[FIXED] Freestyle swimming produces puddles on ground below/above

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? Deutsch
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? 1.58.63.1010
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? all
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Create a pool on the second floor of a building. To better detect the bug, let the pool protude over the edge of the first floor so that it's partially "flying" above the ground outside. Now let a played Sim swim in the pool who has a high enough fitness skill to automatically swim freestyle.
What happens when the bug occurs? The swimming Sim causes a water puddle animation on the ground below the pool. The puddles follow him and disappear. This seems only to happen with freestyle, not with breaststroke or mermaid swimming as far as I can see (it's somewhat hard to test).
What do you expect to see? No puddles.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Never used.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Neutral/Not Sure

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I never would have noticed this if I hadn't build a remake of a bizarre pool from TS3. Everyone who wants to test it can download my "Pool of Lunar Lakes" from the Gallery. The bug has already happened before yesterday's patch and was not fixed by it.

Edit By Crinrict: Adjusted Title

crinrict
7 months ago
Water puddle VFX animation will no longer appear on the ground floor when Sim is swimming on the second floor.

Fixed in Patch 1.112.481/2.05
Please create a new thread at the EA forums if you're still experiencing this issues

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crinrict
Hero+
6 years ago
@alanmichael1 Could you post a video of this ?
alanmichael1
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
I wrote this too complicated :-)) It's quite easy: Freestyle swimming in a pool on the second floor causes an unwanted "water animation" on the ground of the first floor. I hope the attached photo shows what I mean.
crinrict
Hero+
6 years ago
@alanmichael1 Yeah, it's just easier to have a visual. I'm a bit swamped to test every issue atm.

The picture helps.
nucgeekke
Rising Rookie
6 years ago
I am having a similar issue, except my pool is in the basement. The "splashing" is showing on the main floor, as depicted in the attached image.
crinrict
Hero+
6 years ago
@nucgeekke did you add any steam vents or bubbles ?
alanmichael1
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
Looks like the freestyle puddles that were designed for the ocean in Sulani appear always on ground level.
SheriGR
Hero
6 years ago
Product: The Sims 4
Platform:Mac
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? 1.58.63.1210
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All packs owned.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Build a pool in the 1st level basement. Have your sim swim laps (freestyle).
What happens when the bug occurs? While swimming (laps - freestyle) the sim's water-surface animation is appearing off to the side in the basement. Also, the animation can be seen on the flooring of the rooms above the pool (on the first floor).
Edit: I have noted after reading the bug report merged into that both of my sims were fit - one I cannot check on the fitness level of (not my sim) but the other has fitness of 10.
What do you expect to see? The water surface animation in the pool only.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Never used.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. I have had pools in the basement before but have never noticed this before, so I assume it has begun with the most recent patch (Nov 2019).
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Animation occurring with sim #1 - athletic, not sure of his fitness level but it appears very high: https://answers.ea.com/t5/video/gallerypage/user-id/23037280/video-id/xuODlzaTE6Rj8ZfXkbYoxmijXYNYDOwt
Animation occurring with test sim - #2 - fitness level of 10: https://answers.ea.com/t5/video/gallerypage/user-id/23037280/video-id/BxeDJ0aTE6P2hhXxncq2T3u_nTOUOZ1U
MirandaKosarin
6 years ago
What is the white thing on the floor?this thing is moving and dissapear but after some time is here again.
SheriGR
Hero
6 years ago
@MirandaKosarin Is there a pool in the room below this room? The pool animation goes the across the floor of the room above it - when someone is swimming the freestyle stroke especially. I began noticing it right after Discover University. 🏊‍♂️🏊‍♀️

This is a video I made of this in my game at that time: 🏊‍♂️🏊‍♀️🏊‍♂️
https://answers.ea.com/t5/video/gallerypage/user-id/23037280/video-id/JiODlzaTE6qk8xQxYvTQ8kidI5hfWJ54
Trismagistos
Hero
6 years ago
@SheriGR and @MirandaKosarin I have seen this animation for a very long time. In most of my mansions i have a pool inside. Every time a sim, usually the kids, went for a swim I saw the splashing on the floor just above. At the time it didn't bother me that much. But because it shouldn't be this way I'll give it a 'Me too'.