[no longer a current issue] many .package mods + cc not loading

Be so for real, mods stopped working as well. I have aharris00britney stuff that didn't show up...actually NONE of my CC or Mods show up...except script mods and they even broke ALL my UI. So before you assume it was on purpose, look into it. I promise it WAS NOT on purpose. 

What’s moola? I believe it’s the update 

you truly couldn't have said it better, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN

The worst part, to me, is how we can't play offline either.  If you go offline you get an error message saying you've been offline for a long time and need to log in again.  That happens even if you've literally JUST gone offline.  It's a way to make us have to log in again and once we're logged in the game updates automatically - even if you have auto updates off.  It's so clear that this is happening so that we buy from the new marketplace, which I will NOT.  

I've been playing since Sims 1... I'm so incredibly disappointed!  What terrible customer service.  Boooooo, EA!

Seems the best COA is to play this thing offline until EA drops a fix

... unless folks already ate the update, and then ...

I went to take a shower and came back to no update ETA? Of course. The lack of communication from this known of a game is absolutely asinine. 

after the marketplace update a bunch of cc got removed for a lot of people, and at first everyone thought it was just another patch breaking mods, but look at what actually disappeared. go check the creators. a lot of the cc that got removed is from creators that are now partnered with the marketplace. 

also the whole “this lets creators make money” thing doesn’t make sense. they were already making money through patreon, early access, commissions, etc. creator kits already existed too, and those were already official and even available for console players. if ea actually wanted to support creators they could’ve just given them a better cut from kits instead of making a marketplace on top of it.

when cc from marketplace creators gets removed right after the update while ea suddenly wants to be in the middle of how cc gets paid for, yeah… that doesn’t look random.

I took a break to watch some Leon Kennedy edits and cheer myself up, and I had a thought that's been rolling around in my head:

Many of us grew up with this franchise and have poured hundreds, if not thousands of dollars (or our local equivalent) into collecting the games over the years, or our families and friends have contributed to our collections too. 

We're passionate about our sims and the stories we tell. Many updates over the years have been exciting, and I've felt proud to see these games introduce features that no other life simulation games have before. I still remember how excited I was when the update came out that expanded relationships and gender settings, for example, so you can toggle a sim unable to have children, etc. 

      We're angry because in this chaotic world, these games have been a haven for many of us. We've toiled for the funds to buy these games, and it's not for nothing. Everything is expensive, getting more expensive. Costs for things like RAM are sky-high, so many people, such as myself, have to hold off on computer upgrades on our ancient hardware in order to enjoy these games. There's also ethical concerns many of us have about where our hardware comes from, and that also often extends to games we play on it, too. 

   What I see here, as a simmer of over 20 years, is a community that is largely angry about the enpoopification of everything, including our beloved games. Everything more expensive, and usually performing worse too. We've become disillusioned by greedy companies that bite the hand that feed them. 

I've said for too long that this franchise is on its last legs, a beast of burden being milked incessantly until it collapses. The higher ups surely squander most morsels of genuine passion and love for this game by crushing the spirit of the employees that care the most until they leave in their drive for higher numbers, the weight of the series on their shoulders must become too much when you can't turn this bus around yourself as the Little Guy. 

At this point, I'm not so worried that they won't release a fix. I'm sure they will. Maybe today, maybe tomorrow. They will probably issue an apology too, however empty it may be. What I'm more worried about is this tipping tower of Jenga that represents the Sims franchise. Because when I look around I see pieces everywhere, and many of the players have already left the game. 

The reason we’re dealing with this is because the game clearly wasn’t tested properly before such a major update was pushed out, and the time and effort of small mod creators and players like us are being completely overlooked. I had been working for days on a small mod of my own, and I’m just a YouTuber who makes little personal mods for myself. As of today, all of that time and effort feels wasted because the entire structure I built has completely broken apart. Right now, I honestly feel like I need a miracle just to calm down🤯

Various cc and mods are missing from my game after the new update, even though I have cc and script mods enabled. I even redownloaded them (they are up to date), and they don't show up in my game but appear in my mods folder.