[EBN] Sim has Wings in Human Form, even if no longer a Fairy

So, I've been having an issue with one specific Sim, who used the Moondrop Springs method to become a Fairy on the day EBN released. While she's in her HUMAN Form, and even if I remove her Occult Status, she has Wings in her Human form, but only in the Change Outfit menu and any UI Portrait appearance (Relationship menu from other Sims' perspective, etc.). At first, it seemed like purely an aesthetic/graphical glitch, but it interferes with her in other ways, some involving mods, but also, if I try to travel with her (or sometimes with someone in her Household) to any Lot in Everdew, I get an infinite loading screen, which is one factor in why I can't remove her Occult status without Cheats (and CAS doesn't work properly, because it doesn't fully register that she IS one). Also, even if I CAN get her to Everdew, I can't ask Mother Nature to start the process to remove her Fairy status, because the only dialog option that shows up is the one to BECOME a Fairy, as if she hadn't become one. If it helps narrow down the cause, she first met Mother Nature to become a Fairy in the first place in Everdew, so she didn't need to travel to the area to finish the process.

I'm attaching a Save, where I switched to her Household from my current main one, reset her Fairy Perk Points AND Rank (she was Radiant, I set her back to Faint), and then turned her back into a regular Human. Along with a screenshot of the Outfit menu AFTER doing that, meaning she's not a Fairy at all, but you can see she still has Wings. The Sim you're looking for is Dakota Sparks, she was the currently selected Sim when I did the Save, but if it loads in on another household member, you'll know which one it is.

I DO play with Mods, but I tested an Un-Modded Save, and the issue was still present. I've also attempted to remove and re-add the Occult Status through any method I could, to no avail. I've also tried altering and even removing her Wings in CAS (as in setting her Fairy Form to not have Wings, while keeping her as a Fairy). The only thing I haven't tried YET (which I will after I post this, then edit in the results) is to have her initiate the process to regain her Fairy powers from somewhere outside of Everdew.

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12 Comments

Moosesmuggler
Seasoned Newcomer
4 months ago
Ah, if there IS an Edit Post button I can't find it. I DID try the "have Dakota summon Mother Nature from outside Everdew" trick. She WAS able to get to Everdew without an endless loading screen, and get her Fairy Powers back, but the bug DOES still persist. And I should note that it won't appear until she goes into her Human form, then changes her outfit. And as an aside, she's the ONLY Sim I've had this bug happen with, and also happens to be the only Sim I've had become a Fairy using Mother Nature and the Spring, which leads me to suspect the bug involves the Spring itself somehow, or the Moodlet given by Mother Nature.
crinrict
Hero+
4 months ago
HI Moosesmuggler

I downloaded your save game and I have no issues with Dakota. I can travel, no wings on any outfits

When you tested vanilla, did you upload her to the gallery and put in a new save ?
crinrict
Hero+
4 months ago
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Moosesmuggler
Seasoned Newcomer
4 months ago
I'll try that, but the Wings don't appear until she changes her outfit. That's why she was in her formal outfit in that save, I was going between her Everyday and Formal Outfits to test it.
crinrict
Hero+
4 months ago
Did you have the loading issues only when she had the wings ? I still can't duplicate

Moosesmuggler
Moosesmuggler
Seasoned Newcomer
4 months ago
I should have paid more attention to confirm, but I'm pretty sure it WAS when she had the "invisible wings". I'll test a new vanilla save with her in a sec, but honestly if it comes DOWN to it, it isn't literally game-breaking since I don't usually play her Household, but I figure I'm not the only one having this issue. She's part of a 17-Generation Legacy so restarting or deleting her are off the table lol
crinrict
Hero+
4 months ago
It works all totally fine for me though so she can't be that broken.

I just loaded your save and it worked.

Did you try renaming your user folder and just copying over your save ?
Moosesmuggler
Seasoned Newcomer
4 months ago
Let me try that. But after a Repair/Cache-Reset while she wasn't a Fairy, it LOOKED like I had it fixed, then as soon as her partner Libbie turned her back into a Fairy, the bug came back up. If you have the time to, you might be able to trigger it by doing that. Libbie has the Power to turn other Sims, I had them do that, had Dakota conceal her Fairy Form, then switch outfits, and the wings were back when I went to have her switch outfits again. If that doesn't recreate it on your end then yeah it's definitely a Save-File issue.
crinrict
Hero+
4 months ago
OK. Did some more testing.

The only issue I can duplicate is the outfits showing wings

The main gui is fine. I could also ask mother nature to turn me back. After that the outfit issue was gone and she doesnt' seem to have anything left

This is all your save. I did not put her in new save game.
Moosesmuggler
Seasoned Newcomer
4 months ago
I may try getting Mother Nature to remove the Wings and use Libbie to get them back then, but if that doesn't work, then c'est la vie, 'cause at least she's not causing issues in Everdew.