How do you organize your CC?

I normally organize by making folders and labeling them per category (ex:Hair, Clutter, Tops, etc.) but I also do a lot of character recreations in the sims and I get cc for a specific character so then I label the folder as the name of the character. I don't know if that is helpful to anyone though.

Also I would advise everyone to not merge cc, I know it can save room and keep things clean and simple but it makes things really hard to keep track of and if anythings broken it can possibly break the cc that was merged with it.

> @Darsh said:
> I have a question. when uploading sims to the gallery that have custom content, how do you give proper credit to the creator? With most of my content I cannot tell who created it in game. I don't want to upset anyone! Thanks

If I'm ever trying to figure out what something is/who made a specific piece of cc, I just Google the name of the file. It usually pulls up a link to the creator's page. A lot of creators also include their names in the file names!

I organise by item category if it's CC, and creator name if its mods.

I have “BuildBuy”, “Mods”, “CAS”, and “Overrides” folders, along with MC Command Center having its own folder on that same level for easy updating. Within each of those folders I have categories (e. g. BuildBuy > Surfaces, Comfort, Display, etc.; CAS > Clothes > Male, Female & Unisex).

How you do it doesn't matter much as long as you follow the basic rules. .package files can go almost anywhere. .ts4script files can only go 1 folder deep.

The rest is up to you. Do it however works best for you. I would recommend at least some sort of organization to make finding things a lot easier.

Now, that being said, I have my own method. First, it's best to elucidate that while all "cc" are technically "mods", most people refer to "mods" and "cc" as two different things. CC is basically stuff like clothing, hair, furniture, etc. "Mods" are gameplay alterations that change how things work in the world, like new careers, traits, bug fixes, etc.

"Mods" tend to break with game updates. "CC" is very rare to break. So, it's best to keep "Mods" together in one place and keep CC separate as "Mods" are likely to break in updates and "CC" aren't.

Since most CC is very well designed, the majority of CC creators don't have a clue how to properly configure those CC for proper gameplay. It is SEVERELY rare for CC to be properly configured/tagged. I've seen lingerie tagged as "jeans" and Long hair tagged as "short". This is extremely common. And color swatches are NEVER tagged properly. They'll have 15 different colors of a hair and they're all listed as "blonde".

So, whenever I download a new CC item, I always load it into Sims4Studio and tag them properly as they are NEVER tagged properly.

Once all this is done, I copy the new item into a library, Hair, Clothing, Furniture, Decor. Etc. Then, I merge each library into a single package file. (I have a LOT of hairs so hairs now have two. Hair1.package, Hair2.package) And I put those single files into the game. This greatly reduces .package clutter. I have over a thousand CC .package files merged down into 6 files.

The majority of the files in my Mods folder are "mods" as all my CC are contained in 6 .package files.

As for the mods, the bigger ones have their own folders, like WW & MCCC. The important ones (which are the ones most likely to break, like 4 column cas, uicheats) go into a folder called "Core".

Since I have a lot of mods from individual creators like LittleMsSam, Zero, Beichen (sp?) they have their own folders.

I have separate folders for my own mods or mods of a specific type, like "Fallout CC", "Mass Effect CC", etc.

This works best for me. Figure out what works best for you.