- We fixed an issue that could cause pets placed from the Gallery to have missing textures once in game.
This issue was fixed in Patch 1.40.61
If you still get black animals, please open a new thread.
merged your post. Looks like same issue
It looks like @aprilramirez2006 is having the exact same issue I told you about @crinrict on Twitter. I'll add my info as well. I copied a lot of it because it's pretty much the same.
Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? So far 2 out of the 47 pets in the game have had this happen.
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? ALL
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? I was not able to replicate the bug myself in create-a-pet. The two pets that this occurred with were downloaded from the gallery.
What happens when the bug occurs? Like @aprilramirez2006The pet shows up in CAS all black, no fur/markings. In my opinion, it appears to be more of a void of color than just a black coloration.
What do you expect to see? The original color, markings of the created pet in the sims community gallery.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Not now. I've removed them.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? No system changes. I believe the most recent patch was prior to the release of Cats and Dogs.
Also of note: I do not show any "stray" pets in manage worlds. I don't think this is related but I thought I'd mention it on the off chance it is.
Tagging @StormyDayzGamez for that. They might be better in explaining than me as I never had this issue.
Hi @tinyraccoonpaws 🙂 I've only found two fixes that work. The easiest but less likely is to simply place the pet(s) again. The dropper method has worked for me almost every single time. I've only had it not work on 4 pets out of the approx 100 I've placed.
Merge the pet in CAS/CAP. It'll be all black and void of color. Go into Paint Mode and it should look as expected. If it does not this fix won't work. But it most likely will. Grab the dropper tool, pick a spot on the pet and copy the color and then fill a dot of the same color wherever you just took it from. That's it! After you exit paint mode the pet should look like it did in the gallery.
Now, if this is an issue with pets created by you I have no idea if this would work because I haven't had it happen to me that way and it seems like most in this thread haven't either. Hope it helps!
