Game Help:Installing Sims 4 Package Files

The Sims 3 Custom Content Basics

This guide explains the basics of downloading and installing custom content for The Sims 4. It is not a full guide to every little detail, but a general overview to help you get started. It will also link you to other pages with more information, where needed.

Summary

This is a basic summary of the steps detailed below...

1. Information: Read about the content before you download it.

2. Download: Click on the download link to save the archive file (zip, rar, or 7z) to your computer. Put it somewhere easy to find, like a folder on your Desktop.

3. Extract: Use 7-Zip or Keka to extract the custom content file(s) from inside the archive file.

4. File Type? Identify which type of file(s) you've extracted.

5. Install: Install the file(s) in the correct way, according to which type of file they are.

6. Play! Your custom content should be working!

1. Place in Mods Folder: Cut and paste the .package file(s) into your Mods folder:

• Windows XP: Documents and Settings\(Current User Account)\My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Mods\
• Windows Vista/7/8/8.1: Users\(Current User Account)\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Mods\
• Mac: Users\(Current User Account)\Documents\\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Mods\

Detailed Instructions

You unfortunately still not know exactly how to proceed? Then go over there:

Modifications are located in Package Files

In general, most modifications in The Sims 4 will be delivered as so-called package-file. This has usually a ".package"- extension and is often packed with a compression tool. Therefore, the downloads have often he ZIP or RAR format. While you can open ZIP-Files without problems with the built-in Zip-Extractor of Windows 7/8/8.1, you have to download additional software for RAR-Files. 7-Zip is one of these extractor tools and is very easy to use.

You can download and install it from there: www.7-zip.org

Extracting ZIP/RAR-Files

Once you've downloaded the compressed modification, you have to extract the containing package-files. Todo this simply use the right click menu.

Perform a right click on the compressed file, goto "7-Zip" and select "Extract Here". That's it, you have now the package-file.

Installing Package-Files

Copy your extracted package-file with CTRL+C and paste into the following path:

• Windows XP: Documents and Settings\(Current User Account)\My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Mods\
• Windows Vista/7/8/8.1: Users\(Current User Account)\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Mods\
• Mac: Users\(Current User Account)\Documents\\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Mods\

How to Create subfolders in your MOD (downloads) folder

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Playing The Sims 4

If you have completed all these steps, you can now start the game.

Now a popup window will appear with all loaded modifications, categorized by NON-SCRIPT-MODS and SCRIPT-MODS. If you don't want to see this window again, you just need to uncheck "View at game start".

To activate Script-Mods, you have to check "Script-Mods:" in the game options.

That's it. Have fun with your modified Sims 4.