Do you recommend merging CC?
Are there pro/cons to it? Is separating mods into sub-folders a reasonable alternative to merging? I'm considering doing one or the other with my own but don't know much about it in terms of benefits ...
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I categorized all of my mods and cc into their own folders. Makes it far easier to remove them completely when you need to update a certain mod. As long as the cc is no more than two levels deep IE Mods>Folder for Mod>mod packages, it should be okay, but check with the creator to see just how deep it can be and still work.
I have cc for 18th century items. Men's Clothes; Women's Clothes; Children's Clothes; Décor; Hair; Accessories. I use several of SimRealist mods. Each has its own folder. MCCC has it's own folder as does Road to Fame, although I make certain the script files are just in the Mods folder, one-level deep, only.
It does make it so much easier if something messes up. For instance, just after patching my game for today, I started getting my two Ancestral families ready to play. That meant taking them into CAS and giving them like/dislikes. But while there I also checked out the clothing choices I had made. For the one family all was well until I got to the second Teen daughter. I had given her cc hair but she was suddenly white, black and red all over. I knew what that meant having gone through it once before. I clicked to the next outfit. Different hair and her skin was normal. I went back and forth between the messed up category and the next one that was fine. I closed my game and removed the offensive cc hair. That did the trick. Having them categorized was so very much easier than sifting through the random stuff in my Mods folder, one at a time.
I have cc for 18th century items. Men's Clothes; Women's Clothes; Children's Clothes; Décor; Hair; Accessories. I use several of SimRealist mods. Each has its own folder. MCCC has it's own folder as does Road to Fame, although I make certain the script files are just in the Mods folder, one-level deep, only.
It does make it so much easier if something messes up. For instance, just after patching my game for today, I started getting my two Ancestral families ready to play. That meant taking them into CAS and giving them like/dislikes. But while there I also checked out the clothing choices I had made. For the one family all was well until I got to the second Teen daughter. I had given her cc hair but she was suddenly white, black and red all over. I knew what that meant having gone through it once before. I clicked to the next outfit. Different hair and her skin was normal. I went back and forth between the messed up category and the next one that was fine. I closed my game and removed the offensive cc hair. That did the trick. Having them categorized was so very much easier than sifting through the random stuff in my Mods folder, one at a time.
