@Vampiiriic Yes, that's normal! Once you know your game is working "clean" you can put all the contents of the old folders back in the new ones.
Let's try one more thing for the reading obsession: a Game Repair. If that doesn't help, I'm happy to suggest mods that will stop the reading. But also, if it still doesn't stop, keep a copy of that save and make a bug report.
I'm afraid I tried repairing the game as well! When I try to do it through Origin/EA the option to repair the game doesn't even appear, and I assume that's because I downloaded it via Steam. So, I went ahead and did the Steam equivalent of a repair, but still that didn't work.
I'll gladly take a look at those mods though! The only problem is there's other bugs besides just the reading: my sims are sometimes unresponsive to commands, will sit before completing an action, or will stand for long periods of time not doing anything.
@Vampiiriic I'd suggest starting with Chingyu's Less Obsession. I think it includes a file for less reading. It might be enough for your bug there.
@Vampiiriic Some of those are a lot trickier because they can have so many causes. It could be an outdated mod that's trying to do something but failing, so a mod-free test can help narrow that down. It could be an overstuffed household/lot combined with your computer specs. If you replicate it in a new save in premade household after deleting caches and removing the Mods folder and doing a Game Repair, it could be something to take to Bug Reports, but this sort of issue can be very hard to replicate.
