extract the downloaded P001 folder to that location.
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Create your custom neighborhood the normal way. Quit right after the neighborhood shows up. Browse the folder in ''My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Neighborhoods\N004\Characters\ ''(If this is your first custom neighborhood, it will be N004). If the folder is not empty, then you did the steps wrong and will have to repeat it all over again.
==Creating Sub-Neighborhood==
If you want to create a default sub-neighborhood (''C:\Program Files\EA Games\(EP)\TSData\Res\NeighborhoodTemplate\''), you need to follow the instructions [
==Populating the Neighborhood==
You may create your own Townies for your neighborhood or just let the game create them by itself. If you've disabled the N001 folder in the second step, townies and NPCs will never be generated because the game can't access the folder that contains their data. To get the game to generate the NPCs but not the townies, remove the "-bak" part of the folder and get the "notownieregen" mod, listed on the top of the page. Having this mod will allow the game to generate NPCs, but doesn't allow it to generate townies.
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When you're done, save the game.
===Creating Custom Townies===
If you have
When you're done, move your Sims into a lot, and use the teleporter to make them a townie by choosing ''Make me a... - Townie, Downtownie'', etc. For Pets, you need to use a Sim and choose ''Make stray... - ''your pet's name. You might want to
Now, open SimPE. Delete ALL
▲When you're done, move your Sims into a lot, use the teleporter to make them a townie by choosing ''Make me a... - Townie, Downtownie'', etc. For Pets, you need to use a Sim and choose ''Make stray... - ''your pet's name. You might want to create unique name in case you're confused. When you're done, save and quit the game.
When you're using Windows 7 or 8, you need to delete the files in the virtual store or the same townies will appear again and again. So, after you've done all that is described in this amazing tutorial, after shutting down the game as soon as the neighborhood you just created shows up, open cms by pressing the Windows key + R at the same time. Then type in "%temp%" without the " and press enter. Click on local, scroll down until you see a file called Virtual Store, open it, and then you have to do 2 things: First, set up you as the owner of the folder and set it to "read only"/write protected. Second, delete the EA Folder in there. Not only will your game load much faster, no more townies will spawn unless you've created them.
▲Now, open SimPE. Delete ALL relationship you see. Note that if you create Child or Teen townies, they MUST have a family relationship with someone older. In this case, delete their family tree, unless you want to make a special case, such as Townies in Downtown having a family relation to certain playable Sims. You may also set their careers, skills, gender preference, hobbies, and so on. Otherwise, the game will set them randomly.
==Notes==
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