Mods that add additional skills in The Sims 3 are known to cause damage to Sims who have earned a skill which was recently deleted. If a mod must be uninstalled in a particular manner, the documentation that accompanied the mod should explain this. People playing The Sims 2 on PC can use the Hack Conflict Detection Utility to look for possible conflicts.Īdditionally, some mods may corrupt saved games or game data if they are uninstalled incorrectly which will either result in a load game error or Game Crash. A mod designer may or may not be aware of these conflicts, so it is important to be careful when installing multiple mods. This is especially true for core mods only one core mod can be installed at a time. Many mods, when installed, conflict with other mods. Some Mods can also cause a Game Crash or save game error.
See Load game error for problems related to neighborhoods. Some mods can corrupt objects or even cause malfunctions in the game code, resulting in one or more of the neighborhoods disappearing, which requires the game to be re-installed completely. That's why it is always good to take extra precautions and backup saved game data, like whole neighborhoods. However, improperly installed mods or mods that do not work correctly can result in corrupt data, saved game losses, and severe glitches.
Mods, when they are programmed, installed and used correctly, can be safe to use without risking damage to game data or saved games.
