why is ts4 telling me that there are missing/broken game files?

@puzzlezaddict trying that now, but what counts as newly downloaded? could it be something i previously had and redownloaded? i am just going to download something completely new, but i just wanted to know.

@puzzlezaddict it worked! i downloaded an infant cc, made a new mods folder, and added the new cc into the new mods folder, and i was able to open my game! what should we do now?

@1tvluj7cdbze  By newly downloaded, I meant just a freshly-downloaded copy of any file, whether you'd used it before or not.  Now that you've established that a new file works in a new Mods folder, you can try moving some of your previous files to the new folder too.  If they don't work, you'll need to download fresh copies.

Keep in mind that some of your current copies may be fine while others are corrupted, so test everything at least once.  (You can do so in batches rather than individually.)  Please also keep in mind that some of the content you normally use may be outdated, so if fresh copies don't work, you'll need to wait for updates.

@puzzlezaddict ok tysm for your help! 

@puzzlezaddict hello again! sorry to bother but the same error is happening. i've been using the method we went over but it isn't working anymore. the mods/cc i'm using are not broken according to a mod detector. i've tried all types of mods such as hairs, furniture, infant cc, mods like wonderful whims, and some of lumpinou's updated mods. none of them worked. please help!!

when this issue first happened a week ago, i did as recommended and deleted my mods. however, i should be able to use them. the thing that'd somewhat helped before was testing with only newly downloaded mods and custom content, in a new mods folder. this worked with ONE piece of cc, everything else i downloaded gave me an error. finding this problem has consumed my time and frustrated me. i have the latest version of the game, the mods i'm downloading are updated and the cc is recent.  the mods/cc i'm using are not broken according to a mod detector. i've tried all types of mods such as hairs, furniture, infant cc, mods like wonderful whims, and some of lumpinou's updated mods. none of them worked. i am on windows and the error code starts off with the letter d. please help!! 

So many reasons this could be happening.. So have u got your mods enabled and script mods? also are they packages or zips? if they are packages they should work just fine if zips then they will need to be sorted. Hope this helps if you still haven't found the issue reply to me. have a good day 🙂

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i disabled mods, put wonderful whims and a piece of custom furniture in my mods folder, then re enabled them and restarted the game. that didnt work, so i removed ww but it still didnt work. the piece of furniture was a.package file.

@1tvluj7cdbze  Are mods that were previously working, after the patch and pack were released, now causing errors?  Or have you added more mods and custom content that are supposed to be working, and those are causing the errors?  What I'm asking is essentially whether you installed any files that worked initially (after our troubleshooting) but stopped working, or certain newly-downloaded files that are giving you trouble as soon as you add them.

Please don't apologize for asking more questions, and you're absolutely not bothering me.