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Ravingbantha
4 years ago

Re: [FIXED] Sims lose their first and last names

I'm also having this problem, or something similar. I've some sims loose their first, last, or both names all together. Some sims are getting renamed to another sim, so far the renames are Sims are EA names not custom or random. This is where it gets weird. I have a base save game that I've built up a world with all my custom stuff in it. Each new game is from the base save file. Tonight I started a new game from the base file to try out the new stuff and it's this new game that the problem is happening with. However, upon looking at the base saved game, none of the names have been changed at all. The base game file was most recently updated and this saved last night.

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  • babuchas01's avatar
    babuchas01
    4 years ago

    This is going to wipe out millions of Sims from thousands of users. I do not understand how EA is not fixing this mess ASAP...

  • MickCasanova's avatar
    MickCasanova
    Rising Scout
    4 years ago

    I have yet to experience the vanishing names issue. Although it seems quite serious, I'm not even sure the two problems are directly related, but I suppose it's possible. In so far as why EA hasn't noticed? That's anyone's guess. All I can suggest is to please back up all your save files. Even those that you've already messed with. (There's always the possibility to recover from an earlier save) I don't guess this problem will be resolved any time soon, so it's better to be safe than sorry. This problem may well be "simaggedon" if not addressed quickly.

  • Kita5399's avatar
    Kita5399
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago

    I just noticed this as well, Catarina Lynx had married one of the Munch brothers in my save and pre patch was saved as Catarina Munch. After the patch her name reverted to Catarina Lynx again. I’m going to look through that save and see if there are more (I assume there will be). I’m just glad I found this report before opening my really old save. 

  • Zycele's avatar
    Zycele
    4 years ago

    @Kita5399I'm having the exact same problem like you!
    I was wondering why all my sims, that were married had their original last name back! I hope EA will fix that asap :/
    Did anyone change them back and saw their sims permanently having their name changed or did it change back to their OG last names?
    This just came to my mind which I haven't investigated yet!

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