In the Sims 2, can you clone an existing sim?

NEIGHBORHOOD SIMS CLONING TUTORIAL v1.0 by Morlock

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This tutorial demonstrates a method of cloning any in-game or user created Sims, NPC's and Townies by appearence only or by appearence and personality.

It is possible to clone family ties, memories etc., but that is beyond the scope of this tutorial, for now.

There is probably another or easier way to achieve the same result, but this is how I have managed to achieve it with the tools currently available to me.

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IMPORTANT:

Before starting, BACKUP the, by default, '\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Neighborhoods' folder.

This tutorial is 'at your own risk'. I have tested the methods used without any adverse effects.

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You will need to have (currently) 'SimPE v0.14d' installed (or later version) which is available on the the official SimPe site here:

http://sims.ambertation.de/

or from ModTheSims2.com forums in this thread:

http://forums.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=308...

Credit to the author of this modding tool.

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OK, Now for the tutorial...

1. Decide which Sim you want to clone, this Sim MUST currently reside in a Sims2 'Neighborhood' or be in the 'Family Bin' of a 'Neighborhood'.

2. Run SimPE and EITHER;

a. From the SimPE main menu select 'Plugins'>'Neighborhood Browser', double click, or highlight and 'Open', the 'Neighbourhood' your Sim resides in. Go to Section 5.

OR

b. In the top left main menu select File>Open...

3. The 'Neighborhoods' are, by default, located in 'My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Neighborhoods'.

The default 'Neighborhood' folders are named as follows;

N001 - Pleasentview

N002 - Strangetown

N003 - Veronaville

Any custom 'Neighborhoods' which have been created are named respectively

N004

N005

N006 etc.

Browse to the 'Neighborhood' folder where your Sim resides.

4. ...Double click, or highlight 'Open', the relevant 'Neighborhood' folder ie. for Pleasentview=N001.

Inside will be a file called 'N00*_Neighborhood.package'.

(The * will correspond to the 'Neighborhood' folder name ie Pleasentview will be 'N001_Neighborhood.package')

Double click, or highlight 'Open', the 'N00*_Neighborhood.package' file.

5. A lot of lists and odd numbers will appear in the various windows. It looks complicated but just ignore all of this.

6. If you wish to clone the *appearence* of your Sim only, read on from section 7, if you wish to clone the *appearence AND personality* of the Sim, skip to section 10.

7. From the SimPE main menu select 'Plugins' and then 'Sims Surgery'. The 'Sims Surgery Tool' window will pop up containing thumbnails of your 'Neighborhood' Sims. Scroll to your Sim in the 'Sim Pool'and highlight her/him with a single click.

8. In the 'Patient Sim' window of the 'Sims Surgery Tool, click 'use', your Sim's picture should appear in the 'Patient Sim' window.

9. Click 'Export' at the top right of your Sim's picture in the 'Patient Sim' window. A save dialogue window will appear,'Export CAS Sim', where you can rename your file or just save it as the default name.

This '*.package' file (Your cloned Sim) will be saved in 'My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\SavedSims' by default. FINISHED, your clone will now appear in Bodyshop*.

*NOTE:

You must leave the file, or a copy of it, in 'My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\SavedSims' for it to appear in Bodyshop.

Whilst in build Sims mode in Bodyshop, your Sim will not have an asterix on the image to indicate that it is custom content.

You can alter your cloned Sim in Bodyshop including making them a teen, adult etc.

That's it, your Sim is cloned.

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[If you are cloning your Sim's personality and have already noted your Sim's personality traits, skip to section 14]

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Continue from here if you want to clone your Sim's personality traits (See section 6):

10. From the SimPE main menu at the top left, select 'Plugins' then 'Sim Browser', wait whilst SimPE loads up the files and a window should appear with thumbnails of all of the Sims residing in the 'Neighborhood'.

11. Scroll through the thumbnails to find your Sim, then double click on the thumbnail or highlight it and select 'Open'.

A picture of your Sim should appear in the middle of SimPE, in the 'Sim Description Editor', on the right. If not, select 'Plugin View' from the tabs which are located in the middle of SimPE.

12. Your Sim's character is determined by the different levels of traits that can be viewed using SimPE. You will see a row of tabs such as...

Interests-Relations-Skills-Character-Extended

...to the left of your Sim's picture. Also their Name, Life Section, Aspiration etc.

The easiest way I know of cloning a Sim's personality is to write all of these traits down somewhere!

13. The most important factors are Interests, Skills and Character. Click on each of the three tabs and make a note of the level each subsection has reached.

ie. On the 'Interests' tab

Environment - 6

Paranormal - 3

etc.

When you have noted these down, return to section 7 and follow the tutorial through to section 9.

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14. By this stage you should have a clone of your Sim appearing in Bodyshop AND you need to make sure this Sim is either at least in the 'Family Bin' of, or residing in, a 'Neighborhood'. If you do not know how to export your Sim from Bodyshop into a 'Neighborhood' or the 'Family Bin', find out first, then carry on to section 15.

15. Load up the 'Neighborhood' your Sim is in and bring their picture up in the 'Sim Description Editor'.

(If you forgot how to do this read sections 2-5 and sections 10-11)

16. Find the list of your Sim's personality traits which you made!

17. Click on the 'Interests' tab and enter the data in the subsections. You can click on the grey bar next to ie. 'Environment' to alter it this way, or enter a number in the white box at the end of the bar.

Do the same for all subsections ie. 'Paranormal', 'Entertainment'etc.

18. Repeat section 17 for tabs 'Skills' and 'Character' altering subsections until they all match the list which you made*.

*NOTE:

If you want to create a clone with a different personality, just enter your own made up data. You can also change the 'Name', 'Aspiration' and 'Zodiac'. HOWEVER, for now, leave alone 'Life Section','Age'and 'Treat As', changing these can have adverse effects.

(Refer to http://www.modthesims2.com/forums.php before making any changes here)

19. Now you need to save the changes. Press 'Commit' in the bottom right of SimPE, and in the SimPE main menu, click 'File'>'Save'.

20. FINISHED, your cloned Sim has just had a personality transplant!

Tip:You can launch a windowed Sims2 from SimPE by selecting 'Tools'>'Sims2' to check your changes.

Your Sim will need to be placed on a lot if you have worked on him/her whilst in the 'Family Bin' to check any personality changes you have made.

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This tutorial was originally posted at ModTheSims2.com

http://www.modthesims2.com/forums.php

Subject Header: Neighborhood Sims Cloning Tutorial v1.0

Author: Morlock

If you have any comments, advice, suggestions, typos or better methods relating to this tutorial, please post a reply in the thread or PM me from the site:

http://www.modthesims2.com/index.php?

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Hi, I'm not sure that you can - though there may be some help on this site (maybe in the forums):

http://www.modthesims2.com/

I thought that, in order to get identical sims, first you had to create them in the Sims2 Body Shop.

Though I have just found this cheat:

Easy way to clone your sims ;)

Rating: 62%

Just go to the buy mode and click on the sim you want to clone..( if this doesent work then insert the cheat " moveobjects on" ..So once you have the sim "in your hands" hold down shift and put the sim down and voila..ofcourse you cannot control the sim but it is still fun lookin it "living" in your house and if the original sim has a loved one (bf or gf ) then you might not want to kiss him or her in front of the cloned sim ;):P

on here:

http://cheats.gamez.com/cheats/pc/the_sims_2.html

Followed these steps step by step, everything looked like it went alright, then loaded up the game, and all of my neighborhoods are gone. Tried restoring the backup via the SimPE program, no good, tried restoring the neighborhoods folder with the one I copied before doing anything as a backup, still no good... Great...

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Only in SIMS body shop, which sometimes fails to get started.

>:-(

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i once made 5 ppl that look the same but i cant remember if they had the same name

Not that I am aware of but try these guys, I've found them really helpful

http://thesims2.ea.com/