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Zachary_Ben
Rising Rookie
9 months ago

I am only seeing a few townies spawn

I've never started a discussion before, so please let me know if I need to add any details. I am seeing almost no NPCs spawn except for the premade ones, like the Landgraabs, Fengs, Fyres, etc. A few game-generated sims will spawn, but only a small amount, usually comprising maybe 1/3 of the sims on a lot. Plus, the game seems to cycle the same sims through a lot multiple times. Ex: Bjorn Bjergsen entered and left Magnolia Blossom Park at least 3 times in 5 minutes on 3x speed. It's driving me mad to go to community lots and see the same 5 sims there each time. I'm also seeing very few sims in general (usually 3-15 ish), but I only have 1 sim in my household, and I even upped the allowance for sims on a lot using MCCC.

I added a couple dozen sims from my library to the households, and marked them as unplayed, or "Other Households", and yet I don't see any of them spawning. I have been getting information on them in Neighborhood stories though, like marriages, friendships, etc.

I have tried to find other posts about this issue, but it's only bringing up posts asking how to get LESS townies. The only mods I have are (the newest versions of) MCCC and adult mod, but I removed them from the mods folder and started a new save, only to have the same issue. I have repaired the game multiple times. I don't know exactly when the issue started, as I just started playing again this week after a few months break. I didn't notice the problem until I saw Baako Jang on probably 3 community lots in a row, and I started paying attention to what sims were present.

Other information that might be useful?:

  • I am playing Windows 11 on a Lenovo laptop
  • My only mods are MCCC and adult mod, but the problem persisted even with those mods removed
  • I am playing the newest Sims 4 version

I have the following add-ons:

  • Tiny Living
  • Spa Day
  • Seasons
  • Nifty Knitting
  • Holiday Celebration
  • Get Together
  • Dream Home Decorator
  • Desert Luxe
  • City Living
  • Cats & Dogs

Thank you for any help or suggestions!

27 Replies

  • LuvMySimz's avatar
    LuvMySimz
    Seasoned Ace
    8 months ago

    How is this a solution if at the cemetery lot 10-14 Sims arrive and in others like bar, clubs, parks and worlds in generell are hardly any? I doubt the settings are the culprit because my settings are a maximum of 200 sims. It always has been that way. I have lifestyle unchecked and the the automatic death handling too, but that has nothing to do with the population. Also what is the reason for always seeing the same sims no matter where you go?  -  I'm on Windows 11 btw.

  • RheaFallout's avatar
    RheaFallout
    Seasoned Ace
    8 months ago

    I play on PlayStation so it's definitely not a population mod issue for me. On my current save my sim is the last kid of 27 of her family which are all still living in Henford cause I used science babies and cake aging so I should be seeing her whole lineage around out and about. All 26 of them. They are either adults or young adults removed from her family tree because you can't have parents younger than their child thus making most of them random Townies that should fill the worlds. I used to see them everywhere but now I don't. 

  • Hi everyone, anyone closer to a solution or fix for this? I've done everything I can think of that I can on console and with the worlds I own to make everyone reappear but still no luck 🙄 I spent 3 hrs last night visiting lots and waiting for other sims, but it was just the usual suspects, I even went onto my sim zero file for my 26 generations which I haven't loaded since last September and even that's pretty empty as well which it shouldn't be cause every household that starts within a pack when you first play was there last time I played that file 🤨

  • Oh man there are only 20 in the area Didn't you understand from the pictures that the development team is the one who chose 20 Sims and it's not a mistake

  • RheaFallout's avatar
    RheaFallout
    Seasoned Ace
    8 months ago

    I saw the picture and understand that it's 20 sims per "zone"  (aka world's) by default but there are not 20 sims in a zone anywhere I go on any of my owned pack areas and even on a brand new save In windenberg there is only maybe 3-4 sims in that world at any given time and that didn't used to be the case. Unless you're saying EA added a sneaky townie culling update to the game that knocks down the number of townie sims per individual save files that we didn't know about, I'm still trying to find a reason and solution. 

  • shirleytielen's avatar
    shirleytielen
    Seasoned Newcomer
    22 days ago

    I have the exact same issue since recently. The landgraabs, fengs and goths are everywhere. And a handful of weird looking npc townies with all similar names. I dont see the sims I made and moved to unplayed households anywhere.

    It is impossible to find a partner or friend for my sims. I am not even thinking about starting a legacy challenge when the game is like this.

    I have no modds. Neighbourhood stories is switched off.

    Hope someone comes up with the solution.