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? 1.68.156.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All packs except Journey to Batuu
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Play with a family that has at least one parent and one toddler.
What happens when the bug occurs? Toddler(s) gets a negative sentiment when it is defiant against parent and/or parent disciplines them.
What do you expect to see? Parent interacts with toddler and upsets them in some way, whether it be something as simple as trying to potty train them when the toddler doesn't want to, trying to soothe them after a nightmare when the toddler doesn't want it, and/or anything that will give the toddler a negative moodlet. The toddler will gain a negative sentiment against the parent they are upset with. The sentiment often starts as "hurt" and often turns into "deeply hurt" or "festering grudge" over time. The toddler will get a sad moodlet nearly every time they are around that parent, and likely due to them being in the same household, the negative sentiment will take a very long time to get rid of. Sometimes weeks. There does not seem to be an option to turn sentiments off.
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. Began occurring after most recent patch (November 2020) when sentiments were introduced to the base game.
I have only experienced this bug with toddlers but I have only been playing one family. I have seen on this and other forums that others have experienced this same issue as well as issues with all types of sims gaining negative sentiments for little to no reason in general. I enjoy sentiments otherwise and hope to have it expanded upon in the future to have even more types of sentiments because they do add depth to gameplay, but this bug has made it incredibly difficult to play with this family. It takes away my control over the storyline because now I have to try to come up with a reason why the toddlers are upset with their mom all the time and/or try to ignore it. I don't play with mods so I can't get rid of negative moodlets, which means my toddlers are sad half of the time. I like to have parents discipline their children, but I'm so afraid of gaining more negative sentiments that I can't anymore. I hope that even though there was a recent patch to the update that EA will do another one because this is one of the many bugs that I've experienced since the newest patch. I can deal with the slow loading screens and little random glitches but this has taken a lot away from the game for me. I shouldn't have to download a mod to fix it. At the very least there should be an option to turn sentiments off, but at that rate they might as well fix the negative sentiments as well.
