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crinrict
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12 years ago

Re: downloaded sims are not in the Sims 3 download file

The files you download first go in your downloads folder but as soon as you install them, they go into savedSims and if they have cc attached, that goes to the files in DCCache. Houses and households are in the library folder.

There's some stuff that comes on Sims directly, on the files in the savedSims folder, not the download one (those are just the files you've downloaded and later installed) OR in DCCache. All of those should show in your launcher.

If you want them as safekeeping I would either re-download those you want to keep or if you don't know where you've got them from anymore, just export them again from your game. They will then be in the uploads folder.

I don't know why they aren't in your downloads folder anymore but the files in the download folder have nothing to do with what's installed in your game. Those are just backups to reinstall them should you need to.

The backups can simply be moved back into the savedSims folder in your game folder and they should then show up in your game again.

Not certain if that answers your question though.

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  • bmit04's avatar
    bmit04
    12 years ago

    It does explain it.  Thank you.  But then I still don't know how to determine which sim has the HIDDEN CC.  Do I export then each sim? Will custard find the hidden content?  Help with detail!!  Those boots show up on everything.  Babies, people showering etc.

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    12 years ago

    The boots should be in your launcher, not on a Sim. There's only a few downloads that require you to delete a Sim and to find out which one it is, you would need to remove them from the savedSims folder one by one until the bad download no longer shows up.

    Did you not find the boots in your launcher to uninstall ? Make sure you have the all tab selected.

  • bmit04's avatar
    bmit04
    12 years ago

    Crinrict-those boots are not in the launcher.  Thats why I think they are attached to a sim.  

    So say I do have something that requires deleting one sim at a time-So I make a copy of the saved sims file and place it on the desktop. Then delete the saves sims file.  Correct?  Then how do I put the sims back one at a time?  

    Also I have a full body suit that is blue and covers the hands and feet that I can't find in the launcher.  In my last game my sims were wearing it in the shower. I'm wondering if it is also hidden corrupt content. Yet no one has posted it on their site for bad CC.  I also have nake bottoms back in my game, but only in the toddler clothing section.  I did download two toddlers.  I checked the launcher and I can't find it there.  

    I had about ten items on the bad CC list before (including those boots) and removed them by finding them in the launcher and deleting them from the DC backup.  But they are not showing up in the DC backup when I check there now.

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    12 years ago

    Easiest way to find out if they are on a Sim or in the DCCache file is to remove the dbc files from the DCCache folder, start a new game and check CAS. If they are gone, they *should* show in the launcher. If not, they are on a Sim.

    If they don't show in the launcher when they should, use this method by Mell: http://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2012/10/uninstall-sims3packs-method-by-mell.html to find them.

    If they still show after removing the dbc files from DCCache, they are on a Sim.

    You then move the savedSims folder to the desktop, ensuring that it's not in the sims folder anymore. Then you manually create a new, empty savedSims folder in the sims3 folder and copy maybe half of the files you have in that folder. Then you start the game and check if the cc is in. If not, that half is fine. Remove the files again, putting them in safe place since you now know that those are clean. Put in half of the remaining ones and check again.

    Once the bad cc is back in your game, you start divinding that up until you find the guilty party.

    Does that make sense ?

  • bmit04's avatar
    bmit04
    12 years ago

    Thank you thank you Crinrict!  You have made all this made sense now.  I hadn't seen that particular blog before.  It's great when people reply on forums to questions.  But they assume you know much more than you do.  I will try exactly all of that.  But just out of curiosity do you know the blue suit I am talking about?  I didn't have any trouble with sims showering in clothes till it showed up.  And no matter what household I played, they all showered in that outfit.

    So custard will help remove those boots or any other corupt CC from a sim if I find some? In the forums people talk about removing the stuff you don't want to keep from the sim, or make the sims clean, but don't exactly tell you how.

  • bmit04's avatar
    bmit04
    12 years ago

    Just scratch that.  I shouldn't reply to you before I have had breakfast and my cup of tea!  I am going to do exactly what you said to do and I am sure that will solve my problem.

    ThanX for your help.  Going to mark this as solved.  If anyone else is reading-GO CRINCRICT ALL THE WAY!!!  

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