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8 years ago
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[FIXED] [S] Interactions with umbrella-holding Sims get stuck

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? 1.44.88
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Seasons, Cats and Dogs, City Living, Get to Work, Get Together, Jungle Adventure, Parenthood, Vampires, Dine Out, Spa Day, Outdoor Retreat, Perfect Patio, Romantic Garden, Cool Kitchen, Spooky, Vintage Glamour, Movie Night, and Bowling Night
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Interact with a non-household Sim outside while it is raining and the NPC is holding an umbrella. Use interactions such as 'Elope' or 'Drink Deeply.' Likely longer interactions that require the NPC to put the umbrella away.
What happens when the bug occurs? The sims stare at each other while the interaction tries and fails to trigger. The NPC never puts the umbrella away. Due to 'reset object' being broken, the sims cannot be reset to cancel the action. Cannot speed past it, as time returns to the current sim time no matter how long you go on fast forward. Going to 'Manage Worlds' during this results in an infinite loading screen. The game must be shut down through other means.
What do you expect to see? I would expect to see the NPC sim put their umbrella away so that they can elope with the played Sim or be bitten by the player vampire sim, then pull out the umbrella again once the action is over.
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? No

As above, when having the played sim interact with a non-played sim that is in the rain holding an umbrella, the action tries to trigger, but cannot as the non-played sim does not put their umbrella away so the action can begin properly.  This cannot be canceled.  (Maybe if reset object worked, it could at least be canceled.)  Time cannot be sped up past it.  Cannot go to Manage Worlds in an attempt to reset it as the game gets stuck on an infinite loading screen.

Happened on the Elope and the Drink Deeply interactions.

I read through the forum and didn't see this issue come up, so I hope it's not a repeat.  Thanks!


  • Sims will now appropriately put their Umbrellas away before performing some interactions. Because WooHoo while having an Umbrella out in the open, seems complicated, we are not judging… but seems complicated.

    Fixed in Patch 1.63.133/ Console 1.25

    Please create a new thread if you have issues with any other interactions getting Sims stuck

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  • CGrant56's avatar
    CGrant56
    Hero+
    6 years ago

    I've had this going on in my game with vampires for a long time as well.  Another interaction that hasn't been mentioned is that is trying to use one of the relics from JA like when you're trying to complete the aspiration milestone to use a relic 5 times and it is raining like it always seems to be in Selvadorada most of the time.  It is really aggravating to have to have to repeatedly exit to manage worlds and come back so you can feed a vampire or use the relics.

  • I clicked 'me too', but actually have a variation of this bug.

    When I have a vampire attempt to drink deeply from an umbrella wielding victim, the action completes up to the point where the sims are face to face, but then the action fails at the moment the the victim stores the umbrella.  This is reproducible on different map coordinates (i.e., not a terrain issue) and re-queueing the action results in the same synchronous failure point.  This seems a recent bug - I've previously had some issues when trying to interact with umbrella holders, but often re-queueing the action would result in the action completing - now, I can't seem to find a workaround.  Plus, it's raining a lot and my vampire is spending a lot of time trying to eat (totally a first-world vampire problem (FWVP), I know...lol). 

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    6 years ago

    Sims will now appropriately put their Umbrellas away before performing some interactions. Because WooHoo while having an Umbrella out in the open, seems complicated, we are not judging… but seems complicated.

    Fixed in Patch 1.63.133/ Console 1.25

    Please create a new thread if you have issues with any other interactions getting Sims stuck

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