Blue square in activity slot/action bar (continued issue)

Oh, and now my traits aren't showing up in CAS. So, I figure I should give a list of all the issues:

-blue squares in action bar

-(after continued play with the first issue)

       a. moodlets blued/grayed out with no pictures.

       b. actions overlapping between sims (sims show all the same actions in the bar)

       c. action bar overflow, glitch into t-pose, and the cycle starts all over again.

-getting stuck in build mode (can't close game, can't go to gallery, can't go back to the regular play mode).

-no traits showing up in CAS (everything else shows up).

Again, thank you to whoever has a solution. I don't think I have anything else to delete or update at this point.

@youallaremysons I know you've tested Mods/CC, but as a hail Mary attempt, can you please try all of the following in order, even if you did them before, in this order:

1. Close your game.
2. Move your Mods folder from your "The Sims 4" folder [Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4] to your desktop (save it for reference) and delete the localthumbcache.package file in your “The Sims 4” folder.
3. Run a game repair and let it complete before re-entering the game...
4. Then check in a new game save to see if this issue is still occurring. You can test without saving.

@SheriGR  Hi!!! Thanks so much for responding. I tried what you told me and the issue of the action bar overloading was fixed, but the other issues remained. The blue square still appears, the traits are not showing up in CAS, and I get stuck in Build Mode. I also noticed earlier before your response, that the original screen that Sims 4 opens up on (that displays challenges and other games along with options for a new game or to load a game) says that the screen is outdated and I need to go through an update. EA says the game is up-to-date. Again, I'm lost. Let me know what you think so far, I really am grateful.

@youallaremysons I'm glad to hear that got rid of some of the issues. Did you leave the Mod folder content out of the game and some of the issues remained, even after the game repair? What is the version number of your game, and are you on PC or Mac?

Can you please take a screenshot of your main menu (lower left corner)... of the version number? Thanks!

For instance, I'm on Mac, so my version number will look different than yours, but is shows this:

@SheriGR Sorry, I checked through a different way. Here's the version number and the way the screen looks.

@youallaremysons  Good. So... I have chatted with some friends and since your game is showing the old menu on the Main Menu screen, we're still thinking it may be something connected to those stubborn Mods/CC. Can you please try the following:

1. Close the game. Go to your "The Sims 4" folder [Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4] and rename the folder to:
   The Sims 4_OLD
   (You can leave it in the e Electronic Arts folder for now. We will need it for reference later.)
2. Next, before opening your game, run a game repair. While it repairs it will recreate a fresh TheSims folder for you. Just let the repair run until it has fully completed. Do not add any of your old content into the new game folder.
3. Then open the game and see if the issue is gone.

Please let us know the results and we can go from there. 

@SheriGRI did the first and second step, but a new The Sims 4 folder wasn't created. Sorry for all this trouble...😞 I can move the old folder to Desktop and see if it'll make a new folder instead...?

@youallaremysons Sure, move it to your desktop. Just don't delete it as we will want it for reference and possible use. It's no trouble. When you open the game the new folder will be created. 
Also... I just tried it in my game and be forewarned it seems to go full screen automatically, then a few settings popups, and then I think I had a popup for every single pack that I was forced to exit from, so there will be that gauntlet. Anyway, afterward see if your main menu/load screen looks like this: