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Uploads NOT allowed on MTS2

The following listed items are those that are not allowed on MTS2 in any category. Please read the guidelines for the individual category you will be uploading to for more specific guidelines.

Please note that MTS2 is a privately owned and operated fansite, and that all content is hosted at the discretion of the MTS2 staff. Uploads detailed below, and any other content deemed undesirable may be removed at the sole discretion of MTS2 staff without further notice.

Inappropriate Content

The following items are inappropriate for posting on this site, and will not be allowed:

Nudity

Any item containing visible nudity - that is, screenshots showing female nipples or genitals of either gender. This includes fine art containing those types of nudity. Items of a sexual nature and skintones with anatomically correct genitals are also not allowed here. Please upload items of this type to our adult site. If you are uploading a skintone that is "barbie" below the waist, please blur or censor the areas that would be covered by a bikini for your uploaded screenshots, even if your sims do not have anatomical details like nipples in the blurred areas.

Illegal Drugs

Items relating to illegal drugs do not belong on MTS2. You -may- post items relating to prescription and over-the-counter drugs, as well as alcohol and tobacco on MTS2, but items related to illegal drugs should go on our adult site.

Sexualized Children

Toddler sims are portrayed around 2-3 years old, and child sims appear to be about 7-8 years old. We do not allow any content that sexualizes children in any way - no breasts whatsoever on child sims, no revealing/adult outfits or sexy anything. If you want to make preteens, make a less developed body for teen sims. Sexualized child content is not allowed at our adult site either.

Offensive Content

Racist, sexist, bigoted, hateful, or otherwise offensive content will not be allowed. Again, also not allowed at our adult site.

Personal Soapbox Content

Content that is made not so much to be fun content for pixel dolls but a way for you to promote your personal beliefs (positive, negative, or otherwise) will not be allowed here. We do allow religious and political content that is well-done and presented in a historical context, but items whose value as game content doesn't outweigh the trouble of dealing with the arguments it will cause will not be allowed. This is also not allowed at the adult site.

Vanity Photos

While it can be fun to share some photos of yourself, family, etc, with your friends, do it in email. While this topic is far less serious than some of the above, MTS2 server space is meant for sharing game items that many members might share an interest in, and is not a dating site.

Userstartup.cheat files

We have full instructions on creating your own userstartup.cheat file in the Game Help section, it's incredibly easy, and we cannot host 50 different userstartup.cheat files for different aliases and combinations of cheats.

EXE installers

Non-moderators are not allowed to post exe (or other executable) installers for any area of the site but Modding Tools. If your content needs to be installed to a certain directory, you can compress your files and leave the directory structure intact, so you can tell people to just install to Program Files, for instance, and the files will go where they need to. Executable installers can easily hold viruses, and are generally not needed for installing most content.

Recolours of pay items

As per the site announcement July 2007, recolors of pay items (items which you would need to pay/donate for in order to obtain from their original website) are no longer accepted on the site. The downloads on MTS2 are to be of items that people can freely obtain. See the news article for more details.

Screenshots promoting pay items

Also with the news item July 2007, new uploads should not feature pay items in their screenshots. They should promote free content. Please use all free or Maxis content in your screenshots.

Any of the preorder bonus items

Certain items were only available if you preordered certain expansions or stuff packs from certain retailers. If you missed out on these items, we're very sorry, but redistributing them is a violation of international copyright law and will not be allowed on this site.

Unmodified Maxis items

While it is common practice to modify and use bits and pieces of Maxis content to create custom content, extracting an item from an expansion or stuff pack and uploading it unmodified, just so those who did not purchase those packs can use it anyway, is not allowed on this site.

Content extracted or modified from other games

You can freely modify Sims 2 meshes and textures for use in Sims 2. However, you may not use meshes and textures from any other game to make Sims 2 content to upload without permission from the original creator - i.e. the company that made the game you're taking pieces from. As it is extremely unlikely any company would give permission for such use, unless they contact a moderator first saying it's okay for you to do, any content using bits and pieces from other games will not be allowed here.

Content made by others

This should go without saying, but do not upload content made by others and claim it as your own. If you are uploading content with permission from the original creator... Before you upload the content you must have the original creator contact a moderator of MTS2's Downloads section by private message, to notify us that it is okay with them that you upload their content. If you do not do this, you may be warned for stealing content as we have no way of knowing if you did indeed get permission.

Content modified from others' content, without credit

Even if it is within the creator's terms of use to modify their work and upload without credit, if any part of what you have uploaded (mesh, textures, alphas, bump maps, coding, etc.) comes from another user's work, you MUST provide written credit to the original creator of whatever you have used, stating exactly what you used of theirs and who created it originally. Content modified from the content of others in violation of their terms of use is not allowed, even with credit, unless the creator has given specific written permission for you to do so. If they have, make sure you state that in your upload post.

Artistic karma is important to us, as it should be to you as a creator - it's so easy to offer a link and credit to people who have contributed in a substantial way to your work, so please make sure you do so when you post here.