How come i cannot see my sims that i downloaded for the sims 3?

I downloaded some sims from the exchange and it says they are on my game. When I go to pre-made sims it brings the sims I downloaded with up with different hair.How come i cannot see my sims that i downloaded for the sims 3?
try opening the sims 3 game launcher (the screen where you hit the play button to start the game, but don't hit it this time), on the left hand side you will have a menu where you have to go to installed content, there make sure the "run without custom content" box is UNchecked. maybe this will help :) also make sure that you install the content you donwloaded. i had this problem when i got the european style car, but it wouldn't appear because i was supposed to install it after downloading...



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This is also happening to me. i downloaded a bunch and put them through the installer and pulled up the pre-made sims in my game but they don't show up they show up as a generic sim thing. :( I wish i knew whyHow come i cannot see my sims that i downloaded for the sims 3?
the hair is custom hair! see some hairs here: http://www.modthesims.info/browse.php?gs鈥?/a>

http://www.peggyzone.com/

Good luck!
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;鈥?/a>How come i cannot see my sims that i downloaded for the sims 3?
You probably don't have the hair installed to your game. If that sim's hair was originally from the Sims 3 Store, it won't show up in your game until you buy it.
Did you put your sims 3 in the simspack file? Or did you extract the right one. That happened to me once, and I was really confused. It could be that, or the website you've downloaded these from doesn't work with your computer. Sorry if i don't help, this is the best I can do.





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