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Thehiddenreturn's avatar
3 years ago

Difficulty finding good content.... Sims in particular on the gallery, tips please!!

I haven't been using the gallery until recently. I'm looking for good sims to add to my houses and worlds. Heres the problem when I search for sims It seems like there either base game sims with no expansion packs or content add ons or sims that have a lot of expansions and or packs that I don't have. There's no in-between. I search according to packs that I have for one, also view content by all, but occasionally I might check by Maxis, I sort by newest, popular now and most popular. I try different ones and 85 percent of what I see is sims that are base game, the others seem to have every pack available. Only occasionally do I find a sim that uses several of the packs I have and are good sims IMO. I have Some good packs, Seasons, Cats and Dogs, Get together, Spa Day, Paranormal, parenthood, cottage living, kids' room, Hollywood decor, and about 5 more. So ultimately what I'm asking is for tips to find better sims. Like what do you do to find good sims that have the packs you own, or some of the packs you own? Is there a way I can change how the search works, like good terms to put into the search bar at top. Any tips for finding sims that are not base game and are also not filled up with almost every expansion would be appreciated......
  • I think in this case, Search on youtube and then get some builder information would be better than straight to search on galley!
  • InaMac's avatar
    InaMac
    New Spectator
    @AlienTusks another way to search for what you are looking for is to use the # for example when you go to the gallery you can search by using the item name - hashtag - EA ID - type in what pack you want to find like catsanddogs and everything that has that tag in the description will show. There are a lot of us creators who do this to help others when searching, Hope this helps you a little xx
  • If you search from in your game, there is also a column on the left side that says "View Content By:" In that column is a selection that says "... Packs" Click on the three dots. You can then select which packs you have and items that include other packs will be excluded.

    This way you can search for any combination of packs, not just for a single pack like you can with a hashtag.
  • I've got a few Sims available, must have a few lines of backstory too. I have about half the packs and the Sims are CC free. Origin ID is sobenewbie.