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FurryDingo
7 years ago
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I accidentally deleted my Electronic Arts folder whilst clearing space, help!

So, I started up Sims 4 and all my mods were working fine, I installed some new ones and couldn't find it, no matter what I tried, so, I repaired my game with origin, to no avail, and I even uninstalled both origin, and Sims 4, but still no result, please help! (working on a mac)

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  • Tremayne4260's avatar
    Tremayne4260
    7 years ago

    @FurryDingo and your saved games show up ok as well?

    Try doing a search on your Mac for the location of the Electronic Arts folder and provide us with a path. For example Documents > Electronic Arts > Sims 4. It has to be somewhere on your computer otherwise your old mods and your saved games wouldn't show up as well. 

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  • Tremayne4260's avatar
    Tremayne4260
    Hero
    7 years ago

    @FurryDingo , did you move files to the Cloud or simply delete the files? If you simply deleted the files, Time Machine might have captured a copy for you if it was in the last 24 hours or so. If you moved the files to the Cloud, Sims 4 must have a copy of the Sims 4 folder in Documents on your Hard Drive in order to run properly. 

    You can also run a search on your computer and see what Sims 4 files are on it and where they are. Simply starting up Sims 4, will always generate a new Electronic Arts > sims 4 folder.

  • FurryDingo's avatar
    FurryDingo
    7 years ago

    It's weird, I can run Sims 4 perfectly fine, with my old mods, however, it doesn't generate a new folder on startup, nor does any Electronic Arts folder show up before, or after, I can provide evidence that I didn't pirate the game as well, no matter if I start up Sims via Origin, or simply on desktop.

  • Tremayne4260's avatar
    Tremayne4260
    Hero
    7 years ago

    @FurryDingo and your saved games show up ok as well?

    Try doing a search on your Mac for the location of the Electronic Arts folder and provide us with a path. For example Documents > Electronic Arts > Sims 4. It has to be somewhere on your computer otherwise your old mods and your saved games wouldn't show up as well. 

  • emmakucher12's avatar
    emmakucher12
    5 years ago

    what do you do if the electronic arts folder doesn't generate a new folder

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