Hana-Barbera's The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible Character Pack

vSxjvF_eTpU The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible Character Pack is a packaging of installation files for the Sims franchise, generated by Dozerfleet Labs in honor of the animated direct-to-video series The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible. Featuring the original protagonists of Dereck, Margo, and Moki, this pack was attempted and formatted for The Sims 2 in late 2005, and was later attempted a second time for The Sims 3 in early 2014.

The Sims 2 version
Dereck and Margo are exchange students in archeology on internship in the desert somewhere in the Middle East, ca 1981. They've befriended a Bedouin teenager named Moki, who wears a Detroit Tigers cap and follows them everywhere, presumably fascinated with American culture.

According to Hanna-Barbera's narrative, they were searching for artifacts until they got sucked into a whirlpool of sand that appeared out of nowhere. They found themselves in a chamber that introduced them to a door with the powers of time travel.

Since then, they get time-traveled against their will to witness various events from the Bible. Sometimes, they actually interact in subplots with actual Biblical figures. Other times, someone connected to a biblical figure narrates to them, and the story is then told in flashback.

Sims 2 package contents

 * Dereck.Sims2Pack (185 KB)
 * Dereck Sim essentials
 * a38d3b56_9313757 (face preset)
 * Dereck's jacket CC


 * Margo.Sims2Pack (202 KB)
 * Margo Sim essentials
 * a38d3b56_cee78525 (face preset)
 * Margo's Shirt


 * Moki.Sims2Pack (634 KB)
 * Moki Sim essentials
 * a38d3b56_81e364b9 (face preset)
 * Moki's hat CC
 * Moki's jacket CC

Sims 2 package development
After it became clear that IFF files and The Sims Deluxe would not work as a way forward for the fledgling Dozerfleet Comics, there was considerable investment in 2005 in The Sims 2 and its file formats to generate characters. To raise awareness of the comics division, however, there was also a desire to establish rapport and recognition with downloaders on Mod the Sims back in 2005.

The earliest renders of characters in The Sims 2 for use in Dozerfleet Comics involved the cast of 90 Has No Secant, followed by that of The Battle for Gerosha. Yet, the founder of Dozerfleet wasn't confident that any works in the fledgling Gerosha Chronicles series in what is now known as the Gerosha "Prime" continuity was prepared for the big stage. Movie and TV characters did really well on Mod the Sims in 2005, so pursuit began to take movies and TV shows that the founder cared about, and adapt those. While much of the fandom was adapting common franchises like Star Wars and Doctor Who, Dozerfleet opted to honor some more obscure nostalgia.

In late August and early September, around the same time that "The Very Rude ATM" and an early QBASIC version of Jewelry Jiddy's Wedding Ring Store Discount Calculator were being developed for classes at Lansing Community College, the Dozerfleet founder set to work on adapting various film franchises for inclusion on MTS.

An early item that has since been removed indefinitely due to inability to meet the ever-rising demands for quality on MTS was the Briseis dress worn by Rose Byrne in the film Troy. Around this same time, Mary Perry's Tepee had been made. Ciem 2 production had also begun while off campus. There was an entire Grillitan Diner 2 pitch, along with the crew, a new diner, and several bedsheets.

However, this wasn't seen as enough for what was desired. Early renders were attempted to re-create Joaquin Garay III's "Paco" character from the 1980 Disney film Herbie Goes Bananas. However, the extracted UV map as a BMP file via The Sims 2 Body Shop revealed that the hat that would've been used for Paco made more sense as a hat for Moki. This led to Moki being created alongside Paco. While the Paco file was never released, Moki's companions soon followed him.

Sims 2 package requirements
All of these files are theoretically 100% compatible with the Sims 2 base game. However, Margo is recommended to be installed with the University expansion also installed, due to her making the most sense as a Young Adult Sim. University was installed when the repaired Margo was first uploaded to Mod the Sims.

The Sims 3 version
Fueled by nostalgia, a self-imposed challenge led to the characters from the Sims 2 character pack being re-created once again - this time for The Sims 3. This soon followed on the heels with a self-imposed challenge to remake the cast of Inception, also a pack for The Sims 2, as both a Sims 3 and later a Sims 4 character pack. Quoting the Sims 2 pack's description almost verbatim, the Sims 3 description on DzMD reads as follows:

Dereck and Margo are exchange students in archeology on internship in the desert somewhere in the Middle East, ca 1981. They've befriended a Bedouin teenager named Moki, who wears a Detroit Tigers cap and follows them everywhere, presumably fascinated with American culture.

According to Hanna-Barbera's narrative, they were searching for artifacts until they got sucked into a whirlpool of sand that appeared out of nowhere. They found themselves in a chamber that introduced them to a door with the powers of time travel.

Since then, they get time-traveled against their will to witness various events from the Bible. Sometimes, they actually interact in subplots with actual Biblical figures. Other times, someone connected to a biblical figure narrates to them, and the story is then told in flashback.

Note: The "D" on Moki's hat is not included in the download.

Sims 3 package content

 * Dereck
 * Derek.Sims3Pack (2.2 MB)
 * Face sculpt
 * Clothing color wheel settings
 * Description: "Dereck is one of two archeology students who finds himself traveling through time."


 * Margo
 * Margo.Sims3Pack (3 MB)
 * Face sculpt
 * Clothing color wheel settings
 * Description: "Margo is the most thrilled to travel through time, seeing events as they happened that she once could only study in books."


 * Moki
 * Moki.Sims3Pack (1.2 MB)
 * Face sculpt
 * Clothing color wheel settings
 * Description: "Moki was just a nomad following Derek and Margo around. And then, he got to relive major moments from the Bible after discovering the Doorway of Time."

Sims 3 package requirements
While the exact expansions required are unclear, most expansions in the history of Sims 3 were already installed when this CC pack was made. The expansions strongly recommended to downloaders are World Adventures, Ambitions, Late Night, Generations, Pets, Supernatural, and University Life. The stuff packs most recommended are High End Loft and Fast Lane.

Slider mods by Jonha are especially recommended, to keep the trio from all being the same height as a standard Sim.

Distribution
The original upload to Mod the Sims of the Sims 2 version of this pack happened around the same time that "Convert the Gallons," a predecessor to The Sims Gallon Converters, was being made in the CITP 110 classroom of the fall of 2005 at Lansing Community College. That assignment was issued around Monday, September 12th of 2005. There was also discussion in class of the next assignment, which became "The Very Rude ATM." On September 15th of 2005, the Sims 2 versions of Dereck, Margo, and Moki were first submitted to Mod the Sims. They only received a handful of downloads, however.

MTS staff put pressure on Dozerfleet Labs (then known as Cormorant Entertainment Sims Downloads) to consider re-uploading Margo, as the initial file didn't bear a very strong resemblance to the cartoon. By the 19th of September of that year, the Very Rude ATM had been finished and submitted. An early QBASIC version of Jewelry Jiddy's Wedding Ring Store Discount Calculator was on its way by the time that the repaired MTS upload with a fixed Margo was added near the beginning of class on Friday, September 23rd of 2005. Once Margo's file had been repaired, the files stayed on Mod the Sims for several years before being taken down. Work resumed in class on the Jewelry Jiddy's calculator, which was then soon followed by The Great Scoregrabber and The Where in the World is Kelly Sacramento? Enrollment Manager.

After most of Dozerfleet's presence on Mod the Sims had diminished, there were several early efforts to branch out. The first of these was dubbed "All Things Sims," which changed its name to "Utterly Sims" after it was discovered that another distributor of Sims game CC was already using that moniker. The Greatest Adventure for Sims 2 CC files were then hosted on MediaFire, and were linked to from a blog on Tumblr around September 9th of 2014.

After that blog was taken down, the files were then re-released some time in June of 2020 on the Blogger site now known as Dozerfleet Labs. The Utterly Sims imprint was retitled "Dozerfleet Machinomic Downloadables," to make room for games outside of the Sims franchise.

The Sims 3 versions of Dereck, Margo, and Moki were uploaded to Tumblr on February 22nd of 2014, originally pursued as a self-imposed challenge to re-create the old classic Sims 2 character pack for a newer game. On July 5th of 2020, this version was re-released on Dozerfleet Labs' blog. A Sims 4 version of these characters was never actively pursued, even though the "D" on Moki's hat could be easily reverse-engineered from Miriam Flippo's hat.