

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. Now that you know that package files are working right in your game, you can start downloading custom content yourself! Delete the My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\ folder and try again from Step 1 of "Setup Folders and Files" above.

If you still get the intro movie and build sparkles showing when you test in-game, you must have done something wrong.

If no sparkles appear, then other package format content should work as well!īoth of these files work for any patch level and any/all expansions/stuff packs. Go into build mode and build a wall, or a room.

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. 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. Note: The picture shows them with a little green plumbbob icon, and "Sims3 Package" under Type. 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
