Sims2RPC Mod Launcher for Mansion & Garden
A custom Sims 2 Launcher with quality of life changes, firstborn syndrome fix, better graphics and more!
It’s recommended that you have a cracked/No-CD Sims 2 M&G executable to use this launcher.
The launcher will attempt to download one if your game is not cracked, but this doesn’t always work.
Download:
MTS
One Click Auto-Installer:
SFS / Dropbox
Manual Installation ZIP:
SFS / Dropbox
You will also need the latest C++ Redistributable Package if Sims2RPC doesn’t work: https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x86.exe
.NET Framework in case the updater or settings don’t work: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-framework/net472
Features:
The features of the launcher can be easily modified via the Sims2Settings.exe application. You will also be prompted to do this the first time you boot the launcher.
Discord Rich Presence:
(Thanks a lot to @justmiha97 for the Rich Presence icons!)
Completely optional feature that displays what you’re currently doing on The Sims 2 to your Discord. All of the text displayed is completely customizable.
Better Live Mode Camera Controls:
Make the camera rotation controls behave more like in The Sims 3.
First-born Syndrome Fix:
The first “real”, “legitimate” fix for this long-running bug where first-born Sim babies are always born the same on every play session. Up until now, there were only workarounds, such as going into CAS and randomizing Sims a few times to shake up the randomizer, or using something like Pescado’s Lot Debugger to create a few random Sims, get out of the lot then back in.
This doesn’t require any of that, the randomization function in the game has been replaced with an “actually random” one, solving this issue for good with no workarounds, just have a few babies and see for yourself!
Borderless:
Quick alt tabbing!
Improved shadows and Lot Imposters:
You can enhance the quality of shadows and lot imposters via the settings app, with previews! (If Enhanced imposters cause crashes, try Medium)
Customizable Design Tool Cost:
No more $15 recolors!
EP Chooser:
Experimental feature that allows you to disable EPs allowing you to, for example, create custom CAS lots.
Installation:
- Manual ZIP Installation: Extract the contents of the zip file in your Mansion & Garden TSBin folder, located in “The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\Fun with Pets\SP9\TSBin” for Ultimate Collection users or “The Sims 2 Mansion and Garden Stuff\TSBin” for disc uesrs.
- One-Click Installer: Simply launch the installer and click on “Install”. You will be asked if you want to make shortcuts and launch Sims2RPC afterwards, if you choose to launch it you will be able to jump straight into the game or customize the launcher first!
Usage and configuration:
- Everytime you want to play with these fixes, or everytime you want to play Sims 2, launch the game via Sims2RPC.exe.
- You can customize the features by launching the Settings app (Sims2RPCSettings.exe)
- You can test the Firstborn Syndrome fix in-game by going into CAS or a family and playing with genetics/having a baby, babies should now always be completely random, no need to roll the pacifier or generate random Sims anymore!
- You can edit the config.txt file to completely customize the text displayed on Discord Rich Presence!
Troubleshooting:
- If resolution looks stretched/too low or weird in any way: https://modthesims.info/download.php?p=5682072#post5682072
- Make sure the launcher is in TSBin, and not in its own folder.
- You can try repairing the launcher via Sims2RPCUpdater.exe
- You can download updates manually from https://github.com/LazyDuchess/Sims2RPC.com/releases and replace your RPC files with those.