@crinrictthank you for your response! i followed all the steps and the bug still occurs without fail. I can also no longer open Skills, nor can I open sim-specific cheats (clicking my sim while holding Shift with cheats enabled does nothing). I am unable to drag items in live mode. Also, whenever I visit a lot that's not the home lot, my sims's picture and buffs disappear. Even once returning, the graphics are not there, the queue is shared between all of the sims in my household, it will not automatically snap to my sims when i double click on their profile, etc.