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Is the cc I download supposed to show up in the Installed Content tab? Because when I put the files in the mods folder nothing shows but they show in cas. To add on, the cc I originally downloaded caused the same problem so I deleted all of the old cc and downloaded new cc (none of them are the same as the ones I previously installed) and it is causing the same problem.
@cuttieh01 Custom content installed in Mods > Packages does not show in the launcher; the only items listed there are the ones installed from Sims3Packs.
Please download just a little custom content at a time and test. There's a lot of bad cc out there, and it's really easy to add one item that breaks everything else. Additionally, if you install too many items at once, that can corrupt the bundles into which the items are installed, even if the cc itself is fine.
If you install a few items and your game works fine, you can save a copy of the Sims 3 folder in Documents > Electronic Arts (right-click and Copy, right-click on your desktop and Paste). Then if the next batch of cc doesn't install correctly or your game stops working properly, you can trash the Sims 3 folder in Documents > Electronic Arts and put the older one back rather than starting from scratch.