Sims 4 Local File Path Empty
So, Looked through many different websites, help links, blog pages, and posts. Simply cannot find my current problem anywhere. I have owned Sims 4 on Origin basically since launch, recently with Ste...
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@SiltionGaming You don't have to "use" OneDrive. Sometimes a Windows 10 update OneDrive login may be part of the update welcome. I don't use OneDrive but right after an update there is a page that sometimes requests you login to OneDrive. OneDrive relocates folders and files in prep to sync. The operating system (Windows 10) knows this and redirects calls to these folders and files. the problem is the game does not know this and keeps looking in the default location. This problem seems to happen after you start the game THEN enable OneDrive. If the default game folder in the user document game folder is empty something is wrong as this folder is checked every time the game starts and if empty the game creates new data. Another issue I have found is a rights issue. Does your user login have rights to the game folder and files. The Sims games have a complicated file structure and I found out early not to mess with it. I have both Origin and Steam and I have no issues playing the Sims games. With issues between EA and Steam I decided to use Origin for this game.
@roberta591Just looked into my Onedrive folder, can't see anything in there that should cause a problem, I'm gonna completely wipe it from my pc then try again. My issue is I played the game fine for like 2 months (on Steam) and then bam it decided to die. I've owned the game for a long while through Origin, since 2014
@SiltionGaming I've been playing since Will Wright put out SimCity with Maxis. Actually my first computer game was the Colossal Cave Adventure by Don Woods and William Crowther for the PDP-10. Can you remember if you uninstalled or installed anything lately?
- @roberta591 Not that I can really recall, obviously the normal flow of game installs etc. nothing Big software-wise though
@SiltionGaming This game does have a complex file structure. Most mistakes are when someone deletes a wrong file. But you say it's not creating any files which is strange. Did you try the repair option in Origin? Next would be a reinstall under Steam. Either should recreate the user files.
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