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luthienrising
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2 years ago

Re: I get this string often when I use mods I probably ripped unsuccessfully...

If you do run into this again, do a 50-50 test. Even a mod cleared for 1.102 or updated since 1.102 might have issues not previous noted. You might also have hit an issue because of mod conflicts, or simply an issue a modder or another Simmer hadn't found. Even on Curseforge, a mod isn't guaranteed to be working.

The one issue we've had recently with Gallery Sims is with ones with a fourth trait, which has caused issues in CAS. This should be fixed as of 1.102. The bug thread for that is here: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/FIXED-GRO-Wrong-names-and-CAS-Corruption-after-gaining-a-4th/m-p/12395752/highlight/true#M243114

In general, I advise against merging packages. There's no gain to performance from it, you can easily end up with duplicates, and you can end up with mods you can't find to remove.

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  • NetherKrow's avatar
    NetherKrow
    New Traveler
    2 years ago

    So merged packages of mods through the gallery can become corrupt more often? I don't merge them manually anymore. I used to. I stopped doing it so I could figure out the problem I was having recently and that was like a year ago. I do have some website downloaded mods, though. None of them were downloaded on an insecure sight and all have been scanned thoroughly. 

  • luthienrising's avatar
    luthienrising
    Hero+
    2 years ago

    @netherkrow It's not that they become more corrupt - it's that you can't see in them or find their contents in a search. So you can end up with two copies of the same file, with mods/CC that are outdated because of a game patch but you can't delete just that mod/CC, and with mods that you end up with earlier and later versions of. And that comes with no benefit to you as a player, because merging CC files doesn't improve anything in-game. And older merged files you find somewhere online are more likely to contain content that's already outdated/broken.

    Of note, no CC or mods is downloadable from the Gallery for Sims 4, only from outside sites.

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