Sims 3: Mods folder & mods not working
Hi friends. Weird issue here. Been playing TS3 again recently, and my mods folder seems to just… not work. Almost as if it’s not synced to the game. Anything downloaded through the launcher is fine...
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@CatSimmer123 Please post a screenshot of the contents of the folder that contains your mods, as in, I'd like to see the list of mods themselves. Include the address bar, above the list of files and folders, in the screenshot. From your description, I'd guess everything is fine on this end, but it's always better to be thorough, and a new pair of eyes can't hurt.
Please also let me know what kind of install this is—EA App, disc, Steam, something else—and what game version shows in the lower-left corner of the launcher.
EA App install, running 1.69.
I really appreciate your help, thank you for this 🙂
Update: I'm noticing you can't expand these, so I'm just attaching them here.
@CatSimmer123 How did you move the Sims 3 folder to E: by moving all of Documents to E through the Windows option, by using a symbolic link, or something else? (I realize your other files work but am trying to cover all bases.) Is E an internal drive or external device, and if external, what format does it have?
Additionally, if you use a third-party app or Windows Defender's Controlled Folder Access, please set exceptions for TS3.exe and EADesktop.exe. It would be best to download a fresh copy of one mod and test it after setting the exceptions.
I actually don’t exactly remember the details, but it’s an SSD that I linked through properties of the .exe file.
It’s been that way for years and has always worked just fine, but I was having issues with the launcher and renamed the entire folder as a backup and put the old mods into the new, fresh folder and it seems that that’s when it got messed up.
All files related to EA are checked as exceptions to defender & antivirus.
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