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4 years ago

Disappearing kids

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:Mac
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Often (50% - 99%)
What is your current game version number? 1.81.72.1230
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Only the dogs & cats expansion pack
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Have a Sim have a baby and attempt to age them up to toddler
What happens when the bug occurs? I've had two kids disappear! No social worker came either time to take them. The first time, my child was just in their crib and I looked over for them and they were gone! No evidence of them ever existing (no relationships with other Sims). No warning about being taken either. The second time I tried to age up my new baby to a toddler, tried to change their hair, then he was gone! Just into thin air! No evidence of them existing either, both kids disappeared from icon bar. I have mods installed and expanded the household to 12 people. This is the only reason I can think of why this may be happening.
What do you expect to see? Baby remains in icon bar, ages up properly.
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? Neutral/Not Sure 

I've had two kids disappear! No social worker came either time to take them. The first time, my child was just in their crib and I looked over for them and they were gone! No evidence of them ever existing (no relationships with other Sims). No warning about being taken either. The second time I tried to age up my new baby to a toddler, tried to change their hair, then he was gone! Just into thin air! No evidence of them existing either, both kids disappeared from icon bar. I have mods installed and expanded the household to 12 people. This is the only reason I can think of why this may be happening. Please help, this is my Sims's third pregnancy and I'm afraid to lose this baby, too. 

3 Replies

  • @Rosybunny1 Yeah it's the household mod I haven't used it but I have seen others that have and there Sims disappeared problem is Sims 4 is set to 8 Sims if you expand it with a mod the game will cull them there isn't anything you can do.

  • @Rosybunny1 I'm going to move this to General Discussion for now as it sounds like a mod issue.

    Please test this without mods to see if it happens as well.

    If it does, please tag me.

    Make sure to only use current mods. Also be aware that if you expand your household to 8+ and remove the mod, they will disappear when they age up or if you go to CAS.
  • @Rosybunny1 

    If you happened to take that household into CAS, then any sims over 8 will have been culled.  While there are several mods that allow you to have and play more than 8 sims in a household in live mode, none that I know of will allow you to take a household of more than 8 sims into CAS without randomly culling the "extras" every time you do.  CAS simply won't allow you to exceed 8 sims.

    Hope this helps.

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