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).

Thank you all for your help in finding so many sims!
I think I now have all of the original Sims2Packs for the Maxis preorder sims and Maxoid Monkey sims. I also have a lot of international sims.


Please link any other sims you know of that haven't been mentioned here, especially from the EA international (non-UK/ US) sites.


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.

I'm in the process of gathering screenshots of what I have, ready to archive and share.

Thank you for your help!

Original post archived below spoiler:

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.

(Done and sent.)

Thank you all for your help- I updated the first post with what I still need. I appreciate all of you for finding these for me!

Here is the Lycos dog with the house. Clean Installer will not work must use in game installer.
http://www.simfileshare.net/download/5114926/

Thank you @marka93 !

So is that the last one you needed???

Thank you @marka93 Yes I think I have them all, that is- all that I am aware of!

The Lycos house installs beautifully with the game bodyshop package installer, the house is unfortunately just a shell so anyone trying it will need to furnish it!


These are the sims I've obtained:


I've uploaded the archive here so far:
https://simfileshare.net/download/330019/
(same link as the old one as I updated the file).
Going to have a crack at uploading it to the Internet archive later.

If anyone can see any I've missed, or knows of any other Maxis sims, please let me know! Always glad to update this. I'm wondering if there are more brand promotional or international sims I don't know about. For example, the Empik pack has outfits, but I don't know if they came with sims, or if there were any celebrities I've not heard of.

Uploaded to the Internet Archive here:
https://archive.org/details/maxis-sims.-7z

So I just got a moment (ok, so just remembered to ) to check on these .. I didn't put them in game, but used Clean Installer to take a peek ... seems that there are 5 university lots with families .. I googled the name I have for that folder ... got 2 hits .. one from Sim Echos and one from The Graveyard ... so they are uploaded there and that is prob where I got them back in 2007

I would like to have a copy of those, please.

It's is called ea_exclusivelotsfoundinforeigngames

https://www.simechoes.org/simechoes...2/archiving/dl/
http://thesimsgraveyard.com/index.p...-store?start=20

Updated.
So far at least 3 ALL of those are in the US version of the game.
Will install all and see what's up with them. (Done and all are in the US game version.)
They look like there clean though so they should be good to use in other countries game version.