Background on the Issues
For some reason, this particular world I'm currently playing is borked. Not that it's unplayable, but something is always getting messed up with my main household. It didn't happen when I was playing the Clue House--not that I remember. It started when I split Charlie off and set him up as the main household.
The ongoing issues have been with the household sims themselves. First, if you remember, Charlie's and Mayra's needs got stuck on static. I fixed that. But there was something else wrong. It wasn't critical so I just ignored it. My household sims, all of them, never had any options to text, call, etc. sims in their relationship panels. Sims were pictured there, but no interactions were available. I think the only thing listed was "send a love letter." And when I tried to use their phones to invite a sim over, it said they didn't know anyone well enough to do that. Which was ridiculous because their relationship panel showed otherwise. The panels listed all their friends, co-workers, etc.
Then the other day, I went into my game and found that most of the sims had been removed from my household's relationship panels. It only shows that they're acquainted with each other. And Gran's panel is completely empty. The family trees are intact, but the panels don't show any correct relationships. Charlie and Mayra aren't married. Hamish is no one's son. There is no romantic interest between Gran and Erle. They have no friends outside the home. Nothing.
I've tried loading older saves, and it doesn't make a difference. In the little save picture, it shows Charlie and Mayra holding each other, but when the save gets loaded, the panels are messed up again and the marriage doesn't exist. They barely know each other. So I think the old saves are somehow getting changed at load time.
BTW, when I was doing my last updates and changed Charlie's age, I did not keep that game play. Nothing odd I did was kept and should not have affected current game play. This glitch started after all that, and is not related to any of it. I think it has to do with the early problem which caused issues with the relationship panel and phone options. Something is wrong with my sims' place in the world. It's like they're there, but not. I've done several online searches, without finding a good solution.
I think something got messed up early on and just keeps causing more issues. Since going back to another save doesn't solve the problem, I'll try fixing the relationships between the family members using NRaas, packing them up together, and getting them out of that world. They'll have to start over somewhere else, and my story line will need to morph. I don't want to just band-aid this problem because I think there is something wrong with the household's underlying coding.
For some reason, this particular world I'm currently playing is borked. Not that it's unplayable, but something is always getting messed up with my main household. It didn't happen when I was playing the Clue House--not that I remember. It started when I split Charlie off and set him up as the main household.
The ongoing issues have been with the household sims themselves. First, if you remember, Charlie's and Mayra's needs got stuck on static. I fixed that. But there was something else wrong. It wasn't critical so I just ignored it. My household sims, all of them, never had any options to text, call, etc. sims in their relationship panels. Sims were pictured there, but no interactions were available. I think the only thing listed was "send a love letter." And when I tried to use their phones to invite a sim over, it said they didn't know anyone well enough to do that. Which was ridiculous because their relationship panel showed otherwise. The panels listed all their friends, co-workers, etc.
