Mods and CC Organization in My Folder- Sims4

It's not really that complicated. There are basically two types of mods, ones that change gameplay or add new features, and CC (custom content). CC is just things like new hair, clothing, furniture, objects that don't change how the game plays.

Mods tend to break when the game is updated.

CC "can" break with updates, but it's rare.

Any mods ending in ".package" can go anywhere in your Mods folder. Up to 6 levels deep I think. According to @RandomBuzziness the default is "5" levels deep. Thanks!

Any mods ending in ".ts4script" can only go 1 folder deep.

If you download a mod and it's in a ZIP, RAR, 7Z, or anything else like that, you must extract it first before placing it in your Mods folder.

How you organize it is up to you as long as you follow that.  Although I would recommend not making it overly complicated as it would take a lot longer to go through it if you need to search for broken mods/cc... which does happen EVERY TIME the game updates.

Tips:

I would recommend keeping it simple. Like Mods\Clothing, Mods\Furniture, Mods\Hair, etc.

Put gameplay mods together because those are more likely to break when the game updates.

Most of my core mods that ALWAYS tend to break I put in Mods\Core

Some bigger mods like MCCC, WW have their own folders, same with LittleMsSam's. I have a LOT of hers, so she has her own.

A lot of gameplay mods have version numbers in the file name but a lot don't. So, what I do, is if I put in a mod that doesn't have a version number in the filename, I just create an empty text file with the version number in the name. Text files are ignored by the game so it won't hurt anything. Plus it shows me the mod's version number so when I check for updates, I can easily see what the current version number is. When I update it, I just change the version number on the text file too.

Like in Mods\Core, I have:

UI_Cheats_Extension.package

UI_Cheats_Extension_Scripts.ts4script

UI_Cheats_Extension_v1.17.0.txt

The third file does nothing but has the version number in the name. So, I can just look at the name and see what the current version I have is. Makes it a LOT easier for updating. I "Might" be able to just put the version number in the .package file name but some mods are particular about what their filenames are, so I just don't bother. An empty text file doesn't take up any disk space and it's ignored by the game, so, why not?

Organize it however you want, but realistically, as long as "ts4script" files are only 1 folder deep, it doesn't matter at all how.

But organizing it well will save you a LOT of time later on when you inevitably have to go through them all searching for broken mods.

ThePsycho
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