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? 1.72.28.1030
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Expansion Packs - Snowy Escape, Eco Lifestyle, Discover University, Island Living, Get Famous, Seasons, Cat and Dogs, City Living, Get Together, Get to Work Game Packs: Journey to Batuu, Realm of Magic, Strangerville, Jungle Adventure, Parenthood, Vampires, Dine Out, Spa Day, Outdoor retreat Stuff Packs: Paranormal Nifty Knitting, Tiny Living, Moschino, My First Pet, Laundry Day, Toddler, Fitness, Vintage Glamour, Movie Hangout, Spooky, Perfect Patio, Luxury Party
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? It happens every time I create a new vampire and play with them for an extended period of time, so steps may be to: 1. Create a new vampire 2. Play with it an extended period of time 3. In my last save, it happened when my vampire topped out the vampire hierarchy and is a Grand Master, so may have to get a vampire to Grand Master
What happens when the bug occurs? The vampire performs the really thirsty or dying of thirst animation ( not the animation when they force feed on someone uncontrollably but the animation where they bend down, hiss and seem distressed because they are thirsty). This happens even when they are not thirsty
What do you expect to see? I expect not to see my vampires complaining of thirst when they are not thirsty
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? Neutral/Not Sure
This has happened with all of my vampires and affects my ability to play them after a certain point. At that point, I have to play a new save or create new characters or delete my higher level vampires.
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I apologize. I do not actually know what a game repair is. I'm in the process of trying to find out how to do one, but any advice is appreciated.
Thanks
I did some research and figured out how to do a repair. Thank you for the suggestion. I will let you know if it works.
Thanks for your assistance
@zephyra1973 You didn't give them the "Eternal Sadness" weakness, did you? My Sims do that animation as part of Eternal Sadness.
(Honestly, I find it annoying enough that I usually give them a Draught of Reconfiguration and give them different weaknesses.)
I did give them eternal sadness. I wondered about that. It just didn't seem to have anything to do with thirst, but, thank you, for asking. I have not had that much luck with the reconfiguration. In the past, it seemed like I could give them new powers and weaknesses, but they still suffered from the previous effects also. Maybe that has changed. It's worth a try.
Thanks again
This is my Sim doing what I think is the animation you're talking about. It starts with a thought bubble of vampire fangs, and then she crouches down and hisses. Then she stands with her hand over her mouth.
She does have the eternal sadness moodlet...
She's not thirsty.
IOW, yeah, perhaps the Eternal Sadness weakness triggers the wrong animation. (My Sims also sometimes do the melodramatic sobbing with the Eternal Sadness moodlet, which I also find deeply annoying, especially when they're not actually sad.)
Thank you for your suggestions as well. I appreciate the response.
@zephyra1973 Yeah, as the merged thread suggests, it's prompting the wrong animation. That's a bug, yes. But it's because Eternal Sadness, alas (pun not intended).
