#merging cc

Hello - just looking for anyone who might be knowledgable about merging cc in ts2

I have recently just started merging my cc for ts2 - I thought it would do it good for my mod folder to reduce the amount of files...

however,

since starting doing this every time I add new CC, my game starts crashing on the same screens - CAS (ui disappears and it crashes - this happens when clicking the tick button once completing a family),  creating a new hood (ui disappears and it crashes), or trying to go into a sub-hood (again, the ui disappears and then it crashes). However, I can do everything else (I believe), fine. 

The trouble-shooting I've done when this issue occurs is delete The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection and then re-create it by opening the game. Then slowly re-introducing my cc, putting a couple of folders in at a time (including the merged files) and then opening the game each time I add something new. This seems to be the only way for it to work. Once its all back it everything seems to work fine. 

Then, when I add something new - merged or unmerged - the issue reoccurs. 

Hey guys! <3

I’d like to ask about @lazyduchess ♥ CCMerger. I’m doing a big CC cleaning before merging the most of my CC, I’ve only finished hairs so far and it’s really an awesome tool, so thank you so much Lazy Duchess! 🙏🏼

But I’m the most curious about the possibility of merging neighborhood decorations? Does anybody have any experiences with that?

Hey guys!  So as you probably know i have a crap ton of CC in my game.  I’ve noticed that my CAS is super laggy and slow (even when using the combined CAS via MC).  How do you guys merge/compress your cc?  Is there a good tutorial on it?  I use the s3pe to merge my packages, but it doesn’t seem to help all that much.  Any other ideas for me?  

All my packages are less than 200kb as i heard that was the limit.  I’m just at a loss and was wondering if anyone out there had any other ideas.

yes use the rename utility before merging.