#sims3packs

Alaina download here Ramon download here

Me: lolnope *deletes*

The idea behind compressing/mergeing package files is to make your game load quicker. There is also some empirical evidence that having many, many package files in your mods folder is bad for game performance. (Which is why, as Crinrict states here, Sims3packs are actually better for your game than package files, if it wasn’t for all the issues that people have with the launcher.) The game doesn’t read the contents of the DCbackup folder when loading your game (it only reads the information that is written into the .dbc files found in the DCCache folder) so it would be a waste of time to compress its contents. An explanation of the purpose of the DCbackup folder can be found here. If you are not in the habit of exporting Sims or lots you can safely delete almost everything in your DCbackup folder if you are concerned about space, except the ccmerged file, which as you are probably aware contains necessary information about your premium content items.

All of your installed sims3packs are installed and saved in this folder: Documents>Electronic Arts>The Sims 3>DCCache. Save that folder on your hard-drive somewhere and once you are done re-installing (I recommend following this guide for uninstalling/re-installing), put the folder back and your sims3packs will all be back.

If you want to try it without causing too much of a mess, try  converting a single item and uninstalling its corresponding .sims3pack. If it is still there when you reload the game, then the same thing should happen to the rest of the items you plan to convert - though I, sadly, do not believe this will be the case.

Yes, you can! The items should show up in your game as soon as the installation is complete.

Merging all my cc! Not only the .package , but also the Sims3packs.  I found this tutorial howto convert Sims3pack files to .package files. Really easy. You need 2 programs to do so. The third link is an option, but very handy for cleaning up your CC.