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‎Setup Folders & Files

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 * '''Mac OS:''' /Users/<username>/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3/ <br clear="all" \>
-.  '''Download the ready-made FrameworkSetup.zip'''  This file contains everything you need to set up your game for custom content.  Right-click on the download link below and choose "Save link as."  Save it into your ''Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\'' folder (the same folder you just opened).
+.  '''Download the ready-made FrameworkSetup.zip'''  This file contains everything you need to set up your game for custom content.  Right-click on the download link below and choose "Save link as."  Save it into your '''Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\'''   folder (the same folder you just opened).
 <center>[[Image:Down btn.jpg|link=http://chii.modthesims.info/FrameworkSetup.zip]]</center><br clear="all" \>

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−	3. [[Image:ModsFolder2.jpg\|right\|thumb\|450px\|The ''Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\'' folder with the new folder, called "Mods" highlighted.]]'''Extract the framework:''' Right-click on the ''FrameworkSetup.zip'' file and choose ''Extract Here'' (You will get this option if you have properly installed 7-Zip as advised in the [[Game Help:TS3 CC Basics\|TS3 CC Basics FAQ]]). A new folder will appear, called "Mods". Double-click on it to open the "Mods" folder.<br clear="all" \>	+	3. [[Image:ModsFolder2.jpg\|right\|thumb\|450px\|The '''Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\''' folder with the new folder, called "Mods" highlighted.]]'''Extract the framework:''' Right-click on the ''FrameworkSetup.zip'' file and choose ''Extract Here'' (You will get this option if you have properly installed 7-Zip as advised in the [[Game Help:TS3 CC Basics\|TS3 CC Basics FAQ]]). A new folder will appear, called "Mods". Double-click on it to open the "Mods" folder.<br clear="all" \>

	4. [[Image:InsideModsFolder.jpg\|thumb\|450 px\|Inside the ''Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods'' folder]]'''Check Mods Folder:''' Your ''Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\'' folder should look like the picture, with three items inside... two folders, one called "Overrides" and one called "Packages" and one file called Resource.cfg. Double-click on the folder called "Packages" to open it.<br clear="all" \>		4. [[Image:InsideModsFolder.jpg\|thumb\|450 px\|Inside the ''Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods'' folder]]'''Check Mods Folder:''' Your ''Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\'' folder should look like the picture, with three items inside... two folders, one called "Overrides" and one called "Packages" and one file called Resource.cfg. Double-click on the folder called "Packages" to open it.<br clear="all" \>

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 . [[Image:InsideModsFolder.jpg|thumb|450 px|Inside the ''Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods'' folder]]'''Check Mods Folder:''' Your ''Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\'' folder should look like the picture, with three items inside... two folders, one called "Overrides" and one called "Packages" and one file called Resource.cfg.  Double-click on the folder called "Packages" to open it.<br clear="all" \>
-. [[Image:InsidePackagesFolder.jpg|thumb|449 px|Inside the ''Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Packages'' folder]]'''Check Packages Folder:''' Your ''Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\Packages'' folder should have two files inside it: NoBuildSparkles.package, and nointro.package
+. [[Image:InsidePackagesFolder.jpg|thumb|449 px|Inside the ''Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Packages'' folder]]'''Check Packages Folder:''' Your '''Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\Packages'''   folder should have two files inside it: NoBuildSparkles.package, and nointro.package
 [[Image:RightArrow.gif]]Note: The picture shows them with a little green plumbbob icon, and "Sims3 Package" under Type.  It's okay if your icon looks like a Sims 2 package icon, a monkey, a white sheet of paper, or anything else, and the type may say "PACKAGE" or something else.  Icon and exactly what it says for "type" are irrelevant as far as working in the game is concerned - what matters is that it ends with .package.
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 ==Test!==

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 . [[Image:InsideModsFolder.jpg|thumb|450 px|Inside the ''Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods'' folder]]'''Check Mods Folder:''' Your ''Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\'' folder should look like the picture, with three items inside... two folders, one called "Overrides" and one called "Packages" and one file called Resource.cfg.  Double-click on the folder called "Packages" to open it.<br clear="all" \>
-. [[Image:InsidePackagesFolder.jpg|thumb|449 px|Inside the ''Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Packages'' folder]]'''Check Packages Folder:''' Your ''Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\Packages'' folder should have two files inside it: NoBuildSparkles.package, and nointro.package<br clear="all" \>
+. [[Image:InsidePackagesFolder.jpg|thumb|449 px|Inside the ''Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Packages'' folder]]'''Check Packages Folder:''' Your ''Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\Packages'' folder should have two files inside it: NoBuildSparkles.package, and nointro.package
 . '''Everything okay?'''  Do your folders look as they should in step 4 and step 5, with all the right files/folders in place?

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 | [[Image:Warning.gif]][[Image:TS3 Monkey icon.png|right]] <span style="font-size:12px; color:red"><b><big><big>Read before proceeding!</big></big></b><br>
-<font color=black>If you have ever had your custom content in Program Files (either manually or using the Helper Monkey/Monkey Bars), you must uninstall Monkey Bars/Helper Monkey, and remove the old framework files from Program Files path <b>first</b>!  If you don't, some of your custom content doesn't work!<br><br>You must also get updates from the creator(s) for any hacks/mods before putting them in the Documents path shown below. <br><br>For full instructions on switching over from the old way to the new way, see: '''[[Game Help:Installing Sims 3 Package Files/Old Way to New Way|Installing Sims 3 Package Files: Old Way to the New Way]].'''  Do this first, then come back here for instructions on installing to Documents.</font><br><br>
+<font color=black>If you have ever had your custom content in Program Files (either manually or using the Helper Monkey/Monkey Bars), you must uninstall Monkey Bars/Helper Monkey, and remove the old framework files from Program Files path <b>first</b>!  If you don't, some of your custom content may not work!<br><br>You must also get updates from the creator(s) for any hacks/mods before putting them in the Documents path shown below. <br><br>For full instructions on switching over from the old way to the new way, see: '''[[Game Help:Installing Sims 3 Package Files/Old Way to New Way|Installing Sims 3 Package Files: Old Way to the New Way]].'''  Do this first, then come back here for instructions on installing to Documents.</font><br><br>
 [[Image:Warning.gif]] <font color="green"><b>Also make sure you have read [[Game Help:TS3 CC Basics|TS3 CC Basics]] so you know how to extract from rar/zip/7z files and how to identify file types before continuing with this page.</b></font>
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	Both of these files work for any patch level and any/all expansions/stuff packs.		Both of these files work for any patch level and any/all expansions/stuff packs.

−	'''If you still get the intro movie and build sparkles showing when you test in-game, you must have done something wrong.''' Delete the ''My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\'' folder and try again from Step 1 of "Setup Folders and Files" above. It will work this way if done properly!	+	<br>'''If you still get the intro movie and build sparkles showing when you test in-game, you must have done something wrong.''' Delete the ''My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\'' folder and try again from Step 1 of "Setup Folders and Files" above. It will work this way if done properly!

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 Now if you run the game, your .package files should be fully working in-game!  You already have two package files installed, so you can tell right away whether things are working properly.
 * '''nointro.package'' The [http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=342922 No Intro] will eliminate the EA Intro video before the game starts loading, which makes it very quick and easy to see if things are setup properly. If the plumbob animation and intro videos no longer play (you go straight to the loading screen), then you know your .package file content is working!
-# '''NoBuildSparkles.package'''  [http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=343257 Nobuildsparkles] will show that your custom content is actually working in-game.  Go into build mode and build a wall, or a room. If no sparkles appear, then other package format content should work as well!
+* '''nointro.package:''' The [http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=342922 No Intro] will eliminate the EA Intro video before the game starts loading, which makes it very quick and easy to see if things are setup properly. If the plumbob animation and intro videos no longer play (you go straight to the loading screen), then you know your .package file content is working!
 Both of these files work for any patch level and any/all expansions/stuff packs.

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 .  '''Download the ready-made Framework.zip'''  This file contains everything you need to set up your game for custom content.  Right-click on the download link below and choose "Save link as."  Save it into your ''Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\'' folder (the same folder you just opened).
-<center>[[Image:Down btn.jpg|link=http://chii.modthesims.info/FrameworkSetup.zip]]</center>
+<center>[[Image:Down btn.jpg|link=http://chii.modthesims.info/FrameworkSetup.zip]]</center><br clear="all" \>
-. [[Image:PackagesFolder.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The Packages folder and resource.cfg showing in ''Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\'' (click image for full size)]]'''Extract the contents.''' Right-click on the ''MTS_ellacharm3d_1206347_Framework.zip'' file and ''Extract Here'' (or however you usually extract files from .zip files)
+. [[Image:ModsFolder2.jpg|right|thumb|450px|The ''Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\'' folder with the new folder, called "Mods" highlighted.]]'''Extract the framework:''' Right-click on the ''FrameworkSetup.zip'' file and choose ''Extract Here'' (You will get this option if you have properly installed 7-Zip as advised in the [[Game Help:TS3 CC Basics|TS3 CC Basics FAQ]]).  A new folder will appear, called "Mods".  Double-click on it to open the "Mods" folder.<br clear="all" \>
-. '''After extraction.''' Your ''Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\'' should then look like this. Be sure the path match as indicated by the red arrow.
+. [[Image:InsideModsFolder.jpg|thumb|450 px|Inside the ''Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods'' folder]]'''Check Mods Folder:''' Your ''Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\'' folder should look like the picture, with three items inside... two folders, one called "Overrides" and one called "Packages" and one file called Resource.cfg.  Double-click on the folder called "Packages" to open it.<br clear="all" \>
-. '''Does it look like this?'''
+. [[Image:InsidePackagesFolder.jpg|thumb|449 px|Inside the ''Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Packages' folder]]'''Check Packages Folder:''' Your ''Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\Packages'' folder should have two files inside it: NoBuildSparkles.package, and nointro.package<br clear="all" \>
-* '''Yes!''' Good. Proceed.
-* '''No!''' You must have done something wrong. Drag the Mods folder to Recycle Bin and start over.
+. '''Everything okay?'''  Do your folders look as they should in step 4 and step 5, with all the right files/folders in place?
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-==Placing Package Files==
+==Test!==
-Once your folders and files are set up properly, you're ready to put the actual .package files where they go.
+Now if you run the game, your .package files should be fully working in-game!  You already have two package files installed, so you can tell right away whether things are working properly.
-Of course, you'll need to have read about any special instructions or compatability, downloaded the files, and extracted them from their archives, and made sure you've actually got .package files.  All of that is explained in detail on: [[Game Help:TS3 CC Basics|Sims 3 CC Basics]] - go there and read about it if you don't know how to do that!
+Both of these files work for any patch level and any/all expansions/stuff packs.
-[[Image:PlacedPackages.jpg|center]]
+Now that you know that package files are working right in your game, you can start downloading custom content yourself!
-==Test!==
+Then, you just put any .package files you've extracted into your ''Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\Packages\'' folder - that's the same place as the NoBuildSparkles.package and nointro.package files are.  You can cut and paste them into the folder - just move them from whereever you extracted them, or extract them straight into that folder.
-Now if you run the game, your .package files should be fully working in-game!
+You can, of course, delete the NoBuildSparkles.package and nointro.package mods if you want your intro/build sparkles back - they were just there to show you where to put the files, and to verify that packages are working in your game.
-# The [http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=342922 No Intro] will eliminate the EA Intro video before the game starts loading, which makes it very quick and easy to see if things are setup properly.   If the plumbob animation and intro videos no longer play, then you know your .package file content is working!
-# You can also test with HP's [http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=343257 nobuildsparkles] as shown in the image above. Build a wall, or a room. If no sparkles appear, then other .package CC should work as well!
 ==More Info?==