Game guide:Adding custom music

This tutorial will guide you how to add your own music into the game, so you can hear your favorite music while playing the game.

The Sims 2
The Sims 2 allows you to add your own music into the game. However, it must be placed in the folder for an already existing radio station.


 * 1) Choose which songs you want to put into the game. They can either be .wav files with a bitrate of 1411Kbps or less (sometimes certain files won't play, while others will) or .mp3 files with a bitrate of 320Kbps or less.
 * 2) Copy the songs to a separate folder, such as "My Documents". Do not move (drag) them, rather right click and select "Copy" or select them and press CTRL+C.
 * 3) Go to My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 2\Music (not in "Computer") and select one of the folders for an already existing station.
 * 4) Paste (right click on the folder and select "Paste" or press CTRL+V) all the songs there.
 * 5) Once you have loaded The Sims 2, you'll need to go to the Sound options and under the radio station(s) which you placed your music under, you need to tick the name of the song so that it will be playable ingame (assuming the game doesn't auto-tick them for you, as new song files. You can also untick preloaded songs.)
 * 6) Start your game, turn on the stereo and select the radio station you placed your music in and see if your music works.

The Sims 3
The Sims 3 allows you to put your own music into the game and play it on the Custom Music station on your Sims' radios. Here's how to add the music to the station.


 * 1) Choose which songs you want to put in the game. They must be all .mp3 files with a bit rate no larger than 320Kbps.
 * 2) Copy the songs to a separate folder, such as "My Documents". Do not move (drag) them, rather right click and select "Copy" or select them and press CTRL+C.
 * 3) Go to your games' "Custom Music" folder which is normally located in My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 (not in "Computer").
 * 4) Paste (right click on the folder and select "Paste" or press CTRL+V) all the songs there.
 * 5) Start your game, turn on the stereo and select the "Custom Music" station and see if your music works.

All should be fine. Now let the party begin!