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[MOD RELATED] Deleted Households/ Blue flashing Rectangles
Problem I can’t load my families anymore. Instead of the preview picture on the map, I just see a flashing blue rectangle and when I click play, nothing happens. When I first loaded the family, I got an error code. Partly, the previews are replaced with portraits of random other families in my game. When I try to edit these families in CAS through the household manager, a random new Sim is generated. Cause This issue occurs if you load and save your game with a incompatible mod. Certain mods can, if they’re outdated, cause Error Codes. Depending on the…
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Culling – What is it and what does it do ?
Answers to questions about Sims and relationship culling
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Uploaded Content does not appear in gallery
Problem I uploaded a lot/ a Sim to the gallery but even after a few hours it does not show up there Cause The most common cause for this is that the gallery filters out lots and householdsĀ that contain custom content. The gallery has a mechanism that checks if your upload as custom content and then marks your upload as such. Sometimes stuff without custom content is categorized as containing custom content. For example are pictures of custom content are also classified as custom content. Photos and paintings that were painted by reference also often wrongly count as custom content.…
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Disappearing Sims
Update The bug part of this was fixed. Culling isn’t a bug but a performance mechanism. Problem After switching to another family, most of my Sims of the other family have disappeared. They are not dead but simply not there anymore. My Sim has made quite a few friends around town but the next day they have all disappeared. Cause The game purges Sims that are distantly related to your Sim every Wednesday to Thursday Night. There is a bug in the game that needs fixing, since played Sims are also being purged. At this point it’s unclear what the…
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All in the CAS Demo saved Sims are gone
After installing the Sims 4, all of my Sims are gone from my library. I uploaded them to the gallery and now they are gone