Product: The Sims 4
Platform: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? 1.105.332.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All of them except Journey to Baatu and a few Kits.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Enter CAS mode and try to add a neck accessory to a Sim that's not overweight.
What happens when the bug occurs? All neck accessories appear distorted, zig-zagging, chunky, hidden inside the skin, or floating way above the chest. This happens to all female body types and it also happens to male Sims, but the distortion on male Sims is less visible. This has been happening to me for many years.
What do you expect to see? Neck accessories looking alright on the Sim regardless of their body type.
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
All neck accessories appear distorted, zig-zagging, chunky, hidden inside the skin, or floating way above the chest. This happens to all female body types and it also happens to male Sims, but the distortion on male Sims is less visible (I think because their body type can't get very thin). I think I pinpointed the issue to body weight lately. It seems that on extremely fat Sims (max muscle and body weight and big shoulder length) the neck accessories work flawlessly. On any Sim below max weight the issues with clipping begin, with the thinner the Sim the more problematic neck accessories become (e.g., no muscle and low body weight the accessories even clip inside the body...). For instance, look at the attached image of my Sim who has the lowest muscle and weight sliders. All necklaces look crooked with clipping issues.
Now, I am using a few CC mods (nothing affecting gameplay, just a few Build objects and a few CAS items). If I play with shoulder length or chest size, I can see the neck accessory moving appropriately, but it can never look right unless the Sim is extremely overweight, in which case the distortion is less visible and completely disappears at max fatness and muscle.
I disabled all CC and the neck accessories still look distorted. On some Sims it is very prominent, but on others its less visible (but still there).
I also moved the Mods folder to Desktop, deleted localthumbcache.package and tested on a New Save. The issue is still there. It seems to be an issue with Sim weight/muscle. Overweight Sims (max muscle and fatness) have no issues. Any changes to lower the body weight causes neck accessories become more and more distorted.
Does anyone have the same issue? A thread in the past I remember had a similar issue and it was acknowledged as a bug, but how can it still be on-going after so many years? It is so annoying.
https://imgur.com/a/DKYx8vD
