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StormyDayzGamez
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
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[FIXED] Toddler at home shown as in daycare

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Often (50% - 99%)
What is your current game version number? n/a
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Leave the household and play another household or travel with household members while leaving the toddler at home with a nanny. When returning sometimes toddlers show as in daycare.
What happens when the bug occurs? A notification will appear saying the toddler has returned from daycare. The toddler will be there but their icon in the character panel will be greyed out and when hovering over it says at daycare.
What do you expect to see? That the toddler is at home because they are. And the little duckie that you can click to send them to daycare.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Yes
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? No

I've had this happen off and on for as long as I can remember.  It's not a recent bug.  This is the first time that for several play sessions she showed as at daycare.

Workaround: One of the family members traveled to the park with her and I clicked send home on her from there.  After returning the entire family to a lot together it no longer said at daycare.  I play in a rotation and when I entered the next house the toddler also said at daycare when I arrived.  I did the same workaround and it did work.  This has happened without mods since I wasn't using any when I first started playing the Delgato family.


    • Toddler’s portraits will no longer be grayed out and said to be “At Daycare” after an adult returns home.

    Fixed in Patch 1.47.49

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  • dolldrms1's avatar
    dolldrms1
    Seasoned Ace
    8 years ago

    Just had this happen to my game for first time today.  Was returning to household after having been away for 3 full sim days, stopping in household manager to edit a family after leaving the other household first.

    On return, the toddler was shown to be at daycare but was actually present on the lot and controllable.  Got message toddler returned from daycare after dad put her in the high chair to feed but the portrait stayed greyed out.  Resolved by having the dad travel to Pupperstone Park, put food in the dog bowl and then return to the home lot.  When he got back, the toddler was in the house and the portrait of the toddler was no longer greyed out.  The odd thing was that when he got back the mother had left for work.  In actuality, the toddler should have been sent to daycare.  Go figure, lol.

  • This happens every time my toddler is supposed to be in daycare, my sim gets home from work and though toddler pic is greyed. and says she is in daycare, there she is at home and my sim can interact with her, same with the babies to.
  • MiyuEmi's avatar
    MiyuEmi
    Seasoned Ace
    8 years ago

    This happened to me recently.  To fix it I just had my adult sim leave the house for the park and return again.

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    7 years ago

    • Toddler’s portraits will no longer be grayed out and said to be “At Daycare” after an adult returns home.

    Fixed in Patch 1.47.49

  • Still happening for me. The nanny is there, but the kid(s) will go to daycare when adults travel to another lot. They will stay there if they just disappear off the lot.
  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    7 years ago

    Just making sure I understand you correctly

    You still get this issue if you have a nanny and they are not actually supposed to go to daycare ?

    Does it work now for you if you don't hire a nanny ?

    Might be good to just open a new thread for that particular scenario.

  • SproutLee's avatar
    SproutLee
    Seasoned Ace
    7 years ago
    Yes it's still an issue with them going to daycare when they're actually not suppose to. They still go to daycare normally if I don't hire a nanny though.
  • Its still happening. I can control the toddler even though their icon says they're currently at day care. They don't return home for a few minutes. its getting more common.

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