How to get your Mods & CC to Work with Ambitions (Running from MyDocs)
Date Posted: 6th Jul 2010 at 11:53 PM Views: 255
So as you have probably read on numerous forums.. EA has added a new feature to the game that actually recognizes mods. This means for those of you who played TS2, the mods folder is going back old school lol The mods for TS3 are now going to be running in the MyDocuments folder like before Take a look at the following instructions to make sure that your game is set-up properly for Ambitions and your mods..

1. This first step is completely optional. You can delete the d3dx9_31.dll out of any directory that you have placed it in (TS3, WA and HELS) I chose to do this since the new set-up for mods does not require a framework setup.

2. Make sure that all of your mods are compatible with the latest patch and EP. Most creators are working tirelessly to get all of their mods updated and posted for everyone to use. Once you have downloaded all of the updated mods, you can create your new mods folder.

3. The new mods folder is going to be located in: C:/Documents and Settings/YourComputer/My Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3. So when you add your new mods folder you should have C:/Documents and Settings/YourComputer/My Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3/Mods/Packages. I simply copied and pasted my mods folder that was already created from HELS into the new directory in MyDocuments.

4. You will then need to download or update your Resource.cfg file. I have attached an updated version at the bottom of this post. As for those of you who want to update it yourselves, here is what the Resource.cfg file needs to look like:

Priority 500
PackedFile Packages/*.package
PackedFile Packages/*/*.package
PackedFile Packages/*/*/*.package
PackedFile Packages/*/*/*/*.package
PackedFile Packages/*/*/*/*/*.package
PackedFile Packages/*/*/*/*/*/*.package

5. After you have updated the .cfg file, place it in C:/Documents and Settings/YourComputer/My Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3/Mods. Make sure you don't put it in the Packages folder or your mods will not work.

Congrats! That's it! You're game should be successfully recognizing your new mods folder! Happy Simming!

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**This new mods folder functions just as the old mods folder did in TS3, WA and HELS. Put all of your CC into your new mods folder and everything should show up I know some people were having problems with .dbc files that were created because the new Resource.cfg file does not support them. I did however find another way to setup your Resource.cfg file if you HAVE to have your .dbc files in your mods folder. You will need to edit this yourself because the attached Resource.cfg file is not set up for .dbc files.

Priority 500
PackedFile Packages/*.dbc
PackedFile Packages/*/*.dbc
PackedFile Packages/*.package
PackedFile Packages/*/*.package
PackedFile Packages/*/*/*.package
PackedFile Packages/*/*/*/*.package
PackedFile Packages/*/*/*/*/*.package
PackedFile Packages/*/*/*/*/*/*.package
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