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JayyBxndsss's avatar
3 years ago

Sim is scared with fears even though wants & fears is disabled.

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:Mac
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? 1.96.365.1230
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Growing Together, Cottage Living, Parenthood, University, Werewolves, City Living, Seasons, Dream Home Decorator, Paranormal Stuff, Tiny Living, Spa Day
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Just play in live mode and disable ‘Show Wants & Fears’ and your sim will automatically have a fear even though they’re disabled. Have growing together installed or the most recent update.
What happens when the bug occurs? The sim gets a random fear that won’t go away, every time it does. It comes right back and nothing can permanently get rid of it. The sim is scared all the time.
What do you expect to see? I expect to see my sims to not have fears when the ‘Show wants & Fears’ box is unchecked.
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 

I don't know if it's the infant update or a problem
with the growing together pack, but ever since, my
sims are scared all the time and have fears even
though i disabled it a long time ago. This hasn't
been an issue until recentlv so it might be the
growing together pack i'm not sure. It is very
annoying though. And the fear remover potion does
not work because it says that my sims has no fear
to get rid of.

5 Replies

  • @JayyBxndss I can't really see in your screenshot as the lower corner is really dark, but do you get the fear bubble or just the moodlet ?
    Which fear is it ?
  • PipMenace's avatar
    PipMenace
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    3 years ago

    That looks like the earthquake moodlet.

    Edit expanding my answer now that I have access to my computer instead of my phone:

    I think there's an (understandable) confusion of systems here. Moodlets come in a variety of different "flavors" including:

    • happy (green)
    • angry (red)
    • playful (pink)
    • fine (grey)
    • uncomfortable (orange)
    • embarrassed (yellow)
    • scared (purple)

    Sims 4 runs on these moodlets - everything is connected to them.

    Wants & fears is a system which creates the little thought bubbles with things that Sims want to do (for aspiration points) and special "fear" characteristics that will trigger moodlets. These moodlets are not always the scared moodlet - they can also be angry or uncomfortable - but they often are. The fear remover potion removes these fear characteristics/tags from the Sim, not the moodlets.

    The scared moodlet in the photo is not from the Wants & Fears system, and so cannot be removed with the fear remover potion. Instead, it's from having the earthquake lot challenge on. If you remove the lot challenge, your Sims will stop getting scared.

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
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    3 years ago
    @PipMenace I'm amazed you can see that. For me it's just a white blob or something :D

    Aren't there some fears that can trigger the scared mood ?

    Anyways would be important to know if it's just about the moodlet or if actual fears are also showing.

    Moving this to game issues for now as it's seems more of a misunderstanding then a bug :D
  • PipMenace's avatar
    PipMenace
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    3 years ago
    @crinrict I only recognized it because I recently spent hours testing that particular lot challenge! I was confirming the toddler stretching bug was consistent - and then that it was still happening after the last patch but not affecting infants.

    And yes, the fears do frequently trigger scared moodlets. But not all scared moodlets are from fears.

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