All my households are empty

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All of my sims households are empty. This is what the manage households menu looks like when I open it up:

And this is what appears when I try to click on a household that is already moved in:

I can't play on any of the households, and no sims appear anywhere. This problem started out of nowhere and my game is now completely useless. How do I fix it?

Note: yes, I am using mods and CC. However, none of them ever caused this problem before. I also ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT stop using mods and CC, as without it the game is very boring and has very little to do in it. The fact that this glitch appeared long after I started using the mods indicates that that is not the problem, so don't even suggest that I delete my mods and CC, because that is not the solution.

crinrict · Answer

Have you also tried repairing the game through Origin ?

Right click on the game and choose repair game.

crinrict · Answer

Hi&nbsp;@ImprovShoes

mods and cc get outdated with patches with patches so it's possible that one or more of your mods/cc is no longer compatible with the game.

For troubleshooting you should remove them all and test without them. If it works when you remove your mods folder, then one or more mods/cc is no longer compatible with the game and you have to find those.

Use the 50/50 method: http://modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Finding_Problem_Custom_Content

Also backup your saves before attempting because you will loose all the cc in the game when you remove it:&nbsp;https://sims4.crinrict.com/en/2014/09/backups/

Once you figured out which mod/cc is causing the issue, you can remove that one (or check if it has been updated by the creator).

Answer

It has nothing to do with the mods/cc.

The problem persisted even when I turned off Mods/CC completely.

EDIT (crin): Removed all caps and extra-large font cause that's considered shouting and against the TOS

172e3cda0034987 · Answer

@ImprovShoesDisabling or turning off both mod/cc options isn't enough of a test.You need to move the mods folder to the desktop and clear the game cache and delete the localthumbcache.package from the Sims 4 folder to help with troubleshooting.How to Delete Cache Fileshttps://sims4.crinrict.com/en/2014/09/delete-cache-files/Testing like this will help determine if it's a mod issue, cc issue or a vanilla game issue.

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I tried this and it did not work.

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