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mdouglas2010
Seasoned Vanguard
3 years ago
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[ARCHIVED] [GTW] Sick Children Can't Take Medicine

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? 1.96.397.1020 Wha...
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mdouglas2010
Seasoned Vanguard
3 years ago
@shinjitenoyami Hmmm that could be it. Because at the first sign I notice a sim is getting sick, I have them take medicine. I don't wait for them to get a sick buff. This works for teens on up with no issue and combats their cold.

So maybe I have to wait for kids to get the sick buff before they can take medicine. If that's not a bug and by design, I think that's stupid.
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mdouglas2010
Seasoned Vanguard
3 years ago

It does seem to be a timing thing. One of my children got sick and was showing signs of illness. She was able to take medicine *after* she got a sick buff.

This is different from sims who are teens or older. They can show signs of being sick but can take medicine *before* they get the sick buff.

I wish sim kids were the same. But at least my kids aren't stuck being sick, I just have to wait about a sim day for them to get a sick buff and then they can take medicine. Not sure if this is a bug or by design. 

  • PipMenace's avatar
    PipMenace
    Hero
    3 years ago
    @mdouglas2010 For me, if an adult takes medicine without the sick moodlet - even if they just had it and have been showing symptoms - they get a dizzy moodlet for taking unneeded medicine. I could see it being by design that you can't make your kids do that.
    • mdouglas2010's avatar
      mdouglas2010
      Seasoned Vanguard
      3 years ago
      @PipMenace Yeah, maybe they're worried people will over-medicate their sim kids.
    • pintsizdslasher's avatar
      pintsizdslasher
      2 years ago

      I’ve had this issue myself, why I just googled this and found this thread. Just for shites and gigs I took the medicine out of the child sim’s inventory and placed it on a surface and boom! The option to take medicine appeared.

      • EA_Solaire's avatar
        EA_Solaire
        Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
        2 years ago

        Hey all,

        Just checking in to see if anyone is still seeing this on a modless game as we've been unable to reproduce it on our end.

        If so please share your save file with us (instructions: http://x.ea.com/74420) so we can take a look.

        Thanks!  

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