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AlexvonAuen
Rising Traveler
3 days ago

Checkerboard Skin

Hi all, 

Anyone have an idea what could be causing this?

I was playing Sims (my main/only save file - approx. 2 yrs. old) on 20 March 2025 and in the middle of the game the "Quality of Life Fixes for Business & Hobbies" installed itself. 
From that point on, I now have one Sim with "skin problems".
Up until the game patch he was fine, then - in the middle of game play - now sort of 'checkerboard'.  All of my other Sims (ca. 200+) appear normal.
I tried repairing the game via Steam. 
Removed all CC from the Mods folder, which that one Sim was either wearing or using.
No matter what I try, I can't get him back to normal. 

Just to see what would happen, I saved the household to my library and then placed them into a completely different save (one I only use for 'experiments' and where don't save any changes).
Strangely, in that save he appears perfectly normal.
Also placed the household in a completely new save. Again, my Sim appears normal.
My main save, the second save and the new save all have the exact same CC/Mods.
In the main save his skin is glitched - but in both the second and the new save he appears normal. 

I play on a (fairly new) laptop with a Nvidia 4090 mobile / AMD Ryzen 9 - 7945HX and 1,81 TB of free space left, so there shouldn't be any hardware problems.

Any ideas what could be causing this.....????
He's one of my main Sims and I'd hate to lose him.........

Thanks in advance, 
Alex

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  • luthienrising's avatar
    luthienrising
    Hero+
    3 days ago

    Please do a "vanilla" test:  Drag the Mods folder to the desktop and rename it, delete the file called localthumbcache, open the game to test, and exit without saving.

     

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    AlexvonAuen
    Rising Traveler
    2 days ago

    Hi, thanks for the reply. 
    Tried the "vanilla" test and the glitches were 'mostly' gone - for some reason the feet/ankles still have glitches. The skin also appears to be somewhat darker than previously. 
    This Sim was originally a NPC spawned by the game, whom I then gave a general 'makeover' (hair, eyebrows, eyelashes, arm- & leg hair, clothes) and added to an existing household. I may have lightened/darkened the skin slightly (don't really remember) with the in-game Skin Tone Menu, but I don't actively use any skin overlays or CC skin tones. Having said that..... I did actually find some skin tone CC in the Mods folder, which I must have accidentally obtained by downloading CC outfits. However, they have all been banned to a folder on my Desktop and the glitches still appear.
    By-the-by, all of the NPCs spawned by the game are taken only from my Library (MCCC Population Settings, set to Import Tray Settings 100%) and those Sims were all downloaded from the gallery. 

    As mentioned in my first message: with Mods/CC in place, the glitch appears only in my main save/game, but not in either the second or third save/game (also with Mods/CC). As such, I can't get away from the idea that the problem must have something to do with this one particular save/game and not the Mods/CC as such. Perhaps the up-date 'mid-game' threw a wrench into this particular save's coding.........???

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    AlexvonAuen
    Rising Traveler
    23 hours ago

    Hello again, 
    I have a strong hunch I may have sent my previous text incorrectly by hitting "Leave a reply" instead of hitting "Reply" directly to you, so that you may not have seen/received it.  If you did already get it, I'm terribly sorry......am definitely not trying to rush you and I appreciate all your assistance. 
    ************
    Hi, thanks for the reply. 
    Tried the "vanilla" test and the glitches were 'mostly' gone - for some reason the feet/ankles still have glitches. The skin also appears to be somewhat darker than previously. 
    This Sim was originally a NPC spawned by the game, whom I then gave a general 'makeover' (hair, eyebrows, eyelashes, arm- & leg hair, clothes) and added to an existing household. I may have lightened/darkened the skin slightly (don't really remember) with the in-game Skin Tone Menu, but I don't actively use any skin overlays or CC skin tones. Having said that..... I did actually find some skin tone CC in the Mods folder, which I must have accidentally obtained by downloading CC outfits. However, they have all been banned to a folder on my Desktop and the glitches still appear.
    By-the-by, all of the NPCs spawned by the game are taken only from my Library (MCCC Population Settings, set to Import Tray Settings 100%) and those Sims were all downloaded from the gallery. 

    As mentioned in my first message: with Mods/CC in place, the glitch appears only in my main save/game, but not in either the second or third save/game (also with Mods/CC). As such, I can't get away from the idea that the problem must have something to do with this one particular save/game and not the Mods/CC as such. Perhaps the up-date 'mid-game' threw a wrench into this particular save's coding.........???

  • luthienrising's avatar
    luthienrising
    Hero+
    18 hours ago

    Make sure to delete the file called localthumbcache after removing the mods folder, and try then editing the broken Sims. 

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