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Whoa you have been around scince pong?!?!?!? anyways i just downloaded some stuff from the sims 2 reasources and have now clue how to make it show up on the sims 2. what do i do when i have downloaded it?
No, I haven't been around since Pong as the earliest incarnations of the game have been around since the late 1950s. However, Pong on a home console was the first video game I played and that was back in the late 70s/early 80s. I should probably reword that so people don't think I'm much older than I actually am! ;)
First, double check and make sure that all the files are unzipped and in the right place. The files you download from Sims Resource are going to be in either zip or rar files. You'll need to 'unpack' these files and put the files inside them in the My Documents - EA Games - Sims 2 - Downloads folder on your harddrive.
Some downloads- like Numenor's CEP package- have special instructions on how to install them. However, most will fit in the above instructions.
Some of the files- especially for floors and pre-built sims, will be SIMS2PACK files. You will need to double-click on these and install them into your game- just putting them into your folder won't install them.
Finally, once everything is in order, start your game. You will get a message saying that custom content has been found and if you want to enable it. Check the box next to 'enable custom content'. You will then have to restart the game to get it to work.
If you need more help, let me know! =)
Best wishes,
Helen
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Helen Joan Casper
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Ever since I played "Pong" in the early 80's, I've been a video game aficionado. I can answer hardware & games questions about PSP (PlayStation Portable), all PlayStation (1,2,& 3), Wii, Wii Fit, GameCube, Nintendo DS, Nintendo (NES), Super Nintendo, Gameboy/Gameboy Advance, and antiquated systems (ColecoVision, Atari, Sega, etc). I can answer hardware questions about all systems (including PS1 - PS3, Wii, NES, SNES, PSP, DS, GBA, GB, Xbox and Xbox 360). I can also answer PC game questions, especially CounterStrike: Source, Vampire: Bloodlines, Half-Life 1&2, Portal, Team Fortress 2, and all Sims & Sims 2 questions. I am ESPECIALLY knowledgeable in Square-Enix (formerly SquareSoft) games such as ALL the Final Fantasy games (I can even tell you really obscure things about these games). If I haven't played the game yet I will research it and help you find the answer, renting the game if necessary. I can even answer questions dealing with the consoles themselves (hardware questions). I cannot answer questions about Action Replay. I cannot answer questions about football, basketball, or wrestling sports games. I also have very limited knowledge about Xbox & Xbox 360 games unless they are cross-platform. If it is an independent game that has not been widely published and/or a game only released in some countries, I may not be able to help with it either (sadly!)
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I currently am employed as a supervisor for a large, national video game retailer. I am also an expert here in games/roleplaying games, weddings, childbirth, and doulas. My husband is a computer programmer and one of the forefront coders for CounterStrike: Source scripts & mods. He has his own forums for coders/scripters at Mattie.Info. I have been an expert here since 2000 (under the name of Helen Chipman) and also volunteer on numerous other game-related websites and forums.
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