Now double-click on the file that is still open in My Computer - the built-in Want multiple copies, or even a whole housing estate of this type of house, You can now share it with other users via a website or Yahoo Group or if you So it's My Documents\EA Games\Sims 2\Packaged Lots.
Show how to move your My Documents folder off your C drive if that is getting It's no good on my computer, for example, looking in my Sims drive! Later I will (Pitfall to avoid - unlike Sims 1, Sims 2 uses a folder in My Documents. (icon on your desktop in Windows - sorry, Mac users), navigate to Now look into that directory of your computer. The game will pause a moment and then you should see a blue window something I am going to use the second option, as it allows me to save the lot to aįile I can then put on this website.
Look for - it means export a piece of custom content. Notice how the white oval appears to come from your house? Your mouse will bring up something like this: Locate the house you want to export and mouse over it.
You will be offered the choice of saving your lot - usually the answer to When you have built your house, go to the Neighbourhood Screen. Through the process with me - it is very easy. Neighbourhoods\Houses folder of your game to find a particular house. There's no need in Sims 2 to navigate to the Sims 1 users in particular can find this confusing as the directory structure
Notes for Mac were contributed by AuKestrel - thank you! Exporting Lots Sims 2 game files are stored, in OS X, in the user's Documents folder under EA Games. Click the info button and more detail comes up, including a window for the family bio as well as the arrow with the asterisk at the top for exporting custom content (it actually says "Package Lot" when you hover over it). On the left side of that window there's a "show family relationships" button and an "info" button. When you left click on the house, a window comes up with the family and/or the info on the lot. Advanced computer users will already have figured this out -īut here, on request, is a rock-bottom tutorial for non-geeks. Here is a little walkthrough on exporting your Houses and Lots so they can be uploaded,ĭuplicated, sent to a friend.