Some questions about packing away simmies

[FredDoolie]

1) When I package a sim with Bodyshop, is the *ENTIRE* sim packaged? I mean *ALL* parts (eyes, clothes, meshes.....) so I send my friend a sim and he'll have the whole thing?

If so, why do people only package part of a sim and then give you 18 links to get the rest? That seems mean. Why not pack the whole thing in one file?

If not, how do I tell what stuff didn't get packaged?

2) Same question for packaging a lot. *ALL* sims, clothing, objects..everything?

I can pack up all my sims and lots and not lose any part of them?
I can delete my Downloads afterwards and get all my simmys and lots back as they were?

3) Does packaging a lot cause a "Time Freeze" in the packaged lot?

4) Can you package eyes and clothes and whatever too?

Sorry to be so picky but I need to be sure. I'm going to clean out my sims and lots by packaging all the stuff I like and then deleting the entire download folder to dump the rest. I don't want to lose any needed stuff.

I was thinking of putting all the MASH people in the 4077th lot, the trailer trashes in the trailer lots (and so on) and then packaging the lots.

5) What's the maximum sims per lot? Eight? Rats! There are 11 MASH people!

Thanks

[~kathy~]

1) When I package a sim with Bodyshop, is the *ENTIRE* sim packaged? I mean *ALL* parts (eyes, clothes, meshes.....) so I send my friend a sim and he'll have the whole thing?

If so, why do people only package part of a sim and then give you 18 links to get the rest? That seems mean. Why not pack the whole thing in one file?

If not, how do I tell what stuff didn't get packaged?
Yes I believe when you package it does infact package all of it. However when members upload a sim and they include links they have removed contact that was not theirs or they didn't have permission to share. That is not mean it is common courtsey.

2) Same question for packaging a lot. *ALL* sims, clothing, objects..everything?

I can pack up all my sims and lots and not lose any part of them?
I can delete my Downloads afterwards and get all my simmys and lots back as they were?
I believe you can package a lot with all the sims and objects. However I do believe you lose the clothes. Be prepared if you have custom content I believe all of it will be packaged inside the house unless you use clean installer to remove it.

3) Does packaging a lot cause a "Time Freeze" in the packaged lot?
I believe they will maintain their cash and what not but a time freeze not sure

4) Can you package eyes and clothes and whatever too?
What do you mean?

5) What's the maximum sims per lot? Eight? Rats! There are 11 MASH people!
Yes only 8

[FredDoolie]

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4) Can you package eyes and clothes and whatever too?

What do you mean?
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Have Bodyshop put clothes and all their meshes and recolors into a simpack file so everything is together. It seems that when people make clothing the names don't match. Example: "fancydressred.package" "fancydressgreen.package" "joesmesh" "heels1234.mesh" "6363535475.package" and 12 other files might all be part of the same piece or set of clothing. I'd like to just automagically package the entire thing as one simpack file.