Tutorials

The list below consists of tutorials for The Sims (original + expansions). Please make a note that these are just links to other sites who have the tutorials.

If you happen to come by a broken link, or you happen to see a tutorial that is not listed here, please email me at Judhudson@knology.net so I can fix it.

House-Creating Tutorials

• About – How To Build Houses in “The Sims”
• About – How To Get Free Houses
• Fantasim Tales – How Do I Write A Sim Story?
• Keep it Simply – Building a Koy Pond
• Keep it Simply – Building Your Conservatory Part 1
• Keep it Simply – Building Your Conservatory Part 2
• Simorpher – Elevator Installation Tutorial
• The Sims Zone – Hot Date, How To Build Yours
• Twisted Sims – Designing Houses
• YouTube – Building a Small 1 Bedroom House
• YouTube – House Building: Hex House
• YouTube – Making a TreeHouse
• YouTube – Building a Mansion
• YouTube – Old Fashioned Stone Mansion
• YouTube – Suburban House
• YouTube – Modern House

Wall & Floor Tutorials

• About – Designing Wallpaper for “The Sims”
• Fantasim Tales – Make Walls and Floors for The Sims
• QE Sims Tutorials – Walls Tutorial
• QE Sims Tutorials – Floors Tutorial
• Simfreaks – Wallpaper Making for The Sims
• The Simulacrum – Wall Tutorial
• The Simulacrum – Floor Tile Tutorial

Objects Tutorials

• Altazakin’s – Doors/Windows Tutorial
• Bunny Wuffles – School of Transmogrification
• Mall of the Sims – Object Tutorial
• Ophelia’s – Object Tutorial
• Pandora’s Sims – Basic Coloring an Object
• Pandora’s Sims – Advance Object Cloning #1
• Pandora’s Sims – Advance Object Cloning #2
• Pandora’s Sims – Advance Object Cloning #3
• Pandora’s Sims – Advance Object Cloning #4
• Pandora’s Sims – Advance Object Cloning #5
• Pandora’s Sims – Creating a Wall Object
• Pandora’s Sims – Creating Transparent Objects
• Pandora’s Sims – Creating Multi-tiled Objects
• Pandora’s Sims – Z Buffers for Objects
• Sim Castles – Making a Birdhouse
• Sim Castles – Cleaning an Object from a Picture
• Sim Castles – Adding Light to an Object
• Sim Castles – Making a One Tiled Object
• Simfreaks – Z Buffers 101 Tutorial
• Simfreaks – Brief overview of Object Creation
• Sim Guitars – Making a Guitar Tutorial
• Sims Imagination – Rhino 3D Object Guide
• Unknown – Checking Objects for Errors
• Unknown – Re-coloring Objects
• Unknown – Preparing Graphics in TMOG
• Twisted Sims – Recoloring Objects

Objects – Rug Tutorials

• The Simulacrum – Rug Tutorial
• Unknown – Rug Making Tutorial

Objects – Painting Tutorials

• About – Painting Tutorial For The Sims
• About – “The Sims” Art Studio Tutorial
• Georgie Girl’s – 2 Tiled Portrait
• Ophelia’s – Painting Tutorial
• Unknown – 2 Tiled Painting Tutorial

Objects – Hacking Tutorials

• 8DS – Deleting Object Tiles
• About – How To Use The Sims Menu Editor
• Altazakin’s – Object Categorization Tutorial
• Another #%*& Sim Site – Adding/Changing Tiles
• C&C Enterprises – Do-It-Yourself
• Moonsims – Change Build Mode Objects to Buy Mode Objects
• Moonsims – Change Objects into Hot Date Downtown Objects
• Simply Enchanted – Customizing the Beejeezus out of a Painting
• Simply Enchanted – Broadening Reading Pleasure
• Simply Enchanted – Making a Mirror Work for You
• Sim Sources – Hacking Handbook
• The Real Sim – Adding Rotations to Objects
• The Real Sim – Deleting the RSMP in an Object
• Wilf’s Sims Stuff – Object ID List
• Wilf’s Sims Stuff – Changing NPC skins with Strings Scavenger
• Wilf’s Sims Stuff – Cloning objects with NPCs

Skinning – Photoshop/PaintShop Tutorials

• 3D Sisters – Head Tutorial
• AmazonSims – The Do’s and Dont’s of Skinning
• AmazonSims – Skinning Tutorial by Desdemona
• AmazonSims – Head Tutorial by Desdemona
• AmazonSims – How to make Buyable Wear
• AmazonSims – How to make Pale Sims
• Boogleberrys – Name Conventions Tutorial
• Crash’s Skin Shop – Making of a Sim
• Crash’s Skin Shop – Basic Skinning Tutorial
• Doctor Evil Sims – Sims Mac Skin Tutorial
• Doctor Pixel’s – Bodywarp Basics
• Doctor Pixel’s – Working with feet in Milkshape
• Fantasim Tales – Skin Tutorial
• Fantasim Tales – How to…..Make A Skin
• Hot Sims – Skin Tutorial
• Mall of the Sims – Customizing for The Sims
• Moonsims – How to Make Skins for The Sims
• Moonsims – Custom Pajama and Swimsuit Tutorial
• S&M Builders – Making Skins
• SimLair – Skinning Tutorial
• Spiffy Sims – Melusine’s TS1 Hair Creation Tutorial
• Sims Forever – Face Tutorial
• The Skin Machine – Painting Hair on your Skin
• The Skin Machine – Creating a Simple Skin
• The Skin Machine – Painting folds on Skins
• The Skin Machine – Hints and Tips for Skinning
• The Skin Machine – Method to the Madness
• The Skin Machine – Shading in wrinkles/folds
• Unknown – Making Faces from Scanned Photos
• Unknown – Basic CMX Tutorial
• YouTube – McB’s Sim Skinning Tutorial Part 1

Skinning – Meshing Tutorials

• AmazonSims – How to make Skin Sets
• AmazonSims – Getting started on Meshing
• Fantasim Tales – Editing Mesh Files For The Sims
• Jerome – Guide on Creating Meshes
• Kelahn – Skin Meshing Tutorial
• Nighttime Sims – SKN2OBJ Guide
• Ophelia’s – View port Tutorial
• Unknown – Jeans Tutorial

Downloading/Winzip Tutorials

• About – Installing Objects using Winzip
• About – How To Install Downloaded Houses Into The Sims
• Sim Witch – Download/Saving Guide
• Style for Sims – Making Zip Files
• Style for Sims – Download Help
• The Rooke’s Nest – Zip Files and Program Tutorial

Misc. Tutorials

• About – Visting Magic Town in “Makin’ Magic”
• About – How To Make Nectar in “Makin’ Magic”
• About – How To Make Skins Buyable
• About – How To Throw a Party Sim Style
• About – How To add MP3′s into the game
• About – How To Get Santa to Visit
• Fantasim Tales – How do I get screen shots from the game?
• Twisted Sims – Sims Tips and Tricks
• Twisted Sims – Makin’ Magic Dueling Guide
• Twisted Sims – Makin’ Magic Spell Guide