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sparilis
Seasoned Hotshot
11 days ago
Status:
Troubleshooting

[V] Game is cloning existing sims as Vampires

You know how the game will generate new sims for you and put them in "Manage Households -> Other Households" ? For the a long time now, it's been generating households with the same name as households that  I had previously deleted, either with completely different sims in them or with clones of a few of the sims from those deleted household. 

For example - Original Jones family (Bob, Jane, Nancy, Paul) was deleted. A household called Jones appears in "Other Households"  either just with Bob in it or with one or more sims who are completely unrelated to the Jones family). I've just been deleting them because I didn't want them in my game. 

Now, for the past couple of weeks, the game generates a copy of one sim from a household that I am currently playing, in their own new household. And that cloned sim is a vampire.  (It might help to know that I play rotationally.)

Example - in my game Geoffrey and Nancy Landgraab got divorced and Geoffrey married Mila Munch. Mila changed her name to Mila Landgraab. A couple sim days later, I'm playing the Bailey-Moon household and Mila *Munch* (she's showing up with her old name) shows up at the door late at night. I'm suspicious so we don't answer. Then she starts with the vampire animations and turns into a bat. 

Why is this happening? How can I stop it?  The only mod I use is MCCC and it happens with or without it.  

Edit By Crinrict: Added Tag to Title, Adjusted Title

8 Comments

  • Do you have those Sims in your library ?

    Did you start a new save without any mods/cc to see if it happens there too ? This is a typical issue with MCCC (although the Vampire part is new) so did you delete the localthumbcache file after removing the mod ? Did you just disable or physically remove your mods folder ?

  • sparilis's avatar
    sparilis
    Seasoned Hotshot
    10 days ago

    At first, I was finding sims that I had deleted coming back in new households. More recently, it's been copying sims that are living in households in my current game and turning them into vampires. So, for example, I have one Audrey Woodruff (I made her) who living with her husband and family, and another Audrey Woodruff who is a vampire. I deleted the vampire version and then the Mila Munch vampire showed up.  When I want to test without the mod, I just rename the mod folder. I can't be sure if I always delete the localthumbcache file. 

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    10 days ago

    Could you test a new save that never had mods/cc to see if you have the same happening ?

    Usually if you create a Sim, there's a copy saved to the library. Did you delete that one or is it still there ?

  • sparilis's avatar
    sparilis
    Seasoned Hotshot
    9 days ago

    Okay. Do I add Sims from my current save to the new save? 

    I have two iterations of Audrey in the library. One with just her and her kids and then a second one with her husband. 

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    9 days ago

    Either just play a new random Sim or one of the premades.

    Check if it happens again. 

    Do you also have a version of Mila in your library ?

  • sparilis's avatar
    sparilis
    Seasoned Hotshot
    9 days ago

    In my library, I have the Mila who married Geoffrey Landgraab but I don't have the Vampire Mila. 

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    9 days ago

    So it looks like the game is drawing the Sims from your library and for whatever reasons putting them in the game as vamps.

    Did you get a chance to test a new save ?