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Installing custom content in ''The Sims 3'' requires some instructions and framework. Read the instructions [httphttps://www.modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game%20Help:TS3%20CC%20Basics here] to learn how to get custom content to work in the game.

Much custom content allows players to make aesthetic changes to Sims; [[skins]] for ''The Sims'', [[Clothes|clothing]], accessories, and [[genetics]] (hair color, hair styles, eye color, skin color, etc.) for ''The Sims 2'', andThe SIms 3 and '' ''The Sims 34''. Skins/clothes often use custom meshes.

Objects are another popular type of custom content. Customizing an object often involves recoloring all or part of it, but may involve changing its shape. Some creators have even made what are effectively new objects and creators with programming skills can even make completely new functional objects.

Custom walls and floors have always been popular, as have custom lots, houses, and buildings. ''The Sims 2'' allows custom terrain (made in SimCity 4), [[neighborhood]]s, and [[sub-neighborhood]]s. The [[Create-A- a World]] tool for ''The Sims 3'' allows the creation of custom terrain and neighborhoods.

A particular sub-class of custom content is default replacements. Despite the name, a default replacement does not literally ''replace'' anything in the game's files. Instead, a default replacement is made so that it will be used instead of one of the game's default items. Because of this, a default replacement may not show the custom-content indicator. Default-replacement objectsitems are often used to address issues that players may have with a default objectitem. Some players also use default replacements for genetic items such as eyes.

Some content for ''The Sims'' was what players of later games would recognize as [[mod]]s, but most game modifcationsmodifications for ''The Sims'' took the form of "hacked objects", objects that were modified to have new functions and interactions. Object hacking was frequently a way of getting around limitations of the game engine. For example, there are hacked objects which allow players to move Sims from one family to another without using the "Marriage" or "Move In" interactions, or to remove them from the game. With a little creativity, players could use these objects to move Sims into their own houses, even though the game itself didn'tdid not provide for that. There was also some promotional content made for ''The Sims'' in the form of custom content, such as the [[McDonald's Food Kiosk]].

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