• What do I need to download?
• How do I download?
  • objects
  • skins
  • walls and floors
• How do I unzip the stuff I have downloaded?
• Where do I install them?
  • objects
  • skins
  • walls and floors
• Where will I find the stuff I have downloaded?
  • objects
  • skins
  • walls and floors

There's another FAQ about Mac and the sims, that is not specific about downloads and installation. If you have questions about Mac that aren't answered here, or if you're curious about the subject, have a look at the FAQ about the Sims & Mac.

To use the files offered on this site, you will need to have:
- a Mac (system 8, 9 or X)
- an internet connection
- an internet browser like Microsoft Explorer or Netscape Communicator (but you must have something like that to surf on my site! ;))
- an utility to unzip the downloaded files: StuffIt Expander is the one we'll use as it's installed on your Mac (and if you don't have it, you can still download it).
- the game "The Sims" (you don't need it to download, but you won't be able to do whatever with these downloads without the game! ;))

Objects

First, you need to put your cursor on the name of the object you want to download (here: the bathtub). Then, click.


Skins

The skins found on this site have a particularity: they're distributed without mesh. So it means you have to download the skin AND the mesh. In short, the skin is the texture, and the mesh is the 3D shape. In our example, we're going to download a formal dress that our Sims will be able to buy in Downtown.

You also need to choose the version you want to download:
Some skins come in two versions: one "normal" and one "buyable". The first one doesn't require any expansion pack; the buyable one means that those skins can be bought by your Sims in shops, on Downtown or Vacation lots. Some buyable skins are made for Hot Date, some for Vacation. The table below will help you to know what expansion is needed for a particular skin:

Ab.	Name of the expansion	What skins are concerned
Sims	The Sims	casual wear no-buyable
HD	Hot Date	adult buyable pajama adult buyable formal adult buyable swimming-wear
SV	Sims Vacations	adult buyable winter wear children buyable winter wear children buyable pajama children buyable formal children buyable swimming-wear

Click on the files you want to download. If you download a HD skin, download the HD mesh. At the inverse, if you download a Sims skin, download a Sims mesh.

Walls and floors

Put your cursor on the "Download the set". Then, click.

Now, it will depend of the settings of your browser:
It might unzip your files automatically, as soon as files are downloaded, or it might save them on your disk.
If your files are automatically unzipped, you can skip this chapter.
If your files are saved to disk, simply drag the folder where they're stored (or the files themselves) on the icon of StuffIt.

If your skins don't appear in your game (or if you have only hands that apppear in a NPC you have downloaded), be sure that your Skins folder doesn't content any folder. So open your Skins folder and check:

Bad installation

There's some folders in the Skins folder. Their content won't show up in the game.

Correct installation

This folder contents only files. It's perfect! =)

This folder should content only files, not a single folder. If you see a folder somewhere, its content won't appear in your game, so you need to open the folder and take the files that are inside and move them in the Skins folder. You can now delete the empty folder.