Custom content

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What is Custom Content?

Much custom content allows players to make aesthetic changes to Sims; skins for The Sims, clothing, accessories, and genetics (hair color, hair styles, eye color, skin color, etc.) for The Sims 2 and The Sims 3. 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.

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), neighborhoods, and sub-neighborhoods. The Create-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 items are often used to address issues that players may have with a default item. 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 mods, but most game modifications 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 did 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.

"Modding" really came into its own with The Sims 2, and modifications for The Sims 2, The Sims 3, and The Sims 4 can do everything from fix issues and annoyances to make changes in gameplay.

Where to download Custom Content

Note
When in the neighborhood view, the control panel for The Sims 2 contains a "Custom Content Browser", which is a small button labeled with the "star" that The Sims 2 uses to label custom content. Players should not click this button, as it will attempt to connect to TheSims2.com, which no longer exists.

This is just a very short list of some of the more popular places which have custom content. Most of these sites are for The Sims 2 and/or The Sims 3, but some have content for The Sims 4. Also, some contain at least some content for The Sims. A larger list of sites with content for The Sims 2 can be found here, but it was last updated in February, 2014.

Creating your own Custom Content

Tools

The Sims
The Sims 2
The Sims 3

The Sims 4

Tutorials & Creator Forums

The Sims
The Sims 2
The Sims 3

Tips

  • Keep downloaded files organized and the number small. Custom content can consume too much RAM. It also makes it easier to track down problems.

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