folders in mod folder?

cheerlover2012st

hey everyone!

So, I was just looking into my mods folder and I am already over 100 items (don't judge! :P) anyways, in the sims 3, we were able to use folders to organize our mods. Can we do that in sims 4 or will that corrupt the game in any way?

Madiza86

I organize my mods in folders within the mods folder and that works fine.

cheerlover2012st

awesome thank you for getting back to me so fast. i will move my mods into folders then

simfeetunder

You just need to update the rescource file (can open it with notepad) so instead of saying:
Priority 500
PackedFile *.package
PackedFile *\*.package

It says:
Priority 500
PackedFile *.package
PackedFile *\*.package
PackedFile *\*\*.package
PackedFile Packages/*/*/*.package
PackedFile Packages/*/*/*/*.package
PackedFile Packages/*/*/*/*/*.package
PackedFile Packages/*/*/*/*/*/*.package
PackedFile Packages/*/*/*/*/*/*/*.package

That allows subfolders too, Like it you have one for hairs you can do subfolders for Male, Female, Children (or whatever)

Madiza86

I've not touched my resource file and it works for me, I currently have 3 folders in my mods folder.
Just checked to see what my file say;
"Priority 500
PackedFile *.package
PackedFile *\*.package"

ETA: Misread that post. Though its only necessary to add that bit, if one wants a extra tier of folders within the folders within mods folder.

Henek

simfeetunder wrote: »

You just need to update the rescource file (can open it with notepad) so instead of saying:
Priority 500
PackedFile *.package
PackedFile *\*.package

It says:
Priority 500
PackedFile *.package
PackedFile *\*.package
PackedFile *\*\*.package
PackedFile Packages/*/*/*.package
PackedFile Packages/*/*/*/*.package
PackedFile Packages/*/*/*/*/*.package
PackedFile Packages/*/*/*/*/*/*.package
PackedFile Packages/*/*/*/*/*/*/*.package

That allows subfolders too, Like it you have one for hairs you can do subfolders for Male, Female, Children (or whatever)

Here you actually have made a mistake, this allows folder depth down to three folders except if you place them in "Mods/Packages" then there are more. My suggested Resource.cfg would look like this:

Priority 500
PackedFile *.package
PackedFile *\*.package
PackedFile *\*\*.package
PackedFile *\*\*\*.package
PackedFile *\*\*\*\*.package
PackedFile *\*\*\*\*\*.package

That would allow five levels of folders in the mods folder and should be more then enough to satisfy anyone.

simfeetunder

Henek wrote: »

Here you actually have made a mistake, this allows folder depth down to three folders except if you place them in "Mods/Packages" then there are more. My suggested Resource.cfg would look like this:

Priority 500
PackedFile *.package
PackedFile *\*.package
PackedFile *\*\*.package
PackedFile *\*\*\*.package
PackedFile *\*\*\*\*.package
PackedFile *\*\*\*\*\*.package

That would allow five levels of folders in the mods folder and should be more then enough to satisfy anyone.

Oops! Well, I've updated my resource file with your suggestion and updated it in my dropbox in case I need to link anyone to it (not everyone likes editing stuff like this)
Thanks Henek, shame I can't remember where I was told to make mine the way I had it.

Henek

My guess is that it is based on Sims 3, there we had the Packages subfolder. You can also notice this as your file uses "/" instead of "\", though that doesn't make a difference.

cheerlover2012st

thank you everyone for the help. i do love to organize by type then by creator. i tried doing that last nite and it didn't work but now i see i can organize like that and be fine. I edited my resource file and now i just have to move them back into their proper folders.