I encountered the same issue than
@sinrbomb.
To give you all more context, I have the Steam version installed, and my
SteamLibrary directory is in other disk than the C unit.
Turns out CCMagic wasn't recognizing my game, I could discover this because I saw
@NonaMena's guide and, at the bottom of her captures, you can see the EP and SP icons she has installed, I had zero, even though I own them all.
Heads-up: I use Windows 10 64 bits.
The way I could address this problem was by editing the
Windows Registry Editor (regedit.exe) and locating this key:
Each "folder" inside the
Sims(Steam) key contains the installed packs.
OVERVIEW
What you need to do is:
- Standardize the "folders" names
- Export the complete Sims(Steam) key and subkeys
- Rename from Sims(Steam) to Sims in a text editor (like notepad)
- Reimport into the Registry Editor
- Rectify the language
DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS
The first time you reach the
Sims(Steam) key, you'll see that some packs are named in lowercase; CCMagic won't recognize them like that, you need to make sure each pack is called like the majority, that means, instead of
the sims 3 university life, it needs to be called
The Sims 3 University Life.
To achieve this, you must:
- Click the problematic "folder"
- Locate the entry called displayname at the right panel
- Double click it
- Copy the name from the window that just opened
- Right click the problematic "folder" and press Rename, or press F2 key
- Paste the copied name and add an extra character
- Press Enter key
- Press F2 key again
- Remove the extra character
- Press Enter key again
Do this for every weird looking "folder".
Now you need to export every registry inside
Sims(Steam) key, to do so:
- Click the Sims(Steam) key
- Right click Export
- Save the file in a safe place
We're almost done, now you need to open that file you recently exported in a text editor, it can be notepad. When it's opened, do this:
- Click Edit > Replace, or press Control + H
- Paste WARE\Sims(Steam) into the Find what box
- Paste WARE\Sims into the Replace with box
- Click the Replace All button
- Save
Now, you need to open the file you just saved into the Registry Editor, it'll create a new key called
Sims, right above
Sims(Steam), and it'll be identic to that key.
If you open CCMagic, every pack will be available as an icon at the bottom of the program, but we're not done yet, because the
The Sims 3 folder is still being created, instead of the one we use in our language.
- Click the Sims key you just imported
- Click The Sims 3 "folder"
- Locate the entry called locale at the right panel
- Double click it
- In case it is called like es-es, or fr-fr, or whatever, you need to make sure it matches this format: xx-XX, so, that'd be es-ES or fr-FR
- Press Enter key
Now it's time to delete the
The Sims 3 folder from
Documents, and open CCMagic.
If everything went well, you'll notice that the folder won't appear, and CCMagic will use your correct one, so, it's time to
rebuild.
By opening the
Documents\Electronic Arts\(Los/Les/Die) Sims 3\Mods, you'll note that the
Cache folder was created, and it contains your merged content.
If you open the
Resource.cfg file in the
Mods folder, you'll encounter that the first line has a link with the correct route to Los Sims 3, Les Sims 3, or Die Sims 3, whatever language you have installed.
If this helped, cheer with me