Sims Disappear from Household, Sometimes Look Like Ghost in Relationship Panel

Question

Product: The Sims 4Platform:PCWhich language are you playing the game in? EnglishHow often does the bug occur? Occasionally (10% - 49%)What is your current game version number? 1.96.397.1020What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Get to Work, Get Together, City Living, Cats &amp; Dogs, Seasons, Get Famous, Island Living, Discover University, Eco Lifestyle, Snowy Escape, Cottage Living, High School Years, Growing Together, Outdoor Retreat, Spa Day, Dine Out, Vampires, Parenthood, Jungle Adventure, Strangerville, Realm of Magic, Dream Home Decorator, Werewolves, Luxury Party, Spooky, Vintage Glamour, Bowling Night, Moschino, Tiny Living, Nifty Knitting, Paranormal, Holiday CelebrationSteps: How can we find the bug ourselves? I'm pretty sure that both times this bug has happened have been when my sims wakes up but it does not happen every time my sim wakes up.What happens when the bug occurs? My sims disappear from my household.They no longer show up at the bottom of the screen. I don't seem them walking around the house. Sometimes when this happens, in the relationships panel of my other sims, my sim looks like a ghost.What do you expect to see? My sim should not disappear.Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? YesDid this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? YesPlease describe the patch or change you made. I don't know that this was definitely the cause but this bug didn't happen to me before the infant update and Growing Together release. I haven't played the infant update without Growing Together.‌...

eeveetinn · Answer

@CharSimsALot what I would first do is test that save without any mods and cc, and delete the localthumbcache file and see if this still happens. If not, some mod/cc is broken.

charsimsalot · Answer

Thank you! It would be difficult to test if the issue still happened without mods/cc because I don't know a way to trigger the issue but I will try that. Today, when playing with mods/cc I had another disappareance, this time not directly after waking up, but this time I could still see my sim walking around so I used "testingcheatsenabled true" and shift clicked to modify in CAS and when I left CAS the sim was back. I thought I'd share in case someone else has the problem because it was a far easier way to get the sim back than leaving the game without saving!

Forum Discussion

Sims Disappear from Household, Sometimes Look Like Ghost in Relationship Panel

2 Replies

About The Sims 4 Mods & Custom Content

Recent Discussions

Sims house/people not loading

Not being able to go into household

leftovers and inventory disappearances

won't let me load into build mode or into my households

Can't actually play