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huzzahitssarah's avatar
7 years ago
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Weird Blinking on Sim's Shoulder

 

I have no idea what this is. No matter where she is, or how I edit her or reset her she has this weird blinking on the back of her shoulder. What is it???

  • I was able to fix it. I used to a cheat to remove all the buffs that were on her, and that included that listening device buff and the blinking has stopped. Thanks for your help though!

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  • kreatora's avatar
    kreatora
    Hero (Retired)
    7 years ago
    @huzzahitssarah

    Do you have any CC in your game? If yes - probably some broken CC caused it.
    Move the mods folder to the desktop.
    Delete localthumbcache.package file in the game folder
    Fix the game in Origin.
    Origin/Library -right click on TS4 - option "Repair game"
    You have to wait until Origin will fix all packs, not only the base game.
    Turn on the game to create a new, empty mods folder and to check if a game is working now without mods and CC and this blinking disappeared.
    Check if there are new updated versions of the mods and CC you are using.
    Then copy from desktop your mods and CC and paste it in the new mods folder. First, paste script mods one by one every time checking if every mod is up to date. Do the same with CC and look for this effect but if you have a lot of this, try the 50/50 method.

    I don't work for EA.

  • Thanks for the reply. I tried all of that and she's still blinking. It's weird though, because she is literally the only Sim who is doing that. No one else is. And she's not my playable Sim. I loaded her up to film that video, but she's actually just an NPC that my Sim was friends with so I noticed the constant blinking. There is no custom content and she's still just blinking like that. It's the strangest thing. And it's very much connected to her and only her.

  • kreatora's avatar
    kreatora
    Hero (Retired)
    7 years ago
    @huzzahitssarah

    Do you have a Strangerville addition? That's what sim look like when he has an eavesdropping device attached to him.
  • I do! I thought that's what it might be but I didn't put it on her. How do I get it to stop?

    And thanks for the help!

  • kreatora's avatar
    kreatora
    Hero (Retired)
    7 years ago

    @huzzahitssarah

    I took it off only from the NPC sim. Never from the played sim. But I think the way is the same. Click on her when you play another sim and find options what will take this device off.
    You can also try to attach this device to her and immediately issued a removal order. In this way, probably it can delete all that she has.

    Eventually, take her in CAS and try to do this. Select only objects from Strangerville in CAS. Maybe this will be there.

    Hope it will work 🙂

  • I was able to fix it. I used to a cheat to remove all the buffs that were on her, and that included that listening device buff and the blinking has stopped. Thanks for your help though!