Step 6: Put Me in, Coach!

Once you've finished splicing genes, futzing with your Sim's face, and stocking up on embarrassing undies, it's time to play God. Click the big checkmark button on the bottom of the menu to save your Sim. You will see now your new Sim with an asterisk icon next to it on Body Shop's Build Or Clone Sims screen, right next to the giant green plus button. (The asterisked-Sim icon simply means that you made this Sim in Body Shop.) Quit Body Shop and launch The Sims 2; pick a neighborhood, click the Families button (it looks like, well, a family), and then click the Create New Family button (the family-with-a-plus-sign icon). On the next screen, click the Create A Sim button, and then click the human icon with a plus sign-a generic Sim will pop up. Click the buttons of the gender and the age to match the Sim you created in Body Shop, and press the Choose Existing Sim button (the group-of-humans icon on the top of the menu). This loads the Sim Bin, and your new Sim should be the first one you see, flagged with an asterisk icon in the corner. Select the Sim and click the checkmark button to accept. Then give your Sim a name, choose his or her aspirations and personality, write a bio if you like, and then click the lower checkmark button when you're done. Make a family with at least one adult, and click the checkmark button to accept the family. Draw your families' connections in the family tree that appears, accept the tree, accept the family, and then get your photo taken. Finally, pick a house for your creation to dwell in. That's it! Now get on with your bad-sim self.

Here's your creation, asterisked and ready to join the fun.