Re: [WORKAROUND] Maps from DLC appearing twice on Overview page

Make 2 backup copies of your save. Open them in S4S, click on Save Game Data  resource, scroll down to Zones, if you see the duplicated ones - delete and save. Memorize the ID number of the resource you' ve  deleted. Open your another backup and do the same but with the different duplicate. Test them both in game, profit)

This is the most unclear instruction I've ever seen in my life.

Been testing some things but I currently don't have a big enough test pool.

I have 3 saves, two of which start crashing my game when fixing them with alternative methods than disabling packs.

If anyone is willing to send me their saves, please send me a DM.

Thanks. Have enough saves now.

@crinrictReferring to Save, do you mean the Slot.xxxxx.save.ver0 file?  I am having the same issue with two Ravenwood worlds, and removing mods doesn't fix it

@RASMUS_MASSIE 

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@RASMUS_MASSIE wrote:

Make 2 backup copies of your save. Open them in S4S, click on Save Game Data  resource, scroll down to Zones, if you see the duplicated ones - delete and save. Memorize the ID number of the resource you' ve  deleted. Open your another backup and do the same but with the different duplicate. Test them both in game, profit)

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 Dear, could you please explain in more detail? It would be greatly appreciated

@AmydgvI consider this as a compliment)) I'm not an English native speaker too, mine is Russian) But this needs a separate tutorial based on my own and other modders experience. I've seen the recent one in German how to edit and troubleshoot your saves manually. but thers's no any in English (as the universal) nor other languages, especially Slavic. @CuteDragonDett Wait a bit, I will publish this on my Patreon   in English and Russan (I totally lack at German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese and Svensk,Suomi etc.)))) due to ModTheSims became unsafe (I need to replicate or simulate this issue artifically, because I don't have spare save file copies with this issue, but my method helped me through years WITHOUT disabling mods and packs like some recent Vanillabots recommend and official advises in the style of "My car won't run - Empty your ash-tray"

@crinrictHi! I mean this one https://www.simforum.de/index.php?threads/202234/post-5028771 from Scorpio1959, the issues described in this tutorial are related to at least 3 game-breaking issues https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-SAVES-CL-San-Myshuno-full-of-Litter/m-p/7123323#M73953, https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-CL-SE-Overlapping-festivals-Food-Stalls/m-p/7811392#M88602 and similar. But I'll share my personal experiences, they might be useful for advanced players and modders and a good-mourning for other players who just wanted to relax in god-mode without mods or on a console (my consoles....)

@crinrictI suggest this is an aftermath of new heirloom system bound to objects property directly, so any objects placed in the world  (incl. garbage, empty dishes, festival objects been in-use) (by in-game interaction from inventory or by mods - it doesn't matter) are considered as random, no-ones property, or a world object incorrectly. (some people noticed these debug objects in their househould inventory never been put into before even on consoles)

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@crinrict wrote:
@CuteDragonDettit would be the save without the ver. So Slot_xxxxxxxx.save

Probably the one with the newest date.

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@crinrict     I am trying to upload it to Googledrive for you and will post link later.   Btw, I uninstalled EP17 this morning and load my game and saved without it, and reinstall it fixed the problem. Luckily not too much game content change after getting Life&Death.  This is one of the two most serious bugs I got recently.  One is this duplicate Ravenwood bubble, the other is the Overlapping festivals in CityLivining.

Regarding my save, I also used mods like Adeepindigo, but now I removed all her mods temporarily and got back to game without the first issue.

@CuteDragonDett Did you wait until the pack was installed until you started the game ? One theory is that it happens if you play too fast when installing the pack.

When testing one on the saves something interesting happened: It was an older save so before Lovestruck and L&D but when I started it, those two worlds were also duplicated.

I then tried some thing and left without saving and when I tried again, Lovestruck and L&D were fine. So maybe it can be prevented if you check the worlds after installing a pack and if you have duplicates, leave without saving and try again.

It's probably to late, once you saved.

So it seems there's 3 cases (+1 probably related) that all need a bit of a different fix but it is possible to fix them in S4 Studio without having to uninstall the pack and loose all content. As always, it's not a solution for console players though.

Will write something up in my blog next week. 

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@crinrict wrote:

@CuteDragonDettDid you wait until the pack was installed until you started the game ? One theory is that it happens if you play too fast when installing the pack.

When testing one on the saves something interesting happened: It was an older save so before Lovestruck and L&D but when I started it, those two worlds were also duplicated.

I then tried some thing and left without saving and when I tried again, Lovestruck and L&D were fine. So maybe it can be prevented if you check the worlds after installing a pack and if you have duplicates, leave without saving and try again.

It's probably to late, once you saved.

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So it seems there's 3 cases (+1 probably related) that all need a bit of a different fix but it is possible to fix them in S4 Studio without having to uninstall the pack and loose all content. As always, it's not a solution for console players though.

Will write something up in my blog next week. 

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I have sent you the link of my save via private message.   I always waited for everything to be settled after installing new packs and patches, and then started the game. After I uninstalled LIfe & Death yesterday, I went back to the World map view and saved without Ravenwood. Then reinstalled it, there's only one Ravenwood left now. Surprisingly, when I load my played family to expect any loss of progress, I found nothing was affected, even the checklist items revealed and old diary I bought for him still existed. Later I tried to put back those Adeepindigo mods and cautiously restarted , I haven't met the same problem again yet by far.  It seems very strange...

I also checked the German website with Google translate, although I can perfectly understand what they intend to do, it's very hard to locate specific profiles related to certain lots and objects on our own. Hopefully EA can figure out solutions to solve old saves asap, since many players have been playing legacy save and put all our emotions into it all the time. Personally I cannot really accept a future with a new save to start all over .....

Finished my instructions: https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2022/06/world-appears-twice-on-world-map/

Let me know if you have any questions.

Method 2 is the more complicated one with Sims 4 studio.