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How to Use Pre-Built Buildings in The Sims 3

"The Sims 3" allows players to create custom characters called Sims and design their Sim's home. However, if architecture is not your forte, the game provides you with several prebuilt homes into which you can move your Sim family. When choosing a prebuilt home, you can select a furnished home for an additional fee, so that you can quickly start playing with your Sim family instead of shopping for the home. Once you move into a prebuilt home, you can customize or renovate it to your liking.

Instructions

Start With a Prebuilt Building
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  Create a new family or load a presaved family and begin a new game by selecting "Move Family."
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  Select into which city you want to move your Sim.
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  Click on a lot that contains a prebuilt house to bring up information on the house's cost, square footage and other features.
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  Click the "Purchase" button to move your family into the prebuilt home.
Moving Your Sims to a Prebuilt Building
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  Click on your active Sim to bring up his cell phone or click on a computer.
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  Select "Move" from the cell phone or computer to bring up the moving menu.
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  Click on the icons of whichever Sims you would like to move to the new home and drag them to the right column of the moving menu.
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  Click "Homes" on the moving menu to bring up a map of your neighborhood and a list of available houses.
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  Click the house to which would like to move and click the checkmark on the bottom of the screen to confirm the move.

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