More Downloads Folder Organizing

[strangetomato]

I've been doing a massive amount of clean up to my downloads folder, especially where hair is concerned. This is really helping with loading times, but creates other problems. Somewhere along the line, I seem to have removed the hair I was using on Kimberly Cordial by accident and now I can't remember where it came from. It's so frustrating! I know it's a free Peggy hair, and located the mesh name from her website, but is it just me or do her hairs have no titles? Neither her site nor the hair wiki seem to refer to it by any name I could search. No, that would be too easy. *sighs*

I was sure it was one of simgaroop's older retextures (and that would make sense, because I've removed a LOT of her hairs, due to the fact that I had about a million of them in my game), but I can't locate it on Simlish Creations, her journal posts, her photobucket album, or her mediafire folders. I've gone just about mad. :P

I mostly just wanted to bitch, but this is the hair I'm referring to, just in case you might recognize it. Cleaning up your downloads folder is hard work!

I've also been making use of a lot of the new clothing mesh defaults that are being created lately. I especially love the sets that dhearest and le_plat_du_jour have been releasing, but there are many other great finds out there. If you haven't already, check out le_plat_du_jour's amazing resource, sims2_defaults. This helps with conflicting defaults, which is so very helpful.

Has anyone else been trying out these defaults? I'm not going to replace everything, since some of the questionable stuff can be funny, and I need some for character reasons. For example, nobody has replaced the basegame afbodydress with anything equally mom-ish, and there are very few options for this age group as it is, so it stays). I'd love to see some nice Maxis-match work-appropriate defaults for the basegame suits, since they're so often used as work clothing for the various careers.

Some of the basegame textures and meshes are just bad, though. There's no two ways around it. I hate, hate, hate everything about afbottomflairedpantssandals, for one example, and I'm sure I'm not alone on that. What are your most hated basegame meshes?

Comments

[smjoshsims.livejournal.com]

I was apparently late, since someone linked you before me, but I did recognize it!

Holy Simoly stuff is gorgeous, and I should really follow your lead. I have a lot of their stuff and I don't even use it. :\

I was never bad about buy and build mode stuff, but I have so much hair and so many clothes! And most of the clothes are all recolors of the same few outfits over and over again. it's terrible.

I DID. I cried a little, it was a sad moment for sure. :P

I have like 10 billion cardigan and cardigan recolors. I need to delete them as well. xD

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

It's okay, hon. You were still on the ball. ^_^

Haha. That's me, exactly. I never use some of it, but yet I feel as though I must have it in my game because it's so well made. XD It's stupid, though. If I pull it out and keep it in a folder I can always add it back in if I "need" it later.

Maybe I'm talking crazy, but I may even remove some of the bazillion freckle masks I have. How many freckles does one simmer need?

I know. Crazy talk, right? XD

I'm going to be very strict on the cardigans. I'kk keep some basics, but save all the rest in a folder and add back if I need a specific colour.