Accidently deleted resource.cfg

"bellaisthecutest;c-15992452" wrote:
So I was downloading custom content off of Pintrest yesterday, and I moved all the custom content to the Mods Folder, and opened my game. I have my game on windowed mode so I can see like the time and stuff, but it wasn't in windowed mode. I didn't think anything of it until I saw I had no households. I had at least seven households before I downloaded this custom content. I just figured I forgot to move one of my new house holds in to a house, so I clicked the play button and it asked me if I wanted the CAS Tutorial. I completely forgot that the Custom Content and Script Mods little thing didn't show up when I started it up. Then I checked my Mods folder, and there was no resource.cfg file in there. I searched ways to fix my problem for hours last night, and I found the link to re download the resource.cfg file, and so I downloaded it and it didn't help. I've read through all of these posts and none are helping my problem. I've moved my sims 4 file onto my desktop, I've moved my mods folder onto my desktop, I've disabled custom content and then enabled it, none of it helped. I've only had this game for a few months and I'm really upset.

Can someone please help?

Hello
Go to game options and check that the " enable custom content and mods" button is ticked, which is found in :
Options | Other | Enable Custom Content and Mods. If it isn't ticked, do that.Also check that the script mods allowed button is ticked as well. Exit the game. Then go back into the game again and see if the cc appears then.

For your households to appear in your library, tick the " include custom content " box that it is in the advanced section of the filter.

If you download sims from other websites, the files need to go directly into the tray folder, not the mods folder. The files can't be in any sub folders in the tray folder.

"bellaisthecutest;c-16019534" wrote:
> @rosemow said:
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> So I was downloading custom content off of Pintrest yesterday, and I moved all the custom content to the Mods Folder, and opened my game. I have my game on windowed mode so I can see like the time and stuff, but it wasn't in windowed mode. I didn't think anything of it until I saw I had no households. I had at least seven households before I downloaded this custom content. I just figured I forgot to move one of my new house holds in to a house, so I clicked the play button and it asked me if I wanted the CAS Tutorial. I completely forgot that the Custom Content and Script Mods little thing didn't show up when I started it up. Then I checked my Mods folder, and there was no resource.cfg file in there. I searched ways to fix my problem for hours last night, and I found the link to re download the resource.cfg file, and so I downloaded it and it didn't help. I've read through all of these posts and none are helping my problem. I've moved my sims 4 file onto my desktop, I've moved my mods folder onto my desktop, I've disabled custom content and then enabled it, none of it helped. I've only had this game for a few months and I'm really upset.
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> Hello
> Go to game options and check that the " enable custom content and mods" button is ticked, which is found in :
> Options | Other | Enable Custom Content and Mods. If it isn't ticked, do that.Also check that the script mods allowed button is ticked as well. Exit the game. Then go back into the game again and see if the cc appears then.
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> For your households to appear in your library, tick the " include custom content " box that it is in the advanced section of the filter.
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> If you download sims from other websites, the files need to go directly into the tray folder, not the mods folder. The files can't be in any sub folders in the tray folder.

I've done all that, I've even uninstalled it and reinstalled it. Still no resource file.

Hello
Try going to this link thread, and half way down the page there will a picture of a drive with an arrow on it . Press that and download the file.That is a resource.cfg file that you can download and place in your mods folder if there isn't one already there. You will need to take the file out of the zipped file and place it into the mods folder.
http://sims4.crinrict.com/en/2014/08/mods-and-downloads/
Is your custom content showing up in your game now?
Do you use One Drive?

"deebaz;c-16037884" wrote:
I'm having this issue, too; my game seems to be completely messed up.

THINGS TO KNOW:

- My game was updated the day (or 2) after the most recent patch (Sept. 2017) was released. I've even clicked 'Update' 2 more times for good measure - nothing.
- I have repaired my game once already - nothing.
- I have uninstalled & reinstalled once already - nothing.
- The CC/Script boxes under Game Options ARE ticked. When I click 'Show Custom Content', nothing shows up even though I have MCCC mod & custom skin tones downloaded & in my Mods folder (I've deleted the rest of my CC) - nothing.
- I have moved my Sims Folder AND my Mods folder to and from my Documents to Desktop several times - nothing. And yes, I have restarted & exited the game several times when doing this (I've exited by saving & not saving - doesn't seem to make a difference) and new folders were never generated.
- I deleted my Mods folder/Resource file (I'll explain all that next) but have been able to retrieve my Mods folder & have downloaded a new Resource file following the link that's been posted multiple times - nothing.
- I do have OneDrive and think the problem all started when I tried clearing up storage, but I'm not 100% sure. I came across other posts regarding TS4 & OneDrive and unsynced my OneDrive and Documents where my Sims folder is located. Doing this made me lose my entire EA folder on my PC. I had to re-sync OneDrive in order to get my folder(s) back under my Documents.

Like I said earlier in this post, I only have one mod (MCCC) and custom skin tones (3 .package files) that I want to show up but my game is giving me a hard time. I have a strong feeling OneDrive is the cause of all this but I have yet to see a solution regarding it. Someone please help.

Hello @deebaz
It sounds like One Drive is causing the issue.
Try moving your Documents -electronic arts -sims 4 folder to the desktop.
Then go to One Drive and find your Sims 4 folder there. Copy the Sims 4 folder and place it in the Documents-electronic arts folder where you moved the other one from.
You then need to unlink One Drive . This link explains how to do that
https://support.office.com/en-US/article/Turn-off-or-uninstall-OneDrive-f32a17ce-3336-40fe-9c38-6efb09f944b0
Then start the game and see if that helps the issues.

"deebaz;c-16038141" wrote:
> @rosemow said:
Hello @deebaz
It sounds like One Drive is causing the issue.
Try moving your Documents -electronic arts -sims 4 folder to the desktop.
Then go to One Drive and find your Sims 4 folder there. Copy the Sims 4 folder and place it in the Documents-electronic arts folder where you moved the other one from.
You then need to unlink One Drive . This link explains how to do that
https://support.office.com/en-US/article/Turn-off-or-uninstall-OneDrive-f32a17ce-3336-40fe-9c38-6efb09f944b0
Then start the game and see if that helps the is@deebaz


Unfortunately, it didn't work. I'm not sure if it's just my OneDrive or if this is how the system works, but the files in my OneDrive are the exact same files on my PC, including my EA folder. I tried as you said - when I moved my Documents EA folder to desktop, it no longer showed in OneDrive. I put that folder back, went to OneDrive and moved the OneDrive EA folder to the desktop, and it no longer showed in my Documents. And because they're the exact same file, I wasn't able to copy the folder, move it to desktop and paste into the other - an error kept popping up. I tried it both ways - moving it from Documents & trying to copy it to OneDrive, and moving it from OneDrive & trying to copy it to Documents. I renamed the EA folder to 'Electronic Arts1' and copied it within Documents. It created an 'Electronic Arts1- Copy' folder (and I moved the 'original' folder to desktop), but still, nothing happened when I restarted the game. And I was linking & unlinking, and restarting & exiting throughout all of this. It's unfortunate, but I'm beginning to think OneDrive reallyyy messed things up for me, like permanently. I'm going to look at my OneDrive files online in the morning; hopefully something gives and hopefully I don't make things worse. Thank you for your suggestion.

I am sorry that you are having this issue. Try checking to see if the mods folder in One Drive has the same mods/cc as in the one in Documents-electronic arts -Sims 4 folder. If it doesn't, put the same mods/cc in both of the mods folder and see if the mods/cc then show up in your game .

"deebaz;c-16038820" wrote:
> @rosemow said:
I am sorry that you are having this issue. Try checking to see if the mods folder in One Drive has the same mods/cc as in the one in Documents-electronic arts -Sims 4 folder. If it doesn't, put the same mods/cc in both of the mods folder and see if the mods/cc then show up in your game.



Oh my. I finally got it to work!
Just in case others are having this problem:

SEARCH FOR A SIMS 4 FOLDER. After unlinking my OneDrive again & after what seemed like the 100th time of me moving my EA folder to the desktop and a new folder not being generated, I finally decided to search for it on my PC. Sounds like common sense, but after years of playing, EA/Sims folders have always been in my Documents so I didn't think to do that initially.

Anyway, I searched my PC for a Sims 4 folder and found it. New folders were being generated, just not in my Documents; weird. The pathway looked like this: Search Results in This PC > The Sims 4. I guess the EA folder that was in my Documents was invalid or something?

I just copied my Mods content into the newly-found TS4 folder and everything works now. It's still not in My Documents and it's going to stay that way. I'm afraid of messing something up by moving it, so from now on I'll just have to actually search for the folder & then paste any package/script files in there, which is no burden to me.

All the suggestions I've read worked, it was just a matter of finding the correct folder. Thanks for sticking with me @rosemow and to others who have provided suggestions throughout this thread. Every bit of info helped in the end.

Hello @deebaz
It is good that your issue has been fixed :)

"GhostPants;c-16058062" wrote:
Hi, I have scrolled through this entire chat, and I have tried everything. My game does work, but no mods register in my folder. None of my mods show up in the Mods List In-game, and both mod-related boxes have been ticked. I have tried moving the folder to the desktop, but the game does not create a new folder, it just uses the one in my desktop. I have redownloaded my cfg file many times, but it still doesn't work. i do not use OneDrive, and nothing is working. I have used mods for awhile, and out of the blue, my game resets, i cannot use mods, and none of my households show up. I do not know what is going on, and my temper is stretched to the limit. PLEASE HELP!!

Hello
I am sorry that you are having this issue. Try searching on your computer to see if there is another mods folder on your computer that the game is using instead of the documents-electronic Arts -sims 4-mods folder.

"huriclas;c-16095542" wrote:
Hi! Sorry if im a bother. Me and my brother share orgin. So we both have sims. When i downloaded sims, my mom folder was empty. I tried downloading the cfg file and enabled mods. JUST WONT WORK!! Please help?

Hello
When you download sims households from the Gallery, their files are in the Documents -Electronic Arts - sims 4 - tray folder.
If you download cc sims from another website , you need to place the sims files in the tray folder and any cc package files in the mods folder.
If the sims contain cc, you need to tick the “ enable custom content “ box in the advanced section of the gallery, to make them appear.

Edit : Do you mean that you have two Documents -Electronic Arts - sims 4 folders? This can cause issues.

It would be best for you to start your own new save game. Launch the game, then go to the main screen of sims 4, and start a new save game by pressing the “ new “ button. You can then start a new family and set the game world up as you would like it to be. Then save the game, giving it a different name to the other save game,
Then when you or your brother want to play, go to the main screen, and click on the " load game " button.Click on the save game file picture of which save game you want to play and you can then load and play that game.
This picture may help


http://i.imgur.com/PsGlOPc.png

You can share the same sims 4 folder with the same mods and tray folders.

"huriclas;c-16097325" wrote:

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> Hello
> When you download sims households from the Gallery, their files are in the Documents -Electronic Arts - sims 4 - tray folder.
> If you download cc sims from another website , you need to place the sims files in the tray folder and any cc package files in the mods folder.
> If the sims contain cc, you need to tick the “ enable custom content “ box in the advanced section of the gallery, to make them appear.
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> Edit : Do you mean that you have two Documents -Electronic Arts - sims 4 folders? This can cause issues.
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> It would be best for you to start your own new save game. Launch the game, then go to the main screen of sims 4, and start a new save game by pressing the “ new “ button. You can then start a new family and set the game world up as you would like it to be. Then save the game, giving it a different name to the other save game,
> Then when you or your brother want to play, go to the main screen, and click on the " load game " button.Click on the save game file picture of which save game you want to play and you can then load and play that game.
> This picture may help
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I meant that when i try to download mods, they don't work. maybe its bc when i downloaded sims from origin the cfg file didnt come in the mods file. I've tried everything

Hello
Do you and your brother share the same sims 4 folder? The sims 4 folder isn’t generated until you play the game once.

"huriclas;c-16102575" wrote:
No we don't. We have different computers

Do you use One Drive ? If you do, try seeing if there is a sims 4 folder there and a mods folder in that sims 4 folder. The game may be using that mods folder instead.
Simmers have been having issues with One Drive and Sims 4. It would be best to unsync them.

If you don’t use One Drive, try searching in your computer search bar to see if there is another mods folder located somewhere else on your computer, which the game may be using.

The mods folder to put your mods in is, Documents -electronic arts - sims 4 - mods

"huriclas;c-16104065" wrote:
Tysm it worked

You’re welcome :)