
White/Red/Black Checkered Sims with Question Marks/ Missing Textures
Problem
- My Sims look awful. They are white/red or black/white checkered and full of question marks
- Sims in CAS are invisible/ Empty CAS
- CAS shows a Night Sky
- After Loading the neighborhood there’s missing textures everywhere. I see question marks instead.
Cause
- Especially the first issue used to be mostly caused by outdated custom content but more players without mods/cc also have this issue, especially after a patch.
- The patch probably didn’t download/install properly which leads to missing clothing and object textures. Those are then replaced by default ones.
- Certain Mods/CC need Uncompressed Sims Textures enabled
Solution
- Repair your game through Origin
- Check the box next to uncompressed Sim Textures in the graphics options of the game (if your computer can handle it)
More solutions
If repairing your game doesn’t work, you can try also try the following.
- Delete Cache Files
- Reset your game
- Reinstall the game.
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