Deleting Massive Custom Content & Content That Wont Delete From Your Game (An Easier Way)
Hello everyone! A while back I was having a problem with custom content that refused to delete from my downloads folder. For some reason when deleting content within the game, it would appear back in my inventory the next time I would log into the game. This is a very uncommon problem, however, I made a YouTube video with a fix.
Not only is this good for content that wont delete from your folder, this trick can also be used in deleting massive amounts of custom content the easy way.
The written instructions will be below this video. Hope this helps!
Hello everyone! A while back I was having a problem with custom content that refused to delete from my downloads folder. For some reason when deleting content within the game, it would appear back in my inventory the next time I would log into the game. This is a very uncommon problem, however, I made a YouTube video with a fix.
Not only is this good for content that wont delete from your folder, this trick can also be used in deleting massive amounts of custom content the easy way.
The written instructions will be below this video. Hope this helps!
WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS
♥ SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS NEEDED ♥
If you don't have these already (more than likely if you have custom content already, you will have the clean pack installer)
💣WARNING 💣
Backup your downloads folder before doing any of these steps!
• STEP 1 •
1. Open game. Create a new empty lot, make it the largest lot size you can get. Name the lot something like "Delete These".
2. Enter the lot, press Ctrl - Shift - C to bring up cheat menu and enter "moveobjects on"
3. Search through your objects to find which ones you would like to delete. Then, place the objects you want to delete on the lot. Do this will all objects you wish to get rid of.
4. Save the lot, then go back to the neighborhood
5. Click the lot you just made, then package it to a file. The package button looks like a mouse cursor with a star.
6. Exit the game after your package file has been created.
• STEP 2 •
1. Create a new folder on your desktop, name it something like "Delete Me"
2. Open up your EA Games folder under Documents, then click on the folder called "PackagedLots"
3. Move the package file to the new folder. Do not copy, move them.
4. After the file is moved to the new folder, double click the pack file (make sure you have Clean Pack Installer installed).
5. When the CEP window opens, make sure all objects in window are checked (this should be done automatically)
6. Click Install, then uncheck "Default Installation" in the popup menu. Go to the drop down menu right under it, and select "Browse". When the search window appears, select your new folder that you have just made as the install directory. Then click "Install". Your content will install to that folder instead of the Downloads folder.
• STEP 3 •
1. Make sure your Downloads folder and the folder you just made are open in separate windows.
2. Open the program "AllDup" (duplicate remover program)
3. When the window pops up, it will show a screen with multiple folders. Make sure all of these folders are unchecked by clicking the check boxes next to them.
4. After all are unchecked, you need to set it to search in only two folders, your Downloads and your New Folder. To do this, open up your New folder, and copy the path link from the search bar on top of your folder. You're going to double click any folder on the AllDup screen to replace the path location link. Double click and copy/paste the new folder link in it and press OK. Do this again for your Downloads folder.
5. Now that your folders are loaded, click the check box next to the two folders. Do not select more than these.
6. Click on the magnifying glass icon called "Start Search". It will now search for duplicates
7. Now we want to delete the files in the "Download" folder first before deleting your new folder. To make this easy and to select all files in the Downloads folder, click the icon that is a folder with a green check on the lower corner
8. A drop down menu will appear with both folder names inside. Hover over the EA Games Download Folder and select it. A window will open up to choose a subfolder, select "Downloads" and click OK
9. In the upper left hand corner, click the icon of a paper with a red X on it. When the window opens, make sure "delete all files" is selected, then click OK
10. Your unwanted custom content will delete from the downloads folder. Exit out of AllDup.
• LAST STEPS •
1. Exit out of all windows, then delete the new folder you made with the duplicated files.
2. Go back into your Documents\EA Games\The Sims™ 2 Ultimate Collection\Downloads folder
3. Delete the files labled ".cache" as well as "Thumbnails" folder.
4. Exit out of documents, then empty your recycle bin
YOU'RE DONE!
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