Customizing an object often involves recoloring all or part of it, but may involve changing its shape. Objects are another popular type of 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, The SIms 3 and The Sims 4. Read the instructions here to learn how to get custom content to work in the game. Installing custom content in The Sims 3 requires some instructions and framework. Players who want to use recolors of Maxis buy and build objects must use the Color Enabler Package from. Players who want to use custom buy mode and build mode objects must also go into Game Options and tell the game to show custom content in the catalogs. For players with Nightlife or later, or any stuff pack, the dialog which allows this must be enabled in Game Options. In The Sims 2, players who wish to use custom content must specifically enable it, and must re-enable it after adding a new expansion pack or stuff pack. In The Sims 4 custom content is marked by a wrench icon. In these games, custom content is marked with a 'star', which is basically an asterisk. The Sims does not distinguish between custom content and Maxis content, but The Sims 2 and The Sims 3 do.

With the release of The Sims 2, EA/Maxis began referring to user-made content as 'custom content', and the usage caught on. The term 'custom content' generally wasn't used when talking about content for The Sims, but much was made and quite a lot is still available. Custom content has always been a part of The Sims series, at least for the PC and Mac games in it. See also: Game guide:Installing custom contentĬustom content is fan-generated content made by players for players.

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