I've always been a heavy user of custom content and know a ton of other simmers are as well. I wanted to start a discussion to see how large your guys' mods folders are, and how much they compare for each game. In sims 3, highest I think I managed was 2 gb, but somewhere past that it stopped working (might've been to do with mod conflicts instead of size since I was super unorganized). I recently checked the size of my mods folder in sims 4 and found out its at 12gb! I thought that was insane. Literally doesn't even affect my game as much as I would have expected. When I first load up the game it only takes about 4-5 minutes. With sims 3 it took me a solid 30 mins AT LEAST to load it up with 2 gb of custom content. Then an extra 30 (again, don't really remember exactly but I know I timed it at one point) to load up a world. Gameplay was a little laggy too if I remember correctly. With sims 4 I don't even notice anything though... Only lag I experience occurs when I have multiple things running on my laptop and I've been playing for over an hour. Honestly props to the sims 4 team for managing to make the game handle custom content so well. I don't know what I would do without it all...So how large are your mods folders?(tip: if you right click your mods folder and go to properties, it'll tell you the exact size)

I have around 360 files in my mods folder, though a lot of it is overrides I've done myself (like bed values), hair recolors that each have a separate file, clothes, or parts of something larger (like the MC Command Center modules)Altogether it's 1.51 GB :p

Mods = 30.44GB Buy Mode Items: 268 items Construction and Material textures (Build mode): 40 items CAS Content: 166 items Mods: 24 items Pose Pack: 13 itemstotal: 511 items in mods folderand counting I just downloaded a few more CC to be addedso 532then again there's the Autumn and Winter Mod that is in a folder on my desktop.so I may have 600+

4.5 and I don't think i can get it much lower, though I try. It's about 80% furniture too. Glad to hear the game works fine with over 12, it's very reassuring to know, so thank you for sharing!

"MasonGamer;14708847" wrote:"dafadolly;14708662" wrote:"MasonGamer;14707833" wrote:Mods = 30.44GB Buy Mode Items: 268 items Construction and Material textures (Build mode): 40 items CAS Content: 166 items Mods: 24 items Pose Pack: 13 itemstotal: 511 items in mods folderand counting I just downloaded a few more CC to be addedso 532then again there's the Autumn and Winter Mod that is in a folder on my desktop.so I may have 600+Woah! I'm wondering how you've got it up to 30 GB with only 511 items! I have 5000+ in just my build mode folder and my mods folder is only a third of the size of yoursI'm not sure, it doesn't make sense to me either but thats what it says on the info bar. lolThat's crazy, but also awesome that the game can handle 30 GB of CC. Gives me hope for my inevitable future of adding endless amounts of cc into my worlds :)

How much custom content do you have?

Pollyrhythm
9 years ago
I have around 360 files in my mods folder, though a lot of it is overrides I've done myself (like bed values), hair recolors that each have a separate file, clothes, or parts of something larger (like the MC Command Center modules)

Altogether it's 1.51 GB :p
MistyLake
9 years ago
I use 3 mods.
MasonGamerBoi
9 years ago
Mods = 30.44GB

Buy Mode Items: 268 items
Construction and Material textures (Build mode): 40 items
CAS Content: 166 items
Mods: 24 items
Pose Pack: 13 items

total: 511 items in mods folder
and counting I just downloaded a few more CC to be added
so 532

then again there's the Autumn and Winter Mod that is in a folder on my desktop.

so I may have 600+
Araquial
9 years ago
4.5 and I don't think i can get it much lower, though I try. It's about 80% furniture too.

Glad to hear the game works fine with over 12, it's very reassuring to know, so thank you for sharing!
dafadolly
9 years ago
"MasonGamer;14708847" wrote:
"dafadolly;14708662" wrote:
"MasonGamer;14707833" wrote:
Mods = 30.44GB

Buy Mode Items: 268 items
Construction and Material textures (Build mode): 40 items
CAS Content: 166 items
Mods: 24 items
Pose Pack: 13 items

total: 511 items in mods folder
and counting I just downloaded a few more CC to be added
so 532

then again there's the Autumn and Winter Mod that is in a folder on my desktop.

so I may have 600+

Woah! I'm wondering how you've got it up to 30 GB with only 511 items! I have 5000+ in just my build mode folder and my mods folder is only a third of the size of yours

I'm not sure, it doesn't make sense to me either but thats what it says on the info bar. lol

That's crazy, but also awesome that the game can handle 30 GB of CC. Gives me hope for my inevitable future of adding endless amounts of cc into my worlds :)
MasonGamerBoi
9 years ago
Omg I'm a fool, the way its set up, memory available and memory taken isn't spaced out.
so i was reading memory available as memory taken xD
so I have 691.6 MB taken and 30.44GB available.

-__-
zazubean
9 years ago
I've got 1.55 GB. I'm pretty content with this amount. I'm trying to keep it below 2 GB, but it's good to know that the game can handle a lot more. It's quite reassuring because I do love CC shopping.
Xieria
9 years ago
I LOOOVVVVEEE CC. I've got 3.66gb of stuff in my mods folder, its 3 mods and the rest are cc. I REALLY REALLY LOOOOVVVEEEEE CC...did I mention I love cc?? :wink:
simminginsilenc
9 years ago
I've recently cleared out my mods folder so I'm back at 151 items, I think they're almost all CAS stuff.
Erasimus
9 years ago
Just checked and I have 5,533 files totaling 9.88 GB. I takes 4-5 minutes to load from double-click to load games screen. My games pauses every 5 minutes or so but I play with Ultra graphic settings at 2560x1440 resolution. I merged most of my build items using S4Studio but I think I will trim out more.