My game won't start with cc - missing file error.

abelhinha35

My game won't start when I put back my cc, but it starts fine without cc.

I have tried the 50/50 way but all my cc is either corrupt or there is seriously something wrong with my game.

If there is a way that I can roll back the game to before the update and the vintage glamor stuff pack, I will be grateful

brntwaffles

Is your resource.cfg file missing?

rosemow

Hello
You can't remove the update.
Try moving your mods folder to the desktop. Then start the game and a new mods folder will be generated. Exit the game. Then put your mods/CC back into the newly generated mods folder in the sims 4 folder one by one or in batches and testing the game after each one to see which is the cause of the problem. Put one item or batch in , test the game , take it out. Then test another one, to find the cause of the issue.

abelhinha35

rosemow wrote: »

Hello
You can't remove the update.
Try moving your mods folder to the desktop. Then start the game and a new mods folder will be generated. Exit the game. Then put your mods/CC back into the newly generated mods folder in the sims 4 folder one by one or in batches and testing the game after each one to see which is the cause of the problem. Put one item or batch in , test the game , take it out. Then test another one, to find the cause of the issue.

@rosemow, I tried this but to no avail, I get that error every time.

brntwaffles wrote: »

Is your resource.cfg file missing?

No, I do have the resource.cfg in my sims 4 folder

rosemow

What is the error message that appears?

abelhinha35

This is the first time every it has ever happened to me and I have always played with cc that I have screened.

abelhinha35

@rosemow, the error is -

“Unable to start: Cannot start because required game data is missing or damaged. Please try reinstalling the game [85262c58:29f00e76:00000000]

abelhinha35

This only happened after I installed the patch and vintage glamour

rosemow

Hello
This link refers to your issue. It sounds that it is caused by some cc that you have if the game works okay without the cc in your game. Try doing the suggstions in the link.
http://sims4.crinrict.com/en/2015/02/cannot-start-because-required-game-data-is-missing-or-damaged/

abelhinha35

Thanks @rosemow for the link but the problem is I have repaired the game and done the 50/50 method. The message for all my cc and mods. I am really baffled by this.

rosemow

Perhaps try doing this.
Try resetting your sims 4 folder and see if that helps. To do that, move your sims 4 folder ( that is in Documents -Electronic Arts - then the sims 4 folder is there ) to the desktop. Then start the game, and a new sims 4 folder will be generated. Exit the game and then add back the "options.ini" or "options " file and the "saves" , "screenshots" "tray" "custom music "folders from the desktop sims 4 folder to the new sims 4 folder, replacing the new generated file/ folders with the old file/folders that have the same name.
Don't put back the old mods folder.
Test to see if you can start the game
Then exit the game.
Then place your cc/mods into the newly generated mods folder one by one or in batches, and see if the error message keeps coming up. Test after each item/batch.

abelhinha35

Thanks @rosemow, will try that when I get home tonight

rosemow

You're welcome I hope that it helps the issue.

ChloeDeCookie

Try puttin just one mod in and see what happens

abelhinha35

Thanks @rosemow, @brntwaffles and @ChloeDeCookie for you help.

I tried a combination of things, not sure which one worked and finally I found that one of my cc files got corrupt with the downloading of the update and Vintage Glamor.

Can't tell you which one as I re downloaded all kijiko eyelashes, and skins that I had before and deleted the ones that was causing he problem. They were not outdated. They were the same package files as before but some how it just corrupted one of them.

I am all good now.

rosemow

I am glad that the issue has been fixed now That is good,

ChloeDeCookie

Im happy that has been sorted. I remember months ago that happened to me with a hair, the hair had became corrupt somehow when downloadin so I had to just redownload them.