Need a Sims 3 sage..Maraas maybe??

[Afro68]

I've been away from Sims for a while and considered dropping the game. I've downloaded soo much CC that it's time for a major cleanup as I have a bad simpack in my game somewhere but don't know what. Has anyone use this method found here? I truly don't want to delete everything in my DCCache folder and find that all over again. The reason for this method is my Sims launcher crashes when I scroll down now. I think I made the major mistake in the past of installing Sims with simpacks instead of sim file.

 

Link: http://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2011/01/tutorial-how-to-get-rid-of-unwanted-custom-content.html

 

I'm paying the price for my hoarding.

[maraas]

HAHA! Sage ay?

to be honest i didn`t bother to do this, as I don`t really play the game, I just fiddle around with it. But if you care about your game I sure would have given it a try, and it might even be easier then what i ended up doing

 

I made a fresh game with no mods, and then took all s3p`s I considered a must, checked them with custard  http://modthesims.info/d/390235

and to make sure there were no attached cc(does not show with custard) i also checked with sims3packfilegeneratetool (sakura)http://modthesims.info/d/473766

(sims, households and lots mostly) Look for a bastskirt, a hairdo and arezzo bathromcounter as they seem to be the most common unwanted attached cc)

 

then I converted  all the s3p`s that don`t have to be in that format to packages (hair clothes etc etc) http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=364038

checked the entire modfolder with delphys dashboard to make sure there are no conflicts/duplicates/corrupted packages  http://modthesims.info/d/387006

then merge.

yeah it takes time and effort. Maybe you could upload a copy of your sims3folder to me and I`d have a look. Maybe a new set of eyes could find the culprit? I`ll Pm you an upload link

 

 

Cheers Maraas the wannabeSage

 

 

[Afro68]

HAHA! Sage ay?

to be honest i didn`t bother to do this, as I don`t really play the game, I just fiddle around with it. But if you care about your game I sure would have given it a try, and it might even be easier then what i ended up doing

 

I made a fresh game with no mods, and then took all s3p`s I considered a must, checked them with custard  http://modthesims.info/d/390235

and to make sure there were no attached cc(does not show with custard) i also checked with sims3packfilegeneratetool (sakura)http://modthesims.info/d/473766

(sims, households and lots mostly) Look for a bastskirt, a hairdo and arezzo bathromcounter as they seem to be the most common unwanted attached cc)

 

then I converted  all the s3p`s that don`t have to be in that format to packages (hair clothes etc etc) http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=364038

checked the entire modfolder with delphys dashboard to make sure there are no conflicts/duplicates/corrupted packages  http://modthesims.info/d/387006

then merge.

yeah it takes time and effort. Maybe you could upload a copy of your sims3folder to me and I`d have a look. Maybe a new set of eyes could find the culprit? I`ll Pm you an upload link

 

 

Cheers Maraas the wannabeSage

 

I can't send the Sims 3 document folder it's like 41 gigs....  

 

Might have overdone it.

[Afro68]

Wow... 41 gigs is a lot. Mine's sitting at only about 8 gigs. Sims 3 doesn't exactly have the best coding and excessive CC really adds up in the long run. I would recommend avoiding the Sims 3 launcher in the future because I hear it can be a bit problematic. I agree with maraas about converting your sims3packs to packages, as it makes it much easier to remove unwanted CC. I've gotten into the habit of never using the Sims 3 Launcher for anything and installing all my CC through organized folders and packages with hardly any problems. If you decide to continue playing Sims, I highly recommend changing your CC install methods in the future. Wish I could help more on the subject of removing the bad CC, but I haven't a clue. However I wish you the best of luck.

 

I might actually backup my folder and just start over and try to figure out this cc magic thing and keep my CC down. If things get borked I can always just replace my Sims 3 folder in My>Documents.

[Afro68]

UPDATE:  I've used the method listed in Crin's post and thanks to Maraas I did have the Arezzo counter that is problematic. It took a while as it was dbc file 10 in my DcCache folder. I've uninstalled it and I still probably have some bad cc somewhere else but for the time being I saw huge performance jump once removed. My game wasn't 100% lagfree because of HQ mod, SweetFx and max setting but the lag was very, very miminal, pretty much lagfree. Lesson learned...