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    Collection Files for Store Sets *Updated 5/4/2013

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    bloodvioletbloodviolet Posts: 1,125 Member
    in The Sims 3 Store General Discussion
    :) I am going back to making Collection Files for my store sets.
    The following store sets for download on my blog
    [ bloodviolet.blogspot.com ].

    Added Today 5/4/2013:
    The Lucky Simoleon Casino
    Serenity Retreat
    Al Fresco Street Market

    Added Today 5/1/2013:
    Le Cirque Celebration
    Waning Moon
    The Deep Freeze Ice Lounge

    Added Today 4/26/2013:
    Drifters Desire
    Mid-Century Modern Dining
    Happily Ever After
    Lullabies and Nursery Rhymes
    Country Livin'
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    FYI :!: These go in your The Sims 3/Collections/User Folder. NOT your Mods folder. :roll:

    :!: FYI :!: I did notice something else sort of odd that I didn't know before. If you install the collection file and not the set, and the set includes a fireplace, fence, gate, or stairs; you will have a "placeholder" item showing in the folder. After installing the item that went in the set the "placeholder item" no longer appeared. Just be aware there is nothing wrong with the collection file and I did not add the "placeholder" item to the file, it just works that way for some reason. :?
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    Other Sets That Are Done Are:

    Freebies
    Holiday Freebies
    Toyota
    Ford
    Renault
    Riverview
    Sweet Escape Nursery
    Frontier Finds Kitchen and Dining
    Back 2 Skool
    Luxe Lounge Spa
    Welcome Back to the Three Lakes
    Steampunk Kitchen
    Edwardian Expression Kitchen Set
    More Magic!
    Year of the Dragon Set
    Luxury Spa Set
    Mediterranean Villa KitchenDining
    Contemporary Comfort Living
    Contemporary Comfort Bedroom
    Tiki Outdoor Party
    Mid-Century Fantasy
    Atomic Age Living and Dining
    Imperial Bedroom Zen
    India Inspirations
    Fabulous Fiesta
    Technophobe No More
    Viva Las Vegas Living
    Hollywood Regency Den
    Full Hewnsman Set
    Loads of Laundry
    Animals Abound Playground - Outdoor Fun
    Animals Abound
    Animals Abound Playground Bed+Bath
    Asian Fusion
    Muse Luxury
    Olympian Physique
    Buccaneer's Bounty
    Indulgent Living
    Sun, Surf & Sand (Sleep)
    Full Bayside Set
    Critter Comforts & Forest Bedrooms
    Futureshock Living
    Full Ultra Lounge Set
    Premium Content
    Gothique Living + Sleeping Rooms
    Ultra Lounge Kitchen + Bath
    Full Storybook Set
    Frontier Finds
    Zen Again
    Province
    Romanza Ceremony + Reception
    Kingdom of Cambodia
    Viva Las Vegas Bedroom
    Full Ultra Lounge Youth Set
    Year of the Rabbit
    Regency Arcade
    Hidden Springs
    Barnacle Bay
    Finest Living, Finest Cooking
    Mid Century Modern Kitchen Marvels
    Safari Living Set
    Glitter and Glam Bedroom
    Moroccan Mystique
    A Mid-Century Modern Trailblazer Set
    The Final Frontier Set
    Haute Hip
    Hacienda Luxury
    Gothique Library
    BahHaus
    Full Regal Living Set
    Worldly Goodies
    Collectionne Stäncké
    Transport to the Future
    Steampunk
    Steampunk The Return
    Futureshock Bedroom
    Futureshock Kitchen
    Pushin Pedals
    Old Town Starter Kit
    Vineyard Villa Furnishings
    Through the Spy Glass Bathroom
    Through the Spy Glass
    Front Row Center Bedroom
    Loud, Fast, Clash! - Bedroom
    Hogan’s Deep-Fried Diner Starter Kit
    The Complete Castle by Castle Kits, Inc.
    Full Interior Castle Set
    Club Vaindenburger Den
    Club Vaindenburger Study
    Year of the Tiger
    Championship Dreams
    Faire Folk Furnishings (Slumber + Den)
    Faire Folk Outdoors
    Full Tiki Set
    Jazz Age Living Room
    Lunar Lakes
    Lucky Palms
    Happy Holidays to Your Furry Friends





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      DarkMirageDarkMirage Posts: 5,998 Member
      edited May 2012
      Sweet! Thanks, that's a lot of work. :mrgreen:
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      SPANETTESPANETTE Posts: 89 Member
      edited May 2012
      Thank you so much, I was hoping someone was going to do this, I started to do my own but got bored after two day :p

      And your baby is adorable :D
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      elanorbretonelanorbreton Posts: 14,549 Member
      edited May 2012
      Wow, that is a lot of work! Thanks for sharing.
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      bloodvioletbloodviolet Posts: 1,125 Member
      edited May 2012
      SPANETTE wrote:
      Thank you so much, I was hoping someone was going to do this, I started to do my own but got bored after two day :p

      And your baby is adorable :D

      Thank You! :mrgreen: That's my favorite picture I have of him so far; because it shows off his dimple so well. He only has one and it just turns me to mush everytime he flashes it at me. :oops: :D LOL, sorry to gush I'm just crazy about the little guy. :mrgreen:

      And you're all quite welcome for the files, I hope someone else can get some use out of them. :wink:
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      DarklingDarkling Posts: 6,327 Member
      edited May 2012
      Thank you so much!!

      I made my own custom collections of the things I use the most but then I kinda ran out of steam 3/4 of the way through doing the Set specific folders. :oops: I'll be able to finally add the few remaining stragglers! :D
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      maria_loves_alexmaria_loves_alex Posts: 9,054 Member
      edited May 2012
      thats so nice of you! there's someone over at MTS that did the same thing for all store sets - I tried and gave up, its a lot of work!
      My Page: http://mypage.thesims3.com/mypage/maria_loves_alex

      Follow me on the Sims 4 Gallery - ID 'MariannaSims'
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      bloodvioletbloodviolet Posts: 1,125 Member
      edited May 2012
      Darkling wrote:
      Thank you so much!!

      I made my own custom collections of the things I use the most but then I kinda ran out of steam 3/4 of the way through doing the Set specific folders. :oops: I'll be able to finally add the few remaining stragglers! :D

      Thank you so much for the gift! :mrgreen:
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      bloodvioletbloodviolet Posts: 1,125 Member
      edited May 2012
      maria_loves_alex wrote:
      thats so nice of you! there's someone over at MTS that did the same thing for all store sets - I tried and gave up, its a lot of work!

      Yeah, I've found a few places where people have done collection files but I'm nit-picky so I had to make my own. :lol: I wanted just the items collected that were in the sets; the way that they were sold. I found some that the person had left items out and another that had added items in that they thought went with the set. I also wanted the collections named the same as they are in the store... :oops: I hope they are all right I checked each set against the store to see if I had added all the right items. :oops:
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      GreenCatsGreenCats Posts: 9,318 Member
      edited May 2012
      Thank you! It's so nice of you to share this.
      You can still find me on my old My page (http://mypage.thesims3.com/mypage/GreenCats), and see more of my game-play pictures and CC-free uploads at gcsims.com
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      DarklingDarkling Posts: 6,327 Member
      edited May 2012
      bloodviolet wrote:
      Darkling wrote:
      Thank you so much!!

      I made my own custom collections of the things I use the most but then I kinda ran out of steam 3/4 of the way through doing the Set specific folders. :oops: I'll be able to finally add the few remaining stragglers! :D

      Thank you so much for the gift! :mrgreen:

      You totally deserve it--thank you! You have no idea how grateful I am for this! dance.gif
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      scrapper42scrapper42 Posts: 1,881 Member
      edited May 2012
      This is great and just what I was looking for. Do I only put in the folders for the store sets I own or the entire file so it is all ready if I buy future sets? I don't normally download anything other than what I buy at the sim store. I too have been trying to catalog but by the time I am done working on it I don't have time to play the sims. A lot of stuff is not cataloged. I can't believe that EA didn't set up the catalog better (well I take that back it is EA after all :)

      Thanks for sharing this with the rest of us.
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      murfeelmurfeel Posts: 7,584 Member
      edited May 2012
      OP, would you be open to making base game collection files, by any chance? :) or just the base game stuff? They're kind of hard to find nowadays, swimming in the sea of cc.
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      MrHawkMrHawk Posts: 4,345 Member
      edited May 2012
      Murfeel I'm actually working on those....almost done. Will be posted next week.
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      murfeelmurfeel Posts: 7,584 Member
      edited May 2012
      MrHawk wrote:
      Murfeel I'm actually working on those....almost done. Will be posted next week.

      :shock: OMG BLESS YOUR HEART!!!! :mrgreen:
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      MrHawkMrHawk Posts: 4,345 Member
      edited May 2012
      Thank you.

      *whispers* pst....full recat for the base game too. All the roadsigns, billboards and the freezer bunny soft toy unlocked. *looks around furtively then scurries off*

      Edit *runs back in* Oh, and hide all those stupid non-recolourable fences and add four matching railing fences. And decorative school buses and limos.

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      bloodvioletbloodviolet Posts: 1,125 Member
      edited May 2012
      scrapper42 wrote:
      This is great and just what I was looking for. Do I only put in the folders for the store sets I own or the entire file so it is all ready if I buy future sets? I don't normally download anything other than what I buy at the sim store. I too have been trying to catalog but by the time I am done working on it I don't have time to play the sims. A lot of stuff is not cataloged. I can't believe that EA didn't set up the catalog better (well I take that back it is EA after all :)

      Thanks for sharing this with the rest of us.

      :shock: I'm not 100% sure but theoretically you can install these and whatever items you own from these sets will appear in the folders. If I'm wrong about that please someone let me know. That is of course if you haven't done anything to alter the files. I don't think these collection files will work if you are using say s3pe to combine and compress them, but I might be wrong. :? Any feed back anyone has about this would be appreciated.
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      bloodvioletbloodviolet Posts: 1,125 Member
      edited May 2012
      murfeel wrote:
      OP, would you be open to making base game collection files, by any chance? :) or just the base game stuff? They're kind of hard to find nowadays, swimming in the sea of cc.

      :mrgreen: I was just about to point you to The Sims 3 Store Catalogue but I see that MrHawk has already stepped in. He's done some nice work over there if you are looking for some larger combined collections.

      I myself plan to do some clutter collections like Kitchen Clutter, Bathroom Clutter, Laundry Room Clutter after I finish with the store sets. Those are the items I have the hardest time finding when I want them. Unless someone can point me to a place where they've already been made. :D
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      PEACHES327PEACHES327 Posts: 3,041 Member
      edited May 2012
      Just adding my thanks as well. I, like others, have tried to make collections, only to stop since it was so time consuming.

      Thanks for this. And I'm bookmarking in case you return with an update with more collection folders.
      Please Visit My Sims 3 & 4 Blog! studiopeaches.blogspot.com
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      gngrsnpgngrsnp Posts: 3,682 Member
      edited May 2012
      MrHawk wrote:
      Thank you.

      *whispers* pst....full recat for the base game too. All the roadsigns, billboards and the freezer bunny soft toy unlocked. *looks around furtively then scurries off*

      Edit *runs back in* Oh, and hide all those stupid non-recolourable fences and add four matching railing fences. And decorative school buses and limos.
      *whispers back* thank you. Is it possible to unlock the LN potty wall for home lot use? Would love to use as divider. Never understood why it could only be used on commercial lots???
      Thanks bunches.
      sneaks off the retrieve goodies.
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      gngrsnpgngrsnp Posts: 3,682 Member
      edited May 2012
      SPANETTE wrote:
      Thank you so much, I was hoping someone was going to do this, I started to do my own but got bored after two day :p

      And your baby is adorable :D
      runs off to peak at baby Your right he is beautiful. So miss that age. Congrats, bloodviolet.
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      murfeelmurfeel Posts: 7,584 Member
      edited May 2012
      MrHawk wrote:
      Thank you.

      *whispers* pst....full recat for the base game too. All the roadsigns, billboards and the freezer bunny soft toy unlocked. *looks around furtively then scurries off*

      Edit *runs back in* Oh, and hide all those stupid non-recolourable fences and add four matching railing fences. And decorative school buses and limos.

      *whispering* Psst! All that sounds awesome; keep it up! :thumbup:
      *darts out the back door*
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      piddlesimpiddlesim Posts: 3,251 Member
      edited May 2012
      Bloodviolet, Thanks so much for this! It is very kind of you to share this with us.
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      geminiagregeminiagre Posts: 6,918 Member
      edited May 2012
      thank you!!! I could kiss you for that!!!
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      stormwenchstormwench Posts: 4,416 New Member
      edited May 2012
      Thank you for these
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      MrHawkMrHawk Posts: 4,345 Member
      edited May 2012
      gngrsnp wrote:
      *whispers back* thank you. Is it possible to unlock the LN potty wall for home lot use? Would love to use as divider. Never understood why it could only be used on commercial lots???
      Thanks bunches.
      sneaks off the retrieve goodies.

      Yep. gonna put it with the rest of the screens.
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