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4 years ago

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Sunset Valley Loaded in Unpopulated

I've never posted on this site before and can't post on the Sims Forums, so I hope my post isn't in the wrong place. I've looked this up online and haven't gotten any answers or found anyone with si...

technical issues

puzzlezaddict
4 years ago
@Kibocca Did you load the real Sunset Valley, or Adventureland? The latter looks the same—same layout, houses, community lots, etc.—but is just a test world with only a couple of inhabitants, not the usual households.

Another possible cause of this is using a particular mod that replaces the shells for a couple of University buildings. Direct links to mods aren't allowed on this site, but this mod is by AussomeDays and is known to remove townies from new saves when it's present. The solution is to remove the mod before starting a new save, or to only use it when your sims are about to travel to the University world and remove it when they're back home.

puzzlezaddict

Hero+

4 years ago

@Kibocca Did you load the real Sunset Valley, or Adventureland? The latter looks the same—same layout, houses, community lots, etc.—but is just a test world with only a couple of inhabitants, not the usual households.

Another possible cause of this is using a particular mod that replaces the shells for a couple of University buildings. Direct links to mods aren't allowed on this site, but this mod is by AussomeDays and is known to remove townies from new saves when it's present. The solution is to remove the mod before starting a new save, or to only use it when your sims are about to travel to the University world and remove it when they're back home.