This is a sub-page of The Sims 2 (Windows)/Unused Graphics/Base Game/UI Graphics.
Things that never got to appear above Sims' heads.
Aspiration Increase/Decrease Graphics#
The following graphics depict the Aspiration increasing or decreasing above Sims' heads with a plus or minus symbol, where many of them go unused due to the "Aspiration Chest" with numbers, being used instead in order to keep easier track of the Aspiration Points. Though the "double plus" graphics are used in gameplay when Sims are visited via the Therapist and have their Aspiration restored. On a similar note, those graphics were used in the E3 2004 build of the game.
The only Aspiration with an unused double plus symbol equivalent is the Grow Up Aspiration, because Toddler or Child Sims never get visited by the Therapist.
Found In |
Instance |
Filename |
Image |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
0xFF56EA78 |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-aspirationfamilydoubleminus0_lifo |
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An unused graphic for the Family Aspiration that was likely supposed to show if a high-valued Fear was fulfilled. |
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
0xFF748730 |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-aspirationfamilysingleminus0_lifo |
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An unused graphic for the Family Aspiration that was likely supposed to show if a low-valued Fear was fulfilled. |
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
0xFFABD9F2 |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-aspirationfamilysingleplus0_lifo |
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An unused graphic for the Family Aspiration that was likely supposed to show if a low-valued Want was fulfilled. |
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
0xFF1CB12F |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-aspirationgrowupdoubleminus0_lifo |
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An unused graphic for the Grow Up Aspiration that was likely supposed to show if a high-valued Fear was fulfilled. |
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
0xFF2A04CB |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-aspirationgrowupdoubleplus0_lifo |
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An unused graphic for the Grow Up Aspiration that was likely supposed to show if a high-valued Want was fulfilled. |
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
0xFF786B1A |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-aspirationgrowupsingleminus0_lifo |
 |
An unused graphic for the Grow Up Aspiration that was likely supposed to show if a low-valued Fear was fulfilled. |
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
0xFFD73741 |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-aspirationgrowupsingleplus0_lifo |
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An unused graphic for the Grow Up Aspiration that was likely supposed to show if a low-valued Want was fulfilled. |
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
0xFFE5B92F |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-aspirationknowledgedoubleminus0_lifo |
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An unused graphic for the Knowledge Aspiration that was likely supposed to show if a high-valued Fear was fulfilled. |
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
0xFF81631A |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-aspirationknowledgesingleminus0_lifo |
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An unused graphic for the Knowledge Aspiration that was likely supposed to show if a low-valued Fear was fulfilled. |
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
0xFFD7CE49 |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-aspirationknowledgesingleplus0_lifo |
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An unused graphic for the Knowledge Aspiration that was likely supposed to show if a low-valued Want was fulfilled. |
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
0xFF699B48 |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-aspirationreputationdoubleminus0_lifo |
 |
An unused graphic for the Popularity Aspiration that was likely supposed to show if a high-valued Fear was fulfilled. |
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
0xFF0D417D |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-aspirationreputationsingleminus0_lifo |
 |
An unused graphic for the Popularity Aspiration that was likely supposed to show if a low-valued Fear was fulfilled. |
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
0xFFA92AE5 |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-aspirationreputationsingleplus0_lifo |
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An unused graphic for the Popularity Aspiration that was likely supposed to show if a low-valued Want was fulfilled. |
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
0xFFFD8738 |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-aspirationromancedoubleminus0_lifo |
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An unused graphic for the Romance Aspiration that was likely supposed to show if a high-valued Fear was fulfilled. |
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
0xFF995D0D |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-aspirationromancesingleminus0_lifo |
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An unused graphic for the Romance Aspiration that was likely supposed to show if a low-valued Fear was fulfilled. |
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
0xFFD04908 |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-aspirationromancesingleplus0_lifo |
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An unused graphic for the Romance Aspiration that was likely supposed to show if a low-valued Want was fulfilled. |
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
0xFFE55BBA |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-aspirationwealthdoubleminus0_lifo |
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An unused graphic for the Fortune Aspiration that was likely supposed to show if a high-valued Fear was fulfilled. |
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
0xFF818181F |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-aspirationwealthsingleminus0_lifo |
 |
An unused graphic for the Fortune Aspiration that was likely supposed to show if a low-valued Fear was fulfilled. |
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
0xFF7BC35A |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-aspirationwealthsingleplus0_lifo |
 |
An unused graphic for the Fortune Aspiration that was likely supposed to show if a low-valued Want was fulfilled. |
UI Effects#
Found In |
Instance |
Filename |
Image |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
0xFF0C5684 |
plumbob-meterliquid-shell-interest0_lifo |
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An unused skill increase meter for gaining interests. |
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-aspirationrewardnegative0_lifo |
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Unused green and red variants of the Aspiration chest graphics that were likely intended to show when fulfilling Wants or Fears respectively. The regular "uncovered" blue graphic is used instead for both. |
|
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-aspirationrewardpositive0_lifo |
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Unused green and red variants of the Aspiration chest graphics that were likely intended to show when fulfilling Wants or Fears respectively. The regular "uncovered" blue graphic is used instead for both. |
|
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-crush0_lifo |
 |
Early icons for the Crush, Crush Broken, Romance, Romance Broken relationships, that were seen in 2003 builds of the game. |
|
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-crushbroken0_lifo |
 |
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Sims3D/Objects09.package |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-romance0_lifo |
 |
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Sims3D/Objects09.package |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-romancebroken0_lifo |
 |
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Sims3D/Objects09.package |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-memlove00_lifo |
 |
Earlier icon for a memory? |
|
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-memorydoubleminus0_lifo |
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Unused decrease icon for Memories which were likely supposed to show if a terrible memory happened. |
|
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-memorydoubleplus0_lifo |
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Unused increase icon for Memories which were likely supposed to show if a great memory happened. |
|
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-memorysingleminus0_lifo |
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Unused decrease icon for Memories which were likely supposed to show if a bad memory happened. |
|
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-memorysingleplus0_lifo |
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Unused increase icon for Memories which were likely supposed to show if a good memory happened. |
|
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
uieffects-headlines-motives010_lifo |
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Early motive and motive failure icons which heavily resemble the icons from The Sims. The first icon seems to depict a family, suggesting that it used when the Family and Friends Motives were implemented. The icons were oddly updated in Pets and Seasons. |
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Sims3D/Objects09.package |
uieffects-headlines-motivesfailures010_lifo |
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Sims3D/Objects09.package |
0xFF3C9F71 |
uieffects-headlines-conversationbirdbee010_lifo |
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Conversation icons about discussing what happens when two parent Sims love each other very much. Possibly from a scrapped social interaction. Oddly, the combined male and female symbol appears in The Sims 2 for PlayStation Portable. |
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
0xFFF0C2AC |
uieffects-headlines-conversationchild010_lifo |
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Most of these icons appear in-game as part of the Toys interest or as plot elements in the novel-writing feature, but five are not present in the game. The missing icons are the fishbowl, bubbles, open book, math problem, and the globe. They are all actually colorized interest icons for children from The Sims! Since TS1 icons in a similar style are shown in a few beta images, we can assume the speech bubbles were originally all like that. |
Miscellaneous#
Found In |
Instance |
Filename |
Image |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sims3D/Objects08.package |
0xFF10A1C3 |
memlove0_lifo |
 |
An unused icon which seems to be for a "love memory", according to the filename. This one is not classified as a UI-effect, implying it's an early leftover. The heart resembles the romance symbol from The Sims: Bustin Out. |
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
0xFF10A1C3 |
playin-happyface0_lifo |
 |
A crude texture intended for WooHoo symbol according to the filename. |
Placeholder Textures#
Found In |
Filename |
Image |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-aspirationrewardscorenegative0_lifo |
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Early placeholder graphics for losing Aspiration Score, with "###" representing numbers. |
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-aspirationrewardscorepositive0_lifo |
|
Early placeholder graphics for gaining Aspiration Score, with "###" representing numbers. |
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-missinganimation0_lifo |
 |
Placeholder texture for missing animation. |
Sims3D/Objects09.package |
uieffects-headlines-billboardtextures-missingsound0_lifo |
 |
Placeholder texture for missing sound. |