Mods suddenly breaking my game?

Why won't that blasted mod show up in game? Hopefully we know!
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Mods suddenly breaking my game?

Post by fruit » April 7th, 2023, 1:02 pm

KevinL5275 post_id=94321 time=1680881132 user_id=17352 wrote: Should this be split to a new topic?

Can you post your deviceconfig.log to make sure the game is recognizing your graphics card? Have you updated the drivers lately? Is this a steam/disc/EA install? Can you repair or refresh the files to make sure nothing is corrupt or missing?
Sorry I didn't want to start a brand new topic when this one was still open! I use the EA app. I've attached my deviceconfig file down below.

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=== Application info ===
Name:            Sims3
Version:         
Build:           Release
=== Rating info ===
GPU: 5 GPU Memory: 1 CPU: 2 RAM: 4 CPU Speed: 2096 Threading: 3
Adjusted CPU: 2395 RAM: 10178 Adjusted RAM: 9666 Cores: 8
=== Machine info ===
OS version:      Windows 8  6.2.9200 
OS prod type:    0
OS major ver:    6
OS minor ver:    2
OS SP major ver: 0
OS SP minor ver: 0
OS is 64Bit: 	1
CPU:             AuthenticAMD
    Brand:       AMD Ryzen 5 3500U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx  
    Family:      15
    Model:       8
    Cores:       8
    HT:          0
    x64:         0
Memory:          10178MB
Free memory:     3501MB
User:            User
Computer:        DESKTOP
=== Graphics device info ===
Number:          0
Name (driver):   AMD Radeon(TM) Vega 8 Graphics
Name (database): AMD Radeon(TM) Vega 8 Graphics [Found: 0, Matched: 0]
Vendor:          ATI
Chipset:         Vendor: 1002, Device: 15d8, Board: 380117aa, Chipset: 00c2
Driver:          aticfx32.dll, Version: 26.20.11016.5002, GUID: D7B71EE2-5698-11CF-9067-093379C2D735
Driver version:  5002
Monitor:         \\.\DISPLAY1
Texture memory:  32MB <<OVERRIDE>>
Vertex program:  3.0
Pixel program:   3.0
Hardware TnL:    1
=== Options ===
AnimationSmoothing 1
LightingQuality 2
GeneralReflections 3
TextureQuality 3
VisualEffects 3
TerrainQuality 1
EdgeSmoothing 0
ObjectHiding 1
AspectRatio 0
ForceSquarePixels 1
SimQuality 4
TreeQuality 2
DrawDistance 1
MaxActiveLots 1
NumMaxActiveLotOptions 6
AdvancedRendering 1
AudioQuality 2
AudioOutputMode 1
VoiceLevel 255
SoundFXLevel 255
MusicLevel 255
AmbientLevel 255
FocusMute 1
VoiceMute 0
SoundFXMute 0
MusicMute 0
AmbientMute 0
EdgeScrolling 0
EdgeScrollingWarning 0
SupressOpportunityDialogs 0
SuppressOpportunityDialogsWarningProducts 446443
SimWhileMinimized 0
TwelveHourClock 1
ShowPlacementGrid 0
AutonomyLevel 2
DisableAutonomyForSelectedSim 1
PetAutonomyLevel 2
AgingInterval 2
EnableAging 1
EnableTutorial 0
EnableIntroTutorial 0
EnableTombResets 1
EnableInGameStore 0
EnableTelemetry 0
EnableMemories 3
AgingStageLengthBaby 3
AgingStageLengthToddler 7
AgingStageLengthChild 7
AgingStageLengthTeen 14
AgingStageLengthYoungAdult 21
AgingStageLengthAdult 21
AgingStageLengthElder 17
EnableInteractiveLoading 0
AgingStageLengthPuppy 0
AgingStageLengthDogAdult 0
AgingStageLengthDogElder 0
AgingStageLengthKitten 0
AgingStageLengthCatAdult 0
AgingStageLengthCatElder 0
AgingStageLengthFoal 0
AgingStageLengthHorseAdult 0
AgingStageLengthHorseElder 0
LunarCycleLength 3
LunarPhaseLength 0
EnableLunarCycle 1
EnableLunarPhase 0
EnableStoryProgression 1
EnableVampires 0
EnableWerewolves 0
EnablePets 1
EnableCelebrities 1
EnableFairies 0
EnableWitches 0
EnableHorses 1
EnableOptOutCeleb 0
ReceiveConnectTNS 1
ReceivedDevGift 0
PostFilterFlags 0
RequireLoginBeforeLoad 1
SummerLength 7
FallLength 7
WinterLength 7
SpringLength 7
SummerEnabled 1
FallEnabled 1
WinterEnabled 1
SpringEnabled 1
IsCelcius 1
FogEnabled 1
RainEnabled 1
SnowEnabled 1
HailEnabled 1
InvertHorizontalRotation 0
InvertVerticalRotation 0
VideoCaptureSize 1
VideoCaptureQuality 2
VideoCaptureSound 0
VideoCaptureTime 60
VideoCaptureHideUI 1
=== Default Options ===
AnimationSmoothing 0
LightingQuality 1
GeneralReflections 1
TextureQuality 1
VisualEffects 3
TerrainQuality 1
EdgeSmoothing 0
ObjectHiding 1
AspectRatio 0
ForceSquarePixels 1
SimQuality 1
TreeQuality 2
DrawDistance 3
MaxActiveLots 1
NumMaxActiveLotOptions 6
AdvancedRendering 1
AudioQuality 2
AudioOutputMode 1
VoiceLevel 255
SoundFXLevel 255
MusicLevel 255
AmbientLevel 255
FocusMute 1
VoiceMute 0
SoundFXMute 0
MusicMute 0
AmbientMute 0
EdgeScrolling 0
EdgeScrollingWarning 1
SupressOpportunityDialogs 0
SuppressOpportunityDialogsWarningProducts 0
SimWhileMinimized 0
TwelveHourClock 1
ShowPlacementGrid 0
AutonomyLevel 2
DisableAutonomyForSelectedSim 0
PetAutonomyLevel 2
AgingInterval 2
EnableAging 1
EnableTutorial 1
EnableIntroTutorial 1
EnableTombResets 1
EnableInGameStore 1
EnableTelemetry 1
EnableMemories 1
AgingStageLengthBaby 3
AgingStageLengthToddler 7
AgingStageLengthChild 7
AgingStageLengthTeen 14
AgingStageLengthYoungAdult 21
AgingStageLengthAdult 21
AgingStageLengthElder 17
EnableInteractiveLoading 1
AgingStageLengthPuppy 0
AgingStageLengthDogAdult 0
AgingStageLengthDogElder 0
AgingStageLengthKitten 0
AgingStageLengthCatAdult 0
AgingStageLengthCatElder 0
AgingStageLengthFoal 0
AgingStageLengthHorseAdult 0
AgingStageLengthHorseElder 0
LunarCycleLength 3
LunarPhaseLength 0
EnableLunarCycle 1
EnableLunarPhase 0
EnableStoryProgression 1
EnableVampires 1
EnableWerewolves 1
EnablePets 1
EnableCelebrities 1
EnableFairies 1
EnableWitches 1
EnableHorses 1
EnableOptOutCeleb 0
ReceiveConnectTNS 1
ReceivedDevGift 0
PostFilterFlags 0
RequireLoginBeforeLoad 0
SummerLength 7
FallLength 7
WinterLength 7
SpringLength 7
SummerEnabled 1
FallEnabled 1
WinterEnabled 1
SpringEnabled 1
IsCelcius 0
FogEnabled 1
RainEnabled 1
SnowEnabled 1
HailEnabled 1
InvertHorizontalRotation 0
InvertVerticalRotation 0
VideoCaptureSize 1
VideoCaptureQuality 2
VideoCaptureSound 0
VideoCaptureTime 60
VideoCaptureHideUI 1
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Mods suddenly breaking my game?

Post by fruit » April 7th, 2023, 1:31 pm

Okay I redownloaded the bakery and Midnight Hollow and my Ani mods work now but cupcake is causing issues. Has this mod been discontinued? I can't find it on this site.

Edit: My bad, I found it. I redownloaded cupcake and am still experiencing issues with it.

Edit2: It says the bakery is installed but when I load my game and check back after the crash its been uninstalled. So I guess its not cupcake itself causing the issue, but my launcher?
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Post by igazor » April 8th, 2023, 12:03 am

There would have been no need to split any of this off into a new thread in this case. And we already knew the OP was on Patch 1.69 and using the EA App. What the DeviceConfig log does tell us is that they have an unrecognized integrated graphics chip and not the strongest of processors on this system, The chip not being recognized is not really going to cause any problems on this hardware, but it's possible that you are pushing the limits on what this system can handle. We can also see that your computer is using 6.5 GB of its 10 GB of RAM before the game even begins to startup, and that may not be leaving enough for the game to use. This was already mentioned prior when we saw a crash log. Are there other applications running, besides built-in system ones, more like web browsers, that can be switched off before starting the game?

On the Cupcake issue, players on the EA App have had lots of problems getting store content to work properly. I don't know if the App is the issue in this case, but it doesn't matter if the bakery set is installed if it's just not loading at startup as that will still cause Cupcake to crash the game. The set's objects wouldn't be usable until this is solved anyway.

On the other mods, there are no shortcuts here. Even if we recognized all of those mods by name, we would have no way of knowing if you have the most recent versions of each and not some that are outdated. If that folder of mods is causing a crash, then you have to do some trial and error to find out which ones are the culprits. The most efficient way is the 50/50 method -- take out half of those mods and see if the game starts. If it does, then put back half of what was removed but if not then take out another half. It doesn't ever take very many iterations of this to narrow things down to a "half" that contains only one or two mods.
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Mods suddenly breaking my game?

Post by Chain_Reaction » April 8th, 2023, 3:38 am

Just from a glance the MSC mod is problematic and should be removed. Not sure why your store content is disappearing but Cupcake will continue be unhappy with that happening. Make sure your game folder isn't being messed with by OneDrive and maybe try dragging your DDCache folder to desktop and reinstalling all store content to see if it stays.
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Mods suddenly breaking my game?

Post by fruit » April 11th, 2023, 10:02 am

Chain_Reaction post_id=94334 time= wrote: Just from a glance the MSC mod is problematic and should be removed. Not sure why your store content is disappearing but Cupcake will continue be unhappy with that happening. Make sure your game folder isn't being messed with by OneDrive and maybe try dragging your DDCache folder to desktop and reinstalling all store content to see if it stays.
Thank you so much to both you and everyone in this thread that helped. I gave it a try yesterday and I was able to get past the crashing after moving the Dcache folder and redownloading all my store items. I haven’t opened any save files yet but hopefully it’s a fix!
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Mods suddenly breaking my game?

Post by KevinL5275 » April 11th, 2023, 12:40 pm

Oh! I didn't realize Fruit is the original poster. (blush) Glad you got it working, hope it fixes it!

I have had my store mods get messed up before too, which is why I asked about the Bakery and Cupcake.
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