Baby sims coming in two different colors

[TheChronicR]

Yup, Pam is right. I made a little mistake, only third party CC does harm to your game. But, since the baby life stage is only 3 days, I think that this is not a real trouble. Note that it will pass when the baby becomes a toddler.

[TheChronicR]

Ok, sorry. I stand corrected.

[Sondra312]

Now something else is happening that I forgot to take a pic of. When having a baby it doesn't come out discolored but comes out all stretched out. Can't even see a baby at all. Just a long line sometimes or something. It seems to change each a few times but never in the form of a baby. When growning into a toddle it gets a little worse.

[Pam]

Now something else is happening that I forgot to take a pic of. When having a baby it doesn't come out discolored but comes out all stretched out. Can't even see a baby at all. Just a long line sometimes or something. It seems to change each a few times but never in the form of a baby. When growning into a toddle it gets a little worse.

This is probably caused by some third party custom content clothing in your game.  There are some things that completely distort infants and toddlers.  I'd suggest that you remove the third party content from your game.

[TheChronicR]

Now something else is happening that I forgot to take a pic of. When having a baby it doesn't come out discolored but comes out all stretched out. Can't even see a baby at all. Just a long line sometimes or something. It seems to change each a few times but never in the form of a baby. When growning into a toddle it gets a little worse.

Do a complete reinstall, delete all your caches, clean out your DCBackup folder, anything that you think might help.

[Pam]

Do a complete reinstall, delete all your caches, clean out your DCBackup folder, anything that you think might help.

I don't think all of that is necessary to get rid of the problem with the distorted baby.  Just removing the third party custom content should do the trick.  If it doesn't, then try the more extreme suggestions.

[TheChronicR]

Cleaning cache is a must, the folder too. But, after uninstalling the third party content.

[Sondra312]

I will do a reinstall. I know this is probably covered on this form but is there a way to save the sims I am playing now after I reinstall it all? Or should I start over completely new? Also, I am kind of slow figuring out which stuff is CC and what isn't. There are a few Items with SW, or SW3 and others have nothing in the bottom corner. Do I get rid of the ones with something in the corner?

[Hosfac]

Items with round icons are official game items.  They are from an expansion/stuff pack, or from the Sims Store.  This stuff won't cause the stretching baby glitch.  If the item has a square icon in the corner, it's 3rd party custom content.  Those items can cause it, and many other problems.

[Sondra312]

Items with round icons are official game items.  They are from an expansion/stuff pack, or from the Sims Store.  This stuff won't cause the stretching baby glitch.  If the item has a square icon in the corner, it's 3rd party custom content.  Those items can cause it, and many other problems.

What about items that aren't round or/and don't have the square in the corner?

[TheChronicR]

What about items that aren't round or/and don't have the square in the corner?

Those are base game items. Default items can't cause anything bad, they are the part of the game.

[Pam]

Also, items from expansions and stuff packs have the icon in the lower left corner.  Third party content items have the icon in the lower right corner. 

[Hosfac]

I never really noticed that...although I haven't really had much in the way of 3rd party content.  I got stuck with a couple of weird items somehow, but they're long gone.

[Pam]

I got some way back in the beginning before I knew what I was doing.  It would come in houses that I downloaded from the Exchange.  I have since learned to be more careful.

[Hosfac]

That's probably where mine came from too.  I downloaded several houses from the exchange a long time ago, and was still removing junk I didn't want as little as six months ago lol.  Every time I got rid of something, I'd find something else.

But another thread here told me a convenient way to locate all of the junk, and I was able to dispatch it all in one fell swoop!