[FIXED] [CD] Sims Can't Lecture/become companion for adopted Pets

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After installing this update, Sims who adopt an animal after befriending them will be able to become companions with them and lecture them for misbehavior.

• Note: Sims who have already adopted an animal after befriending them, in a save file created prior to this update, will continue to experience this issue. We’re investigating a separate fix for this issue in existing save files.

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This issue has been fixed in Patch 1.51.75. Please be aware that affected Sims/Pets will still be bugged. 

You have three (four) options how to deal with them

1. Wait for EA to implement more fixes (see patch notes)
2. Let the Pets have the issue and don't care about it.
3. Use the household manager/cloning solution that's been posted in this thread (I will add that solution to this post later today)
4. Use the method below (in the quote) to fix them. You'll need a mod to do so but you can remove it after successfully fixing them.

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@crinrict wrote:

There's a cheat solution that seems to help but you'll probably also need TwistedMexi's AllCheats mod in order for it to work as I believe that cheat was disabled.

The issue affects all Sims that adopt a pet they have a friendship with before adoption. There's a relationhship bit called dogowned/catowned and for some reason, this bit doesn't get added if you befriend them first.

What you need to do is the following

1. Add twistedMexis AllCheats Mod to your game (google the link but get the version on his Patron, NOT the one on MTS) --> I do believe this is necessary, you can try without first.
2. Open the cheat console with ctl-shift-c
3. Type: sims.get_sim_id_by_name <yoursimfirstname> <yoursimlastname>  (firstname and lastname being the name of the Sim that can't lecture the pet)
4. Write down that number. It's a long number and you can't c/p
5. Type: sims.get_sim_id_by_name <yoursimfirstname> <yoursimlastname>  (firstname and lastname being the name of the pet that can't be lectured)
6. Write down that number. It's a long number and you can't c/p
7. relationship.add_bit <yoursimID> <targetsimID> <relationshipBit>
   The value for these are as follow
   - yoursimID = ID of the Sim 
   - targetsimID = ID of the Pet
   - RelationshipBit = catOwned if the pet is a cat or  dogowned if the pet is a dog.
8. Close the cheat console with ctl-shift-c
9. After doing this you can remove the mod from your game again.

After that you should be able to lecture your animal as well as become a companion again .. cause the Sim actually owns the dog.

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