Re: [MOD RELATED] Sims disappeared from household/Blue flashing square on map
The mods that i found caused the save corruption eventually were:
roBurky Meaningful Stories (if you still use outdated version in November patch, do not save your game!)
icemunmun custom food interactions and it's additional packs (harvestables and recipes) make sure all of these are latest versions, even one outdated harvestable can cause issues.
Mods that edit career salaries, if you have more than one, make sure they play nice with each other with no conflicts and that they are latest versions!
Custom Traits which have ts4script files can cause issues (Melancholic Trait especially), remove them if they are not updated to November patch or confirmed to be working. I myself have some old traits that have only package file and those still seem to work just fine.
Any mod that changes/modifies/adds interactions need to be updated to the November patch or removed unless confirmed working by the creator. To update these properly you need to first remove them from mods folder then delete localthumbcache.package file, load your save, "play" for about 2-4 minutes and save as a new save (just to have the original save still). Then you quit the game and put the mod/mods back into mods folder (seriously make sure they are updated to the newest patch).
Check your saves folder if the Scratch folder is still there even after you quit the game, sometimes the save corruption caused these to stay in the saves folder and would cause issues when playing again. You can delete the Scratch folder completely but only if the game is not running as it uses it's contents during play.
In my main save the mailboxes were bugged (maybe had something to do with there being mail inside when continuing with the November patch, not sure. My starter save did not have this problem at all.)
After all this my issues disappeared, i even got my random prank day/lottery etc. to show up again. (i did not see these at all)
Hopefully this helps someone with this issue.
