Can anyone offer any help?

First off, there are no walls, furniture or carpet downloads yet. One of the pieces of exciting news today was that they have a beta version of a program to extract textures (step one in getting something that can make walls, furniture, etc.)

However, it is very true that how things are put into the game is very different from what we were used to with TS1.

Where the downloads go depends on what kind of file it is. If it is in a zip folder, you'll have to take it out of that. (Perhaps put it in a file you always use for that purpose such as "interim" or "for the game" or the like.
If you know TS1, then you know that you need to extract the download from its RAR or ZIP file. So, I'll just start from that point.) [font=&quot][/font]

There are two basic types of files. The first is the self installing file which works like an .exe file. Those will be either a .sims2skins file or a .sims2pack file. With those you just double click on it and a blue box will pop up asking if you want to install the content. Click "install" and another box comes up saying that it is successfully installed. If couldn't install it, there was something wrong with the file (often corrupted in the download process, in which case you need to redownload it.)

The other type is the .package file. Those go into (user specific)\My Documents\EA GAMES\The Sims 2\Downloads.


Hopefully this helps you get your stuff into the game.


By the way, the hacks that have been coming out tend to be in .package form. They too go in Downloads.


Also, don't use All User or Shared My Documents. It only works from the person specific My Documents. And if you have more than one person using the computer, it goes into *each* user specific My Documents.