Install content without the launcher?

[Chuckles_82]

I've been having issues with my launcher since the last update. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Most of the time, not. I have downloaded one of my own lots because for some reason it's not in my library, and I can't get it to install with the launcher. Is there a way around this?

[Seabody]

I read somewhere double-clicking the sims3pack will install the item. I can't vouch for whether it works or not, as I can't remember the site I found this at, so therefore, how trustworthy it is. That, and I've never tried it.

[Chuckles_82]

I've tried that way too, without success If there is another way around it, it would still be good info.

For the time being I remembered I had made a save with that particular lot, and I fortunately had an uncorrupted version on another HDD (everything that I had backed up in my documents got corrupted somehow either with pets or with my 2 new SPs when I had to do a full reinstall)

[Figwit]

Chuckles, it is possible you had some store items in the house.  For some reason the game does not like installing houses which contain store items.  Might be an anti-piracy thing but annoying if you own the stuff. 

I prefer saving houses as library files.  They are smaller files and it does not matter what content you have in it because the cc is not contained in the file. 

[Chuckles_82]

That may well be it then. It was jam packed full of store content. The only problem I have with library items is that they aren't labelled in a recognisable way. I'm sure I have a backup as a library file somewhere, but the trouble is I'd never be able to tell which one it is. Fortunately I still have that save file - which has my scientist ex-five-star-chef sim so I can fully upgrade everything, and add a chef's fridge to any house I want to.

[Figwit]

You can change the name of library files to something that makes more sense to you.  If I am creating one, I note the time I created it so I can identify it later (sorting the files in the library first) and then just rename it to whatever I want.

[Chuckles_82]

Thanks Figwit That's good to know. I wasn't sure if I could safely rename the files in that folder. That will make things a LOT easier in the future