I recently did a major reorganization of my Downloads folder and suddenly four of my default replacement NPC outfits have turned invisible. They worked just fine before this project. All I did was move some files and folders around. With non-default clothing, I think this would be a sign of a missing mesh, but these are default replacements and the mesh should be in the package, right? And anyway, they worked fine before I moved stuff around.

I regenerated a new sims folder and have brand new cache files for it, so I don't think that's the problem.

These are the outfits that I am suddenly having problems with:

Keoni-chan's bartenders - http://keoni-chan.tumblr.com/post/1...and-afbartender

Lemonlion's mail carriers from this page - http://lemonlionsims.blogspot.com/2...-more.html#more

Lemonlion's lab coats and ambulance drivers on this page (bus drivers and delivery drivers still work okay) - http://lemonlionsims.blogspot.com/2...-more.html#more

I had the exact same problem happen last night (with the exact same default replacements! What are the odds?)
In my case it was because I'd put in a mod to allow me to buy NPC and work outfits. I took the mod out and everything went back to normal.

I've had a similar issue happen when I accidentally installed multiple DRs for the same item.

I've never been able to use the female one because it's invisible, but the male one works. I have no clue why some defaults do this except to think it's sharing a mesh with something else.

@RoxEllen1965, make sure you haven't placed anything too deep, because if the file path is too long the game won't be able to read the files.

I've had several issues with default NPC outfits not working properly, so I've stopped using the ones that replace meshes.

Two stupid/random questions regarding CC

1. Does anyone else have the issue described by this user here ? I am having the same issue as them even after using the same camera mods and graphical settings recommended by the creators. For those who cannot click on the link, I copied the post in the spoiler tag below.


2. Does anyone know if the seasonal farm fields by greatcheesecakepersona are visible in lot view?

I'd agree, utterly. I do this constantly. I'm into my neighborhood view and like to make it all walkable. Even Widespot has everything moved closer together, streets renamed after PG's families, etc. Desiderata has all been moved around extensively to make one side urban and one side agricultural, which leads to the next question...



Yes, they are.

I'm pretty sure I don't have multiple DRs for the same item. I pulled out the problem DRs and the sims went back to their normal Maxis uniforms. I'm going to try kidhedera's suggestion since I do have some unlocked NPC and work outfits. It's just weird because they all worked perfectly fine before I rearranged my folders.

EDIT: kidhedera - Thanks so much for your help! I pulled out Motoki's buyable work outfits mod that I downloaded from MATY and all the missing defaults are back. Strange that they worked properly before I reorganized the folders. Maybe it's a load order issue. I'll poke at it more later. Shelley's just glad to have her uniform back.

joandsarah77 - That's odd. For me both mail carrier uniforms work fine, but one of the gardener outfits refuses to show up. There's also a Mrs. Crumplebottom default on that site that has missing feet in my game.

EDIT again - kidhedera - It IS a load order issue! I put the problem defaults in a folder with Motoki's mod. When the mod is set to load last, the DRs all went invisible. When Motoki's mod is set to load first, everything works properly! :D

You mean grab and pick up and then plonk down again - it's fine. You're not moving it out of the hood at any point doing that.

using neighborhood's move/rotate tool on any lot; I take safe to do.

I put all of my DEFAULTS in folders, sorted by type of default, that load last to avoid load order issues, works well for me.

Hood corruption-wise, there are no problems regarding moving lots using in-game tools. However, if you rotate lots, you might encounter slight, barely noticeable aesthetic issues.

If the sun is shining the front of the house, the shadow drops behind the house, naturally. But if you rotate the lot in any way, be it 90, 180 or 270 degrees, the shadow will still drop behind the house, and the sun will still be shining the front of the house (imposter). This applies to any directions that the sun might shine - the "light source" direction for the imposter doesn't get updated when rotating imposters.

I'm currently looking for the thread where I read this information, because for some reason I can't carry on with my day without knowing if this is fixable or not!

Edit: turns out, the imposters are already broken, without even rotating them. Here's a thread. If you have OCD, please don't read this!

Was going to say, I think the imposters have enough issues without bothering with sunlight. Also @DJ. seeing you there, I download Felicity Island today, but accidentally used the vacation one first-it still showed up as a main hood. I quickly realized it wasn't a main hood and switched them out, but I thought that was interesting, that it showed up with the main hoods.

If I default the ambodymascotknight with another outfit, will that break it when it comes to sims wearing it in the Entertainment career? Does that make sense? I only played that career once and never did it again, but I'm planning on defaulting all of the OFB outfits and hats I never use.

I think when they're going to work they'll just put on the defaulted outfit.

If you default it, the sim in that career at Renfaire Knight level will wear the new outfit. That's how default replacements work. The original (default) outfit is replaced.

Okay, just making sure. Thanks for answering @Bulbizarre and @Peni Griffin. Maybe I'll use hiders instead whenever I'm in CAS, it's annoying to scroll past those outfits every time.

Bon Voyage's "hidden lot" characters.
Bigfoot (mountain's) gets generated while "first" vacationers enter lot?
Wise Old Man (far east's); generated during first entrance?
Witch Doctor; same as the universal character or generated like the others?

They all get generated - at least they are not present when the hood is created. I have an incomplete list of generated sims. There are the universal versions of course - and I've forgotten what happens with the Wise Old Man exactly but he's not there on hood creation so must appear once you activate his code.

I've never heard of the old man, but I don't play bon voyage. However, if you're asking when they are generated, I have a brand new clean hood with all empty stealthhood templates and only one CAS sim, no subhoods attached, etc. Big Foot and Witch Doctor are already there along with one newspaper carrier and some other NPCs. Maybe that means these are the universals? Here's the list:

I just found an old thread where Leefish describes a cheat I'd never heard of, boolprop aptsublotspecifictoolsdisabled false, that allows us to place an object in the common area of an apartment lot. That is incredibly useful and it does work. Now that we know more, is it still considered safe?!

That is the cheat I use to let my sims use Inge's loan bushes to rent an apartment if they really can't afford one. With no20khandout sometimes money doesn't divide up as I thought it should.

I've used it to put Inge's teleporter cat outside apartment doors sometimes. I wouldn't do any restructuring of walls/fences or doors with it (might end up with pieces of the apartment inaccessible) but if you just want to put down objects I don't think it could hurt.

Usually I can plan ahead, but one thing that bothers me is that I have a common room where sims play music, paint, craft, etc, but their art is lost to them when they do it there. It would be great if I could cheat to get their paintings and still keep that in the common area. I have buy/build/inventory enabled on community lots. I would think this is similar. I love those enabled by the way, though, I have to admit, some of my sims seem to have no compunction about shoplifting in community and hobby lots.

They are "universal character" (NPC Unique is the internal name) but for some their inbuilt character file is used as a template to generate a new one.
A fresh Bigfoot is generated on visiting the lot (or inviting one to join the family could be a problem).
The Pirate and I believe the Wise Old Man are generated.
Witch Doctor is not, he (she in A&N) remains a NPC Unique.

Anyone else have problems with times stamps here on MTS? My correct time zone is selected, but the forum clock is an hour behind.