Know What Is Inside Your Game: The Sims 3

MolliesDollies wrote:
Amjoie,
Thank you for this great guide! It is so useful, and we should keep it bumped regularly.

I have a question. I already keep a nice download file using HollownessDevours guide to Own the Store. I don't understand your part about the folder "Install First" items. I have been looking around, and can't find more info on this. Can you point me in the right direction on these items? Are they just the items with added textures? I install all my full sets, and then single non-set items, then the itmes from sets I haven't completed, so as to have no overlap.
I have so much stuff in game now, I sometimes wonder if its all there! I don't want to miss anything! So please let me know about these items that should be installed separately first.

Anyway, thanks again!

The "install first" items are two objects with two textures that will not show up in your game if they are only installed with the set they are supposed to come with, because the textures are missing in the set (but present in the objects downloaded individually). So, you have to download and and install those two items separately, in order for the textures to show up. Otherwise you get blank icons, where the textures are supposed to be.

And the separately downloaded objects with the textures have to be installed BEFORE the set they came with, or the textures will not be recognized, because the Launcher will just say they have already been installed the set (when they weren't). So I install those two objects first, to make sure the textures will be recognized in my game.

I'll get you pics of the two items, once the store pages stop acting wonky. Stand by, for an edit in this reply, with the two pics.

edit: Here are the pics. I'll add them to the first page in a minute, also.

http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss84/amjoie/ScreenShot2014-07-30at40338PM_zpsef9c1330.png

http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss84/amjoie/ScreenShot2014-07-30at40416PM_zps48e12d44.png

http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss84/amjoie/ScreenShot2014-07-30at40823PM_zpsddc15b54.png

http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss84/amjoie/ScreenShot2014-07-30at40844PM_zpsd7065e43.png

Or this chair would work, too, because it has the same textures included:

http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss84/amjoie/ScreenShot2014-07-30at40916PM_zpsc6077475.png

http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss84/amjoie/ScreenShot2014-07-30at40936PM_zps2f707c6b.png