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Re: The Sims 3 Mods aren't working for me...

@draabiczek It looks like you have everything set up correctly. (I take it you've downloaded the Sims 3 version of the hair in your screenshot, not the original Sims 4 version.) Do the NoIntro and NoBuildSparkles mods work with no other mods added? It's worth testing just in case there's a problem with one or more of the .package files you're adding.

If those two mods alone don't work, please open a File Explorer window, click This PC, and enter "deviceconfig" without quotes in the search box in the upper right corner. Please let me know the file path of each copy you find, as well as the date modified on each one. It's possible the game is using a different Sims 3 folder for some reason.

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draabiczek
5 years ago
Oh NoBuildSparkles mod and NoIntro mod works without any other mods... So what's the problem?
puzzlezaddict
Hero+
5 years ago
@draabiczek There are a couple possibilities. One is that you forgot to delete scriptCache.package after adding more mods; this file needs to be deleted any time you add or remove any mod. Another possibility is that one of the mods you're adding is broken, not for Sims 3, or not compatible with a fully patched game. If you want to test, try downloading a mod or two from NRaas. They all work fine with the current versions of Sims 3.

By the way, just to check, please list the full version number of your game, which you can see in the lower left corner of the launcher. If you have a less than fully patched install, that could also explain the problem.
draabiczek
5 years ago
Oh I didn't knew that you have to delete scriptCache.package after adding more mods. I will check this right now. And my version number is 1.69.43.024017
draabiczek
5 years ago
Ok so the NRaas mod worked but the hair mod didn't even tho I deleted the scriptCache.package so I don't know what to do ☹️
puzzlezaddict
Hero+
5 years ago
@draabiczek Third-party hair is custom content, not a mod, so you may need to delete the other cache files instead. These are the five relevant ones, although the last doesn't usually need to be deleted:

CASPartCache.package

compositorCache.package

scriptCache.package

simCompositorCache.package

socialCache.package

If doing so doesn't make the hair work, then it might just not be compatible, and you'll need to find other content. There's plenty available, so it shouldn't be too difficult.