Introduction

Welcome to Parsimonious Tech Support Section.

Here you can find information about this website and our custom content along with a few related technical support topics. There are also external links provided within each topic for those who want more (or just different) information.

Select the topic or topic area you want to view by using the drop down menu above. To return to this page from any other topic please select Support Home.

About Parsimonious

This section includes topics on how to use Parsimonious, how to download something you want to add to your game from the website, how to open the zip file you've downloaded (the instructions for what to do after that are in each version section).

You can also find topics about legal matters such as our privacy policy, terms & conditions for sharing our creations in your own artwork. There is also information for any artists who are interested in joining our little collective to share their Sims artwork at Parsimonious as well as community resources such as how to get your website listed in our links pages, affiliation, advertising etc.

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The Sims 1

Topics include how to add skins, objects, walls and floors to The Sims, how to correctly install objects that have NPC's and common causes of game crashes and various other issues.

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The Sims 2

Topics include how to install package file custom content, how to safety install sims2packs, how to enable custom content, information about the CEP file (required to use custom furniture). There is also some information about game crashes along with various other topics.

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The Sims 3

Topics include how to install sims3pack files, some information about game crashes, problems with the game Launcher (and what to do if you can't get your Launcher to work). You can also find the Pets 1.26/1.27 download which is required if you want to use our custom objects. Various other topics are also covered include how we test our worlds, using the Create-A-Style Tool to recolor anything you add to your game.

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