How to Improve Gallery Pictures

"Gucci;15095843" wrote:
They need to fix the gallery in general. I hate how I have to go to a totally different site just to add mods and what not. Just add the cc into the gallery. Jesus.

I miss this feature from the Sims 3 exchange, but at the same time, we have lots available on the Gallery for upload that we otherwise would not - Sims 3 creators often marked their custom content with notes saying NOT to upload lots with it to the Sims 3 exchange. Although this is a great feature for getting complete lots with custom content, there is usually no way to ensure the uploader of the lot gives credit to the custom content creators with this method. It would be much better if gallery lot uploaders could upload screenshots of the inside of their lots, as well as links to the custom content in the description, so that if you don't have or cannot get that custom content, you can find something similar looking. Besides, you may or may not remember in the Sims 3 exchange, there was a corrupted doll mod/custom content file (sims.wikia.com/wiki/Game_guide:Removing_the_corrupted_doll)in some Exchange lots that was detrimental to the game. It is better not to risk downloading corrupted mods/custom content, including mods that get broken by future patches from EA/Maxis.

I think it is a better idea to replace the custom content if not owned by the downloader, by the object that the custom content was cloned from. Mods are better to exclude from the gallery altogether, since players may or may not want the features of the mod. For instance, I use custom food mods, but try not to use them in restaurants I upload to the Gallery. Besides, the custom food mods seem to replace the special foods that can be prepared by Sims in certain emotional states. I also use a packing crate mod (which allows any other buyable object to be stored in a special packing crate object). But I notice even if I am trying not to use any custom content in my builds, the fact that I have script mods active in my game makes all my builds flagged as custom content in the gallery when I save with script mods active.