Literally was trying to remember how to do this YESTERDAY and couldn't find the page I referenced. You must be clairvoyant. As always your tutorial was 100/100. My game wouldn't be as amazing as it is without you. Thank you so much
@@acottonsockshare the background plsss 😭😭 I also have a problem I was hoping you could help me, I was hacked in June and I sent a lot of pings in ur discord server, I made a new account but I can’t verify whit my phone number bc I used it in my other acc
Thank you so so much, you're a life saver. There is so many CC I can't locate in my folders due to them not having the same name and/or no thumbnail. This will help a lot !!
This is awesome, thank you! I don’t know what past me was thinking with some of those clothing items but I have so many I never bothered to find them lol (Also, cache is pronounced like cash, just so you know! Fun fact, I’m a software developer and we often use $ as a shorthand instead of typing out cache)
Like you, most of my cc is installed with CCMagic, and package files don't always display thumbnails (or some thumbnails aren't very helpful) so it's often difficult to identify items I want to delete. This video is very helpful, thanks.
Thank you so much for this! I've been having some super high poly dresses in my game for a long time, which I wanted to remove since forever, but didn't know which and where they are. 😭
i was just thinking this earlier... i downloaded some things from your 30 best mods or smth and i rly wanted to remove a old skin but couldn't find it. Thank u sm!
Unfortunately, I don’t know if this would work with skins because you have to right click and get that Instance ID. This tutorial is primarily for unwanted hair, clothes, shoes, accessories, etc.
Hi, Madi! Love your videos! I got into The Sims 3 again after watching your channel for a few years. I remember watching your Island Paradise lepacy and I think Meadow had an item in her inventory that made finding forage easier? Something of that nature, do you know the name of the mod by chance? I'm trying to set up the Store worlds challenge because it looks super fun!
@@acottonsock Yes, that was exactly it! Since I forgot what it was I just assumed it was a mod and couldn't find anything when I searched, that's why I thought of asking. Thank you for the help!!
What I'd like to clean is not the CC, which I carefully selected and downloaded because I liked it, but the non-descript grey and boring Maxis clothes and furniture.
Do you have recommended sites to download realistic skins and unique hairstyles outside of TSR? I found one for realistic skin, it was amazing for create a totally unique sims but not so much when a random townies has similar skintone. Anyway, thank you for the video, I do need to clean up my cc.
@@moch.farisdzulfiqar6123 I have a CC finds Tumblr you can scroll that has no connections to TSR (I hate that site with a passion, too). acottonsock.tumblr.com
When I went into CAS and started right clicking the script errors appeared for about 10 pieces of CC and then they stopped appearing in the Sims 3 folder. What could cause the script errors from not appearing? The notification popped up in game when I right clicked.
Hi ty for the tuto! Are you able to help with sims 3 game just closing without any reason? I have enough space for everything and not that many ccs but the game still closes by it self after some time :(
The only thing that seems to be in my s3pe CC Magic cache file is thumbnails even though I've put my CC into (thoroughly organised!) sets in CC Magic...help 😭
In my game it always says "Match not found" when they would clearly be in the folder I am trying to clean... I don't know what to do. I'm writing all the numbers right so it does not make any sense...
Hi! I use CC Magic and it’s fantastic. But I CAN NOT get it to show me pictures of the items!! How do you get it to do that? Am I missing a program needed for it to display the item images?? Please somebody tell me.
This means you downloaded an infected .sims3pack. Either from a .sims3pack infected lot, or from downloading something like a household/Sim on the Exchange. Everything installed in your Launcher can be found in the files in the folder DCCache. There are three types of files in there: - *.ebc: All Store Items - *.dbc: All third party Items - missingdeps.idx: Some cache file that gets recreated when deleted First you can try this: 1. Make a backup of your DCCache folder (if anything doesn't go as expected) 2. Move all files *.dbc to your desktop 3. Move dcdb0.dbc back to your DCCache folder 4. Start the Launcher 5. Go to Installed Content and uninstall everything you don't want anymore 6. Close the Launcher 7. Remove the dcdb0.dbc file from the DCCache and store it in a safe place. 8. Move the dcdb1.dbc in the DCCache and rename it to dcdb0.dbc. 9. Start the launcher and proceed with step 5 and 6 again. 10. Rename dcdb0.dbc back to dcdb1.dbc and store it also at that safe place 11. Do this for every DBC file in the DCCache Folder. Make sure to rename the files to their original name. 12. Once your done, move the cleaned files back to your DCCache folder and you're done. Please note that if you want to do the same for Store Content, you need to do the same for the *.ebc files. You can then try deleting the missingdeps.idx if that does not work, you will need to remove all files *.dbc. Move the files to your desktop (don’t delete). This will remove everything except Store Items, Houses/Households and Sims. Check your game if the CC is now gone.
how do you cut down on cc that you actually like? im in love with all the pieces i download so its hard to make space when you wanna keep everything and download more stuff 😭
please do you know how to solve crashing issues? my game works just fine for some amount of time (hours i mean) and then it just closes, and when i look at my games folder in the documents there is a new archive that starts with xcpt. i have a lot of it in my documents folder now (some scripterror files too). the problem is that i have already followed boring bones tutorials for perfomance issues, cleaned all custom content and mods that could cause conflict using the dashboard, followed your tutorials on nraas mods to avoid lag and other problems within the game and reinstalled the game about 3 times. I JUST DONT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. i was my dream to be able to play the sims 3 and i just cant and dont know why my windows is 11 pro and my pc specs are: ryzen 7 5700x rx 6600 eagle 8gb 16gb ram b550m pro vdh wifi
I did everything in the video, when I right click nothing happens, and there's no logs being sent to my folder. Genuinely confused if anyone can help a girl out!!
If you're in create a household that could be the issue. MasterController CAS won't kick in for me until I'm in live mode, I had the same issue and fully going into live mode fixed it.
"retro sims games" is wild to me like what do you mean it's been over a decade since the last sims 3 expansion pack came out?!?!?
Right 😭 Feels so weird to call Sims 3 'retro' but technically it is
yeah I was like WTF but she's right 😭
Thank you so much for all you do for The Sims 3 community 💚
Of course! It’s my home 💗
You read my mind lol! I’m currently stuck in CAS looking through tons of cc (many are broken/missing mesh). I will give this a try!
Literally was trying to remember how to do this YESTERDAY and couldn't find the page I referenced. You must be clairvoyant. As always your tutorial was 100/100. My game wouldn't be as amazing as it is without you. Thank you so much
Glad I could help!
@@acottonsockshare the background plsss 😭😭 I also have a problem I was hoping you could help me, I was hacked in June and I sent a lot of pings in ur discord server, I made a new account but I can’t verify whit my phone number bc I used it in my other acc
literally SAME HERE LOL
Thank you so so much, you're a life saver. There is so many CC I can't locate in my folders due to them not having the same name and/or no thumbnail. This will help a lot !!
This is awesome, thank you! I don’t know what past me was thinking with some of those clothing items but I have so many I never bothered to find them lol
(Also, cache is pronounced like cash, just so you know! Fun fact, I’m a software developer and we often use $ as a shorthand instead of typing out cache)
omg this couldve not came to me at a better time i was legit getting back into the sims 3 again following ur previous tutorials, tysm
Like you, most of my cc is installed with CCMagic, and package files don't always display thumbnails (or some thumbnails aren't very helpful) so it's often difficult to identify items I want to delete. This video is very helpful, thanks.
Thank you so much for this!!! There is CC I’ve had in my game for years that I hate and didn’t know how to get rid of
I was literally yesterday thinking about figuring out how to sort out my cc magic! Tysm for this❤❤
Literal life saver, thank you queen! 🙌
Glad I could help! 🥰
Thank you so much for this!
I've been having some super high poly dresses in my game for a long time, which I wanted to remove since forever, but didn't know which and where they are. 😭
Been needing this! Thanks so much 😩
You saved me thank you. I find out where the glitch boot camed from
i was just thinking this earlier... i downloaded some things from your 30 best mods or smth and i rly wanted to remove a old skin but couldn't find it. Thank u sm!
Unfortunately, I don’t know if this would work with skins because you have to right click and get that Instance ID. This tutorial is primarily for unwanted hair, clothes, shoes, accessories, etc.
@@acottonsock ohhh i see, well thank you anyway!!! really appreciate all the work you put into your videos!
Omg! I needed this video. Thanks 💙
i didnt know it was this easy!! tysm!!
A very nice program, thanks for sharing Madi !
Works perfectly! Thank you!
Glad it helped!
Hi, Madi! Love your videos! I got into The Sims 3 again after watching your channel for a few years. I remember watching your Island Paradise lepacy and I think Meadow had an item in her inventory that made finding forage easier? Something of that nature, do you know the name of the mod by chance? I'm trying to set up the Store worlds challenge because it looks super fun!
I think you may be talking about the Collection Helper item, which is a lifetime points reward item!
@@acottonsock Yes, that was exactly it! Since I forgot what it was I just assumed it was a mod and couldn't find anything when I searched, that's why I thought of asking. Thank you for the help!!
Love your videos! Can you do a video about game crashing cause mine is doing that lately, especially in cc worlds😢
i love you, you save my day!
What I'd like to clean is not the CC, which I carefully selected and downloaded because I liked it, but the non-descript grey and boring Maxis clothes and furniture.
There are a lot of hider mods for stuff
This is a life saver thank you 😊
you are a godsend
Do you have recommended sites to download realistic skins and unique hairstyles outside of TSR? I found one for realistic skin, it was amazing for create a totally unique sims but not so much when a random townies has similar skintone. Anyway, thank you for the video, I do need to clean up my cc.
@@moch.farisdzulfiqar6123 I have a CC finds Tumblr you can scroll that has no connections to TSR (I hate that site with a passion, too).
acottonsock.tumblr.com
i love your videos! could you tell me where you got the cas background from? 💕
Here you are! www.tumblr.com/acottonsock/759823930453311488?source=share
I know we can delete the cc if we wanted it but what about disabling it for the random?
When I went into CAS and started right clicking the script errors appeared for about 10 pieces of CC and then they stopped appearing in the Sims 3 folder. What could cause the script errors from not appearing? The notification popped up in game when I right clicked.
Thank you very much 💚
Hi ty for the tuto! Are you able to help with sims 3 game just closing without any reason? I have enough space for everything and not that many ccs but the game still closes by it self after some time :(
The only thing that seems to be in my s3pe CC Magic cache file is thumbnails even though I've put my CC into (thoroughly organised!) sets in CC Magic...help 😭
MasterController Integration seems to be down atm. I just keep getting an error saying that there's a 503 Service Unavailable error w/ DropBox API.
In my game it always says "Match not found" when they would clearly be in the folder I am trying to clean... I don't know what to do. I'm writing all the numbers right so it does not make any sense...
Hi! I use CC Magic and it’s fantastic. But I CAN NOT get it to show me pictures of the items!! How do you get it to do that? Am I missing a program needed for it to display the item images?? Please somebody tell me.
@@emeraldwitch333 I didn’t change anything in specific 🤔
Where did you find your CAS Background?
Here: acottonsock.tumblr.com/post/759823930453311488
Is there a program that helps you delete the cc in the sims 3 launcher? Everytime i try to go into the installed content tab it always crashes
This means you downloaded an infected .sims3pack. Either from a .sims3pack infected lot, or from downloading something like a household/Sim on the Exchange.
Everything installed in your Launcher can be found in the files in the folder DCCache. There are three types of files in there:
- *.ebc: All Store Items
- *.dbc: All third party Items
- missingdeps.idx: Some cache file that gets recreated when deleted
First you can try this:
1. Make a backup of your DCCache folder (if anything doesn't go as expected)
2. Move all files *.dbc to your desktop
3. Move dcdb0.dbc back to your DCCache folder
4. Start the Launcher
5. Go to Installed Content and uninstall everything you don't want anymore
6. Close the Launcher
7. Remove the dcdb0.dbc file from the DCCache and store it in a safe place.
8. Move the dcdb1.dbc in the DCCache and rename it to dcdb0.dbc.
9. Start the launcher and proceed with step 5 and 6 again.
10. Rename dcdb0.dbc back to dcdb1.dbc and store it also at that safe place
11. Do this for every DBC file in the DCCache Folder. Make sure to rename the files to their original name.
12. Once your done, move the cleaned files back to your DCCache folder and you're done.
Please note that if you want to do the same for Store Content, you need to do the same for the *.ebc files. You can then try deleting the missingdeps.idx if that does not work, you will need to remove all files *.dbc. Move the files to your desktop (don’t delete). This will remove everything except Store Items, Houses/Households and Sims. Check your game if the CC is now gone.
unluckily im too dumb for this so i'll just keep playing my game lagging every second
how do you cut down on cc that you actually like? im in love with all the pieces i download so its hard to make space when you wanna keep everything and download more stuff 😭
Girl ur game looks crazy that’s not The Sims 3 that’s The Sims 3.5 😭
I use s3pe to merge my cc
Works just as good as CC Magic! The instructions for finding unwanted CC that is merged via S3PE are on the NRAAS post.
please do you know how to solve crashing issues? my game works just fine for some amount of time (hours i mean) and then it just closes, and when i look at my games folder in the documents there is a new archive that starts with xcpt. i have a lot of it in my documents folder now (some scripterror files too). the problem is that i have already followed boring bones tutorials for perfomance issues, cleaned all custom content and mods that could cause conflict using the dashboard, followed your tutorials on nraas mods to avoid lag and other problems within the game and reinstalled the game about 3 times. I JUST DONT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. i was my dream to be able to play the sims 3 and i just cant and dont know why
my windows is 11 pro and my pc specs are:
ryzen 7 5700x
rx 6600 eagle 8gb
16gb ram
b550m pro vdh wifi
I did everything in the video, when I right click nothing happens, and there's no logs being sent to my folder. Genuinely confused if anyone can help a girl out!!
If you're in create a household that could be the issue. MasterController CAS won't kick in for me until I'm in live mode, I had the same issue and fully going into live mode fixed it.
Omg thank you i was wondering how to do this!!!!
Great, that's exactly what I needed. Thank you!🩷🤗
thank you SO much
You're welcome! Glad it helped!