How To Clean Up My Sims 3 Game

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This is a newbie or a dummy guide for beginners who doesn't know a single thing almost installing package files for Sims 3. Information technology'southward really easy and y'all can do it in a few simple steps.

What is Custom Content

or Mods?

So we say the objects in sims 3 are as content correct? Telephones,shelves,dress,makeup all of them are content. Then the content you see in your game are made by the game producers just fans all over the world accept made really absurd content for specific object types and that'due south what make them "custom content" Basically maxim they are unoffcial addons for your sims 3 game.

At present for a brief example:

Run into the gorgeous babes up there? They have been pimped up from their skin tones to their hair and clothes using different type of custom content. And then if you want to brand your Sim fabulous rather than plain boring your best choice is to learn how to use those them mods! 😀

So they are created with a item software and saved every bit a sure file blazon. They are calledbundle files.

The beneath images are some examples of a package file. Equally you can run into it doesn't have a specific extension but don't worry your Sims 3 game can understand it.

This file volition be needed to be placed manually so the game tin load it.

This will be the one we are trying to install manually in this guide. Detect the .parcel extension.

This particular custom content file should be double clicked and you will be automatically redirected to the Sims 3 Launcher screen and can end the installation there.

Now allow'southward learn how to install File Blazon 1:

What You Will Need:

Downloaded Custom Content File. (from Modernistic the Sims or any other sims 3 freebie site)
Winzip or Winrar software should be installed.
Keyboard/Mouse.
Coffee! XD

Firstly you should know that the about of the .package files volition be inside of a winrar archive or winzip archive and so it's of import that you demand to install either winzip or winrar.

Both of them are free programs that can be downloaded. You should install one of them(either winrar or winzip- my preference is winrar.)

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Secondly yous volition need your sims three custom content(duh the most important role).

I personally like getting pilus mods or skin tones for my game you can try a google search and detect them or you can check my version of All-time Mods for Sims 3

Then now that you have installed winrar or winzip you could open the file y'all have downloaded. Wait I volition give you an example of a winrar archived file looks similar. (in case y'all haven't ever used winrar before)

file name volition be different okay? i mean this is for dummies if you know what a winrar file is skip down to the installing step lol

For those who haven't seen what a winzip file looked like, take a lookie at the movie beneath thank you!

STEP I:

Get to Your Sims 3 Game Directory in My Documents

And so at present you lot have your files and everything which i have whined about you need to know your Sims 3 file directory. So merely get to the following location. (depending on your operating system)

Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\
Windows Vista or Windows vii: C:\Users\<username>\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\
Mac OS: /Users/<username>/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3/

It should wait like this(Windows 7)

Pace TWO:

Make A New Folder Called "Mods"

And so you just accept to make a new folder named mods just to go along your new mods non jumbled with the other game files and causing chaos.And so right click in the directory —> New —-> Click " Folder" and proper noun it as "Mods"

So now you lot take a new binder in your game directory hallelujah! and then it should wait something like this:

So go inside your newly made "mods" binder and you will Demand TO Brand TWO MORE folders named:

1.Overrides

two.Packages

So within the mods binder it should look like this:

STEP THREE:

Download the Resource.cfg File

And then technically your mods binder has two folders now. And so you now to fill it up with another extra appetizer named "Resources.cfg" It's just a 1kb file that is needed to be placed in the Mods folder forth with "Override" and "Packages"

Don't be alarmed- I got your back. This file is completely safe and yous simply need to download it and place them in the newly created "mods" folder.

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so copy paste your newly downloaded Resources.cfg file in the Mods directory and your final event will be this:

STEP Four:

"Extract" Your Mod from the Winrar Archive to the Directory

And so i know for newbies the word "extract" is and then terrifying but it'southward non that hard to practice. So yous should click on your downloaded custom content file which is inside winrar. Find it double click information technology and you will see the package file inside it.

Go ahead and select it and right click it and click "Excerpt to the specified folder" or you could but just click the "Extract to" icon on the winrar menu.

And you lot'll go a new small window telling where y'all should put the folder(which literally ways extraction lol) You lot'll demand to modify it and so that the mod should exist placed in your newly created "Packages" folder in the Sims 3 game directory.

So browse into the "mods" folder from the browsing pane on the correct and select the "Mods" binder and then click "Packages" and select ok.

At present your .package file should be on the directory, extracted. *pfft* 😀

Then at present navigate back to your "Mods" folder using windows explorer or My Computer and cheque whether the .package file is in the "Packages" folder.

Yous are done! 😀 Now it's time to exam your package files in the game.

STEP FIVE:

Finding Your Package Files in the Game.

In that location's an piece of cake way to detect which objects are custom content inside the game- expect at this screenshot.

**Observe the small folder icon visible in some of the objects above? Those are custom content.

Think what i said most .packages file type number 2? That they are like shooting fish in a barrel to install and you need to become to the launcher?

Bank check nether the"Installed Content" tab for your installed mods.

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**Installed custom content in launcher would look similar the above with that purple star on the lower left corner below.

Brand sure you read the clarification and installation instructions given by the mod creator as the location of the mod is usually specified at that place. To my knowledge some of the items tin can be categorized equally seen beneath.

Buy Mode Items: Can be constitute in the "Buy Mode"

For an example: If your custom content is a car you should go to the Buy mode while playing the game and detect it in the vehicles department. There could be a price for the custom content items as well so earn well!

Skin Tones: Tin merely exist accessed in Create-A-Sim Window. Every bit information technology can exist only accessed through the start of a new family unit you will need to employ the sims 3 cheats to go into the Create-A-Sim Window.

Hair/Eyes/Sunglasses/Blush/Makeup/Wearing apparel: Click on whatsoever mirror and click "Alter Appearance" and find your installed goodies in that location.

Set up Made Houses– Sometimes a whole house could be made into a custom content file and then when you demand to identify it in the game you lot volition probably need to go into the "Town" mode and choose and empty space/ lot and place it in the boondocks manually.

Sims scripts and gaming scripts: They are saved as package files besides. Read the descriptions well on such mods. some of those scripts are mostly actions that can be performed by a sim and etc.

So there yous become! 😀 If you found this guide useful pleace share it with your friends and leave a comment.

Thanks and Happy Simming!

Source: https://sims3fixes.wordpress.com/2015/07/02/how-to-install-custom-contentmods-for-sims-3-with-screenshots-for-dummies/

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