Hi, thanks for the response!
I confirmed my save files are all in the correct folder: C:\Users\<MyName>\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\saves
I moved the entire Sims 4 folder out to a separate drive, then launched the game and tried to create a new save, and realized I have another issue. There are no worlds available for me to choose to place a new household. After finishing in create a sim, the game took me to the screen to select the season to begin with, I selected "spring" and then it took me to the screen to select a world/neighborhood to begin playing and there is just nothing there. No images or worlds at all to choose from.
I will try Googling that issue because I haven't heard of it before, but if you have any additional suggestions please let me know. Thank you!
@ScoobyM Did you move the Sims 4 folder in Documents\Electronic Arts, or the Sims 4 folder that contains the game's program files? The latter would explain the message from Origin about a pack being redownloaded.
Regardless, the next step is to clear Origin's cache and repair the game. That should address the missing worlds, which is a known issue.
https://help.ea.com/en/help/faq/clear-cache-to-fix-problems-with-your-games/
It should also fix any other corruption with the program files. Hopefully.
Point is, let me know whether that helps at all, and we can go from there.
I moved the entire The Sims 4 folder that was in the Documents folder - the one where my save files, Mods, etc. are. I moved it to a different drive.
I did the steps in that article to clear the Origin cache, and I have run repair multiple times. One thing I consistently see is that when running Repair it only updates 49 items; I own 49 DLC items but it is only updating 48 plus the soundtrack; the Decor to the Max kit is not being repaired even though Origin says I have it installed. I think that when I was downloading that kit, my wifi was interrupted and it never correctly installed.
I am thinking that my only option may be to do a complete uninstall then a complete fresh reinstall of the game and all my packs. If I do that, I should be able to place my saves and Mods back into the fresh install and use them, correct?
@ScoobyM Yes, you could put your saves and mods back after an uninstall and reinstall and they should work fine. You could also just delete the folder for the new kit, as in, SP31 that's within the Sims 4 program files, clear Origin's cache again, and redownload the kit. I'd start there, since it's so much easier, and if it doesn't work, go ahead and uninstall.
Darn, I wish I'd been more patient and waited for your answer! I went ahead and uninstalled the game, which left the SP31 folder still lingering. I tried to delete it and got an error message saying it was corrupted/unreadable and I had to go through a lengthy chkdsk process to get rid of it finally! So I'm feeling very confident that the interrupted install is what caused all this.
I am about to start reinstalling everything now, so thank you SO much for your help on this!! I really appreciate it!!
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