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shannon_se545
5 years ago

Re: [FIXED] [PH] Children will not stop making messes

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? 1.72.28.1030
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? City living, Cats and dogs, get famous, get to work, get together, seasons, snowy escape, parent hood, stranger Ville, Nifty knitting, Tiny living, Toddler stuff, Vintage glamour
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Play a family with children, the instance of sim children making messes is constant now compared to before
What happens when the bug occurs? Children act out when normally they do not. My sims (all of them) now have children that constantly make messes even after being disciplined (by parents with lvl 10 parenting) and my sim children have never acted out constantly before. This is new behavior across all sim families I play with.
What do you expect to see? A sim child being punished and the punishment having effect, as it usually does in game play and less constant messes being made.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Not now. I've removed them.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Neutral/Not Sure 

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Noticed this happening May 5th around 8 pm AST

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  • xochiquetzl_xkvn's avatar
    xochiquetzl_xkvn
    Seasoned Ace
    5 years ago

    Yeah, my worst of the worst had the creative trait but lived with two level 10 parents and two level 10 grandparents.  If he was awake and on the lot and I didn't have tasks queued up for him, he was making a mess.  He had maxed responsibility. 

    A child with maxed responsibility who is punished every waking minute for making messes every waking minute shouldn't continue to make messes!

  • shannon_se545's avatar
    shannon_se545
    5 years ago

    I agree, and ive never had this happen in all my years playing the sims 4. It's so freaking annoying.

  • WvMISKAvW's avatar
    WvMISKAvW
    New Scout
    5 years ago

    Hmmm. Maybe you should try what I do in these situations. Rather than 'steadily increase the severity of punishments' just start off Strong, with the Strict Yelling Option. It may take a time or two . .. or three (haha) but it does get the job done.

    This seems to happen for my sims very early in the Childhood Age Stage, after 'correcting' the situation several times, that seems to take care of the problem.

    **Also, don't forget after 'yelling' to then Influence the child to 'clean up the mess'. After a time or two of that 'exercise' they will 'think twice' about making further messes. 😉

  • shannon_se545's avatar
    shannon_se545
    5 years ago

    Also upon checking my children's traits none of them have the creative trait, I'm wondering if when they fixed some of the issues with the dust bust kit they messed something up with the kids as well.

  • shannon_se545's avatar
    shannon_se545
    5 years ago

    Under normal circumstances yes, but this is acting more like a glitch in the game sequence. I've played the sims for years and never have I had this issue of constant messes being made by children in a repeated loop. And its not just one sim family, its all of the sims families I have in one game save.  

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