basically, i recently had to switch my sims 4 game to be located in D: drive instead of the C: drive as it was previously due to full storage. i went through the process of moving my documents onto the D: drive using a symlink. now when i try and launch my game it appears with this isue. if i remove that piece of custom content then it happens again but says a different file and then im stuck in a constant loop of that. can anyone help pls?
bettybowditch What format does your D drive have? If you're not sure, you can see it by clicking Windows key-X and selecting Disk Management.
this is what it shows in my disk management, so NTFS
bettybowditch Okay, then please remove or rename the Mods folder (you can put it elsewhere on D), launch the game to create a new Mods folder, quit, download a fresh copy of one mod or cc item confirmed compatible with the current patch, place it in your new Mods folder, and see whether it works. The question is whether your existing mods and cc were corrupted when they were transferred, or the problem is something else about your setup.
Yes it worked, what does this mean then?
bettybowditch That means that either your existing mods are corrupt, or the problem is the Mods folder or Resource.cfg file. The next test is to add one mod or cc item from your old collection to the new Mods folder. If it works, the problem was the old folder or Resource file; if it doesn't work, that mod is corrupted.
You can test a few of your old mods and cc items, but if they all come up corrupt now (with the new Mods folder), that likely means everything else is broken as well, and you'd unfortunately need to download fresh copies.
ive tried with a mixture of build mode cc, cas cc, and bigger mods and they are all corrupt :( does this mean i have to start fresh?? i have 120GB of mods and really dont want to have to!!
bettybowditch It sounds like everything is in fact corrupt. I'm not sure why that happened, except perhaps the transfer to the external didn't go smoothly (or took more time than you thought it would) due to the sheer volume of data.
Do you have copies of anything left on your internal drive? If so, you could transfer the Mods folder again, this time zipping it, or better zipping one subfolder at a time, before moving it.
If that's not possible, one thing that might help is running some of the cc through Sims4Studio batch fixes. These are not meant to fix corrupt cc, rather cc that gets broken with a specific patch that updates how the underlying item works. But it's possible that a batch fix would repair your issue too.
Other than that, there's nothing you can do except start over, unfortunately. It might be easier to only download what you're actively using, for now, and go on a cc shopping spree or two down the road.
ok thank your for taking ur time to help me out, much appreciated :)
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