So a Little after my last post I decided to get help with my game so I called the sims team(this is what they told me they asked me to name my OG mods folder "Mods folder old" and my new one "mods folder new" and it worked) so my game is now working but. when I got in the game realized ALL my CC has been taken out. So I decide because I have a new mods folder I check to see if my mods are in it they are not so I check mods folder old they are there so I put my CC into my new mods folder and all my CC is just gone. I know this is not a big deal but I would like some help :D

@SaphiraChrist Okay, let's start from the beginning. Open Documents > Electronic Arts and move the Sims 4 folder to the desktop. When you launch the game, a clean folder will spawn with no content. Your saves and other user content will be intact in the folder you've moved but temporarily not read by the game. Don't add anything to the new folder yet; just load a new save to make sure it works. Make sure to enable mods and custom content again, since they'll be off by default. If the new save is fine, download ONE mod or cc item, add it to Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 > Mods, load the game, and see whether that item is present. If it is, you can start adding more mods and/or cc to the same Mods folder a little at a time; be sure to keep testing the game. If it stops loading or you get an error, you'll know that something in the last batch of files is a problem, and you can remove the entire batch or test the files in smaller groups until you find the problem. When all your mods and cc are in place, you can copy your saves to the new Sims 4 folder; they're inside saves, unsurprisingly.

My new mods folder won't let me get CC

21 Replies

puzzlezaddict
Hero+
5 years ago
@SaphiraChrist Is the folder with the custom content in it still called "Mods folder new"? The game won't read that folder; it has to be simply labeled "Mods" without anything else. If you have a Mods folder, move the missing content to that folder and see whether the game still works.

If it won't load with the cc present, you'll need to test it to see which files are a problem. If you have a lot of them, the 50/50 method can speed up the process.

https://modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Finding_Problem_Custom_Content#The_50.25_Method
SaphiraChrist
5 years ago
The custom content is in the mods folder old
SaphiraChrist
5 years ago
And my mods folder new is just called mod folder sorry if thats confusing
puzzlezaddict
Hero+
5 years ago
@SaphiraChrist The custom content needs to be in "Mods," not in "Mods folder old" or anything else. Otherwise, the game won't read it.
SaphiraChrist
5 years ago
When I go into my files my old sims 4 document is in "sims 4 old" when I go into the folder it just says "Mods" Mine doesn't say mods folder old
SaphiraChrist
5 years ago
Should I delte my other sims 4 save
puzzlezaddict
Hero+
5 years ago
@SaphiraChrist Your mods and custom content need to go into Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 > Mods. Please let me know whether your content is in that folder.
SaphiraChrist
5 years ago
I messed up so bad. When you told me the instructions I did not understand them so instead of asking for help I came up with a "genius" Idea witch was to put the folder with my CC in it in my new mods folder it then gave me the option to replace my new mods folder with the old one (keep in mind that my old mods folder has my CC while my new one will not let me get CC) and when I did that I knew it could go one of two ways bad or very good but it went very bad I got stuck at the loading screen. I took a break from trying to fix it and went back so I tried to move the old mods file back to the its original file but it said a file in the mods folder is open and asked me to close it then try agian but the problem is I don't know whats open I am very worried because all my moms money might go to waste.
puzzlezaddict
Hero+
5 years ago
@SaphiraChrist Okay, let's start from the beginning. Open Documents > Electronic Arts and move the Sims 4 folder to the desktop. When you launch the game, a clean folder will spawn with no content. Your saves and other user content will be intact in the folder you've moved but temporarily not read by the game. Don't add anything to the new folder yet; just load a new save to make sure it works. Make sure to enable mods and custom content again, since they'll be off by default.

If the new save is fine, download ONE mod or cc item, add it to Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 > Mods, load the game, and see whether that item is present. If it is, you can start adding more mods and/or cc to the same Mods folder a little at a time; be sure to keep testing the game. If it stops loading or you get an error, you'll know that something in the last batch of files is a problem, and you can remove the entire batch or test the files in smaller groups until you find the problem.

When all your mods and cc are in place, you can copy your saves to the new Sims 4 folder; they're inside saves, unsurprisingly.
BigmamaJudie
4 years ago
I'm sorry I did not respond but if you want to know I have it fixed but I want to know if it's safe to download mods again and i want to know what I have to do to keep my game safe after all that happend