Game Help:Installing TS3 Packs

Step 1 - Get a RAR Extractor

First, you will need a program that can extract from both ZIP and RAR files.

Windows

We recommend WinRAR, which is "nagware". That means that you can use it for free for a period of 45 days, and after that you can continue using it free - it just nags you to pay for it, but you don't have to pay anything to use it. Download the installer and run it.

OS X

For OS X, the free utilities StuffIt Expander and The Unarchiver handle most any archive type. For .rar files in particular, you can also use UnRarX, a simple and efficient freeware tool.

Then, once your preferred de-archiving application is installed ...

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Step 2 - Download/Extract Custom Content

Now you're ready to download the content you want.

• You should already know how to do that - click the link to get the ZIP or RAR file and save it somewhere you can find easily.
• Then extract from the ZIP or RAR file to get at the .Sims3pack files (Windows: right-click, Extract Here; OS X: double-click.).

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Step 3 - Installing

If you want to install just one Sims3Ppack, double-click on it (the Launcher will open so that you can install it from there).

To install more than one Sims3Pack at a time:

• Place the Sims3Pack files into My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Downloads (under OS X, it’s called just "Documents" instead of "My Documents").
• Start game via the Launcher.
• Select the Download button on left.
• Place a check beside each CC that is not installed. (These will NOT be greyed out and the status box will be blank).
• Select Install.

You can use a 3rd party tool such as 3viewer if you don't like the Launcher (3viewer is a Java app, so it works both for Windows and OS X).

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Step 4 - Play!

Hopefully, the above steps should have worked just fine, and you can go ahead and play with your new content in-game!

If it didn't work...

• Did you place the files in My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Downloads?