Is this a bad thing?I opened a custom hood of mine and noticed that two children in one household had lifetime wants. I checked the other families (there are eight children and two toddlers in the hood) and one other child also had a lifetime want. Is this a sign of corruption or something? I know that some premade children/toddlers have lifetime wants, but this is unusual. It’d be a shame if the hood was corrupted, but not the worst thing ever. I’m pretty sure I haven’t done anything to corrupt the hood (as in any of the actions listed in that game guide on avoiding corruption) but who knows.

From what I've read lifetime wants in children, suddenly randomly assigned can be a sign of hood corruption.

"Pary;c-17522562" wrote:From what I've read lifetime wants in children, suddenly randomly assigned can be a sign of hood corruption.@Pary Exactly correct. I still play TS2 and none of my children have a LTW. Btw, nice to see that you're still around.

It's lovely to see you too @ErnesaT :) I noticed you posting yesterday and left a message on your page. It's so good to see some of the old regulars around a bit.

"Pary;c-17522709" wrote:It's lovely to see you too @ErnesaT :) I noticed you posting yesterday and left a message on your page. It's so good to see some of the old regulars around a bit.Thank you @Pary I still have sim points in the store for TS3 (imagine that). I'm thinking of running a short gift-giving thread. Hopefully I'll see some of the older regulars who helped shape these threads.

@Lucy_Henley Don't abandon the neighborhood just yet.One sign isn't enough to say it's not just a random glitch. If you've installed or uninstalled mods that affect lifetime wants, that could have potentially caused the problem and not corruption.Plus, some people can do a bunch of things that cause corruption, play regularly, and be bored of the neighborhood before the corruption starts affecting game play.

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20 Replies

ZombiePary
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
From what I've read lifetime wants in children, suddenly randomly assigned can be a sign of hood corruption.
flourfairy
New Spectator
5 years ago
"Pary;c-17522562" wrote:
From what I've read lifetime wants in children, suddenly randomly assigned can be a sign of hood corruption.

@Pary Exactly correct. I still play TS2 and none of my children have a LTW. Btw, nice to see that you're still around.
ZombiePary
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
It's lovely to see you too @ErnesaT :) I noticed you posting yesterday and left a message on your page. It's so good to see some of the old regulars around a bit.
flourfairy
New Spectator
5 years ago
"Pary;c-17522709" wrote:
It's lovely to see you too @ErnesaT :) I noticed you posting yesterday and left a message on your page. It's so good to see some of the old regulars around a bit.

Thank you @Pary

I still have sim points in the store for TS3 (imagine that). I'm thinking of running a short gift-giving thread. Hopefully I'll see some of the older regulars who helped shape these threads.
Lucy_Henley
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
Ugh, thought it might be. Ah well.
Seera1024
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
@Lucy_Henley

Don't abandon the neighborhood just yet.

One sign isn't enough to say it's not just a random glitch. If you've installed or uninstalled mods that affect lifetime wants, that could have potentially caused the problem and not corruption.

Plus, some people can do a bunch of things that cause corruption, play regularly, and be bored of the neighborhood before the corruption starts affecting game play.
Lucy_Henley
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
I do have a lifetime want mod, actually. It’s particularly odd to me that only some of the kids have lifetime wants.
garapoes
5 years ago
I don't think that's a good sign but you can still continu playing?
AttilaCoil
5 years ago
Pretty sure that's a sign of corruption.
Cinebar
5 years ago
"Lucy_Henley;d-976508" wrote:
Is this a bad thing?

I opened a custom hood of mine and noticed that two children in one household had lifetime wants. I checked the other families (there are eight children and two toddlers in the hood) and one other child also had a lifetime want. Is this a sign of corruption or something? I know that some premade children/toddlers have lifetime wants, but this is unusual. It’d be a shame if the hood was corrupted, but not the worst thing ever. I’m pretty sure I haven’t done anything to corrupt the hood (as in any of the actions listed in that game guide on avoiding corruption) but who knows.

Did you age these Sims up or down? That is why they may have a LTW still hanging out there. You can use SimPE to fix this issue and remove the LTW by looking at the details of what the heck happened that might have caused this. To my knowledge no premade kids have LTWs at that age. I assume you have memory corruption like moving Sims from one hood to another (not subhoods) but if you didn't then as others have said you have to pay attention to mods, some older mods are not compatible with TS2UC and you may not know that if you just got them off the wayback machine or a defunct site without reading creator notes.

ETA: If you can't use SimPE try TwoJeffs Sim Blender to set them to the correct age to see if this fixes the problem and repair any relationship changes that may have occurred.