@rayzac I made a Whippet in CAS and gave him the Smart trait and then checked him again after saving & adding him to my household. So far the Smart trait has not disappeared.
I went back into CAS and used the genetics option to give him a daughter mixed-breed Whippet and Italian Greyhound, also with the Smart trait. I checked her after adding her to my household and so far the Smart trait is not disappearing for her either.
I didn't change their appearances at all in CAS when I was creating them, other than using the randomize button a few times on the second dog. I'm trying to figure out if there is anything else I did differently. I'm checking their traits by having one of my Sims use a mirror or dresser to "Plan an Outfit" so I can see both dogs' traits in CAS. Are you using a different method?
Also, after you removed your mods did you delete your localthumbcache.package file? Maybe there is still something from a mod that has been stored in your cache that might be causing this?
Got it -
Created without Smart. Saved.
Edit fullcas Added Smart. Saved.
Edit fullcas - Smart gone.
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@rayzac OK this time I got the same result you did. I created a mixed breed dog in CAS without the Smart trait and added her to my household. Then I went back in CAS and using the cas.fulleditmode cheat I tried to change one of her traits to Smart but it would not work. In other words, all of the things you just listed. When I go back in again to check I get this:
I tried giving her a twin using the genetics option in CAS and even with the twin the Smart trait would not stay.
I tried a few other things but none of them worked. So I don't have a work-around to suggest but at least you can know it's not just in your game. Maybe the best thing to try next might be to save the household to your Library and try to change that trait when you import them into a save?
I'm just a regular Sims player, I don't work for EA.
No problem. I appreciate you coming along for the ride with me lol. Does this get seen by someone to escalate? Do you happen to know what the next step I need to take is?
Someone looked at the tuning files for the smart trait and found a cause.
There are hidden traits that are marked as conflicting with the Smart trait
These are the conflicting hidden traits:
162242 trait_Misbehavior_Cat_Scratching
162247 trait_Discipline_Pet_PottyTraining
162249 trait_Misbehavior_Pet_PuddlesDrink
I think most pets have those unless they were created with the Smart trait.
Maybe the conflicting traits could be changed to a trait that can be removed with cas.fulleditmode, like the Stubborn trait?
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