How do you organize your CC?
Millie:
I used to just have a downloads folder and that was it. I had a seperate folder for hacks within there, but I used to download all sorts of stuff and just mass extract them to the downloads folder.
I have a bad memory, and so hacks were finding their way into the downloads folder with everything else, and I had conflicts going on - plus because they weren't in the hacks folder, I forgot they were there at all, and didn't get the updates as required.
I've now got AL, and I binned my downloads folder completely.
I had so much stuff in there that I didn't want, from downloaded lots, and sims, etc.
I am not downloading either of these from now on, and when I have downloaded something (since finding PMDB and here, I've become a bit of a downloads snob) I immediately place it in a subfolder, in it's own folder with a picture for ease of deletion, should it not be up to par.
Before I joined the community, I would use the facility in game for deleting stuff, which I didn't realise could mess your game up.
So now, I have downloads, and within that Bodyshop with subfolders of male/female hair. Within those, further subfolders depending on where they came from, and within that, a subfolder containing that particular type of hair and a picture.
Further subfolders within the bodyshop one are, Make up - eyes/blush/lipstick/eyeliner etc.
I have a similar set up for clothing, and when I put objects back in, will do the same there, too.
I also have a seperate folder for default replacements (due to me downloading and installing other defaults ::) )
It pays to be organised. It really does.
Simbliss, if you've recently updated to AL, it might be worth you doing as I've just done. Mine was a mess and caused all sorts of borkage. It's virtually impossible to put them all into folders when it's such a tangled mess, and a big job. Far better to just start from scratch again.
spaceface:
I took it all out whan I installed AL, and am only putting back the stuff I really need or miss. I have different folders for different types of CC and also for different creators. It's great having a small DL folder because the game loads much faster so I try to keep it that way.
maxon:
Quote from: keirra on 2008 September 04, 04:26:00
I have main folders like Bodyshop, Game objects, Build Items, Hacks, etc., inside those folders I have subfolders. Clothing, Defaults, LivingRoom, etc.. Inside those folders there are more folders. Everything is broken down. I have pictures of everything inside the folders.
I'm really anal about my downloads folder. It makes it very easy to delete the stuff I don't want when I get sick of it.
Agreed - this is more or less what I do. Everything is sub-foldered to death but it means there are only a limited number of files in each sub-folder and this makes it easy to spot the culprit. I also test everything before it is allowed in the main folders. Generally, the only problems I have are with hacks - because I want SO many fixes and added gameplay and such. There are, of course, conflicts but that's usually easily dealt with.
And yes JennyJenny, I have a system and things get shoved into the right folders as I go - as soon as they are out of testing. Any download consisting of more than one or two files also has it's own sub-folder where all the files sit together. My only exception is meshes for clothes which are all together, sorted by type, age and gender. This can be a problem if I want to get rid of an outfit and I think I should find an alternative system. All hairs are sorted by mesh with recolours in the same folder. Maybe I should do that.
I extract zips and rars into a holding folder and transfer them manually - then I can see exactly where everything is going and can weed out unnecessary files (RTFMs, pictures etc.).
Quote from: keirra on 2008 September 04, 07:07:28
I have 1815 files in 262 folders. When I download something I make a folder just for it and put that folder inside the appropriate folder. I got tired of having orphaned meshes in my game.
10,141 in 592 folders - oh dear, oh dear.
Zazazu:
I'm sure I have a lot of orphaned recolors right now. I got pissed at all of my Sunair stuff, plus random bits and bobbles from elsewhere, and just deleted them in-game. Delphy's Organizer won't work for me as I've compressorized. I need to take a weekend and just redownload from sites and fix my partially organized folders (hacks are great; everything else is a right mess).
One big suggestion: organize clothing by age/sex first, then subfolder further if it suites you. So many creators don't set tool tips that it can be nigh on impossible to find what mesh you are missing.
eevilcat:
I store all my downloaded CC separate from the downloads folder. It's categorised by type and organised into sub-folders. The lowest level of organisation is by mesh and associated recolours so the sub-folder will have the mesh name and where it came from e.g. bodyshop\hair\MTS2NoukAndreHair, BodyShop\Clothes\AdultFemale\Casual\Outfits\LianaMesh117 or Buy\ByRoom\Living\HolySimolyPhoenixLiving. I also store an image of each recolour as I know I won't remember what it is 6 months down the line. If I see something and think I might use it at some point then I will download it. This means I have gigabytes of downloaded CC but only copy across to my downloads folder things I will actually use in game at that time. The downloads folder in my game mirrors the sub-folders in my storage area so that I can easily add/remove/update content.
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