When playing The Sims 2 on a Mac OSX, how do you get your downloaded custom content ino the game?

Question

I downloaded sims from thesims2.com, but right now they are just files on my desktop. How do I get it into TheSims2 game? I have a Mac OSX by the way, which isn't a windows, which automatically puts custom content in the game. (please don't give me advice for a windows lol)

Answer 1

I play The Sims on a Mac as well. There are two types of files generally; package files and Sims2Pack files. The package files (which are generally clothing/genetics/hair/objects) go into the Downloads folder which should be in Documents/EAGames/The Sims 2/Downloads. If you don't have the folder, just make one which should work. Sims2Pack files, which are generally houses/wallpaper/floors/full sims, you just double-click on them to get the Package Installer up and press Install. Sadly we've yet to gain a niffy little program which'll allow us Mac users to install these in multiples, so you have to double-click each individual file which can be time consuming. Once you've double-clicked and gone through the Package Installer, that file will be automatically installed.

Hope that helped
Erhenwen

Answer 2

Run the game first, then go out and verify even if the folder is there. If I shop in ideas properly, the game doesn't create that folder till you've run it a minimum of once; I had to those days reinstall The Sims 2 on a newly-repaired workstation, and that i imagine the EA video games folder replaced into also lacking till I ran the game. If the folder nonetheless doesn't seem, reinstall.