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| − | 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 MTS is a privately owned and operated fansite, and that all content is hosted at the discretion of the MTS staff. Uploads detailed below, and any other content deemed undesirable may be removed at the sole discretion of MTS staff without further notice.''' Please read the guidelines for the individual category you will be uploading to for more specific guidelines. |
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| − | '''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 above, and any other content deemed undesirable may be removed at the sole discretion of MTS2 staff without further notice.'''
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| − | ===Inappropriate Content===
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| − | The following items are inappropriate for posting on this site, and will not be allowed:
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| − | ====Nudity====
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| − | 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.
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| − | ====Illegal Drugs====
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| − | 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.
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| − | ====Sexualized Children====
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| − | 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.
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| − | ====Offensive Content====
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| − | Racist, sexist, bigoted, hateful, or otherwise offensive content will not be allowed. Again, also not allowed at our adult site.
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| − | ====Personal Soapbox Content====
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| − | 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.
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| − | ===Vanity Photos===
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| − | 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.
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| − | ===Userstartup.cheat files===
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| − | We have full instructions on creating your own [[Game Help:Userstartup.cheat|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.
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| − | ===EXE installers===
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| − | 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.
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| − | ===Recolours of pay items===
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| − | As per the [http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=240944 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.
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| − | ===Screenshots promoting pay items===
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| − | Also with the [http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=240944 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.
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| − | ===Any of the preorder bonus items===
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| − | 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.
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| − | ===Unmodified Maxis items===
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| − | 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.
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| − | ===Content extracted or modified from other games===
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| − | 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.
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| − | ===Content made by others===
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| − | 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.
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| − | ===Content modified from others' content, without credit===
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| − | 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.
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| − | 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.
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These items are not allowed on MTS in any category.
| Pay/Pirated Content
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Everything required or recommended for an upload must be freely available, without having to pay.
- No uploads requiring pay content: We do not host content (for example, recolours of a pay hair or object mesh) that absolutely require pay content to function in-game.
- No optional pay, pirated, or stolen content: Even for optional or recommended content not absolutely required for the creation to work (for example, hair on a sim or a couch on a lot), this means:
- No content you must pay for. This means you cannot use items that are pay, donation, subscriber only, "special gift", etc. type content, anything accessible only when you pay money or subscribe.
- No content from sites that are repositories of unmodified content when it is still available from the original creator, whether these items are pay or free (no Booty or Simscave, torrents, sites full of stolen content or similar, but the Graveyard and sites that offer recolours or modifications with the mesh are okay).
- No EA content simply converted to base game use with no other changes.
- No pirated EA Store content. EA Store content, linked to the legitimate EA Store, is okay though. TS2 store content may be included, with proper credit, since the store is no longer available.
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- Items that belong on the adult site: No content posted on MTS can have visible nudity, sexual content, or adult content, and instead must be posted on our adult site, Sexy Sims. This means on MTS, you may not post:
- Content that contains nudity, which we define as exposing the female nipples, or the butt crack/genitals of either gender, including semi-transparent stuff like a sheer bra. Items that are merely "sexy" like skimpy miniskirts or string bikinis are fine on MTS. Transsexual/transgender items are also not considered adult content unless they contain nudity.
- Skintones containing genital details - female nipples are okay on MTS but see below regarding screenshots.
- Images of skintones with uncensored female nipples. Please blur or cover the nipples, butt crack, and genital area when taking screenshots of your skintones.
- Fine art uploads containing visible nudity.
- Items with specifically sexual content (sex toys, sexual poses).
- Items containing swear/curse words
- Items relating to illegal drugs. Prescription and over-the-counter drugs, alcohol, and tobacco are okay on MTS though.
- Sexualized children: We do not allow any sexy/sexualized content for baby, toddler, or child sims in any way - no breasts whatsoever on child sims, no "sexy" outfits, etc. 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, homophobic, transphobic, bigoted, hateful or otherwise offensive content will not be allowed. Again, also not allowed at our adult site.
- Gore/violence: We do not allow uploads which feature prominent, graphic violence and/or gore. Examples of things we do not allow would include items centred around mass shootings, images showing explicit violent imagery, cannibalism, and infanticide. Limited violence and gore may be featured if not the dominant focus of the upload, and not excessively graphic. Think a PG-13 movie. If uncertain whether your upload crosses this line, we suggest making a thread in the Creator Issues forum asking for feedback from a moderator before uploading.
- EXE installers: Creators are not allowed to post exe (or other executable) files 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.
- Preorder bonus content: Certain items were only available if you preordered certain expansions or stuff packs from certain retailers. It's unfortunate if someone missed out on getting them, but they can't be redistributed here as EA has made it clear that they do not allow it.
- Unmodified EP/SP/Store content: While it is common practice to modify and use bits and pieces of game content to create custom content, extracting content from an expansion, stuff pack, or Store item and uploading it unmodified is not allowed on this site. You are welcome to upload significantly modified versions of expansion, stuff pack, or Store content, but you can't just be ripping it and changing one tiny thing (or nothing) just so people who didn't purchase it can still use it.
- Stolen/reuploaded content: This should go without saying, but do not upload content made by others and claim it as your own, in whole or in part. Don't upload the work of someone else without their permission... if they wanted to share it at MTS, they can easily upload it here themselves.
- Uncredited content/violating permissions: If any part of what you have uploaded (mesh, textures, alphas, bump maps, coding, etc.) comes from somebody else's work, you MUST provide a link and credit in the text of your post, for the original author. State what you've used of theirs, the author's name, and give a link back to them. You must check the author's policies to see if you can use their content in the way you want, and you may not violate any policies stated. If there are no policies or they don't disallow your type of usage, or the site is permanently offline, then you can assume it's okay. Please see here for more details: Updates and Remixes of Creations.
- Redirects: If you want to move a creation to another site, please remove your upload from MTS, don't just edit the text to point to a different site.
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