Earlier today my game was refusing to start so I moved my mods folder out on to the desktop while I updated and repaired the game through origin. When I was done I moved the mods folder back in and started up the game to find all of my cc missing (mods & scripts are enabled, restarted the game a couple of times). Wasn't too bothered but then I looked at the mods folder and it was completely empty apart from the resource file. The way it seems to me is that the game replaced my mods folder with a new one on the startup (It's not in the bin). Has this happened to anyone else? Is there a way to get it back? Really don't feel like redownloading almost 3000 items and the game is just bland without it :/

im not seeing a resolution to this issue. The same happened to me. I know for a fact I didnt delete anything i just drug folder from desktop to its usual location and started game and it showed no custom content on my sims so i looked at folder and there is nothing in it just like the last person. and i also i have 2 folders now both empty. now when i search for something that is CC it pulls up someof them and they all say shortcut files but i get an error when i ty to find their location telling me the source file that goes to the shrtcut has been moved and may not work...but no way to tell me where it was moved to. I dont understand what happended at all. I have moved that folder tones of times and put it back with no issue.

As I said in the first post, it wasn't there. I must have done something very silly for this to happen as I don't see how the game could just get rid of a whole folder.

I have had this same exact issue. I thought maybe I just deleted it at first, so I just downloaded stuff again. But now it has happened for the second time. It was fine a minute ago, but when I loaded the game everything was gone. Both times this happened I checked everywhere for it, it's nowhere. I don't understand why this is happening.

Hi @winkofasmile are you sure you didn't move it somewhere else by accident ? Try searching your computer for mods to see if there's another mods folder somewhere.

Will have to have a look, don't have the computer available to me right now until later this evening.When I was trying to click on the mods folder in my quick access it popped up with an error saying that the folder was either moved or deleted. When I was moving it back I literally just dragged it back into it's usual folder and started the game. (Checked all the folders for the mods folder) Could it be possible that I accidentally dragged it into one of the other folders and the game didn't recognise it and got rid of it?

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17 Replies

crinrict
Hero+
8 years ago
Hi @winkofasmile

are you sure you didn't move it somewhere else by accident ?

Try searching your computer for mods to see if there's another mods folder somewhere.
Anonymous
8 years ago
Will have to have a look, don't have the computer available to me right now until later this evening.

When I was trying to click on the mods folder in my quick access it popped up with an error saying that the folder was either moved or deleted. When I was moving it back I literally just dragged it back into it's usual folder and started the game. (Checked all the folders for the mods folder) Could it be possible that I accidentally dragged it into one of the other folders and the game didn't recognise it and got rid of it?
Anonymous
8 years ago
Just searched the pc for another mods folder and nothing else came up besides the new mods folder just as I expected. To be honest I've already given up hope but would still like to know what I've done wrong so it doesn't happen again.
crinrict
Hero+
8 years ago
Did you also check your trash can ?
Anonymous
8 years ago
As I said in the first post, it wasn't there. I must have done something very silly for this to happen as I don't see how the game could just get rid of a whole folder.
crinrict
Hero+
8 years ago
Yeah, the game doesn't just delete folders. Sounds more like you deleted it by accident and the game created a new folder.

Are you using OneDrive by chance and if so, did you also check that ? I don't know if the search looks there
lil_lizard_boy
7 years ago
I have had this same exact issue. I thought maybe I just deleted it at first, so I just downloaded stuff again. But now it has happened for the second time. It was fine a minute ago, but when I loaded the game everything was gone. Both times this happened I checked everywhere for it, it's nowhere. I don't understand why this is happening.
crinrict
Hero+
7 years ago
Hi @lil_lizard_boy

Is it just the mods folder or also your saves that have gone missing ?

Are they just not showing in the game or is your mods folder physically gone from the doc folder ?
lil_lizard_boy
7 years ago
Everything in game and in my files (other than my custom content) is the same. It only changed when I went into the game and turned on the cc settings again. After I exited the game I looked at my files and all of the cc was gone. Other than that nothing else has changed. I have noticed that there is a second mods folder in my onlinethumbnailcache folder, I'm not sure if that's normal.
crinrict
Hero+
7 years ago
There's shouldn't be on. Does it have the mods in there you are missing ? If so, move it back to where it belongs.