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    Compressing!

    Sims3fan456Sims3fan456 Posts: 253 Member
    in The Sims 3 General Discussion
    How, do i compress files. Every time i do, it still tells me the maximum i can send?
    and when i read about it, it said to add .zip as a file extension... what does that mean!?

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      blueflame17528blueflame17528 Posts: 1,937 Member
      edited January 2011
      Are you talking about a sims file or just a normal file for another site?
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      Sims3fan456Sims3fan456 Posts: 253 Member
      edited January 2011
      blueflame17528 wrote:
      Are you talking about a sims file or just a normal file for another site?
      I want to email my sims3.packs files.
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      Sims3fan456Sims3fan456 Posts: 253 Member
      edited January 2011
      Edit: Don't let this thread die! /:
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      blunote00blunote00 Posts: 18,476 Member
      edited January 2011
      How many are you trying to send and what compression program are you using?
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      Sims3fan456Sims3fan456 Posts: 253 Member
      edited January 2011
      Im trying to send my sims3.packs from a sim.
      umm you have to use a program? lol what do you recommend i should use?
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      blunote00blunote00 Posts: 18,476 Member
      edited January 2011
      winRAR, winZip, 7Zip are all compression software. That's the same software used to compress custom content files like (.packages) or (.sim3pack) files from 3PCC sites. I prefer winRAR.

      If you have that software installed, then you can use it to do the opposite. Instead of extracting you're compressing the file. Here's an example of my Navek kids I just through into a folder on my desktop.

      All three kids compressed into one file.
      If you have more than one file, highlight them all then right-click and either do the same as below (however it will give it the same name as the folder). Or choose archive and you'll get a pop-up box with the same name as the folder which you can change to whatever you want. Then press OK and the software will compress all three files into one. In my example I chose .rar but I could have changed to .zip
      16ghcnc.jpg
      2zp4ggm.jpg
      2q2o480.jpg

      One kid compressed.
      If you have only one file, right-click and choose to have it compress under the same name as the file name.
      v8hgrp.jpg
      2l9135s.jpg

      Edit: Okay fixed.
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      blunote00blunote00 Posts: 18,476 Member
      edited January 2011
      FYI - You will probably want to change yours to a (.zip) instead of a (.rar) file as those are more common. After you get it compressed, Open your email and send the (.zip) as an attachment. The person you're sending the file to would need to have some type of compression/decompression software (stated above) to extract the files once they receive it. :wink:

      Edit: Also they will need to install via the launcher just like any other (.sims3pack) file.


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      Sims3fan456Sims3fan456 Posts: 253 Member
      edited January 2011
      Now, I know, but im emailing them because i want to change the photo in and upload her to the exchange.... i saw a post that you could email them.
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      blunote00blunote00 Posts: 18,476 Member
      edited January 2011
      Sims3fan456 wrote:
      Now, I know, but im emailing them because i want to change the photo in and upload her to the exchange.... i saw a post that you could email them.
      Now I'm confused. Did this work for you or not?
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