I'm talking, how can we make the game more realistic?

Well... We can't re-design/add realistic things like; a more realistic birth, fights, doing laundry, etc.

But with mods, girls/women can have periods, teenage pregnancy, birth, and woohoo, miscarriages. ETC!

I wanna know, well, is their a mod I NEED for maximum realistic-ness!?

Thank you!

That depends on how you define realism, doesn't it?

I think the way the game handles money is less realistic than its lack of teenage pregnancy, so I say you need Pescado's no20Khandouts plus a mod for higher bills, significantly higher service wages, and lower work bonuses. Plus a (non-existent) mod to disable cheats like maxmotives and kaching/motherload.

If you're really bothered about realism then I wouldn't suggest playing a game that features a supernatural creature in every expansion :P
But I can't really think of anything except mangaroo's suggestions. Oh, apart from having realistic skintones/eyes/hair, 'normal' lots that you'd see in real life, maybe downloading age hacks so sim's lives last so a day = roughly a year?
But in terms of gameplay if you want realism then the money thing is an issue.

I saw a hack that lasted 42 years for an adult! I personally think thats too long but what every you like people. The game is fine how it is but I did download some hacks for college, no20k, and higher bills - how sims are going to college? And Monique's computer has Banking and I am going to use it for college payments cause higher bills charge 500+ 20% on additional bills. http://drupal.cyjon.net/node/134

have fun

Sims 2 is about as realistic as I want it...I play to escape from the real world. I want it real to *some* extent, but not too much...I love the supernatural characters. Now and then I get a bug up my keister to make it more like the real world, but I can do that without any extra mods than I already have...I just don't use any money cheats (just cuz they're available doesn't mean we have to use them ) and make my sims do everything "the hard way" (no insimenator to summon people to make friends).

Supernatural creatures didn't come in every expansion pack.
Seasons, UNI, and FT didn't.
(Well I think no playable ones.)

I agree with stygia2002 Sims 2 is just as realistic as I want it. Okay, more common sense when it comes to walking and path finding but other then that it's cool. Sims 2 for me, like stygia2002 it is escape from the world. Most times I want my sims to have a better life then I do, other times I want to make their lives worse XD. I find myself really not playing when I am content with my life. However unlike stygia2002, I love to use type in cheats. If I do not use them I will kill my sims. I am the WORST non cheat player ever. Want to make a bet how long it takes me to kill my sim?

Seasons=Plantsims.
I like the game to be not exactly the same as real life.

University comes with zombies, right?

As for realism, there is a nursing hack somewhere out there. I used to have it on my old computer, it saved a LOT of time and mess since I didn't have to use bottles or have Sims go to the fridge to feed the baby.

I forgot about Plantsims. Maybe because I never make them? lol

The nursing hack by Squinge is here.

And, since it normally takes ages, Chaavik's hack to shorten the time is here.

I have both of those in my game, but I'm so used to the bottles that I often forget to use it. It's much less messy, though.

Pescado's hacks are also terribly useful for encouraging realism. His smorgasbord is here.

Other than Pescado's anti-annoyance hacks, I can't think of any mods or hacks that are particularly important to realism. I can think of a ton that I could never live without, but there's too many of those to list.

LOL...oooh I'm bad about using cheats too..just now and then I get this bug to play without them...doesn't last more than a couple of days though.

With Inteenimator and ACR installed, the game's pretty much as realistic as I want it. Although, I would like a mod in which you could choose if the father knew of a child's birth/accomplishments. It's not much of a big deal, but it's a bit annoying to have a Sim roll wants to talk to their child or whatever, where actually they've never even met the kid....

Oh I love Squinge's breastfeeding mod, plus the enhancement! For one thing, as in real life, it creates that bond between mother and baby.

I just have a few hacks/mods to make it maybe a *little* more realistic, but as someone else said, it's supposed to be an escape from reality. So I just have a balance.

That would be a great challenge to set up..."Reality Sims". Where you use the cheat aging off, set a calendar for 12 months, then play 28 - 31 Sim days/per month. Reset the season for your lot every three months. Start on Jan 1, and then keep track of everything...like vacations...you could only have 1 - 4 weeks depending on your career status. Then you go on a trip (BV EP needed). Celebrate all holidays (depending on your beliefs or the ones you have instituted in Sim City) (Celebration SP needed). Plan a wedding, throw a house party as a "birthday party" for everyone in the house, stuff like that. Practice safe woohoo, but if you have "9 months" to spare, then have your sim pregnant for that amount of time. And one week out of every month, then you don't woohoo at all, because...well...you know what I mean.

Some of my Sims don't work (they have careers that I have made for them in my stories). I pay them with money cheats. They could get aid once every 7 days or they could get paid 1 - 2 times/month. Pay the bills according to the game, but use a cheat (if you wanted to) to make the bills higher. Set New Year's resolutions and see if your Sims can attain them; lose weight, have a baby, get promoted, save up for a new house or a car, or something, (Just don't move them out in the year, because your clock will start over. Make it a goal and if they achieve it, move them out 13th month, day one.)

And add in as many hacks as your system will allow or that you feel comfortable with to help create the 'reality'. Breastfeeding, death, etc. Just a thought.

Realism was clearly meant to be out of the Sims games. They are abstract, and so would be the question of how to implement them. I'm talking about politics ( right vs left ), economy and banking which was mentioned in another topic, religion, interest groups such as PETA and organizations such as ELF, minor bigotry such as distaste of music preference. It depends on what you mean by more realism.

"Realism" when applied to any video game or simulation (pun intended) will result in failure. If you want the "real" experience, fashion a green lucite plumb-bob that you can attach to your head, and put a webcam inside it, then walk around your neighborhood. PRESTO! The Sims 4!

-looks above head at green plumb-bob of awesomesauce-

.. wait. You're telling me I'm NOT a sim?

-aspiration goes to red-
-visit from Pervy Von Pervypants-
-cradles flour baby-

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A) Not true...I'm pretty sure realism is of the utmost importance to simulations like, oh say, space flight simulators.
B) Snarky
C) Not helpful to the OP.

A to Z) No sense of humour. A relative of Grant Rodiek, perhaps?

A) Have you seen the wireframe, boxy graphics they use on those things?
B) That's your opinion, okay.
C) And your post is helpful because...?

Seasons= Plantsims
Uni= Zombies
FT= Servos

Having thought about this for a couple of days, I don't think it's a question of what you should do, but a rather what you shouldn't do in order to achieve a maximum level of realism in the game.

For instance:

No alien abductions
No teleporting
No visits to Bigfoot
No witches
No ghosts
No supernaturals at all, in fact
No money cheats
No Aspiration or career rewards that violate the laws of physics or biology...

As you can see from my (by all means incomplete) list, adding realism by taking out the fantasy elements will eliminate a lot of the game itself. The sims was always intended as a tongue-in-cheek, escapist form of entertainment, and by removing or not using those things that are definitely "unreal", a lot of flavor is lost.

When it comes to the whole "realism" thing, I have to respectfully disagree with: No alien abductions, bigfoot, ghosts and witches...just watch the discovery channel and you'll find people who've seen bigfoot and ghosts and who swear they've been abducted by aliens. I've never seen bigfoot or aliens, but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. And, while real life witches are nothing like the ones in the Sims, we do exist...we don't wear pointy hats and run around casting pointless spells...and no weird colored skin...we look like normal sims. However, I totally have to agree with No teleporting, no money cheats or rewards that violate the laws of physics and biology. The witch outfit does get on my nerves though...that's why I have the replacement skins and as soon as a sim becomes a witch, I ditch the cheesy get-up and save it for Halloween.

But really, the sense of cheesy fantasy that is characteristic of The Sims is what makes it fun, at least for me. But it's also fun to get on the boards and see what all of you like to do with your neighborhoods...and get some cool ideas while I'm at it.

I think imma need this one...well..could you please give me the link to the mod for higher bills?.....I browsed for the mod but its giving me mod for TS3,I have TS3 but I am not playing it..I am sticking to TS2..so please someone help me get this mod