The Sims 2

[babyphantom]

Hi

I recently bought the sims and i am having problems with downloads. I downloaded a whole load of stuff off the internet, but i can't get it to work in the game. i tried going through the sims website but that was no help. it was a winrar file and i extracted it to the sims file, but nada! what am i doing wrong?

thanks in advance

babyphantom x

[Mattk]

what download is it ?
if its a winrar file that you have to extract and install yourself, it must be unofficial

[babyphantom]

yeah it is unofficial, it was from one of those sites where people put stuff on and then you download it. none of them have the little sims symbol next to it just bloody winrar books! think i will have to go official! argh!

[simsfreq]

Not necessarily. There are loads of Sims 2 sites with amazing downloads on, you need to go a bit slower than that though. It's best if you've only just got the game to familiarise yourself with it first before you overload your system with downloads.

Okay, when you're ready to download something, it's best to start small like with clothes or genetics. Pick whatever you want to download and extract the file to My Documents/EA Games/The Sims 2/Downloads.

This is very important. It WILL NOT WORK if you put it anywhere else. If you don't have a downloads folder, make one, but call it "Downloads" and put it in "The Sims 2" which should be under "EA Games" in My Documents.

If you're having any other problems most Sims download sites have a help page, or just ask here again

[babyphantom]

thanks for all the help. i have now mastered the art of extracting winrar files and getting them into the game.