Five Steps to Shiny Custom Content in Sims 3

hey amy , im just wondering, ive installed cars in the sims 3, it is a custom content (.sim3package) . . It shows in the game . . . But when i downloaded and installed a sim which is a .sim3package format too, it doesnt show up in the game, i cant find it? Maybe you can tell me where to locate it in the game . . have you downloaded a sim model before? its just that i really cant find it. All others i have downloaded are working except this one . . . please help me . . . . .

Hey i was wondering if you could help me, i used to play sims 3 on my computer and had custom content installed but now i recently bought a laptop and i want to transfer the cc from the computer to laptop. i copied and paste it but on the computer launcher i see objects that are not in my documents in the computer so they're not showing up on the laptop. i want to transfer these as well but i dont know how.

if i already downloaded custom content to my sims 3 game before downloading framework (i didnt know i needed it until none of the cc was showing up in game) ive deleted everything ive downloaded from the multiple places it would be downloaded to. can i now install framework and have it run right? or do i need to uninstall and reinstall the games?

Wait, I fixed that prob but I have another one! I pasted the things in the Packages folder but they are not in the game.. Do I do something to them with winRAR? And I have a few expansion packs installed. The newest one being Generations. Do I put Mods/Package in that file or just the sims 3 base game file? Thanks in advance (:

Hi, I followed everything the thing said but whenever I try to save it to The Sims 3/Mods/Program Files, It says you do not have permission to save here blah blah do you want to save in users instead. Do you know what is going wrong?

Ok, I feel really dumb, but when you download things... where do you save them so you can extract them and then put them in C:\Users\[User Name]\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\Packages? I have tried to save them to a few different files (including ones that I've made just for sims things on my desk top) to then extract them and put them there, but "extracting" isn't even an option. I have no idea why. It was at one point, but at that time I was doing things differently I'm sure. I don't even remember what I was doing to make that work at that time, but now I guess I'm confused as to why I can't extract them to place them? One pair of shoes showed up in my game... I honestly just think that that was magic or something though, because nothing else worked and I don't even know how/why that one thing did that lol. OMG! I deleted everything... as in all of my "stuff for the game" downloads so I could just start over and try it again, but now I'm stuck here =P What am I to do now? I don't know how to extract so it seems. I thought I was making progress too... lame! Oh and my computer finally stopped with the whole error thing and updated. I have no idea why it even did that. I think it must have been mad at me or something. who knows. That part is ok now though.

An error like this? http://www.sims3gamer.com/2010/03/12/sims-3-qtcore4-dll-issue/

My computer wont let me update my software now. Everytime I try it says there's an error and it wont finish. Whats happening... or not happing I guess I should say?

Put them where you said and THEN clear the cache. :)

Do you delete the cache before you know if anything worked? I know you have, but nothing showed up in my game so I was scared to. I'm still confused. I'll try to download something again and see if anything different happens I guess. After you download, you extract the files and put them in C:\Users\[User Name]\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\Packages, right? Just want to make sure that that's not where I messed up... and then what after that?

okay where do i put it at amy in my packages folder or in my sims3?

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh what am i supposed to do with the other files in the framwork folder plus when i tried to download framworker i have the resource cfg and the mods and pakcages crap but it still checking for the global one and crap and when i tried to press install it dosent do anything plus where do i put the framwork when i install it does it just do itself or what im rlly confused plz help!

SIMS<3. If you have the framework, you're putting your content here: C:\Users\[USER NAME]\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\Packages and you've cleared your cache, I don't know why your stuff isn't showing up. Try downloading a completely new piece of custom content and see if that will show. [I don't know why it won't let me directly reply to you.]

I have everything saved there now. Someone else told me to put it in the wrong place I guess. I already have the framework. I guess I'm just confused as to why nothing new is in my game yet. I followed all of the steps, and I believe that everything is where it should be, but it didn't work... or maby i'm just crazy and still confused lol. Now what do I do?

First off, this is where your custom content should be living: C:\Users\[USER NAME]\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\Packages.

If you're installing a custom Sim then that content should live here: C:\Users\[USER NAME]\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\SavedSims

You also might want to check out this post about the framework: http://www.sims3gamer.com/2011/07/07/the-sims-3-framework-made-super-easy/

This one will help you with cache files that you'll need to kill to let new mods show up: http://www.sims3gamer.com/2011/02/10/sims-3-cache-files/

I hope those links help.

I need help with the whole putting new things in my game process! I have Windows 7, and the other sites that I've read have weird steps or involve things that my computer doesn't seem to have or something... for example, putting the "extracted files" into a folder that should already be there, but isn't. I have WinRAR, put all of my downloaded sim things into C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 Outdoor Living Stuff\Game\Bin\Mods\Packages. And that is where it remains. I have no idea what to do next. Some sites say that I should be all set to go, and others say that i'm not done yet, but I'm honestly just confused. Could you please help me?

When I download the cc to WinRar, it shows up and I try to move it to the Packages folder, but it won't give me the option to cut or copy it. Also, when I try to extract it, WinRar says it couldn't extract due to errors.

why has downloading changed i thought all custom content just went in the downloads folder???? why do i have to SET my game up to receive custom content??? and how do you view or NOT add all the recolours like in sim2 clean installer you could delete a recolour individually but now i cant do that???

it in my downloads in the launcher... but not the game?

Hey i was just wondering.. i have windows 7 and i installed sims3 but the funny thing is There is No MOD folder... there was a download folder so i tried adding my cool stuff i got but didnt see none of them in the game So i Made a Mods/Packages Folder and added my stuff there and still None of them Showed up... wat should I do???

The only thing I can tell y'all is if you're patched up to the most recent patch, install your stuff here: DocumentsElectronic ArtsThe Sims 3ModsPackages.

If it's a .sims3pack file then you need to double click on it and install it via the Launcher.

Hey.
I've followed the instructions, downloaded the thing you suggested. Then downloaded a piece of cc, copied the file into the Electronic Arts > The Sims 3 > Mods > Packages folder, and started the game. But it didn't show up in the game. Am I missing something? O'm very confused :)

Hi, I followed all your instructions, and all my other cc works well and shows up, but when I installed some new skins they don't show up, even after deleting the cache file...any idea what could cause that?

Hi, I was wondering if I could get some help here:
My problem is, that I did everything as told, MonkeyBars said everything was OK, so I went on putting the package files to their places. First I did this with in Documents, then when they didnt work there I tried it in Program files too. Now when I put the in program files there are a few CC's I can see in the game, like clothes, hair. I never found where are my furnitures or skintones or patterns. The main confusing thing is: I have around 10 sim downladed and from that 10 I only seen 1 in the game. Everything was downloaded from MTS, and the zips were fine, so I dont think the problem is in the files.

Any ideas how I can fix this or should I try to reinstall sims alltogether and see if that helps?

Ok well I downloaded every thing and my computer is saying that it cant identify the file and it wants me to find and locate something to open it? IDK what to do help

Are you saying you don't have the Sims 3 program files? [C:Program FilesElectronic ArtsThe Sims 3]

If you're manually installing your custom content then you'll have to create the Mods and Packages folders but if you're patched past 1.12 then you should be doing all this in My Documents.