MultiTab 6000 Issues

[NonaMena]

Well, the ccmerged.package is not a mod. Your items cannot function properly without it. The ccmerged.package is created by the launcher, but there are a couple of ways to make it stop functioning. Just like the cache files, the ccmerged.package is re-created when you delete it, but unfortunately, it doesn't actually re-create the information that needs to be in it. However, everybody that has installed premium content items has this package.

The ccmerged.package can be installed in the Mods\Packages framework because it's a package file. You could put the store content patch in the Mods\Packages file and it would work as well. In fact, the store content patch is actually just a mod made by EA (the same way premium content items are script mods made by EA).

When you launch your game, the game core looks for three specific resources in order to load the premium content buffs, skills and recipes. It does not matter where these resources are kept, physically, as long as they are kept in a folder that the game reads when it launches i.e., the DCBackup  (or the Mods\Packages). Just put it in your DCBackup folder, and it will work. I only mentioned the Mods\Packages folder because it's an option.

[Chuckles_82]

From memory, the ccmerged.package is separate to the fixes for the decrapped store content, so when you unzip it, you only need to copy across the one you need.

[xFezIsAFreakx]

Right I'm installing it.. So I only install the last file - The ccmerged_decrapped, and replace my old ccmerged in the DCBackup with this one?

EDIT: I did that and the tab still doesn't work so I'm assuming I did this wrong..

[Chuckles_82]

It can either go in your overrides folder and keep your old ccmerged.package, or I'm guessing when you replace it in dcbackup you will need to rename it appropriately.

[xFezIsAFreakx]

It can either go in your overrides folder and keep your old ccmerged.package, or I'm guessing when you replace it in dcbackup you will need to rename it appropriately.

Oh, of course! I forgot to rename it. Silly me. Thanks Chuckles, I'll try it now! I don't have a mod folder in the dynasty file so I'm just putting it in DCBackup with it's new name.

EDIT: Yep, changed the name and now it works!!! Thanks, guys! I'm so happy, I can finally have super-fast skilling! For anyone that reads my stories - Expect shiny earpieces in every screenshot from this day forward.

[AdnaanA]

I have 700 so points and thinking is it worth to buy the tab?

[xFezIsAFreakx]

Can you buy it on it's own yet? I got it as pat of the set. Anyway, in my opinion - It is honestly the best thing in the store. It didn't work at first for me but I got that fixed and now it's a lifesaver - Lori in my legacy maxed photography from sitting on level four in two days!! I'm going to have Fljotavik in my dynasty max it as well - and he won't even need to touch a camera for two lifestages. It's definitely worth the money.

[Saltypaws]

I am with Fez, not sure if you can buy it on its own yet, but in my opinion, it is probably one of the better items that I have bought.  You can listen to a skill podcast and do just about anything at the same time.  They also listen to skill podcasts on their own, which they won't do with a skill book.  So yes, if you get a chance to get it, then do.  I don't think you will regret it at all.

[sdhoey]

I bought it by itself. I love it.

[Roxanne07]

It's really worth it. I bought it as part of the Gothic set, too, but you can get it on its own now, for 500 Simpoints. Just remember not to delete the ccmerged file in your DCBackup folder once you got it. 

[MarianT]

I was able to get it on its own. It's definitely worth it. Besides being able to skill up with the tabcasts in ten skills, your teens can do their homework twice as fast. I found it very helpful with the elder in my dynasty who needed to complete his lifetime wish of Illustrious Author. He could listen to writing tabcasts while painting.

[Margerita]

For me, that tablet has definitly been worth it.
I can actually complete without any issues her wish of being a renaissance sim without having to stop painting in my dynasty.
I do admit I leave the tablets at home when they go on a vacation since I let my sims run loose in their vacation homes.

[Orange Iguana]

You can buy it on it's own. That's what I did.

Frankly, I love the multitab. Everyone has already mentioned the whole skilling while doing something else aspect so I'll talk about some of the other things the Multitab 6000 can offer. The fact that tabcasts instantly boost the fun meter by a lot makes it ideal for work. The online social game aspect also boosts social while increasing fun faster than a couch potato watching TV. It isn't just limited to adults and teens either, even children can use it. To make things even better, doing homework on it makes homework not only go faster, but makes doing homework FUN for them.

I hardly ever use the book reading aspect but everything else about it makes the multitab definitely worth the 500 simpoints. Get it if you can afford it. You will not be disappointed.

[lprkaun]

It can really be worth it as you can work on two skills at once (like painting while you listen to the writing tabcast.)  Or you can listen and up skills while in school, driving to work, or other dead times.  You can also listen while doing stuff to up your fun (watching television, dancing, etc.) if you need to improve your mood prior to work or school.  The only problem is that if you're doing a dynasty challenge, don't leave it in their inventory or they'll start working on whatever skills they feel like anytime they have a microsecond in which you haven't directed their every move.

[sdhoey]

Now that I have actually gotten mine to work, I love it. I have to ask this, is it suppose to stop after each skill level or continue "listening"? When my sim gets to skill level one, I have to start the tabcast for them again. It does this with each level.

Shannon