First off, I'd like to say I only have the basegame and a bunch of mods.

So when I patched my game after a month of not playing and discovering yesterday when I booted it up that there was an update, my launcher stopped working. But I don't mind about that since I always bypassed the launcher anyways. But for a short time (read: two hours) my game wouldn't work either. So I booted up the Sims 3 Dashboard thing after updating that as well from Delphy I think and started going through it to see if tit could detect anything wrong. I also absentmindedly selected all of the caches through the program and deleted them.

My game still didn't load so I changed my Sims 3 folder in My Documents into a back-up folder and started the process of manually checking to see if there were any mods that conflicted with the new patch. I started with the packages that were simple modifications such as objects, clothing, sims, and textures that didn't have much else other than a visual effect on the game. The game could now start when I bypassed the launcher, although it did take a while to load seeing as it was remaking everything, but that's expected. And since I didn't put my saves back in yet I quickly started a new game without saving that seemed to work well.

That was when I got a little cocky and put my saves back and some of my random core mods and object mods that had a larger effect on the gameplay. The core mods I put back in were:
Sittable Tub and Toilet
Treeag - AutoTestingCheatsEnabledTrue
Relationship 10 No Burglar
RB_MoreTraits_EAYACT_20
Odistant_HomeworkIsForFunPeople
NRaas_CareerDataTones, CareerDataSchool, CareerDataPartTime, Career (these never worked, but I kept forgetting to remove them

24HourBistro
247maid
chann_hotCoffee_1.8 (at least, I think this was one, I can't remember since it never really worked)
cmar_ears_pointed, pointed_back, tilted
CookingAndIngredientsOverhaul_AllFruitsBuyable
DiscriminationDoor
Dolphin26_MagicGardeningGnome, MagicMoodManager, MagicOrchid
Earlybird_1h
Explore_Catacombs_Anytime
Hacking-Insane
HangOutGrimReaper
JJ_HackingIsVeryFun
Kolipoki_StatueofLife, Teddy_HiddenStatViewer
lifetimerewards80
Magic_Wand_Flabaliki
Magic_WandInts_Kolipoki
More Money For CAS Families, 40k
MoreFreqOpp
neglectbaby
Pay Bills Once Per Week - Every Saturday
TS3 Build Object - Buyable Beetle Spawners - Snaitf, also the butterfly, fishing, gem, metal, meteor, and seed ones
workhardx10

Now, the ones before the 24HourBistro mod were removed so I know it was one of those that conflicted with the patch in some strange way. The ones from the 24HourBistro to the workhardx10 are the ones currently in my game and I figure one of them is causing the severe lack of jobs and schooling that I noticed after 2 Sims days of my doctor Riku sitting at the table drinking Chai and reading books (needs were made static with the "testingCheatsEnabled true" cheat) without him needing to go to work. And his twin Repliku had somehow been able to invite over Darren, who is a child, on a Tuesday during normal school times. And Repliku's old boss had recently died on his doorstep and was now living with the twins as a ghost and he couldn't check his Real Estate because there was no Real Estate except for the library, gym, pool, and beach.

Everything else was suddenly a park, either large or small. The career buildings only had the options "Visit the Criminal Warehouse" and "Visit the Criminal Warehouse with..." That's when I checked the job tab on all three of those guys. They were unemployed. So I switched families to see if just that one was glitchy.

I went to check on my favorite family of Genei and Sam (Leighton's son, Genei's step-son). I remembered that when I last left these two, Genei was at work. When I entered their house, Sam was painting and Genei was taking a taxi home. I checked their job and school tabs and it said they had none. I momentarily thought maybe she quit her Master Thief job since she wanted to and I let them have high autonomy (which is why despite what I wanted she married Leighton and Leighton turned gay and moved in with some random guy leaving behind his son, but I digress). When she got to the house, she was still wearing what I call her ninja outfit.

Then I made them try to go out somewhere. I manually sent them to every rabbithole and tried making enter everyplace normally. It didn't work. And I have absolutely no idea how to fix this. I've read through the site and haven't seen a single thread about such a problem. Help is greatly appreciated and I'll put up some screenshots when I take them.

• Sims 3 - Incompatible CC
  Every time you patch or install a new EP, most of your hacks will need to be updated or removed. If you are having any kind of problem and you've just patched or installed a new EP, remove all your custom content and delete your cache files. Then, unless the problem is specific to one sim or lot, make a new town and see if the issue occurs there too.
  
  If, having done so, the issue is fixed, then you have some incompatible CC. Any hacks - things which change the game's behaviour - are likely suspects and should be updated or removed; things like objects, clothes, hairs etc are generally safe.
  
  

You already know the cause - you just need to go and update those mods, or remove them if you can't find an update.