The Sims 2 Critters

Version 1. 1, 2026-10-01.

# Short description

The skunk from The Sims 2 Pets and the penguin from The Sims 2 Seasons roam your neighborhood, with their original

TS2 models, animations and behaviours.

# Full description

The skunk from The Sims 2 Pets and the penguin from The Sims 2 Seasons come to The Sims 3. They roam the neighborhood

like the TS3 raccoon and deer, with their original TS2 models, textures and animations.

## The skunk

- It comes out at night, from 8 PM to 5 AM, up to two in the neighborhood. It visits residential lots only and

prefers lots with trash.

- It knocks over outdoor trash cans and eats from trash piles.

- Pet: usually the skunk gets scared and sprays, with the original TS2 effect. The Sim stays smelly and gets the

"Sprayed by a Skunk" moodlet. Only one time in twenty does it let itself be petted: "Petted a Skunk!" moodlet

(+40 for 12 hours). A werewolf succeeds much more often.

- Follow: the skunk gets annoyed and sooner or later sprays. Chase Off: the skunk runs away.

- Watch, as with TS3 minor pets.

- With Pets: grown dogs and cats chase it, also on their own, and they can get sprayed too.

## The penguin (needs Seasons)

- It comes out in winter, during the day, from 8 AM to 6 PM, up to two in the neighborhood. It can also show up after

a Sim goes fishing in winter.

- On snow it slides on its belly. It dances, flaps its wings, talks to snowmen and scarecrows, eats fish it finds on

the ground and asks fishing Sims for a fish. It has its TS2 facial expressions.

- Pet ("Penguin Cuddles" moodlet), Shoo, Watch.

## For everyone

- Adults, elders, teens and children. Children have their own TS2 animations.

- Sims interact with the creatures autonomously too.

- The creatures stay in your save, like raccoons and deer.

- Text in English and Italian.

## Requirements

- The Sims 3 with a Mods folder set up for script mods (`Resource.cfg` and `Mods\Packages`).

- Penguin: Seasons. Dogs and cats chasing the skunk: Pets. The skunk works without them.

- Tested only in the author's own game, with these expansions installed.

## Installation

Copy the `TS2Critters` folder (three `.package` files) into `Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\Packages`.

To uninstall, delete that folder.

Type `ts2crittersdebug on` in the cheat console (Ctrl+Shift+C) to turn on the mod's debug mode. "DEBUG: ..." menus

then show on the terrain and on the creatures, for example to spawn a creature where you click or to put snow on the

ground, and the mod writes log lines to `Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3`. `ts2crittersdebug off` turns it off,

and `ts2crittersdebug` alone switches it. Debug mode is off every time the game starts, and `testingcheatsenabled`

does not turn it on. With debug mode off, the mod writes a file only when a script error happens, and shows a notice in game.

- 1. 1 (2026-10-01): the debug menus and log files have their own cheat, `ts2crittersdebug on`, and no longer show

with `testingcheatsenabled true`.

- 1. 0 (2026-09-30): first release.

Models, textures, animations and effects: Maxis / Electronic Arts, The Sims 2. Converted for The Sims 3 with custom

tools. Free, unofficial mod.