I am having a similar issue and was wondering if you had any tips. None of my saves or mods are loading into my game. Initially my game wouldn't run as it kept saying sims running in background even though it wasn't(Mac-external hard drive). I changed the electronic arts alias file name as well as the file name in the hard drive. The game runs but the saves and mods do not appear at all and its as if its a brand new game. I did double check the file paths and checked the symlinks but not sure what else to try.
Can you please explain your setup in more detail? You created a symlink to store the Electronic Arts folder on an external drive but changed the folder name?
The game will only load data (saves/tray/mods/settings etc.) from a folder called The Sims 4 within a folder called Electronic Arts within the local User Documents folder. The only way round this is to create a symlink. Any changes in folder names will mean the game recreates a new Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 folder in the local Documents folder.
Hey so I still have the folder within the electronic arts folder called the sims 4.
When my game initially wouldn't turn on due to error saying Sims already running in background. I changed the name of the alias file electronic arts file and the electronic arts file in my hard drive. For whatever reason this fixed the game to where it would run with no error. But now my saves will not appear. I checked the symlinks and the file paths are correct I believe. I have both the Sims 4 and all of my mods/cc on an external drive. Origin is still on my computer however.
