How To: Upload a House or Lot to the Swap Shop

[MrsFlynn]

How To: Upload a House or Lot to the Swap Shop

1. Go to this part of the forum - Sims 3 Houses and Lots
http://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/forum/index.php/board,22.0.html

2. Create a New Topic about your lot. (Click the New Topic Button on the right top - Just above the stickied posts.)

3. Share the required details about your house or lot.

For houses, the details are:

Name:
Lot Size:
Bedrooms:
Bathrooms:
Cost when placed on X lot:
Cost when placed on X lot unfurnished:
Requires expansion/Sims 3 store content:

Requires expansions?:
Short Description: Only a sentence or two, to go with the first image as a preview.
Long Description:  Maybe up to a paragraph.

Do not upload zipped Files. They will be deleted.

Read more on the required details in the post link below.

Swap Shop Instructions & Guidelines
http://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/forum/index.php?topic=3614.msg71624#msg71624

4. Share some photos of the house or lot, if you'd like. (The link below can help with sharing photos.)

Sharing Photos on the Forum
http://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/forum/index.php?topic=22892.msg403211#msg403211

5. Go down under your post where you see the word Attach. Click the Browse button and browse to where you store your Sims 3 files. Usually you find the files in the Sims 3 Export folder.

Go to: ----> Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3 > Exports

Look for the file you want to share. Select it, and click Open. The file should now be attached and will be added to your post as a downloadable file.

How To: Export Files
http://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/forum/index.php?topic=20751.msg380782#msg380782

If you want to learn how to upload a Sim, please refer to the link below.

How To: Upload a Sim to the Swap Shop (A Photo Walkthrough)
http://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/forum/index.php/topic,3965.msg79753.html#msg79753


Created: Feb. 2015
Updated: Oct. 2020