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Re: No Foxes in Cottage Living

@aveykitkat180 and @emmybubble17 , like @FluidPanNerd said, sometimes you have to play for a while. I was testing a house & farm a friend made and I tested 3 versions of it on the same lot in 3 different save files. The appearance of foxes and rabbits was different in each save file for me. 🤨
The first one I had found 2 foxes and 1 rabbit within 36 Sim hours, all on her home lot. 🙌 But the next save file I had one one fox and 2 rabbits. The 3rd one I saw one fox and no rabbits (But to be honest on that one I had added 2 llamas, a cow, and many chickens, so I was much more busy and it was harder to search for wildlife that ran onto or nearby my property. So there were probably more rabbits and foxes that I just didn't see. 😃

Also, some of the foxes are dark gray or black so they can be hard to see at night. Also, if you are searching in one area on one side of the screen, there could be a wild animal on the other side behind a tree or something that you can't see. But I think the longer you play the more wildlife you will see! 😉

Please update us on your situation! 😇

4 Replies

emmybubble17
Rising Novice
4 years ago
thanks for your reply, i have been testing out 2 or 3 lots and havent seen a fox since i installed the game 3 days ago, i know its to do with my mods so im in the process of finding the culprit, foxes appear as normal without my mods folder, and ive updated all my mods but could be one ive missed, when i find out what mod it could have been ill update 🙂
PugLove888
Hero
4 years ago
@emmybubble17 , thank you for the update!😇 I'm glad you found that it was a Mods problem! -- That is half the battle! 🙌

Depending on how many Mods/CC items you have you can either test it by adding them back to your game , one by one, until you find the one that breaks it. But if you have a lot of Mods or CC items, you could do the 50/50 Method and test them in batches, and then when you find the batch that causes the problem, you can then test by adding back your Mods/CC one by one until you discover which is the culprit!

Also, be sure to delete the localthumbcache.package file if you have not already done so! That file can retain bits of corrupted data that can also cause problems in your game! 🤨 That file can be found in your game folder (Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4).
emmybubble17
Rising Novice
4 years ago
Thank you, i have ALOT of cc and mods, i know its not the cc and they are all nicely organised in folders, deffinetly a mod, currently on the sims forums double checking what ive missed before i have to do the 50/50 method 🙂
PugLove888
Hero
4 years ago
@emmybubble17 , while it probably is a Mod, I never ignore the possibility of it being CC since I've seen outdated CC do some strange things to the game! We once had a player here that had Sims that refused to go to work, no matter what... turned out it was outdated CC eyelashes causing the problem! 😲🤣

I hope finding the culprit isn't too tedious for you! 🤞
Please keep us updated! 😇