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ElliSims
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3 months ago
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[CL] NPCs not spawning in San Myshuno

One of the best things about City Living was how lively this area usually is, but there is no one spawning in the center area at all now.  No basketball players, people hanging out, ordering from the vendors, etc.  People with roles show up (the vendors themselves) and the edge walkby people happen - but not the regular just living people.  

I've tested this in 2 different saves both with mods and without (deleting cache etc) as well as a brand new save.  When I posted about it on Facebook several folks said they've noticed it being this way for the past while, but I could not find another thread open.  

Edit By crinrict: Added pack tag to title.

  • Update update (sorry!)  It's a mod.  As soon as I reeabled script mods it happened again.  Thank you for letting me babble your eyes off and letting me know it was working in yours..  I'll figure out which one.

    Update:  Kuttoe's PetsEverywhere is the problem.  I've let him know.

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  • I had just tested another issue today on a brand new save and it was as lively as ever for me.

    Do the stall people also not spawn ? Is it just in San Myshuno or other worlds ?

    Were those new saves or existing ones ?

    How did you remove the mods ? Move out or disable ?

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    ElliSims
    Seasoned Adventurer
    3 months ago

    The stall workers spawned.  I've noticed the walkby people in other worlds but the parks seemed emptier than usual.  

    I moved the entire mods folder completely out and deleted the 3 cache files, then restarted.  It's a save I made a couple of days ago and one from several weeks ago.  The new one I tried loading with mods.

    I can try loading a much older save (or another brand new one).  Would moving the entire Sims folder and letting it generate a new one affect something like this? 

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    ElliSims
    Seasoned Adventurer
    3 months ago

    I went ahead and tried renaming the whole Sims folder and starting a new save.  That worked and people were back. Will keep testing and update.

    Moved saves and tray folder back in.  Existing save still did not have people. 
       - New save after this step Does have people.   

    I'll test adding mods back with the new save.  I'm not attached to the old one (I was just barely beginning work on a forever save), but for future reference could it have been something from a mod that remained after the mod was removed?  Or any idea what else might cause it? 


  • ElliSims's avatar
    ElliSims
    Seasoned Adventurer
    3 months ago

    Update update (sorry!)  It's a mod.  As soon as I reeabled script mods it happened again.  Thank you for letting me babble your eyes off and letting me know it was working in yours..  I'll figure out which one.

    Update:  Kuttoe's PetsEverywhere is the problem.  I've let him know.

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    ElliSims
    Seasoned Adventurer
    3 months ago

    I'm honestly trying to remember.  I was using 50/50 method and kept narrowing it down until adding or removing it was the only change. 

    I can not remember if I went back and tried pulling everything else out to see if it might have been a combination with a different mod.  I don't run very many.  

    I can test that today though.  

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