If you never installed.package files before, please download this framework file: After downloading it, extract it to your Desktop. You should now get a folder called 'Mods'. Copy this 'Mods' folder to: Documents Electronic Arts The Sims 3 You're now ready to install any kind of.

1. Installing Sims 3 Package Files Not Working

How do I install your custom content (.SIMS3PACK )? First you'll need to extract the rar files. After download the rar files from SIMcredible, find them on your computer and double click to extract them. You will get a 'sims3pack' file from us. Double click in the 'sims3pack' file to install.

This procedure will open the Sims 3 Launcher, adding automatically the downloaded item into the 'Downloads' menu. Check the boxes next to the items you want to install in your game then click the Install button. A screen will pop-up notifying you that your items have been successfully installed in your game.

Installing Sims 3 Package Files Not Working

How do I install your Collection Files? After download the zip files from SIMcredible, find them on your computer and double click to extract them. You will get a 'SIMc-.setname-Collection.package' file from us. Place the.package file under your My docs Electronic Arts The Sims 3 Collections User folder Collections work as a kind of shortcut, they help you to locate the pieces of a set all together on game catalog but they don't carry the objects itself so, you'll have to download the object pieces AND the collection.

We repeat: this is just a shortcut to find the pieces quickly in the game catalog. The collection file is not the object set itself. How do I UNINSTALL your custom content (.SIMS3PACK)? Open the Sims3 Launcher, check the installed custom download you want to remove and click 'U n i n s t a l l'. This will uninstall the item from your game, but doesn't remove the sims3pack file from your computer( it will still be available at your Downloads folder for further re-install, in case of you want to recover it some time later. ) To completly remove a sims3pack from your game and also from your computer, just click in the 'Downloads' buttom in the Launcher ( menu on the left ) to check the file (s) you want to remove and go 'D e l e t e'. There is a person saying it's SIMcredible in a community I am member of. Is it really you?

The only way to reach us, the real SIMcredible creators is here at our own site's (through our, at our, at our and at our. We are also members in The Neighborhood99 forum and ModTheSims (both as whiteshark80 - who was creator here on TheSims2 times).

We have accounts also on Yahoo Groups and Picasa to add old stuff and on but we can't be reached through these because we rarely log in on these accounts. So, if you are member of another community and there's someone saying it's SIMcredible, it's a fake.

Read before proceeding! If you have ever had your custom content in Program Files (either manually or using the Helper Monkey/Monkey Bars), you must uninstall Monkey Bars/Helper Monkey, and remove the old framework files from Program Files path first!

If you don't, some of your custom content may not work! You must also get updates from the creator(s) for any hacks/mods before putting them in the Documents path shown below. For full instructions on switching over from the old way to the new way, see:. Do this first, then come back here for instructions on installing to Documents. Also make sure you have read so you know how to extract from rar/zip/7z files and how to identify file types before continuing with this page.

Setup Folders & Files Before you can put the.package files in your game, you'll need to set up your game to accept custom content. From patch 1.12 and up, this is very easy! The Documents Electronic Arts The Sims 3 folder - note the contents are folders like DCBackup, DCCache, InstalledWorlds, Saves, etc. (click the image for full size) Go to The Sims 3 Folder in My Documents: NOT in Program Files!. Windows XP: C: Documents and Settings My Documents Electronic Arts The Sims 3.

Windows Vista/7: C: Users Documents Electronic Arts The Sims 3. Mac OS: /Users//Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3/ 2. Download the ready-made FrameworkSetup.zip This file contains everything you need to set up your game for custom content. Right-click on the download link below and choose 'Save link as.' Save it into your Documents Electronic Arts The Sims 3 folder (the same folder you just opened). Inside the Documents Electronic Arts The Sims 3 Packages folder Check Packages Folder: Your Documents Electronic Arts The Sims 3 Mods Packages folder should have two files inside it: NoBuildSparkles.package, and nointro.package Note: The picture shows them with a little green plumbbob icon, and 'Sims3 Package' under Type. It's okay if your icon looks like a Sims 2 package icon, a monkey, a white sheet of paper, or anything else, and the type may say 'PACKAGE' or something else.

Icon and exactly what it says for 'type' are irrelevant as far as working in the game is concerned - what matters is that it ends with.package. Everything okay?

Do your folders look as they should in step 4 and step 5, with all the right files/folders in place? You must have done something wrong. Delete the Documents Electronic Arts The Sims 3 Mods folder and start try again from step 1. Now if you run the game, your.package files should be fully working in-game! You already have two package files installed, so you can tell right away whether things are working properly. nointro.package: The will eliminate the EA Intro video before the game starts loading, which makes it very quick and easy to see if things are setup properly.

If the plumbob animation and intro videos no longer play (you go straight to the loading screen), then you know your.package file content is working!. NoBuildSparkles.package: will show that your custom content is actually working in-game. Go into build mode and build a wall, or a room.

If no sparkles appear, then other package format content should work as well! Both of these files work for any patch level and any/all expansions/stuff packs. If you still get the intro movie and build sparkles showing when you test in-game, you must have done something wrong.

Delete the My Documents Electronic Arts The Sims 3 Mods folder and try again from Step 1 of 'Setup Folders and Files' above. It will work this way if done properly! Placing Package Files Now that you know that package files are working right in your game, you can start downloading custom content yourself! Of course, you'll need to have read about any special instructions or compatability (make sure everything you get works with your patch level and expansion/stuff packs!), download the files, and extract them from their archives. All of that is explained in detail on: - go there and read about it if you don't know how to do that!

Then, you just put any.package files you've extracted into your Documents Electronic Arts The Sims 3 Mods Packages folder - that's the same place as the NoBuildSparkles.package and nointro.package files are. You can cut and paste them into the folder - just move them from whereever you extracted them, or extract them straight into that folder. You can, of course, delete the NoBuildSparkles.package and nointro.package mods if you want your intro/build sparkles back - they were just there to show you where to put the files, and to verify that packages are working in your game.

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