#sims3packs

[brynleesimmer]

Alaina and Ramon! These sims were created by me, but the cc’s are from various websites. I used a few sliders, however, the sim should work perfectly fine in your game. If not, please let me know. 

The cc should work because I didn’t use any expansion packs to create my sims, only cc and sliders!

Alaina download here Ramon download here

[kelloggsspecialk-blog]

After four hours of my sims game freezing in the start up. I finally figured out why it wasn't loading. I had so many sim3packs. I had to put them all in packages format. It took forever to do but now I can load my game. :) I feel so much better. I'm now waiting for my game to load up so I can start building a brand new house that I will put load. :)

[simphonically]

Me: Ooh! Look at that CC! I need that in my game NOW

Me: *clicks download*

Me: *extracts files*

CC: OH LOOK I'M IN SIMS3PACK FORM

CC: DON'T YOU LOVE USING THE LAU-

Me: lolnope *deletes*

[simsfaq]

Sims 3 / PC : Is it possible to compress all DcBackup files (I've 4.100) to one file, except the ccmerged file?

The idea behind compressing/mergeing package files is to make your game load quicker. There is also some empirical evidence that having many, many package files in your mods folder is bad for game performance. (Which is why, as Crinrict states here, Sims3packs are actually better for your game than package files, if it wasn’t for all the issues that people have with the launcher.) The game doesn’t read the contents of the DCbackup folder when loading your game (it only reads the information that is written into the .dbc files found in the DCCache folder) so it would be a waste of time to compress its contents. An explanation of the purpose of the DCbackup folder can be found here. If you are not in the habit of exporting Sims or lots you can safely delete almost everything in your DCbackup folder if you are concerned about space, except the ccmerged file, which as you are probably aware contains necessary information about your premium content items.

[simsfaq]

Sims 3 pc. I need to do an uninstall/reinstall with my Sims game so I am backing up files. However I recently deleted my sims3packs from the 'Downloads' folder as I had already installed them. Is there any other way I can get to the files after they are gone from Downloads? Or am I just going to have to go back thru and redownload what I don't already have backed up D:

All of your installed sims3packs are installed and saved in this folder: Documents>Electronic Arts>The Sims 3>DCCache. Save that folder on your hard-drive somewhere and once you are done re-installing (I recommend following this guide for uninstalling/re-installing), put the folder back and your sims3packs will all be back.

[simsfaq]

Hi! For sims 3, will my custom content that is already used on sims in game still work if I had them downloaded as sims3packs and now want to convert them to package files? Or would I need to go back in game after the conversion and fix all my sims using the converted to package items? Thanks!

The converted items will most likely not be recognized by your game as being the same ones, so you will need to replace everything in-game. It's been a while since I've tested this, so I could be wrong.

If you want to try it without causing too much of a mess, try  converting a single item and uninstalling its corresponding .sims3pack. If it is still there when you reload the game, then the same thing should happen to the rest of the items you plan to convert - though I, sadly, do not believe this will be the case.

[simsfaq]

Quick question. Can I install Sims3packs through the launcher while I'm playing the game? If this matters to your answer, I'm on a PC, running Windows 7. :)

Yes, you can! The items should show up in your game as soon as the installation is complete.

[theluckysims-blog]

Arghhh slow game :( but working on it!

Merging all my cc! Not only the .package , but also the Sims3packs.  I found this tutorial howto convert Sims3pack files to .package files. Really easy. You need 2 programs to do so. The third link is an option, but very handy for cleaning up your CC.