[FIXED] Undisguised Aliens Being "Discovered"
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? All
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Have an alien Sim introduce themself to any human Sim without a disguise on.
What happens when the bug occurs? A blurb pops up when the undisguised alien Sim meets a human Sim. This blurb goes on about how x "discovered" that y is an alien and that the disguise seemed perfect, even though the alien wasn't disguised to begin with. These "discoveries" also count toward the Aliens Among Us achievement where you discover aliens in disguise. But the alien isn't in disguise!
What do you expect to see? I would not expect a "discovery" to occur in this situation. The alien is not in disguise. In this case, they are making an obvious observation, NOT a discovery. I would also expect these so-called "discoveries" to not count toward the Aliens Among Us achievement.
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? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. This has been a problem ever since Get to Work came out in 2015. It's been two years!
Seriously, I believe this problem to be THE most glaring issue that has yet to be addressed in any patch. It wouldn't be so bad, if not for the fact that the Sim that "discovers" them usually gets an angry moodlet and the poor alien gets embarrassed. Sometimes the human Sim will get confident instead of angry, but it will almost always make the alien embarrassed. Not only that, but the aliens take an immediate hit to their relationship when they get "discovered" by a Sim who gets angry, putting their relationship in the red. Sims that get confident, however, will have their relationship boosted with the alien. Yeah, I know about the Shameless reward trait, but we shouldn't have to save up our points for a reward just to fix a flawed game mechanic. It doesn't fix those negative relationship hits either. There's also a mod (Improved Reactions to Aliens) that removes the angry and embarrassed buffs, but it also doesn't prevent the negative relationship hits or that annoying "discovery" popup.
This was made even stranger when I looked into it further. I decided to see what the caption for the angry moodlet was, and it said something along the lines of "why didn't they tell me?!" This makes NO sense. It implies that the Sim has known the alien for ages and is only just finding out that they are an alien, but this isn't the case. You WERE told, the very second the alien approached you without a disguise!
Also, that annoying little blurb that pops up whenever the undisguised alien is "discovered," which pops up EVERY TIME they meet a new Sim without their disguise. It says something like "x discovered that y is an alien, and the disguise seemed perfect!" What disguise? They were never in a disguise to begin with!
Not to mention, this is a VERY long-standing issue. It's actually been a problem in the game since GTW first came out in 2015. That's right, this has been an issue for TWO YEARS and it has never been fixed or even acknowledged. I think it's about time that something was finally done about this, because this issue has really put a damper on my enjoyment of playing aliens. More information on the issue, to prove that it IS in fact an issue for many:
https://www.reddit.com/r/thesims/comments/3e59pu/easily_embarrassed_aliens/
http://forums.thesims.com/en_us/discussion/859461/aliens-not-in-disguise
http://forums.thesims.com/en_us/discussion/829710/alien-embarrassment
http://forums.thesims.com/en_us/discussion/869445/alien-embarrassment-xenophobia
This occurs with AND without mods and CC enabled.
EDIT: The is a new thread for old issue. Me Too Count on the old one was: 15
Edit By Crinrict: Adjusted Tag
We made a clarification on the Xenophilia moodlet when interacting with Alien Sims. It should no longer say “From Discovering Aliens” but now it correctly reads “From Interacting with Aliens.”
Fixed in Patch 1.69.57/ 1.35
If you're still experiencing this issue, please create a new thread.
