Sims placed into the game from my library are causing Last Exceptions
I had been playing the game offline when the HSY update came out. I continued playing offline until the patch to the update fixed most of the issues. I finally got up the nerve to go online and update my game. Yes, I play with mods. Yes, I removed all the mods and saves from the game folder before I updated the game. I updated the game and as usual, ran a repair right afterward. I updated my mods and put them back into the game folder. Upon starting the game, I got a Last Exception notice. I removed the mods and spent the next eight hours loading them one by one back into the game until I found the culprit. I updated that and everything was all hunky-dory until I tried to add a sim I had made eons ago from my library into the game. She created a Last Exception. I backed out of the game, deleted the last exception and localthumbcache from the folder and tried a different sim from my library. Again, a Last Exception notification again the deletions. Going back into the game, I resumed with the sim I had been playing before trying to add the sims from my library and had no problems whatsoever.
So... why are the sims in my library suddenly causing last exceptions? The reason I had been playing offline was because I was creating a whole new game and getting ready for the new pack. While I was doing so, I was adding multiple sims from my library. Those sims I added to the game before the update and patch are doing fine. These are the same sims I have used for years. I'm kind of attached to them. Three weeks ago adding those sims didn't cause any issues but all of a sudden, I can't use them. The only thing that happened between me being able to load my sims into the game and now not being able to load them into the game is that update.
I have 38 packs. It's not like I'm a new customer. It's not like I'm new to the game. So now it's up to you to tell me how you plan on helping me solve this issue.
Greetings Crin,
You're gonna love this. Do you have a cup of coffee handy? I'm going to save you some time in trying to figure all of this out, so go get one while I tell you what I found.
It started when I realized where my thread had been put. Mods & CC. Could it really be a mod? Could it be some of my CC? How could that be when I replaced them all, one at a time, to the extent that I was able to find that one outdated mod?So I thought back to how this all started.
Because I made those sims so long ago, I was taking them to an earlier save well before the update. I was loading them with no problem there, but as I had added mods since then, I was tweaking them then saving the household in CAS and exiting right from there to the main menu. I would then choose the latest save file, which was made after the update, and would get that Last Exception notification as soon as I plunked them down into it. I assumed (and we both know what assuming does), that it was because I was putting them into a world corrupted by that update and that was the reason for the LE.
So... instead of taking them to an earlier save, I chose one of the sims and loaded her into the latest save. I was shocked when I didn't get the notification. So... like with the mods, I started tweaking her. First I added only that games jewelry and accessories instead of the CC jewelry I have. That didn't cause an issue so I pressed on. At what point in the process were things going wrong? Next I went for the reward traits. I usually start out my sims with few... okay... a LOT of the reward traits because usually by the time a sim earns them, they really don't need them any more. I added only the ones I knew were from the game and not from any mods. That didn't cause an issue either. Then I went for the other traits. The ones you can get through the MC Command Center's "Add Traits." Again I chose only the ones I knew were from the game. Again, no issues. Then I added personality traits. I had added a mod that gave me five slots instead of the usual three because I miss The Sims 3. Nope no issue there either. So what was causing that darned glitch? Seeing that I was pretty much done tweaking her, I went back into the personality traits and changed one.
One mod that I had installed a couple of years ago was one by Vicky Sims/Chingyu that added a whole lotta traits to the game. 100 to be exact, or so they claim. Just like my game packs, just because I have a lot, doesn't mean I use them all. I use about 4 or 5 of all of those traits on offer. The one I added through MCCC Cas was "Open Minded." The second I closed the window... there it was. The Last Exception. Then I thought of all of the sims that had that same trait. I use that on all of the sims that need to have that extra nudge towards being inspired.But those sims are already in the game. Why wasn't I always getting an LE because of them? Maybe I had to click on them? Play them? Maybe that's when it shows up?
I went to a writer sim that I knew had that same trait. Yep. As soon as I selected him and the loading screen was done... a Last Exception. I also use "Relaxed" for the sims who need help with being focused. So I went to a sim who was a programmer. I knew he had the "Relaxed" trait from that same mod. Nope. It didn't have an issue. I went to a couple who had the "Loyal" trait from the same mod. No problems with them either.My conclusion to this whole fiasco. The game doesn't see the mod itself as a problem which is why I didn't find it when I went searching for bad and/or outdated mods. It isn't a problem with the whole mod. Just that one part of that mod. Now, I'm not going to test them all, that would take way too much time but at least I figured it out on my end. I actually was feeling pretty proud of myself until I realized that I should have probably researched ALL the avenues before I got so... well... bitchy.
So there you have it. Maybe this will be of help if this happens to anyone else. I'll just have to fix the problem when I select a sim with that "Open Minded" trait when I play them. There are other ways to get my sims inspired.
Have a great day. I'm sorry for taking up so much of your time, but hopefully you got to enjoy a cup of coffee while you read my adventure into being a mod detective.
