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Re: [FIXED] [DU] Sprites keep bugging Sim after leaving Secret Society

I get this too. The cheats do not fix anything. These sprites ruin the game play. Never going to join the secret society again if that's all you get. So stupid.

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  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    6 years ago
    @justsamface Did you try all the cheats including the more experimental one ?

    That should get rid of them and I haven't seen any negative effects (aka didn't get the not able to load anymore issues).

    I know it's experimental but so far, but it does seem to get rid of them.
  • The idea of having to make the sprites happy every single day was so annoying to me I ended up creating a mod where they simply don't give you a Tense moodlet when you ignore them. No more having to appease them all the time. Clingy little buggers. It makes them more like the island spirits. If you make them happy, they reward you. If you ignore them, they just go away doing nothing.

    Of course, since I keep telling people that I don't make mods, I just plunked it down in the University chat of Deaderpool's Discord.

    As for this bug, I think I know what causes it. Once the first visit triggers, you get stuck in a neverending loop. Sprites leave, which triggers a cooldown, which triggers an event timer, which triggers the visit, which triggers the leaving, which triggers the cooldown... Well, you get the idea. It won't matter if you are a member of the Order or not, once you're in the loop.

    I can see why Maxis missed it. It's like chess, they didn't think 5 moves ahead.

    I think the cleanest fix is to add a test on one of the timers that checks if you are a member of the Order. If not, timer doesn't trigger and the loop is broken. Going to try that now.

    EDIT:

    I do believe I fixed it (with help from someone waaaay more experienced) by adding a whitelist-test to the cooldown that checks if you're a member of the Order. If that works, it would break the loop after the next visit and the little critters should stay away. Now to test it.

  • Just wanted to add something here, my Sim was not in a secret society and shes being pestered by sprites its making it impossible for me to do anything with her no cheats are working 

  • AfroDite26's avatar
    AfroDite26
    6 years ago

    Just wondering how you did this??? I'm a newbie with all this and I really just want to continue simming my remaining brain cells away

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