Lynn5339, What on earth are you talking about? There is no install.

Lynus / anyawow1: Just ignore that box.

CarlosFilipePedro: I think you misunderstand what the program does. If there is a package file in the destination folder, then that is exactly what the program is supposed to do. There is no "install". It's up to you to specify where you want the extracted files to go.

Please read the very first thing noted in the download description - the one with the huge header.

Thanks Delphy,nice job

Thanks, Delphy. I love this program. I was avoiding people who had their downloads as Sims3Packs instead of packages simply because I didn't want them myseriouly placed by the launcher. Easy to get around the renaming thing by just popping one Pack at a time into the folder and extracting it, renaming it, then repeating. Not quite the original purpose of the program, but still quicker than the launcher and I get to control where my cc ends up.

cfoley: The one I uploaded earlier has the rename in it now

I'm sorry about the dumb mis-wording. I meant "extract" not install. I also had the wording cut off the bottom problem, but today I re-downloaded and tried again and it worked fine. Again, very sorry.

3.5 includes 2.0 but meh, just letting you know was all.... guess I'll stick with Sims 3's regular junk... Nice work anyways

are the lots installing for anyone else?

Not me. Presets won't show up either either.

Hi Delphy! Great work as always , I just have one problem. When I tick the Rename Files On Save box, even on files that I know only have one package in them, it's not renaming them. Is there something else I'm supposed to do? I've got package viewers so I can open them & rename them manually, I just thought I'd ask/ let you know.

Thanks for correcting the window bug! It works fine for me now.

However, I second the idea to rename all the files (possibly with a number at the end). 3viewer did this, but 3viewer's batch installer will skip certain files, unlike your program. The issue of duplicate files is pretty easy to resolve without you having to change anything- I myself use a free file duplicate finder to weasel out any ones I may have installed.

There's still the issue of getting Sims 3 to recognize house and preset packages that aren't installed via the Launcher, but I figure that'll be hard to resolve. Thanks a bunch!

Edit: I'm getting the same thing as Ang41187- nothing's getting renamed.

oh ok thought i was the only one with that problem, i also have the rename one too.

Maybe it's a platform deal? I have Vista 64x; what do you have?

vista 64

I doubt it's a platform thing since I've got XP 32.

I'll look at the renaming issue - I have an idea what it could be, but I've been busy with CTU. Should be updated in the next couple days.

Thanks for working on the rename issue. Great program for converting and extracting the S3P to .package files. Works great!

I don't know if you remember, but I am the one that complained about the file size on TSR Workshop S3Ps. I thought I would use this program to rectify the file size but when I use jfade's recompressorizer on those .package files from the S3Ps, they don't show in-game. I wonder if I need to use another program before compressing to make it work, or don't use the multi-pack installer and use something else to make the .program file? I did try using the 3d Viewer and then CTU, but that messed up the mesh. I am out of ideas.

lewisb40, use MATY's compressor (s3rc). It works on sims3packs and packages.

My only problem is if i try and remove some of the catagories for clothes and hair , IE remove clothing catagories , so they are only in everyday etc when i try and save it i get an error message saying it cannot do that due to the file being used by another programme (when the file is not being used elsewhere ) . This happens on about two thirds of the files in my folder .

Celestra: What does removing categories have to do with installing Sims3Packs? I'm confused.

Works beautifully (or are explicitely asking about 2.0?). MonoFramework-2.4.2.3_3.macos10.novell.x86 here, under OS X 10.5.7, Xcode 3.1.2 with the X11 it came with.

Two things though: it unwraps the files as

clothes\0x1bf5bc2457ff4dfdd5efd45365d78882.package

instead of in a subdirectory named "clothes";

and it also appears to be a little confused when it comes to the general file structure. It seems to think that /Users/User/Desktop/ is the top level, inside that it shows a directory named "Personal" which is again my User directory (this has another Desktop, but thankfully without the "Personal" thing this time), and a "My Computer" with yet another "Personal" folder in it (including a third Desktop). Tiger's Neighbourhood Workshop has the exact same issue though, so it could just be a general mono thing.


In Wine I get the same assorted errors as with the CTU.

WOW! Works like a charm in Windows 7 Professional 64bit, except for that renaming bit where it actually doesnt rename the files... But all in all, a very nice program! Thanks!

wow that tool comes in handy, 20 files extracted in 1 second, i can't thank you enough Delphy