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

I think we need to keep things in perspective here. There appears to be two (or more) separate issues. I had last names not working on new born sims. Turns out it was in fact a mod that altered names. Thanks to whomever pointed this out.. Another issue is sims in game missing names (first, last or both) Personally, I haven't experienced this one. And lastly, there is the seemingly random renaming of sims which is in fact not random at all. Any game NPC that was re-imagined in CAS prior to the last patch, their names will revert back to the original NPC names. This has happened to me frequently. On sims I reworked, and ones I downloaded form the gallery. The only way I have found to fix the last issue is to take the renamed sim into CAS, and change the name. It won't stick using a mod or command line. Unfortunately, there are tens of thousands of sims in the gallery that are affected by this. Not to mention those of us who have done this by reworking them.

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  • Citysim9997's avatar
    Citysim9997
    4 years ago

    I haven't had an issue with newly generated sims last names, but I when and send my sim to University, and all the newly random generated students, have no last names, but if you say it's a mod that alters names then I'll look into it first.

  • LuvMySimz's avatar
    LuvMySimz
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago
    @Citysim9997 it’s not a mod. It’s an in game issue. I have tested this with and without mods as always when something goes wrong in my game. I’m not one of those who say they did test without mods and really are not.
  • goldengurl053's avatar
    goldengurl053
    New Traveler
    4 years ago
    @MickCasanova It’s definitely not a mod issue in my case. I’ve never used mods in Sims 4. I wish whatever it was could be easily repaired because none of the gurus seem to be aware or at least acknowledge what happened.

    I could just stay in build mode and not in CAS until this gets fixed, but I’m worried that whatever it is might make my save file corrupt and unable to open if I keep saving it.
  • MickCasanova's avatar
    MickCasanova
    Rising Scout
    4 years ago

    @Citysim9997 wrote:

    I haven't had an issue with newly generated sims last names, but I when and send my sim to University, and all the newly random generated students, have no last names, but if you say it's a mod that alters names then I'll look into it first.


    In my case it was a mod.. And the last names were specific to newborns. Not at all sure if it is a mod in you case, but it certainly is possible. But others have reported that it isn't a mod because they don't use them. So there's that. This is why I said there appears to be 2 or 3 separate issues.

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