(in case you haven’t ever used winrar before) file name will be different okay? i mean this is for dummies if you know what a winrar file is skip down to the installing step lolįor those who haven’t seen what a winzip file looked like, take a lookie at the picture below thanks! Wait I will give you an example of a winrar archived file looks like. So now that you have installed winrar or winzip you could open the file you have downloaded. I personally like getting hair mods or skin tones for my game you can try a google search and find them or you can check my version of Best Mods for Sims 3 Secondly you will need your sims 3 custom content(duh the most important part). You should install one of them(either winrar or winzip- my preference is winrar.) package files will be inside of a winrar archive or winzip archive so it’s important that you need to install either winzip or winrar.īoth of them are free programs that can be downloaded.

Winzip or Winrar software should be installed.įirstly you should know that the most of the.

(from Mod the Sims or any other sims 3 freebie site) Now let’s learn how to install File Type 1: What You Will Need:

This particular custom content file should be double clicked and you will be automatically redirected to the Sims 3 Launcher screen and can finish the installation there. This will be the one we are trying to install manually in this guide. This file will be needed to be placed manually so the game can load it. As you can see it doesn’t have a specific extension but don’t worry your Sims 3 game can understand it. The below images are some examples of a package file. So they are created with a particular software and saved as a certain file type. So if you want to make your Sim fabulous rather than plain boring your best choice is to learn how to use those them mods! 😀 See the gorgeous babes up there? They have been pimped up from their skin tones to their hair and clothes using different type of custom content. So the content you see in your game are made by the game producers but fans all over the world have made really cool content for specific object types and that’s what make them “custom content” Basically saying they are unoffcial addons for your sims 3 game. So we say the objects in sims 3 are as content right? Telephones,shelves,clothes,makeup all of them are content.

It’s really easy and you can do it in a few simple steps. This is a newbie or a dummy guide for beginners who doesn’t know a single thing about installing package files for Sims 3.

How to put mods in sims 3