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Re: Custom content just won't work?

Okay, so I fixed it - even though I don't fully understand how/why it started working again:

My Documents folder on my Mac was synced to iCloud. I renamed the EA folder to EA.nosync, and waited for the file to be removed from iCloud. I then relaunched the game and enabled script/content mods. This created an entirely new folder structure which synced to iCloud but as if it were a new install.

I then copied over my mods to the new mods folder in the new structure. Once that was done, I deleted the EA.nosync folder. I lost all my saved households, however, all the content does now work - which was what I wanted!

5 Replies

Bluebellflora
Hero+
7 years ago
@IAmADKnight

The game will only read the Sims 4 folder locally on your Mac in Macintosh HD⁩ ▸ ⁨Users⁩ ▸ ⁨YourUserAccount ▸ ⁨Documents⁩ ▸ ⁨Electronic Arts⁩ ▸ The Sims 4
ADKnight81
7 years ago
In doing what I did it now works and everything just syncs via the iCloud Drive. Not entirely sure how what I did fixed it, but it has.
Bluebellflora
Hero+
7 years ago
@ADKnight81

Hmm, interesting. So your iCloud Drive is set up to store your Documents folder in the cloud and all your saves and other game settings are loading fine?
ADKnight81
7 years ago
Yup.
Just by doing what I said: changing the original EA folder to .nosync, then loading up the game which created a new files structure in the Documents folder (synced to iCloud). I then deleted the original EA folder.
Obviously in doing so I lost all of my original saves, but that was fine by me because I'd only played once before wanting to mod and I hadn't got very far anyway. Now everything is synced to the iCloud Drive and everything is working fine...
...but I'll be damned if I can tell you why!
Bluebellflora
Hero+
7 years ago
@ADKnight81

Yes, it's weird! The Electronic Arts folder is hidden from Spotlight searches which makes the .nosync change even more bizarre. You can try it out by just entering Electronic Arts or Sims 4 or any contents of the Sims 4 folder into Spotlight.