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mahiloa's avatar
mahiloa
3 years ago

Re: [MOD RELATED] Icons are blank squares/ UI Glitching

I'm not really sure what is wrong with my Sims 4 UI (or if the thing on the bottom is even called the UI), but there's somethin' whack going on with all of the icons at the bottom of the screen. I'm playing with a lot of CC and mods (which probably is not helping!), but this started happening today. I also had a mild glitch in CAS that was fixed by taking out the 'more columns in CAS' mod - so I'm not sure if this UI problem is already known to be caused by a certain mod, or if someone else has this problem too. I attached a picture of what it looks like - hopefully it's a common issue with an easy fix! Fingers crossed haha.

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  • jpkarlsen's avatar
    jpkarlsen
    Hero (Retired)
    3 years ago

    @mahiloa 

    Move your Mods folder to the Desktop and delete localthumbcache.package. Then test the game in a new save.
    If it works now check for updates to your Mods and CC. Add it back a little at a time while testing until you have found all that are broken.

  • SheriGR's avatar
    SheriGR
    Hero
    3 years ago

    @mahiloa Did you test your mods/cc to see if removing them (or any particular one of them) fixes the issue? Test as follows...

    Spoiler
    Try moving the Mods folder from your "The Sims 4" folder [Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4] to your desktop (save it for reference) and delete the localthumbcache.package file in your “The Sims 4” folder. Then check in a new game save to see if this issue is still occurring. You can test without saving in order to identify which CC/Mods are causing the issue, then remove or add updated version(s) of the Mod/CC causing the issue.

    Oops... Sorry, @jpkarlsen ... just saw your reply, so this is redundant. 🤭 

    @sims4supremacy... perhaps my mistake can be useful to you... do you use Mods/CC? If so, you could try the directions in the spoiler tag above to see if it fixes your UI issue.

  • sims4supremacy's avatar
    sims4supremacy
    3 years ago

    i do use mods and cc so i will try that! the ui glitch stopped happening after i left that save alone for a few days, but my sims still weren't playable at prom.

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