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Re: CURRENT ISSUE: many .package mods + cc not loading

After the 3/17/26 update, all custom content (no, not mods) is gone. This is not your typical "did you forget to enable mods" hoopla, this is a intentional break from the EA Team. 

I have been playing for years and have dealt with the devastation that comes from being a Modder when a new update comes and my game crashes, but I have never had an issue with custom content. Clothes, hair, shoes: none have ever been affected. How convenient that, the update that introduces in-app purchases of EA "pre-approved" CC, is the one to break all CC for the first time ever. 

EA, do you really expect millions of simmers to believe that this break was not intentional? That this was not a well planned out business strategy to force us all to buy into the Moola Market? We are not sims, we do not take the path of least resistance and queue to the next available thing when something is broken. 

I think it is about time you stop taking advantage of your following and for once, just fix the **bleep** thing. 

16 Replies

  • Pingchee's avatar
    Pingchee
    Seasoned Rookie
    11 hours ago

    it's same for me..... many of the ccs have disappeared from game, though some still remained for some reasons????

  • Bitten10MntsAgo's avatar
    Bitten10MntsAgo
    Newcomer
    10 hours ago

    I'm dealing with this too! Literally rendering most of my saves unplayable.

    What's so frustrating is that when I go to the "Load Save" screen I can literally see my Sims properly rendered with all of their CC, but when I actually load the saves they're all bald and naked. Not only that, but all the text boxes in the notifications bar from my script mods are just blank. I wish I hadn't updated :(

  • moraox's avatar
    moraox
    Seasoned Newcomer
    9 hours ago

    Was it deleted from the mod folder or is there but not loading in the game? Scary bald epidemic. D:

  • NikkidaPoet's avatar
    NikkidaPoet
    Seasoned Newcomer
    8 hours ago

    Trying to force us to pay for the custom content others freely share is just pure greed.  Especially blocking access to content we already had. I may be new to the forum but I've been playing Sims since version 2. It was bad enough EA offered nothing to longtime, loyal players when they made the base game free to all.  Or that every update screws something up. This move was the worst of all the crappy moves EA has made over the years.  This is infuriating! Do better.

  • leyshonzi's avatar
    leyshonzi
    Newcomer
    8 hours ago

    Well, I am going to give the team until close of business on Friday to fix this as my game and saves are nothing without the mods, if it’s not fixed by then, I will be deleting the entire game from my computer, if they think it’s some sort of marketplace marketing ploy to get me to use their stuff, they are mistaken, it will have the opposite effect, it’s mods that make the Sims 4 somewhat enjoyable, without them it’s an incredibly boring game even with all the packs.

  • laurelisabethhh's avatar
    laurelisabethhh
    Newcomer
    7 hours ago

    Do better EA. Or atleast speak up and be honest and say this is something you are doing. SNEAKY! 

  • itstenneo's avatar
    itstenneo
    Newcomer
    5 hours ago

    My game won't even open after the update. This is so frustating...

  • AmeliePoptart's avatar
    AmeliePoptart
    New Scout
    4 hours ago

    I am officially turning my game onto Offline Mode, indefinitely. Sims isn't worth playing without the support from Mods and CC, so if these idiots can't get their **bleep** together then I hope this game crashes, burns, dies. Good job, EA.

  • muellerlamicka's avatar
    muellerlamicka
    Seasoned Rookie
    2 hours ago

    You all are lucky, hell, I can't even see my screen because it is all blacked out. I am surprised it even loaded..

  • sirodriguez's avatar
    sirodriguez
    New Traveler
    1 hour ago

    Agreed,  This is not a coincidence that all cc is unusable when marketplace is introduced.  The cc content makes the game better. My sims are better and so is their decor and variety of objects with better energy and hunger satisfaction as well as more gardening and cooking choices. and EA hair is blocky and mostly hideous. Leave our cc alone and let us enjoy the game our way with the great mods created by other simmers,

  • sirodriguez's avatar
    sirodriguez
    New Traveler
    1 hour ago

    Does that work if you already update? I prefer paying offline because I find the game play scenarios they have added and unwanted notifications to be intrusive.

  • reneeemg's avatar
    reneeemg
    Seasoned Rookie
    1 hour ago

    I had the same issue and it was just broken mods. Despite more than half of my CC folder not showing up in the game ATM, I still did the 50/50 method and was able to figure out what mods were giving me the black screen and what mods/CC were giving me the error message when trying to open the game.

    For the blackout screen, it was the UI cheats mod and then the error messages i got with some cc I have from pralinesims 

  • jn196465's avatar
    jn196465
    Seasoned Ace
    1 hour ago

    I agree it does seem very suspicious that mods break when they introduce market place ( There approved mods ). maybe they trying to get rid of all mods except there own through market place. when this is fixed I think I will take my sims into offline mod permanently 

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