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cathybirds
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3 years ago
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Horse ranch blank text boxes on Steam not fixed

hi, I bought horse ranch through Steam as a pre-order and like everyone else had a problem with blank text boxes when I tried to play the expansion yesterday. I saw the thread saying the issue had been fixed. I have now updated the pack twice through Steam via properties/DLC checking and unchecking the box. It updated and then verified, and the Strings_ENG_US is now in the EP14 folder, but when I try to play, the text boxes are still blank. I don't have any mods. Any suggestions?

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    cathybirds
    3 years ago
    @EA_Solaire Good news, I think it is fixed - I went back into the EP14 file and noticed that in the Steamapps/common/Sims4 folder there is a series of EP/GP/SP files, but also a folder called Delta containing a duplicate set of EP/GP/SP files (why there are duplicate versions of all of the packs and kits, I don't know). The Delta folder's version of EP14 did not contain the Strings package, whereas the other one did. So I copied the package across to the Delta folder's version and restarted the game, and it worked. The update earlier today and the reinstall had updated one version of the file but not the other. It's still a mystery as to why there are two versions of all of it, but anyway, we got there in the end. 🙂

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    cathybirds
    Seasoned Rookie
    3 years ago
    @EA_Cade the Delta folder is not specifically for EP14 - it contains all of the expansion packs, kits etc - I have the feeling it's been there for a while. Not sure why it's there though, or whether it's a problem. If there are any future issues I will check there first. 🙂
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    cathybirds
    Seasoned Rookie
    3 years ago
    @EA_Cade sorry, to be clear, the Delta folder isn't in the EP14 folder, it's in the Sims4 folder.
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    puzzlezaddict
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    3 years ago

    @cathybirds  I'm sure EA_Cade knows that this thread is about the EP14 folder inside ...The Sims 4\Delta, as opposed to the EP14 folder directly inside The Sims 4.  The Delta folder holds patch data for each pack, but the folder for a given pack isn't created until something from that pack is patched.  So since there has been no patch involving Horse Ranch, there shouldn't be an EP14 folder inside Delta.  Every other pack should have a corresponding folder inside Delta, just not a new one that hasn't been patched yet.

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