[OPEN] Sims lose their first and last names [ Edited ]

[LuvMySimz]

@goldengurl053

You guys are right! there is indeed a PAOLO ROCCA in the game in WIndenburg (PartyPeople), but why would the game name my Sim the same way. I did not even touch already existing Sims with homes, I only customized homeless Sims and gave some of them a home like I did with Owen Baker. I doubt that his real name was Paolo Rocca. The game was just lazy and grabbed already existing names lol.

[MickCasanova]

I think we need to keep things in perspective here. There appears to be two (or more) separate issues. I had last names not working on new born sims. Turns out it was in fact a mod that altered names. Thanks to whomever pointed this out.. Another issue is sims in game missing names (first, last or both) Personally, I haven't experienced this one. And lastly, there is the seemingly random renaming of sims which is in fact not random at all. Any game NPC that was re-imagined in CAS prior to the last patch, their names will revert back to the original NPC names. This has happened to me frequently. On sims I reworked, and ones I downloaded form the gallery. The only way I have found to fix the last issue is to take the renamed sim into CAS, and change the name. It won't stick using a mod or command line. Unfortunately, there are tens of thousands of sims in the gallery that are affected by this. Not to mention those of us who have done this by reworking them.

[Citysim9997]

I haven't had an issue with newly generated sims last names, but I when and send my sim to University, and all the newly random generated students, have no last names, but if you say it's a mod that alters names then I'll look into it first.

[LuvMySimz]

@Citysim9997 it’s not a mod. It’s an in game issue. I have tested this with and without mods as always when something goes wrong in my game. I’m not one of those who say they did test without mods and really are not.

[goldengurl053]

@MickCasanova It’s definitely not a mod issue in my case. I’ve never used mods in Sims 4. I wish whatever it was could be easily repaired because none of the gurus seem to be aware or at least acknowledge what happened.

I could just stay in build mode and not in CAS until this gets fixed, but I’m worried that whatever it is might make my save file corrupt and unable to open if I keep saving it.

[MickCasanova]

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@Citysim9997 wrote:

I haven't had an issue with newly generated sims last names, but I when and send my sim to University, and all the newly random generated students, have no last names, but if you say it's a mod that alters names then I'll look into it first.

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In my case it was a mod.. And the last names were specific to newborns. Not at all sure if it is a mod in you case, but it certainly is possible. But others have reported that it isn't a mod because they don't use them. So there's that. This is why I said there appears to be 2 or 3 separate issues.

[JuanmaRiver93]

This is the information we have:

- A patch is released on July 20 that fixes this:
"Step-Parent / Child relationships are no longer missing in the Genealogy Panel. Similarly, other cases of broken families in the Genealogy Panel have been fixed as well. It is all about reconnecting or connecting with what is important."

- From that day on, there is a problem that causes the names or surnames (or both) of some Sims to be deleted.
- It always happens to the same group of Sims, all connected by the same families.
- In my case, it happens in Ghost Sims, to other people in Living Sims.
- Could it be possible that it happens more often with the Sims of Windenburg?
- When entering Live mode, everything works fine (names are not deleted). But when opening the genealogy panel or when switching Sims, the names disappear (check it out).
- However, there are days when the problem does not appear and everything works fine. I tried to find something logical about why it happens but no, it is totally random.
- It is not caused by mods, I checked it on 2 different PCs.

I can not think of anything else...
Hope they fix it!

[tta379]

I use the name mod for more names to NPCs, but the new born sims will lost their last name.

When I remove, everything went well, no sims lost their names.

However, the name mod is really useful for me, I hope this can be fix it.

[RickxAbsinthe43]

I’m having this issue too, Sims losing their surnames or both names. It’s the same household, if I go to another household and try to make a club and it shows those Sims, their names are magically gone. Happened in two new saves now. I since fixed their names in both saves, but I’m now terrified this issue will become more widespread, affect my own Sims, and worse, corrupt my saves. Why hasn’t EA addressed this yet? This is bad.

[goldengurl053]

I fixed some names, saved it, and they stuck. I think what I’ll do is fix them all, save it, and back it up. That way if it becomes corrupt, I can replace it.