That's because it IS NOT a package. It's a text file named "resource.cfg". That's all there is to it.

Does anything not work or what are you trying to do?

Thank you for your reply, I am trying to add the extra 'package lines' for more subfolders and also want to be able to add more text for some mods to work, like the -
DirectoryFiles unpackedmod autoupdate text.

OK, so where is the problem with that?

Since opening the resource file with notepad and adding the text for subfolders and also the one for some mods to work , I now have the notepad icon on it, so have I messed up this, or is this the way it should look once you open it with notepad and will it be safe to use?

Again .. where is the problem? Are the mods working in your game or not?

What filetype is associated with what edtor is somewhere in the Windows settings, it has nothing at all to do with custom content or its workingness.

I have only just altered this resource.cfg file today and so have not tried it in my game yet as I was concerned that I had messed it up, but I think I understand it now, so it does not matter about the resource.cfg file having the notepad icon on it, as this is just due to the fact that I opened the resource.cfg file using notepad, then altered it and saved it, this will have no effect on it working or not working, all that matters is that I have added the correct text to this file.
I'm so glad to have this sorted, thank you for helping

Thank you so much, plasticbox!! I am compulsive about keeping my content organized. I hope five deep will be enough for me!

It will still work, nothing's changed to be exact. As long as your resource file ends with .cfg extension, it will work. just check the file extension because there's a common problem where you may accidentally saved it into a .txt file, just rename it and remove .txt in the file name it should only be (resource.cfg)

Shortly after I got the game, I found this and edited my resource file. Worked beautifully. Then my computer went kaput. After replacing the hard drive, the motherboard, and the processor, my computer works. I redownloaded the game, and edited the resource file again, making sure to tick the game options to show mods and script mods. But they don't show up. I put in the no censor mod just in the mod folder itself, but does not work. I made a folder in the mods folder for Nevermore's hair, and installed one of them there. Didn't show up. I pulled the hair out of the folder and just put it in the mods folder without subfolders, still does not show up. I've checked it over and over, redone it, it still doesn't work. I uninstalled and reinstalled the game, still no dice. I'm frustrated beyond words. Any ideas? Is there some step I have overlooked?

Update. I'm not sure what I did, but now it will recognize mods and cc in the mod folder, without folders. I cannot add folders to the mod folder.

Reupdate. Still not sure what I did, but now I can add folders to the mod folder. Sorry for the inconvenience. I still feel like this is magic that is about to muck up again, though.

this is great for the sub folders! I found a way to change the drive they read from on Windows 8. by right clicking the documents folder and under properties.. I changed the location to D drive ^_^ to keep the SSD clean.

Hi everyone, I'm currently having the problem of not being able to add folders to my mods folder. Does anyone else have this problem in Windows 7? If so, have you found a solution>

I have a question. What do you mean by five levels deep?

Do you mean I can have up to 5 folders within Mods or can I only make five folders, and then five different folders within that?

I've stumbled on a few problems. Solved some but one persists.

First I forgot to save the file in unicode, I saved it in ANSI and that wouldn't work.

Once I figured out the unicode problem the game loaded again.

The problem now is that the list of mods shown at launch only shows a handful scripts I'm using, not a single one of all the hairs, skins and so on that I have, shows up any more in the list like it used to before I sorted them in to sub folders. Is that normal? Or have I done something else wrong?

The only clue I have is that these downloads are recognized by the game even though they are in a sub-folder in the game.

MTS_fetusdip_1460796_Simocide
MTS_mgomez_1461103_mgomez-relationshipdecay
MTS_scripthoge_1458832_BuildBuyModeUnlocker
MTS_TwistedMexi_1466016_tmex-fullhouse-stable
tmex-moveobjects

The only things they have in common are that none of them are package files and all have the content inside a zip-file.

*edit*

I've tried moving the clothing .package files to the Mods folder and the game still don't notice that they are there, only the script mods (.py .pyo) are found.
I can't for the life of me figure out what's going on.

It means that you can have a folder structure that looks like this:

Mods
- Clothes
- - Accessories
- - - Head
- - - - Hats
- - - - - Victorian
- Genetics
- - Hair
- - Eyes

That is if you can get it to work. I haven't been able to yet.

Sorry if it has already been asked: Something that is not clear for me... What is the limit of subfolders we can create in our "Mods" folder while editing the Resource.cfg? In fact, I am dreaming of unlimited subfolders, because we'll have soon tons of CC and I love sorting it by creator names.

Thanks in advance

This Mod folder structure will not work past Clothes or Genetics. Only one level of subfolder will work in the Mods folder.

uhriahx please read the first post. This entire thread is about setting up more levels of subfolders ..

Even after editing the cfg?

I've read through but don't really understand. I replace the file so now in layman's terms how do I create the names please show pic's if possible. I haven't used cc since sims 2 so I am really out of practice. I downloaded some stuff from sims resource but haven't done anything with them yet.

Which names do you mean?

I was confused about the format of the folder name ex. "PackedFile */*/*/*/*/*.package" floors, or floors.package or Packedfile/floors.package?

You can rename your sub-folders (do not rename "Mods" folder, obviously) as you wish... i.e. "Floors"
PackedFile */*/*/*/*/*.package is a line that you need to add ONLY in the resource.cfg file.
This line serves exclusively to add sub-folders in your "Mods" folder
Example:
*/* - 1 subfolder
*/*/* - 2 subfolder ...etc,etc.....

I have to admit now though that I haven't been able to make this work.

It would have been great if there was an actually downloadable file that works available.

A Good Tutorial video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P7oevKbBTM