Hello, I'm trying to update my collection of Maxis sims (linked here: https://modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=678740). These are complete sims (with new outfits) that were made by Maxis and uploaded to the official Sims 2 site, or the Sims 2 international sites (for example DieSims2).



Just to clarify, it's the sims including archetypes, clothes and makeup that I'm interested in, not the objects that Maxis shared (they are all freely available and updated too).

Any help or leads would be much appreciated, I thought it would be good to have an archive of the complete Sims that I could share on SFS and Archive.org.

Thank you for any help!

With my memory problem I don't remember how to use them but in my upload to Sim File Share there are sims package files.
http://www.simfileshare.net/download/8230/
http://www.simfileshare.net/download/8222/

I do not remember how to use them and they only have like the first name on them.

Thank you @marka93 , I'm downloading now and will let you know what they are! SFS is a bit slow so might take a while.

I don't have Sims, but I do have lots that the folder says they're from EA international releases

Ooh, maybe you could upload them @CaliBrat as they would be worth archiving if they aren't already.

Hey @marka93 Thank you so much for sending these to me, I got them downloaded today!

They seem to contain the same files as are in the archive.org collection as I mentioned previously:
https://archive.org/details/tumblr_...fa9111e_540.jpg

So yes, they contain clothes and hair, but unfortunately not the sims themselves.




The way Maxis named the package files for the Sims they shared is confusing- George_3D, Becka_3D and Jack_3D are not sims, but meshes (for accessories or clothes).

If we look at hilary Duff (one of the complete sims I do have) we can see that there is a hair mesh, face archetype, sim, makep and clothes mesh:


I think possibly people were only interested in the meshes and textures, so the sims were mostly discarded. I'll keep on searching though! Thank you for your help, much appreciated.

Hello @simsample (fellow archivist completionist friend)! I think I found the Lycos house here. I thought I was a member at that site but none of my log-ins worked. Looking at the comments it looks like it really is the official sims2pack file

And SimEchoes has an incentives page, I didn't look at everything but Shelby is a sims2pack and the 2007 Party Peepers is a sims2pack with George so that's promising

SimsEchoes also has an Other Page, scrolling down there's a "EA_Exclusive Lots Found In Foreign Games" link edit: never mind, I've downloaded these before. Somewhere somehow someone got the "lore" wrong and this has been floating around online as exclusive content but it's really lots that came with University (?)

Dearest @shastakiss Thank you so much! I completely forgot about SimEchoes. They actually have some sims I didn't have (I just had the clothes). They also have some bad links there but you can browse to the file list and they are there to download.
https://www.simechoes.org/simechoes2/sims2/archiving/

Yes the party peepers has the sim there too! Some downloads are just clothes and no sim, but no matter.

(Yes the lots are just Uni lots)

Unfortunately, I've tried to register at Simsfans UK many times, to no avail. I've tried different email addresses, different browsers etc, but I don't receive any confirmation email. If I try to register again it says my username exists, but I can't login without confirming! I've sent them emails as well as messages on the contact us page. I've sent LadyAngel a message via email from this site today, see if that works!

Thank you for all your help shasta!

That's a great idea, nice that LadyAngel has an MTS account! Good luck with finding more sims

Hi, I don't know how helpful this will be, but here is my personal folder with Maxis Sims. I think i have some Sims that you don't have in your list.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/htkf...isSims.rar/file
I think I have all the Sims from the preorders as these are the original unedited Sims2Packs.

Wow, thank you very much @Lenna9 ! That's wonderful, lots of sims in there! Really helpful!

Would you like a invite code to Sims File Share?
If you do just pm me and I will give you one.