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7 years ago

Strange 'patterned' skin glitch?

Hi! I don't ever use these forums so please forgive any mistakes...

I've been having this strange issue with my sims recently and I just can't seem to fix it. I've attached images (one of them with some handy annotations lol) of the issue so you can see what it looks like. Basically, a 'pattern' is showing up on my sims, as well as some weird patches of green on their faces. I've tried to do some troubleshooting and this is what I've put together so far:

  • This issue only occurs on sims with dark skin tones (pretty much any non-white tones).
  • It only affects the sims once they're in-game - the issue isn't present in CAS mode.
  • The issue is still present when I remove all custom content and mods from my game (the images attached are with no cc/mods).
  • I tried resetting to factory settings (I followed the troubleshooting tutorial on these forums), and the issue was gone until I moved my saves folder back in.
  • The issue doesn't affect sims I made a long time ago - I would say it's only sims that I made within the last 3 months that are affected, as well as any new sims I make now. 

It feels like I've tried everything at this point, and I really have no clue what else to try. I haven't seen the issue anywhere else, though that may be just because it's tricky to describe in a title ("weird pattern that only affects dark skin tones and only recently made sims???").

Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated. If I was simply playing the game casually, I think I could live with the issue, but I like to take lots of screenshots so this is kinda a big deal for me. Thanks! 


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