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The modding community for ''The Sims 2'' is self-supporting, with more advanced modders writing tools and tutorials to help in creating custom content and modifying the game environment. One such program is ''[[SimPE]]'', which is an editor for game files. ''SimPE'' also facilitates the creation of custom content through several wizards and package management tools.
The official ''The Sims 2'' [http://thesims2.ea.com/community/fansites.php?pid=Community_fansites website] lists more than 500 registered fansites, many of which feature custom content. More than 250,000 Sims and lots have been uploaded to the [http://thesims2.ea.com/exchange/index.php?pid=Exchange Sims 2 Exchange] on the site. Some fansites require either a one-time fee or a subscription to access some of all of the content on the site. Most of the sites do not
The topic of paysites is controversial in ''the Sims 2'' community. Although the license agreement specifically forbids charging money for content created with or for ''The Sims 2'', to date ''EA Games'' has not commented on the controversy, and is not allowing any discussion of this on the official Sims 2 BBS.<ref>[http://bbs.thesims2.ea.com/community/bbs/messages.php?&openItemID=item.24,root.1,item.43,item.61,item.104,item.127&threadID=f4ba0da263b74873db46d79b6ce3b33c&directoryID=2&startRow=1#cc744981605810553147feb6b2defa7e Post by EA Games employee on the controversy]</ref>
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