Re: Skill List shows "Empty string" and closes skill tab

God. I accidently deleted the save file in the sims 4 load game. 

It started happening on the new save. And I was able to capture of what happend. The skill list closes like 0.2 seconds so it's hard. 

I did delete the thumbcache file as well. Still no solve.

Yes. After what happend I had put my mods back to see if it fixed by repairing and it did. But then it started happening shortly after. About a week after(?)

HI @LlamaOMama 

Try resetting your user files as described in the factory reset described in this post: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4/FAQ-Troubleshooting-Steps-amp-Known-Issues/m-p/3621199

You won't loose anything. Just make sure to not delete any files  and make a backup.

After renaming, repair your game by right clicking on the game in Origin.

Try on a new game with nothing added back first (start new game). If it works, put back your save game and try again. If it still works, you can start putting stuff back.

• Options.ini (or just re-set all your settings manually)
• Tray Folder
• Screenshots/Videos/Custom music
• Rest of the save games (leave out slot_00000001.save which is the autosave and no longer needed - if you still have it)
• Custom content like clothing, hair, skins, make up ....
• ConfigOverride, if you have your own configuration files.
• Mods (one by one, making sure they all still work)

The rest does not need putting back, cause they are mostly cache files that recreate or log files that are not needed for the game.

Alright.

Unfortnately it did NOT work. It partally worked before adding mods. So I think it could be a mod issue. And as it could happen suddenly, it could be hard to do mods one by one. 

It's definitely not custom content. I do have some mods but I didn't check if they are UI.

Are screen slam mods considered UI? because that was one of my most recent downloaded mods and has not been updated since 2019. It's simply to remove the screen slam. I also have a faster skills mod as well that was NOT the same creator. The screenslam creator made a faster skills mod, but I didn.t use that one. I removed that mod to keep safe.

And I don't have UI cheats extension either.

When I removed the mod and added a Child Sim to the game, it stopped appearing when the child(ren) was building skills. It worked on 2 kids so far.

did you ever get it to work? i’m having the same problem after trying to cheat skills too

I actually think I made it work again. One of my screenslam mods caused the issue, called "No screenslam when developing a Skill", by meloekogirl. The mod comments says there skills been dissappearing too and info boxes caused problems. Probably the screenslam mod that caused the issue. 

Do you have any mods?

i do have mods. it seems like it’s working for me now too, besides the original two sims that were in the household when i changed their skills. they have a toddler and her skills show up normally, same with my other households

The problem, for me shows up when the Sim is a child and builds up his extra skills after the four main skills maxed out. Try with a child Sim, max their skills out, and build their adult skills when maxed.

Hey all,

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