CC clothes work in CAS but not in game??

Ok. I've scoured the internet for a solution. After the game breaking update, all of my CC clothes work PERFECTLY FINE in CAS, but once I get into the game itself, I get skin-covered clothing... Like if I have a crop top that hangs off the breasts, the shape will be there, but none of the texture. It'll just be skin colored. PLEASE don't tell me I have to go redownload/replace it all. T^T Even the hair seems to rebel. Does anyone have a fix for this? I really don't want to have to replace all of my gorgeous clothes as I'm fairly certain some of it is irreplaceable.........


Thanks for the help and all ya'll do!!! Honestly my favorite website for help.

LittleStonerMermaid wrote:Ok. I've scoured the internet for a solution. After the game breaking update, all of my CC clothes work PERFECTLY FINE in CAS, but once I get into the game itself, I get skin-covered clothing... Like if I have a crop top that hangs off the breasts, the shape will be there, but none of the texture. It'll just be skin colored. PLEASE don't tell me I have to go redownload/replace it all. T^T Even the hair seems to rebel. Does anyone have a fix for this? I really don't want to have to replace all of my gorgeous clothes as I'm fairly certain some of it is irreplaceable.........


Thanks for the help and all ya'll do!!! Honestly my favorite website for help.

Hello,

One thing straight away, I cannot help that much with these problems, but @grieralexander has put in quite an effort in posting some threads, helping people. One such thread is this here:
https://www.games4theworld.club/t35617-sims-4-university-crashes-with-cc-work-around

This involves using Sims 4 Studio's batch fix, which is able to fix some issues. Other than that, they have changed a few things on a technical level since the university-update, which in simple terms translates to (certain) people having to ditch their CC, and basically recompile newly-made CC.

I know this sounds harsh, but this is the reality with most games that are being "kept alive" artificially over so many years. Technical changes will happen along the way, and several times, making people having to overhaul certain things. And this is basically the case with The Sims 4: you get some DLC once every few months, and mostly useless patches every 6 weeks or so. If you keep injecting stuff into an old game, because you want to maximize profits on what is basically a ridiculously overpriced lifestyle product (and not really a video game), then there will be conflicts with old game code. Keep in mind that this  game  lifestyle product is now over 5 years old, which is more than double the "lifespan" of your average video game.

It's not necessarily a direct explanation for your specific problem, but it indirectly adds to the case at hand. So the developers will have to overhaul their code as well with the introduction of new DLC or features. Like, this thing with the "bone assignment number" on CC was changed with the University DLC, rendering a lot of old CCs obsolete. I'm not entirely sure if there was a specific reason why this was done, but I suspect it has to do with some other future ideas EA have with this game. Maybe it could even be a deliberate move by the developers, to curb down potential problems with CC, from here on out. Who knows.

Or, as a wise philosopher once said:

Wise philosopher wrote:The only thing that is constant in our lives, is change.

The_gh0stm4n wrote:

LittleStonerMermaid wrote:Ok. I've scoured the internet for a solution. After the game breaking update, all of my CC clothes work PERFECTLY FINE in CAS, but once I get into the game itself, I get skin-covered clothing... Like if I have a crop top that hangs off the breasts, the shape will be there, but none of the texture. It'll just be skin colored. PLEASE don't tell me I have to go redownload/replace it all. T^T Even the hair seems to rebel. Does anyone have a fix for this? I really don't want to have to replace all of my gorgeous clothes as I'm fairly certain some of it is irreplaceable.........


Thanks for the help and all ya'll do!!! Honestly my favorite website for help.

Hello,

One thing straight away, I cannot help that much with these problems, but @grieralexander has put in quite an effort in posting some threads, helping people. One such thread is this here:
https://www.games4theworld.club/t35617-sims-4-university-crashes-with-cc-work-around

This involves using Sims 4 Studio's batch fix, which is able to fix some issues. Other than that, they have changed a few things on a technical level since the university-update, which in simple terms translates to (certain) people having to ditch their CC, and basically recompile newly-made CC.

I know this sounds harsh, but this is the reality with most games that are being "kept alive" artificially over so many years. Technical changes will happen along the way, and several times, making people having to overhaul certain things. And this is basically the case with The Sims 4: you get some DLC once every few months, and mostly useless patches every 6 weeks or so. If you keep injecting stuff into an old game, because you want to maximize profits on what is basically a ridiculously overpriced lifestyle product (and not really a video game), then there will be conflicts with old game code. Keep in mind that this  game  lifestyle product is now over 5 years old, which is more than double the "lifespan" of your average video game.

It's not necessarily a direct explanation for your specific problem, but it indirectly adds to the case at hand. So the developers will have to overhaul their code as well with the introduction of new DLC or features. Like, this thing with the "bone assignment number" on CC was changed with the University DLC, rendering a lot of old CCs obsolete. I'm not entirely sure if there was a specific reason why this was done, but I suspect it has to do with some other future ideas EA have with this game. Maybe it could even be a deliberate move by the developers, to curb down potential problems with CC, from here on out. Who knows.

Or, as a wise philosopher once said:

Wise philosopher wrote:The only thing that is constant in our lives, is change.

This problem with CAS clothing is due to the assignment of slots, Ea tried to fix where mermaid tails should go in relation to other items and they just could not do it. So, actually these clothes are assigned slots below the skin, for example: an overlay sits on top of the skin but allows transparency, makeup should sit on top as well as tats, etc. The outdated clothing is assigned to a slot below the skin you are using, hence all you see is the skin. I know there is a tutorial on how to fix this using Sims4Studio, if you want to go through the trouble. I myself ditch everything that was not working right, since Sims4 has a way to react differently for people, even not allowing saves, etc.

Well I tried the S4S fix and it did nothing. I even went specifically to my clothing file... So I guess I need to ditch all of my clothes and get new stuff. How infuriating. Hopefully EA decides to fix their mess, though I doubt it. Thank you guys for your help. If you know of any other ways to fix this, I'm all ears.

LittleStonerMermaid wrote:Well I tried the S4S fix and it did nothing. I even went specifically to my clothing file... So I guess I need to ditch all of my clothes and get new stuff. How infuriating. Hopefully EA decides to fix their mess, though I doubt it. Thank you guys for your help. If you know of any other ways to fix this, I'm all ears.

I feel you! I have gotten rid of so much stuff in this past week. Besides knowing that my builds will be missing quite a bit. The S4S batch fix for showers really did not fix anything, just prevented them to crash your game. Larger showers, still do not work. I am still waiting patiently for them to do a bed batch fix. Regarding clothing, I do not have too much of a problem, since I do not have that much and I regularly delete anything that clips or gives me trouble.
Good luck and try to look at the positive side: A new Shopping Spree for your Sims. Try to pick stuff that has been made after the University Expansion. Another thing that I learned, yesterday is that Custom Traits are also causing problems.