Sims 2 Unlimited

Packaging and Downloading Sims and Lots

It is fairly important that you use Sims2Pack Clean Installer to delete unneeded recolours and objects from the lots you want to share. You can download and read about it here.
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Here is a guide on how to package your lots.
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Prior to Pets, you had to be very cautious about the Lots you uploaded because the game was down-right obsessive compulsive about including every recolour of every item you used (and may have even deleted from the lot during design) when it packaged the lot for sharing. You can opt not to add these additional content to your game when adding a downloaded lot.
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Also make sure to have up to date patches and add lots one a time if you run into lots not showing up in your game.

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When you package a sim, are his/her body meshes packaged with him/her?

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Only with Pets. If you have the expansion pack before that you will need to include them seperately. If the mesh is not there it go to a maxis default.
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The version of Body Shop that installs along with the Pets expansion contains certain flaws that cause most of the content made with Pets Body Shop to work incorrectly for users without Pets. Items will show up as naked full body sim thumbnails regardless of type, and will not work properly.
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Maxis has released a patch which fixes this problem, making it so any further items created in Body Shop will be fixed. You can get the patch here: http://thesims2.ea.com/help/index.php?pid=Help

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The patch will correct the problem after its installed. Pre-patch creations can be fixed with Simpe.

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So how do I package Sims made in bodyshop?

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Here are the instructions.

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So how do I package lots?

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Here are the instructions.

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When you package a sim, do you get the entire wardrobe in the package, or only the clothes they are wearing when you package them?

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Only the 1 outfit they are wearing.

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When you package a house or business lot, are the meshes included in the package too?

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Yes, and generally a lot more. If the lot was in use when it was packaged you may even get that player's sims as well. Make sure to take them out of the install when clean installer detects them (or especially before they were uploaded in the first place). In-game Sims cannot be copied as they will bring all severed relationships and will either crash the game or create duplicated characters who were part of the original neighborhood.

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So again with Lots take out any sims, hacks, and any custom content that should not be included before the upload. Downloaders have to double check after the install with clean installer as they are adding the content and take out anything they don't want to add.

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In-game Sims can be cloned and packaged the safe way through Simpe. All others again need to be designed in bodyshop for easier packaging and sharing