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JKK_Xtreme's avatar
6 years ago
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[BY DESIGN] Random generated sims not using skin detail category items

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? 1.58.63
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All of them.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Go to CAS and press the randomize button at the bottom of the screen or play the game until it generates new random townie sims.
What happens when the bug occurs? The game never uses anything from "Skin Details" category (both Live mode and in CAS) I had custom skins/eyelashes and some nails in this category before (in version 1.54.120) and it worked fine. Tried this with and without mods with same results.
What do you expect to see? Skin Detail category items to be applied to sims like they used to.
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? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. Installed the 1.58.63 patch.

Tried to reinstall and repair the game too but this issue persists. The game seems to simply ignore the Skin Detail category completely when creating new random sims.

  • Skin details (such as freckles and moles) have never been applied to randomized Sims from what I can find. I went back to a pre-EP07 version of the game (the April 2019 patch) and randomized some Sims a few dozen times and never saw any skin details get applied. I also confirmed with our CAS Producer who agrees it's never worked this way. I suspect the issue being reported is CC-specific? 

15 Replies

  • rachtop's avatar
    rachtop
    6 years ago

    Any word on when this will be fixed? This is a big issue for me and I'd love to see it fixed soon.

  • SimGuruNick's avatar
    SimGuruNick
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    5 years ago

    Skin details (such as freckles and moles) have never been applied to randomized Sims from what I can find. I went back to a pre-EP07 version of the game (the April 2019 patch) and randomized some Sims a few dozen times and never saw any skin details get applied. I also confirmed with our CAS Producer who agrees it's never worked this way. I suspect the issue being reported is CC-specific? 

  • demon25970's avatar
    demon25970
    4 years ago

    @SimGuruNick

    Hey! Sorry for the late response, I have just seen your question.

    You're right, personally my complaints are caused by skin detail CC working. And the problem is not in CAS but in generating sims in the live mode. The point is CC that made as skin details and allowed for live random were always applied randomly to newly generated sims in the game. That worked perfectly until some point and sims could have random CC skin details automatically without necessity to edit each sim in CAS. But one day something has changed and the randomization of skin details stopped working.
    I (and many people as far as I know) really lack of this feature, please fix this if possible.