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13th Jun 2020 at 10:06 PM
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Hi there
The download browser All / Compatible mode is controlled via one of 3 ways:
1. Via a direct reference to which type, selected via the Filter box
2. Via a cookie (mts2downloadtype) that is set when you select a type from the filter
3. If neither of those are set, use the default, which is "Compatible" mode for members, and "All" for guests
The decision to make it so that the default is Compatible for members was made many years ago, so as to avoid people downloading content for expansions or stuff (or game) packs that they didn't own, and therefore cause issues, or lots of "this doesn't work!" or "it's not showing up!" posts on the downloads themselves. The idea is that you only see downloads based on what you tell the site you own, in terms of games. It's not technically a website issue because it depends entirely on what you've selected in your profile (in other words, the most recent uploads have more EPs marked than you own, therefore they don't show up). For a lot of content, it just either wont work, or in extreme cases, will cause crashing if you don't own the EP/SP that the content is for (especially in the case of global mods). In the case of Lots, there are other factors like parts of the lot or objects resetting if you don't own the content, thus making it so that the creation itself does not match what the creator intended, and therefore, it's better to have it be "controlled" in the sense of erring on the safe side.
The fact that it works for a while, selecting all, means that at some point the cookie controlling the download type gets nuked, or you log out, and everything gets cleared.
The primary way to fix this issue is, if you want to see everything, go in and mark all Sims 3 EPs / SPs as "owned" by the site. In that situation it actually ignores them and acts like the "all" filter, even if it's set to compatible mode. Since there's no TS3 games produced anymore, this would allow you to see all content.
Hope this clarifies things.
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