Do you have LimeyYoshi's updated file? I know I had some issue with it and pinged them to be told it had been updated.

I downloaded it a month ago, so it's the updated version. And the weird clock is the only issue I'm having, I haven't gotten any errors.

What's wrong with the pop up? Mine has always looked something like that. I will see if I have a screenshot.

What does LimeyYoshi's fix do? Does it fix the random "sim will be gone for 3 days" bug that you have to force error on them x2 to fix?

My popup has always said, "Subject will return in X hours X minutes".

And when it says more than 3 days (which it does very occasionally ) I force the subject home by 'deleting" them from the lot and then adding them back in by using the insimenator-that works.

That's clearly a glitch in the matrix.

I haven't downloaded any updated files.

I have both the CLT and Yoshi's patch. I've never seen the 'data retries' thing. And the timer concurs with when I know the sim should return. Was your sim really off-lot for eight days?

Nope, they were off-lot for the afternoon and came back correctly. The timer counts down, but in no discernible pattern.

I suspect you must have something else interfering with it, then.

I can't find a screenshot from my game, sorry. But the "data retries" screenshot looks like the original community time project from MATY, not Chris Hatch's version. That's why I thought it looked normal.

Or could it be a non-US-English language issue? I used to play in UK English and now play in US English (because it's the same and I couldn't be bothered to change it manually).

I remember the "8h40" etc because I remember thinking that is how times are written in French, and also, the original mod used to have two separate pop ups, one saying "Sim returning in XXX minutes" and one saying "Waiting until +0 days at 14h30" and the one with the clock time would time out while the other one stayed on screen and I remember thinking that was strange and it ought to be the other way around.