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Chloe2445
4 years ago
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Sims 3 Mods won’t work

So I have sims 3 installed via steam, I own every expension and stuff pack except Katy perry sweet treats, and I already deleted all cache files, reset my game, removed and re added mods, I also have...
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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    4 years ago

    @Chloe2445  The first three screenshots are irrelevant, but the last two make the issue clear: the folders that contain your mods and cc are directly within the Mods folder.  You need to put them into the Packages folder that's inside Mods.

    After moving the mods and cc to Packages, delete the five cache files in the Sims 3 folder:

    • CASPartCache.package
    • compositorCache.package
    • scriptCache.package
    • simCompositorCache.package
    • socialCache.package
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puzzlezaddict
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2 years ago

@torischiebel  Are you sure that this is the Sims 3 folder the game is reading?  Please double-check the date on DeviceConfig.log: it should exactly match the last time you launched the game.  If not, you're in the wrong folder.  And make sure you've deleted scriptCache.package in the Sims 3 folder as well.

If this isn't the problem, try downloading a (new) copy of the Mods Framework from MTS, and see whether the two sample mods work.  Don't add any other mods to the new folder, at least not the first time around.  If nointro and NoBuildSparkles work, then you can start adding your other mods.

http://modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Installing_Sims_3_Package_Files/Setup_and_Files

By the way, I meant to say so before, but there is one Sims3Pack file in your current Packages folder.  That needs to go in ...The Sims 3 > Downloads and be installed through the launcher; the game can't read it when it's in Mods > Packages.

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torischiebel
2 years ago

@puzzlezaddict i screenshotted my sims 3 folder because im not finding "Sims3Pack" in there as well as my package folder.

Also i dont know how to check the device log when i click on it its a bunch of random numbers/letters

@puzzlezaddict wrote:

@torischiebel  Are you sure that this is the Sims 3 folder the game is reading?  Please double-check the date on DeviceConfig.log: it should exactly match the last time you launched the game.  If not, you're in the wrong folder.  And make sure you've deleted scriptCache.package in the Sims 3 folder as well.

If this isn't the problem, try downloading a (new) copy of the Mods Framework from MTS, and see whether the two sample mods work.  Don't add any other mods to the new folder, at least not the first time around.  If nointro and NoBuildSparkles work, then you can start adding your other mods.

http://modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Installing_Sims_3_Package_Files/Setup_and_Files

By the way, I meant to say so before, but there is one Sims3Pack file in your current Packages folder.  That needs to go in ...The Sims 3 > Downloads and be installed through the launcher; the game can't read it when it's in Mods > Packages.

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    2 years ago

    @torischiebel  In the first screenshot you included, this one:

    https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-PC/Sims-3-Mods-won-t-work/m-p/13358922?attachment-id=777873#M263333

    The third entry, "Evergreen Mansion Furnished," is a Sims3Pack.  This is a file extension, as in, a type of file, not the name of an individual file.  Your copy of Windows is set not to display some file extensions, which is why you see .package on the end of the other files but not .Sims3Pack on the end of this one.

    You do not need to open DeviceConfig.log.  (And it's not a bunch of random characters; the file contains a lot of useful data if you know how to read it.)  You need to look at the modified date to the right of the file name.  That is what should match the last time you opened Sims 3.

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    torischiebel
    2 years ago

    so i restarted and downloaded from MTS a new framework set up zip. I put the device config thats reading todays date in my sims 3 folder and got rid of the old one. I launched my game and the intro still comes up. ALL my old mods are deleted so i only have the two that come in the framework as seen below 

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    puzzlezaddict
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    2 years ago

    @torischiebel  The DeviceConfig.log is output, a reading of the computer's hardware and settings as Sims 3 reads it at launch.  You don't put this file anywhere.  You check the time stamp on the file to see whether it's current.  If the time stamp isn't current, you are not looking in the correct Sims 3 folder, and any mods in that folder won't work.

    The correct folder is the one where the DeviceConfig already has the correct time stamp.  I'm sorry, but I can't be any clearer than this.

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    torischiebel
    2 years ago

    sheesh.. sorry i’m not a computer wizard. The device log has the correct time stamp and it’s still not working. Sorry for bothering you. It’s my first time doing all this. 

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    2 years ago

    @torischiebel  Please create a new admin Windows account on your computer.  Make it local, as in, don't link it to your Microsoft account.  (If you're asked whether you want OneDrive or automatic backups or anything else account-related, say no.)  Here's how:

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-a-local-user-or-administrator-account-in-windows-20de74e0-ac7f-3502-a866-32915af2a34d

    Launch Sims 3 once to create a new user folder, download the Mods Framework again, and place it in Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3.  Let me know whether the two sample mods work.

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    toshiro133
    6 months ago

    i dont have the .log file in my sims folder AT ALL. it isnt populating after launching the game

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    puzzlezaddict
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    6 months ago

    @toshiro133  If you mean DeviceConfig.log, it has to exist somewhere once the game has launched.  Check OneDrive's version of Documents, or if it's not there, the Documents folder that isn't in OneDrive.  To make sure you're viewing the intende folder, open a File Explorer window, click This PC in the left panel, double-click the C drive on the right (you might need to scroll down a  bit), and open Users > your username > etc.

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