How do i install custom content for my sims 2?

Question

I have sims 2 double deluxe and i was trying to download a horse onto it but it never shows up! any suggestions?

Answer 1

Depends on where you downloaded it from. If you saved it on your computer, double click on it, press allow/open when your computer asks, and the a screen will come up and ask you to press install. It should work if you do this. If not, maybe your download is wrong

Answer 2

Well there can be a variety of factors at play. Some download sites (mainly the one run by EA) are downloaded to your hard drive. Once downloaded you double click on them and install them. However the majority of downloads from every other site download as .rar file or .zip folders. If your file(s) are .rar just click and drag them into the folder location, Documents > EA Games > The Sims 2 > Downloads. If you downloaded a .zip file unzip the folder and drag the contents into the same location as the .rar files. Sometimes if the downloaded content hasn't shown up launch the sims 2 and visit a lot, then quit and launch the game again try this 2-4 times to get some downloads to work. If your content still isn't working it is possible the file you downloaded just doesn't work no matter what you do with it. Hope this helps, and some advice don't download too much or else you downloads folder will be so stuffed then your loading time takes so much longer, sometimes until the point that it will never fully load, so be careful.