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Seasoned Novice

Re: [CURRENT ISSUE] Codes instead of text/ Blank text and bubbles

@SimQARobo Hi, so yeah I did as suggested. Deleted the origin cache and let the game repair through the night.
The names for the kit items came in, but the side menu aka “show items tagged with” is still blank as they were in the photo in my original post.

The names for paranormal stuff did not come in. The names for bunk beds did not come in.
The names for items in the 21st birthday pack did not come in.
Scared emotion is still blank, as are the options marked purple when sims are scared.
The brave reward trait is also still blank, as is the haunted lot trait.

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crinrict
Hero+
5 years ago
@CluelessBea If you have more than one language available, did you try switching languages and back ?

Do you have the following folder: programs(x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 4\Delta\SP18 and are there string files for the in there (Path my vary depending on your installation).

Also in the same main folder but Data\Client (instead of Delta), what's the date/size of your String File ?
CluelessBea
Seasoned Novice
5 years ago
@crinrictHi
I’m currently changing the language to a different one (Norwegian) and it did generate a string file in the SP18 folder in said language.
In the Client folder the English string file is dated December 12th 2020, and the size is 5,27MB, which I can guess is the problem with the base game text missing.
The newly generated string file in Norwegian is dated March 12th so I can imagine it would show the Norwegian version of the text missing in English if the game were opened.
Is there a way to get the English string file to update?
EDIT: changing the language back to English updated the English string file in the client folder to one dating on March 12th 2021, which I am guessing is the most current one.
EDIT 2: Every folder for every EP, GP and SP all have two language strings in them now. Will this confuse the game? Should i remove the second language string or will the game do so automatically?
EDIT 3: I launched the game and everything is as it should be now! The method of changing it to a different language and back worked perfectly!

Thank you! You’ve saved my game!
crinrict
Hero+
5 years ago
@CluelessBea It's ok to have multiple files, the game uses the ones you're language is in but you can also delete them. Both is fine (the language you're not using)