Game Link & companion mod

Game Link turns SimSweep into a live window into your game. While Sims 4 is running with the companion mod loaded, the dashboard updates in real time with health scores, sim needs, error counts, mod performance data, and more. This is a Decrypt feature.

What you can see#

When connected, the dashboard shows:

• Lot Health Score with an overall health reading
• Live Sim Needs showing hunger, energy, fun, social, hygiene, and bladder for your household
• Interaction Failures and mod error counts as they happen
• Mod Error Detection and any broken CC flagged in the current session
• Build/Buy Tracking for what you are placing
• Zone Load Profiling for how long loading took
• Household data and pack labels (BASE, EP, GP, SP, KIT, FREE)

None of this data is sent anywhere. The connection is between the game and the SimSweep desktop app, entirely on your machine.

Setting up the companion mod#

The companion mod is what sends data from inside the game to SimSweep. You install it once.

1. Make sure you have Decrypt access. You can connect Patreon to unlock it.
2. Open Game Link from the sidebar or the Tools hub card.
3. If the companion mod is not installed, you will see Get the mod on the disconnected screen. Press it.
4. SimSweep downloads and installs the mod into your Mods folder under Mods/SYVR.
5. Launch the game (either from the Launch Game button in SimSweep or however you normally launch it).
6. Load into a lot. The dashboard connects automatically and starts showing data.

If an update is available later, the same screen will show Update available instead. Press it to grab the latest version.

The connection#

SimSweep listens on a local port on your machine. The companion mod connects to it when the game loads. No internet required. The connection shows up as Waiting for connection until the game is running and loaded into a lot. Once it connects, the dashboard goes live.

If the dashboard stays stuck on Waiting for connection after loading into a lot:

• Check that port 27220 is free. Another app running on the same port would block the connection.
• Make sure the companion mod installed successfully. If it shows Failed, retry? on the disconnected screen, try the install again.
• Make sure your Sims 4 Mods folder permissions are not blocking the game from reading new files.

A few notes#

• Some dashboard data only appears after loading into a lot, not immediately on the main menu.
• If you renamed or removed the companion mod file manually, SimSweep will prompt you to reinstall.
• The live dashboard is only visible when Decrypt is active. Without it, the Game Link page shows a locked preview listing the available data panels.

Next up#

Want to install or manage official SYVR mods? Creator Shelf is the place for that.