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Fratsje
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1 hour ago

The Sims 3 game won't start up anymore when the mods folder is in it


Hello everyone,

Since today's latest update of the EA app my sims 3 game won't start up anymore, when playing with the mods folder in it, who I use for many, many years, including the most important ones, the Nraas mods who let the game run much better. 

But I also use tons of other mods, lighting mods etc, because I dont like the vanillia sky, eyes , clothing and the very meager collection of accessories, especially for male sims. 

I hope it will be fixed soon. Otherwise I have to throw away a lot of my all time favorite sims and lots I created in the many years I play my favorite Sims game. 

I cleared the caches, temp files and EA's app recovery. But nothing. 🙁

After I launched the game, the screen stays black. Without the mods folder, the game starts normal and is functioning. 

Has someone a solution for this problem? I need The Sims 3 WITH the mods folder functioning again. 

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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    36 minutes ago

    Fratsje​  Do you use NRaas ErrorTrap?  If so, please download a fresh copy.  The Sims 3 update of almost a year ago changed the game's internal build number, which meant core mods like ET needed to be updated as well.  (Most mods are script or tuning mods, which were unaffected.)

    If that doesn't help, create a new Mods Framework and add a fresh download of one NRaas mod, delete scriptCache.package again, then see whether the game works.  I'm not saying you have to delete all your other mods and custom content, only that this is a useful test.

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