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? Version 1.92.145.1030
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Base pack plus Holiday, but this occurred even with just the BASE PACK!
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? 1. Play the game yourself and create two characters you care about most, or create you and your best friend in the game and play a simulation. 2. Click on your best friend in the game and go with your primary instinct: Friendly, funny, or sometimes romantic interactions. 3. Watch as you and your supposed friend in-game AUTOMATICALLY perform MEAN INTRODUCTIONS for NO REASON WHATSOEVER!!! There are more auto-mean actions than auto-friendly ones!!! 4. Turn off autonomy, examine your characters' traits and emotions closely, and examine your relationships closely! It STILL happens! The friendly conversation about your day magically becomes a yelling fight! You can input 100 cues and it'll still bring up a mean interaction... for NO REASON!!
What happens when the bug occurs? EVERY SINGLE time there is an introduction no matter WHAT. Think of all the possibilities: relationship status, personality traits, likes, and dislikes, emotional status; positive or negative it DOESN'T MATTER! Your sims are STILL gonna AUTOMATICALLY bully each other for NO REASON! And no, turning off autonomy does not fix it, getting rid of negative traits/sentiments/emotions does not work-- NOTHING works.
What do you expect to see? Yes, not all sims/people are perfect, but I'd highly appreciate it if the creators let US decide when our sims mess up in life! PLEASE!!! Let our imperfect traits do their job, not this bug that ruins relationships for absolutely NO REASON! Please! Fix this bug where our sims are automatically being mean to each other! As much as I love building deep relationship conflicts in stories, I'd rather decide that myself than let the machine decide; the machine is programmed to run the game accordingly, not to be a smooth storyteller.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Yes
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? No
Characters in Sims 4 would constantly automatically perform mean interactions no matter the sentiments, circumstances, personality traits, gameplay options (autonomy), and emotional status. I have the BASE PACK and the HOLIDAY PACK; this occurred when I only had the BASE PACK. As imperfect as our sims are supposed to be, this auto-mean feature or bug does NOT make sense AT ALL! Yes, friendships and romance have conflicts; but randomly yelling/insulting for no reason does NOT make sense for a person who doesn't acquire certain personality traits or sentiments! Even the "Good" sims automatically perform mean actions! The second I remove it from the queue, it only reappears shortly!
