[INFO] Using Mods/CC on a Mac
Overview
For Sims 4, the process of installing mods and custom content on a Mac is the same as it is on a Windows PC. Standard mods and cc work equally well (or not at all) in both OSs, and the S...
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So sometimes it allows me to put the path in and the screen comes up that shows the packages being loaded up ( the one with the little pen) and then the screen goes blank, or it could say that the path configuration is incorrect. Do you know when you were migrated what folders went where?
- @Blondyduff
I haven’t used S4S for ages but will check it again tomorrow. If the error you’re having is in S4S and not EA App then it is up to the S4S team to fix it. Ah thank you so much, I feel like such a nuisance lol. They are looking at it for me too but I was checking here if someone else has the same issue since the migration. I really appreciate all of the help 😃
Hi, just letting you know I got it working, I went into the Ea app and changed the default install location for the sims 4 to "Users" and that worked. I would recommend anyone being switched to choose "Users/yourusername/applications" and download the game to there. It let me into Sims4Studio then! It might not work for others but if someone has issues (like mine) maybe this might help them out! Thanks so much for all of the help, I really appreciate it 😉
- @Blondyduff
Thanks! That is the default installation location for Origin/EA App on Mac. Did you have yours in a different location before? I went into the settings on the EA app and under the download tab the install location has a default location for downloads which was “applications/ea games”, I decided to try changing it to “users/username/aaplications” and that worked.
Hey guys!
I wanted to know if there’s any recommendations on how to make my game load faster ? I’m using a Samsung T7 SSD I have a lottttt of mods and cc ( 35-40k) and I’m using a MacBook Air 2017 edition.
- @nadineabdoun
What is the size of your Mods folder? Click once to select it then hold down the CMD key and press i to bring up the info window. 199.46GB for 44,333 items ( mods folder )
10.28 GB for 3,053 items ( tray folder )
- @nadineabdoun
Yeah..... that will be what's slowing down loading. Make sure you don't have the CC pop up showing when you launch the game but even with that disabled you're going to experience slow loading.
Having your game installed on the internal drive may help but not by much. And the speed of your CPU will make a difference, your Mac is a little old now but again, with ~200GB CC loading, even a powerful machine is going to struggle. The only thing you can do to speed it up is to cull some CC. By any chance is purchasing a external graphics processor for my MacBook help?
- @nadineabdoun
Only in live mode and BB if you have alpha CC as it will help with rendering. The CPU is the power needed for loading. Sorry i don’t understand do you mind explaining more ?
- @nadineabdoun
Your problem is your Mac struggling to load so much data into the game. The only way to speed this up is by having a very fast and powerful CPU. Even a really powerful processor would struggle to load 200GB data into the game in a reasonable amount of time. Your problem is not graphics related so therefore an external eGPU wouldn’t make a difference. Oh ok thank you !
