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natsims817
4 years ago

There are no sims anywhere

Product: The Sims 4
Platform: PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? 1.80.69.1030
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All expansion packs, all game packs except Wedding Stories, Realm of Magic, and Journey to Baatu, all Stuff Packs except Fitness Stuff, Luxury Party, Moschino, My First Pet, Paranormal, Romantic Garden, and Spooky Stuff. I also have the Blooming Rooms and Decor to the Max kits.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Happens in the Worlds of Willow Creek, Oasis Springs, and Henford on Bagley. I haven’t checked all of the worlds. Basically, there are no sims anywhere. Inviting them and summoning them does not work.
What happens when the bug occurs? The towns are empty and inviting sims or summoning them does not make them appear.
What do you expect to see? Expect to see Sims around the town and people visiting me when invited over.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Yes
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. Latest patch and after buying the Blooming Rooms and Decor kits.

In one of my games there are no sims, anywhere, in any of the worlds, besides the household I am playing. When my sim goes over to another house, even when it shows that there are sims there, when my sim knocks on the door I always get the notification that no one is home. When my sim goes to community lots, there is no one there. When my sim invites sims over, it says that they are coming right over but never show up. I had mods and CC installed, but even when I turned my CC off in the game this still happens. I also repaired the game in my Origin account, still nothing. Help please?

3 Replies

  • CGrant56's avatar
    CGrant56
    Hero+
    4 years ago

    @natsims817 

    Just to be sure, do you have any sims other than the household you are playing in Manage Households?  I am assuming there are, based on what you've said, and they just aren't wandering around in the worlds or showing up.    

    So, since you use mods, it is likely that you've got a mod that's causing it.  You said you turned off, but how did you do that?  Did you just uncheck the boxes in Gameplay Options or did you move or delete the mods from the Mods folder?

    If you just unchecked the boxes and didn't move the mods out of the game path, then that may be part of the problem.  What you need to do is move your mods folder to your desktop and delete the localthumbcache.package file.  Then start the game.  Go to a household and watch to see if any sims outside your household show up anywhere in the zone you're in.  When you are done, just exit, don't save while you are testing since your CC isn't present. 

    If sims do show up while you test, then you need to go through your mods folder and find the mod or mods that are causing it.  CC generally doesn't cause issues like this so I would test that last.  Chances are that it is a mod.  Once you find the mod causing it, you should either remove it or check wherever you got it for an update and replace it with the newer version.  Don't stop testing until you have been through all your mods to make sure that other mods you have also cause the problem.

    Hope this helps.

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    2 years ago

    Try the following

    • Close the game
    • Rename Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4 to Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4_Old
    • Start the game. All your content will be gone now as the game created a new folder. All your saves/.. is still in the old folder so not to worry
    • Start a new save game
    • Check if you still have the error
    • Report back with your results for further steps on how to get your stuff back.

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