Unable to Start Error on Mac

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I keep getting the ...."Unable to start:Cannot start because game data is missing or damaged. If you have Mods installed please remove them and try again.&nbsp; If not, please repair or reinstall the game via Origin.[de4ee14f:29f00e76:00000000:4b0d852b]"I &nbsp;removed all mods and repaired the game.Open Sims, works fine.&nbsp;I install the mods back.I open the game, play it with mods, it runs fine again, (it ran for 3 hours, playing with the same exact mods)&nbsp;I hit save, come back the following day and I get this error message.I have repaired the game.&nbsp;I have also removed the entire game, downloaded it back.&nbsp;It was working fine last night. I have all my mods downloaded through the TSR CC mod manager. &nbsp;This same thing has happened &nbsp;3-4 days this week.&nbsp;I am becoming unbelievably annoyed with this. What could cause this?&nbsp;I am on MacBook Pro.I also should add, I have moved&nbsp;the entire Sims 4 folder out of Documents &gt; Electronic Arts and onto my desktop .. it just creates a new sims4 folder in documents.&nbsp;

bluebellflora · Answer

@KDL33&nbsp;wrote:
I also should add, I have moved&nbsp;the entire Sims 4 folder out of Documents &gt; Electronic Arts and onto my desktop .. it just creates a new sims4 folder in documents.&nbsp;

Correct. This is the most basic number one troubleshooting step to try when your game does not work as expected as none of your user data in the Sims 4 folder is loaded into the game. Moving your thread to the Mods forum as you are not getting the error in a vanilla game.

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