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simvasion
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8 years ago
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[FIXED] Townies walking by that stop to chat always use hostile greeting

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 expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Cats and Dogs, Get To Work, Get Together, City Living, Outdoor Retreat, Spa Day, Parenthood, Dine Out, Fitness Stuff, Movie Hangout Stuff, Perfect Patio Stuff, Luxury Party Stuff, Spooky Stuff, Toddler Stuff, Vintage Glamour Stuff
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Observe townies that are walking by in the open neighbourhood and wait to see if two stop to chat and greet each other.
What happens when the bug occurs? The greeting they use is always a hostile confrontational stance, that does not respect the sims' current mood or relationship status with the other sim.
What do you expect to see? The choice of greeting animation they use should reflect their emotional state at the time or the relationship level with the other person.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Not now. I've removed them.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Neutral/Not Sure 

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I'm not sure when it started happening, but I've noticed now that every time a pair of NPC townies greet each other on the street while walking by, they use a hostile animation.

In the case of these two, they are both strangers to each other with no relationship bar, so they shouldn't greet each other in an angry/hostile stance. Moira Fyres is in a confident mood at the time and the teenager is in a neutral fine mood.

I see this with all sims greeting each other on the street, regardless of their mood or relationship level with each other. I'm pretty sure this hasn't always been the case though, or it wouldn't be so noticeable to me right now. Maybe since the November 2017 Cats and Dogs patch?

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    7 years ago
    • Townie Sims are no longer glaring at each other as they pass by on the streets.

    Fixed in Patch 1.48.90 .. at least I believe this is what this patch note is referring to

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  • simvasion's avatar
    simvasion
    Hero
    8 years ago

    @SimGuruIcarus

    Here's the link to a saved game where I tested this.

    I basically started a completely fresh new game with no mods enabled, downloaded a sim from the gallery (Scrubs De Reve from the MaxisCreator account), placed him in a house in Oasis Springs and then waited 10 seconds and watched as the first townies that walked past the house - Dominic Fyres and Jacques Villareal met each other with a hostile animation, just as depicted in the picture and video, despite them being in what looked like a normal or sad mood and saved the game mid-animation.

    I have all expansion packs, some stuff packs and all game packs except for Vampires installed (listed in the bug report first post).

  • SimGuruIcarus's avatar
    SimGuruIcarus
    Icon for EA Staff rankEA Staff
    8 years ago

    Thank you very much for your saves and the detailed info!

    Happy Simming! 

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    8 years ago

    I can confirm that this is happening in my game as well. I've been playing in Brindleton Bay on my latest save, and any walkbys that stop to chat with each other will use the hostile greeting 100% of the time even though their actual conversation doesn't usually turn out to be hostile.

  • Mysterious1564's avatar
    Mysterious1564
    Seasoned Adventurer
    8 years ago

    I'm having this issue as-well. I even seen my played households (I'm not currently playing) do the hostile greeting animation. 

    It's just not only teens through elders that do the animation, children sims to the hostile greeting animation too.

  • Iyasenu's avatar
    Iyasenu
    8 years ago

    I've noticed this not just with passers-by but with customers in Retail stores.

    Even if the customer is at max friendship, they can still have the stare-down type greeting.

    It'd make more sense if they were the type to haggle heavily or drove a hard bargain, but they're just friends!

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    8 years ago

    As of Seasons, this is still happening in my game as well.

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