Mods and CC Organization in My Folder- Sims4
I'm fairly new to Sims. And I recently found out about Mods and CC, but I have a decent understanding. I wanted to know more about organizing my folders within the "Mods" folder. I heard that you can...
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@dunstz I know there is a lot to process in these posts but please do ask if you have any questions.
- @RandomBuzziness Yes it is! But I appreciate the help, honestly; this helped a little bit more.
So there apparently was 2 mods I had that were RAR files and Idk until the game said error and told me about one of my mods being damaged. I went and deleted them to reinstall later, but after repairing TS4 via Origin it still says something is damaged and suggests I uninstall it or repair. What do you think I should do?
@dunstzWhat I would do is copy your entire Mods folder somewhere. Make a backup and then delete the original Mods folder. Make sure you have a good backup beforehand! You can also just Move the Mods folder somewhere like your Desktop.
Then just run the game and try to start a NEW GAME. If everything loads up fine, then you have a bad mod somewhere in your Mods folder. You'll just have to figure out which one.@dunstz I never try adding more than one mod to my game at a time & I always test them to make sure everything is working before I add any more. They're just too much of a pain to troubleshoot when you put many unknowns in your game at the same time. For CC I might add as many as 5 at a time (while still testing each one individually) but never more than that. If I find a CC that looks weird I take it out of my game right away. For all mods I keep careful notes with details like the mod's common name, the actual file name, the name of the mod creator, the website I downloaded the file from, the version number, and the date of the last update or when it was verified to be compatible with the last game patch. Yeah it's a lot of extra work at the time I install it but I imagine it saves me many hours on patch days or if I ever had to do any troubleshooting.
Just to add a couple more things:
- Any time you have a problem with mods or CC and you make any changes to your Mods folder it's a good idea to delete the localthumbcache.package file from your Sims 4 folder. This should clear any bad data from your game cache. I delete this file every time I make any changes to my Mods folder for any reason.
- Like @Psychotps posted earlier, if you download any mod or CC that is in a compressed format (i.e. .rar) you'll have to un-zip/un-pack it first before you place it in your Mods folder. You should only be putting .package or .ts4script files in there (though some mods will generate things like .txt files while you use them in your game). It's best to follow any special instructions a mod creator includes on their web-pages when installing or updating mods.
- If you come across a mod that specifically says you need to keep the file in the .rar or ZIP format then you should carefully research it to see if this is an outdated version of that mod and if it's still compatible with the current game patch.
