where are sims caches?

Dylanny

In another thread someone said that they refreshed their caches after upgrading their OS to 10.5.6.

How do you refresh your cache?

(I asked there but I fear it would go unnoticed.
Thanks!

DestinysCreatures

To clean your cache go to /Users/YOUR_USERNAME/Documents/Electronic Arts/TheSims3, inside you will find the cache folders and files, it also includes other files that you WOULD NOT want to delete. Back up your game BEFORE you clean them, just in case you take something out you didn't mean to.

I also placed in the other thread you asked in

Hope this helps :-)

Snapdragon

The cache files that you can safely delete from your Electronic Arts/The Sims 3 folder without causing any trouble are:

CASPartCache.package
compositorCache.package
scriptCache.package
simCompositorCache.package

The files that are in the DCCache folder contain everything that you installed via the Launcher, such as Store content or CC in sims3pack format. If you delete those, you will lose these things and you will have to reinstall them.

Everything that is in the WorldCaches you should not delete at all. People reported that on Macs this will make installed worlds like Riverview unusable and you would have to reinstall these.

If you want to clean your User files after an update the best thing would be to remove your The Sims 3 folder from the Electronic Arts folder, start your game in order to create that folder anew. Don't play, just quit. Reinstall your Store content by putting your downloads back into the Downloads folder and installing it again via the launcher. Put back your Saves and userPresets.package, Saved Sims and possibly custom music and Mods folder from the old The Sims 3 folder into the new one, and your game should be clean again.

Dylanny

THanks so much guys!
After installing Late NIght I was having a lot of trouble (freezing sims, invisible sims). I tried lots of things, but not the cache files. (Oddly everything's been fine for a eek-- but I don't know why it started or why it went away.
So if the trouble returns I'll try this.