Can I bring my Sims 3 Sims into another game?
Add a household from your Library or Exports, a Sim from SavedSims, or a full save. LifeSim is not made by Electronic Arts or Maxis and is not connected to The Sims 3. The import only reads what you give it.
How to find your Sims 3 files
- Open Documents › Electronic Arts › The Sims 3. The folders are the same on a Mac.
- A household that you saved to the Library: add its .package file from the Library folder.
- A household that you shared or exported: add its .sims3pack file from the Exports folder.
- One Sim from Create a Sim: add it from the SavedSims folder.
- A whole town: add the save folder from Saves, the one whose name ends in .sims3. LifeSim lists the households with a search box, and you choose one.
- No files? Take screenshots of your Sims and write a few lines about them. That way always works.
Good to know about The Sims 3
LifeSim reads the names, the ages, the traits, the lifetime wish, the career, the skills, the spouse, the parents and the children, the money, and the household picture.
The traits become the personality of the person in LifeSim. The lifetime wish becomes a life goal. The career becomes the job.
A household has up to 8 Sims. You choose the Sim you play, or none of them. The others become the people of your life.
Custom traits and careers from mods drop out.
How to add the household in LifeSim
- Press the import button on this page. It opens the LifeSim builder with the import sheet open and the game chosen. In the builder, the same sheet is next to the + in the row of people.
- Add the files of the household, its whole folder, or a .zip of it. The builder opens the files on your device.
- If the files hold more than one household, choose one.
- Choose the member you play, or none of them. LifeSim writes a person for each of the others.
- Check each person, change anything you want, and start your life.
What comes over
- Every member of the household: the first and last name, the age, and the gender
- Who they are to you: the spouse, the parents, and the children
- The job, from the career
- The personality, from the traits
- A life goal, from the lifetime wish
- The past, with the skills
- Starting money, from the household funds
- The looks. LifeSim draws a new portrait in its own style, from the household picture.
What stays in The Sims 3
- Pets. LifeSim has no pets, so the past of their owner names them instead, for example "Lives with Buddy, a dog."
- Custom traits, careers, and aspirations from mods
- The house, the lot, and the furniture. Your household gets a home in a real city.
- Custom content files, such as hair and clothes. They can show in the portraits that LifeSim reads.
- Other Sims of the town. A full Sims 4 save brings up to 4 close ones along.
Privacy
LifeSim reads the link, the file, or the text to write the people. It stores the screenshots you add on its servers.
LifeSim is rated 13+. Imported people pass the same checks as anything you type in the builder.
What happens in LifeSim
LifeSim is a free life sim. You pick a real city on a 3D map of Earth, and you live there. The people you import live there too. They have homes, jobs, and friends, and their week goes on while you are away.
You talk to them in your own words, and they remember what you said. It plays in the browser at play.lifesim.com, and there is an iPhone app. There are no ads and nothing to buy. Read what LifeSim is.
Questions
Can I play my Sims 3 family in a different game?
Yes. Add the household's .package or .sims3pack file in LifeSim. Each Sim becomes a person in a real city, with a home and a job.
Can LifeSim read a .sims3pack file?
Yes. Add the file from your Exports folder, or one that you downloaded.
Can I import a whole Sims 3 save?
Yes. Add the save folder from Saves. LifeSim lists the households of the town with a search box, and you pick one.
Do pets come over?
No. LifeSim has no pets. The past of their owner names them instead.
Is this made by EA?
No. LifeSim is not made by Electronic Arts or Maxis, and it is not connected to The Sims 3.
