[CURRENT ISSUE] Aging does not fully revert when quitting without saving

It looks like more code has been broken again:

If you have any Sim transition into a new life stage, but then quit without saving, they will revert back to the original life stage they transitioned from, but unlike the Ultimate Collection where this issue does not occur, their 3D data, and appearance are not reverted back to their original appearances, despite not saving the game.

here’s an example; A child sim transitions into a teenager, I went back to the neighbourhood without saving. They returned to being a child, but their 3D data and appearance did not get reverted back, so now they have an appearance of being a teenager, but their height and the UI indicates they are a child. This needs fixing as this will break saves! This did not happen in older versions of The Sims 2.

The Sim as a child and their original appearance and 3D data.The Sim as a teenager and their updated appearance and 3D data.The Sim as a child once again (quit without saving or neighbourhood without saving) but their 3D data and appearance are still that of a teenager when it should be the first image posted as above.

[edited title for clarity] - mate54

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EA_Solaire
5 months ago
Hi all,

This issue was resolved in today's patch:

When a child ages to a teen, quitting without saving would not fully revert the aging process (the teen attributes would now be on a child body)

If you're still experiencing this, please create a new thread so we can continue to investigate.

Thank you!

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Blayer98
New Ace
5 months ago
Still no fix for this yet as of the recent patch. :(
Blayer98
New Ace
5 months ago
Bumping this as I’d like some more people to comment if they’ve had this issue.
Lelana87
Rising Traveler
5 months ago
I had the same issue because my toddler/child got stuck on their mother after the birthday cake animation and I didn't save. But it resolved itself after I brought the toddler to a birthday cake again. Looked completely normal again after that.
mate54
Hero+
5 months ago
I have reproduced this in my game by aging a child into a teen and it happened every time.

For some extra context, when quitting without saving, the game correctly reset the Sim's stats (age info was set back to child, they got the Grow Up aspiration back, and were technically considered a child, etc.); this info is stored in the Neighborhood package, which seems to be handled correctly depending on whether I saved or not.

However, the Sim's 3D data, like mentioned by the OP, was saved even when saving and quitting. This data is stored in the Sim's character file, and reloading causes the same issue as in OP's screenshot.

For now, I highly recommend keeping whatever appearance they have once they age up. You can always go to a clothing store and purchase whatever you'd like them to wear. I have been able to age up the bugged Sim the second time which fixed their appearance, but I cannot guarantee there won't be any long-term oddities.
boltcore07
New Traveler
5 months ago
Hmm this is quite an interesting bug to look at, my question is, since after you quit without saving, that sends them back to the child state but would aging them up again fix their appearance?
mate54
Hero+
5 months ago
boltcore07 Aging them up again gives them the intended appearance, but I have not tested whether it causes any issues in long-term gameplay. I was able to select their aspiration, and they acted like a normal teen.
SimsMegaDeluxe
Seasoned Hotshot
5 months ago
Wow
AdalwinAmillion
New Novice
5 months ago
I can confirm this issue. It happened to me twice, and on reddit they're reporting about the issue too. To clarify: It happened to me with a child -> teenager transition as well as an adult -> elder transition.
Not only that, but changed surnames of sims that were married also do not revert properly.
AdalwinAmillion
New Novice
5 months ago
I am also receiving reports that babies are also affected, but instead of disappearing they're put into the default household.
mate54
Hero+
5 months ago
I will be marking this a solution for visibility purposes.

EA is currently investigating this issue and has been able to reproduce it. For now, if your Sims age up, please save the game to avoid this bug.

Keep in mind that this may also happen with any other physical changes to Sims, such as quitting without saving after becoming an occult; I don't have much info on this but will try to reproduce it myself and post an update.

For anyone else experiencing this issue in the game, please feel free to post your findings in this thread.

EDIT: It also happens when quitting without saving after a birth or when a brand new townie is generated. Their character files remain, but no other data is saved in the neighborhood package (since saving/not saving the Neighborhood.package appears to work as intended); those Sims stay hidden, but are not fully deleted like they should be.