CC won't show up in game?

In your TS3 game folder in Documents, there should be a file called DeviceConfig.log (it might be appearing as DeviceConfig). Don't open it, but right-click on it and select Properties (if Windows) or Get Info (if Mac). Does its Modification Date/Time exactly match the last time you launched your game? If not sure, launch the game and then see if the date/time changes.

If it's not updating, that means you have a second unwanted TS3 game folder someplace that the game is reading instead and is ignoring the one in Documents into which you are adding content. If you are on Win 10, a popular place for these to show up is in OneDrive.

Ah, these can be tricky to find on a Mac. Obviously look around your Documents and Downloads folders. Are there any other user logins on this Mac that have their own Documents and Downloads sections? Try saving a game with a goofy name and then do a Spotlight search on the goofy name to see if it shows up anywhere.

But the game folder being used could be in Applications > (not sure of the exact path anymore) > TS3 > TS3 (this one can be opened further, but it's a Mac OS package file that can only be opened and examined with a right-click and "Show Package Contents"). Spotlight probably won't find files saved in such a location as they wouldn't be search indexed.

Let's see if @BluebellFlora has any other ideas.

Can you download a fresh resource.cfg file? ItsaprilXD has written the best tutorial on installing and getting mods to work on Macs. Give it a read, the link to the resource.cfg file download is also there :)

@RedGrass - So a corrupt mod prevented your store content from installing. Uhm, not entirely sure how that adds up to my being wrong, but okay.

More to the point, I don't understand the Roaring Heights issue. Installing/downloading a world (from the EA Store) and accessing a prior save that took place in that world are two very different things.

Tell you what, let's page a Mac expert in here and see if she can assist better than I have been able to. You are indeed playing on a Mac as you mentioned RAM purging, correct?
@BluebellFlora

Hi @CassMay If there is another "The Sims 3" folder on your computer, you should be able to find it by doing a search for that file name. I've been searching file names in Windows 10 by just opening up File Explorer and typing in the name in the search box at the top right. If you have two folders, you can check the dates/times on both folders to have an idea of what your game is using. Take a look at where that second file is located also. You can also check to see if your saved games and recent downloads are in the second folder that's presumably in a different place just by looking in the Saves and Downloads folders.

If so, then you would obviously need to do some combining/moving to get everything in the right place. I may not be the best person to address the easiest/best way to accomplish it, but I'm sure someone else better equipped to handle it will be along shortly to help out.

If you don't find a second The Sims 3 documents folder on your computer, open your launcher and go to installed content and make sure the run without custom content box there isn't ticked.

If neither of those two things are the problem, then you probably either did do something wrong with your mods folder setup, even though you think not :) (it's happened to me even when it wasn't my first try), or you didn't install the cc files properly. There's a link above in the thread re. the different file types and how to handle them.

Since this is an "older" thread, it may get closed out before your problem is completely solved (although since there's been some ongoing, helpful discussion in it, it also may not). If you can't post again here regarding this problem or if you have another problem while you still have new member status on the forums, here is a link to a thread for new members to post about problems they're having:

https://forums.thesims.com/en_us/discussion/893122/thread-for-new-members-to-post-their-sims-3-game-issues/p1

"CassMay;c-16742306" wrote:
I really need some help! I just recently realized that the sims 3 had mods, yeah I know I'm a bit late, so I tried it out. I did everything right and I placed everything in the right place (believe me, I've checked) but none of the cc in my package folder showed up in the game. So I did some research and realized what the problem might be. I think my game might be reading another ts3 game file and not the one in my documents. I checked and it's time doesn't match the last time I logged in. Could you please tell me how to correct it? I have a windows 10 so I couldn't follow the guide you gave earlier in the comments since it was for a mac?

The most common place for unwanted game folders to show up on Win 10 would be OneDrive. There is a sub-folder in there called Documents that the game tends to confuse with the "real" user Documents folder. If that is where you find your live TS3 game folder, the solution would be to pull it out (for safekeeping) first then totally disable OneDrive unless you have an unrelated reason for keeping it going and get rid of its folder structure.

Once you confirm that your intended game folder in the "real" Documents library is the one that the game is reading and working with, you can work to move any content, worlds, and then game saves that had been installed in the rogue one over to their proper locations.

Hi everyone! I'm sorry I'm posting on this old thread, but I'm sort of experiencing the same problem and I cannot create a new discussion (not yet a real member, due to inactivity).
Yesterday I was getting mad at my game running THAT slow, so I decided to delete all the cache files and dowloads out of my launcher and then for the first time try to merge some CC (I use a lot, as well as mods, including NRaas, various careers, and more). However, it ended being too complicated for me after all, so I decided to just leave it and not merge anything after all. Instead I started my game and it surprisingly was A LOT faster. Instead of taking the usual about 20 minutes to just load up, it took about 10? So I was clearly surprised as well as excited, seeing thos few tricks did so much already. However, I was confused to see my game no longer showing the message on the main menu "mods detected", which you have to accept. I didn't pay much attention to it, but obviously the mods are no longer ingame. Some CC is still there, such as a few CAS items (hairstyles, clothing, etc.) but all the careers, as well as NRaa mastercontroller are all gone. By now I have obviously tried running TS3 several times again, switchting my laptop off and on again, moving my mods folder (Documents/Electronic Arts/TS3) out and back to the same place, I replaced the resource file with a new one, I deleted all of CC Magic (which I tried to use for merging CC, but didn't use after all). I also checked the Frameworkinstaller, which says it detects all mods, and they SHOULD normally show up in game (which sadly is not the case). Also I made sure there is no other folder, Sims 3 could be using, as I deteleted pretty much any backup, any other Mods folder or renamed it, and the DeviceConfig.log file also shows that TS3 is connecting to the right (only) Sims 3 folder I have.
So basically I didn't change anything within TS3 folder in docs except of replacing the resource file with a new one, which didn't make it work again, but still my mods don't show up anymore. They used to work just fine before I tried merging, so I figured this caused the issue, but I cannot understand, why it's not working again, as I have deinstalled it and deleted all of CC Magic...
Again I apologize for this helpless and long post on this olf thread, nevertheless I hope you guys can help me fix my game... I miss especially those careeers :( thanks already in advance!

@Ajeni - If I am following that correctly, you are continuing to attempt to work with what appears to be a flawed TS3 user game folder in Documents. What happens if you pull it out entirely, start up the game to make it spawn a new one, back out, set up your Framework on the folder, and add a couple of known to work mods?

If this works, then you will want to keep the new folder and begin moving your content and ultimately your saved games into it. If not, you can always put your old game folder back in and be back where you were.

Thank you so much for your quick and helpful reply!! This did the trick for me - thank you sooo much, you're my savior! *-* Iwas already dreading reinstallting all expansion packs again! Thanks again :)

"igazor;15291613" wrote:
In your TS3 game folder in Documents, there should be a file called DeviceConfig.log (it might be appearing as DeviceConfig). Don't open it, but right-click on it and select Properties (if Windows) or Get Info (if Mac). Does its Modification Date/Time exactly match the last time you launched your game? If not sure, launch the game and then see if the date/time changes.

If it's not updating, that means you have a second unwanted TS3 game folder someplace that the game is reading instead and is ignoring the one in Documents into which you are adding content. If you are on Win 10, a popular place for these to show up is in OneDrive.

Oh thank you so much! It actually is reading an unwanted TS3 game folder. I'm on a mac, so how can I find the unwanted TS3 folder?