I have a question regarding mods. I hadn’t been on my sims in a couple weeks and then I went on and it seems like A LOT of my mods are just gone. But they are still very much in my mods folder. I understand that if the game updated itself that it could be outdated mods but I even tested it and one of the clothing items that I remember having I went and deleted that file from my mods folder and went back to the place I got it from and redownloaded it and it wasn’t an updated one. Someone please help bc this has never happened before and I have so many mods!

@alyssaswan14 Ah okay, I see it now… are your timestamps actually part of the file name but after the .package extension? I can see how that could break it since it would no longer be recognized as a .package file. If redownloading is working, great! You might also try just renaming the files to remove everything after .package, but if you use the Curseforge mod manager that may break its ability to track them since you generally need to leave them with the name and location it sets.

@alyssaswan14 Can you clarify for me? Are files actually missing from your Mods folder, or are they in the folder but not working in your game? I'll note that if it's non-CC mods you're talking about, an enormous number broke with this week's patch - many more than are specifically listed in Broken/Updated Mods , and some modders who initially cleared their mods had to backtrack and report them broken or needing testing. The list in Updated may be very long, but it will get much longer. If you use mods, update what's available to be updated. I'll note that XML Injector is not formally cleared but has no known issues with the patch, so you could keep that one in.

@luthienrising Sorry for the late reply and thank you for your quick one! No files are missing from my mods folder everything is there that's always been there. But MAJORITY of my mods just disappeared from my game. Like my house I spent months on (agonizingly long time and effort lol) is almost completely bare. This has NEVER happened before with any update or anything. It's so depressing lol im at a loss of what to do

@alyssaswan14 Did you perhaps save before re-enabling mods? Try checking your Options > Other, and you might need to recover an earlier version of your save.

@luthienrising nope that's not the case unfortunately. but i will say for example, i noticed the counters for my kitchen were missing YET the files were still in my mods folder (they NEVER left) and i went to the place where i originally downloaded it (Curseforge) and REDOWNLOADED the files, deleting the original ones i had and replacing them with the new downloaded ones. then i opened my game and the counters were back. but the thing is when i went to Curseforge to redownload them it said the last time that the mod was updated was in September 2023. so it makes no sense.

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luthienrising
Hero+
2 years ago
@alyssaswan14 Can you clarify for me? Are files actually missing from your Mods folder, or are they in the folder but not working in your game?

I'll note that if it's non-CC mods you're talking about, an enormous number broke with this week's patch - many more than are specifically listed in Broken/Updated Mods , and some modders who initially cleared their mods had to backtrack and report them broken or needing testing. The list in Updated may be very long, but it will get much longer. If you use mods, update what's available to be updated. I'll note that XML Injector is not formally cleared but has no known issues with the patch, so you could keep that one in.
alyssaswan14
New Traveler
2 years ago
@luthienrising Sorry for the late reply and thank you for your quick one! No files are missing from my mods folder everything is there that's always been there. But MAJORITY of my mods just disappeared from my game. Like my house I spent months on (agonizingly long time and effort lol) is almost completely bare. This has NEVER happened before with any update or anything. It's so depressing lol im at a loss of what to do
luthienrising
Hero+
2 years ago
@alyssaswan14 Did you perhaps save before re-enabling mods? Try checking your Options > Other, and you might need to recover an earlier version of your save.
alyssaswan14
New Traveler
2 years ago
@luthienrising nope that's not the case unfortunately. but i will say for example, i noticed the counters for my kitchen were missing YET the files were still in my mods folder (they NEVER left) and i went to the place where i originally downloaded it (Curseforge) and REDOWNLOADED the files, deleting the original ones i had and replacing them with the new downloaded ones. then i opened my game and the counters were back. but the thing is when i went to Curseforge to redownload them it said the last time that the mod was updated was in September 2023. so it makes no sense.
alyssaswan14
New Traveler
2 years ago
I hadn't been on my Sims 4 in about a month and when I opened it my sims were missing so many clothing items and house items. i noticed the counters for my kitchen were just one of the items missing YET the files were still in my mods folder (they NEVER left) and i went to the place where i originally downloaded it (Curseforge) and REDOWNLOADED the files, deleting the original ones i had and replacing them with the new downloaded ones. then i opened my game and the counters were back. but the thing is when i went to Curseforge to redownload them it said the last time that the mod was updated was in September 2023. so it wasn't just the matter of an outdated mod that needed to be updated. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!
ALSO this is a weird thing that happened. My mods folder suddenly almost every mod has a time stamp next to it? I've never seen it before so I'm confused. Don't know if it has any correlation but.
PipMenace
Hero
2 years ago
@alyssaswan14 There has been a game update since you last played. Game updates will automatically turn mods off. If you haven’t saved yet with your mods missing, you just need to go back into game settings and turn mods back on (and be wary of mods that may have broken with the update - updating them all will have been a good idea anyway, so it’s great that you’ve done that). Then load back into your save.

If you did save with the mods out, you’ll want to recover an old version of the save. Let us know if you need help with this.
alyssaswan14
New Traveler
2 years ago
@PipMenace Hi, i do have mods enabled after the update. No i never saved with the mods out :/
alyssaswan14
New Traveler
2 years ago
@PipMenace did you see the picture i attached as well of what my mods in the folder look like?
PipMenace
Hero
2 years ago
@alyssaswan14 I see it but I don’t necessarily see anything wrong with it? Other than just your cc being older, as you noted. With cc that’s not always an issue, but you never know. Perhaps someone else can weigh in.
Edit: Can you place the cc on a new sim and it’s just missing from the existing ones, or is it all gone from the game entirely?
alyssaswan14
New Traveler
2 years ago
@PipMenace its all missing entirely. im currently redownloading each mod seperately and when i do it this way it doesn't show up with the time stamp next to it. that's what seems to be the problem.