Update bugs, File Recovery, Corrupted Files, etc.

I should add I've tried repairing game, and scanning the CC multiple time to find any issues and nothing has helped.

@Tyounge91  Please set aside the files you deleted and recovered: they may have been corrupted, or else the process may not have recovered enough of their data to make them usable.  This is the reality of recovery software: it can often restore part but not all of the data associated with a file, and whether the relevant program(s) can still read that file is always in question.

For the remaining files, please move your Mods folder to the desktop, delete localthumbcache.package, launch the game to create a new folder, move over one mod or cc item, and test.  If it doesn't work, remove that file and test a different one.  It's also possible that these files were somehow corrupted when moved to your external drive, although that's much less common.

And for what it's worth, the only way to prevent mods or cc from becoming incompatible with updates would be to basically not update the game at all, aside from perhaps adding more CAS and Build/Buy items.  Every new function introduced to the game is likely to break any mods that don't account for it, and any fix to a buggy feature will likely break mods that were based on how that feature originally functioned.  If you don't want this to happen, wait until the game is no longer in development and isn't receiving any patches.

Ahhhh that makes sense....dang I didn't realize the "not able to fully recover x amount of files" files would actually be inserted into the folder. I thought it was just telling me and I was like "oh whatever it's just a few lost files"

Is there a program that can scan to find corrupted files in the mods folder? I have sims 4 tray importer but I would like to move the corrupted files out into a folder, re-download them, and such. I ask because there are over 1k files that were recovered using Recuva.

Thank you so much for the prompt response!

Hi!

Thank you so much for helping me. I actually decided to dump my CC folder, and re-do it. As many of the recovered files replaced items in various folders. It also gave me a chance to get rid of things and organize it better.

I found after testing the files recovered by recuva in the mod detector they showed up at "faulty mod". Every mod in my mods folder now is brand new and updated. However my game still will not start. It isn't giving the corrupted file message anymore. However; once I press start the start button turns grey like it's about to load...then it just goes orange again and nothing happens.

I have no idea what is going on but honestly, if my entire game is broken I better get a refund because the update caused severe lagging WITHOUT my mods folder ever in the game. 

@Tyounge91  Glad to hear you've sorted it out, and yes, a single Sims 3 mod or cc item could prevent the entire game from loading at all.