Game Help:Downloading for Fracking Geniuses - Revision history

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‎Sims2Pack

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‎It Didn't Work!

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‎Downloading for Fracking Geniuses

2007-04-21T22:24:00Z

‎Installing Sims 2 Custom Content

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‎Stay Organized

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	You can use [http://sims2pack.modthesims2.com Clean Installer] to install particular content from a sims2pack file, install to different locations, clean your own uploads, and organize your downloads.		You can use [http://sims2pack.modthesims2.com Clean Installer] to install particular content from a sims2pack file, install to different locations, clean your own uploads, and organize your downloads.
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−	You can use [http://qxpress.modthesims2.com Q-Xpress] to install multiple Sims2pack files at once. You can also use Q-Xpress to download and automatically install most content from MTS2, if you want it to just do it for you.

	Sims and their content will automatically install using any of these methods to the Downloads folder. Lots will install their included content to the Downloads folder... while the lot file itself will go into the Teleport folder, in .sims2tmp format. Once the game is run, it will move that file into the LotCatalog folder and change it to .package format.		Sims and their content will automatically install using any of these methods to the Downloads folder. Lots will install their included content to the Downloads folder... while the lot file itself will go into the Teleport folder, in .sims2tmp format. Once the game is run, it will move that file into the LotCatalog folder and change it to .package format.

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 ==Contributor Credits==
 Thanks go to HystericalParoxysm for the original article this FAQ is based on.
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 ==It Didn't Work!==
-Yeah, that happens. This game is really finicky, and sometimes you have to beat on it a while to get it to start seeing all your content. We've got a guide to fixing that here: [[Game Help:Getting Custom Content to Show Up|Getting Custom Content to Show Up]]
+Yeah, that happens. This game is really finicky, and sometimes you have to beat on it a while to get it to start seeing all your content. We've got a guide to fixing that here: [[Game Help:GCCTSU|Getting Custom Content to Show Up]]
 {{MTS2ThankThread|1549892}}

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-'''==Installing Sims 2 Custom Content==
+==Installing Sims 2 Custom Content==
-This guide is designed for the advanced computer user, to quickly get you using content for the game. If you are not an advanced computer user, or you have questions that this guide does not answer, try [[Game Help:Downloading for Fracking Idiots|Downloading for Fracking Idiots]].'''
+This guide is designed for the advanced computer user, to quickly get you using content for the game. If you are not an advanced computer user, or you have questions that this guide does not answer, try [[Game Help:Downloading for Fracking Idiots|Downloading for Fracking Idiots]].
 ==What to Watch For==

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 This guide is designed for the advanced computer user, to quickly get you using content for the game. If you are not an advanced computer user, or you have questions that this guide does not answer, try [[Game Help:Downloading for Fracking Idiots|Downloading for Fracking Idiots]].
 ==What to Watch For==
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 ===Special Installs===
 % of content will install in one of two ways, explained below. Sometimes, though, there are things like lighting mods, cheat files, etc., that install differently. They should have instructions on the post.
 ==File Types/Installing==
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 Sims and their content will automatically install using any of these methods to the Downloads folder. Lots will install their included content to the Downloads folder... while the lot file itself will go into the Teleport folder, in .sims2tmp format. Once the game is run, it will move that file into the LotCatalog folder and change it to .package format.
 ==Other Important Stuff==
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 The CEP or Color Enable Package enables recolours for Maxis items that, by default, only had one colour option. You need the CEP. Go ahead and get it: [http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=92541 CEP]
 ==It Didn't Work!==

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 You'll quickly find you have hundreds, even thousands of files. Get organized now, because it's a huge pain to try to fix after you've got tons of stuff.
-Keep Hacks separate. Keep default replacements separate. How you can subfolder content depends on what expansions you have, and exactly the system you use depends on you and your needs. For a good guide, try: [[Downloads - The Files, The Folder and The SubFolders: A Divifitive Guide]].
+Keep Hacks separate. Keep default replacements separate. How you can subfolder content depends on what expansions you have, and exactly the system you use depends on you and your needs. For a good guide, try: [[Game Help:Organizing Custom Content]].
 You can rename almost all files except for things like the InSIMenator and other really powerful hacks, so give things good filenames if that helps you.