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Weewee_Unicorn
4 years ago

sims 4 wont launch with the amount of cc i have (~1000 files)

i just downloaded sims 4 on my new computer (macbook air, big sur) and i downloaded some cc from my old computer. i added the cc to my game (~1000 files at once) and started up my game but it wouldn'...
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Bluebellflora
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4 years ago
@Weewee_Unicorn

There is no limit to the amount of CC you can have but your Mac will have an internal storage limit, have you checked how much is free?

Are you 100% sure that every single piece of CC/Mods is compatible with the current patch level of the game?
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Weewee_Unicorn
4 years ago
@Bluebellflora i have over 150 gb of storage free so that's not the issue. i'm also 100% sure every single piece of cc works with the game but even if i missed something i don't think broken cc is the problem as (this is a little hard to word but i hope it's comprehensible) when i add smalls groups of cc files to my mods folder it works a little better than adding all the files in at once but once i add to many for the game to open, i have to start over with adding new files as even if i take that group that made the game stop opening away, the game continues not to open until i take away about 50-100 files, depending on how many i was able to add before the game broke
  • Bluebellflora's avatar
    Bluebellflora
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    4 years ago
    @Weewee_Unicorn

    Yes, I understand the problem but it is a problem locally on your machine so difficult to help with. Maybe some of the CC is conflicting with other CC?

    There is no limit to the amount of CC you can add but if you have too many nested folders within the Mods folder the items will not show.
    • Weewee_Unicorn's avatar
      Weewee_Unicorn
      4 years ago
      @Bluebellflora i just went through all of my cc file by file added those files to subfolders (i only have one layer(?) of subfolders in my mods folder). now i know for a fact that the problem isn't cc not working or conflicting with other cc because the game worked fine until i added a group of cc that seemed to be broken. once the game didn't open, i took that cc out and the game just wouldn't open, even though 5 minutes earlier it was working fine with the files that were in my mods folder
      • Bluebellflora's avatar
        Bluebellflora
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        4 years ago
        @Weewee_Unicorn

        Did you also trash the localthumbcache file after removing the CC? You absolutely must do that each time you remove CC. Did you try it in a clean save too?

        You added a batch of CC and the game broke after adding it, therefore the CC is at fault.

        Again, there is no limit, some users have thousands of CC items installed without issue, so long as the CC is compatible with the current patch level and doesn't cause any confliction with other CC.

        Moving this thread to General Discussion so others who use 3rd party content can offer their advice. This is not a Mac specific tech. issue.

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