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Re: The text shows up as boxes

I don't have a folder called localthmbcache. I do have onlinethumbcache, but it only has photos that show up on the home screen on the sims page. I have already done the test of removing the mods folder as I said in the first post and it came back working fine in English, but I( also removed each mod one by one and it was still broken. so unless you are trying to say all of the mods are broken I'm not sure what you are trying to get at. the MC Command center last exception report would have caught it, or even sims. It opens fine and nothing is getting flagged. Its just in a language I don't know now.

5 Replies

jpkarlsen
Hero (Retired)
1 year ago
@r751mg1ujqu9
The localthumbcache.package is a file not a folder it is in the same folder that has the mods and saves folders plus other folders and files.
r751mg1ujqu9
Rising Rookie
1 year ago
I just checked. I do not have anything in there by that name.
luthienrising
Hero+
1 year ago
If you started the game, you do have a file called localthumbcache.package inside Electronic Arts > The Sims 4. When you remove the Mods folder to test with zero mods, you'll see it there unless you haven't started the game since you last deleted it. If you don't delete it, the game will still have memory of mods you had and you can't be sure there's not a mod issue. You also need to delete this file when you remove broken mods or update mods.

Here's where you want to look for deleting cache. Check the photo in this blog post for the 4th red box: https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2014/09/delete-cache-files/
r751mg1ujqu9
Rising Rookie
1 year ago
I typed the word local in the search bar and nothing appeared. I have gone through and restarted the process of adding the mods back one by one. If the problem persists after I delete the mods that seem to be the cause of the issue I will delete everything and restart.
luthienrising
Hero+
1 year ago
@r751mg1ujqu9 Did the problem occur when the mods folder was empty *and* you looked in the The Sims 4 folder directly for localthumbcache? Don't rely only on searching. Look in Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4.

If you've not deleted that file before but still aren't seeing it, there's a chance you've got a folder issue and aren't in the folder the game actually uses. What's the full folder path of the folder you've been changing mods in? The things above the Documents > Electronic Arts that you're looking in.