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Re: My Script Mods Don't Work. I Guess?

@itsmaayyaa It could be that some of those .script mods are obsolete. Obsolete mods can definitely cause problems with your game and even ruin game saves. We'll have to deal with those later as first we need to get your game running again without any mods or CC.

Please try the following in this exact order without skipping any steps, even if you’ve done some of these steps already:

  • Make a copy of your entire The Sims 4 folder in Documents/Electronic Arts to an external drive or a temp folder somewhere else in your Documents folder. This part is very important because this is your backup for your Save and Tray files for if anything goes wrong. Keep it in a safe place that you will remember where it is and don't make any changes to it for now.
  • In your Electronic Arts/The Sims 4 folder temporarily move your Mods folder onto your desktop and delete the localthumbcache.package file. Also delete any other folders in the The Sims 4 folder with word "cache" in the name. Don't restart your game yet, but when we get to that part the game will automatically create a new Mods folder and auto-generate a new localthumbcache file. The new Mods folder will be empty but  no worries you can bring everything back in later.
  • Repair your game through Origin [ Open Origin, click 'My Game Library' then right-click The Sims 4 icon and select Repair ]. Make sure to let it run until it has completed all repairs (it will do the base-game first, then run through each of your expansions/packs). This might take a few minutes depending on your computer and how many packs you have but let it go until it finishes.

Do not re-add any of your Mods or CC at this time.

  • Start your game and select New Game and see if everything looks to be running ok without mods or CC. Make a new household, play around a bit. This is just for a test, if everything looks good you can exit without saving (you can try to play your old saves later, for now we are just trying to get your game to work).

Before re-adding any of your mods, please check the mod creators' websites to see if there are any updated versions or at least a verification that the older mods are still compatible with the latest game patch. Follow any special instructions they provide on how to install their mods. I use Mod Trackers like the one at Simsonic Sims 4 to check the statuses of all the mods I use in my game.

https://simsonic.weebly.com/modtracker.html

Let us know how all this works out. Good luck I hope this helps :D

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