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7 years ago

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CC not showing up in game.

Hello, A couple months ago I bought The Sims 4 for my PC. I found out about cc and wanted to download some. I checked to see if the game was using the right folder and it is, I deleted everything,...

kreatora
7 years ago
@Simmer1367
Well, we have tried a different method.
You will lose nothing. Go to menu Start/ Documents/ElectronicArts - inside will be The Sims4 folder
Step 1. Rename this The Sims4 folder to "The Sims4 old" /Right click on the game folder - option "rename"
Step 2. Fix the game in Origin
Step 3. Turn on the game - new game folder will be created and you will have two - one old , one new
Step.4. Take random sim and start a new game. Check if you still have this problem in the newly created game folder
If the problem disappeared
Step 5. Delete in the new game folder following folders:
"saves" and Tray.
Step 6. Go to "The Sims 4 old" folder and copy - your "saves " folder. / Right click on the folder - option - copy
Step. 7 Paste this folder in a newly created game folder. / Right click on the new game folder - option - paste
Step 8. Do the same with Tray folder
Step 9. Turn on the game, go to your save and check if all is OK now
Step.10 If all is OK - delete The Sims4 old folder. Now you will have only one game folder which - I hope- is working properly and has a mods folder.
Then copy from desktop your mods and CC and paste it in the new mods folder.

Simmer1367

7 years ago

Everytime I download cc it makes me chose a program to open it with. Then it automatically chooses adobe acrobat reader. I'm only downloading package files.

puzzlezaddict

Hero+

7 years ago

@Simmer1367 I moved your newest post into your existing thread, as it's better to keep everything in one place. (Also, the other thread was three years old.)

When you download a cc file, you shouldn't try to open it. Instead, choose "save file" and select where you want the file to land. If it comes in .zip format, you'll need to double-click it to unzip it, but otherwise, don't try to open it; just place it in your Mods folder as usual.

By the way, after you removed your TS4 game folder and repaired the game, did you launch it? If so, you would necessarily have a new game folder somewhere on your computer. If you don't see it, open the game again and create a save with an unusual name. (There's no need to spend much time on it; this is just for testing.) Then open a File Explorer window and search for that unusual name. That's where your new game folder landed.

If it's in OneDrive, the best thing to do is move the folder back to Documents\Electronic Arts and then disable OneDrive entirely. TS4 may not be able to read its folder there, and it will keep spawning new copies of the game folder as they get uploaded to cloud storage.