custom music

[bladee]

its not playing, i have the origin version but we all know how good ea support is
and dont say some ♥♥♥♥ like use c:\users\user\documents\ea\sims 3\custom music as i use a second internal drive that doesnt have the documents folder on

[cruinne]

Then where are your user files for the game?

AFAIK, the game will only put those in the Documents folder, as known by Windows.

[bladee]

Originally posted by cruinne:

Then where are your user files for the game?

AFAIK, the game will only put those in the Documents folder, as known by Windows.

in the origin files, if i cant use custom music because i dont have the game installed on the same drive as windows thats ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dumb

[cruinne]

So if you open your Documents folder, is there one inside it called Electronic Arts?

I have Sims 3 installed on a different drive to C, but my user files still go to Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3. There's no way to change the game wanting to do that ... except if you have OneDrive installed. Then it sometimes gets confused.

[bladee]

Originally posted by cruinne:

So if you open your Documents folder, is there one inside it called Electronic Arts?

I have Sims 3 installed on a different drive to C, but my user files still go to Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3. There's no way to change the game wanting to do that ... except if you have OneDrive installed. Then it sometimes gets confused.

thats it then, i do have that ♥♥♥♥♥♥ onedrive app, ill try again

[marstinson]

Just to chime in on this in addition to the folder location issue, the music files have a few other requirements in order to work. First, makes sure that they are all .mp3 files and that the bitrate is no higher than 320kbps. Most players I have spoken with who have managed to get it to work consistently go as low as 128kbps, but 320kbps is the absolute cap. Second, strip out any embedded cover art; the game will choke on that. Third, they have to be in the folder as loose files (no folders) and only use standard English characters in the file names (BlueÖysterCult won't work because of that umlaut and I avoid spaces just by habit, but they might be OK). Fourth, don't use wall-speakers. For some strange reason, they have frequent problems dealilng with custom music.

[bladee]

Originally posted by marstinson:

Just to chime in on this in addition to the folder location issue, the music files have a few other requirements in order to work. First, makes sure that they are all .mp3 files and that the bitrate is no higher than 320kbps. Most players I have spoken with who have managed to get it to work consistently go as low as 128kbps, but 320kbps is the absolute cap. Second, strip out any embedded cover art; the game will choke on that. Third, they have to be in the folder as loose files (no folders) and only use standard English characters in the file names (BlueÖysterCult won't work because of that umlaut and I avoid spaces just by habit, but they might be OK). Fourth, don't use wall-speakers. For some strange reason, they have frequent problems dealilng with custom music.

I was not using wall speakers
and I know the others
using non english characters isnt an issue, only ♥♥♥♥♥ the name up in the options menu