I removed all the mods from my game, and it works fine without them. I can go into CAS with all the mods in my game but no matter what mod or cc file I use, it keeps crashing when I get into gameplay. I already tried the 50/50 method, so I don't think any mods are broken. I'm running the Sims 4 on my mac using parallels. I don't know if that's the reason why mods won't work. No idea what to do. Please help me!!
If it is only crashing once you go into CAS then it must be a mod that is changing something in there -- more tiles, sliders, a background etc. If you have your cc well organized try different categories one by one until it crashes. I would start with your script mods first.
@IndrianaYT Please move the entire Mods folder to your desktop and delete localthumbcache.package. Launch the game to create a new Mods folder, enable mods and custom content, and quit. Download a new copy of one mod confirmed compatible with the current patch level (1.84), add it to your game, and see whether you have the same issue.
If that mod is fine, it's possible that your other mods are corrupt, and you'll need to download new ones. If you get another crash with the new mod, let me know whether you've set up Parallels to share data between Windows and macOS. You can test this by creating a file and dropping it into Documents in macOS: if it appears in Documents in Windows, the data is being shared.
@puzzlezaddict I tried out your suggestions, and I still got another crash. I also checked, and I have not set up Parallels to share data between Windows and macOS.
@IndrianaYT When you downloaded a new mod, did you do so in macOS and then transfer the file to Windows? I'm wondering if it somehow became corrupted along the way. An easy test is to download the file in macOS, then zip it or leave it zipped before transferring it to Windows.
If that doesn't help, please move the entire Sims 4 folder out of Documents > Electronic Arts, or rename it, and launch the game to create a clean folder. Enable mods and custom content, quit, and repeat the above, making sure that whatever mod you use to test is compatible with the current game version (1.84).
Please also make sure you're running the current game version. In Windows, it should be exactly 1.84.171.1030.
And just in case it matters, please let me know how much RAM you've told Parallels to reserve for Windows.
@IndrianaYT That patch level is actually correct; I just checked the latest patch notes instead of looking in-game and forgot there had been another sort-of-emergency patch with no notes (sorry).
While 4 GB RAM isn't a lot for Sims 4, particularly if you play with a number of expansion packs, it shouldn't cause the game to crash only when mods are present. Still, if you can spare another 2 GB, at least long enough to test, that's worth doing.
Do you use a third-party antivirus in either Windows or macOS? If so, try disabling it, at least long enough to test.
Another useful test would be to create a new Windows admin account and try using a newly downloaded mod in that account. You wouldn't have access to your saves or other user content while in the new account, but that could be addressed later. For the new account, it should be local, as in, don't sign into Microsoft; the username should contain only letters and/or numbers, no special characters.
On a different note, is there a reason you'd like to keep playing in Parallels? Sims 4 runs pretty well in macOS, give or take some (usually relatively minor) issues. The game does run better in Windows, but on the flip side, Parallels isn't an ideal Windows environment, for example its graphics drivers are often somewhat dated and not exactly optimized.
I'll keep trying to help as long as you want to keep troubleshooting; I'm just suggesting that the path of least resistance may be to play in macOS.
