Adding Custom Music without Copying Files

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Adding Custom Music without Copying Files

The Sims 3 lets you add custom music to your game by copying files in Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3, but this can be a pain. It results in having two copies of all your music, which is unnecessary. Rather than copy the files, you can use some tricks to add music to your game.

Windows

This only works with Vista and 7, not XP.

  1. First, choose the folder that has all the music you want to add in it.
  2. Open a command prompt: Start > Accessories > Command Prompt.
  3. Move to the folder that has your music by using cd. For example, if your music is in Documents/Music, you would type: cd "\Users\<your user name>\Documents\Music" and hit enter. Don't forget the quotation marks!
  4. Type in dir /a-d-h /s *.mp3 > mp3s.txt and hit enter.
  5. Move to the custom music directory: cd "\Users\<your user name>\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Custom Music" and hit enter.
  6. Run the following: for /F "tokens=*" %g in(path to music folder/mp3s.txt) do mklink /h "%~ng" "%g"

That's it! Now you have your custom music in game, but didn't have to copy any files.


Mac

  1. First, choose the folder that has all the music you want to add in it. Open a Finder window and select the folder that has your music. Do File > Get Info.
  2. In the Get Info window, look for the line that says where:. Highlight what is says after the where: and do Edit > Copy.
  3. Open the terminal: /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app .
  4. Type in FILES= and then do Edit > Paste. Hit enter.
  5. Type in IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b"); for f in $FILES; do ln -s $f; done and hit enter.

That's it! Now you have your custom music in game, but didn't have to copy any files.


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