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    Newbie here. Can't get mods to work.

    HeatherNickelHeatherNickel Posts: 41 Member
    in Mac - Technical Discussions
    Hi! I'm following all instructions I can find, but my game is not recognizing the mods at all. I have script mods enabled. Any help or ideas?

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      JoshuaSkylarJoshuaSkylar Posts: 158 Member
      Where are you placing the mods? I've been playing on an MBA and it's been working for me. Make sure the mod is updated, and the mods are placed in the Electronic Arts folder in Documents.
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      AstroAstro Posts: 6,660 Member
      Documents> Electronic Arts> The Sims 4> Mods> Packages (place them in the Packages folder)

      And you have a program to extract the files, right? If not you should download 'Win- Zip' or 'Win-Rar'. I use 'Win-Rar'. :)
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      HeatherNickelHeatherNickel Posts: 41 Member
      @JoshuaSkylar - I'm placing them in the EA>Sims4>Mods folder

      @Astro - I don't have a packages folder in my mods folder. I'm just placing them in the Mods folder as all sites/videos instruct. It's just a .zip file, so I'm dragging it into the mods folder, and opening it up using the built in archive utility. I have also tried another file opener just to see if it helped, but I still had the same outcome.
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      JoshuaSkylarJoshuaSkylar Posts: 158 Member
      You got Resource.cfg and unpackedmod folder in the Mods folder?
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      HeatherNickelHeatherNickel Posts: 41 Member
      @JoshuaSkylar - I only have the resource.cfg.
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      JoshuaSkylarJoshuaSkylar Posts: 158 Member
      Can't say for certain making an unpackedmod folder will make everything start working but I'd give it a go. It's just an empty folder.
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      HeatherNickelHeatherNickel Posts: 41 Member
      Just tried it. No luck.
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      HeatherNickelHeatherNickel Posts: 41 Member
      Hmmm. I just noticed that they are unzipping as .pyo files. I've never heard of that. Perhaps that's the problem. I'm going to try a different mod.
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      Bananas_45Bananas_45 Posts: 6,781 Member
      edited July 2015
      Here's some info on .pyo files

      Although it sounds like you started with that. Hmm...did you try restarting the game after enabling scripts?
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      MkinsMkins Posts: 79 Member
      Unless it's a .package file in your mod folder, I don't think it will work. I read in another forum that you do not unzip them. It seems they are related to something called python.
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      AstroAstro Posts: 6,660 Member
      HeatherNickel wrote: »
      @JoshuaSkylar - I'm placing them in the EA>Sims4>Mods folder

      @Astro - I don't have a packages folder in my mods folder. I'm just placing them in the Mods folder as all sites/videos instruct. It's just a .zip file, so I'm dragging it into the mods folder, and opening it up using the built in archive utility. I have also tried another file opener just to see if it helped, but I still had the same outcome.
      Hi. :)

      Here's a guide by SimsVip, ---> http://simsvip.com/2014/08/22/how-to-install-custom-content-in-the-sims-4/

      She also has a YouTube video showing how to install Mods and CC if you don't understand the guide. :mrgreen:
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      HeatherNickelHeatherNickel Posts: 41 Member
      Thanks for the help, y'all. It was apparently an outdated/non-updated mod. I have successfully installed a couple others. Thanks for helping out a newb. :)
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      AstroAstro Posts: 6,660 Member
      Glad we could help. :)
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