http://simswiki.info/index.php?title=Game_Help:Downloading_for_Fracking_Idiots_8&feed=atom&action=historyGame Help:Downloading for Fracking Idiots 8 - Revision history2024-03-28T12:25:29ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.20.2http://simswiki.info/index.php?title=Game_Help:Downloading_for_Fracking_Idiots_8&diff=30620&oldid=prevWhiterider at 22:24, 16 May 20092009-05-16T22:24:23Z<p></p>
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</table>Whiteriderhttp://simswiki.info/index.php?title=Game_Help:Downloading_for_Fracking_Idiots_8&diff=22488&oldid=prevHystericalParoxysm at 15:43, 2 March 20082008-03-02T15:43:21Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Any executables you download from MTS2 should be safe, though - only staff members are allowed to create content that installs with executables. You'll only find that in cases of things that have a complicated, non-standard install, like CEP and the Scriptorium.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Any executables you download from MTS2 should be safe, though - only staff members are allowed to create content that installs with executables. You'll only find that in cases of things that have a complicated, non-standard install, like CEP and the Scriptorium.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>You may run into SC4 files if you are downloading new neighborhood terrains (neighborhood maps).  These files go into ''\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\SC4Terrains''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>You may run into SC4 files if you are downloading new neighborhood terrains (neighborhood maps).  These files go into ''\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\SC4Terrains''</div></td></tr>
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</table>HystericalParoxysmhttp://simswiki.info/index.php?title=Game_Help:Downloading_for_Fracking_Idiots_8&diff=17088&oldid=prevHystericalParoxysm at 17:09, 20 April 20072007-04-20T17:09:29Z<p></p>
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</table>HystericalParoxysmhttp://simswiki.info/index.php?title=Game_Help:Downloading_for_Fracking_Idiots_8&diff=16714&oldid=prevHystericalParoxysm at 08:43, 14 April 20072007-04-14T08:43:36Z<p></p>
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</table>HystericalParoxysmhttp://simswiki.info/index.php?title=Game_Help:Downloading_for_Fracking_Idiots_8&diff=16711&oldid=prevHystericalParoxysm: /* If you're having trouble with other file types... */2007-04-14T08:42:32Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">If you're having trouble with other file types...</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>These are all types of text documents. Generally if you end up with one of these along with a download, it's the creator's "read-me" file. Creators sometimes include text documents along with their creations called read-me files, letting downloaders know where the file came from, who made it, and what people are allowed to use it for. They can also contain special installation instructions and important useful info, especially in the case of hacks. You can either keep these files for later reference, or delete them to free up space on your hard drive</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>These are all types of text documents. Generally if you end up with one of these along with a download, it's the creator's "read-me" file. Creators sometimes include text documents along with their creations called read-me files, letting downloaders know where the file came from, who made it, and what people are allowed to use it for. They can also contain special installation instructions and important useful info, especially in the case of hacks. You can either keep these files for later reference, or delete them to free up space on your hard drive</div></td></tr>
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</table>HystericalParoxysmhttp://simswiki.info/index.php?title=Game_Help:Downloading_for_Fracking_Idiots_8&diff=15723&oldid=prevHystericalParoxysm at 14:07, 8 March 20072007-03-08T14:07:00Z<p></p>
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</table>HystericalParoxysmhttp://simswiki.info/index.php?title=Game_Help:Downloading_for_Fracking_Idiots_8&diff=15377&oldid=prevNotokay7052 at 05:02, 4 March 20072007-03-04T05:02:28Z<p></p>
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</table>Notokay7052http://simswiki.info/index.php?title=Game_Help:Downloading_for_Fracking_Idiots_8&diff=15376&oldid=prevNotokay7052: /* '''Other File Types''' */2007-03-04T04:58:33Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">'''Other File Types'''</span></span></p>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">When someone saves changes to a Package file made in SimPE (a program to make and modify Sims 2 content), it saves a backup of the original file. This file will have the same name as the original, but with the file extension .BAK - BAK files cannot be read by the game.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">All of these are file types commonly used for images. Sometimes creators will include screenshots or pictures of their creations in their archives, so if you forget what you've downloaded, you can look at the picture. You can delete these files - the game does not need them at all and they just take up extra space.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">These are all types of text documents. Generally if you end up with one of these along with a download, it's the creator's "read-me" file. Creators sometimes include text documents along with their creations called read-me files, letting downloaders know where the file came from, who made it, and what people are allowed to use it for. They can also contain special installation instructions and important useful info, especially in the case of hacks. You can either keep these files for later reference, or delete them to free up space on your hard drive</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">These are called "executable" files. Most common is EXE but you can sometimes see BAT files too. You should not run into these file types very often at all when downloading. Programs will often install with executables, but you should not run an executable unless you trust who it came from.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">If you run into a type of file that is not on this list, the best thing you can do is try looking up the file's extension at [http://filext.com/ FILExt], a site that lists all sorts of file extensions, what those types of files are for, and what programs open them.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Really, though, for installing content you mainly need to worry about ZIP and RAR (archives, you extract from these), PACKAGE (sim file - put in Downloads folder) and SIMS2PACK (double-click to have it self-install). If you run into something else (especially a file type not mentioned here), it's probably not useful or going to work.</ins></div></td></tr>
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