(After I wrote all this, I realize this is really drawn out, my apologies. If you chose to not to delve into this wall of text, I understand. Lol)
@So_Money and any others,
A follow up question would be, without such a program, how do you maintain your mods?
More specifically, say you have a mod that has multiple settings you need to set in game (like mccc’s population settings) or a mod that adds cc objects you need to earn through gameplay or purchase in game. But every time after a patch or expansion is added, those mods break and you lose your items from your inventory and lose your saved settings (unless you update the mods before installing the game’s patches).
Now say you have 5 or so mods that function like that, and you have 20+ sims who use modded items, that could lead to hours of in game work to get the items back and to reset all of your settings. (I have had this happen a few times and I’d like to not do it again).
There are other mods/cc I’d really like to try too but I’m worried they will break with a patch. I have seen some that make improved retail shelving that hold more items and allow you to place items closer together. What happens if they break after a patch? Do I lose all those retail items?
The best solution I can personally think of is to turn off automatic updates and keep a notebook or a notepad file in my mods folder that lists the mods and their website. And then check every single mod every day until they are updated. Then once they are all updated I can safely install the latest patch and all the mods...
Or is there an easier or more convenient way?
