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ccerasus
7 years ago
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[CC RELATED] Random Sims are shiny and have Texture Overlay

Product: The Sims 4 Platform:PC Which language are you playing the game in? English How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%) What is your current game version number? 1.52.100.1020 Wha...
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Charsem817
6 years ago

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Rarely (0% - 9%)
What is your current game version number? 1.61.15.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All packs with exception of Spooky Stuff and Moschino Stuff Packs.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? I've removed mods and CC that I downloaded the month of March 2020. No change with the issue.Please assist/advise.
What happens when the bug occurs? I've created a Mother and Teen daughter using the same sim with the same skin from the gallery. I'm using Maxis Skin. The Mother in CAS looks perfect but in game, her skin and suit jacket is checkered.The teen daughter has no issues.
What do you expect to see? The Mother shows up as in CAS without the checks on her Skin and Jacket.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Yes
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. The happened on March 24, 2020. I've created other sims including her daughter and spouse in CAS on 03.24.2020. I used a /sim from the Gallery. If I used the same Sim for the Mother and the daughter, I would think they both would have the same issue. But the Teen daughter is fine.I removed the Mothers clothes, shoes, hair, makeup and jewelry, still issue. Remember this is Maxis skin.

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I created a Mother and Teen daughter using the same sim with the same skin from the gallery. I'm using Maxis Skin. The Mother in CAS looks perfect but in game, her skin and suit jacket is checkered. I've removed mods and CC that I downloaded the month of March 2020. No change with the issue.Please assist/advise.

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crinrict
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6 years ago
@Charsem817 Merged your post with the master thread on this.
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    Feyona_t
    6 years ago

    I can't figure out why can't I add a separate reply to this thread. I can reply only unde the message. 

    This issue is caused by missing specular map that was "blanked" in the files made between 2015 and 2018, per my observation. Before Island patch everything was working perfectly. I guess EA either have changed how the game reads files with blanked specular, or implemented this glitch involuntarily, but won't fix it since it affects content that is not made by EA, therefore is not their pain in the neck.

    CC can be fixed in Sims 4 Studio by either adding a custom specular made for the item (longer, but more correct way) or adding a custom blank specular made by me. The first method is more correct since custom blank specular will cancel specular (shine) map on other items when custom regular specular won't. But if someone doesn't know how to do a custom specular file and wants to keep particular piece of CC in the game, then the 2nd method is the method to follow. The most difficult and annoying part is to hunt down all glitchy CC. I wrote a tutorial about how to find that sort of CC through CAS without going in the game and how to fix it. I won't quote entire tutorial here, and will post the link instead. 
    https://giuliettasims.com/2019/07/detecting-and-fixing-shiny-post-patch-custom-content/

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