Downloads in which folder?

[melangel1358]

Anyone pls....

Can u jst tell me what goes in which folder, etc:
Already created sims
Hair, eye colour
ALready created residential/community lots.

I have all lots in my Teleport Folder and everything else i have D/L in my Downloads folder am i doing everything right because nothing is showing up when i play.

Thanks
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[Ninja]

I'm pretty sure that all online downloads go in the dowloads folder.

But I'm not an expert on this stuff.

Also when downloading already made sims, have you double clicked on the file and installed it?

[PinkSword]

create a map in documents/eagames/sims2/ now you make a new map and call it ''Downloads''

there you put your files in and extract them

[melangel1358]

all of my online downloads are in my "downloads" folder, i have unzipped the files, but how can i use an already made sim and i cant seem to use or see some objects and even lots...?
me have no idea pls someone help

[trl]

IHave you enabled custom content? As silly as this may sound I have forgotten on a reinstall once. I hope it is as simple as this.

[ancienthighway]

IHave you enabled custom content? As silly as this may sound I have forgotten on a reinstall once. I hope it is as simple as this.

You've only forgotten once?  I've lost track of the number of times I've failed to enable CC after installing a new EP, SP, or mod making global changes.  :snorting:

[trl]

Haha Ancient, I will fess up, I have forgotten more than once!

[melangel1358]

i always enable my custom content when i load my game and when it asks me, but still i cant see anything i have d/l and i have no idea where to find the already made sim i d/l. i go to create a sim and browse for the already made one but its not anywhere./...i have no clue

pls help me someone..

[Morgan415864]

ok...SIMS downloads are usually downloaded as packages, when you download a sims, save it to somewhere convenient, like the desktop. after the file is saved double click it and it should ask you if you want to install, say yes and it should work. the sims 2 came with its own extractor for package files like this. as for things not showing up: sometimes when a new expansion pack is installed, you of course have to enable new content, and then restart. this sounds like a case of stubborn content to me, so i do something that hysterical paroxysm calls the "body shop trick". http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=197511  this is very easy to do and she explains very clearly step by step. hope this helps

[melangel1358]

hey, ok im now good with the already created sims they showing in my sim bin, just now some objects and i dont see any of the houses i d/l. i have all EP's but still they not showing up are they suppose to be in my "downloads" folder or "teleport" cause someone told me it had to be in the "teleport" folder...
mel

[Mi-chii]

Both lots/houses, sims, and even some walls/floors has to be installed. They have a different icon, and I think their filename is .sims2pack instead of the usual .package. To get the sims, houses/lots and other things with this icon into your game, you double-click on it. A dialog-box wil then pop up, click install, and voila. You can then DELETE the file you just doubleclicked, because the game has installed these things itself.

You don't have to put these files in your downloads-folder, they just take up space and aren't good for anything before you install them yourself.

And no, lots and houses doesn't go in the teleport-folder.