The Exchange

The Exchange

The Sims 3 Exchange showing custom content.

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The Sims

The Exchange for The Sims had sections for families, as well as for lots for the various community areas. In general, downloads from this Exchange did not include any custom content used on the lots or any custom skins worn by the Sims in a family.

Notes

Downloading from this Exchange did not work with browsers other than Internet Explorer, though users of other browsers could view family albums. Much data on this Exchange was lost in a major crash in early 2008, and was never restored. After that, downloading became erratic, and uploading effectively became unavailable.

As of August 20, 2010, this Exchange was not directly available. As of May 9, 2011, it, along with the last vestiges of TheSims.com, was removed.

The Sims 2

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The exchange for The Sims 2 (along with the entire website) went down sometime in the Spring of 2011. After complaints, however, the site returned, with the content from the exchange slowly being added back. On January 14, 2013, The Sims 2 Exchange was removed by EA, along with the rest of TheSims2.com.

Patch

There was a known 'Error code 5' bug with The Sims 2 Exchange. A patch to fix the issue could be downloaded here: http://thesims2.ea.com/community/Sims2SSLPatcher.exe (dead link).

The Sims 3

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The exchange for The Sims 3 is split into 14 sections, accessories, clothing, hair color, households, lots, objects, patterns ( from Create a Pattern ), pets, pet accessories, pet colors, Sims, tattoos, stories, and worlds ( from Create a World )

While playing the Sims 3, players can directly upload houses, and other objects straight to the exchange through the Launcher.

Notes

Some creators do not appreciate their work being uploaded to The Exchange. They'd rather upload their work to communities such as ModTheSims. Pay sites in particular are imploring people not to redistribute their content on The Exchange as it is free to use, though there are no legal ramifications to doing so. Most creators on ModTheSims have a policy list on their profile, nearly all of them have a "Do not upload my creations to The Exchange." policy.

See also

• Corrupt file on The Exchange

External links

• The Sims 3 Exchange
• The Sims 2 Exchange (dead link)