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mightyspritesims
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4 years ago
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[FIXED] [CoL] Non-Henford sims talk about HOB villagers needing help

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:Mac
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Often (50% - 99%)
What is your current game version number? 1.78.58.1230
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Cats and Dogs, City Living, Discover University, Eco Lifestyle, Get to Work, Get Together, Seasons, Snowy Escape, Dine Out, Outdoor Retreat, Realm of Magic, Tiny Living, Vintage Glamour, Courtyard Oasis, Dream Home Decorator, Cottage Living
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Have Cottage Living installed. Have sims who don't live in Henford-on-Bagley go through their day having conversations with other sims along the way. Perhaps have a sim visit Henford-on-Bagley once, that seemed to increase the problem in my game.
What happens when the bug occurs? Frequent pop-up notifications appear reading "A lot of the villagers around Henford-on-Bagley have been needing help lately." So far up to 10-15 in one sim-day.
What do you expect to see? That pop-up appears only once shortly after the start of a new game (or shortly after installing Cottage Living). Or, that pop-up appears upon the first visit to Henford-on-Bagley, or the welcome wagon for the first sim in the game to move into Henford-on-Bagley.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Not now. I've removed them.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. installed Cottage Living

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I'm playing a save in San Myshuno. No played sims live in Henford-on-Bagley. Over the last few days there have been a surprising amount of notifications that pop up during conversations "A lot of the villagers around Henford-on-Bagley have been needing help lately." Maybe 10-15 per sim-day. Often 2 or 3 notifications from the same sim within maybe 15 sim-minutes.

One sim visited her friend Maira Watson the other day, That was, I believe, the first Henford visit in this save. The number of notifications definitely increased after that. Not sure if that was the cause, as I was already getting some notifications before that.

Edit By Crinrict: Added Tag to Title, adjusted title to fit

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    3 years ago
    Residents of Henford-on-Bagley will less often mention how local residents are in need of help.

    Fixed in Patch 1.99.264/1.78

    please create a new thread if you're still experiencing this issue,

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  • vadish3825's avatar
    vadish3825
    Seasoned Veteran
    4 years ago

    I haven't played any household in Henford-on-Bagley yet, and I'm seeing the notification that villagers need help with errands during random conversations. Most recently my Sim who lives in Newcrest had their friend who lives in Oasis Springs over and that notification popped up 7 times before I stopped the conversation. @simvasion I'll do what you said and see if that stops it from popping up.

  • TarynEmilee's avatar
    TarynEmilee
    New Novice
    4 years ago

    I can't get my Onedrive to work correctly and im just not computer smart, so I'll get my husband to help send it in when he gets home. This problem just started today for me, and only with my toddler. No one can even take care of the toddler without her saying 'a lot of villagers need help' over and over. A lot of weird stuff is happening in my save right now.

  • gingerrrninjerr's avatar
    gingerrrninjerr
    4 years ago

    Just having this issue since yesterday. So many sims are saying this and sometimes it seems to be instead of another answer. For example, my sim just asked a pregnant sim when her due date was and she started saying about Henford-on-Bagley. Like, no, that's not what I wanted to know...

    I'm on xbox one.

  • aribeat's avatar
    aribeat
    New Scout
    3 years ago

    Yes! The bug is still occuring. Currently playing in a save without Mods/CC. I am gonna send over the save file right now! The screenshot shows just two popups, but they occur almost everytime I interact with other Sims.

  • aribeat's avatar
    aribeat
    New Scout
    3 years ago

    I sent over the save file and I have a strange observation: After playing a little more (maybe an hour) the messages disappeared that popped up before in almost every interaction with my played household and did not return. I played with the same household and I have no idea why it suddenly stopped.

  • TheSimsDirect's avatar
    TheSimsDirect
    Icon for The Sims Team rankThe Sims Team
    3 years ago

    Hello.

    We no longer need saves for this issue.  The team will look into it.

    Thank you.

  • Ducksidious4's avatar
    Ducksidious4
    3 years ago

    Has your team identified a possible cause? I'm having this issue and my main family's twin infants are telling each other about villagers needing help when cooing at each other... I've tried to talk to villagers and never get an option to help out. Mods are installed, but they were installed after cottage living was installed last week and the notification was occurring before hand.

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    3 years ago
    Residents of Henford-on-Bagley will less often mention how local residents are in need of help.

    Fixed in Patch 1.99.264/1.78

    please create a new thread if you're still experiencing this issue,

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