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Product: The Sims 4
Platform: PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Most of the time (90%)?
What is your current game version number? 1.52.100.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Nearly everything, minus the Bowling Night Stuff, My First Pet Stuff, Vampires, Jungle Adventure and Strangerville packs.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? I adopted a fox from the Adopt a Pet interaction on the PC. After a successful adoption process, I went about training the fox and set out a pet bed in the house. I guess the fox is technically a small dog, and I'm using the small, round pet bed. Haven't tried the larger one. It seems to be more of an issue in the evenings.
What happens when the bug occurs? The dog will frequently pass out with exhaustion, and a sad tune will play. Even if I ask a Sim to instruct the dog to lay down on his pet bed, the dog appears to disobey, and the Sim stamps their foot in annoyance. I've tried this as many times as 10 in a row, to make sure it wasn't simply a chance of the dog disobeying a command. At night, when the Sims are sleeping, the dog will choose a random spot in the house to stand, and it will stand all through the night until it passes out. I have moved the bed to various locations to make sure it isn't a pathing problem, and I HAVE seen the fox occasionally use the bed, during the day. But he won't accept commands to lie down, and passes out in the night. Sometimes when he wakes up after passing out, I can take him for a walk and he seems fine, as if he does have enough energy despite only laying down for a few seconds after passing out.
What do you expect to see? I expect to see him using the bed when tired, and if not tired at night, doing other things around the house.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Never had custom content.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? I don't remember having the issue before, certainly not the problem where the pet won't lie down when instructed. But I'm not sure whether I've had a small dog before. It's the first pet I've had with the Island Living expansion.
