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LadyAriancia
Seasoned Vanguard
1 month ago
Status:
Under Investigation

New Item Highlight not going away for several categories in Buy/Build

I looked through these categories on different lot types, with testingcheats on, bb.showhiddenobjects and still I just kind find what's new. These markers showed up after the latest update (2 dec. 2025) before then my list was clear from stars. Play on PC, never used mods or CC. 

Edit By crinrict: Adjusted Title for easier finding

Note by crinrict:
Solution for PC/Mac only.

Follow instructions here to get rid of all the highlights: https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2020/01/manually-removing-new-highlights/ 

35 Comments

  • MagpieMorrigan's avatar
    MagpieMorrigan
    Seasoned Vanguard
    23 days ago

    I downloaded Businesses and Hobbies yesterday, and unclicked all yellow with no issue. Today I boot up the game and there is one under appliances. Can't find it even with cheat codes and debug. It was fine yesterday!

  • so ever time I play the game the chair and  objects by room is high lighted yellow and I ha e gone through EVERYTHING nothing is missing why wont it unhigh light

  • LadyAriancia's avatar
    LadyAriancia
    Seasoned Vanguard
    6 days ago

    All highlights vanished after I claimed the event rewards. Not sure how it is for people that missed claiming them.

  • Erroneous New Item Highlights disappeared after the event ended, so i assume the issue was indeed with the event. Some others suggested it may have been due to the reward items being added to the game from the start and just disabled until claimed, which makes sense as some categories were highlighted despite the rewards that would have been in those categories being unclaimed, however this has not happened in previous events so perhaps some checkbox was missed (or checked early?) when the event files were pushed out? I also did not claim all the rewards (I missed a few days at the end due to having the flu), but the highlights for those items arent there anymore so i assume the files for them were removed with the event itself.

  • MagpieMorrigan's avatar
    MagpieMorrigan
    Seasoned Vanguard
    2 days ago

    I just finally found mine! If I switched the type of property and kept looking in the 'show all, (insert type) items... for example, if you switched to a retail, it would show you 'retail items' or 'restaurant items' or 'gym items'. In there (I had both bb.showliveeditobjects and bb.showhiddenobjects on), it finally spit out one speaker from the new pack as not having been seen before. It eliminated the highlighted item. 

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