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 broken link or you see a tutorial that isn’t listed here, head on over to the Contact Us page and fill out the form to let us know about it!
Gameplay
Gameplay Tutorials
- About – Understanding Sims Thought Bubbles
- About – Understanding Sim’s Motives
- About – Prevention and Treatment for the Guinea Pig Disease
- About – Visting Magic Town in “Makin’ Magic”
- About – How To Make Nectar in “Makin’ Magic”
- About – Tips on Cooking
- About – How to avoid Bills and the Repo Man
- About – Make a Date with The Sims Hot Date
- About – How to visit Downtown in Hot Date
- About – How to create a Family
- About – Hotkey Shortcuts
- About – Sim’s interests from The Sims Hot Date
- About – How to kill a Sim
- About – How To Make Skins Buyable
- About – Marriage Tips in The Sims
- About – Making Friends in The Sims
- About – Moving from one House to Another
- About – How To Throw a Party Sim Style
- About – How To Get Santa to Visit
- About – How to earn money in The Sims
- About – Tips to a Successful Career
- About – The Sims Career Tracks
- About – Cheating Death, Mourning and Sim Ghosts
- About – Understanding Babies in The Sims
- The FantaSim Tales – How do I write a Sims Story?
- The Sims 1 Depot – Frequently Asked Questions about The Sims 1
Houses
House-Creating Tutorials
- About – How To Build Houses in “The Sims”
- About – How to decorate your Home
- About – How To Get Free Houses
- About – Ideas for Themed Neighborhoods
- About – The Sims Neighborhood Map
- Simorpher – Elevator Installation Tutorial
- The Sims Zone – Hot Date, How To Build Yours
Wall & Floor Tutorials
- About – Designing Wallpaper for “The Sims”
- About – Organize Wallpaper in The Sims
- Simfreaks – Wallpaper Making for The Sims
- Simthings – Cyber’s TS1 Wallpaper Tutorial
- Simthing for Everyone – How to make Gorgeous Plain Walls
- The Simulacrum – Wall Tutorial
- The Simulacrum – Floor Tile Tutorial
- The Sims Resource (TSR) – Walls and Floors Tutorial
Objects
Objects Tutorials
- Ophelia’s – Object Tutorial
- Persimmon Grove – Preparing Graphics in TMOG
- 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 Area – Recoloring with the Transmogrifier
- Sims Imagination – Rhino 3D Object Guide
- Simthing for Everyone – An introduction to A-buffers
- Simthing for Everyone – Creating A-buffers for Multi-tiled Objects
- Simthing for Everyone – Creating A-buffers from Scratch
- Simthing for Everyone – Fixing A-buffers on Existing Objects
- The Sims Resource (TSR) – Making an Object in Anim8or
- The Sims Resource (TSR) – 3D Studio Max Sims Scene
- The Sims Resource (TSR) – In-depth Paintshop Pro Object Creation
- The Sims Resource (TSR) – Retexturing a Bed in Paintshop Pro
- The Sims Resource (TSR) – Single-tiled Object Tutorial: Canisters
- The Sims Resource (TSR) – Using TMOG, A Simple Walkthrough
- The Sims Resource (TSR) – Creating Objects for Sims 1 with GIMP
- The Sims Transmogrifier – Making a Green Flamingo
Objects – Rug Tutorials
Objects – Painting Tutorials
- About – Painting Tutorial For The Sims
- About – “The Sims” Art Studio Tutorial
- Carly’s Sims – 2 Tiled Painting Tutorial
- Georgie Girl’s – 2 Tiled Portrait
- Ophelia’s – Painting Tutorial
- The Sims Resource (TSR) – 2 Tiled Painting Tutorial
Objects – Hacking Tutorials
- 8DS – Deleting Object Tiles
- About – How To Use The Sims Menu Editor
- About – How to Categorize Objects in The Sims
- About – Changing objects from Build Mode to Buy Mode
- Another #%*& Sim Site – Adding/Changing Tiles
- 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
- 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
Skinning – Photoshop/PaintShop Tutorials
- 3D Sisters – Head Tutorial
- About – Making Skins for The Sims
- 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
- Hot Sims – Skin Tutorial
- Moonsims – How to Make Skins for The Sims
- Moonsims – Custom Pajama and Swimsuit Tutorial
- S&M Builders – Making Skins
- SimLair – Skinning 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
Skinning – Meshing Tutorials
Tech/Tips
Downloading/Winzip Tutorials
- About – How to install Skins
- About – How to install Downtown Lots
- About – How to install Vacation Lots
- About – How to install Wallpaper
- About – How to install Objects
- About – How to install The Sims Nude Patch
- About – Top 5 Steps in organizing downloads for The Sims
- About – How To Install Downloaded Houses Into The Sims
- About – How to share your Sim’s Houses
- About – Sharing families from The Sims
Tech Tips
- About – Order to Install The Sims Expansion Packs
- About – Improve “The Sims” Load Time on Windows XP
- About – Solutions to improving Load Times
- About – How to use The Sims File Cop
- About – Backing up ‘The Sims’ Files
- About – How To add MP3′s into the game
- About – Troubleshooting Game Crashes
- About – Restoring/Troubleshooting Sims Carpool issues
- About – Finding your lost Serial Number for The Sims and Expansions
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