Corrupt CC: Unable to find it

It’s scary! Like a horror movie...

My experience is that you not only have to delete the file, but also find it in the launcher and remove it there.

Delphy's Dashboard only checks .package based CC. Sims from the Exchange are .sims3pack based. You'd need CUSTARD to check .sims3pack files. Once you find .sims3packs with corrupt CC you'll either have to uninstall the CC from the Launcher if the CC shows up, or uninstall the whole sim.

I would highly suggest CUSTARD as @TreyNutz recommends and when you go to install your Sims3packs. Make sure that you have a folder in which you put copies of your Sims3packs so that you know exactly what went into your Mods folder. That way you won't have to search 150,000 pieces of Sims3packs to try and find your corrupt CC. As it is, you may have to pull out every Sims3pack and start over, checking each Sims3pack as you install them.

I don't know if CUSTARD can give false positives like Delphy's can.

Yes on Custard, but that won't do the job completely. First you have to identify the downloaded sim whose file contained the "bad CC" and get rid of them otherwise it will just keep coming back. Then Method by Mell to purge the unwanted item from where it would be hiding, installed in a dbc file in the DCCache folder even though you did not Launcher install the item yourself (on purpose).
https://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2011/01/tutorial-how-to-get-rid-of-unwanted-custom-content.html

Or the more extreme solution, pull out your entire TS3 user game folder and start over with the fresh one that will spawn it its place on the next launch. Then start putting your store and custom content back, hopefully without the offending item or the sim who was carrying it.

"igazor;c-16391105" wrote:
Yes on Custard, but that won't do the job completely. First you have to identify the downloaded sim whose file contained the "bad CC" and get rid of them otherwise it will just keep coming back. Then Method by Mell to purge the unwanted item from where it would be hiding, installed in a dbc file in the DCCache folder even though you did not Launcher install the item yourself (on purpose).
https://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2011/01/tutorial-how-to-get-rid-of-unwanted-custom-content.html

Or the more extreme solution, pull out your entire TS3 user game folder and start over with the fresh one that will spawn it its place on the next launch. Then start putting your store and custom content back, hopefully without the offending item or the sim who was carrying it.

Will deleting the corrupt sim delete the corrupt CC?

"Missa_Sissa;c-16391197" wrote:

"igazor;c-16391105" wrote:
Yes on Custard, but that won't do the job completely. First you have to identify the downloaded sim whose file contained the "bad CC" and get rid of them otherwise it will just keep coming back. Then Method by Mell to purge the unwanted item from where it would be hiding, installed in a dbc file in the DCCache folder even though you did not Launcher install the item yourself (on purpose).
https://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2011/01/tutorial-how-to-get-rid-of-unwanted-custom-content.html

Or the more extreme solution, pull out your entire TS3 user game folder and start over with the fresh one that will spawn it its place on the next launch. Then start putting your store and custom content back, hopefully without the offending item or the sim who was carrying it.

Will deleting the corrupt sim delete the corrupt CC?

No, because it has left the sim and nestled itself in the catacombs of the launcher. But obviously you have to get rid of the corrupted sim and the bad CC file first (before following igazor’s advice).

Did you try this suggestion yet?

Or the more extreme solution, pull out your entire TS3 user game folder and start over with the fresh one that will spawn it its place on the next launch. Then start putting your store and custom content back, hopefully without the offending item or the sim who was carrying it.

If this also fails, you could uninstall the basegame and reinstall it (hope you’re not trying to avoid patch 1.69 because after reinstalling I suppose you’ll be on that patch).

So you also tried what igazor suggested in his second paragraph or reinstalling the game?

I'm sorry that this is so frustrating for the OP. But the warnings about not to use downloaded sims (and lots) from the Exchange or other sources that do not screen their members' offerings without carefully inspecting them in Custard first are all over the place and have been widely discussed for years.

It sounds to me like the OP was hoping for a single step solution (get rid of/fix the sim OR get rid of the CC instance through the Launcher). Those won't work, the item(s) will just keep coming back. It could have been on multiple sims. Or represented in the DCCache dbc files multiple times or there could have been several bad CC items in play. These things can indeed be very cumbersome to get rid of, that I agree with, and reinstalling the game won't help either since the problem is in the TS3 user game folder in Documents, not in the Program Files. Carefully rebuilding the game folder without the suspect items and sims with the ultimate goal of moving ones saves into it (again without the installed sims in them) is the only way to go if the two steps of get rid of the sims and Method by Mell to purge the items through the Launcher are not effective or too difficult to use.

@Missa_Sissa - That is identifying information for a CAS part yes, but I'm afraid that doesn't tell us all of the places where it is or could be hiding in your game folder. As mentioned, downloaded sims can be carrying it (even if they aren't wearing it) as revealed through Custard and it likely keeps ending up going from there to the dbc files in the DCCache folder. In addition, as another player mentioned, it could be copied into DCBackup if you don't routinely clear that out (except for the one required ccmerged.package file).

That info could be used to hide the item from CAS catalogs (that the player sees) or to do up an NRaas Dresser mod invalid parts blacklist, but these aren't what you want here as they don't really remove the item from the game folder.

If that is indeed the (or one) offending part, then I guess that would be the item code (the "instance number") to be looking for when examining downloaded sims in Custard so that might help identify it there.

Perhaps someone else here will know what else can be done with that information, but as far as I know there are no shortcuts to flushing these things out that haven't already been described.