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MoxiAlba
Seasoned Novice
10 months ago
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Can mods cause problems after being removed?

So I have a bunch of issues with my game, and new ones keeps on showing up. Some of those have appeard on completely mod free game folders, while others have appeared on modded saves, and game folder...
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    MoxiAlba
    3 days ago

    Okay, so I know its been a long time, but in case someone ever find this with the same issue I found out the solution accident.  A while after this post I was desperatly planning on somehow to copy the sim without copying it (because that didn’t work), by adding all the siminfo from my problem-sim to a new one, hoping it would be the like the same sim. And as I recorded my sim details in preparation I found something weird.

    Anyways here is the solution:

    So it turns out that my problem-sim had the trait: trait_hidden_IsEventNPC_challenge. When I deleted that trait, all the problems went away. 

    You’re going to need mods to do this.  I beleive I used either MC command center or toolbox. 

    I have no idea how or when my sim got that trait. And I assume there are others as I’ve come across other trouble shooting posts where sims have had weird NPC traits like baby ariel etc, so I’m guessing that there are other traits that may give similar issues as well. 

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Pahndamonium32
Seasoned Ace
10 months ago

Try deleting the localthumbcache.package file to remove any residual left behind by deleted mods and cc.

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    MoxiAlba
    Seasoned Novice
    10 months ago

    I have tried this several times, as well as completely new gane folders ( as I wrote above). I’ve also repaired the game several times, without the issues being resolved. If there’s any residual from the mods it’s not in the game folder ( by game folder I mean the “The Sims 4” folder  created by the game in my documents). That’s why I’m wondering if mods actually can break a save game, even after it’s removed. I’ve never ever experienced anything like that before, but I need to know, in order to maybe determine whether the issues are mod-related or actual game bugs. I’ve found som old bug reports about almost, and some of the same issues, but not recently. 

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