[OPEN] [CD] Cats can't use the litter boxes
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 expansio...
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SimGuruNick
EA Staff (Retired)
EA Staff (Retired)I'm hearing that we limited the object picker range for pet bowls and litter boxes because of performance issues. Not to say this is "by design" but yeah, that's why it's happening.
Detection radius for litter boxes on the cat's occupied floor is about 60 units. If the litter box is one floor away, this shrinks to ~30 units. Cats cannot detect litter boxes that are two or more floors away.
So yeah, I'm guessing this is primarily an issue for bigger houses/lots. If you place multiple self-care items (litter box or food bowl) on the lot and space them out, does that stop the issue from happening? Thanks much for the reports!
My house only has two floors, the ground floor, and the second level. (the ground floor is lifted off of the actual ground btw) and the cat still has an issue detecting it. It will even whine about being hungry when outside when the food dish is on the ground floor. The litterbox is on the second floor and it cannot detect when it has been cleaned and often times cannot find it to use it. Thankfully I've only had one accident so far, but it seems the cat does not go upstairs to use the litterbox, it goes for some other reason then realizes the box is there.
I'm experiencing this issue also. There's 2 cats in the household (adult + kitten) and 3 litter boxes (2 on the 2nd floor and one outside - the first floor has no foundation) and the cats are uncomfortable nearly all the time because of the litter boxes even though all are empty and clean.The kitten seems to be able to use the one outside, but the adult one wont.
