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Arthur Gibraltar
Rising Veteran
3 years ago
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[FIXED] [STEAM] HSY missing String files

Product: The Sims 4 Platform:Steam-PC Which language are you playing the game in? English How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%) What is your current game version number? 1.90.358.103...
  • SimQARobo's avatar
    SimQARobo
    3 years ago

    Hello.

    Is anyone still seeing this issue after today's patch?

Galedoes's avatar
Galedoes
3 years ago
@SimQARobo mine is still broken, though the missing string file has appeared so I don't know what could be causing it now.
Tried with no cc, uninstalling and installing the game and using a new save and still all the text from the world is missing (lot names and neighborhoods) and the HSY items are named "debug"
Arthur Gibraltar's avatar
Arthur Gibraltar
Rising Veteran
3 years ago
@Galedoes now that the string file appeared, maybe changing the language to another one and back to the one you play could fix it. Or doing the full repair/validation.
  • Galedoes's avatar
    Galedoes
    3 years ago
    @Arthur Gibraltar thank you for the idea, it worked!! I changed the language to spanish, opened the game (copperdale was still missing text) and changed it back to english and now I the neighborhoods have their descriptions, I can see the requirements for the new lots and the items have their proper names and descriptions. The lot names are still missing, but I can live with that.
  • TheHouseOfBacon's avatar
    TheHouseOfBacon
    3 years ago

    This morning when I started my computer and Steam finished loading I found that the Strings_ENG_US was now in my EP12 directory.

    In Steam I ran the 'Verify Integrity' tool and everything came up as correct.

    I had backed up my save files yesterday to troubleshoot with a clean install, so I loaded the game today with a test game I created yesterday. All the neighborhood descriptions were there - yay! But still no lot names.

    So! I restored my save files and BEST NEWS: My saved games now have neighborhood descriptions, lot names and descriptions, proper names for all the new households AND all the new items have full names and descriptions!

    Tested with a new game. Everything is perfect!

    Suggestion for anyone with text issues still: Restoring a game from backup seemed to restore all the text that was broken yesterday. 

    • Perhaps backing up your saved game, doing a clean reinstall, and restoring your backups might correct any remaining issues. 

    Hope this helps!

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