Extreme outfit weirdness?

It's common knowledge by now that automatically generated townies have no sense of style. But in the past few weeks, the outfit weirdness in my game has reached entirely new levels that affect not only townies, but all sims. Yes, I'm using mods, but none that should affect outfits, and before I go on the hunt again just to discover that the issue isn't even mod-related, I'd like to hear if other players have experienced these or similar problems:

* Cross-dressing: When given the choice of what to wear, male sims will almost always opt for women's clothing, even if they're using the default male gender options. I have absolutely no problem with cross-dressers, some of my sims are this by design, but I don't want it for everyone.
* Broken career outfits: If there's a specific outfit sims are supposed to wear for their job, 9 out of 10 times they'll wear something random instead, and the cross-dressing happens here as well. My soldier boy's uniform is currently a long grey dress. It's always the same outfit for as long as they're at the same level of the career, but still not the correct one, and don't even get me started on what my scientists are wearing at work...
* General randomness: Holiday costumes, the hazmat suit and other situational outfits are broken, too. Sims will just slip into something random. This is not just a cosmetic issue either, at least not in StrangerVille, because sims who don't wear the correct hazmat suit can't get through the spore-filled corridor in the lab. I had to download a cc hazmat suit with the same properties as the in-game one to even be able to play StrangerVille again.

I've been looking for outfit mods to fix these problems, but couldn't find anything because Google always assumes I mean cc, so if anyone knows anything that could help, I'd be eternally grateful. Just no MCCC solutions please, I fell for that mod twice, and both times it caused more problems than it solved (kind of like the monthly patches).

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14 Replies

VWoodsong
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
I haven't experienced what you described, and I have a lot of mods and CC. In fact, I use MCCC to avoid such problems (I use its Dresser function to require sims to use saved outfits only). But I understand you don't want to hear that. Sorry I can't be of help, but I do wish you luck in finding the culprit(s). I know how frustrating that kind of thing can be.
crocobaura
Legend
5 years ago
Have you tried to remove all your mods folder and see if the problem persists? To me it sounds like a mod related issue.
logionX
Legend
5 years ago
I haven't experienced anything like that, it could be a mod or cc issue... make sure that you don't have any outdated mods and clear the localthumbcache file. You can also disable cc clothing for random with sims4studio if you notice cc showing up a lot on townies.

I mostly use MCCC and bienchen's townieoverhaul_lessfame mod to reduce townies being generated.
GrumpyGlowfish
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
"VeeDub;c-17829163" wrote:
I haven't experienced what you described, and I have a lot of mods and CC. In fact, I use MCCC to avoid such problems (I use its Dresser function to require sims to use saved outfits only). But I understand you don't want to hear that. Sorry I can't be of help, but I do wish you luck in finding the culprit(s). I know how frustrating that kind of thing can be.

Thanks anyway! So many players turn to MCCC for so many things, and I wish I could just do that, too, but as I said, it always ruins my game. Too many preset settings that I don't know how to turn off, and before I know it, my unplayed households are overpopulated with unwanted babies that I have to clean up.

"crocobaura;c-17829168" wrote:
Have you tried to remove all your mods folder and see if the problem persists? To me it sounds like a mod related issue.

That's what I usually do whenever something comes up, and most of the time, the problem persists. That's why I want to see if other players have it, too, before I waste my time yet again, but right now it's not looking good... :(

"logion;c-17829176" wrote:
I haven't experienced anything like that, it could be a mod or cc issue... make sure that you don't have any outdated mods and clear the localthumbcache file. You can also disable cc clothing for random with sims4studio if you notice cc showing up a lot on townies.

So you're saying the problem could be caused by cc, too, not just mods? That... doesn't make it easier. :D I don't use a lot of mods, but many, many pieces of CAS cc. But good to know, and it would make sense, because the first time I noticed sims wearing random career outfits was shortly after I downloaded some kimonos, and one sim in particular (a professional bodybuilder with mixed gender settings) started wearing those to work rather than the normal bodybuilding outfits. I removed them after we got kimonos in Snowy Escape, but the problem is still there. I'll try deleting the local thumb cache (totally forgot about that), and repairing the game as well when I get home today, and see what happens. If nothing else helps, I may have to make another deal with the Devil (a.k.a. MCCC) after all...
Onverser
5 years ago
Mine seen to have an obsession with spawning shoes with swimwear/towels.. I'll find townies at the beach or the spa with their swimwear and combat boots
Simmingal
Hero
5 years ago
for me there is few outfit issues
which are that:

1.at least one of the career suits keeps glitching into looking like crop top instead of whatever it is supposed to be

2. every male sim in the game keeps copying my male sims outfit.

even sims i am currently playing keep changing into whatever he is wearing all the time without any player direction.
its really getting out of hand and if i change that outfit every male in game also changes to new fit
so it isn't tied to specific outfit its more the fact its my sims everyday wear...

I do think this is get famous related though
cause that sim is famous
but i don't think he has any perk that should cause this
and surely family members at least should not be affected
https://i.imgur.com/iTcawqZ.png
... I mean its great look but not everyone should dress in husband material...
things can get problematic u kno...

3. oh and also yes sims keep taking their shoes off outdoors if you have shoes off sign in house and siiiiigh

don't use any mods or cc so that aint it either
logionX
Legend
5 years ago
@Simmingal Do your sim have the Trailblazer Fame Perk? Or is he in the stylist career and have created a style? Both those things can make sims dress like your sim.
whubble1817
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
"GrumpyGlowfish;d-987847" wrote:
It's common knowledge by now that automatically generated townies have no sense of style. But in the past few weeks, the outfit weirdness in my game has reached entirely new levels that affect not only townies, but all sims. Yes, I'm using mods, but none that should affect outfits, and before I go on the hunt again just to discover that the issue isn't even mod-related, I'd like to hear if other players have experienced these or similar problems:

I use MCCC and have it set to only pull sims from my tray with their clothes and names intact. I populate the tray with my sims. I do not allow the game to generate sims. I use NPCC to assign NPC jobs. This takes care of the generated sims. I have found that recently though, sims that age up sometimes have strange combinations of clothing on. Here's the kicker: I have a ton of CC but because I used The Sims 4 studio to make sure no CC is used on random sims, all these atrocious clothing debacles are the maxis-made outfits! I can't even blame my CC! I wish I understood the dressing algorithm used by the game. It makes no sense to me whatsoever.
Simmingal
Hero
5 years ago
"logion;c-17829266" wrote:
@Simmingal Do your sim have the Trailblazer Fame Perk? Or is he in the stylist career and have created a style? Both those things can make sims dress like your sim.

no not stylist career i havent ever even played that career

perk im not completely sure will check when i open game next time
Kita5399
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
The Sim wearing a dress in the military career has been reported as a bug. You can click “me too” on the post here: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-INPUT-SV-Military-Career-Males-wear-female-dresses-in/td-p/9661516