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8 years ago

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[FIXED] Gender Preference/Attraction Bug

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? n/a What expansio...

crinrict
6 years ago
Gender Preference now affects flirt options.

Fixed in 1.52.100

As this thread had a few instances posted, please create a new thread if something still doesn't work.

alanmichael1

Seasoned Ace

8 years ago

I have always thought all Sims are bisexual and flirt with whoever you want. Since when is there a gender preference and how can it be set?

simvasion

Hero

8 years ago

Sims have a hidden gender preference score, which you can see using mods. When they are first created, they have a 100% score for both male and female preference. If you play them and direct them towards a particular gender, the score increases for the one you chose, until eventually it can be 100% for one and 0% for the other.

If you leave a sim alone, such as a townie they can gradually form their own preference over time as they flirt autonomously on their own in the background.

Usually, before the patch, they would seem to follow this score and choose autonomous actions based off it. But now they don't.

unseenlarks
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
hmm... my Sims roll whims to flirt with their friends/acquaintances of genders that don't match their preference score, and have done so before the patch.
they also feel the need to flirt with acquaintances/near strangers, but that's a different thing. for my non-committal Sim, it's okay and i'll allow it. 😛
Simvilletta
Seasoned Traveler
8 years ago
I thought it worked great before too. Thanks for the explanation. I retested after the most recent patch ( Jan 2018) and the gender preference is still homosexual preference. I typically find my sim's spouse using the wishing well. Now I have to go through five to seven same sex partners before I get an opposite sex mate. Same sex partners are fine with me but it's getting tiresome for Bob Pancake to have so many boyfriends when he's married to Eliza and I constantly have to rebuild his marriage. Hopefully a fix will come soon.
- SimGuruIcarus
  EA Staff (Retired)
  8 years ago
  Hello everyone!
  
  We are trying to reproduce your issue but we have been unable to so far.
  
  Can you guys helps us a bit? Would you be willing to send your save files? If so, instructions are here:
  
  https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/INFORMATION-How-to-Send-User-Files-to-The-Sims-4-Team/m-p/6065...
  
  Thank you very much!
  - Simvilletta
    Seasoned Traveler
    8 years ago
    I didn't save those game files. The relationships became to much work to repair (heterosexual). If my sim wanted to be homosexual they could easily despite the characters storylines I play. Now I have to confine my male/female characters to home lot. Not a fun way to play. This needs fixed.