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Test Subject
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#1 Old 14th Jul 2014 at 2:10 AM

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Sims 3, Late Night, Pets, Seasons, Island Paradise
Default How do I install a sim into my Sims 3 game? (Mac Desktop BTW)
Hello!

I've been trying to figure out how to install a sim into my Sims 3 game. Failure after failure, I've searched up help on Youtube, asked people over Live Streams, Google and SO much more...
I create the folder "SavedSims", and placed my download in it after extracting it, then closed off the window. As soon as I got back onto my sims game, It didn't show up.
Am I doing something wrong? Is there another way to install a sim into your game?
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Top Secret Researcher
#2 Old 14th Jul 2014 at 1:31 PM
is it in the correct folder? if the file is .sim extension it goes on saved sims folder. if it's a package file it goes on mods folder. if it's a sims3pack you need to install through the launcher.
Test Subject
#3 Old 21st Jul 2014 at 6:50 PM
You don't create savedsims folder, (well you kinda' do) but if your savedsims folder doesn't have the downloadedsims.index then they wont show up, but you can go to your game enter create a sim, option to save sim to bin then exit the game and there should be a completely new folder named savesims that folder should have the random saveed sim and the index file, after that it should work, also I'm not a Mac user so this might not work, but you can always try
In the Arena
retired moderator
#4 Old 22nd Jul 2014 at 7:52 AM
You can create SavedSims folder manually, that's not a problem, just need to use proper Uppercase for the correct letters as the game would expect, especially on a Mac as the OS is case-sensitive.
Letting the game create it first is also another way to go. Both are acceptable methods.

If you haven't read these, we have the following guides.
Game Help:Installing TS3 Simswiki
Game Help:Sim Files Not Appearingwiki
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