✽ If looking for more specific installation instructions please check the description tab (if downloading from MTS) or visit the creator's site. The files may be in one of the different formats. (so they unzip correctly)ģ.) Right-click on the first file and select Extract Here from the menu. rar files.Ģ.) Once all files are downloaded, rename files if necessary. zip) files for the world into a folder on your desktop. This is a general how-to for installing custom world files -ġ.) Download all the zipped (.rar or. I haven't measured it, but I'd expect that if loading times increase with this content, it should only be by a very small margin, not nearly what you'd see if the world were still installed through the launcher.✽ ~ Updated Apr.2023✽ - Edited the.

Then you can grab the new save and WorldCaches files from the new folder, put them in the old folder, and trash the new one, getting the same effect.Īs far as loading times go, the game should skip over any content in DCCache that's been uninstalled through the launcher. However, if you have more cc you want to stay intact, try installing the world into a clean Sims 3 folder. That's not an issue if this is the only cc you've installed through the launcher. dbc file would also uninstall any other cc that the file contains. world file in InstalledWorlds, but deleting the. In Christ’s The DCCache file that contains the world won't get any smaller 'uninstalling' through the launcher actually only deactivates the content. I hope the information provided is helpful, please let me know if any additional information is needed. Do you know how to get the save file to work? Note, I’ve installed this world previously through the launcher and the save file and was able to play without a glitch. It may have been saved with expansion pack data that is no longer present on the system. My issue was that the save file would not load, I received an error saying that the save file cannot load. I quit and then placed the save file in Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3 > Saves. Conclusion: the world showed up, loaded, and was playable. world file into Applications > Sims 3 > right click Sims 3, Show Package Contents > Contents > Resources > transgaming > c_drive > Program Files > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3 > Game Data > Shared > Nonpackaged > Worlds. I tried mirroring the steps for a windows OS on my Mac. package files without the launcher? All the instruction I’ve found out there is for a windows operating system.

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