Downloading help please! ó_ò

[doraya]

Hello,

I've read dozens of faq's and tutorials, but they doesent help me a bit. I want to add some hair and eye skins to my game, but it seems that my game has installed in a different way compared to everybody else.

My sims folder looks like this:

Program files/EA GAMES/Sims 2/

CSBin
Support
TSBin
TSData
EAuninstall.exe
eauninstall.ico
filelist.txt
Sims2.ico
Sims2_uninst.exe

Please, i dont know where to put my downloads in order to make them apper in the game. They're all .package files, but i can't fina any download folder anywhere, and i dont know where to create one.

Help please!!


:blink:

[Macs]

Create a folder in 'The Sims 2' directory in My Documents and name it 'Downloads'. The location should be something like

C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2

Then place all your downloads into this newly created folder.

Read this thread (http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=46633) for more info.

[simsjeanie]

sorry - macs done it already :)

[doraya]

So you mean that i shall re-install the game to that directory?

[athene]

No doraya, browse to that Directory on yout computer, the folders will be located inside My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\
Check this thread:
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=46633

[doraya]

OK, i tried it. Everything worked except for the hairs. Could you please help me with this one aswell? I read something about trouble with meshes, but i dont know what that means.... >_<

[athene]

It means that some genetics (hair, skin, eye etc.) and clothing items are not showing up in University. The problem has not been resolved at this point.

[mytpen48]

Has this issue with hair and hair meshes been resolved in University?

No matter what I seem to try these downloads do not appear in my game.

[teresa7159]

If these are new hair meshes and your download is a sims2pack file,you will have to find the original mesh for it. Seems the package installer won't load the hair meshes a lot of times. You might check where you downloaded it and see if there is a link to the mesh. Not sure tis is your problem, but it is one of the main reasons, hair files don't show in game. Good luck!

Teresa

[mytpen48]

Thanks teresa7159! I will try. I did download all the meshes and put them in folders separate from the recolors. The recolors I put in a subfolder. I have downloaded quite a few hair files and want use them.
Thanks again.

[mznikkisimz]

Thanks teresa7159! I will try. I did download all the meshes and put them in folders separate from the recolors. The recolors I put in a subfolder. I have downloaded quite a few hair files and want use them.
Thanks again.

you cannot put genetics (Hair, clothing, eyes, skin tones, etc) in a subfolder unless you're installing them into your Saved Sims folder. That might also be why they're not showing up in game. Also, your meshes MUST be in your "My Documents/EA Games/Sims 2/Downloads" root folder, otheriwse the game won't be able to read them correctly.

[kaarinah]

The meshes can be in subfolders, but not the recolors. I keep all my new meshes in a separate folder and they show up fine.