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EDITING YOUR TOWN
Customize your town to suit your Sims. Perhaps the sports stadium is the most important place to your Sims
and you want to give it a more central location. Or maybe there is community lot in a prime location and
you’d like to make it residential. You can do all of this and more!
From the Options menu, choose EDIT TOWN. Your view of the town changes and you have new tools:
Select Tool
Use the select tool to choose lots in the town. Map tags denote the type of lot and what actions are available
on the lot.
When selecting a lot, you have some combination of the following options, depending on lot type:
Evict Move all Sims to the clipboard, with or without a copy of their home
Split Up Send some of the members of the household to the clipboard.
Merge With Combine the members of the household with another household.
Save to Library Place a copy of the household or lot in the library.
Share Save a copy to the launcher for upload.
Change Lot Type Change lot types between community and residential.
Edit Details Edit the name and descriptions of the household or lot.
NOTE: If you evict all Sims from your current active household, you will no longer be able to play with
them. You can continue editing the town, but you will need to select the CHANGE ACTIVE HOUSEHOLD button
and select a new household before continuing to play. If you simply want to find your active household
another house, you can use the phone, computer, or newspaper in Live Mode to move.
Move Lot Tool
With this tool you can pick up any lot in the town and move it to an empty lot elsewhere.
After you place a lot, you have the opportunity to rotate it to any suitable orientation. If there are people living
on the lot, they must have enough funds to afford the empty lot on which they are being placed.
Build/Buy Tool
Use the Build/Buy tool to edit any unoccupied home in the game, or to build entirely new homes on empty lots.
Bulldozer Tool
Use the bulldozer tool to delete everything on a lot, converting it to an empty lot.
NOTE: You cannot build on or bulldoze an inhabited residential lot. If you want to alter an inhabited
residential lot, you must first evict the current Sims.
NOTE: You are also free to get rid of work locations, although it will make certain careers unavailable. For
example, if you get rid of the Science Lab, your Sims will be unable to join the Science career.
The Clipboard
The clipboard, which appears on the left side of the screen, is temporary storage for Sims you’ve split or
evicted from the world. Sims on the clipboard can be placed into their own home in the town using the
PLACE option, or merged into an existing household using the MERGE WITH …’ option. Sims on the clipboard
retain their relationships with other Sims in the town they were evicted from, However, the clipboard clears
when you exit Edit Town mode, so be sure to place Sims back into the town before you start playing again.
The Library
The library is permanent storage for households and lots. Sims and lots in the library are available at all
times to place into any town. Use the PLACE COPY option to copy a selected item into the town. You cannot
edit items in the library, but can delete or share them at any time. Households created in Create A Sim, as
well as lots/households that you share or download, are automatically placed in the library. Sims saved into
the library lose all relationships with members of their town of origin.
PERFORMANCE TIPS
Macintosh Software Update
An outdated version of your MacOS X system software may lead to issues with game performance. To be
sure that you have the latest version of MacOS X, choose ‘Software Update …’ from the Apple menu and
follow the directions to update your system software.
Problems Running the Game
Make sure you meet the minimum system requirements for this game and that you have the latest
drivers for your video card and sound card installed:
For NVIDIA video cards, visit www.nvidia.com to locate and download them.
For ATI video cards, visit www.ati.amd.com to locate and download them.
On a PC, if you are running the disc version of this game, try reinstalling DirectX from the disc. This is
typically found in the DirectX folder on the root of the disc. If you have Internet access, you can visit
www.microsoft.com to download the latest version of DirectX.
General Troubleshooting Tips
On a PC, if you have the disc version of this game and the AutoPlay screen does not automatically appear
for installation/playing, right-click the disc drive icon found in My Computer and select AutoPlay.
If the game is running slowly, try reducing the quality of some of the video and sound settings from the
game’s options menu. Reducing the screen resolution can often improve performance.
For optimum performance when playing, you may like to disable other background tasks (except the
EADM application, if applicable) running in Windows.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
If you have trouble with this game, EA Technical Support can help.
The EA Help file provides solutions and answers to the most common difficulties and questions about how to
properly use this product.
To access the EA Help file (with the game already installed):
Click the Technical Support link in the game’s directory located in the Start > Programs (or All
Programs) menu or from within the Games Explorer on Windows Vista.
To access the EA Help file (without the game already installed):
1. Insert the game disc into your DVD-ROM drive.
2. Double-click the My Computer icon on the Desktop. (For Windows XP, you may need to click the Start
button and then click the My Computer icon).
3. Right-click the DVD-ROM drive that has the game disc and then select OPEN.
4. Open the Support > EA Help > Electronic_Arts_Technical_Support.htm file in North America or
Support > European Help Files> Electronic_Arts_Technical_Support.htm in Europe.
To access the EA Help file on a Macintosh:
1. Insert the game disc into your DVD-ROM drive.
2. Click the Finder icon in the Dock.
3. Open a new Finder window by choosing ‘New Finder Window’ from the File menu.
4. Click the game disc icon in the Finder window.
5. Open the Support > Electronic Arts Technical Support.html file.
If you are still experiencing difficulty after utilizing the information in the EA Help file you can contact EA
Technical Support.
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