• Bad CC
    Incompatible Mods

    [MOD RELATED] Deleted Households/ Blue flashing Rectangles

    November 17, 2019 /

    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 Certain mods can, if they’re outdated, cause Error Codes.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…

  • Bug
    Open Bugs

    Uploaded Content does not appear in gallery

    August 26, 2015 /

    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 households 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.…

  • By Design
    By Design

    Disappearing Sims

    September 24, 2014 /

    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…