WW resetting all my settings

[jasperville]

I use a Settings save file, I move the WickedWhimsSettings folder to the new WickedWhimsMod folder every time I update. I have noticed this issue in the last 3 versions of WW. I am currently using this version: WickedWhims v167g - 15 March 2022 (74222). I do use other mods, like WickedPerversions, MCCC, and others. I have updated them all to the current versions. 

 

The issue is every time I visit another lot, the settings reset to default. I then import my saved settings, and everything goes back to the way I want it. Until my sim travels, then the settings reset again. I'm attaching all my recent LE files, hopefully someone can figure out the issue? I'm including my saved settings file "March2022a"

 

Thank you for your help. 

lastCleanException.txt lastException.txt WickedWhimsInfoLog.log March2022a_general.json

[Scorpio]

10 hours ago, jasperville said:

The issue is every time I visit another lot, the settings reset to default. I then import my saved settings, and everything goes back to the way I want it. Until my sim travels, then the settings reset again.

After you do the Import Settings you must Save your game, exit, and then restart.

 

When updating WW all you need to do is delete the 2 files named TURBODRIVER inside the WickedWhimsMod folder and replace them with the 2 new files.

Everything else should be left alone.

 

That said, you have tons of Mods/CC so it's best to remove them all except WW + Animations and test those alone.

Delete your localthumbcache.pkg in your TS4 folder after removing Mods.

Load a new game for testing so you don't mess up your original save with Mods/CC removed.

The idea is to test WW alone to find out if another Mod/CC is causing the resets or not.

 

Your WickedWhimsInfoLog also shows you have 40 duplicates so they should be hunted down and deleted.

Open the log and scroll down past all the Mods/CC to find the 'Possible Duplicates' entry for a list of those duplicate files that need to be deleted.

(It's doubtful they are the cause of your reset issue but they might cause other problems later).

 

When you have MCCC installed you should look for the mc_lastexception.html file as it's a better error reporting system with much more info you can upload here.

You can open it and click on some things to open lists of Mods installed, etc., for more details.

 

Make sure you also update Nisa's Wicked Perversions as I believe there is a newer version available. 

Edited March 18, 2022 by Scorpio

[jasperville]

As of writing the post WP was updated, seems it was updated after I posted this

I dunno where duplicates could be hiding, I really don't organize my mods very well. I'll look though. I did run just WW & MCC on a save last month, with no other mods, I was spending a week just focused on building, but I still had horny breaks haha. I noticed this same issue too. I don't use the MCC Woohoo modules. 

mc_lastexception.html

[Scorpio]

22 minutes ago, jasperville said:

As of writing the post WP was updated, seems it was updated after I posted this

I dunno where duplicates could be hiding, I really don't organize my mods very well. I'll look though. I did run just WW & MCC on a save last month, with no other mods, I was spending a week just focused on building, but I still had horny breaks haha. I noticed this same issue too. I don't use the MCC Woohoo modules. 

mc_lastexception.html 1.23 MB · 0 downloads

You have 2 zip files in your Mods folder which are not allowed and can cause game save problems.

TS4_Torture & Chaos-GTW Only v1.5.2 SD.zipNov 16 2019Zip files are not the standard script-mod format. This mod may be out-of-date.\Mods\SAC_Torture & Chaos v1.5.2 SD\

TS4_Torture & Chaos-MOD- Basegame Only v1.5.2 SD.zipNov 16 2019Zip files are not the standard script-mod format. This mod may be out-of-date.\Mods\SAC_Torture & Chaos v1.5.2 SD\

 

Cien - No EA Lashes V3 For - For All.packageJul 08 2018  Delete This as it's too old and V5 replaces it

Cien - No EA Lashes V5 For - For All.packageMay 11 2020

 

TS4_ExtremeViolence -MOD- V1.6 Animations.packageJun 29 2018

TS4_ExtremeViolence -MOD- V1.7 Animations.packageDec 27 2018

TS4_ExtremeViolence -MOD- V1.8 Animations.packageJul 22 2019

TS4_ExtremeViolence -MOD- V1.9 Animations.packageNov 30 2019

TS4_ExtremeViolence''MOD'' v2.0 Animations.packageFeb 13 2022 (Only keep the latest version as it includes all the previous versions already)

 

Pretty Error CallStack (Click to expand/collapse)

Mod PathModuleFunctionLineError Class

drama_scheduler.py_run_node545drama_schedule_service

E:\Builds\MCCC_2022_1_2\mc_cmd_centermc_injections.pyinject_block_phone_texts875

drama_node.pyrun1303dramaNode_Phone_NPCInvite:21:45:34.340 day:6 week:9

npc_invite_situation_drama_node.py_get_resolver248dramaNode_Phone_NPCInvite:21:45:34.340 day:6 week:9

npc_invite_situation_drama_node.py_get_zone_id230dramaNode_Phone_NPCInvite:21:45:34.340 day:6 week:9

 

Either the MCCC Mod is causing the error or another Mod is blocking it which causes the error.

 

WW resets may be unrelated to the errors but can't be sure.

 

Need to test WW + Animations alone with everything else removed on a new game save.

Something is either corrupted or conflicting.

I'd also do an Origin/Steam Game repair.

 

[sirsleepy]

I've been experiencing the same thing and posted about this 2-3 versions ago. Every time WW is updated, some (not all) of the settings are reverted to default values. For now, I always just reload my saved settings every time I load a game, but it's a pain to figure out which ones got loaded and which ones didn't get loaded. It feel like sometimes none of the settings get loaded after a WW update and everything is reverted back to default.

Edited March 19, 2022 by sirsleepy

[jasperville]

Ok, ran the game with just WW installed and tried traveling to other neighborhoods, having sex in each one. It seems the settings remained static for that test.

 

Then I added everything back, except MCC, and ran the same tests, and the settings remained intact. I also removed most of the duplicates, deleted the older lashes, the zips. Btw Sacrificial Mods left the older animations sets in his own creation, I never put them there, but I did remove them now

 

Thank you for your help. I will continue to test different scenarios. 

 

@sirsleepy Yeah, my issue started 3 versions ago too, I kept hoping it would get fixed by an update on its own, but it only seemed to get worse. 

[Scorpio]

1 hour ago, jasperville said:

Then I added everything back, except MCC, and ran the same tests, and the settings remained intact. I also removed most of the duplicates, deleted the older lashes, the zips. Btw Sacrificial Mods left the older animations sets in his own creation, I never put them there, but I did remove them now

Glad you got it working now...

The mc_lastexception.html error file mentioned something related to a vacation home object or zone_ID and situation/drama.

 

Last Module Called: npc_invite_situation_drama_node.py

Last Function Called: _get_zone_id

Error message: (AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'vacation_or_home_zone_id'), CategoryID: npc_invite_situation_drama_node:230

 

Not sure what that means but I know vacation homes are rather fussy about what can be done with them when compared to other Lots.

Possible you have a corrupt vacation home or bad cc installed in one but I'm just guessing.

[Scorpio]

23 minutes ago, jasperville said:

I use some custom lot traits, they might be conflicting with Rental Lots

Sounds like it might be the problem as I only use them on Public Venues.

[carlao1124]

I got the same problem. I don't want female sims in my game to have sex, so I shift-clicked one by one and disabled them for both sex and nudity. It took me days to edit each female sim. After I was done, the game seemed to remember all my settings, including disabling crab lice completely. So I exported the settings in case they got reset again (this is actually the 3rd time this has happened to me and I had to re-edit all sims). Re-importing those settings, saving and restarting the game works fine for settings about crab lice but it doesn't load the shift-click preferences I had disabled for Sex and Nudity. Some of the settings seem to always keep intact (penis preferences and top/bottom preferences). It resets Attraction preferences too. I've been playing the game with my anti-virus tuned off, to make sure it wasn't keeping WW from saving (even though I added all mod folders to the exception list). I love WW and don't mean to complain, just to inform. This is the third time this has happened to me and it must have been this year's updates, since I didn't have any problems last year. I do have many mods and cc, but I keep them really organized and updated (as well as the game and WW). And I'm convinced none of them are conflicting, though I could be wrong. Unfortunately, I can't share my saves, but thought I should let you guys know.

[Scorpio]

7 hours ago, carlao1124 said:

This is the third time this has happened to me and it must have been this year's updates, since I didn't have any problems last year.

It's not uncommon for WW to reset some settings when updating but I've always just used the export/import feature to set them back to my own settings.

When starting new games you need to do the same thing.

Resets are more likely when WW adds new features, moves menus around, or changes the way it's data is saved.

 

When you disable Sims for Autonomy in game those get saved to each Sim and stored in the WickedWhimsMod folder in your Games Save folder.

Some of your WW saved data is linked to matching game saves somehow so WW keeps track of settings for each game save.

 

Your Sims won't have their WW settings/buffs/traits reset unless WW didn't load correctly and you made a new save without WW being loaded correctly.

Especially if you load the game into your active household and then save without WW installed correctly.

 

One of the more recent WW versions had a bug with saved data not being saved correctly so there is a good chance you made a save that didn't work when you had that version

installed so this is likely when your female sims lost their disabled autonomy settings.

WW had another update shortly after to fix it but might have already been to late.

 

It's not always wise to update WW right away when you get the notifications unless you're having problems.

Same thing can be said for rushing Game Updates as they tend to break Mods and the authors need time to check/fix them.

 

Resets over a longer period of time with major Game and Mod updates is typical like when WW went from version 1.66 to 1.67 for example.

 

Some users always backup their Saves folder before updating their Game and/or Mods.

[carlao1124]

Dear, Scorpio. Thank you so much for responding with so much attention, patience and kindness!
It won't be a problem for me if the settings keep getting reset, I'll just import my saved settings back to the game and continue using this AMAZING mod!! ?
I had version v167f last time I re-edited my sims. I had checked and noticed the change log about the save fixes, but for me, somehow, it's still persisting. The export/import feature works fine, but it doesn't import the individual sim's Autonomy settings. I'm positive that WW is installed correctly, everything else (animations and some of the settings) is working perfectly. All my mods are organized and updated systematically and I always wait a few days or weeks before updating my game and check if all mods are compatible before updating. I guess it must be happening whenever I update WW.
But I think there's a workaround for this! WW has some traits that can be added via MCCC and those settings are not getting reset. The 'Fears Nudity' trait should stop my sims from getting naked, so I'm gonna add them to the sims I don't want to get nude. And the 'Sexually Abstinent' trait should stop those sims from having sex. If I manually add these two traits to each specific sim, do you think that'll have the same effect as the 'shift-click' disabled autonomy settings?

[Scorpio]

1 hour ago, carlao1124 said:

And the 'Sexually Abstinent' trait should stop those sims from having sex. If I manually add these two traits to each specific sim, do you think that'll have the same effect as the 'shift-click' disabled autonomy settings?

Traits are far less likely to be reset by any Mods unless those Mods are removed and then you save your game.

And yes they will work the same way for what you're trying to accomplish.

 

The Shift+Click Menus on Objects or Sims are actually the Cheat Menus added by different Mods, just in case you want to do more 'fishing'.

So it's possible something is resetting those Cheats or removing them during Game/Mod updates.

 

WW enables the 'testingcheats' 'true' when it loads automatically.

MCCC also has this as an optional setting but it's disabled by default. 

Edited March 29, 2022 by Scorpio

[carlao1124]

I didn't know WW enabled 'testingcheats' automatically and I did set MCCC to automatically enable it too. Maybe that's what's causing the conflict, I'll try disabling it through MCCC, since WW already does that. Thansk for shining a light on that!
I'll add those traits and continue having fun with the game!
Scorpio, thanks a lot for kindly taking your time to help! All the best, mate! ??

[Scorpio]

9 minutes ago, carlao1124 said:

I didn't know WW enabled 'testingcheats' automatically and I did set MCCC to automatically enable it too. Maybe that's what's causing the conflict, I'll try disabling it through MCCC, since WW already does that. Thansk for shining a light on that!

Just so you know I have that setting enabled in MCCC as I just figured the redundancy is more like insurance to make sure it's always enabled.

But I've never had any of my Sims that were disabled for autonomy get reset either.

[od_ewrona]

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