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2 years ago

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Sims 4 won’t work with anything in Mod folder

Someone please help me! Anytime I put any file in the mod folder. I get an error message saying that the item might possibly corrupt it. Any file anything that goes into the Mara folder I get this error message. I have uninstalled and reinstalled Sims. I have create a new EA folder. Created a new mod folder. But the only way that the game will work is if there’s nothing in the mods folder. I’m looking for any help because I don’t understand what else to do. I have even made the game repair itself Through origin. But if I even want to try and put just custom content clothes. The game won’t start I get an error message. I am running my game off my MacBook Pro with the use of an external hard drive. I am playing it through a user profile that’s working off the external hard drive. So space is not an issue I’m all out of options and will look forward to any suggestions.

puzzlezaddict
2 years ago
@sdoseau Right, drives formatted as exFAT don't handle .package files correctly, or at least Sims 4 .package files. You'll need to format the drive as APFS or Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

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puzzlezaddict
Hero+
2 years ago
@sdoseau How is your external drive formatted? You can check in Disk Utility.

Please also try downloading a fresh copy of a mod or cc item using a different browser than the one you normally use, and see if that item works.
sdoseau
2 years ago
The format is exfat 32. I have downloaded new fils and from a different browser same issue. I’m going to try the reformat it and see what happens.
puzzlezaddict
Hero+
2 years ago
@sdoseau Right, drives formatted as exFAT don't handle .package files correctly, or at least Sims 4 .package files. You'll need to format the drive as APFS or Mac OS Extended (Journaled).