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AnaKun13's avatar
AnaKun13
New Spectator
1 month ago

Owned DLC Missing Items In Game

I have been encountering an error message in game that says "Content Not Installed." It says that "Purchased or other content used in this gallery item is not installed. If you place it now, you will not see the uninstalled content. Do you want to place this household/lot." 

I have a lot of expansion packs, stuff packs, game packs, and a few kits, but do not utilize any CC or Mods at all. The items that I'm having an issue with are all households or lots that I made myself with all the packs that I own. When viewing it in my Gallery, under the most recent updates, it now has two tabs at the bottom. The left one for "show used items from these packs" and displays all my packs that I own and that are downloaded. The right one says "show used items" and has a red X over a few items that I just chose in CAS with no problem.

I tried making a sim and saving it with 0 DLC content and didn't have the error message. I did it again with just 1 random item from a DLC and was given the message. Not every time I do this will it show the red X, but I always get this message when trying to place my own content from the Gallery into a save.  

I waited until the new updates and downloaded those. I used the EA app to repair all content. I cleared the cache. Tried closing out the game and starting it up again. I'm sure there's other things I haven't tried that might work, but I haven't seen a lot of people commenting about this particular issue. 

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  • KxScarlet's avatar
    KxScarlet
    Seasoned Newcomer
    1 month ago

    I'm also having this issue when downloading lots/rooms off the Gallery and I own every pack/kits but it shows the "Content Not Installed" and the other message you mentioned. I haven't seen anyone else post any solution as well. Hoping someone has an idea on how to fix it. 

  • sunnysimlishjenn's avatar
    sunnysimlishjenn
    New Spectator
    1 month ago

    Purchased Enchanted Living on 3/19. It was downloaded from the EA App. It is showing as downloaded in the "manage add ons" section, but has still not opened or shown as downloaded in the game itself. I cannot access the neighborhood or any items from the pack.

    I have done the following: 

    • Cleared APP cache
    • Logged out and into app
    • uninstalled and reinstalled app
    • repaired game
    • uninstalled the DLC and reinstalled it
    • Mods are off. 

    The EA chatbot has been completely worthless. I can't even open a case about this because the bot just keeps giving me the same article then resetting when I say it didn't fix my issue. 

    I thought to refund it and rebuy it, but it isn't eligible for refund.

    Short of uninstalling and reinstalling the entire game, I have tried everything. 

  • Gavazzle's avatar
    Gavazzle
    New Spectator
    1 month ago

    island living - sulani & outdoor living retreat world

    both say "World not installed. When this pack finishes downloading restart The Sims 4 to install it." I've uninstalled/then reinstalled the packs, then ran a repair on the game twice. I had a mod on when I bought and installed them originally, but for the repairs I took it off. Any suggestions? 

     

     

  • game_warp_999's avatar
    game_warp_999
    New Spectator
    1 month ago

    Logged into the game and now being told that although content packs are showing as purchased they are not being recognised in the game. 

    Have run a repair, relogged into my account and reset multiple times but packs are still showing as missing in the game even though the EA app shows them as purchased. 

    Any ideas of what I can do to fix this or is this another issue affecting everyone

  • Changkra's avatar
    Changkra
    Rising Scout
    1 month ago

    I have a similar issue. When I go to download a house I built from my library it tells me I don't have all the packs installed even though I do, I built the house. It's since the recent update. 

  • shaibaby1's avatar
    shaibaby1
    New Spectator
    1 month ago

    I'm having the same issues as well as my game just cutting off in the middle of the game. i just played my game last night and everything was there. tried play this morning and that's when the problem occurred. I've tried everything to fix the issue, nothing works. 

  • helenajepp609's avatar
    helenajepp609
    New Spectator
    1 month ago

    Please fix. i Own plenty extra packages, they are installed but wont come up in the game. Fix it 

  • VALERIALEUS's avatar
    VALERIALEUS
    Rising Newcomer
    1 month ago

    Hallo, I tried to load my game today and all of the sudden, all my expansions are blokked in grey and it says I dont own them, but when I click, I do. Says I need to restart the game, did. Followed all steps online,  asked chat gpt for hours and spoke with few support people, they say its an internal bug but my game is still not loading and I cant play. Did anyone have this and how did you solve it? I spent a lot of money and cant even play....

  • Mandijane452's avatar
    Mandijane452
    New Spectator
    1 month ago

    HI, I bought and downloaded a maker pack from the market place for the first time today, and now none of my other packs work. It seems that I only have the base game worlds and no other stuff packs or kits. They say DEACTIVATED. I have reinstalled everything, cleared cache all the things. So I am not sure where to go now. 

  • Antoniahinder's avatar
    Antoniahinder
    New Spectator
    1 month ago

    Hi,   I have the EA app on my laptop and my daughter’s laptop so she can play the sims.  I recently purchased royals and legacy and for rent  expansions I  installed on my laptop first then my daughters. 

    both expansions work perfectly on my laptop however on my daughters it shows this …:::

    I have cleared the cache, uninstalled and reinstalled the app, uninstalled and reinstalled the expansion packs and repaired Multiple times and it still doesn’t work? 

    Just to add i have other expansions which work fine on her laptop. 

    please can anyone help? Many thanks 

  • jaxxieee's avatar
    jaxxieee
    Seasoned Newcomer
    1 month ago

    yea same I just got it and Jungle Adventure and I can't see any of the pack items or towns. Very frustrating.

  • jaxxieee's avatar
    jaxxieee
    Seasoned Newcomer
    1 month ago

    I also have a MacBook Pro for reference. 

  • Elkitti's avatar
    Elkitti
    New Spectator
    1 month ago

    I have 2 PC's set up to use my EA account - my main PC and a gaming laptop. I purchased Lovestruck and Hobbies and Businesses and activated the country kitchen on my main PC. Downloaded and installed without issue, played for a bit and the packs are all working correctly.

    Son wanted to play so logged the EA account off on the main PC and into the gaming laptop. He started playing immediately and did not install the new packs on the laptop before playing.

    When I switched the account back over to the main PC and started the game the save that I was playing before now shows lovestruck, H&B and country kitchen as all missing. Starting a new game and trying to access the associated worlds shows them as not being available but says not installed which is different to the worlds associated with the other packs I don't have yet like Royalty.

    I have restarted the PC, run repair, uninstalled and redownloaded the packs. What else can I do to fix the sync issue?

    The packs show as purchased when I go to them from inside the game, I have checked the install path and they are installed in the correct directory, in the EA launcher they are showing as installed and ready to use.

  • Elkitti's avatar
    Elkitti
    New Spectator
    1 month ago

    Forgot to add in my post, I have reset the app cache already as well.

     

     

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    1 month ago

    AnaKun13​ KxScarlet​ sunnysimlishjenn​ Gavazzle​ game_warp_999​ Changkra​ shaibaby1​ helenajepp609​ VALERIALEUS​ Mandijane452​ Antoniahinder​ jaxxieee​ Elkitti​ AnaKun13​  If you're still having trouble with this, please open Marketplace > My Collection and see whether your packs are disabled.  If they are, you can enable them with the Pack Selection button.

    Alternately, you can delete UserSetting.ini, in Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4.

    If that doesn't help, please see this guide to missing content:

    ⚙️[PC] [Mac] Sims 4 Missing Content (DLC) | EA Forums - 12636720

  • Gavazzle's avatar
    Gavazzle
    New Spectator
    1 month ago

    The marketplace trick worked!!!! Thank you so much. My sims are thanking you from their forest and tropical vacations. :)

  • Elkitti's avatar
    Elkitti
    New Spectator
    1 month ago

    The marketplace trick worked for me as well - when a full reinstall didn't!

    Do devs read feedback here? Is there any way to display that the pack is disabled on the individual pack page so that if you click through from the error on the save game list it says "Owned - disabled" rather than just "owned" with a way to get to the toggle to reenable it?

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