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ZephyrZodiac:
Objects.package shouldn't get corrupted if you make it read only as soon as you've installed or patched. However, the groups.cache, neighbourhood manager, thumbnails.packages etc., are meant to change as your game grows, so there is always a chance of corruption. The thumbnails packages will not always lose the thumbnails of objects that you have removed from your game, and can be much larger than necessary, too.
Strangel:
Basically, what ZZ said.
Neighborhoodmanager, thumbnails, groups.cache, etc should be wiped periodically. From what I've gathered they CAN become corrupted quite easily since they are not intended for "read only" and are essentially overwritten every time you delete a hair/makeup/clothing/etc file or make any alterations to the houses, lots or neighborhoods. The game regenerates them the next time you boot up the Sims and yeah it lags for a bit while it's making them but I find my houses often run faster after the old files have been burninated.
Having said this, I'm entirely unAwesome, so your best bet is to back up my statements with a quick search for "neighborhood manager", etc. First time I deleted them, I was afraid of impending kerplosions, so I moved them all out to desktop and booted up the game.
witch:
All thumbnail packages? I found about 10-12 different packages.
ZephyrZodiac:
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All thumbnail packages? I found about 10-12 different packages.
The ones that are in your game folders in the Thumbnails folder - there should be five.
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First time I deleted them, I was afraid of impending kerplosions, so I moved them all out to desktop and booted up the game.
I did that too, just in case. The groups.cache and neighbourhood manager should regenerate when you open your game, but the thumbnails only regenerate the Maxis stuff straight away, other stuff is re-entered in the file as you use your build/buy menus and CAS etc., so you get some lag as each page in the menu opens. But if you move stuff in and out of your downloads frequently it's definitely worth doing, each file can easily be twice the size it needs to be.
witch:
D'oh me! I forgot I searched on both my sims 2 folders, the vanilla and the modded. So there would be 10 then. So it's safe to remove all of those? I've been running this install for a while, so it's probably about time I did that then.
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