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LycheeJuus's avatar
6 years ago
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Sim in household is not playable

Hello! So, yesterday I came to discover a big problem when trying to play with my new sim household in a new save. I created a household with two sims like normal, Erin and Tristan, moved them in and everything seemed fine. But then, I loaded into the game to play the household and suddenly, Tristan seemed like he wasn't in the household. He spawned normally, but I could not see his icon in the bottom left corner. I could only play with Erin. I thought that I could maybe fix it with a cheat, but I couldn't. I used testingcheats on and tried to shift click to add Tristan to the household but the option was not there.

I searched for answers online and already tried the following:

1. Delete save file and create a new one.

2. Delete all mods and custom content

3. Repair game

4. Uninstall the game and install it again

I tried to load into the household after reinstalling, the only thing I recovered back into the game were my save files so I could play the household. I currently have no mods or cc in the game, so those can't be the problem anymore. I don't really know what to do. The problem persists and I still can't play as my other sim.

I hope to find a solution here. Thank you in advance!

  • LycheeJuus's avatar
    LycheeJuus
    6 years ago

    Well, I resolved the issue by replacing Tristan with a whole new sim. I guess the sim itself was corrupted, because only Tristan causes problems. Thank you for offering help though @jpkarlsen !

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    jpkarlsen
    Hero (Retired)
    6 years ago

    @LycheeJuus 

    If you load the household in CAS (click mirror or dresser) is your SIM then there or missing completely?

  • I just tried it, he was not there. And in fact, once I returned from CAS back to live mode, the sim disappeared completely, I can't even see him in my other sims relationships anymore, even though he should be there

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

    @LycheeJuus 

    Unfortunately your savegame became corrupted. Start a new game and make sure all your Mods and CC are updated.

  • As I expected since I tried that once already, it did not help. I made everything again, placed the household in the world and the problem still persists. For some reason the game acts as if my sim just doesn't exist.

  • LycheeJuus's avatar
    LycheeJuus
    6 years ago

    Well, I resolved the issue by replacing Tristan with a whole new sim. I guess the sim itself was corrupted, because only Tristan causes problems. Thank you for offering help though @jpkarlsen !

  • I just had this happen, but went to "change sim," changed his pajamas, and he's back to normal. Can't explain it, but I'll take it. 🙂

  • This is on the older side of time, I'm closing this thread to stop it from being necroed.

    If you have any issues with The Sims 4, please make a new topic about your problems and what kind of steps you have tried to solve them.

    /Atic

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