So I decided to start a new save in Sunset Valley. When the world finally loaded, I went to choose a household. There were no map tags.
So, I went to edit town, and I then noticed that ALL of the houses were uninhabited! I then decided to try to reinstall the world files by verifying the game files on Origin. When I tried again, the world was still unpopulated.
Please help!
When starting a new game, the world is unpopulated for some reason.
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When starting a new game, the world is unpopulated for some reason.
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@ChrisNonyminus -- not sure if you have Uni, but if by chance you're using the optional missing professor fix mod that's available with the Student Union crowding mod, you'll need to make sure you don't have it active when starting a new game, as it will wipe out the entire population. It was an unfortunate oversight on our end, so if this is the case, it might save you some time trying to find the culprit.
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When starting a new game, the world is unpopulated for some reason.
This is kind of a silly question I guess, but are you certain that Sunset Valley is the world that is loading? What you are describing sounds more like Adventureland, that which was meant to be an almost (except for two sims) unpopulated version of SV and that was never really intended to be revealed to players but that some Origin installs end up revealing anyway.
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When starting a new game, the world is unpopulated for some reason.
Yes, I made sure to load SV, not Adventureland.
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When starting a new game, the world is unpopulated for some reason.
Have you tried using Origin to run a Repair Game? I no longer have an Origin (for Windows) install myself as my game is on Steam but I believe this is different from Verify.
If that doesn't help, we'll leave the floor open to suggestions from others but it sounds to me like a faulty installation of some kind.
If that doesn't help, we'll leave the floor open to suggestions from others but it sounds to me like a faulty installation of some kind.
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When starting a new game, the world is unpopulated for some reason.
Make sure you're not stuck in the tutorial and try without your mods folder because sometimes faulty character import tuning edits can cause this.
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When starting a new game, the world is unpopulated for some reason.
Ok, so I loaded the game without the mods folder, and lo and behold, the world is populated.
Now the hard part is figuring out which mod is causing this problem...
Now the hard part is figuring out which mod is causing this problem...
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When starting a new game, the world is unpopulated for some reason.
Update: I still haven't figured out which mod is causing the unpopulation.
However, I can get around this by just starting a new save without any mods installed, quickly saving before choosing a household to play as, quitting, putting the mods back in, and loading the save. Then, the town will be populated and all the mods will work fine. I don't know if this will still work when having any sims go to a vacation world...
However, I can get around this by just starting a new save without any mods installed, quickly saving before choosing a household to play as, quitting, putting the mods back in, and loading the save. Then, the town will be populated and all the mods will work fine. I don't know if this will still work when having any sims go to a vacation world...
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When starting a new game, the world is unpopulated for some reason.
@ChrisNonyminus -- not sure if you have Uni, but if by chance you're using the optional missing professor fix mod that's available with the Student Union crowding mod, you'll need to make sure you don't have it active when starting a new game, as it will wipe out the entire population. It was an unfortunate oversight on our end, so if this is the case, it might save you some time trying to find the culprit.
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When starting a new game, the world is unpopulated for some reason.
Thank you! That fixed it!LoganDownUnder wrote: ↑October 25th, 2019, 10:18 am@ChrisNonyminus -- not sure if you have Uni, but if by chance you're using the optional missing professor fix mod that's available with the Student Union crowding mod, you'll need to make sure you don't have it active when starting a new game, as it will wipe out the entire population. It was an unfortunate oversight on our end, so if this is the case, it might save you some time trying to find the culprit.
Logan