The Swap Shop has found its home on a board in this forum. Email submissions are no longer accepted, but this message has been preserved to give you insight on the info you may want to provide if you share there. Please be mindful of our policy on custom content (read the rules) before submitting.We are now accepting submissions from forum members so that we can develop a collection of downloads similar to the official exchange. If you would like to submit your content, use the following guidelines and post your content under the appropriate category on the
Swap Shop board.
Attach the following in the postl: .Sims3Pack file, screenshotsYou may want to include information like this when posting your creations:
Object name:
Requires expansions?:
Short Description: only a sentence or two, to go with the first image as a preview.
Long Description: maybe up to a paragraph. I understand if you can't think of a lot to say about patterned socks.
The following formats are the best for me for various object types:
HousesName:
Lot Size:
Bedrooms:
Bathrooms:
Cost when placed on X lot:
Cost when placed on X lot unfurnished:
Requires expansion/Sims 3 store content:
SimsName:
Age:
Traits:
Lifetime Wish:
Unless you send me some truly different Sim I should be able to tell the gender myself
ObjectsName:
Type:
Requires Expansion/Store content:
Anything like walls, objects, those are all going to be very short in information. It's all about the look. If you want to be specific, you can tell us which couch or bed you've redecorated. Otherwise, "Bed" is fine or some generic term.
You can find your exported items in your Sims 3 My Documents folder, which can then be attached to a post here. You can also download your own creations from the exchange and share them here. In order to submit an item to the exchange:
1. While in Build/Buy Mode, click on the item with Create A Style (it looks like a painter's pallet).
2. After either creating the style and/or saving it, click on the Share button located in the window in the upper left corner.
3. This brings up a window where you can give the item a name and description. Please fill out both. Then click the check mark to accept.
4. Your item is now available for upload in the Sims 3 Launcher.
5. Open the Sims 3 Launcher and click on Uploads.
6. Find the item(s) you wish to upload to the Sims 3 Exchange.
7. Click the box next to the item(s) and then click Upload.
8. After uploading, go to your account on the Sims 3 official site. You will find the items in My Studio.
