[closed] Mods and CC Known Bugs and Issues: September 26th, 2023 Game Update

Current Mod-Related Issues

New Issues This Patch

Symptom: Cooking UI is empty; Sims can't prepare meals

Known Causes: Color Sliders (thepancake1 and MizoreYukii), 15 Clubs Per Sim (King Zace); TOOL Mod is also affecting UI

Note: Updates are available.

Symptom: Sims can't put food in oven or refuse to cook; a last exception file might be produced

Known Causes: This is NOT mod related. It's caused by the DHD Standard Gas Oven from Blazin' Ladles. Replace the oven.

Note: Don't try to place the oven in Build/Buy; it can become much fussier to delete. A bugfix is available from thunder1183.

Symptom: Simple Living and grocery shopping don't work. Ingredient requirements don't work. New categories for cooking aren't available. Cooking remains possible, though.

Known Causes: various cooking mods, including Srsly's SCCO and SCCOR

Note: Some cooking mods require that you make changes in game before removing the mod to prevent more serious errors. For SCCO, this means deleting all food and plates. Other mods may have similar requirements.

Older Issues

The issues listed here are mostly for mods that don't yet have updates. Keeping mods updated will help prevent many issues. Consider catching up on mod news if you've been away from the game for a while. Some other, less common symptoms are listed with mods known to cause them in the current Outdated and Updated Mods thread.

Symptom: Aliens (and possibly other Sims) are missing their heads

Known Causes: various outdated CAS default mods, especially eyelash mods

Note: Check default CAS mods for updates and alternatives

Symptom: Horses don’t appear in the relationship panel

Known Cause: No More Relationship Culling by Neia

Note: Other mods are available to replace this one

Symptom: Horse interactions not available

Known Causes: various outdated mods, including PlantSim Inheritance v1-A, Be a Little Serious

Symptom: Sims can't ride horses

Known Causes: mods for belly size, mods for pregnancy walk

Symptom: Sims Infants gameplay fails

Known Causes: Fixed Nyx's Enhanced Aliens, Children can live alone after all elders died

Note: There are likely other outdated mods with this symptom

Symptom: Lot fails to load for Live mode gameplay

Known Causes: noextramoneyonpromotion (Bienchen); outdated versions of Meaningful Stories, SNB-Bills

Note: This can be caused by game bugs and by outdated mods, especially complex script mods (mods that include a .ts4script file). The error message is important. Test without mods before posting a thread; include a screenshot of the error message. Note also that in some cases, that household will have become corrupted and you'll need to go back to an earlier version of the save.

Symptom: Game stuck in loading

Note: No known single cause; try a 50-50

Symptom: Sim profile (in Live mode) broken

Known Cause: AD(H)D trait by FiendMods

Note:When a custom trait is removed, Sims will lose the trait and not be automatically given a new one.

Symptom: Male Sims are invisible

Known Cause: Various sliders

Note: These mods can be removed without your Sims' shape changing. Many have replacements available.

Symptom: Sims arms and legs stretch or disappear, and other Sim glitching in Live mode

Known Cause: outdated height sliders

Symptom: Food stall and Festival vendors only sell produce

Known Causes: Custom Food stalls, playable NPC jobs

Note: Possible permanent corruption if you load a save with broken food stalls. Make sure to update any food stalls before playing or remove them before updating.

Symptom: No beds can be placed in Build/Buy mode

Known Cause: outdated CC beds

Note: Find replacements or batch-fix in Sims 4 Studio. If Maxis adds a new function to beds again, working CC will not be available until Sims 4 Studio is reupdated to include that function in a new batch fix.

Symptoms: Sims won't eat; Sims reset when doing homework

Known Cause: outdated CC, including phone mods

Common Issues at Game Updates

Some mods are especially sensitive to game updates. Most of these mods that you can temporarily play without with no harm done to your save. They are also generally quickly updated, so watch for those updates!

Symptom: Blank icons and UI glitching in the CAS, Build/Buy, or Live mode UI; Main Menu and the Gallery showing "wwwwwwwwww" instead of text; Build/Buy GUI missing

Known Causes:  Color Sliders (thepancake1 and MizoreYukii), 15 Clubs Per Sim (King Zace), UI Cheats Extension (weerbesu), Better BuildBuy (TwistedMexi), More Columns in CAS (weerbesu), CC wrench icon mods, and other mods that change the UI

Note: Playing without 15 Clubs Per Sim may result in Sims losing club memberships. UI Cheats Extension generally isn't the cause of CAS glitching.

Symptom: All color options are broken in CAS. Color does not change.

Known Cause:  More Columns in CAS (weerbesu)

Symptom: The Gallery won't load

Known Causes:  Color Sliders, 15 Clubs Per Sim

Symptom: World map has overlying text

Known Causes:  UI Cheats Extension, Better BuildBuy, and other mods that change the UI

Symptom: When trying to load a new world, only a white screen is shown

Known Cause: T.O.O.L Mod (TwistedMexi)

Symptom: X on an accessory is missing in CAS

Known Cause: More Columns in CAS

Symptom: The mouse cursor has weird icons

Known Causes: various CAS mods