Uber/Mega- Hood Template: Fixed Bella Issue + Purist + Extras + Townies/No Townies

Uberhood Template with True Bella Goth

Hello! As I promised here's a Uberhood base that should fix the Bella Goth issue once and for all. It is based on my Pleasantview and Strangetown purist templates, so no personal interpretations added. You can find Pleasantview here and Strangetown here.

You can also use this to make a Megahood, or hood of any size. You'll notice I gave them specific names, in case anyone wants to play a Dualhood consisting of PV and ST. You can of course modify it!

Features

• Everything has been left as maxis-match as I could.
• Bella from PV has been deleted, as she's not the canon one from the standpoint view of the developers.
• Bella has relationship flags/family ties to all her family members, but does not remember anyone.
• I have kept Bella hidden in Mortimer's, Cassandra's and Alexander's relationship panels, so you can play out your storyline and indulge in the mystery.
• All ancestors are included, always.
• All townies have their original names.
• Instead of using recreations where I didn't need to, I extracted the original faces of characters from their files.
• Fully modular: Eight versions to pick from. Do you want your main to be ST or PV? Do you perhaps want townies or not? What about genetics, infant faces, corrected astrological signs and merged clones? Up to you!

Versions
You can pick PV or ST as a base, and consequentially if you want them to have townies or no townies, extras or no extras. I suggest checking my individual hoods if you want to know what are these extras I'm talking about a bit more in detail. I have made 8 versions in total: Any more would've made it hard for me to manage.

Changes
Nothing has been changed, but please refer to the "Pascal's Pregnancy" part if you use any of the templates called "PVMainSTSub." Thank you.

DISCLAIMER
This only works on Windows and Linux, and requires either the Legacy Collection, Ultimate Collection or all discs. I have tried to use AnyGameStarter or the RPC Launcher to boot the game in a lower version but I could not succeed. I am really sorry!

Pascal's Pregnancy
When the Subhood is added and everything is ran through Hoodchecker, the father NID is updated. However, the game does NOT register it. Once the lot is opened again, the game wrongly considers the pregnancy not fixed and will attempt to change the NID again, resulting in Pascal's child having a random other parent. This is a game bug and nothing I can really fix myself. Here's how to fix it in SimPE (I heard it can be fixed also with SimBlender or Insiminator, but I have no idea how those two things work and never heard about them when fixing this issue.):

• Open SimPE, go to Neighborhood Browser and pick the Uberhood.
• Go to Neighborhood Memory in the Resource Tree and find the Curious Family, then Pascal and find "Controller- Pregnancy".
• Change the NID of the father to the one of PT- should be 0x0132. Double check the four last digits of his Sim Instance in "Sim Description (SDSC)", just in case.

I want to Do It Myself / I am a Mac User

Picking your templates


Removing Bella


Removing Bella - ALT with MATY Deleted 2 Method


Configuring the remaining Bella



Wait! What if I forgot something?

Do not worry. Run HoodChecker, which will take care of things you might have left behind. Keep in mind new relationships, memories etc. Must be added manually by you.
I suggest to run it especially after you delete Bella.


Notes and CC used

• Skip, Jill, Johnny, the Caliente twins and their father have recessive genes in every template.
• Kaylynn, Meredith, Abijhet, Crystal and Gordon are always included because they have roles in the story.
• Although these Neighborhoods are clean and safe to use, the game just naturally piles up some stuff from now to then. Make sure to run your Neighborhood through Hoodchecker every now and then to get rid of them.
• The recreations of some resurrectable ancestors include content that was cut from the game. These modders have restored these items, who have been used in the recreations by carrit. I have included an extra piece I suspect has been used, too. If you won't use these, the sims who use them will have randomized clothing or hair instead.
  Lost and Found Remade Maxis Clothing
  Lost and Found Yellow and Green (Turquoise!!) Cardigans
  Beehive Hairdo
  Darling Pageboy Hair
• I suggest using Infant Faces yourself to ensure every new sim has them.

Usage
Always the same: Do whatever you want! Share, use it for projects, modify it to your likings, etc. Maybe credit back here in case there's an issue.


Special Thanks

• All the people who have, with their amazing creations, helped me make these! carrit, Dorsal Axe, ivycopur, CatherineTCJD, Mootilda, Meowingcookie, lingeringwillx (they made a tool to restore all names in subhoods!) and I hope I'm not missing anyone else!
• A warm hug to all people in the Sims 2 Community that keep me motivated. Thanks guys!
• SimPE... team..
• You!! Thanks for checking this out!!