This is all very exciting to me!! 
My first ever, of any kind, Sims gameplay contest! So, I want to make certain I understand things before the kickoff on January 1. BTW, LOADS of Great questions being asked. Thank you all because most of them not only would it not have occurred to me to ask, but I didn't even know to consider some of them. So, this question maybe obvious to some but there might be another who is unsure like me. I read ALL the rules and while I mostly get the No CC/mods rule. I want to be 100+% clear: Does this rule mean I need setup a game environment that is totally clean, and how would I do this when I usually use CC/mods? Also, does this include clothing, hair, and other CAS CC that alter the way our sims look without affecting the way they act? Thanks in advance!
Hey
@1Saved_Diva I'm a CC addict, so I think I should be able to help you out.
1. Go to My Documents/Electronic Arts on your computer. There you'll see a folder called "The Sims 4" - (If you've ever installed CC ever, you should be quite familiar with this location). Rename this folder to something else like "The Sims 4 - Normal" or "The Sims 4 - CC."
2. Launch the Game! This will create a new game folder entitled "The Sims 4", and it will load with the default settings: sound, graphics/performance, etc., and, if you haven't
disabled the tutorial via Origin, you'll be forced to sit through that, too. It's essentially a fresh install of your game that you can use for playing the tournament.
When you want to go back to playing with your 'normal' game,
FIRST rename the new folder to something like "The Sims 4 - Tournaments" and
THEN rename the old folder back to "The Sims 4". (
You can only have ONE "The Sims 4" folder in your My Documents/Electronic Arts folder at any given time, otherwise your computer may try to merge the two folders and corruption and chaos could ensue). Next time you load the game, you'll have your old game back right where you left off, mods, CC and all!
One thing I've noticed is that "My Library" isn't shared between game folders (I have three at the moment; One "Normal", one "Dynasty" and one "Tournaments"), so unless you upload your sims to the gallery, if you make your challenge sim in one game's CAS, it won't show up in the other.
There may be other ways to do this, but this is the method I use and I find it works well.
