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My defaults are divided like so - the default root folder has things like replacements for dishes, books from the bookshelf, food etc (non buyable or wearable things).Īll my default folders for clothing and hair follow the same system as my custom hairs do - they’re numbered, with a corresponding photo. So I can easily scroll through the images to see what I have. If I want to remove a certain hair, I know I’m getting all the files associated, and I don’t need a subfolder for every single hair. Again, this is so I can easily add and remove things and see what I have in my game. So all the files starting with “1_” belong to each other. Within each, I prefix each file and a corresponding preview image with a number. Inside the hair folder I subdivide by male and female. I always keep a preview image in the clothing folders - this may take up a bit of space, but it’s still essential for me so I can know what’s what and easily prune, including when I can remove a custom item because I’ve downloaded a default version of it. Beddings, custom foods and OMSP’s go into their own (maybe foods should be in mods?).Ĭlothing has subfolders for each mesh, with the creator’s name first, then the specific item that it is. Once I have more than 50 files or so, they get their own folder.

I do also have a Misc folder for creators who I only have a few items from. default replacement things easily.įirst off, the Build & Buy section. My biggest priorities for downloads folder organization were knowing what I have in my downloads already, in order to be able to easily remove things I no longer wanted, and to track custom vs. A big part of it was setting up proper folders in a way that made sense for me. I finally decided I was going to completely rebuild my downloads folder, and I spent almost a month working on it. As in, everything was just thrown willy nilly into the folder and that was it. Once upon a time (aka less than two years ago) I’d spent most of my Sims 2 career with an entirely unorganized downloads folder.

I’d been meaning to write something up about this for a loong time, I have been asked about it before, but also just find it interesting.