Game Help:Downloading for Downright Dunderheads

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	This article is written for The Sims 3. For the equivalent Sims 2 article, click here.

Installing Custom Content for The Sims 3

How do you install custom content for the Sims 3? This guide will show you how to do it, step-by-step. Installing content is very easy and straightforward - the basic three steps apply:

1. Download item
2. Extract item
3. Place (install) item

What's with the name?

No! No! It is not meant as an insult, we just like the acronym "DFDD". It is just meant to differentiate from TS2's version of DFFI for "beginners" and DFFG for the "tech-heads"

And the Sims 3's DFSS for the "tech-heads"

Before you download

Before you go on a downloading spree, be sure to read these pages. They are basic info that you need to do or learn about only once, most of the time.

Read about prerequisites

Where to get and how to install the archiver/extractor program

What is the file type: .package or .Sims3Pack or .Sim?

Getting it all Organized

Organizing content is crucial! Sooner or later there will be a piece of item that you no longer want or is causing issues. If everything is well organized, .package content is very easy to maintain.

Organizing Custom Content

Preparing the folder & browser

The Main Event

Step 1. Download the content

Understand the requirements

Download the file

Step 2. Extract the content

All about the rars and zips

Step 3. Place the content

What file format is the extracted content in?

Installing .Sims3Pack files

Installing .package files

Installing .sim files

Additional Information

Information on other file formats

Other FAQs regarding CC

Where to look for content, once installed