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 I understand that if the game updated itself that it could be outdated mods but I even tested it and one of the clothing items that I remember having I went and deleted that file from my mods folder and went back to the place I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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PipMenace
Hero
2 years ago
@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.
luthienrising
Hero+
2 years ago
@alyssaswan14 I've merged your topics together.

Are you using a mod manager that isn't Curseforge? Nothing should be renaming your files like this. Any renaming of files by a mod manager can lead to duplicates (and you've got a duplicate there of the Aladdin set), but this is pretty special. Whatever software is renaming your files needs to go.
alyssaswan14
New Traveler
2 years ago
@luthienrising I did have sims 4 mod manager downloaded but just deleted it. its never caused any issues before though
alyssaswan14
New Traveler
2 years ago
@PipMenace now im having a problem on origin. i am trying to redownload the game since sometimes when i go on origin it says sims 4 isn't downloaded so i have to redownload it which im used to. but NOW it's saying my disk doesn't have room to download some packages which is far from true i have siginificant storage left. ive tried restarting my computer, deleting origin and redownloading, and nothing works.
PipMenace
Hero
2 years ago
Since you’re using Origin, I assume you’re on Mac?
If you go to Macintosh HD->Users->[your user account]->Applications do you see The Sims 4 app and a folder called The Sims 4 Packs? Just trying to see if the game is actually uninstalled or if Origin simply isn’t detecting it.

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