December 2020
I got a new M1 MacBook Pro for Christmas, and immediately wanted to download the sims on it. However, I’ve encountered some issues, twice. When I first download origin, my game and packs all install fine. However, when I go in game, I get an error message stating that “Pack downloads are still in progress” and none of my packs show up, despite all being there in a folder on my laptop. Then, origin acts super buggy when I try to renter it, and it attempts to redownload all of my packs multiple times over. What do I do?
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December 2020
December 2020
Your packs download to a separate folder called Sims 4 Packs in the same install location as the base game:
If you move or rename that folder, or do anything to the contents, Origin will try to download them again if. you have automatic updates enabled in Origin.
After checking the locations are good run the Origin reset tool.
December 2020
I’ve already tried using the origin reset tool, and I’ve also uninstalled and reinstalled both origin and the sims. I’ve never touched the location of the folders or anything so I’m unsure why it would be triggered to redownload them. Is it possible it’s another issue?
December 2020
December 2020
Sorry, what do you mean by how big is the folder? As in ssd? And I do not believe it is read only.
I can’t currently access origin to view the installation path D: every time I download it, once I open the Sims 4 once, origin becomes super glitchy and refuses to launch.
I manually trashed all of the library files when I uninstalled after the reset tool didn’t help the glitchiness.
Sorry I couldn’t be more specific!! I really appreciate the help
December 2020
December 2020
Super sorry for the late response! I just made a new user account and downloaded origin again (I had it uninstalled again after it didn’t work the second time.) It’s working smoothly, but I’m unsure if anything has changed because it only became glitchy after running the sims, which I no longer have installed. Should I try to install it under the new user account?
December 2020
December 2020
Okay, so I changed the download location on origin and I'm currently downloading Sims 4 and testing that on my main user account. If that fails, I'll try again on my secondary account, lol. I'll update you asap, thank you so much for all your help!
December 2020