That's not quite how it's working for me. All of the items that I downloaded with the launcher from the Sims 3 Store at least 100 years ago still worked in game prior to my moving of the DCCache files to the Package folder and have retained their plumbob, whereas any of my recent ill gotten gains and custom content did not show up prior to my moving of the DCCache files and have lost their plumbob.

I can only assume from this that any of the content which the game manages to load from the original DCCache folder keeps the plumbob even if the DCCache files are duplicated in the Package folder, but any content which doesn't get loaded unless it has been moved to the Package folder will lack the plumbob. I'm not close friends with the inner workings of the game though, so I could be wrong.

I've never had to jump through this many hoops in order to make a game playable before but I managed in the end by moving the DCCache files and avoiding the dreaded launcher like the plague, despite the fact that I have legitimate copies of the game and the expansion. The fact that my expansion pack and base game are from different regions only exacerbated the problem, editing the registry should not be nescessary simply for me to patch my game.

The only unusual thing that I have noticed is that all of the custom content that I have installed, aside from the items that I downloaded from the Sims 3 Store, have lost the small plumbob icon which designates them as custom content. This is of course not a major problem, it just irks me a little. Is this something that everyone is experiencing, and if so is there a way to get the plumbob icon to appear? I'm rather fond of knowing what comes in the base game and what is new to me considering I usually don't use custom content right away.