[ARCHIVED] How to use Mods/CC on PC
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Hi,
This has been an issue for a while now. It started with the update around May time. I noticed the basemental drug mod was missing and new CC’s I downloaded wouldn’t show up. None of my mods are updated IN the game but are updated on the files.
If I remove the mod file the game still loads with fully functioning mods. I’ve tried repairing and deleting the game removing mods and starting again, changing the file location and deleting the EA app, deleting the recycle bin etc.
I also DO NOT have a cache folder. I‘ve attached pictures and it shows that my mod folder is not in Sims 4 folder but still coming up.
If anyone has any answers or anything I could try that would be very helpful.
@BasiSK28 You're looking in the wrong location. The Mods folder is stored in Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4; this is the user folder. The Sims 4 folder in your screenshot contains the game's program files, not the user data.
As a side note, I would strongly recommend uninstalling Sims 4 and reinstalling it to a location that's not inside Documents. OneDrive is currently syncing the program files, which in addition to unnecessarily taking up a lot of cloud storage (and possibly forcing you to pay extra for more storage), any hiccup with OneDrive could prevent you from updating or repairing the game, or even force you to reinstall at a later date.
The default install location of C:\Program Files\EA Games is fine, but so is almost any other location that's not inside Documents.
Hi again,
After reading and re-reading your reply, I did some digging, I believe, I have found the folder that you was talking about. Honestly, I have not seen that far location in every year I thought it disappeared with the update that I had.
What has seemed to be my problem was that I may have had a shortcut or connected mod folders with the file in the screenshot and the ones in the user folder. So when I was updating in the games program files, it was automatically updating in the user data. I don’t know what happened recently as to why it stopped but I’m assuming the connection between the two folders has stopped.
I am waiting for the game to fully download and see if that has changed since I’ve had the updated mod folders in the user files.
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