I startet a new game (PC - no mods).
My Packs: EP: 01-16 // GP: 01-08,10,12 // SP: 01-03,05-09,11,13-18,26,29,35,38,46,48,49
Edit: Also Photos on the wall getting black after restarting game.
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Ideas
Black Photos (Patch 1.119.109)
simmerLella
2 months agoSeasoned Ace
I ran a test and found similar results, but my test was focused around deleting screenshots. Did you do any tidying of your screenshots while testing? (Because I only noticed issues when I either deleted screenshots OR used Save And Exit.)
Note: all my testing was done by light "playing" (only taking photos, nothing else but making a sim and buying cameras), pressing save once, then exiting separately.
I found that deleting overexposed/mostly white screenshots was USUALLY safe (except for with the Crystal Clear camera - which seems to work oppositely from the rest, oddly enough).
When I deleted normal-looking screenshots, these cameras' in-game equivalent pictures were safe: cell phone, Barely Better Digital Camera, the Cozy Gamer kit's Insta Simsta camera - that's it! The Appreciably Average and all the high-end cameras I have installed were NOT safe (including the long green one and Moschino's camera).
I have no other cameras installed, so I cannot test them.
My test was ran on a NEW save game in a CLEAN/new Sims 4 folder. I haven't yet tested in my ongoing save from way before this month's patch (the one with a partial fix). That testing might be much worse, to my later dismay. We'll see.
Orlsworth
2 months agoNew Spectator
I did not touch my screenshot folder while testing so no deleting of any screenshots. I also found that on opening the game any screenshots that were not black are safe or baked in as you put it. I think I saw a post from the Sims team that mentioned they are looking into an issue related to temporary data not saving properly and it seemed related to this photo bug plus the issue with paint from reference. Not sure if I am explaining how they described it properly but it definitely lined up with what seems to be happening with these photos.