PMBD

Free Stuff for Your Games

 This is a complete listing of all of the currently active TS1, TS2, and TS3 custom content, and modding sites from the bookmarks I use at FreeSimsFinds. This includes sites for hard to find free and pay items, mod/hack/programming sites, and current custom content sites. Many of these are forums that you will have to register for, while others may use some meshes from paysites as the basis for their work. If I am missing any sites in this list please just leave a reply in this thread so that I can add the site to my running list. This is especially true of international sites as I am sure that there are many smaller sites outside the U.S and the U.K that I didn't list

This list is organized in several sections

Blogs
Dreamwidth Journals
LiveJournal Journals and Communities
Websites
Forums
Anti-Paysite Movement
Hard to Find Content
Mods/Hacks/Tools
Sims 1
Adult Content
Network Sites
Asian Sites
These sections are divided into separate sections for Sims 2, Sims 3, and sites that have both Sims 2, and Sims 3, or Sims 1, 2, and 3 on the same site
Blogs
Websites
Forums

The listing also gives the site URL, the type of content on the site e.g. Bodyshop/CAS. Buy/Build Mode, Storytelling/Machinama (Sp), and whether or not the sites are active (updates within the last 6 months) or inactive. Inactive sites are still on the list either because the creator has not yet moved the contents of the site to the Sims2Graveyard or CTO Occasions, or because they offer content that is well loved by community members e.g. Sims in Paris, or useful to creators and builders like Echos Sims Stuff and Aussie Topenders.

These links will be updated whenever people post new links that are appropriate for the site list are posted in this thread. Enjoy! Warning this will be a VBT for you downloads, mods/packages, or GameDate/Objects folders.

Link Submission Guidelines

Obviously- We are PMBD- No Paysites !

Asian Sites are acceptable if the site is open to the public. This means that friends only Daum Blogs, and  Locked Forums that exchange content for points e.g. Gamesir are not acceptable. The reason behind this isn't that the stuff is not free- it is that it is not easily  accessible for downloaders. Also watch your file formats, some Asian sites use .Alz, .oo or other unsual file formats for their compressed files that people in Europe or the United States don't commonly have access to so they might not be able to download from the site. There really isn't a point to posting links for content people can't get because they can't open the files.
Foreign Language Sites are Acceptable- currently we have Polish, Russian, German, Spanish, French and Italian links on the list.

Unless the site contains content that is very popular - e.g. SIP, please do not submit links for inactive sites. This is because when these sites are closed- the content will probably disappear if it is not moved to the Sims2Graveyard, CTO, or one of the Yahoo Save the Sims groups  From past experience this only tends to happen with larger or more popular Sims Sites, and this means they will be unsupported if people lose meshes, or recolors they will be screwed.

Links from all 3 Sims Games as well as any 100% free custom content created for the Sims Stories Series (I know their is stuff both for Life Stories and Castaway- it is just limited) is acceptable, as are links to hack/mod/tools sites if I missed the important ones, as well as creator/modder resources and support like texture sites and tutorials.

NEWLY OPENED SITEs Okay so we have all seen what happened with the Sims 3, a bunch of new sites opened, and they were free when they opened- but then they went pay,  so far this includes Lorandia Sims and a few other sites, and sites that were pay for Sims 2, like XMSims and SimPlan-X have yet to release any pay or donation content. When submitting links for Sims 3 unless it is from a trusted community member like for instance Oepu, don't submit any links til the site has been up for awhile.

We can't assume just because a sparkly new site is free now that it will be in the future. The same thing goes for paysites that are currently free- actually don't submit links at all for the moment on paysites that are still free for TS3- they may still have donation packs for Sims 1 or Sims 2 and that at least in my book would make them pay because pay is pay until they donation sets are completely released as free content.

Finally, check the list first, I have just updated it and a lot of your suggestions over the last few months have already made it onto the updated list. If you cannot open Word Docs let me know and I can get the list uploaded in a .pdf, or .txt file extension

Freesites List - Updated 04/02- links to no longer existing sites removed- links to creators that have gone pay removed
Link:  http://www.mediafire.com/file/uhteyu0wnog/Free Sims Sites.doc

Thanks for the list!

And I just wanted to say thanks for posting my car on your site! I appreciate all that you have been doing with the site and all the hard work you've contributed to this community! Thank you!  ;D

Wow that's amazing dstar! I really need to get out more.

Thanks FreshPrince- Thanks Kenmtl no problem I have been wanting to do this for awhile after seeing all but the most popular veteran creators get ignored in updates or by a lot of finds sites- so this is fun for me- Not necessarily good considering what downloadaholic I am, and probably not good for people who view the updates. Most of these I either ran across in Prettiest Freesite, Freesites Pawn Payites, through other finds sites, or from the people over at GOS. The LJ communitiesI knew about from having an LJ account. Other sites have simply collected over the years. I actually just cleaned out my bookmarks section to remove sites like Pixel Dolly, NoukieSims, Doursims, and other sites that have disappeared or gone inactive. To show what a downloadaholic I am my TS2 downloads file is 14,000 files strong (and that is after cleaning out all 5,000 or so  TSR, Lianna Sims, Raon Sims, and Peggyzone crap from the days when I did not care if something was pay for free) . Currently my TS3 packages file is standing at about 200-300 files excluding store stuff and stuff downloaded in TS3 packs - and the loading time is still fast,

OOOOOOO. Pretties. :-*

This is one of my favourite sites, it's for sims 2 and 3, and it's free. I adore residences or community buliding and replacements made by Danuta720  :D It's Polish but the most important parts are in English too!
Here's the link: http://www.sims2design.pl/forum/index.php  
Enjoy :D

( Sorry if I double the link but I didn't notice it in the list )

edit: you can find there creations made by such good creators like Margierytka who's creations are also on modthesims.

It might help you out dstar if you had the sites sorted by what language they are and alphabetical order. I know it would be tedious to do now, but it would be easier for people to see what sites you do/don't have, and it would be easier for people who speak multiple languages to find sites to help you navigate. :) Nice list though. I thought my bookmarks were long.

Thanks for the sugggestion MissBonbon - I have actually been thinking of transferring the list into Excel which would alpahbatize for me - and then listing by language. It might take awhile before the list is edited though.

I can add a few that I didn't see and I do believe are, as I don't remember having paysites in my bookmarks.

http://www.betsyslittlesimshoppes.com
http://www.artistic-sims.com
http://www.exoticelements.org/

Thanks for the links everyone - I will edit this post later with a mediafire link for the updated list.

I keep paysites  separated out from freesites  -one reference tag for each- the only paysites I ever bother with in terms of downloading even the free stuff at  are ATS and Holy Simoly. ( I admit it I like their stuff, I'd rather they went free though)  The rest are point and snicker sites - " Tee hee heee look at the flood fill and bad meshing" and ammunition for the Ugliest Paysite Finds and More Smutty Than You - I will also be using them for comparison posts e.g. SA99's Medieval vs Maylins Medieval sets on the LJ finds community.

Also Sailfindragon set the site up with it's own domain name and home outside of Livejournal- I don't have much up yet but here is the link- it is a work in progress - http://www.freesimsfinds.com . So if you don't use LJ for whatever reason (don't like social networking comms, don't support them since they got bought by Six Apart and Went Corporate etc) The finds will also be posted on the Wordpress site starting tomorrow.

Here is the link the mostly alphabetized list- some are out of order - list also includes info on what type of downloads are available, what type of site it is, whether you need to register to download, and the language the site is in.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/lmmmhlxzwyy/freesites.xls

I believe these two 100% free.

Sims2Design PL (in Polish and English, has some nice stuff, one of the bigger Polish sites)
http://www.sims2design.pl/forum/portal.php

Anez's SimDreams (in Polish and English, small site, mostly photoskinned stuff)
http://www.simdreams.cba.pl/

The one below used to be free, but sadly, seems to want to add paycrap.  I've emailed them, maybe they'll change their mind, and if not, to the booty with them, if anyone requests their stuff.  Their email is simart@o2.pl

SimArt2 PL (mostly in Polish)
http://www.simart2.pl/pay.html

Damn, I thought this one used to be free too, but now it is pay.  On top of that, they have links to Liana and AnnaMaria.  Bleh.  Won't bother to email them, if they like Liana, it's probably a lost cause.

http://simy.focus.pl/lazurowa_promenada/

That Is okay I added the pay ones to my paysite bookmarks for when I do pay vs free comparison. AnezPlace may do the photoskinning but unlike Peggy, Liana, Amasims, AnnamariaSims, and Rosesims they do  it well . I am trying in terms of finds to present a fair balance of Maxis match, photoskinned, uber realistic, anime type Sims,  Goth, historical content , modern, classic etc ,clutter for those that love it , Maxis Add on for those that love it etc. I am trying to cover as wide a range of freesites as possible. It will be fun since I also went live on Wordpress for those that don't like or want an LJ because of Six Apart and their restrictions - I may simply post things as links at LJ, or will x-post finds on both, or do different finds on both it depends on what I have available for time.

Thanks very much for the list, much appreciated  ;D

Sims 1:

Eph's Den - http://sims.ephralon.de
Secret Society of Woobsha - http://www.woobsha.com/
Ferndale - http://sites.google.com/site/ferndalesims/
Aponee - http://aponeesimz.com/index.html (+ forum with lots of downloads)
Empress - http://www.empresssims.com/
Hypnotix - http://hypnotix.ephralon.de/

Oh god, you just killed my downloads folder :D

I do apologize- these links have mostly killed mine as well. Eph thanks for all the TS1 sites I will add it to my site in the links section tomorrow.

Great list!  :)
I've found these in my bookmarks:
The CountyCottage http://www.countycottage.de/jgs_portal.php (http://www.countycottage.de/jgs_portal.php) (german site for TS2 & TS3 - You need to register to access the downloads)
Sims 3 Adventures http://sims3adventure.webs.com/ (http://sims3adventure.webs.com/) (TS3 obviously)
Sims Design Avenue http://www.sims3.simsdesignavenue.net/avenue.php?lg=EN&rub=accueil (http://www.sims3.simsdesignavenue.net/avenue.php?lg=EN&rub=accueil) (TS3)

Thanks will check them out - though Sims Design Ave is pay - listed in the  TS2 Booty under Caravan

Sims Design Ave likes to suck you in with the free content and then they leave out something crucial for the set, like a fridge from the kitchen that you just downloaded, and expect you to pay for it. Not this kid, that's why I use the Booty, when I bother. It is a nice place to get some Art Deco stuff, which I do wish there was more of, btw. I'm a sucker for that stuff, my grandparents on both sides had quite a good bit of it in their houses, so it was kind of a fixture. *laughs* Hell, my dad's formal Sr. High School photo is set into an Art Deco frame, if that tells you about the era he grew up in! :D Dstar, if I can find any sites I have that you don't have listed, I'll pm them to you.

Thanks Paden- I actually have to do a bit of weeding on my links page- As far as I know - Sim2Code and Sims2Play are dead neither Shoukeir nor NoFrills has released anything since February at the latest, and there are a few other inactive sites that need weeding.

I found these:

http://blog.naver.com/nalin05
http://blog.naver.com/aja902
http://blog.naver.com/dkskfhwm
http://www.isims.cn/index/

That are all Koreanish sites... and I can´t read it :'( but if you klick on everything you will find out  ;D
The best site from this list in my eyes is   "isims.cn" they have great stuff!

Thank you

I need to learn that language :P *tries google translator*

dstar - here is the link mentioned in the Ask a Pirate thread.  Hopefully the site will be back up soon so I can confirm it is the right one.  I'll be sure to come back here and let you know.

http://rissa-styles.tevalon.de/

Thank you- if she doesn't come back up try Piggis Sims- she does Nouk edits of other creators hairs as well.

Thanks for the recommendation, I'll go have a look-see.  ;D

I noticed you dont have ColourSims (http://www.coloursims.missingstudios.com/index.php) listed. Amaranth does high quality objects, updates regularly and is completely free.

Thanks Jojoba- I will add her to my site. I actually have gone from updating the hard copy of the list to simply adding sites to my links page on the free finds site as I come across them. I need to add Amaranth - her site is an affiliate of Sailfinsims my sister site .

I know this thread hasn't been added to in awhile but i wanted to add a few of my fav sites to the freesites list. I am a Moderator/Creator at the 1st 2 sites. Thank You Shan0w for pointing to this thread :)

Gay Sims Club 2 (Free TS2/TS3 Content/Adult Forum/Must be 18+/File Share Friendly)
http://www.gaysimsclub2.net/forums

Simvention (Free TS2/TS3 Content/Contests/Forum/File Share Friendly)
http://sim-vention.com

Hula Sims (Free TS2 Content/File Share Friendly)
http://minena.prismbaby.com/sims

Fake edit..... Corrections to post + added more info

 :o

So.Many.Shinies.

Thankyou ^^

It is only going to get worse. I am in the process of doing a list that is organized into blogs, forums, anti-paysite sites, hard to find content, mods/hacks, websites, Asian Sites, Sims 1,  Livejournal Sites, Dreamwidth Sites, and adult contet. The sections are going to be further separated by type of content - CAS/Buld/Buy/Creativity (Machinama and Stories), language, active or inactive and other than in the smaller sections like Sims 1 or Mods/Hacks - by which game it is for e.g. Sims 2, Sims 3 or multiple games like Parsimonious or Marinas Sims. I think having a new list here everything is separated out will make things a lot easier to find and it will be easy for me to update it and post mediafire links as we add to the links list in this thread. I will post the new update list  in the first post as well as editing it to take out the old lists link and include the mediafire link instead.

Ok, here are a few links from my personal list that I didn't see in here. There are some that haven't been updated in a while but I included because I feel people should have a chance to see that creators work.  Also included are 2 other link sites that I thought people might find interesting.

EpicuriSimshttp://www.epicurisims.com/ (http://www.epicurisims.com/) -  Find site for food.  Hasnt been updated since 2008 but still its the best site out there that I know of if you want to find lots of sim food. There are some pay sites listed here but most of food is from free sites and the majority of the pay site food is by simsaddict99 at TSR which we have in the booty.

Elegant Decay http://www.elegantdecay.com/ (http://www.elegantdecay.com/)

esperesa | Recent Entries http://esperesa.dreamwidth.org/ (http://esperesa.dreamwidth.org/)

Genensims - New http://genensims.com/new.htm (http://genensims.com/new.htm)

Yuri's Goodies - Home http://www.freewebs.com/yurisgoodies/ (http://www.freewebs.com/yurisgoodies/)--not sure whether you want this kind of site in the list or not but included it anyway.

Ohai Dere! Sims2http://goldalineandson.blogspot.com/ (http://goldalineandson.blogspot.com/)

pooklet | intro / policy / GoS content master list. http://pooklet.dreamwidth.org/ (http://pooklet.dreamwidth.org/)

Simple Life -Downloads for The Sims2- http://simplelife.chagasi.com/ (http://simplelife.chagasi.com/)

Sailorjune |Free Sims2 Download|Free Sims2 Objects Download|Free Sims2 Skins Download|Free Sims2 house Download |Free Sims2 O.. http://simplelife.chagasi.com/ (http://simplelife.chagasi.com/)   --   last updated 2007 but massive list of free sites categorized!!!

Armariolum Meum http://chakaru11.livejournal.com/ (http://chakaru11.livejournal.com/)  --  no updates since 2007 but is Chakaru's blog

My Tiny Life http://engram-au.livejournal.com/ (http://engram-au.livejournal.com/)

Sim Oasis - Index http://forums.sim-oasis.com/index.php (http://forums.sim-oasis.com/index.php)

DaniCastSims2. Geometry is beauty. http://havesometea.net/danicastsims2/ (http://havesometea.net/danicastsims2/)

May I suggest that now this is stickied you might want to change the title to something louder and flashier.

Maybe something like ZOMG!! GREAT FREE SITES!! ALL FREE ALL THE TIME!! THE CAEK IS NOT A LIE!!

Or something along that line, you can decide.

Great thanks MamaKitty

I will probably do that " Where to 100% Free Content From 100% Free Sites" I am compiling all the site links that are still active that people have given me and that are already in my bookmarks, and organizing them. The post will undergo title change when that is accomplished. The unfortunate thing- is that this ickle project is going to be as bad for Veteran PMBD members D/L folders as it is for newer members- there are sites people are giving me I have never heard of

the cake is always a lie!

Argh! Shitloads of new free sites; my poor computer is gonna hate me for this *download spree*

I apologize for making peoples computers have BVBFS's. The new links list has been uploaded to mediafire and a link and list organization are posted in Post #1. The list is in Word Format.

Dstar; I can't remember if I sent you this link before but here it is again: http://thesimscentral.pbworks.com/FrontPage

It has hundreds of sites with filtering down the sidebar; it hasn't been updated in a long time so it may have a lot of dead links.

i think you did Shanow- that is where I got a lot of sites

lol; this whole "working" thing is not for me - it tires me out too much. :P

I have one out of a set of four new meshes complete - and keep procrastinating about it - I have to work Friday at my day job and may have to work all night as well and plan to try and finish tomorrow so that I can get stuff up on my site and SFS in time for Halloween.

I wish you the best of luck getting it done; I would offer you a helping hand packaging the meshes but I'm working 12 hour days all week this week. (And I'm only 16 12 ffs!). If needbe I can help you on saturday :D

It is alright - I will get it done tomorrow. No More Procrastination

dstar, thanks for updating and organising the list.  Have a cat shaped cookie soaked in coconut flavored rum.

Thanks CatofWar- updates will be posted whenever I get new links from my sources hear and other places and test them out.

Spectacular, dstar.

I applaud your dedication, and unlike others, I won't blame you for the new harddrive I have to buy. :p

Oi dstar, I didn't see these guys on your listings SimsThings3 (http://xxsimsthings3xx.wifeo.com/index.php) Or maybe I'm blind.

It's a French site and seems to be run by a couple of our members. They're French too. Voila!

Thanks Kenmtl

Oo this list will come in handy, I've not updated my bookmarks for ages!  ETA - BPS is totally free too! :D

I did not forget BPS- You are listed under Sims 2/Forums - also if you want to add the list at BPS feel free to do so, the more people who know about it and the more sites it is on the better.

Thanks for all the work you've put into this, dstar. :)

List updates- moar LJ and Dreamwidth Sites

I found this site today, it's a very new one I think and she is going to convert TS2 stuff into TS3. She started with baby clutter, the one I loved from suza :D
http://byhsd.blogspot.com/

Considering what else she is converting I doubly support her for giving certain paysites and pay creators butt hurt by converting their stuff.

Yes, I me too. And she added some new things, it made me happy  ;D

Haven't seen this one posted yet, I stumbled across it just now and the content is beautiful!

http://blog.daum.net/janita

Already added at FSF, thank you.

...And I've added all the new sites to SimSearch (http://simsearch.simscentral.net/) - thanks, this thread rocks!

Found this new site thanks to TheNinthWave:-
http://simsvalleyworld.com/

Thank you it has been added to the bookmarks and will be on the next updates list. Dawn

Updates list has been posted. New sites added in forums section, blogs section and Asian Sites sections

http://theninthwavesims.webs.com/

on the front page:  Donate To TNWS

Please Donate so I can one day have a site without ads, and all the features of a premium webs member!

really?  Can't even LOOK at the downloads without registering?  no thanks   :-\

I was able to look at the downloads. I went into the Sims 3 area, clicked on the Patterns thread and was able to click and download. I'm not sure about the rest of the site, because I didn't look around.

The sims2 section is opening now where it didn't before.  I see they have sims3 stuff for sims2   8)

I'll keep an eye on the site, on the one hand NinthWave/Joninmobile has improved their skills over the last year or so and their stuff is not quite so floodfilled and not as likley to overwrite meshes as it used to be. On the other hand- I have had problems with their stuff overwriting content in the past and don't want to knowingly direct someone to a site where some of the content may screw up their game . Also NinthWave/Joninmobile is pretty pro-pay- they created for TSR, not as an SA/FA or anything but I am still a little leery, we have seen creators who are openly pro-pay open up websites that started out free and then had them go pay in the past- so until I am a little more certain of this person/site  and have tried some of the newer content in game to see if it overwrites other stuff I am not putting it on the list.

I'm not sure if anyone is familiar with Reddit but I created /r/thesims/ (http://www.reddit.com/r/thesims/) so I could post links to custom content, stories and forums about The Sims. At the time it was just for my own amusement but over the past two months I have gotten a few readers so I thought I would try and advertise it. Anyone can post anything related to The Sims games and users can upvote/downvote and comment on submissions. Someone already tried to report the link I posted to the Booty but I just laughed and ignored it. Reddit loves Pirates.

Looks pretty interesting. Thanks for the link.

Wicker? I don't even know her!

http://gardenbreeze.flier.jp/wordpress/ (http://gardenbreeze.flier.jp/wordpress/)