The first letter must be an upper-case "D", and all other letters must be lower-case. One is that, as far as The Sims 2 is concerned, the name of this folder is case-sensitive. When doing this, there are two things to keep in mind. However, it is often necessary for players to manually create the Downloads folder.
There is no need to do anything to the package files other than place them in the Downloads folder, or a sub-folder of it. package files will not be associated with a program unless a program designed to read them, such as SimPE, is installed. If Nightlife or later is installed, the Downloads folder may contain sub-folders.Īs a rule.
Windows Vista, Windows 7, Mac: Users\(Your User Account)\Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Downloads\ Windows XP: Documents and Settings\(Your User Account)\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Downloads\ The location of the "Downloads" folder is:
package, and one main folder, Downloads, whose location does not depend on the install location. In The Sims 2, custom content has been simplified. The XX is a two-digit number representing the neighborhood. They are placed in:Ĭ:\Program Files\Maxis\The Sims\UserDataXX\Houses Their filenames take the form HouseXX.iff, where XX is their lot number. They are placed in:Ĭ:\Program Files\Maxis\The Sims\GameData\Floors They are placed in:Ĭ:\Program Files\Maxis\The Sims\GameData\Wallsįloors have the extension. Walls, including murals, have the extension. They are placed in:Ĭ:\Program Files\Maxis\The Sims\GameData\Roofs
They can be distinguished from skin textures by their small size. Roof textures are 32x32 BMP files, and have the extension.
Regardless of install location, and regardless of whether the game is on a PC or Mac, the part of the file path after "The Sims" will be the same. Macs may or may not have a Program Files folder. The file paths given below assume a default PC installation to C:\Program Files. When installing content for The Sims, file icons and listed file types should not be considered reliable, as many of the extensions The Sims uses for custom content are also used by other programs, and those extensions may be associated with those programs. It is best to set Windows so that file extensions are always shown. Sub-folders are not recognized, except in the Downloads folder used for objects. There is no need to do anything to the content files other than place them in the correct folders. To convert package files to Sim3Packs you will need TSR Workshop or this tool: Sims3Pack File Generate Tool but I have never used those myself.In The Sims, different types of custom content are placed in different folders, depending on their file type. To get those files into the game, move them into the Mods-Folder. Houses and Sims have more then one most of the time. This is only true if there is only one package file inside the sims3packs. If you do not check the option, the package files are named the same as the sims3pack. To do so, check the option rename file on save. You can name them the way they are inside the sims3pack file. Now you have to decide how you want to name the package files.
I recommend to choose another folder than the mods folder to extract the files to (in the picture X:\Sims, too) In Step 2 you can choose where you want to extract your files to. To set this folder in the tool choose browse in Step 1. All files that the tool finds in this folder are being converted automatically. Installation instructions can be found in the Overview page of the tool UsageĬopy all sims3pack files that you want to convert in a folder of your choice (in the picture X:\Sims). Use Delphy’s Multi Sims3Pack Extractor.Install the file through the launcher as usual and find the extracted files in the DCBackup folder afterwards (sort by date for easier find, they have cryptic names).To get to the files that are within a Sims3Pack, you have two options: A Sims3Pack is actually some sort of container/archive for package files (similar to files inside a zipped archive).