3 years ago
Mod issues
Hi all! I recently converted my sims 4 game and all mods/cc to an external hard drive to relieve some of the stress on the mac that I play on. I’ve been having issues with the way my game is re...
@matteafn Does your external drive currently have the proper Electronic Arts folder, with the Sims 4 folder and all its data inside? If not, please open iCloud, copy the Electronic Arts folder (right-click and Copy), and paste it onto the external. Make sure everything copies properly, then rename the Electronic Arts folder within iCloud to something else. Try to clear a bit more space if you can, just so you're not seeing "out of space" everywhere.
Once you've done that, try again to create the symlink, just that command. If it doesn't work, let me know.
@matteafn Do you want to only move the Mods folder, or the entire Electronic Arts folder? Either way, let's try using the full file path for the symlink rather than the ~ shortcut. Find the new Mods folder the game created, right-click it, select Get Info, and find its exact file path under Where. That's the file path you'll use instead of just writing ~/Documents. For example, the full command might look like this:
ln -s /Volumes/SIMS/Electronic\ Arts /Users/matteafarfan-narcisse/iCloud\ Drive/Documents
Double-check the file paths to both folders you're using, and if the symlink doesn't work, please post those full file paths so we can take a look.
I do want to mention that the alternative here is to dispense with the current setup, that is having no local Documents folder and everything Documents-related automatically stored in your iCloud Drive. We can help reverse that setup too, if that's what you prefer. It might be easier too, but that's irrelevant if you want to keep the current setup for other reasons.