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TS4 Tools

LE Formatter - lastException file viewer (Overview)

TS4 Mods (All initial mod overview posts)

Pose Alignment Interactions (Overview) (Updates)

Teleport Sims Interactions (Overview) (Updates)

Paint by Reference hides Canvas & Easel (Overview)

TS4 Guides

Understanding raw LE files enough to potentially find broken script mods after game updates

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When holding down CTRL and scrolling with your mouse you can go up and down a floor.

Yes, I haven't even started a game, but still wanted to test it first.

Here's also video proof:

I also posted some instructions on Patreon, if you want to see this stupid test demo in action yourself.

TL;DR: Fixes the last update when Pose Player is installed. Sorry for any inconvenience.

See tl;dr. I sadly forgot to check the case again of Pose Player being installed and oversaw a warning in my IDE for additional code I needed to change which then caused the teleport not to work when Andrew's Pose Player was installed. Again, sorry for any inconvenience that the last update may have caused.

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Curseforge (If you want to support me through downloads)

ModTheSims

TL;DR: Fixes a rare bug caused by the wrong load order between WW & this mod if Pose Player is not installed

Fixes a bug, when Andrew's Pose Player is not installed but WW is & when this mod is loaded after WW, where it accidentally thinks that pose player is installed, because WW creates a stub Pose Player module. This manifested itself as being unable to teleport sims without throwing any LE.

The same bug was fixed a while ago for Pose Alignment Interactions, but I completely forgot that this mod also uses the same code to check if Pose Player is installed. So, Sorry.

Also, thank you to @mory-ayk (Xitter|Patreon) for helping me troubleshoot this problem.

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Curseforge (If you want to support me through downloads)

ModTheSims

Minor update. Fixes the tuning of the 3 main teleport interactions so that Better Exceptions' Report doesn't complain about broken/non-compliant tuning from the mod.

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This may not be that interesting to most of you, but I finally open sourced all my script mods.

So, in case I get hit by a bus or something, someone else can continue to develop them.

Got done with what I had to do for the end of February a bit earlier than expected.

Made a small mod that hides the canvas, easel and cross-stitch hoops objects (or rather any object associated with the interaction) when being in the Paint/Cross-Stitch by Reference interactions' photo mode.

Should also work with CC easels & cross-stitch hoops and other objects that use the same code as those (Not sure any actually exist).

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Even if it's only for the next two weeks, I'm currently too busy IRL to update both Pose Alignment Interactions and Teleport Sims Interactions if something breaks until March.

BTW, here's a nice screenshot I made.

(Small update) Fixes some floor objects like certain rugs or dance floors having duplicate interactions if they inherit the floor/ground interactions. (See image for previous behaviour) Thank you to patreon user hec-fashion for pointing this out.

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TL;DR: Fixes a specific crash at startup, because of "corrupt" scripts. Small update. Some modders seem to accidentally include compiled script files that were compiled for the wrong version of TS4's script system and the only reason why the script mod still works for the game is because they also included the uncompiled version of the script. This would previously crash LE Formatter when trying to index the compiled script. Now it indexes the corresponding uncompiled script if it finds one and doesn't crash anymore.

Downloads

ModTheSims http://www.modthesims.info/d/694668

SimFileShare https://simfileshare.net/folder/260637/

Itch.IO [When downloading just click on "No thanks, just take me to the downloads" if you want it for free. Don't feel obligued to give me something.] https://johnbaccarat.itch.io/ts4-le-formatter

There is a bug in Sims 4 that will make your sims's in-door shadow disappear. It can very easily happen when posing your sims. In most cases you will probably want to prevent this when taking your screenshots or videos.

The bug will always occur whenever a sim is "reset".

What resets a sim?

Posing with Wonderful/Wicked Whims

Using the teleport statues from Teleport Any Sim

Using the "Reset Object (Debug)" shift-click interaction

Using Teleport Sims Interactions (without first posing the sims to be teleported)

Game errors that try to mitigate the problem by reseting the sim (you often will not notice this)

What makes it NOT happen?

Posing with Andrew's Pose Player

Using Pose Alignment Interactions to position your sims (Sorry for the self-advertisment)

How to make the in-door shadow appear again?

If your sim doesn't have a shadow in-doors like in the above image on the right, then you have to unload the current lot to completely unload the sim. The fastest way to do this is using "Manage Worlds" and then just loading into the lot again. They will then have an in-door shadow again.

What can I do to completely fix this problem?

You can upvote this issue on the TS4 bug tracker if you want to have this bug fixed.

Pose pack used for the first image?

Comes with a new toggleable option to automatically snap a pose on move & rotate to the grid & direction like with a teleport statue. (Since no one seemed to use the independent snapping interactions)

Should save you a few seconds, like shown in the above video.

It's also useful when trying to perfectly align with objects where "Align with" doesn't look right. Again, because the final position & rotation is like having used a teleport statue.

I can't upload more than 1 video per post, so have a link to a video to showcase what I mean.

Poses used for videos Wall-leaning couple Hands-on-table (actually a couple pose)

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Were you affected by the The Sims 4 August 2025 update and had to spend hours doing the 50/50 method? I created a standalone program that may help you the next time.

What is this?

LE Formatter is a standalone LastException file viewer, which comes with a few nice quality of life features:

Automatic opening of new LE files while the game is running. (Can be disabled)

Automatic closing of open LE files when a new TS4 game session is started, can be disabled together with the last option.

Keeps an index of script files, so script file paths can be automatically associated with certain mods or the base game. So the user may not have to look through the script paths.

Automatic re-indexing of your mods folder if you add or remove mods. (Can be disabled and done manually)

Ability to partially import MCCC's reports. Only done automatically if Better Exceptions (BE) is also not installed, as MCCC sometimes keeps the LEs only to its own report if BE is also not installed.

Support for all languages that The Sims 4 also supports. Albeit, translated through AI and the linked Q&A is only in English.

It may help you when trying to find out what is causing your LEs, if not other options are available.

Also, please do not call it "LE Viewer" or "LE Reader".

Showcase/Video usage guide

Can I use it while also using BE and/or MCCC?

Yes. It is actually encouraged to use them. As MCCC's report is accepted by a lot of support servers and BE's report also gives a nice summary of what might be wrong. LE Formatter is however a good last resort if you want to figure it out yourself before doing the 50/50 method, as it is completly detached from the game process and may be useful in the case that, for example, BE doesn't generate a report like for some people with the late August 2025 update.

Why Windows only currently?

I don't own a single piece of Apple hardware. I will look at a later date into it.

Downloads

NOTE: Read either the full description on ModTheSims or Itch.IO ModTheSims http://www.modthesims.info/d/694668

SimFileShare https://simfileshare.net/folder/260637/

Itch.IO [When downloading just click on "No thanks, just take me to the downloads" if you want it for free. Don't feel obligued to give me something.] https://johnbaccarat.itch.io/ts4-le-formatter

To be honest, I did expect Pose Alignment Interactions to be popular, but 100K (+17K on MTS) in only a bit more than 6 months is a bit more than my expected 15K in a year.

So, thank you everyone for the downloads. As a thank you from me, have a very WIP screenshot of something that'll still take some weeks to be ready, as I'm currently quite busy.

I made another post on TS4's feedback forum that suggests outputting LE files in a way that is actually humanly-readable like described in my guide on how to format them yourself to more easily find broken script mods.

TL;DR: Fixes this specific error than can happen when having WW installed & not Andrew's, depending on where exactly WW and Pose Alignment Interactions are in the Mods folder.

Probably mostly noteful for people who had LEs because of it after loading into their save.

Explanation why it happens: WW dynamically creates a stub code module that uses the same path as the one of Andrew's Pose Player - presumably so it can use the same poses as Andrew's. If WW's script is loaded before Pose Alignment Interactions (due to an unfortunate location in the Mods folder) this would previously result in Pose Alignment Interactions thinking that Andrew's was also installed, which caused the error as the actual PoseInteraction of Andrew's is not created in the stub module.

A big thank you to @itsimplythesims for helping me cumbersomely debug this, as I was unable to recreate this bug on my own before this and assumed the reason some people had this error was because of an outdated script file of Andrew's Pose Player, so sorry.

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