I've started making some basic ones myself so I do understand the amount of work and attention to detail it takes to get a quality item. I understand it does take a lot of time and effort to make these items. I really don't see the point of the donation sets, monthly charge sites, etc.

However, I find the hassle of doing so enough to keep me from using it for all but the skins and items I just squeal and keel over happily dead from. I'm not subscribed to TSR if there are items I want on there that aren't currently free, I make a note of it and check back every few days to see if the ones I want have made the rotation. I feel that's damn well good enough to play a game. $600 for a new computer, plus about $40 each for Sims 2 and University. I've paid about $680 in total to play the Sims 2. I certainly don't support stealing peoples' work if they HAVE asked for money in return for it (as obviously they did the work with the idea that they would have some monetary compensation for it), but I also don't support, in general, charging for Sims 2 items. It's too easy for someone to toss them up on the Exchange, or claim them as their own and distribute them freely, or put them on a P2P site and then any possible revenue you would've earned from it is gone. I've gotten into creating custom content pretty quickly here, and though certainly my creations aren't the best, or even very numerous, I would never charge to access them. This no longer works - do not attempt to place custom content in the wrong directory and do not use Monkey Bars or Helper Monkey to install your content.I suppose I may have just been spoiled all these years, as my dad owns a server so I have pretty much unlimited hosting, storage, and bandwidth, so all I'd have to pay for to get a site going is the, what, $9/year for a domain?

Very old versions of The Sims 3 (prior to the release of World Adventures and its patch) would have mods and content in the Program Files directory.

If you start up your game and get no intro animation, nor any sparkles when placing walls or fences, everything is working. The Packages folder will already have two files in it ( nobuildsparkles.package and nointro.package) so you'll be able to check if your mods will work.

The FrameworkSetup file will contain the necessary framework for your mods - a folder named Overrides, a folder named Packages, and a file named Resource.cfg.

You'll need to unzip the FrameworkSetup.zip file and place its contents into your Sims 3 directory ( Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3). The Sims 3 Realistic Woohoo ModMod The Sims has a guide () that supplies you with the necessary files to create the directory.

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