Mods file got deleted (not by me)
Hi all,
to paint a picture: I was trying to figure out why my kawaiistacie slice of life mod wasn't fully working and scrolled thru some fora looking for some answers.
I thought that one of the issues might have been related to 'to many or to deep in folders' or perhaps a conflict with some other mods.
I got one mod out and then deleted the localthumbcach and the last_exception files and restarted the Sims. (As many have stated that it could be helpful to refresh these files once in awhile.)
When starting the game I noticed that my sim on the saved file picture was bald, (which is not a good sign) so I closed the Sims without saving. I went back to my mods folder to see what was going on. Everything was still there. (FYI yes mods enabled is on in the sims settings)
Presumable it had something to do with the both files I deleted. I went to my garbage bin and restored both files. I restarted the Sims. The saved game picture with the sim had the cc on so I felt reassured that everything was back in to place. However when clicking on play household, my sim was bald and pretty much naked. (=insert curse word here) I closed the Sims without saving.
Again went back to my mods file only to see that EVERYTHING DISAPPEARED. (I cry) Out of the bleu, all the files are gone.
Mods file states last changed at 1pm this happened at 2pm.
Also normally my mods file is listed in the quick access bar of my explorer. There as well not visible. It's not in my garbage bin either. Something must have happened I just can't see what exactly.
I tried repairing the game. This time in the mods file only a recource.cfg popped up (time stamp Dec 19 12:56) and last_exception (time stamp Okt 23 17:16)
Honestly can some one tell my that my file just got lost somewhere (PC's be doing weird stuff from time to time) and that I do not have to start over from scratch. I fear it's lost but maybe just maybe someone knows something. Or can explain why this might have happened. Any thoughts?
Cheers
@SalieG1 The localthumbcache file stores thumbnails, including those for sims and apparently for household previews as well. So since you restored it, that would explain why the preview looked normal again—even though the custom content was still gone, the image in the preview was intact.
@TGamez1 is correct in saying that if you save your game with your custom content missing, it's removed from that save even if you later restore it. This isn't due to any corrupt files, in Origin or within the game, but just the game saving with no access to the data for the sims' cc hair and clothing.
However, since you didn't save, it sounds like your mods and cc stopped working exactly once, and later disappeared from your folder; the other details are irrelevant. Please look in OneDrive, if you have it active, for a stray Mods folder. If you find one, you can move it back to your hard drive and disable OneDrive's automatic syncing function.
If there's nothing in OneDrive, search your computer for any stray mods: open a File Explorer window, click This PC in the left panel, and enter *.package (with the asterisk) in the search box in the upper right corner. This will turn up any .package files on your hard drive, probably including a number that are unrelated, but you can go through the list looking for your missing content. If you see anything familiar, click on the file and then click "Open file location" to open the folder that contains it. You can repeat the process for *.ts4script as well.