Merging mods to increase Performance!
mofarmer:
I apologize but I have searched the internet for several days and have read off an on today through any posts here that looked like they applied. After spending countless hours searching I am confused as to how to do this. Here is what I would like to do:
1. My end goal is to be able to use S3PE to merge my package files to make things run faster (hopefully)
2. I have 150 downloads in sims 3 packs and 120 in package files
a. I have downloaded all of the sims 3 pack files from the ea store thread and on page one of that same thread)
3. I want to know if I am correct in how I am about to proceed.
a. I have recompressorized and decrapified the store content I downloaded from here (can I do the same with the stuff I have downloaded legit stuff and have already installed?)
b. I intend to now run it through a program to extract it and make it into package files
(i noticed when testing this program it has a bunch of crap that is not named just has numbers and then I could see all of the actual names of the items for example abtract circles pattern)Do I need the crap with no name or can I just keep the stuff that has the name of the item?
c. Next would be to open S3pe and follow the instructions to combine all cc in certain categories to hopefully end up with no more than 10 files which will which would also include the package files I have in my Mods/packages files. Please let me know if I am missing a step or i am going to be doing this all wrong.
Also, if all above is correct then would I be able to delete the stuff in my ea/sims3/downloads and also in the dcbf or whatever that file is so I can free up space on my computer. Thanks to anyone that will help me.
Inge:
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Surely you can't be genuine. The thread you want is about 6th in the list of threads with new posts - permanently! http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,17746.0.html
mofarmer:
Thank you for the reply. I did read the thread you talk about. I read every bit of it a couple of times. I just wanted to be sure that i was understanding the process. I did not see anywhere in the process that I could end up getting rid of the sims3pack downloads which are the ones I downloaded from the exchange. I hate the launcher. I would like to use the method on this site going forward and even for stuff I download with my points.
I extracted the sims3pack files into a file on my desk top and have a boatload of files with names like this 0x0aa50ebe66e9458ab86737b7d60c6f4d (can I delete these) and then I have a bunch that have normal cc names like this afBodyClassDressCocktail. Am I to assume that I will just want to divide up the latter items with actual file names as I see fit and then have s3pe merge those and ignoring the ones with 0x**blah, blah, blah?
Grimma:
No, assbutt, you do not want to do that. Some sims3packs contain More Than One package/item (store sets, for example). That's when you get strrings like that: it's the original package names of the stuff that make up the set. If ther's only one package in the sims3pack, said packaged gets auto-renamed to the original sims3pack name. If more than one package is found within a single sims3pack, obviously they can't all be renamed "Jet Set Teens". They are still valid CC-containing packages.
Anach:
The only files you need from the sims3pack are the .package files. Take those, then follow the instructions in the above thread.
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