[FIXED] Gender Preference/Attraction Bug

Uh yeah. Don't like being lied to.

The problem has been fixed in my game and I don't appreciate SimQA coming on and saying there was not a problem.

I opened a new save file and now the romantic wish on the wishing well gives my sims the correct orientation love partner, the first time around. 

Since I first noticed the problem weeks ago, I kept retesting with new game saves and the problem was still there. It was still there last week.

And now suddenly, it's gone, today when I am told that there is no evidence of the game glitch or tuning of relationships  or whatever was going on to make the game more gay after the gay couple was highlighted in the Cats and Dogs expansion (by the way, the gay couple keep asking female sims on dates before this current (background) fix...not sure what the heck that was about. 

I would appreciate honesty from a game platform that I've invested in substantially and over many years. 

They just said they could not repro themselves and like some help. No one ever said it wasn't an issue. So I don't see where you're being lied to ?

Tagging others in this thread to see if it's still an issue

@ConsoleCake @unseenlarks 

hi @SimGuruIcarus, thanks for replying!

i've seen one of my male Sims, who's meant to flirt with other males and has done so from the start as intended, often gets whims to flirt with his two female friends/housemates. two other male Sims (who happen to be best friends) roll whims to flirt with each other. basically, everyone in that house wants to flirt with everyone else (the whim description states it's "from being near a friendly relationship"), and they have never had any sort of romantic relationship (or interaction, even) with each other--only with their significant others, who are not part of that household, btw.

tbh, i haven't been keeping track of my other played Sims lately, but from time to time i would check their romance panels and find all kinds of stuff like the above. those whose preferences leaned towards males had female love interests, and i've seen the other way around before, too.

here are my save files. it's an older batch, because for some reason onedrive is being unreasonable today. i don't remember how the situation was left off here. so let me know if it's still okay to share these ones--if not, i will try back later.

Omission of what ? There was no sneak fix for that or you would have needed to update your game.

This game is quite complex and some glitches are only seen by one person and not by another. They can heavily depend on your play style.

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@crinrict wrote:

This game is quite complex and some glitches are only seen by one person and not by another. They can heavily depend on your play style.

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THIS.

Hi, @SimGuruIcarus! (And thank you crinrict, for notifying me!) Here's the save file where I first noticed the bug. I also have a vampire with Alluring Visage/Vampiric Charm in my last played household, if that helps! This is my current gameplay save. I have some custom content on this one, sorry! I'm still experiencing the bug, but I'm using mods to mitigate the issue.

Hi @SimGuruIcarus 

Here is the link to my save where it's been occurring. I've had what are meant to be straight male sims flirting with other men simply because they're feeling flirty, and both of them have been in relationships as well.