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I don't understand the point of CC being a thing on the gallery for Sims and lots...
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When ever I download one with CC it just comes up with no hair, or takes items away saying it was CC? So it looks like the CC doesn't download. Like you have to download it separately. Am I doing something wrong? What's the point of even uploading sims/lots with CC then?
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CC does not download from the gallery (thank God!). It's only letting you know that the creator used CC to build/create that sim/lot. It's up to you to track down that cc and install it into your own game.
In my opinion, there is no reason to download things created with CC, because chances are... it won't look that way in your game. But I am over the moon grateful that the Sims team learned from that nightmare that was the exchange and made it were CC does not transfer across the gallery.
I do this, too. I use the gallery as my own personal cloud storage. And it's an easy way to transfer a family or lot between my computers. And since I copy my mods folder to all my computers, I can easily download the family or lot without losing anything.
I upload my cc sims and lots to my library. I don't ever upload them to the gallery. Why load them to the gallery?
I have a strange problem with my cc. Furniture sets, objects, lots etc. can download, but cc that are clothes, hairs, makeup, etc can't. Whenever I try to download hair mods for my Sims 4 a message pops up on my laptop saying "This file does not have an app associated with it for performing this action. Please install an app or, if one is already installed, create an association in the Default Apps Settings page."
Honestly I have tried everything so far and nothing seems to work, I'm losing hope.
Please help ASAP!!
True. You can upload to your library without checking that “share to gallery” option. If you know your builds/Sims aren’t for anyone else, then don’t check that box, right? I don’t get it either.
I know right? I gather a lot of people do it though. I did upload one lot to the gallery for that reason, then it occurred to me that all I really need to do is have it in my library and make a copy of the Tray folder to my desktop or the cloud or wherever. I also back up my whole Sims 4 folder just to be extra cautious because I did lose my game once.
I'm glad CC doesn't download either, that caused a lot of problems with the Sims 2&3 sites if you didn't know you were getting it and got bad ones. There were some that were like little Trojan horses, hitching a ride along with other CC and you couldn't get rid of them. I still won't download anything that says it has CC anyway.
I do think for the benefit of those who want to use it, the creators could include the names of the CC items in their description.
If your tray "library" is too full, it can really make your computer lag. I hardly use my library and use the gallery just as an online cloud save myself.
As I said. It's much easier for me to share between my computers via the online gallery. Why would I try to go through the hassle of locating the files in my tray folder (thanks for that lovely mess, EA) when I can upload to the gallery, get on my second desktop or my laptop and just easily download the item. In seconds.
So if you log into the same Origin account on 2 computers and open the gallery in game, you have 2 different libraries?
Each computer has their own unique library (tray folder in documents). But, since I use the same origin account for all my computers (obviously) then I can easily use the gallery.
I like having them on the gallery just in case my computer blows up. I don't get why people check the box to see uploads with cc if they don't want to download those?
I have downloaded Sims that were made with CC before. I’m aware they’ll be hairless and nekkid but I do it because I like their faces. I can put my own clothes/hair on them, but I’m not so good with faces. This way my people can look different.
I would love to be able to have the option of downloading CC with Sims/lots in the future. It would make things so much simpler.
Can't you just back it up by loading it to your library? If you keep your Tray, all should be well. I only share on the Gallery when I think others might like my lot or Sims.
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I don't use CC like I used to, but even when I did, I never browsed the gallery with that tag checked, because I didn't feel like having to track down everything and add it to my game manually. Even still, I preferred it that way, regardless; say the gallery glitched (it's done this in the past) and didn't filter something with CC out. If it transferred CC, you'd then have it in your game, and I definitely wouldn't care for that.
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Also, saving sims to your Library doesn't back them up, it just puts a copy in your Tray. Uploading them to the Gallery backs them up. Soi unless you regularly back up your sims 4 folder, preferably to a USB stick or external drive, they aren't backed up. EA should really give us te option of marking stuff on the Gallery as private.
And anyone who ever had to deal with those azzozio (whatever they were) counters would never want cc to transfer again. Those things were the devil and broke me from ever using the exchange ever again.
If the gallery ever went to transferring CC, I'd never download anything again, because people have already figured out how to get CC sims and lots to not be tagged with CC. Sims with custom skins and skin details are not tagged as CC, and houses will be missing furnishings and wallpapers or floors. I have everything released for Sims 4, so it's not me not having the content. Plus, with the sims, you can tell in their pictures they have CC skin and skin details.
if i see anything uploaded has CC i take it down as quick as possible and try to find what is causing it and then re-upload when it is free of CC. often that means disabling mods and scripts from the options and reloading the game.