Mermaid Sim Has No Face When Gender is Changed? (Edit: Fixed, read bottom comment)

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Wondering if anyone else has this problem. It only shows up on female mermaid Sims, strictly in their mermaid form. Is there any way to fix this? I have restarted the game, still have the issue.

Edit: It still shows up even with every face accessory removed. For some reason the face shows up on female mermaid sims downloaded from the gallery.

Edit #2: Turns out the mermaid only has a face when in the mermaid form when I swap the gender of the randomly generated mermaid, so that's male sims as well.

Edit #3: Fixed, read bottom comment if you are having the same issue.

luckylunayre · Answer

It is your CC. Specifically, any skins or makeup. Whenever you have any issues always disable mods before reporting them, because they cause the issue 99% the time. Go ahead and try disabling your mods/cc real quick and see if that fixes anything.

After that you need to figure out which one it is.

I believe I saw @luthienrising post something on twitter about this issue so tagging her for you :)

aangellulu · Answer

Oh lol I had the same! Made me laugh so much. I fixed it by unlinking sim with mermaid form, choosing preset face (some random mermade one) then linking and copying old face on top of this current mermaid face so it's back to what I want. That fixed it for me!

luthienrising · Answer

"Zeldaboy180;c-17124360" wrote:It is your CC. Specifically, any skins or makeup.  Whenever you have any issues always disable mods before reporting them, because they cause the issue 99% the time.  Go ahead and try disabling your mods/cc real quick and see if that fixes anything. After that you need to figure out which one it is. I believe I saw @luthienrising  post something on twitter about this issue so tagging her for you :) Ugh the Forum didn't show me the tag!Here's a tip from another Simmer: After removing reported culprits, delete localthumbcache (that's the in-game cache) and take your Sim back into CAS. If it's still a problem in liveplay, you've got CC that hasn't been reported yet! Start with skin details. Here's where the list lives: https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/17116992/#Comment_17116992

snailsharks · Answer

"Zeldaboy180;c-17124360" wrote:It is your CC. Specifically, any skins or makeup.  Whenever you have any issues always disable mods before reporting them, because they cause the issue 99% the time.  Go ahead and try disabling your mods/cc real quick and see if that fixes anything. After that you need to figure out which one it is. I believe I saw @luthienrising  post something on twitter about this issue so tagging her for you :) Thank you! Really hope it's not my favorite skin  ;) Edit: For anyone reading this on the off chance they have the same problem and haven't figured it out yet, @luthienrising's post about broken CC is super helpful. For me it was my no ea lashes mod, and not the 3d kijiko eyelashes mod, but if you have either of those I'd take them both out and see how it's working then.

mirkakaroliina · Answer

I had the same and it was indeed the No EA Eyelashes mod that caused it. Too bad cause I hate those EA lashes :(

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Mermaid Sim Has No Face When Gender is Changed? (Edit: Fixed, read bottom comment)

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