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Step 1 - Get a RAR Extractor
First, you will need a program that can extract from both ZIP and RAR files.
An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. The Sims 3 Starter Pack has everything you need—and far more—to play with life. Make unique Sims with customizable bodies, faces, hairstyles and personalities. Build and decorate their homes with a huge variety of furniture and patterns, or import your own designs. This bundle also lets your Sims paint the town red in the included expansion pack and modernize their homes with the bundled.
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Windows
We recommend WinRAR, which is 'nagware'. That means that you can use it for free for a period of 45 days, and after that you can continue using it free - it just nags you to pay for it, but you don't have to pay anything to use it. Download the installer and run it.
OS X
For OS X, the free utilities StuffIt Expander and The Unarchiver handle most any archive type. For .rar files in particular, you can also use UnRarX, a simple and efficient freeware tool.
Then, once your preferred de-archiving application is installed ..
Step 2 - Download/Extract Custom Content
Now you're ready to download the content you want.
- You should already know how to do that - click the link to get the ZIP or RAR file and save it somewhere you can find easily.
- Then extract from the ZIP or RAR file to get at the .Sims3pack files (Windows: right-click, Extract Here; OS X: double-click.).
- If the file you downloaded is not zipped or rar'ed, just proceed on to Step 3.
Step 3 - Installing
If you want to install just one Sims3Pack, double-click on it (the Launcher will open so that you can install it from there).
To install more than one Sims3Pack at a time:
- Place the Sims3Pack files into the Downloads folder in
- Start the Launcher.
- Select the Download button on left.
- Place a check beside each CC that is not installed. (These will NOT be grayed out and the status box will be blank).
- Select Install.
Some notes
- Do NOT install hundreds of files in one go, do small batches that does not exceed 200MB. Launcher cannot handle too big a queue.
- Any files inside the DCCache folder, ending in .dbc ('DBC File' in the 'Type' column) contain content that you have installed in .sims3pack format. There may be one or more. You can cut and paste these files temporarily to your computer's Desktop to remove the content from your game. This is an especially useful trick if you suspect the .dbc (or .ebc) is already corrupted and cannot accept new installs. The pre-existing content would then need to be reinstalled.
- Content in the Downloads folder in .sims3pack format is not read by the game itself, only the Launcher. So these files need to be Installed in Launcher before the content would show up in your game. It is also recommended to move these files out after a successful install so you have them as backup in case a reinstall is required. Keep only the current 'going-to-be-installed' files in here.
- Clear caches and thumbnails: Game Help:Sims 3 Delete Cache Files
- If nothing works, do over. Follow Game Help:GCCTSU3 Start.
Step 4 - Play!
Hopefully, the above steps should have worked just fine, and you can go ahead and play with your new content in-game!
Related Reading
If it didn't work..
- Did you place the files in DocumentsElectronic ArtsThe Sims 3Downloads? And install them in Launcher?
- Did you get a red circular icon or an installed icon with the arrow in the Downloads tab of the Launcher?
- Do you see the item in the Installed Content tab in Launcher?
If you have any issues in getting Sims3Pack content to show up, do the suggestions in Game Help:GCCTSU3 Start.
Sims3Packs are installed through the launcher. You simply double click on a file to install it or – if downloaded from the exchange or the Sims 3 Store – you'll find them on the launcher in Downloads where you choose install. Detailed instructions can be found here: Game Help:Installing TS3 Packs
Downloading houses and Sims from the Exchange and other pages can have unwanted custom content attached to it. Those are Sims3Packs since package files do not spread that way. Because of this, you need not fear to get mods in your game through another file. Unfortunately it's very easy to get bad custom content that make your Sims look horrible.
On the positive side, all downloads that get installed this way, can be found in the launcher where you can uninstall them. On the negative side, you can't tell from the launcher if those downloads are good or bad. This often only shows after extended playing and once you do it's difficult to find the culprit. Often the picture in the launcher looks nothing like the download does in CAS and there's no option to uninstall it from CAS.
Since package files don't spread that way, people downloading stuff are disappointed if a cool new hairstyle or piece of clothing, that's shown on the exchange picture, did not come with the Sim and suddenly looks boring and plain. If that happens, check the blogs or download if there's any information on what package files were used. Then separately install them. If you have the download, the Sim will use it.
- After downloading a Sims3Pack you should never directly install it. Add to Game does not directly install the content anymore as long as you have your game closed and you don't install something else at the same time. The Save As Option often corrupts file and should not be used.
- You can then find the file in user directorydownloads and from there you can be checked.
- Download Custard (aka CleanInstalled) by Delphy. With this tool you can check all files and then you can decided if you want to install the stuff. You can also clean the file from unwanted stuff.
Sims 3 Packs In Packagesdaruma Fields Saddlery Shop
First, you will need a program that can extract from both ZIP and RAR files.
An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. The Sims 3 Starter Pack has everything you need—and far more—to play with life. Make unique Sims with customizable bodies, faces, hairstyles and personalities. Build and decorate their homes with a huge variety of furniture and patterns, or import your own designs. This bundle also lets your Sims paint the town red in the included expansion pack and modernize their homes with the bundled.
Similar google earth programs free. Earth Pilot 9 Earth Pilot is a complete application that permits you to see excellent places wherever.
Windows
We recommend WinRAR, which is 'nagware'. That means that you can use it for free for a period of 45 days, and after that you can continue using it free - it just nags you to pay for it, but you don't have to pay anything to use it. Download the installer and run it.
OS X
For OS X, the free utilities StuffIt Expander and The Unarchiver handle most any archive type. For .rar files in particular, you can also use UnRarX, a simple and efficient freeware tool.
Then, once your preferred de-archiving application is installed ..
Step 2 - Download/Extract Custom Content
Now you're ready to download the content you want.
- You should already know how to do that - click the link to get the ZIP or RAR file and save it somewhere you can find easily.
- Then extract from the ZIP or RAR file to get at the .Sims3pack files (Windows: right-click, Extract Here; OS X: double-click.).
- If the file you downloaded is not zipped or rar'ed, just proceed on to Step 3.
Step 3 - Installing
If you want to install just one Sims3Pack, double-click on it (the Launcher will open so that you can install it from there).
To install more than one Sims3Pack at a time:
- Place the Sims3Pack files into the Downloads folder in
- Start the Launcher.
- Select the Download button on left.
- Place a check beside each CC that is not installed. (These will NOT be grayed out and the status box will be blank).
- Select Install.
Some notes
- Do NOT install hundreds of files in one go, do small batches that does not exceed 200MB. Launcher cannot handle too big a queue.
- Any files inside the DCCache folder, ending in .dbc ('DBC File' in the 'Type' column) contain content that you have installed in .sims3pack format. There may be one or more. You can cut and paste these files temporarily to your computer's Desktop to remove the content from your game. This is an especially useful trick if you suspect the .dbc (or .ebc) is already corrupted and cannot accept new installs. The pre-existing content would then need to be reinstalled.
- Content in the Downloads folder in .sims3pack format is not read by the game itself, only the Launcher. So these files need to be Installed in Launcher before the content would show up in your game. It is also recommended to move these files out after a successful install so you have them as backup in case a reinstall is required. Keep only the current 'going-to-be-installed' files in here.
- Clear caches and thumbnails: Game Help:Sims 3 Delete Cache Files
- If nothing works, do over. Follow Game Help:GCCTSU3 Start.
Step 4 - Play!
Hopefully, the above steps should have worked just fine, and you can go ahead and play with your new content in-game!
Related Reading
If it didn't work..
- Did you place the files in DocumentsElectronic ArtsThe Sims 3Downloads? And install them in Launcher?
- Did you get a red circular icon or an installed icon with the arrow in the Downloads tab of the Launcher?
- Do you see the item in the Installed Content tab in Launcher?
If you have any issues in getting Sims3Pack content to show up, do the suggestions in Game Help:GCCTSU3 Start.
Sims3Packs are installed through the launcher. You simply double click on a file to install it or – if downloaded from the exchange or the Sims 3 Store – you'll find them on the launcher in Downloads where you choose install. Detailed instructions can be found here: Game Help:Installing TS3 Packs
Downloading houses and Sims from the Exchange and other pages can have unwanted custom content attached to it. Those are Sims3Packs since package files do not spread that way. Because of this, you need not fear to get mods in your game through another file. Unfortunately it's very easy to get bad custom content that make your Sims look horrible.
On the positive side, all downloads that get installed this way, can be found in the launcher where you can uninstall them. On the negative side, you can't tell from the launcher if those downloads are good or bad. This often only shows after extended playing and once you do it's difficult to find the culprit. Often the picture in the launcher looks nothing like the download does in CAS and there's no option to uninstall it from CAS.
Since package files don't spread that way, people downloading stuff are disappointed if a cool new hairstyle or piece of clothing, that's shown on the exchange picture, did not come with the Sim and suddenly looks boring and plain. If that happens, check the blogs or download if there's any information on what package files were used. Then separately install them. If you have the download, the Sim will use it.
- After downloading a Sims3Pack you should never directly install it. Add to Game does not directly install the content anymore as long as you have your game closed and you don't install something else at the same time. The Save As Option often corrupts file and should not be used.
- You can then find the file in user directorydownloads and from there you can be checked.
- Download Custard (aka CleanInstalled) by Delphy. With this tool you can check all files and then you can decided if you want to install the stuff. You can also clean the file from unwanted stuff.