What downloads to delete to make loading times of game and lots more efficient?

[witch]

So what would happen if GLS were loaded after Pets?

[jsalemi]

Not sure.  It may still just run the latest EP (Pets) regardless of the install order.

[jrd]

It does. The highest game version is run, which is currently Pets. It just enables or disables previous XP and SP content on the basis of them being installed or not.

[KevinTMC]

So does this mean that Glamour, and even FFS, can be installed once you've got Pets, without fear that they'll screw with the core game and break stuff?

And how about the new Holiday pack?

[jrd]

Yup, that's what it means.

The new holiday pack, like the old holiday pack, is not an expansion or "stuff pack". It is a patch for objects.package and a few addon bins, so no possibility of a conflict. If Maxis did all their "stuff packs" this way they wouldn't be so annoying!

[witch]

Great. So that means as long as the actual EPs are installed in order, the game engine should be as good as it gets. The other ripoff packs can be added or removed whenever.

[jrd]

The actual XPs can be installed out of order as well. If you now only have base+Pets, and install NL/Uni/OFB at some point in the future, you won't need to update your mods. You jsut get access to game features which were disabled before.

As long as the XP/SP you install is older (qua game version) than the XP/SP you run currently, you will not get into problems.