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[grandmajam_of6]

chedderprime, on 23 May 2012 - 03:23 PM, said:

Oops I should have told you need to set the folder up not just create a folder. This page will tell you how but most importantly they already have the folder set up to download.
http://simswiki.info...Setup_and_Files

Wonderful and thank you!

[Sonshine]

Grandmajam, when you place sims 3 pack files into your download folder, you need to bring up the Launcher once you're done and then click on the Downloads tab (second tab down on the left under the start button), then Select All (just below the different filter tabs w/the icons on them), then Install at the bottom. Once everything is installed, click on OK and that will close out the window. After that you can move all of your sims 3 pack files out of the Downloads folder. You can either delete them or create a folder on your desktop to save them. The latter is wise in case you ever lose your custom content or if you ever have to uninstall and reinstall your game. You won't lose your cc by deleting/moving your files out of the Downloads folder. They're stored somewhere else now.

[lisfyre]

Grandma, I don't have a lot of babies/toddlers in my game... the most obvious reason for this is because there's really not much you can do with babies/toddlers in Sims 3, unlike Sims 2 where there was a lot of interaction with them. When I get newborns/babies in the house, they get to live like 2 days max. Enough time for everyone to come over and ooh and ahh over them and take pics. Then I age them up to toddlers.

Once I've aged them up to toddler, I turn on TCE and either choose to make needs static or just move their bars up as needed. The reason for this - I like to power teach walking, talking and potty training all at once. If you really wanted to, you can do it for each toddler in 2 days with needs static. I get potty training out of the way first, then walking, then talking. After they learn talking, I buy all the toddler books at the bookstore and throw them on the floor for them to read. Toddlers that do this learn things faster as they grow up. Then I get them on the toys - music and logic and activity table. Once they've done that and you get the message that they've learned all they can from that toy, age them up to child and turn off TCE. You can do all this in about 7 - 8 sim days. Then you have a child and they can take care of themselves

[daisylee]

For me whether I have had the sims train toddlers or not has not made much difference. I have had the you did an excellent job and can choose a trait on hardly trained toddlers when they age up and the you did lousy upbringing on toddlers that had 2-3 of the learning skills. To me it seems to be somewhat random. So sometimes I bother with the training and sometimes not, depending on what else needs to be done.



And while I do like the IF, that came with Generations, the toddlers and kids in my game now play with them all the time and never play with anything else unless directed to do it.