Please use this thread going forward: [ARCHIVED] Retraining potion removes additional traits | EA Forums - 11595562
I just recently used the retraiting potion to reset one of my sims' base traits (made in CAS/ageing up naturally). While I was able to reset one of the base traits as expected, unfortunately all of the self discovery traits I had earned (two total) disappeared. As I was trying to earn them back, I got one of them back, but then it said that this was my max (as if the other two were still there). Is there a way for me to get the self-discovery traits again or is this the end of the line for me? I feel a little sad it did not warn me this would happen. I probably would have just stuck it out.
Do we know if this is part of the game or a bug?
having this problem too, used a trait remover potion on a sim with 2 self discovery traits and it removed them. hes been able to learn one but doesn't seem to be able to learn anymore. another sim lost all 3 discovery traits and cant seem to learn any at all now. its very frustrating as i liked the original discovery traits and only wanted to remove the CAS ones. now they cant learn any new traits because the games acting like they still have the discoveries for some reason.
I've experienced this issue as well. Also when reloading a saved household into a new save, if you remove any traits, in CAS, theoretically it should open up spaces for acquiring new self-discovery traits, just like it should if a retraiting potion is used. However, the game still treats it as though these sims have maxed out their self-discovery trait slots.
Via MCCC, I combed through all hidden traits and buffs for a sim I've had this issue with and found that a hidden trait does remain attached to the sim for "max self-discovery." So it appears that even when traits are removed by one method or another, this hidden trait/buff remains on the sim that prevents them from acquiring new traits through gameplay, even when they should have trait slots available.
FYI, I confirmed that removing this hidden trait (via MCCC) does enable the self-discovery events to occur for that sim again, so this is definitely the culprit.
