Makeup section grayed out for toddlers
Like the title states, after the latest update the makeup section is grayed out for toddlers only. It wasn’t like this prior to the latest update. I use mods and cc and the makeup section is how I apply eyes, eyelashes, and natural lip colors to my toddler sims. All of my mods have been updated for the latest patch. Anyone else have this issue? If so, how did you fix it? The pictures below showcase the makeup section not working for toddlers but working just fine for infants.
Modded Facial Modifiers cannot be applied to Children
I have no idea what the cause is because we modders don't have access to the code you fixed it in, but I can't seem to apply any modded facial attributes to Child sims after the Toddler/Infants/Child body and face distortions | EA Forums - 11928891 fix - when I try to set them, nothing seems to happen and they're not set when I poll the facial attributes again. The code I'm using: facial_attributes = PersistenceBlobs_pb2.BlobSimFacialCustomizationData() facial_attributes.MergeFromString(sim_info.facial_attributes) modified_facial_attributes = PersistenceBlobs_pb2.BlobSimFacialCustomizationData() # copy all modifiers that are not from my mod from fa over to mfa for ml in ['face', 'aged_face', 'aged_body', 'body']: src = getattr(facial_attributes, ml + '_modifiers') dst = getattr(modified_facial_attributes, ml + '_modifiers') for modifier in src: if modifier.key not in MY_MODIFIERS: dst.append(modifier) for sculpt in facial_attributes.sculpts: modified_facial_attributes.sculpts.append(sculpt) # same results if aged_body_modifiers instead, or both modified_facial_attributes.body_modifiers.append(modifier) sim_info.facial_attributes = modified_facial_attributes.SerializeToString() # same results with or without this sim_info.resend_facial_attributes() If I instead try to apply my custom modifiers using CAS hotspots in CAS, then the sim changes visually inside CAS, but the changes do not survive the Accept button to leave CAS. I have user reports suggesting that this does not occur in offline mode, for whatever reason. In any event, this breaks all Height Slider mods for Child sims. Platform: PC, Windows 10, EA app Bonus questions for things I've never been clear about: 1. What exactly do the new aged_body_modifiers and aged_face_modifiers do and when? 2. What exactly do the .resend_[property] methods even do?
[LD] Part Flags Force Transgender Sims into the Wrong Meshes
For reference, I'm on PC. I use mods, but that is not the issue. It's a tagging problem, and affects everyone. To see for yourself, make any Sim, flip their identity to the opposite gender, and dress them in any Top or Fullbody from the Base Game made for that gender (i.e. dress for AF, suit for AM). Then, dress them in something from Life & Death, and compare the chest/shoulder shape between the two. It's hard to miss. Exhaustive examples below. A lot of my Sims are Trans, so I've had to figure out how Part Flags work. For Trans Sims to use any mesh made for their gender (what they identify as), Part Flags have to be set to Restrict Opposite Gender, and not Restrict Opposite Frame. (i.e. a Trans-AF Sim has the opposite frame to her gender, so Restricting Opposite Frame on a female mesh means she can't use it, at all. It won't even appear in CAS.) Thing is, most of the matched meshes in Life & Death are tagged "Restrict Opposite Frame", instead of "Restrict Opposite Gender". This is the result. (Model is Trans-AF. Teal sweater is Base Game, and fits right. Purple blouse dress is L&D, and is distorted--because it's the AM mesh, forced on an AF Sim.) You stick a male mesh on an AF Sim--even a trans one--you end up with square shoulders and crushed breasts. You can test that with any masc t-shirt. Same for AM/male Sims; in female meshes, they get round shoulders and tiny breasts they don't have. You can usually choose to do this (reference Morgyn Ember in their dress. AM frame. AF mesh. Surprise! Tiny breasts), but the whole L&D pack seems to be flagged this way, making the distortion unavoidable. Here are the examples I took, with EA meshes as reference, and a suit from L&D that shows the same distortion. Note: this is not all of them. Trans AM Sims are also affected. I had limited space. All I've checked are set to Restrict Opposite Frame--which means every Top and Fullbody outfit in the pack distorts on Trans Sims, and they can't access the ones actually made for them. I re-tagged the AM and AF versions of this dress in Sims4Studio, and you can see the difference. "Before" is how it comes in-game (AM mesh on Trans-AF, AF Mesh on Trans-AM Sim.) After is with the right tag, which assigns AF to all AF and AM to all AM. Thank you for coming to my TED talk Thanks for your patience. It's a specific problem, but it's also a big issue for those with opposite-frame Sims. Most of the CAS in this pack is unusable to them. Here's hoping someone can escalate to EA, and they can fix it. Thanks for reading.
[LD] Kids With Grim Aged Up with Scrunched Faces/Body
Ive been playing a new save since Life and Death came out, no issues up until recently. My sim had twins with the grim reaper, and since aging them up to a teen (this might've been an issue before but i didn’t notice it until they became teens), their faces and bodies change after going through a loading screen (quitting or traveling). Their jaws move as far up as possible, their ears and eyes get smaller, their waist, legs and shoulders go as far in as possible.. It’s ONLY my teens as i've edited another teen (plus have an adult in the household) and no issues.. Ive repaired my game, updated mods, tried saving them to the gallery/re putting them in my game, resetting them, turned mods off and had the same issue, NOTHING is working! Not sure if maybe its a glitch having to do with them being Grims kids..? added before and after pics to see the difference.. Edit By Crinrict: Adjusted Title fit bug report at AHQ Archived thread had around 300 me toos
Can't see color of arm bracelet due to zoom
With this change you can't see one of new bracelets from the Businesses & Hobbies pack while picking a color, so you have to pick a color then switch to another category so it zooms out for you to see it then click back on bracelets to change the color etc etc This is a nice add, for zooming in and seeing it but it needs to let us zoom out while in the same category Edit By Crinrict: Added Tag to Title, Adjusted Title Removed asset again since it affects all arm bracelets from any pack
[NKSP] [BH] Mentor knitting not showing up while teaching class
I hosted a class with the new pack and one of the tasks told me to mentor a sim for 30 minutes. Except there's no "mentor" option when a sim is knitting. The option "teach to knit" is from nifty knitting, but it doesn't count. Edit By Crinrict: Added pack tag to title. It would greatly help if add pack tags yourself + provide all the thread tags, especially for mod usage.
Sims not going to work
Since the May patch update, my Sims are not functioning properly when they are engaged in certain careers, such as the Green Engineer or Mechanical Engineer professions. Although they are able to complete the pre-work assignments, they do not proceed to actually go to work. I have tried it with and without mods. Currently my mods are back on.
[INFO] Using Mods/CC on a Mac
Overview For Sims 4, the process of installing mods and custom content on a Mac is the same as it is on a Windows PC. Standard mods and cc work equally well (or not at all) in both OSs, and the Sims 4 user folder has the same form and function as well. There are however a couple of technical aspects to take into consideration which this post aims to address. This guide is only for technical questions about using mods and custom content in macOS. For help with specific mods or cc, or for in-game issues that may be mod-related, please see luthienrising 's master Mod and CC Issues Support thread pinned on the right side of the Mods & Custom Content forum, or create your own thread in this forum. For Curseforge-related questions, please use this thread. jump to: Documents stored in iCloud Drive jump to: Mods/cc stored in a custom location jump to: Problems with storing data externally jump to: "Unable to start," file appears to be corrupted jump to: Formatting an external drive for mods/cc jump to: Transferring files between computers jump to: Problems loading overrides or default replacements ↑ For Documents stored in iCloud Drive In addition to enabling iCloud syncing, some users will have also have iCloud Drive enabled, pushing Documents to cloud storage. If you have done this and also enabled the "Optimize Storage" option, you may run into problems with mods/cc, saves, etc. disappearing or not loading. Please see this guide: [READ FIRST] Saves, CC/Mods or Library items disappeared? iCloud issues | EA Forums - 10979712 And post in that thread if you need further help on the subject. ↑ For mods/cc stored in a custom location In order to store mods and custom content on an external drive, or any location other than Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4, you will need to create a symbolic link to tell Sims 4 where to look for the data. The external drive must be formatted as APFS or Mac OS Extended (Journaled). This is the definitive guide for storing data externally: https://bluebellflora.com/saving-your-sims-4-folder-to-an-external-drive/ If you need further help setting up the symbolic link, please post in this thread: 🛠️ Creating a symlink in macOS to store the Sims 4 folder on an external drive | EA Forums - 11034490 ↑ Common problems associated with storing mods/cc externally jump to: "Unable to start," file appears to be corrupted Mods/cc don't show up in-game Double-check that the symbolic link was created correctly and that your files are in the proper location. You should be able to double-click the symlink you created (the Sims 4 or Electronic Arts folder with the little arrow in the corner) and jump to the folder it points to. If this doesn't happen, the symlink wasn't created properly, or your computer isn't recognizing the external drive. To see the exact location of a file, right-click it and select Get Info, then look for the file path listed as "Where." My external drive is titled "Sims stuff." "Unable to start: Cannot start because the file below appears to be corrupted." Note that despite my storing my user data on an external drive, the message above still lists the file's location as Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4. This is normal. When this happens for one or a few files: The mod or cc item(s) may be broken, outdated, or otherwise not compatible with Sims 4. Please remove the file(s) from your Mods folder and test with a different one. The file(s) may be corrupt. Please download and test a fresh copy. When this happens with most or all files: If the Mods folder is on an external drive, the drive may have an incompatible format, for example exFAT. Please see this section below. If the Mods folder was transferred from another computer, the files may have been corrupted in transit. Please see this section below. ↑ How to format an external drive for storing mods/cc Formatting a drive will erase it, so start by transferring any existing data you want to preserve to a different location. Open Applications > Utilities, launch Disk Utility, click View > Show All Devices (green), and you'll see something like this: The main volume for my drive is exFAT (blue), which is incompatible with Sims 4 mod/cc .package files. So I need to erase the volume (red), choosing APFS or Mac OS Extended (Journaled) instead. The alternative, if the drive has enough free space, is to choose Partition, to the left of Erase, and create a new partition with the format of your choice. You can find more information on partitions and containers in this Apple article. If you see "Erase process has failed," erase the entire drive, titled "USB SanDisk 3.2" in my screenshot above. Choose "GUID Partition Map" as the Scheme and APFS as the Format. ↑ Transferring files between computers Mods and custom content files can be corrupted when transferred between computers, or more specifically to an external drive and then onto a different computer. This is particularly true when transferring between two different operating systems, e.g. from macOS to Windows. The workaround is to zip the folder that contains the files before transferring it, then unzip it once it's on the new computer. This protects the files from corruption. In macOS, right-click a folder and select Compress to zip it, and double-click it to unzip. In Windows, right-click and select Send to > Compressed (zip) file to zip, and right-click and Extract to extract. ↑ Overrides/default replacements With overrides and default replacements, the load order matters: files loading in the wrong order can mean some don't show up in-game at all. Please see this post for a thorough explanation and a way to specify the load order for your cc: [FIX] Struggling to use overrides/default replacements on a Mac. | EA Forums - 9355837 ↑ Thanks to @Bluebellflora for consulting on and editing this guide.
The Sims 4 Crashing
I have no idea what the issue is. I have a gaming laptop that can handle just about anything. The specs are immaculate and i own just about every pack except Bantuu. I've taken out every single mod and custom content in my game and every save that i have just to make sure there weren't any corrupt files and it STILL CRASHED 💔. I've repaired the game over and over and it is still doing it. I'm starting to think it's just the sims game at this point. Is anybody else having this problem? If so can you please give me some advise or help? I don't even want to play the game anymore because i can't figure it out. Anything will help. Thank you!! ❤️
