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JustaMomThatsims
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9 months ago
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[ARCHIVED] All Sims Die/age up in existing save (Patch 1.110.311/2.03)

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? 1.110.265.1030
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? several
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? It happened when I entered a household and hit play
What happens when the bug occurs? All elders in the save file die when I hit the play button after the last update.
What do you expect to see? The elders in the game stay alive.
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? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. The October 2024 patch

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  • CdrPhoenix's avatar
    CdrPhoenix
    Seasoned Novice
    9 months ago

    @crinrictI can definitely see how my previous messages are inconclusive. The general trend I noticed was that most of the sims who had more than a few days of being an elder died instantly. But I also noticed a whole lot of age-ups from other age groups as well. I do have a trend of creating new children on "saturdays" in-game so I understand that I have age-bands within my sims. But I also know that some of the sims that died were sims that had just turned to elders. The list that follows is not 100% accurately checked for each and every household but should show the trends that I noticed. I am only including the households from the My Households category; their census went from 495 to 431 sims due to the death and age wave.

    Played Households with Elders in them (Aging off so no change): Phoenix (in Oasis Springs) and Saori Abe

    Unplayed Households with Elders that died in the death wave:

    Barrett-Mejia- 1 death

    Phoenix Fryes-1 death

    Matsuda-2 deaths

    Fujiwara-1 death

    Kobayshi-Clementonnerre-1 death

    Talla-Ganda-2 deaths

    Low-1 death

    Creech and Rollins-2 deaths

    Prego-1 death

    Carrillo-Rivers-1 death

    Day-Jensen-1 death

    Prego-1 death

    Prego-Moreno-2 deaths

    M.Ortega-Swan-1 death

    Clarke-1 death

    C. Goth-1 death

    Phoenix West G2C-1 death

    Nishidake-1 death (1 elder left alive)

    Wonjun-Kim-2 deaths

    Choukri-2 deaths

    Phoenix Enapay-1 death

    Endo-2 deaths

    Pleasant-1 death

    Srivastava-Conrad-2 deaths

    Harris-Price-1 death

    Lovett-Arnold-2 deaths

    Rowan-2 deaths

    Delgato-1 death

    Low-Bjergsen-1 death (1 elder left alive)

    Mullins-Robinson-2 deaths

    Hayama Low-1 death

    Phoenix-West and Matsuda-1 death

    Iman Low-2 deaths

    Phoenix G3B-2 deaths

    DeSnoot-1 death

    Templeton-1 death

    Thorn-1 death (1 elder left alive)

    Unplayed Households with Elders that survived the death wave:

    K Jensen-1 living

    Low-Lyles-1 living

    Nishidake-1 living

    Clarke-1 living

    D.Delgato-1 living

    Gilmore-1 living

    Octavia Landgraab-1 living

    Hani Delgato-1 living

    Srinivasan-Parata-1 living

    Goth Carrillo-1 living

    Robinson-2 living

    Kim-1 living

    Thorn-1 living

    Robinson-2 living

    I also noted that I had a large amount of age ups. I will include a brief statistic of what I noticed visibly: Infants to Toddlers [5+], Toddlers to Children [2], Children to Teens [20], and Adults to Elders [37+].

    As I stated above, since I do tend to have some bands of similar ages due to how I repopulate the save and deal with relationships and children, it doesn't surprise me to have a small wave of age ups or deaths from sims who I remember have similar lifespans. These small waves typically consist of 5-10 sims, nothing close to the scale of magnitude noted here. This age up and death wave occurred all at once and does not happen on the other version of this save that I sent you. That is what leads me to believe that this is a bug or some sort of age skip/addition being added to all the sims with aging on in the save.

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    9 months ago
    @CdrPhoenix Thanks. Things are probably going to be busy tomorrow so don't know if I can look into this further but I'll forward your saves to a Community Manager. I'm sure it will be helpful for Maxis.
  • CdrPhoenix's avatar
    CdrPhoenix
    Seasoned Novice
    9 months ago
    @crinrict That is totally fine! I appreciate you taking the time to look into it this far. Good luck to you as well!
  • ive had the same issue with the loading into a lot and having the elders die its happened with 2 dif households on the same save. as well as the elders dying i had infants and a teen age up and  I believe at one of my adult sims *tried* to age up but never did. 

    to be honest, I don't think they were at the point where they were going to die/age up but i cant be sure. i play with long life and Auto Ageing for played households off so idk tbh. i didn't even think it was a bug but it happen with the only 2 households I've got elders in so idk. 

  • I loaded my game after the recent update and my Sim aged up automatically as soon as the game loaded. He was not at the point of aging up yet. I had the lifespan set to Long so I exited the game without saving and when I opened it again, I switched to Normal lifespan because that was the workaround last time. My Sim aged up even with the lifespan set to Normal. 

  • Product: The Sims 4
    Platform:PC
    Which language are you playing the game in? English
    How often does the bug occur? Rarely (0% - 9%)
    What is your current game version number? 1.110.311.1020 DX 11
    What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Horse Ranch, Tiny Living, Spa Day, Seasons, Paranormal, Outdoor Retreat, Nifty Knitting, My First Pet, Island Living, Home Chef Hustle, Holiday Celebration, Growing Together, Greenhouse Haven, Fitness, Eco Lifestyle, Lovestruck, For Rent, Dream Home Decorator, Discover University, Cottage Living, Cats and Dogs, Blooming Rooms, Backyard, Crystal Creations, Street Eats, Lovestruck Heartbreak Happens
    Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? I have no idea. This is the first time it's happened and there were no obvious triggers. It was autonomous.
    What happens when the bug occurs? I'm playing the Parenting Predicaments scenario with the Martinez family and have been for at least two days. They're living on Parkside Place in San Sequoia. The kids just got home from school and immediately autonomously aged up into teen. It wasn't their birthday (I'd estimate 6 days away, but I'd be guessing). The parents were at home when this happened, both actively engaged in actions I'd queued (acting as expected!). The mother, Jennifer, finished first and then, like the kids, autonomously aged up - from Young Adult to Adult. It was at this point I paused the game and checked the father, Pablo. He was still engaged in actions I'd queued (acting as expected!) but I could also see the Age Up action that had spontaneously appeared in his queue. The parents were the same age at the start of the scenario, so I could see for a fact that they had 19 days left until they were supposed to have their birthday/Age Up. I was unable to cancel the unexpected and undesired (not queued by me) Age Up action on Pablo. I had to quit and re-start the game to get back to this point - at which point I was able to cancel the Age Up for Pablo. But it had already happened for the kids and Jennifer. I do have autonomy on in the Game Options, but I've never seen autonomous Age Up on a non-birthday day!
    What do you expect to see? I expect to see Sims do autonomous actions and actions I've queued up but not autonomous Age-Up when they're 1-3 weeks from their birthdays!
    Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Never used.
    Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? No

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    I have attached two screenshots from when I paused the game. At this point, the autonomous Age Up has happened to the kids (Child > Teen) and the mother (Young Adult > Adult) and was still showing as queued for the father. 

  • 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? 1.110.311.1020 DX11
    What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All expansion packs except for Life and Death. All game packs except for Journey to Batuu. All stuff packs. Kits: Blooming Rooms, Industrial Lofts, Courtyard Oasis, Country Kitchen, Decor to the Max, Pastel Pop, Desert Luxe, everyday Clutter, Bathroom Clutter, greenhouse haven, basement treasures,
    Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Play the Martinez family in the Parenting Predicaments scenario.
    What happens when the bug occurs? Pablo Martinez auto ages up from young adult to adult despite having 87 days left to adult, auto aging for played sims is turned off and no birthday on the calendar, Purchased a potion of youth and it did not work to revert from adult to young adult.
    What do you expect to see? My Sim not auto-aging.
    Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Never used.
    Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes
    Please describe the patch or change you made. Purchased Lovestruck and Crystal Creations packs and now I have this issue.

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    Playing the Parenting Predicaments scenario and Pablo Martinez is auto aging, despite having 87 days left, auto-aging turned off and no birthday on the calendar.

  • It's been a couple of months since I played the game but when I launched my household today, all of the sims in it suddenly aged up, when I know for a fact they were nowhere near aging up to the next life stage.

    I don't know what to do. Help please!

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