Game Link & companion mod

Game Link turns SimSweep into a live window into your game. While The Sims 4 is running with the companion mod loaded, SimSweep can show household details, session events, exceptions, and other local game state. The Control and Live panels are Free, along with basic Guardian status.

What you can see#

Free Game Link panels include:

• Control for supported cheats and mod settings when the installed companion version provides those capabilities
• Live for lot health, household needs, Sim details, and the session timeline
• Guardian basics for exception counts and loaded tuning-override totals

Decrypt opens the CC Intelligence panel for installed-pack and mod-footprint context. The Conflict Radar area is currently a preview of work still in development, not a finished Decrypt feature.

Game Link event data stays between the game and the SimSweep desktop app on your machine. Downloading or updating the companion mod still requires SimSweep to contact its update service.

Setting up the companion mod#

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

1. Open Game Link from the sidebar or the Tools hub card.
2. If the companion mod is not installed, you will see Get the mod on the disconnected screen. Press it.
3. SimSweep downloads and installs the mod into your Mods folder under Mods/SYVR.
4. Launch the game, either from the Launch Game button in SimSweep or however you normally launch it.
5. 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#

Current companion versions use a local file queue on your PC. The game writes small event files for SimSweep to read, so Game Link does not need an internet connection. Waiting for connection stays on screen until the game is running and loaded into a lot. Once the queue opens, the dashboard goes live.

Older companion versions used a Python connection to SimSweep on a local port. Some security tools, including ModGuard, can warn about that older behavior. Keep ModGuard and your antivirus on, and install any companion update shown in Game Link.

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

1. Open Game Link and install any companion update it offers.
2. Confirm script mods are enabled in The Sims 4, then load into a lot.
3. Restart SimSweep and the game once so both sides reopen the local queue.
4. Read the SimSweep Privacy Policy for details about local processing and connected services.
5. If a warning remains, share its exact text in SimSweep support. Do not turn off either protection tool.

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.
• Control, Live, and basic Guardian data are available on Free. Decrypt gates the CC Intelligence panel and any paid subpanels shown inside Game Link.

Next up#

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