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? most recent
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? all except highschool, cottage, werewolves, weddings, laundry, and kits
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Do some kind of influence action to encourage relationships, like answering yes when a sim calls asking if they should get to know someone or date someone, or actively in person using the "other sim" interaction getting them to hook up with or talking up another sim, and have the interaction be successful/positive.
What happens when the bug occurs? There will be a dialogue confirmation saying they they had fun hanging out, or that they are dating now, but there will be NO actual change in the sim's relationship.
What do you expect to see? The interaction to actually have an effect, and for the relationship between these sims to change appropriately.
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
I finally got my sim's best friend to have a successful "hook up with" interaction with another sim, only to find that apparently that entire interaction is meaningless and none of the dialogues actually result in anything. The dialogue had said things had gone well and that they were "dating now", so then the next day I had my sim use the "ask about another sim" to ask about who I thought was their new girlfriend, but the response I got was that they hadn't even met! So, I popped over to play the other household to check, and yep, there's no relationship bar at all between them. So then I checked the other sims I'd been encouraging and answering the phone calls of, and yep, same thing. No relationships at all outside their households and my own sim who is friends with them, even though I'd been actively trying to get all the different sims to get to know each other and have real social lives using this game mechanic. I was already disappointed that neighborhood stories didn't include making friends or developing romances, but at least I thought there was a way for me to manually influence that, so that there was SOMETHING that could be done there, but turns out all of that effort was a complete waste. So, I assume this must be a bug and there SHOULD be some real effect happening, because the alternative is that this entire thing is just all just a deliberate empty gesture and meaningless, which would be an extremely deceitful and malicious move on the part of those making and marketing the game.
