First Look At NPC Overhaul

"Kita5399;c-18013354" wrote:

"Atreya33;c-18013344" wrote:

"LiELF;c-18013084" wrote:
I have a question about the new looks. Will it only affect new saves or will it transform these Sims in our current games as well? Just asking for a heads up and in case preparation is needed.

I am wondering about this as well. Earlier this year I had a bug that reset NPC names I had edited in my save. I had changed some because the names are translated in my game anyway. And I wasn't the only one. The posts about resetting names are found within a thread about lore updates
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/992652/regarding-premades-lore-updates/p4

I hope the update will only affect new games but I will be backing up Sims and upload the NPC with changes to the gallery just in case.

I had that issue too, and this worries me a lot. I have copies of all the premade sims in my library (edited the way I want), and I’m worried the changes will carry to even those copies since the name reverting did.

Thank you for the heads up! I, too, have saved my favorites to my library when the lore update was announced already.

If you use MCCC, here's a method for added safety that you could try before the update:
- Save your favorite premade households to your library
- Create a new household with sims of the correct age and gender, give them the premades' names, outfits, traits, likes and bodyshape
- Use MCCAS's "copy sim" command on the new sims and choose your library sims as donors
- Now you should have a full household of sims with the correct faces, and that have different IDs from the premades. Changes to the premades won't affect them.

I don't have many favorites, so this method will work for me. If you like them all, then it is probably too tedious.