The Sims ID: News and What Not

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Or click here for a translation of the entire site in German;
sorry, but mostly the pics don't show.
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Info on using this site, downloading, etc. is further down the page

Contact

e.mail

Notice - if at any time you receive any e.mail with an attachment which purports to have been sent from

anyone@simsid.com or from simsid2002@yahoo.com

please delete unopened. E.mails with unsolicited attachments are never sent from this domain, or from its' Yahoo! Group - attachments are only sent if they have been requested.

News - October 10th

Made a page, Sim 2 Sim, for the amazing The Sims 2. It's already linked on the official site, again under 'Downloads' in the Sims 2 Fan Site section. I hope that's not my being too optimistic - so far there are three toddler outfits and a lot to download.

News - April 10th

Easter Greetings to all those who do.

I'm pleased to be able to say that 'The Sims ID' has this week been listed at the Electronic Arts website as a 'The Sims' Fan Site - (in the 'Downloads 'section). Thanks, Maxis - it's good to be there. :)

April 5th or 6th

Greetings, American Retro Diner Chevy 57 Sofa and Desk, along with 50s genuine leatherette (!) booths have arrived. More bits for this set later.

Today I finally got round to submitting the site to TSR fansite base and to the Ultimate Sims List, so please vote/visit, whatever. Everyone else seems to have been on them for years so I thought I'd join in, somewhat.

Happy Simming.

Cheers,
Juliet

Info

The Sims ID is a user site which offers new objects for the all time best-selling computer game, The Sims. If you are new to The Sims you might like to visit The Sims™ official site to find more information about the game.

Most of the files on The Sims ID can be used with The Sims alone, but some also require the use of an expansion pack; where this is so it will be indicated alongside the file. To avoid frustration, please download only those files for which you have the necessary expansion pack. If you have any problems using this site, or with any of the files, please leave a message on the forum or contact me at the Yahoo! Group.

Archive pages; the site's archive is in two sections - at the top are all the files which are still available on the site for download; there are a good many files in this section, including many toys, a child's bedroom set, a children's reading corner, children's pianos, traditional wooden toyboxes, and doll's houses. There are two new styles of easel - a desktop easel for children, and a wall canvas, which your Sims will spray paint; the wall canvas was made with Motelk at 'Sims on a Stick' ; all the archive files continue to be popular downloads.

The other archive section shows files which have been transferred to The Sims ID Yahoo! Group. Here there are bikes in eight colours, a laundry room set, a kitchen set, a very colourful child's bedroom set ('The Bratomatic'), items for a hallway, and some modern slimline grandfather clocks. To download the files pictured in this section you will need to take a moment to join the Yahoo! Group. Once you have joined, the files can be accessed from the Group's page by clicking on the 'Files' link. Pictures can be viewed via the 'Photo Album' link. Membership is free, and you won't receive piles of e.mail, just the occasional line or two once a month, from me, to be precise. It's not a discussion group; any e.mail you send will not be posted to the group or to the board.

FAQ: Why are some files on the Yahoo! Group rather than on the website? Yahoo! offers a very good free file-sharing system which helps reduce the amount of bandwidth being used by the site; as such, many Sim sites make use of this free service. There may be times when the files at the Group are not accessible; there is nothing I can do about this - please be patient, and try again later or on another day.

Leave a Message
If you would like to contact me, you can do so via the Yahoo! Group e.mail address which is below. I do my best to answer queries regarding my own objects etc but if you want help with The Sims in general please go to the official site or to The Sims Resource forums. Thank you.

simsid2002@yahoo.com

:-)

Downloading

To download files from this site you will need to use Winzip. (Unless you have Windows XP, which has its' own unzipping gizmo.)

Once you have downloaded the files, they should be extracted to the following folders:

Objects: C:\Program Files\Maxis\The Sims\GameData\UserObjects
Walls:....C:\Program Files\Maxis\The Sims\GameData\Walls
Floors:...C:\Program Files\Maxis\The Sims\GameData\Floors

(or to whichever drive you have The Sims installed if not C.)

Alternatively, objects can be put into either of these folders:

C:\Program Files\Maxis\The Sims\GameData\Downloads
C:\Program Files\Maxis\The Sims\GameData\Objects

If there is a readme file in the folder, delete it or save it away from your game for future reference; don't extract readme files into your game folders.

If you are new to using user-created downloads you will soon find that you need a program such as EliSims in order to keep your downloads in order; to begin you will probably download a lot of items which you then discover you don't really want in your game, after all, but which you don't know how to identify in order to be able to remove them. EliSims will display all your walls, floors, skins, and objects, and lets you delete any unwanted files with ease.