How much is too much?

"egwarhammer;15055513" wrote:
...They really *don't* always break everything. DP says (posted to MC today) they've been fixing stuff behind the scenes, he's taking out a bunch of bug etc workarounds he'd had placed. Just a little sunshine I wanted to send in EA's direction... that isn't usually what they get from me. :wink:

The patch that broke cc lights also broke, afaik ONE mod (I don't follow mods other than here and MTS, so I may be wrong), fixed now (again don't panic, just redownload if needed) Neia's More Clubs Per Sims mod. Odd, right? Great example of the randomness of code changes and its fallout...

I've done a lot of coding in the past and I can tell you QA in developement is a real pain. Almost every time you find a clever trick to solve a problem you accidentially open up a black hole on the other end of the grid. If you ask DP, he for sure can tell stories all night long about those nasty little issues and how to fix them. So I'm willing to understand and more important, to tolerate that a product of such a complexity will never be bugfree.

When S4 was released I started myself a try to transfer Twallan's Mods to the new game. I already finished some sort of core design, when I saw MCCC for the first time. After the release of v2.00 I stopped my efforts because DP was far ahead of me and his design was also better. I thought about publishing in the beginning but I never intended to compete with another modder. Perhaps you remember the rivalry between the fans of Awesome Mod and NRaaS.

To cut it short, I made a lot of errors (and for sure I also learned many useful tricks) and my mod is a small piece of code compared to the complexity of the whole S4 game. You can argue that the devs are paid for their work and also that you have paid for the product, but in the end it isn't that easy - as always.

I have quite a lot of mods and cc even tho I'm on a laptop. I love mods and cc and I'm glad this game can support them coz ts3 couldn't handle even one object of cc

I'm a heavy CC user. I have 6.60GB of CC, which comes up to 6, 265 files. I've been thinking of removing some CC for a long time, but I'm too greedy:^(

I love CC, but I'm very selective in what I download and try to keep it to things I'm going to use frequently or use for a specific sim. I will delete items too every now and then because sometimes what looks cute in a picture looks horrible on my sims in game, at least to me. The only things I tend to keep regardless are shoes and wedding gowns. Maxis Match comes in handy if you like to download a lot of CC, as its not as hard on your system as Alpha.

I don't think there is such thing as too much. It's all about how much your computer can handle.
Keep in mind when you add custom content to your game it's like adding a new EP or stuff pack.
You are upping the specs needed to run the game as there is more stuff for your computer to read/load.

So long as you're not lagging. You're good!

1 item is too much.. :) Cause when its patch time I don't have to worry about a thing.. patch, repair.. I am good to go.. And it helps my Sims or houses be shareable..

I have a gaming computer so I have no problem with lag. Just wish I had a better internet connection. Satellite internet is plum! Normally, I put all my CC into sub folders but I've neglected to do that this time around. I really need to get to it.

I keep all CC to a minimum.
I have no mods in my game, I genuinely have no use for them with TS4 which is great.
Plus as others have stated, I can't be bothered to update mods every patch.

My game runs extremely smoothly and any CC I download I check it immediately to see if I like it in game.
I also trim my mods folder of any CC I'm not using and I don't use a lot.
Just some tops, bottoms and accessories..also some skins, but only little for each category.
I also stir clear of furniture CC.

This is the first Sims game where my mods folder is relatively very small lol, I like it.

"Zarriel;894261" wrote:
Just some questions. How much is too much CC? I have 526 items in my Mods folder which consist of mostly objects and a few game mods. Is this excessive or not? How much do you have in your Mods folder? Just wondering.

Do you have a strong computer? Removing the cc really makes your game run smoother, so does removing your screens and your library.

I have almost 3000 items in my mods folder, my game runs smooth and I don't have a long load time, I have renamed my CC taking out all special characters, as Luthierising suggested.