Everytime I put my pc on and go to the launcher, most of my downloads show as not being installed. So i am having to select all and install them every time i start the game. I don't think i have any store content or from the exchange. Most of the DL's come from Mod the Sims and The sims resource. How can I find out what is causing this problem?

Many thanks

Might be easier to convert everything to packages, using Delphy's tool https://modthesims.info/d/364038/de...-sept-2009.html

You can place the sims3packs in one folder and select all, and the tool will create packages in seconds. Then, drop them in your Packages folder.

One question to ask though is even though the Launcher does not see the content as installed, is it actually showing up in the game? If so, then there really isn't a problem. The TS3 Launcher is not well known for being reliable and stable (understatement of the century).

Also, once content is actually installed and confirmed to be showing up in-game, you can clear the content files out of the Downloads folder and perhaps store it all someplace else. The Launcher doesn't typically need the extra overhead of having to read all that stuff at each startup if it's already in-game, meaning already in the dbc files within the DCCache folder, which is where the installation process puts them.