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aodoherty
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5 years ago

Looks like any default cc skin doesn't work for premade sims in base or EP worlds?

Hi, I had this issue in Starlight Shore, Show Time World. I activated Luck family, they were totally in EA default vanilla skin even though I've been using Navetsea Model version in MTS for a long time. And I heard the same issue for a couple of times from my other simmer fellows. One had the issue with Isla Paradiso, and the other one had it with Sunset Valley. No issues with CC worlds and Store worlds. is there anyone experienced this?

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  • "Jeansoo;c-17668879" wrote:
    @starguru Thank you so much indeed. I've never imagined there would be a cache file there. :D


    @Jeansoo

    You’re welcome; I hope it works for you if you decide to try it. If you do, I’d recommend removing only one and then testing that world. And OFC, back up your document files in case you make a mistake so you don’t lose saves or other content.

    I didn’t either. :lol: I remember reading about this technique somewhere, but can’t find the link now. According to my records, I did this five years ago and haven’t had any problems in that time.

    I didn’t like the idea of messing with the program files, but like I said, I was very bothered by the issue. :lol: And recommendations like deleting the other cache files in documents like simcompositorcache.package (which I do after every game session anyway) didn’t help, and neither did deleting the files in worldcache (which, as @SimplyJen mentioned, should never be done for the Mac version).

    I did another search online and found a related thread you may find useful. It’s not where I’d originally read about the idea, but the OP’s method was the same thing I did, and the date precedes the release of patch 1.69. https://modthesims.info/t/502230

    The only thing I can see that would be incorrect is in the second post. These files have never regenerated for me, but that poster may have also thought the OP was referring to the WorldCaches folder contents in documents.
  • Happened to me too, but not necessarily on premade, because I played premade and the default skin is applied to them but not to the unplayed household.
  • @starguru I'm really sorry that I haven't been here for a long time. Thank you so much for your help. Actually, I resolved this issue so easy. :D Unfortunately, I tried deleting object cache but I had no luck, but I still appreciate your idea. It was really simple. I moved all the CCs to other place first, then I opened Starlight shore for a new game. And then, I activated one of the premade sim family, then saved it. I put only one default skintone, then re opened it, then all the sims were having the default skintone. And then, I put other nondefault skintones and checked. It worked! :D I opened other worlds, I could see the sims in default skintone too. But I still have no idea what caused the issue. Anyway, thanks a lot.
  • @Jeansoo No worries. :) I’m glad to hear you found another way to make it work! And perhaps your method will work for someone else. So much easier than CAS’ing one Sim at a time!

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