Mod The Sims - How much custom content is in your game?

Wild Missingno

8th Jul 2009, 6:22 AM

There's already a thread on this:
http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=334968

And someone did beat you on that thread, when they used to have 25 GB (not a typo).

As for me, I have 1.77 GB and 5,763 files, not counting what I've pulled out for the 50/50 tango. I'll probably just delete the whole folder and redownload what I actually use.

cloffee

8th Jul 2009, 6:29 AM

776 MB, 2,078 files.

I only download bodyshop items. Hair, skintones, makeup, clothes, etc. With 8 EPs there are a LOT of items, so much so that I don't feel like DLing any extra.

And I don't want my game to take forever to load :X

xemptybrkneyesx

8th Jul 2009, 6:36 AM

I have all EPs and the loading times on my computer are actually fairly fast...I only bought my computer in December, so that could be why, too.

I'm already watching what I download, I'll get to the download tab and think hmm...Do I really need this? or Will I ever use these?

rainycat

8th Jul 2009, 6:05 PM

ClicknPsycho

8th Jul 2009, 9:01 PM

There's already a thread on this:
http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=334968.

That IS this thread.
?

mangaroo

8th Jul 2009, 9:30 PM

ClicknPsycho, the thread rainycat started yesterday was merged with this older, longer thread.

I'm nowhere near my game, but to stay on topic: my Downloads folder is 6G. Which is 5G more than I am happy with.

Prosthetics

9th Jul 2009, 8:53 AM

cloffee

9th Jul 2009, 8:02 PM

I don't actually have a lot...

193 MB objects/mods
147 MB genetics

I try to keep it low, because I have a problem where I download things that I never ever use...so I always think about downloading CC as though I were buying it, when i'm really not.

I have so many hairs, clothes, eyes, etc. that I NEVER use. I can't stop myself though! I want my options open and I have a fear that if I don't download it NOW, it might be gone tomorrow lol.

Prosthetics

10th Jul 2009, 12:50 AM

I feel the same way, and sometimes those fears come true. It makes me seriously regret how I am with my CC sometimes.

TiffyGiggles8908

10th Jul 2009, 1:09 AM

I was quite surprised I didn't have more when I looked back at my downloads- I've got 1.25 gb. I'm sure it was more the first time I started playing and I pretty much downloaded everything. I mainly download hair, skintones, and other body shop stuff now.

RadicalKirsten

10th Jul 2009, 1:36 AM

I have about 869 files in my folder. I had almost 2,000 yesterday. xD I mostly download bodyshop items.

ClicknPsycho

10th Jul 2009, 6:14 AM

ClicknPsycho, the thread rainycat started yesterday was merged with this older, longer thread.

My bad, Just confuzzled! :)

retrotrut

18th Jul 2009, 1:12 PM

I got around 5GB of downloads, I have such a bad downloading habit. Any download I find that looks interesting I download it and put it in the game :)

Nobbus

18th Jul 2009, 7:16 PM

hi my custom content for cas the clothes and the skin dont work but before it worked and i dont now the reason of why it doesnt works now i was playing a day and i go to cas and i see that many of my custom content doesnt works like before and it's going bad more every time sorry for my english but i dont now speak in english i speak spanish if someone nows speak espanish i need help

amora_selvagen

18th Jul 2009, 9:41 PM

I am remaking my download folder again but last one was about 9GB with many things I never saw in game...lol...I am taking pills to control my fingers...lol

Magica288

19th Jul 2009, 3:30 AM

I'm currently in the process of cleaning up my downloads, getting rid of the stuff I don't like anymore. I have a tendency to download A LOT, and then a few days later I realize I don't like the stuff I downloaded anymore. I don't know what I have the most of, I'd say it's equally split between female hair, clothes, and makeup. And there's TONS of it.

Anniemaniac

19th Jul 2009, 12:51 PM

I currently have 1.66 gb of CC, which is very good for me, although it will inevitibly get much bigger. I'm a chronic downloader!

I used to have around 6-7 gb worth of CC before I deleted my entire downloads folder.

I'm much more on top of my downloads now, though. Before, I used to download anything and everything on a "I MIGHT need it" or a "I'll never use it, but it's NICE!!" policy and ended up with a huge downloads folder where I only actually used about 20-30% of what I had - everything else was themed items I never needed, or items I thought looked good, but I didn't like in-game.

christmas fear

20th Jul 2009, 9:39 AM

man, i am such a download addict. i wish i could give back to the community as much as they've given me. currently my downloads stand at 10,129. the most i've ever had.

x..TheSims2Freak..x

20th Jul 2009, 10:18 AM

Well, my stupid sister just deleted it all because it wastes SO much memory >without asking me aswell!< SO I went and deleted her iTunes with all her music :p. I was mad! But i'm re-downloading even more awesomer-er-er custom content :)

cloffee

20th Jul 2009, 11:11 AM

I just start downloading furniture and misc. build mode objects! I'm excited! But I feel bad, but in a good way lol. I promised myself ONLY to stick to bodyshop items but...I CAN'T ANYMORE! hahaha.

Now I'm at 1.32 gigs, 5,546 files, 83 folders.

My game is running pretty good. The loading screen is really weird with CC, it stops for like a good 5 minutes just frozen at the "THE SIMS 2" blue loading screen. Then it just starts reticulating splines and 10 seconds later it's all loaded. Weird.

Ponderosa

22nd Jul 2009, 4:24 AM

Erreeeeh...somewhere along the lines of ten thousand...? Maybe...?

Fanaticsimmer

22nd Jul 2009, 5:02 AM

902 MB, ~7,000 files, 117 folders :)
cloffee, mine does that too :P I wonder why. It doesn't take mine very long to load, though, maybe 2 minutes?

cloffee

22nd Jul 2009, 5:49 AM

902 MB, ~7,000 files, 117 folders :)
cloffee, mine does that too :P I wonder why. It doesn't take mine very long to load, though, maybe 2 minutes?

Yeah, it's weird. When it finally does begin to load it goes by really quickly. I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the CC.

intothestars

22nd Jul 2009, 5:51 AM

Holy cow! You all must have REALLLLLLLLLLY good computers (this thread was created two years ago). My computer's a 3GB Vista, if I were to pile on the 2GB+ CC most of you have here... Well, maybe it's not such a secret why you all build such giant (nice, though) houses!

I think I have the lowest out of everyone here, actually. It says "18 MB" and "33 files" (it would of been even less, if I didn't have recolors and multiple files due to meshes for items to work).

Prosthetics

22nd Jul 2009, 7:30 AM

I totally depleted my CC folders, and I have new numbers.

Saved Sims - 12.9 MB (all of which is makeup, piercings, and eye colors)

Downloads - 12.2 MB (a few cars, some custom windows, crib recolors.)

arinabean

22nd Jul 2009, 9:19 AM

I've been on a huge downloading spree in the past week. My Downloads folder used to be at 180mb/2000 files, and now it's 290mb/2700 files. It needs to go on a diet.

It seems like my number of files is high compared to their size. I do have about 400 hacks, though XD And nothing gets out of my testing folder until it's been thoroughly picked apart and reassembled in SimPE and Compressorised :D

bubbajoe62

22nd Jul 2009, 8:35 PM

6.74 Gig, 20,000 files. I'm easily bored :-)

Shiny Guns

24th Aug 2009, 12:01 PM

How many files do you have in your Downloads and how many GB/MB does it add up to?

I just realized how much crap I have in mine.

At the moment I have exactly 9,842 files, adding up to over 5 GB.

Wow. :rofl:

gwynne

24th Aug 2009, 12:20 PM

Guh, I only had about 600mb for the longest time, but since I've become obsessed with my theme hood ('medieval'-ish) all the theme content has pushed me up to about 2.5gb.

I really want to get rid of all my crap pay hairs one of these days.

1ove

24th Aug 2009, 12:23 PM

I believe there was already a thread on this.

GET OUT! 5.51 MB, and it would of been less if I didn't have meshes or recolors.

Soul Core

24th Aug 2009, 1:27 PM

Mine's freaking HUGE. I have over 10 GB worth of stuff in more than 15,000 files. I'm a hoarder.

VladCrau

24th Aug 2009, 1:50 PM

I have 630 MB of downloaded stuff, but at the moment I'm using only 82 MB.
@ Soul Core: Seriously?! 10 GB? WTF?

Exxy

24th Aug 2009, 2:24 PM

I have... 7337 files which adds up to 1.75 GB.

singing_Noel

24th Aug 2009, 2:33 PM

Too big. I'm actually trying to wheen myself off of CCs for the sake of my PC.

mitzymoo589

24th Aug 2009, 6:58 PM

Mines is little its 323MB

Qahne

24th Aug 2009, 8:29 PM

4 GB of CC alone, about 90 percent from MTS :D
And I've only been playing TS2 for about three months now O.o
I have no default cars anymore (Thank Gosh!), but I've only had a few overrides so far (phew!)

I hoard everything. If it's downloadable, I click it. Works for me! Anyway, you'll never know when a, uhm... Hot Air Balloon might come in handy. :jest:

GeneralOperationsDirector

24th Aug 2009, 9:12 PM

Downloads:
Size: 5.91 GB (6,347,165,300 bytes)
Size on disk: 5.95 GB (6,392,086,528 bytes)
Contains: 22,139 Files, 4,729 Folders

...about 99.9% from MTS.

Like cloffee and coolchimpy, my game sits on the loading bar screen for a couple minutes before the bar starts moving, then moves fairly quickly.

...anyone want me to check my library of UNinstalled stuff?

stygia2002

25th Aug 2009, 5:24 PM

GeneralOperationsDirector: Not meaning to go off topic, but do you have Windows Vista? If so, how does your game run? Just wondering 'cuz I have roughly the same amount of CC and since I switched computers and have Vista now, I have yet to actually be able to play my game due to everything that can go wrong going wrong...of course, I just had my motherboard go belly up too, so that may have been the problem (computer is less than a year old so I'm a little miffed).

Prosthetics

25th Aug 2009, 5:32 PM

Mine sits on the bar as well. But only for a minute at most. It's okay.

Size - 229 MB
Size on Disk - 230 MB
Contains - 531 Files, 8 Folders

@stygia2002 - I have a Vista, and TS2 runs rather well on it. I haven't encountered problems ever never. :]

GeneralOperationsDirector

25th Aug 2009, 6:58 PM

stygia2002: Nope; I run Windoze XP Professional. I had been intending to post the following information anyway, but it fits perfectly in the context of a reply to you. ;)

After posting my CC totals, *then* reading the rest of this thread, I decided to time the loading of my game last night, with the following results:
From Progress Bar appears to Progress Bar starts moving: about 6 minutes.
Duration of Progress Bar: about 4 minutes.
Time from icon click to Custom Content dialog: about 12 minutes.
Time from icon click to playable family: about 14 minutes.
All times are approximate, measured with a Grandfather Clock that stands conveniently nearby.

Invertin

25th Aug 2009, 9:45 PM

Honestly, not much.

What I do have is absolutely devastatingly powerful tools of DOOM AND DESTRUCTION

But I haven't got many of them.

stygia2002

26th Aug 2009, 2:28 AM

1ove

26th Aug 2009, 2:32 AM

GeneralOperationsDirector and Prosthetics: Thanks so much for the info. I'm thinking my issues have been due to a faulty motherboard. I'm having to use my hubby's computer to get on forums (me and hubby's computer have "issues", so this is a situation that both me and the computer hope is short-lived :lol:), but my motherboard should be back in a week or so...let's hope that fixes things. I have 6 GB of CC, but the load time wasn't too bad, considering (5 minutes to get to the CC window). My computer is less than a year old, so it runs my other games pretty well and I've been pretty pleased with Vista (but I've read some negative things about it and was wondering if there might be a compatibility issue)... I just haven't had much luck with Sims 2 when it comes to actually playing. :cry: I think I read another poster on the thread mention he/she has something like 10 GB of CC...EGADS! :lol:

I have Vista as well and TS2 runs on it better than it ever did on XP. I heard about people having issues with Securom and stuff. Well, at one point I had all the EPs and SPs installed and it still worked like a dream! It loads really fast, I got a NVIDIA 9600GT (should of gotten 9800 but I didn't see that, oh well) graphics card and 6 GB of RAM. It's really fast and the graphics look GREAT NOW! (See pictures here (http://modthesims.info/forumdisplay.php?f=566) and in threads I started.)

You have as much CC as I do RAM. :alarm:

HaphazardSim

26th Aug 2009, 5:57 AM

About 4g and growing.

woodenbear

26th Aug 2009, 3:56 PM

32000 files here

SherrytheCherry

26th Aug 2009, 4:22 PM

Almost 1 gig, in fact it's .99 gb right now, and 3,594 files. I keep telling myself not to download anymore because my computer's probably going to explode but it's so tempting with all the awesome content out there. :(

1ove

26th Aug 2009, 7:37 PM

GeneralOperationsDirector

26th Aug 2009, 7:51 PM

Yeah, and it`s shorter than it would have been were I still playing on my old [now-dead] computer, though I`m not sure if it is shorter than it WAS when I was playing on that computer, as I`ve continued to add CC since recovering my Sims 2 data from the old computer`s hard drive [which is still alive and well in a USB external case]. I had to go a MONTH without Sims *2* after it died. I played lots of Sims *1* on an even older computer that month. ;)

Ya know what? I`m *still* adding CC to my game, though not nearly as fast as I used to. :D ...and I occasionaly run a dup-scan on my game-data folder to weed out extraneous files, and intend to eventually upgrade the dup-scanner into something smarter that will also find [and eventually manage] conflicting mods. I`d also like to add code to scan for *unused* content, too.

stygia2002

26th Aug 2009, 8:03 PM

I have Vista as well and TS2 runs on it better than it ever did on XP. I heard about people having issues with Securom and stuff. Well, at one point I had all the EPs and SPs installed and it still worked like a dream! It loads really fast, I got a NVIDIA 9600GT (should of gotten 9800 but I didn't see that, oh well) graphics card and 6 GB of RAM. It's really fast and the graphics look GREAT NOW! (See pictures here (http://modthesims.info/forumdisplay.php?f=566) and in threads I started.)

You have as much CC as I do RAM. :alarm:

:D I've been pretty happy with Vista all in all...I play WOW as well and it ran waaaay better than on my old computer, and my load times with The Sims 2 isn't bad at all, even with all of the CC I have. I have 4 GB RAM, which is about all a system like mine will recognize (Vista 64 bit), 600 GB of disk space and I either have the same video card you do or the 9800 (I'll have to look). I was worried that having as much CC as I have would affect how my game would run, but if someone who has 10 GB of CC can still play their game, the rest of us should be good to go! :Pint:

Sunkist

27th Aug 2009, 12:34 AM

Right now my computer is loving me. I am able to handle Sims 3 and 14 Sims 2 games plus custom content. It's been working pretty good lately! (: I don't have that much custom content seeing as how I am VERY picky. I like to keep things organized, and well maintained.

548 MB, 1,287 Files, 29 Folders. I think I need more after reading all your guys posts. Hehehe..

gwynne

27th Aug 2009, 12:58 AM

Wow, I'm trying to restore my Sims 1 game, and I found my old Downloads. 250mb or so. I used to think that was ENORMOUS.

stygia2002

27th Aug 2009, 2:17 PM

My Sims 1 has about 500 MB of CC (I think that's right, I'll have to check when I get my computer back)...and, yeah, that used to seem like alot! :)

diaantje61

28th Aug 2009, 6:32 AM

I have about a 1000 cc right now,because I just installed sims 2 again.But I have a problem : all of my downloads show up nicely in the game,except for the skins,hairstyles and genetics,they all are unpacked in my downloads folder,but don't show in game....can anybody help me ?

GeneralOperationsDirector

28th Aug 2009, 7:27 PM

diaantje61: SOME of those need to go in other folders, depending on what they are and what version of the game you`re playing. What expansions do you have installed?

Prosthetics

29th Aug 2009, 6:07 PM

Custom skins and genetics need to go in the Saved Sims folder, along with any downloaded make-up, etc.

Hairstyles go in the downloads folder, but if the mesh is missing, they won't show up.

stygia2002

30th Aug 2009, 12:49 AM

I've found that custom sims are usually packed in the sims2pack "format" and all I have to do is double click and they install themselves...as a matter of fact, that's the only way I've ever seen them come. And I unpack everything else into my downloads folder (genetics, makeup...all of it) and it shows up fine.

Diamond123Girl

30th Aug 2009, 11:59 AM

I have no custom content on the game at the moment since i no longer own the game but i still have the saved files rofl. It says size on disk: 532 MB (558,260,224 bytes) and size: 524 MB (550,284,244 bytes)

Usually i have more downloads but i only have 3,528 files and 171 folders not much compared to what i normally do. I love downloading im obsessed with it clothing,new hairs and i like making unique houses so each house has different objects lol.

When i first got sims 2 i didn't want to download then i thought uhh stuff it i need more make up emo clothing modern clothing Ahh goth clothing umm gangsta clothing school clothing pink clothing mystical clothing and a hell lot more lol. I actually said to myself when i re installed the sims 2 [re installed 5 times. Then the disc snapped ha lol] that i wouldn't ever need custom content again that lasted,not xD

:cry:God i miss it so much D= im so obsessed i have files i can't use call me crazy as much as you like. I want to sell my sims 3 so BADLY D=

:Pint: *ill be at the bar* lol

schitzwa

30th Aug 2009, 1:09 PM

I have just under 5gb and it is a complete mess!!!

nea200pl

30th Aug 2009, 1:33 PM

I have laptop running Windows XP Home with 90GB space.
Before I uninstall them my Sims 2 folder used to have all Ep's and Stuff Packs with 13GB custom content (yes, I'm addicted to downloading), all organized in folders and sub-folders. Mostly maxis recolours, unique objects needed to play sci-fi type of game, clothes, genetics, hair, hacks and tons of default replacements (gotta love last two). Game was loading quite slow but I didn't have much troubles playing.

Sunkist

30th Aug 2009, 3:46 PM

Oh Oh wait...I've been getting more this past week and it's not up to 0.99 GB :O thats almost 1! Thats 2,236 Files! Yikes

Prosthetics

30th Aug 2009, 4:32 PM

1ove

30th Aug 2009, 5:10 PM

I tried just unpacking them in the downloads folder, and they didn't work :[

Yeah, somehow Sims I download (not just here; personal legacies and other sites as well) never show up right. Some give me just the hair and clothes; others give me the face but no CC and that's it.

rmrm

30th Aug 2009, 8:21 PM

I just reinstalled about four or five days ago and am now working on redowloading stuffs, I have almost nothing compared to before.

My downloads folder is 765 MB and contains 1,796 files

Breakdown:
Clothing: 116 MB, 432 files
Default Replacements: 56.1 MB, 323 files
Eyes: 7.34 MB, 195 files
Facial Hair: 6.54 MB, 70 files
Hair: 237 MB, 434 files
Makeup: 36 MB, 233 files
Mods: 66.4 KB, 6 files
Objects: 255 KB, 4 files
Skintones: 304 MB, 99 files

I've been downloading way more skintones, eyes, and makeup than I used to. I think I only used to have default replacements, now I have tons of all of them, heh

I have nowhere near as much hair as I used to, and not enough clothes yet either.

I sense a downloading spree coming on... heheh. I need more clothes, badly, I only downloaded a few dresses from All About Style and a bunch of plainish but useful stuff by HystericalParoxysm and fanseelamb.

gwynne

31st Aug 2009, 12:18 AM

I'm really think of purging all my hair, I'm becoming convinced that my ill-advised, high-poly paysite (booty'd) hair is impacting my game performance. It's so time-consuming to try to remove them by hand one at a time, and I'm not a terribly organized downloader.

Has anyone else ever done this and started over with custom hairs?

1ove

31st Aug 2009, 1:17 AM

stygia2002

31st Aug 2009, 4:19 AM

Gwynne wrote: "I'm really think of purging all my hair, I'm becoming convinced that my ill-advised, high-poly paysite (booty'd) hair is impacting my game performance. It's so time-consuming to try to remove them by hand one at a time, and I'm not a terribly organized downloader."

What I've started doing is keeping a back up file of my CC and categorizing different types of CC. My hair file has individual files in it for each hairstyle and its recolors and I copy a picture of the style into the folder so that I know which it is. If I need to remove one, I find it in my back up file and check out the file names, find them in my downloads folder and delete them. Like you, I'm not necessarily the most organized downloader in the world, but this method really helps me.

supersimoholic

3rd Sep 2009, 6:19 PM

i ALWAYS no matter WHAT have my default skin and eyes.
but then i usually have abit of make up and afew hairs.
i don't really download clothes.

Prosthetics

3rd Sep 2009, 7:01 PM

just 141 MB. Most of that space is taken up by bedding. (If my sims are going to have the same bed-frames, then they are going to have different sheets!)

I have seperate folder for all CC, the hair folder is filled with subfolders for different hair-creators. Since I'm very good about remembering who made which hair, I just need to go in there...and poof. It's gone.

I start over with custom hairs often, especially when I download something...and then it doesn't look as good as I thought it would. Or if I feel that my game is getting spammed up with hair.

But I always backup my CC folder before I do any mass-pruning.

perihelion

26th Nov 2009, 11:01 PM

I copied all my stuff into a separate folder ready to back it all up onto CD and the total volume is just over half a GB, including the stuff I made myself.

What are my favourite pieces? I have DS9-era Star Trek uniforms, Stargate MARPAT gear, and I created some aweseome walls for use in machinima.

Jackathyn

27th Nov 2009, 5:33 AM

1.6GB. Not bad, my laptop harddrive has 1TB on it. ... and a hardcore graphics card. I spent WAAAYY too much on this thing, lol...

Sims3Lover2

27th Nov 2009, 8:35 AM

Too much to count!!!

Gingerxyz

27th Nov 2009, 5:06 PM

Mine is 2.97 GB. 11,469 files, 694 folders. I love subfoldering :)
How did I collect that much in less than a year?

Phoeberg

27th Nov 2009, 5:11 PM

2.52 GB...checking this was not a pleasant experience.

GeneralOperationsDirector

27th Nov 2009, 7:25 PM

Downloads:
Size: 5.91 GB (6,347,165,300 bytes)
Size on disk: 5.95 GB (6,392,086,528 bytes)
Contains: 22,139 Files, 4,729 Folders

...about 99.9% from MTS.

[....]

...anyone want me to check my library of UNinstalled stuff?Update:

Size: 6.21 GB (6,669,280,689 bytes)
Size on disk: 6.25 GB (6,715,613,184 bytes)
Contains: 22,850 Files, 4884 Folders

...about 99.9% from MTS.

...and growing...

...anyone want me to check my library of UNinstalled stuff?

VacuumMelon

27th Nov 2009, 7:39 PM

I also used to have lots of cc - something around 3GB - but then I unmercifully deleted most of it. Now I have about 500MB of stuff and I'm happy with it.
I'm not sure how long I can keep it this way, though.

joecity7

27th Nov 2009, 10:57 PM

I used to have somewhere around 3.5 GB, but I deleted most of it because my game took forever to load. Now it's about 1.7 GB.

iCad

28th Nov 2009, 4:07 AM

In the user account that I use most often, there's about 2GB and the game takes about 5 minutes or so to load, which doesn't bother me because I just do something else while it's loading. If I add up all the stuff I have across all the user accounts that I use to play the game, though, there's at least twice that. I know my "period" stuff is fairly large. But I never use all of it at once. That's why I separated it among four or five user accounts, so that if I want to play my Tudor-period 'hood, I don't have to load all the other stuff, too.

perihelion

28th Nov 2009, 4:38 AM

Mine is 2.97 GB. 11,469 files, 694 folders. I love subfoldering :)
How did I collect that much in less than a year?

Binge downloading, same as the rest of us. :D

It's OK... my collection took only a couple of months to amass.

perihelion

28th Nov 2009, 4:39 AM

2.52 GB...checking this was not a pleasant experience.

*pats* There there, it's all right. Just take comfort in the fact that you're not alone. :)

Amairani

28th Nov 2009, 8:13 AM

I have 4 saved games now, each has 3-4Gb of different CC in their Downloads folders.... I'm working slowly but steady on making an archive kind of thing, to store all my CC on a hard drive, all sub-foldered and with pictures. When I combine the CC from all four games plus tons of CC I never used in-game yet, there will be no less than 20gigs.. Insanity!

cheshirekat

28th Nov 2009, 11:49 AM

I have nearly 2G of custom content. I started out with getting floors and walls because nothing in the game looked good. Then it was matching furniture, then clothes for my females. After getting Nightlife, I was obsessed with getting Classic cars. Now I love collecting garden stuff and mods. Although I should probably spend time downloading clothing for my males, since they all dress alike and it drives me crazy, I often end up finding more clothes for my females when I go looking for male clothes.

dandello

28th Nov 2009, 11:54 AM

I used to have 18K downloads..insane..so I dumped them all and started over. I now have
3217 files. Wow..didn't think I had that many again.

mursupiiras

30th Nov 2009, 4:06 PM

515MT overall size.
1618 files.
Surprisingly small :king:

But getting that in one huge download-session was a pain in my ass.

RingzTerritory

30th Nov 2009, 5:46 PM

=( too ashamed to say..lol..

parrot999

30th Nov 2009, 5:50 PM

31.4 MB, but it wasn't always that way... In The Sims 1 i had at least 8 gigs of crap. Surprisingly, my addiction never carried over to 2.

cheshirekat

30th Nov 2009, 11:11 PM

I have downloading binges every couple of days. Sometimes I download until the wee hours and am too exhausted to install anything. But I still try not to install it all at once, usually try to break it into three or four batches at a time. That way I can play and test between batches. Other days I drink a lot of coffee and install batches between "naps". Thanks to the sims, I rarely actually sleep.

criminalmindscrazy

30th Nov 2009, 11:59 PM

not very much. i've only been playing for like 4 months but my game is still a bit slow! i love all my content tho...no chance of it getting deleted.

Smiles from the Joker,
~Jokeress

Astrognash

1st Dec 2009, 12:08 AM

My downloads folder currenlty says it holds 1.22 GB

Daftpanzer

4th Dec 2009, 4:49 AM

1.23 Gb, in ~4000 files. This is someone who is supposed to be more interested in intellectual strategy games like Civilization and Europa Universalis. I've belatedly got into the Sims 2 and its eaten up most of my play-time this year. Breeding digital people and building houses is fun :)

Other days I drink a lot of coffee and install batches between "naps". Thanks to the sims, I rarely actually sleep.

I am having a Sims phase like this right now. 4:48 AM local time!

In my case I like dark chocolate as opposed to coffee.

woodenbear

23rd Dec 2009, 8:54 AM

I have 27,000 files left after cleaning out some really old stuff. I did have 36,000 files.

gesine

23rd Dec 2009, 9:03 AM

12,705 files, 4.1 gb, mostly clothes and hair. I decided that to limit the growth I wouldn't download buy or build mode things, although I have some from neighborhoods and lots I've downloaded.

LittleFallenAngel

23rd Dec 2009, 12:58 PM

I don't have a lot because I'm very picky about what I download and what I think I'll use in my game. (Plus at the moment my computer badly needs a RAM upgrade among other parts as it's over 5 years old and I do have quite a bit of music on it as well as TS2 + 3 expansions and 2 stuff packs.)

I have 744 files totaling up to 166MB. I have a blend of everything. Recently just started downloading different hair styles and skintones because I was bored with what little I did have. That's where I racked up a majority of MB.

I've got an addiction recently to downloading and spend most of time searching through things thinking "Hmm, I would use that *clicks download*" but haven't actually played the game in awhile. :rofl:

suikostar108

23rd Dec 2009, 9:24 PM

Over 6 GB....18,000 files. I did remove about 2/3 of that and I'm organizing them into subfolders. This is what happens when you download from mts and around the sims....so much great stuff!

Aerobe

24th Dec 2009, 11:23 AM

Not a whole lot.
151 MB - 590 files.

I've had to start all over a few times. =(

darkwarrior5558

24th Dec 2009, 1:45 PM

I have 7.25 GB total and i use 1.50 of that on CC but my PC is slow so you can UNDERSTAND why I have so little. With about 4.70 GBs left over you think why wouldn't it be slow, well my sister uses the PC and downloads HER crap too but mine has a purpose... To entertain me! ^^
o.e

darkwarrior5558

24th Dec 2009, 1:51 PM

Gingerxyz

11th Jan 2010, 12:59 AM

Mine is 2.97 GB. 11,469 files, 694 folders. I love subfoldering :)
How did I collect that much in less than a year?
6 weeks later I'm at 3.34GB :blink:
12,889 files 909 folders...

babyophelia

11th Jan 2010, 1:04 AM

1.38 GB and counting. and i started downloading cc only last OCT....

it's sort of on a plateau now tho, since i am focusing on Sims 3 mostly now. but i still download when i find something really enticing for sims2.

Amtram

11th Jan 2010, 1:55 PM

I try to keep mine around 4,000 files or less, and I just went through and deleted a bunch of stuff that either didn't work as advertised or hadn't ever been used. I also deleted a bunch of specific recolors out of download packages that come with tons and tons and tons of recolors. I appreciate the creators making a single package to speed up downloads, but 21 different colors of the same shirt? I don't need all of them!

Astrognash

11th Jan 2010, 8:08 PM

1.92 GB, 6,158 files
However, since I recently installed Uni, OfB, Pets, and Ssns, I think I may need to do some spring cleaning to reduce load times.

SimmerGirlGirl

11th Jan 2010, 8:29 PM

About 8.98 GB, 4 Files

which are the InSim and Gravestone spawner

please_dont_crash_my_game

12th Jan 2010, 5:47 AM

@ poster above: Compressorizer (http://forum.jfade.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=170). Seriously. Four files like that should be 8.98 MB at worst, not GB.

I'd say that my game is "drowned" in CC, but seeing some of your guys' file counts, that would be an exaggeration.

~1.15 GB / ~3,000 files. Minus stuff I'm working on that's stored in my download directory but does nothing for my game (probably a solid 50MB), it's around 1.1GB. Since I only started playing TS2 around two or three months ago, I'd guess that's about par. :P

KittyKuba

12th Jan 2010, 9:00 AM

2.65 GB 8,060 files. Didn't realize it was that bad. I only have the basegame. Time to clean for real.

Hippo

13th Jan 2010, 11:03 AM

323MB.. with quite a few subfolders. I'm quite picky about what I download, although all of this stuff was accumulated within a month or so.

tralaladida

17th Jan 2010, 11:57 PM

Back up to 1.99 gigs. I had it down to just over a gig, but alas, I have discovered more beautiful CC that I had to have. I've resigned myself that I am going to have to live with an overflowing downloads folder, because there's just too much beautiful stuff out there.

lg135

18th Jan 2010, 12:06 AM

1.03 gb with 2,639 files and 335 folders. The folders are what surprised me most - I like to organize, but I didn't realize I had so many!!

I haven't compressed anything yet. I've got quite a bit of space left on my computer, but it wouldn't hurt to do it anyway :)

darkwarrior5558

18th Jan 2010, 12:08 AM

I have so much goddamn space left, but i need a new graphics card! :lol:

I have exactlly.... 227 GB left on my hardrive!!! :rofl:

Also, I have 32.5 MB of CC. But As soon as i upgrade my graphics... hehehe.

GAGK

18th Jan 2010, 3:17 AM

I have somewhere around maybe 200+ Probably way more but... I don't count. :P IT only takes up around 1GB(right now, and quickly increasing) though because I compress them too make them take less space.

Blush

18th Jan 2010, 6:19 PM

Around 100-200 items, 13 folders.
Haha, I just cleaned my Downloads folder yesterday.
There will be more items in the future. n__n

darkwarrior5558

18th Jan 2010, 9:15 PM

:new: Cleaned and organized Downloads folder :new:

with much less space than i expected. Okay, a total of 217 GB on my hardrive. And a total of 8 GB of CC. Yeah, its organized but I downloaded a crap load becuase MTS has all the best stuff!!! :rofl:

Caramon

19th Jan 2010, 6:44 PM

I have gotten 6 GB in 8 weeks or so. Most of it from downloading houses with lots of custom content at the digital perversion forum :)

GeneralOperationsDirector

19th Jan 2010, 6:52 PM

Caramon, it sounds like you need to scan for duplicate content!

Caramon

19th Jan 2010, 6:54 PM

You are probably right about that. How do I do that please?

GeneralOperationsDirector

19th Jan 2010, 7:02 PM

You are probably right about that. How do I do that please? Try this, if you have Python (http://www.python.org/) 2.6.2 installed, or are willing to install it.

Caramon

19th Jan 2010, 7:20 PM

Thanks! It seems like the Python website is down. I´ll check the link again soon. Hopefully it´s just down temporary for maintainance.

GeneralOperationsDirector

19th Jan 2010, 7:32 PM

I just clicked on the link I posted, and it took me to the site. They seem to be up, as far as I can tell. It looks like I might have to upgrade MY Python installation. :) It seems that 2.6.2 is no longer available. 2.6.4 (http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6.4/) seems the most likely to work with the "binaries" available in the thread I linked you to. You might prefer to discuss this further there.

Caramon

19th Jan 2010, 7:53 PM

Yes you are right. The site is up! Gonna do lots of reading now. Thankyou for your help!

GeneralOperationsDirector

19th Jan 2010, 8:00 PM

You`re welcome. :up:

SimmerGirlGirl

23rd Jan 2010, 2:34 AM

I have 45.5 MB of CC now

most of that is hair and clothes

CrazyVivian

23rd Jan 2010, 3:23 AM

I have quite a lot of CC, but most of it is bodyshop stuff. I do, however, have a lot of build mode content.

Abel6669

23rd Jan 2010, 12:52 PM

I had about a GB of CC, until my computer died..now its ~200mb

ForeverCamp

24th Jan 2010, 2:29 AM

LOL I feel like a bumpkin.

30.5 MB - 63 files (I think that's the WinZIP files + the Package files, though). Almost entirely mods - I'm of the school where if you download skins, then you have to get clothes and then eyes and makeup and... I'm a free-space hoarder... I don't like having gigs and gigs of stuff. :lol:

meggie272

24th Jan 2010, 2:56 AM

900 MB?
Something. Too much.

darkwarrior5558

24th Jan 2010, 2:59 PM

Hm.. i have( after deleted the virus files and corrupted ones) 72.5 MB.... Wow, I'm not that picky afterall. ( But seriously, you should check my SimCity4 downloads folder!!!)

AgeMarkus

30th Jan 2010, 12:16 PM

983 elements! I can't wait until I get one thousand!
All this takes up 662 MB...
No wonder my computer is slow...

Prosthetics

30th Jan 2010, 9:04 PM

479 MB
483 MB on the disk

1865 files, 123 folders.

vhanster

31st Jan 2010, 1:10 AM

642 files. If I install too many contents at the same time, the game will crash though...

AdoptedGnome

31st Jan 2010, 11:40 AM

2,19 GB and 5477 files.
My computer is so not build for this :p

IoriYagami288

31st Jan 2010, 4:25 PM

As of this post, I have about 421 MB, 752 files, mostly Bodyshop and Buy Mode items along with one folder for custom foods.

Whilst my computer can display quality graphics in default, the performance is slow but can sometimes be a bit fast. However, the computer shuts down by itself if I leave it for too long.

Sims2Storywriter

31st Jan 2010, 6:06 PM

Oh, what, 10,000 things maybe? 20,000? I'm not sure. I have a bad habit. :D

SimMegaptera

1st Feb 2010, 5:14 PM

I really have no idea. I have tons, mainly clothes because I didn't want them all to look like thugs and tramps.

Recently I started making subfolders to store everything in -- I had it all in Downloads (!!) before that. It makes the program run more smoothly when you subfolder, I think. Sadly some of the older files don't have identifiable names, so I don't know who made them or what kind of object they are. For recent downloads I'll subfolder them by type and creator, such as Hair > Nouk or Clothing > HystericalParoxysm.

sk8are

2nd Feb 2010, 12:57 PM

Well, I had 1,7gb. But now it's all deleted! :( My computer can't take much more..

beki.cookie

16th Feb 2010, 3:51 PM

I -did- have around 20,000 files. After the computer had to be totally rebooted I have 548. Trying not to download too many.

katya_stevens

16th Feb 2010, 3:54 PM

2.61GB, 11,554 files in 2,047 folders. I recently went on a small downloading spree from Piggis Sims.

Selly_2009

16th Feb 2010, 4:03 PM

Mine's currently standing at 1.15GB... 3,004 files!

It WAS more, but as it wasn't organised properly and some didn't work correctly I deleted the lot and started over. A fair amount has gone back but anything that doesn't work now simply gets the boot! And it's all in subfolders of subfolders (I've learnt my lesson)

perihelion

16th Feb 2010, 4:30 PM

1,396 files totalling 651 MB. Pretty conservative, but then again I'm very picky about what I download. At least it's easy to back up: it all fits onto a dual-layer DVD with room to spare.

GeneralOperationsDirector

16th Feb 2010, 6:10 PM

I recently lost my entire library of downloaded archives, both the installed stuff [which is still in-game] and the uninstalled stuff [which vastly outnumbered the installed stuff], due to a fileserver failure, and I`m having to redownload things. :|

slipknot93

16th Feb 2010, 6:38 PM

Right now I decided to restart everything (because my main neigbourhood got accidentally lost), INcluding download content because my folder was an unorganised mess andI couldn't fix it becsause I didn't know what everything was, so right now I have the insiminator and that's it

ashleiighbabes_ox

16th Feb 2010, 7:17 PM

3.68 GB :)
not as bad as i thought it would be :D

Sparklycookie

16th Feb 2010, 7:24 PM

I have two, not on the same game of course. One, my main game's, is 4.4 GB. I don't like that one as much. I had to take most of the furniture stuff out because it crashed my game :(
My favourite, my Anygamestarter's is 3GB. I dub it the "awesome downloads folder" because it has a lot of cool stuff, like Holy Simoly and tons of other stuff.

Prosthetics

16th Feb 2010, 7:33 PM

785 MB

2704 files, 191 folders

O_O
it grew!

moune999

16th Feb 2010, 11:00 PM

Okay, now I understand, why my game is beginning to have issues. Almost 9 GB and 32,000 files - most of it objects and recolors.

I need to clean it up, but how? :blink:

refox_14

17th Feb 2010, 12:08 AM

Er....... I have other 3,000 downloads..... and over 200 mods and hacks.... My computer has been fixed by friends, computer geeks, etc etc, over twenty times.... I've spent over 200$ for Sims 2 games and stuff...... And.... Well I got Sims 3 but I don't play it even for three seconds. (What happens: turns on computer and starts Sims 3, starts making a Sim and then turns off the game.)

sarah*rose

17th Feb 2010, 2:19 AM

Okay, now I understand, why my game is beginning to have issues. Almost 9 GB and 32,000 files - most of it objects and recolors.

I need to clean it up, but how? :blink:

Wow. :blink:
This (http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=227925) might be of help to you. I used it once... but now my downloads folder is in disarray again. >_>

I have 2.73GB. For now. I'm always adding more. :P

SimMegaptera

17th Feb 2010, 5:33 AM

I just checked, my downloads folder is 1.21 GB. I keep it all subfoldered as much as I can... for example, Downloads -> Hair & Body -> Hair -> Nouk.

firecausesburns

17th Feb 2010, 12:19 PM

sparrow_from_planet_astos

17th Feb 2010, 5:58 PM

XD over a thousand. i think i'm addicted to downloading that type of stuff :D he he he

moune999

17th Feb 2010, 7:37 PM

Wow. :blink:
This (http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=227925) might be of help to you. I used it once... but now my downloads folder is in disarray again. >_>

I have 2.73GB. For now. I'm always adding more. :P

Thanks for the advice. :) I actually use the DL Organizer quite a lot. All those 32,000 files are rigorously subfoldered down to CAS - Clothing - Elder - Swimsuits or Objects - Decorative - Miscellaneous - Bathroom.

My problem is really that I ... just ... have ... too ... much ... custom content (it's an effort even just to admit it) and I don't really want to loose any of it. :lol:

cateyann

21st Feb 2010, 4:20 AM

991 MB
3,368 files, and 72 folders.

Not as bad as I thought :)

PalmBeach

21st Feb 2010, 10:34 AM

I have 1300 files. it's just about 600 MB...

MagicMarker

21st Feb 2010, 3:42 PM

On my old laptop I had 6GB of CC and all the SP and EP (except AL) on it and my game took half an hour to load. I used to start the game and have to go off and watch a tv show or something till it loaded... lol. My new computer has all top of the range h/w on it. I have all the EPs and SP and 2GB of CC on installed on it and it only takes 3 minutes to load the game. Huuuuuuuuuuuuge difference!

ghost archer

21st Feb 2010, 10:13 PM

8 gig, 26000 pieces, with a lot of everything.

simetra866

22nd Feb 2010, 12:08 AM

uh...a lot. xD custom hairstlyes, makeup, skins etc. plus custom objects, modded maxis objects, and various mods. 2,379 files so far.

Julieryc

22nd Feb 2010, 1:45 PM

3.37 GB. I try to go through and delete stuff on a regular basis (right now, I really need to go through and cut down on clothing, since 1.35 GB of my CC is clothing.)

To the people with 8 or 9 GB...is that Compressorized? You could save a lot of space if you Compressorize.

kustirider2

22nd Feb 2010, 10:24 PM

Okay, now I understand, why my game is beginning to have issues. Almost 9 GB and 32,000 files - most of it objects and recolors.

I need to clean it up, but how? :blink:

Or you could start by going into Bodyshop, and sorting through that first :)

I have a couple of folders, but my main one is 2.3GB. Not bad

Kjsdx3

22nd Feb 2010, 10:34 PM

I have 19,598 Items, and it only takes up 2.1gb. I download small stuff. =P!!!

But I might wanna subfolder like,
"Clothes"
"Mods"
"makeup"
"Other"

Or something.
Most of them are either clothes, or makeup!
I wanna keep my sims stylish. :cool:
:alarm: I'm bored! Watch out for an earthquake. :alarm:

Kidding. xD

ginlynn03

24th Feb 2010, 10:45 PM

I have about 3.2 GB of CC......but I have a great laptop: 6GB of RAM and 500 GB of hard drive space so it still only takes about 1 1/2 minutes to load!

iCad

25th Feb 2010, 1:07 AM

I feel so very much lighter now! Over this past weekend I did a huge CC purge. I kept all of my hacks and hacked objects, but got rid of all my custom objects except for recolors of Maxis objects, most of the clothes and hairstyles I had but never use, a boatload of custom walls, carpets, etc. that I never use, and a bunch of other crap. All in all, I went from almost 5GB of CC to...about 650MB. And I'm loving it! Whee!

Prosthetics

2nd Mar 2010, 3:37 AM

My downloads folder, for the first time ever, has exploded to over a gig. It is currently 1.18 GB, 3.230 files, and 247 folders

FredDoolie

9th Mar 2010, 9:37 PM

I'll probably just delete the whole folder and redownload what I actually use.

Yeah, that's the right idea. I use to download lots of stuff because it looked cool but when will I ever use a death-ray gun, purple spiked hair or bright yellow eyes with red irises? It's just wasting disk space and making my game load sloooooowly.

Kailacat

11th Mar 2010, 5:04 AM

736 MB (I though I had so much more!)
2328 Files
141 Folders (CONTROL FREAK!)

Essa

15th Mar 2010, 1:16 AM

3.02 GB
I'm trying to clean it but I keep downloading stuff. Go figure. Sigh

aibiki

15th Mar 2010, 12:45 PM

720mb, and 2k files. D8 Most of it's hair and clothes for teen males and game mods. I've been trying to reduce the size, but haven't figured out the best way to do that yet. I can't remember which items can go into subfolders either. :C

ginrouken

15th Mar 2010, 3:03 PM

For clothes and hair, if you don't have screenshots along with the files to know what is what, the easiest way is to delete them from inside the game or bodyshop (whichever takes less time to load for you). Be cruel, delete everything you never use. Ask yourself if you're really really ever gonna use every single one of those hairs and clothes, or if you're just hoarding them because they're "so pretty :lovestruc ". It may be pretty, but if it's just making your game load sloooow to get no use, it's not worth keeping.

For hacks, first use Clean Installer to find any stray ones hiding outside your main hacks folder. Run the Conflict Detector to weed out stuff that may be giving you trouble without you even knowing. Then it's the boring but necessary part. You should go through each one of them (really, each one) and read the RTFM/readme to remember exactly what does each one do. If you don't have the rtfm/readme for all the hacks, google them - if a hack can't be found on google, it's likely old/outdated and probably not safe to keep in your game, zap it. Then ask yourself again if you really really can't do without this or that hack. A lot of hacks we download sound like a great idea in theory, but we end up never actually using it, or it just doesn't make sense with our play style. (eg. I had a bunch of zombie this bigfoot that hacks installed for a while, until one hack cleaning day I realized I never ever play zombies or bigfoots, so wtf was I even keeping those mods for?)

If you really wanna cut down, you just can't allow yourself to get all mellow as you do this. If you start going "but I could use this some day!", you won't actually clean out anything. (and you'll continue hoarding useless stuff - "some day" is code for "this hair is so pretty/this hack is so cool, but I'm never gonna use it" ;) )

aibiki

17th Mar 2010, 12:17 PM

Yeah, a lot of the hair recolors I won't be using anytime soon (even though they do fit my theme of feminine males very well), so a lot of those are out. My problems usually come from downloading a mesh and the original recolors file and ending up with a million colors. D8

For hacks, most of them are awesomemods, and a very few of them are from here. I will have to go see which ones I never use anymore. D8 But usually I'm pretty good about not downloading what I don't use.

Charmful

20th Mar 2010, 6:07 PM

Clothes and Hair are my main weakness, I don't like my sims to wear the same things at the same time, and I always try to avoid them having the same hair styles/colors at the same time. This OCD-ness cost my computer only 1.18 gig with 3,633 files. Although, I ordered Seasons and will be shopping around for outerwear in the next few weeks, which will increase it a hundred or so. >.<

amora_selvagen

21st Mar 2010, 4:20 PM

I got a lot i just realize it...and i do not want to give them up. but i have also a question. does the quantity of my dowloads can make my game crash?
I have 15gb more than 50000 packages. (omg ...lol)

redbramblexx

21st Mar 2010, 4:55 PM

I only have 126 MB with 343 files.
...I like to save space on my computer...

theguiltyone

21st Mar 2010, 10:34 PM

8.32 GB, 24, 296 files. Not as bad as I thought. :D

Exxy

22nd Mar 2010, 6:19 PM

^ ._.
What did you thing you had?!

I currently have 1.8 GB of CC.

theguiltyone

24th Mar 2010, 11:30 PM

Well, considering I go on a download-spree at least once a week, it very well could have been more. Much, much more...
xD

JillianWong

25th Mar 2010, 9:07 AM

I have way too much cc it is so addictive I've found myself downloading more cc then actually playing in the past few days.
So far I have 7.80 GB, 35,124 files.

piratemiya

25th Mar 2010, 9:19 PM

I have 2.5 GB of CC. I'm trying to get rid of things I don't use... but I'm sure my newfound obsession with all things Maxis-match will make up for it. :rolleyes:

supaclova

25th Mar 2010, 9:20 PM

I don't really even play the game that often...but I download CC pretty much every single day.
I have around 10,000 files. Plus a bunch I haven't installed yet.

Kailacat

28th Mar 2010, 3:07 AM

909 MB, 2814 files.
2 weeks ago it was 736 MB, 2328 files.
My backup from before I gave it up for Lent was 353 MB, 1207 files.
Uh oh, I've almost TRIPLED my amount of downloads! At least I'll have all sorts of cool new stuff for when I get back in game.

Prosthetics

28th Mar 2010, 3:13 AM

My downloads folder, for the first time ever, has exploded to over a gig. It is currently 1.18 GB, 3.230 files, and 247 folders

1.47GB, 3870 files, 269 folders

Sacred Nym

28th Mar 2010, 6:46 AM

753MB, 2177 files, 89 folders.

Wow, this stuff adds up fast.

KyleTheArtist

28th Mar 2010, 6:49 AM

A lot. :lol:

Let's see...3.68 GB and 11,820 items not bad...not bad..

Adfirmatio

30th Mar 2010, 4:37 AM

i have 34,000 Downloads 14 GBs worth

s2ladolcevita

4th Apr 2010, 2:08 AM

i have 34,000 Downloads 14 GBs worth

Oh my god! :blink: 14 gbs? Thats quite alot.

Currently I only have about 318 MB worth. I always feel really guilty when I mass download so I like to clean out stuff that i haven't used or got sick of, before I download new stuff.

sEv_o6

13th Apr 2010, 1:53 PM

Wow! i have two EP's only and I have only 92 FILES!(I restarted and deleted my previous downloads folder with 113 Mb of downloads.) And here I see people with over 2GIGS of downloads?!??!?! But it is fine with me because from clicking the icon to inside my lot it would take approximately 1Min and 3 secs.(I deleted the OP videos too. And I left Strangetown and Belladonna Cove as my Neigh :rofl: :mod: :giggler: ;) borhoods.) Got a nice loading time here. :D

LittleFallenAngel

13th Apr 2010, 2:44 PM

I have 744 files totaling up to 166MB

Since that post a few months ago, I now have 1,095 files in 15 folders, totaling up to 338MB.

Clashfan

13th Apr 2010, 3:14 PM

PolterGeist44

21st Apr 2010, 5:00 PM

Other than Sims LS walls, objects floor and such shit, I don't really use custom content except for cars and gamer posters but I don't have alot of these in my downloads folder.

ForeverCamp

21st Apr 2010, 9:07 PM

3.03GB and 10,450 items, and this is the cleaned up version. My new policy is I have to get rid of something before I can add something. So if I must have a new hair I have to let one go. Makes me more selective that way, of course I've already broken it.

My family does that in RL - my father calls the "Mass Negative Approach".

Mass Positive = Bad. You bring home something new, but get rid of nothing.
Mass Neutral = Better. You bring home something new, get rid of one old thing.
Mass Negative = Best. You bring home something new, get rid of two or more old things.

Anyway, update on my custom content folder:

Whoa. :blink: More than I thought. 1.2 GB (4,420 files in 142 folders). Maybe it's time to cull the masses? :o

Maranatah

6th May 2010, 4:59 PM

I just did a spring cleaning in my DL-folder, it's now 4.78 Gb... Still have to get rid of some build mode files though. I have an urge to delete the whole file and start fresh but I couldn't do it, not yet anyway. ;P I wish I knew what those clothing files are, there are alot of them and I just don't have the energy to delete them one by one in CAS or BS.

GeneralOperationsDirector

6th May 2010, 7:56 PM

Update:

Size: 6.21 GB (6,669,280,689 bytes)
Size on disk: 6.25 GB (6,715,613,184 bytes)
Contains: 22,850 Files, 4884 Folders

...about 99.9% from MTS.

...and growing...Update:

Size: 6.62 GB (7,115,123,009 bytes)
Size on disk: 6.67 GB (7,162,970,112 bytes)
Contains: 23,680 Files, 5,189 Folders

...about 99.9% from MTS.

...and growing...

...despite going in and purging duplicate files frequently...

Gingerxyz

9th May 2010, 3:00 PM

6 weeks later I'm at 3.34GB :blink:
12,889 files 909 folders...
I now have 4.30GB, 16,650 files, 1016 folders.

Clashfan

9th May 2010, 7:38 PM

3.03GB and 10,450 items, and this is the cleaned up version.

New version 3.38GB and 10,513 items. Now this may not seem like much of a change, however what this really reflects is my hunting down orphaned meshes and a large purging of files.

Of course I promptly went out and downloaded more than I got rid of. :D

I really have to stop reading those "look what I found" or "great free stuff" threads on forums.

hjkjr2

15th May 2010, 8:35 AM

I've got about 11,000 or so DLs, and recently got a new machine with Windows 7, 4Gs of RAM, and over 600Gs of hard space, so mine loads ok. The kicker was that when I finally went to organize them, it took days! (organized in folders of where I got them, then in subfolders of by whom they were made)

firecausesburns

16th May 2010, 2:17 PM

927 MB, which actually isn't as bad as I thought it'd be. Lately whenever I've downloaded clothing (which I have the most of by far) I've tried to delete something I already have so I don't keep piling everything up.

I've cut it down to 780MB.. I went through and categorised everything that wasn't already categorised, and I managed to get rid of a fair bit of stuff.

julia100

16th May 2010, 4:18 PM

Right now I have around 12,500 files...nothing compared to the 30,000 files I used to have ! :$
I'm not really worried about my computer, it's practically brand new and apparently has a hard drive nearly impossible to fill up.
I'm more worried about the unbearable loading times I used to endure when playing sims 2 ..lol.
I'm not actually sure where all those files come from...I just finished deleting about 1,000 useless clutter objects, and now, I guess it's mostly hair or clothes? Not quite sure :$

mangaroo

19th May 2010, 6:43 PM

4.02G
15,202 files
1318 folders

I really want to cut that down to < 2G, but I'm having a hard time giving up my recolors. Score one for TS3's CASt system.

ashleiighbabes_ox

19th May 2010, 7:14 PM

none, i just had to reboot my computer ):

jodemilo

19th May 2010, 9:55 PM

I have almost 3GB of downloads - almost 9000 files and 289 folders (I'm a folders freak, I hate not knowing what's in my downloads and being able to find stuff easily).

I realise this is increasing, only a month ago it was about 5,000 files, so now I'm getting into the habit of deleting stuff I rarely use or don't like at the same time as I put new stuff in.

Unfortuntaely I messed up a bit this afternoon in all my eagerness to clear out a lot of texture files. I went back into a few builds (apartments) and many of the floor and wall textures had disappeared. this was pretty annoying actually as it meant I had to move all the tenants out of the apartments before I could redecorate. I know there's a cheat where you can do it whilst tenants are still there but I didn't want to tempt fate and am doing it the long way - doing a bit of remodelling of the builds while I'm at it.

Kailacat

23rd May 2010, 7:36 AM

1.28 GB. At first I misread it, 4.28 GB and I went and looked at previous post and other peoples' posts and I thought, WHAT HAVE I DONE?!!?!??! Lol

DigitalMonster

11th Jun 2010, 6:23 AM

207 Folders
108 MB

It seems like nothing compared to everyone else!

christmas fear

11th Jun 2010, 7:00 AM

i used to have a LOT of downloads,

but lately i've been able to start over a few times, and even restrain myself from things i really don't need.

my latest downloads folder consists of 4,604 files and is 1.90 gigabytes.

oh, and 105 folders.

Prosthetics

12th Jun 2010, 8:05 PM

1.47GB, 3870 files, 269 folders

2.25GB (2.27 on the disk), 6328 files, 648 folders.

lauratje86

14th Jun 2010, 4:54 PM

Currently 1.36GB, but there's loads more stuff I want! :-) I just reinstalled, and I haven't redownloaded a lot of my favourite custom content yet. It used to be over 3GB, I think.....

GeneralOperationsDirector

15th Jun 2010, 7:34 PM

Update:

Size: 6.62 GB (7,115,123,009 bytes)
Size on disk: 6.67 GB (7,162,970,112 bytes)
Contains: 23,680 Files, 5,189 Folders

...about 99.9% from MTS.

...and growing...

...despite going in and purging duplicate files frequently...Update:

Size: 6.78 GB (7,280,607,264 bytes)
Size on disk: 6.82 GB (7,331,811,328 bytes)
Contains: 25,271 Files, 5,418 Folders

...about 99.9% from MTS.

...and growing...

...despite going in and purging duplicate files frequently...

katurmom

25th Jun 2010, 6:42 AM

I have about 5 gigs.. just random bodyshop things :)

cancerously

29th Jun 2010, 4:30 AM

1.25 gigs. in a month and a half.

please_dont_crash_my_game

29th Jun 2010, 7:28 PM

~1.15 GB / ~3,000 files. Minus stuff I'm working on that's stored in my download directory but does nothing for my game (probably a solid 50MB), it's around 1.1GB. Since I only started playing TS2 around two or three months ago, I'd guess that's about par. :P

Update: It's been about six months, and now I'm up to 1.61 GB. About 70 MB of that is - again - stuff that I'm working on that does nothing for my game, so it's probably closer to 1.54GB.

0.44GB more content in six months? Man, that's actually not that much :lol:

TBot411

3rd Jul 2010, 10:20 AM

I backed up my file today and it said I had a little over 10,000 Items. This includes most of the content of about four dead sites that I down loaded before they disappeared. I am at about 3.5 Gb. This may seem a little small but I have learned not to download full Sims, etc. for a piece of c.c. they may have but instead go and hunt it down myself. I find that this saves a great deal of time on loading. Folder wise, I have quite a few, I have learned to subcategorize my downloads, I can usually find any particular piece very quickly when I need to.

Lions.Can.Roar

10th Jul 2010, 10:43 PM

I have to play the Sims at my dad's house and he doesn't have internet in my room.
So, I have no CC D:

jodemilo

11th Jul 2010, 1:18 AM

I now have 4GB and 14,000 files. So it's increased 1 GB since last time I posted, but at least it's increasing at a slower rate than before. :)

Why do I think of the saying "My dad is bigger than your dad" when I read this thread, or "my boyfriend's w*lly is bigger than yours!". :lol: Just kidding.

Oops, that was a bit risque of me! :giggler: *Slouches back off under her stone...*

Koda_lovemusic.

11th Jul 2010, 2:30 AM

373 MB in 635 files...but that was after I decided a good old wipe was in order. Before then it got to about 2 GB

Still...it makes my TS3 download folder look like nothing :P

Six_by_Nine

11th Jul 2010, 2:44 AM

Holy flying monkeys, Batman! GIGABITS?! I only have 92-ish files! D:

cheshirekat

17th Jul 2010, 9:02 AM

Apparently, I have no will-power. 4.76 GB. It was just 3.95 GB at the beginning of the month.

But I like seeing all the pretty stuff in my game.

*Mumbling repeatedly to self, "Do the purge."*

Kindergoat54

19th Jul 2010, 1:34 PM

1.76 GB, compressed and in folders according to what site it came from. I'm stunned at how organized I have become with TS2 and TS3 downloads.

lientebollemeis

26th Jul 2010, 8:38 PM

For me it's about 3.5Gb and just not 10000 files.
I have a lot of hacks, foods and kidsstuff. I think I like those the most.
Of course by starting creating myself, I have a lot of careers and postcards too. ;)

I noticed that the size of my downloadfolder increased a lot from the moment I was at home (holidays) and not at work (I'm a teacher so I'm at home from 1th of July until 31th of August)

Sparklycookie

26th Jul 2010, 8:43 PM

Nearly 6gb already! I'm obsessed!

lientebollemeis

26th Jul 2010, 8:48 PM

Apparantly :p
I'm trying to keep my hard drive as empty as possible (I have an external hard drive with all my date) so I'm trying to keep my CC to the minimum.

hailgirl20

27th Jul 2010, 12:49 AM

And I thought I had a lot!

Size: 1.07 GB (1,152,051,909 bytes)

Contains: 2,121 Files, 12 Folders

Vettias

27th Jul 2010, 6:23 AM

I had attempted to keep it organized, but I have deleted my whole CC junk about 3 times, so this is a lot less then what I've had in the past.

Currently I'm sitting at 489 MB.

15 folders, 1773 files. (not including the files in the folders too lazy to count)

I'm surprised at the amount some people have been at in the past. I used to go on CC-downloading sprees. But whenever i clear out, I re-download all of Adele's stoof because I use her furniture in every single house I get. Then I used to download just about every hairstyle. But there's not that many good hairstyles for men. I don't like the whole anime thing on Sims, I lean towards realistic stuff.

lientebollemeis

27th Jul 2010, 8:12 AM

I think it's hard to remove CC once you've used it as it's hard to know in which household you've used which CC. And when you remove that CC then you can be in trouble with your game so I really don't remove anything.

omgrawr213

4th Aug 2010, 5:44 AM

I have close to 2 GB of CC. I'm so naaaauuuughhhhtyyyyy. :P
I mean, I'm really pushing it on my dinosawr of a laptop... it only has 1 gig of ram and a 1.8 ghz processor. :/
Plus, the game usually takes 10-15 minutes to load. D:

AlexandraSpears

4th Aug 2010, 5:39 PM

About 126 MB. Found this out when I copied my Downloads folder (sometimes if I delete the Double Deluxe folder to start everything over...I forget about the Downloads folder and there goes my CC).

It's basically hairstyles, some clothing, and lots of matching sets for different rooms (bedrooms, etc., and matching walls and floors). And curtains that fit those single-tile windows that straddle two tiles! (Other than the Window Dressing curtains that came with Seasons.)

Oh, and SimBlender. I do have InTeen downloaded but not installed.

Kailacat

4th Aug 2010, 6:17 PM

1.28 GB. At first I misread it, 4.28 GB and I went and looked at previous post and other peoples' posts and I thought, WHAT HAVE I DONE?!!?!??! Lol

That was about 2 months ago. Now it's 2.5 GB! I've DOUBLED the size! Argh!

But it's organized. I have 700 folders. ;)

DM was on fire!

4th Aug 2010, 6:42 PM

Blargh. I need to organize mine by site.

11,000+ items. 1,000+ folders. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 5.5gb.

Nalia

4th Aug 2010, 6:47 PM

5.56 GB
17,973 files in 191 folders ...and counting.
Mostly: male hair and clothes, make-up and genetics.
Loading time: 3 mins

TheGuySim

4th Aug 2010, 7:52 PM

1.45 GB
4,828 Files in 912 Folders.

Which isnt too bad, its strictly Maxis-match stuff only!

Yukkuri Shiteite ne

4th Aug 2010, 9:03 PM

939MB and contains 2,673 Files, 146 Folders :D

AlexandraSpears

5th Aug 2010, 12:07 AM

I'm almost afraid to download too much because I have 2 GB of RAM and am running Vista. At least my processor is fast.

Prosthetics

18th Aug 2010, 10:47 AM

2.25GB (2.27 on the disk), 6328 files, 648 folders.

3.61 GB (3.63 on the disk), 11808 files, 1082 folders

malfoya

18th Aug 2010, 10:58 AM

609 MB (613 on the disk), 2054 files, 11 folders
Luckily I see that a lot of you has a LOT moreXD So hopefully the computer will run a little longer before I have to delete something.

AlexandraSpears

18th Aug 2010, 2:38 PM

Starting everything over again (again!) but I keep a copy of my Downloads folder.

Here's my current tally: 263 MB, countless files and folders. I just downloaded Squinge's breastfeeding mod and the enhancement to make Sims nurse faster.

(Note: I found out that it's apparently incompatible with Inteen, so I'm not going to install Inteen.)

Mostly, though, it's hair, clothing, furniture sets, walls, and floors. I love to color-coordinate things.

MaydayParade

20th Aug 2010, 12:15 PM

I think if I could actually be bothered to count I would be there all day, my folder is 3.28gb, but it was only 2gb at the beginning of the month, ha, I wish I was organised with sub folders and stuff, but i'm not, my files are uber messy, I like to call it, organised chaos. :D

funcioná!!!

22nd Aug 2010, 7:26 PM

My Downloads folder has 1,65 GB (4690 files) , and my SavedSims folder has 199 MB (373 files). The Downloads folder contains mostly Body Shop content, a few walls and floors, and some objects recolors. The SavedSims folder contains recolors made by me and very few sims. The game (saved games included) occupies 21,54 GB.

Two months later:
My Downloads folder has 3,51 GB (9358 files). I spent more time downloading stuff than playing the game.

Neo-Nightmare

29th Aug 2010, 3:35 AM

150 MB
1,004 Files, 17 Folders

cheshirekat

29th Aug 2010, 8:02 AM

Now that I've downloaded enough stuff so that I don't have to be frustrated with a lack of options, especially when building lots or clothing my sims, my Download folder has grown to 7.1 GB.

I expect it to grow a little more because I'm still hunting for neighborhood decorations. And I'm always finding a lot of good stuff from GOS' monthly themes and contests. But, I think I will start to worry a bit when it gets to 10 GB and takes more than 10 minutes to load. Right now, it only takes about 5 minutes to get to the neighborhood screen. And I dump all the cache files every time I load the game.

I haven't considered checking my saved sims folder. I probably should. Since I learned how to recolor clothes in bodyshop, a couple weeks ago, I've been recoloring my favorite outfits like a fiend.

amora_selvagen

29th Aug 2010, 2:35 PM

I just started my game new...right now I got 6.45 gb 20481files 39folders

Nalia

2nd Sep 2010, 6:59 PM

I just started my game new...right now I got 6.45 gb 20481files 39folders :lol: Think what will happen after a couple of months.

pinimon162

2nd Sep 2010, 7:07 PM

199 mbs. I like most of the maxis stuff so it's mostly mods and a few houses and stuff. I don't have any clothes or hair. I used to have about 3gbs but I like my game running fast, and most of all I like my sims to look like sims! I don't really care for the absolutely perfect skin and hair that make them look real. I'm lucky to have enough eps that I don't have to worry about sims having the same hairstyle or whatever too.

Prosthetics

4th Sep 2010, 11:17 PM

3.61 GB (3.63 on the disk), 11808 files, 1082 folders

3.40 GB (3.43 on the disk), 13494 files, 1122 folders.

Yay compressorizor!

Lutijen

5th Sep 2010, 5:07 AM

About 100 MB of custom content. Mostly houses and hairs, and a bit of eyes, skin and cloths.

Sango_Uchiha

5th Sep 2010, 3:53 PM

1.35 GB, 34 subfolders.

TBot411

7th Sep 2010, 3:14 AM

9,348 files in 2,600 folders or 3.95 GB. I keep my downloads well organized in folders so I can find any given download in under a minute, which is considerably faster than my computer can find it. :) In it is the bulk of the former Curvalicious site or 389 files as well as much of the former Simcastics Design site.

Shoosh Malooka

7th Sep 2010, 4:40 AM

Nothing but about 30 celebrities and fictional characters. Actually I only installed one of them for now, which is Kathy Griffon. The rest I'm uncertain of because they pointed to other required material that I also had to download. I'm paranoid that, after all that downloading and reading and checking, some of them still will not look exactly as they did on their description page.

What I really hate is when the author is so vague about which download is required: 'Go to x site and get the one on page 3, fourth one down.' Just tell me the name of the file, please.

amora_selvagen

14th Sep 2010, 8:58 AM

:lol: Think what will happen after a couple of months.
:faceslap: :faceslap: :faceslap:
I can't stop....I am leaving ....I am going to rehab!!!! :blink: :blink: :blink:

pinimon162

19th Sep 2010, 7:18 PM

C_Guy

6th Oct 2010, 12:24 AM

1.35 GB, 34 subfolders.

Subfolders? I didn't know are EA game download folder could have them, I tried subfolders in my game and something's didn't show or work in game, I have all 8 expansions and all 8 stuff packs!..

Could you please state would can have subfolders?

4gb and I haven't even put any clothes or accessories in it yet, haven't downloaded any clothes or accessories!.http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/4678/iconeeko.gif

thx :cool: Craig