Game guide:Creating a new neighborhood: Difference between revisions

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If playing with ''[[The Sims: Unleashed|Unleashed]]'' installed, the [[Old Town]] extension of the neighborhood will be the same between neighborhoods. However, all these houses and lots can be demolished or modified and, if done, any neighborhoods that are copied off of that neighborhood will notbe modified havein the demolishedsame lotsway.

[[SimPrograms]] offers a number of downloadable programs that allow players to more easily manage organizing and duplicating neighborhoods for ''The Sims''. Those downloads can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20121017010220/http://www.simprograms.com/the-sims/the-sims-1/the-sims-programs/programs-the-sims-neighborhood-editors/ here (Archived as beyondsims no longer holds this)].

To''The createSims your2'' owncomes with many premade terrains available to use as a new [[neighborhood]]. inTo start, access [[The Sims 2]] usingmain amenu premade(neighborhood terrainselect screen). If necessary, clickpage onthrough the farneighborhoods rightuntil taba thatbutton featureswith four houses is available; click it. Once the icon is clicked you can chosechoose one of the many premade terrains. featuringSome desertpremade plainsterrains andare lusharranged valleys. Some of thelike premade neighborhoodneighborhoods, terrainssuch likeas [[Pleasantview]], [[Strangetown]], andor [[Riverblossom Hills]]. ClickOnce you have decided which terrain to use, click on the check to confirm your decision. whichOn is followed by athe anotherfollowing screen, thatyou lets youcan customize your neighborhood in more detail. Once there,; you can decide your neighborhood name, description, and type of terrain such as lush, desert, concrete or concretedirt. Click on the check andto afterbegin loading the loadingneighborhood screen- if you willhave bemultiple lookingexpansion atpacks yourinstalled, newlythe createdinitial neighborhood!load may take longer than usual.

If you want to use/create custom terrains, you should firstly know that ''The Sims 2'' terrains are ".sc4" files from an older game called ''SimCity 4''. So, if you want to create a custom terrain, you have to own the game. Firtsly, open ''SimCity 4''. Then, go to a '''small city'', because bigger ones won't work. Then start terraforming as you wish. Do not select "Mayor Mode" if you have not finished. After you are done terraforming, switch to "Mayor Mode" and start building roads. Do not build streets or other transportation items (highways, railroads, etc.), and do not build any roads diagonally. Then save the city. Copy the city from <code>C:\Documents and Settings\[user name]\My Documents\SimCity 4\Regions\[Region Name]\City - [City Name].sc4</code> (Windows XP) or at <code>C:\Users\[user name]\Documents\SimCity 4\[Region Name]\City - [City Name].sc4</code> (Windows Vista or later) and paste it to <code>C:\Documents and Settings\[user name]\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\SC4Terrains</code> (Windows XP) or <code>C:\Users\[user name]\Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\SC4Terrains</code> (Windows Vista or later). Then you can use it as normal by following the 'Using Premade Terrains' section above.