All elders have fear of death
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? 1.93.146.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Cottage Living, Seasons, Cats and Dogs, Get To Work, Get Together, City Living, Snowy Escape, Island Living, Get Famous, Realm of Magic, Vampires, Werewolves, Spa Day, Dream Home Decorator, Outdoor Retreat, Paranormal, Moschino, Spooky, Decor to the Max.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Play the game and check any houses with elders present & see what fears they have. Elders that have just aged up won't necessarily have the trait, it seems to take 1-2 sim days for the trait to appear, but eventually any Sims that ages up into an elder will have the trait. I first noticed it when I had one of my Sim families run a retail business, and kept wondering why elder sims would come into the store and do nothing but run around and scream incoherently in terror.
What happens when the bug occurs? All elders in the game will eventually have the fear of death trait/fear, and start to run almost constantly run around and screaming incoherently in terror, regardless of the company their in or the situation.
What do you expect to see? Considering the Sims' apparent commitment to diversity, and respect, I don't expect to see rampant ageism in my game - and having every single elder sim in the game running around screaming incoherently in fear, because 'Death' is not amusing or cute, it's blatantly ageist.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Yes
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. Wants and Fears update.
Game has been tested with and without mods, plus after game repairs and factory reset. I've also run several test games with and without mods after game repairs and the issue has persisted. I have reinstalled my mods folder seeing as the issue does not seem to resolve regardless of mods or no mods.