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SaphiraChrist
5 years ago
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My new mods folder won't let me get CC

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 fo...
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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    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.

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puzzlezaddict
Hero+
4 years ago

@SaphiraChrist  Open Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4, right-click on the saves folder, and select Copy.  Then right-click on your desktop and select Paste.  From there, you can move the folder wherever you want.  Elsewhere on your computer is okay, but better would be to store it on an external drive or USB stick, or upload it to a free filehosting service like Google Drive or Dropbox.  If you do upload the folder, zip it (right-click and select Compress) first.

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BigmamaJudie
4 years ago

Ok just so you know i have no mods just outfits/hairs and also i just put all my mods in another folder because the spa day update is tomrrow is that a good thing

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    4 years ago

    @BigmamaJudie  Yes, that's a good thing, but you may want to make a spare copy of your saves as well, just in case.  You can copy the saves folder and paste it onto your desktop or anywhere else you want.

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