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How to get the game to recognise mods and packages

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3rd Jun 2009, 12:59 PM	# 26
HystericalParoxysm Admin of YIP YIP YIP YIP Join Date: Tommorow Posts: 17,595 Thanks: 251084 in 253 Posts View My Journal	The "for dummies" instructions: Click here: http://www.sims2wiki.info/wiki.php?...g_Package_Files

3rd Jun 2009, 01:55 PM	Custom Content showing up in game # 27
trish1970e Test Subject Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1	Hi, I just downloaded the custom content for the sims 3 and I followed all the steps to adding custom content but it's not showing up in my game launcher or in the game, any ideals why?

3rd Jun 2009, 02:27 PM	# 28
Delphy Original Poster The Spatula Of Purity Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 7,784 Thanks: 42650 in 109 Posts View My Journal	trish: The custom patterns probably wont show in the launcher whatsoever (since they aren't downloaded or installed via it) but they will show in game - assuming you have done everything right - but they WONT be in the "Show Custom Content" section. They'll be lumped in with the normal patterns. If they dont show up... well, you did something wrong. :P
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3rd Jun 2009, 02:30 PM

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HappyMonkey

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Originally Posted by nei tsukishime

I second this question. Can we make subfolders and will they work in-game?

I doesn't look like we can use folders. I tried HPs new patterns in a folder and they did NOT show up in the game. They worked fine in the ...\Mods\Packages directory, but not when sub-foldered inside there.

3rd Jun 2009, 02:51 PM	# 30
lulu Test Subject Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 55	Thank you so much Delpy for adding the acctual file. I don't know why but for some reason or another the Microsoft Gods don't allow me to make .cfg files it always turns it back into a text. xoxo lulu
lulu Test Subject Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 55	Dyslexics Untie :P

3rd Jun 2009, 03:06 PM	sims2 n sims3 # 31
56343266 Test Subject Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 7	is the mod items in sims2 compatible with sims3??

3rd Jun 2009, 03:10 PM	# 32
HystericalParoxysm Admin of YIP YIP YIP YIP Join Date: Tommorow Posts: 17,595 Thanks: 251084 in 253 Posts View My Journal	56343266 - No. Completely different stuff.

3rd Jun 2009, 03:22 PM	# 33
cfoley1215 Test Subject Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 3	Bah, it's going to bug me that we can't make subfolders to have things organized. And I must admit to being confused as to why EA chose to completely change the location for cc from what it was in Sims 2. Has anyone experimented to see if you can force different "versions" to generate? Like for Sims 2 I had a build version set up and my playing version.

3rd Jun 2009, 04:13 PM

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56343266

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Originally Posted by HystericalParoxysm

56343266 - No. Completely different stuff.

so means i cant use all de items in sims3????
oh damn

3rd Jun 2009, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by cfoley1215

Bah, it's going to bug me that we can't make subfolders to have things organized.

And I must admit to being confused as to why EA chose to completely change the location for cc from what it was in Sims 2.

Has anyone experimented to see if you can force different "versions" to generate? Like for Sims 2 I had a build version set up and my playing version.

Maybe we can use different folders but I think that would mean that we would have to add to the code in the first post, and I am not about to do that just yet...

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3rd Jun 2009, 06:32 PM

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3rd Jun 2009, 08:42 PM	# 36
lewisb40 Forum Resident Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 792 Thanks: 1164 in 19 Posts	It didn't work for me til I read on another forum to change or rename the Resource.cfg.txt to Resource.cfg or it will not work. You will have to enable showing the endings of your files by going to Control Panel+ Folders Options+ Views, untick the Hide file endings. When you go back to The Sims 3 program file, you should see an ending of .txt on the Resource.cfg Rename it and delete the .txt part off the end. Now it is a .cfg file. Glad I found that info on the other site, cause no one will tell you that here.
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3rd Jun 2009, 08:44 PM	# 37
HystericalParoxysm Admin of YIP YIP YIP YIP Join Date: Tommorow Posts: 17,595 Thanks: 251084 in 253 Posts View My Journal	lewisb40 - You mean like jc_clara did above? ... and how we removed having to do that anyway and just provided the file so you wouldn't have to?

4th Jun 2009, 01:38 AM	# 38
Khris0221 Lab Assistant Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 74	Thanks so much for your tutorial guys - it's very easy to follow!
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5th Jun 2009, 02:07 AM	# 39
Kazimo Test Subject Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 6	I made a big booboo. I did exactly what the instructions said and downloaded the resource.cfg file then extracted it from my rar. I put it in the program files/Electronic Arts/Sims 3. Though, when I tried to open the resource.cfg file windows asked me to pick a program to use to open the file so I picked winrar. And now it has the WinRAR book pictures icon next to the resource.cfg file instead of the other icon it came with. And when I click on the resource.cfg file it comes up "The archive is either in unknown format or damaged." Is there anyway to fix this mess up that I did? Can it still work like this or did I mess up too bad to fix? I deleted the resource.cfg file and then tried redownloading it. But when I extracted it from WinRAR folder it still had the WinRAR icon next to it and saying the same thing.

5th Jun 2009, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Kazimo

I made a big booboo. I did exactly what the instructions said and downloaded the resource.cfg file then extracted it from my rar. I put it in the program files/Electronic Arts/Sims 3. Though, when I tried to open the resource.cfg file windows asked me to pick a program to use to open the file so I picked winrar. And now it has the WinRAR book pictures icon next to the resource.cfg file instead of the other icon it came with. And when I click on the resource.cfg file it comes up "The archive is either in unknown format or damaged."

Is there anyway to fix this mess up that I did? Can it still work like this or did I mess up too bad to fix?

I deleted the resource.cfg file and then tried redownloading it. But when I extracted it from WinRAR folder it still had the WinRAR icon next to it and saying the same thing.

What OS are you using?

5th Jun 2009, 05:20 AM

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Kazimo

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Originally Posted by Rick

What OS are you using?

It's Windows XP SP3

5th Jun 2009, 09:44 PM	# 42
Jcasjr Lab Assistant Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 203 Thanks: 6104 in 41 Posts	Thank you! Works perfectly

5th Jun 2009, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Kazimo

It's Windows XP SP3

I can't recall exactly in XP, but I believe it has to do something with the File Types under Folder Options.

5th Jun 2009, 10:10 PM	pardon my ignorance.. # 44
airway Lab Assistant Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 99 Thanks: 73 in 1 Posts	I feel like an idiot. This is where I am at. FYI I am using Windows Vista. I have placed the resource.cfg file in this location: C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Game\Bin I followed the instructions to show all file extensions but I am not seeing txt as part of this file. I am not understanding how I get the contents of resource.cfg to: C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 Do I just 'cut' the file from the location it is at now and 'paste' to 'C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3'?
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5th Jun 2009, 10:10 PM	# 45
Delphy Original Poster The Spatula Of Purity Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 7,784 Thanks: 42650 in 109 Posts View My Journal	Kazimo, you dont need to edit or open the Resource.cfg in any way. So long as you have downloaded it from here and place it in the right folder, you can ignore it.
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5th Jun 2009, 10:16 PM	# 46
Valshea Test Subject Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 5	Does it make a difference if I've installed the game somewhere other than the C drive (F, in my case)? I've had games where this can bugger things up. I've followed the instructions, downloaded a bunch of stuff, and can't see it in game. It's about all I've got left that I can think of.

5th Jun 2009, 10:26 PM	# 47
airway Lab Assistant Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 99 Thanks: 73 in 1 Posts	I attached a pic of how my Sims 3 directory looks. I am running Windows Vista. In the Mods folder is another folder called Packages. Is this correct? Additional problem-I am downloading rar files and placing them in the packages folder but the files are not showing up. Am I missing some setting in Vista? I have verified that I am showing all files. I can't unzip these if they aren't there! Screenshots
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5th Jun 2009, 10:51 PM	# 48
KagomeKagome Field Researcher Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 265	I've got a really strange thing happening. Mods I've collected, like the "no zzzs" mod over at Wes' site, are working in the game, but custom patterns (like HP's and my own) aren't showing up in CASt for some odd reason. I've hunted everywhere and have found zilch.

5th Jun 2009, 11:21 PM	# 49
Delphy Original Poster The Spatula Of Purity Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 7,784 Thanks: 42650 in 109 Posts View My Journal	Erm, the no zzz's mod is here on MTS... I hope nobody ripped it off and put it somewhere else. :S Anyway, are you putting anything in subfolders of Mods\Packages? Becuase that wont work. Also, airway, of course rar files wont work - you do have to extract them first (you know, like you had to with ts2 content). Valshea: Don't matter. Chances are you forgot a step or are putting the files in the wrong place.
	CEP Objects Database (searchable) \| View latest updates/changes to MTS2 (technical) \| twitter <Corsix> Why 'mod the sims 2' when you can mod 'mod the sims 2'? Objection, your Honour! He's reciting the opening to Quantum Leap.

5th Jun 2009, 11:51 PM	# 50
kfeekanne Test Subject Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3	I downloaded some custom content ("Increased Texture Detail & Shine" [MoreDetailedBodies-Female-FullyBarbie] by HystericalParoxysm) but it won't show up in the game. I placed the packages at the correct location (C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\Packages), the Resource.cfg is at it's correct location (..\The Sims 3), too. I tried creating a new Sim, but it looks still normal. I changed skin-colour, age, cloths, ... but it's always the normal look. Help plz.

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