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Zitiache
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4 years ago

[OPEN] Sims don't form relationship/get engaged through call

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? 1.83.24.1030
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? all but Batuu
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Introduce two sims (ask about sim: talk up, ask about sim: hook up) and then wait for the phone
What happens when the bug occurs? Sims don't know each other
What do you expect to see? Sims to form relationships and get engaged
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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So I have a new glitch with the "found an engagement ring" phonecall, but there's also a problem with story progression in general.

So the setup: My sim marries Jade Rosa, leader of Partihaus. She invites Megumi Ito to join Partihaus. I find out Megumi's husband is dead (Another issue: Npcs doing yoga outside freezing to death. also meditation and I think basketball too, any outdoor activity done in athletic wear) so I introduce Megumi to Paolo Rocca (I select about sim: talk up Paolo and about sim: hook up with Paolo, they're in the same club so she immediately interacts with him and get confirmation that it works through pop ups and moodlets). At a later club meeting I ask Megumi what she thinks of Paolo... and she says she hasn't been introduced to him. Okay, maybe I was mistaken, I quit without saving or something. I introduce the two again and get confirmation. The next day I get a phonecall from Megumi found an engagement ring... in ____'s bag. No name, just underscores. I assume it's just a text glitch and she is talking about Paolo. I say she should accept the proposal, and then I save the game (a new save, so I don't override the pre-engagement file in case this file is now bugged) and switch over to the Ito household, to see if she is actually engaged to Paolo. Lo and behold, she doesn't even know him.

Other features in Neighborhood progression work: Megumi called Jade and asked if she should have a child twice while her husband was alive, and two babies were added to her household. Before my sim (named Kayden if it matters) married Jade she called him asking if she should change job, I said yes and when they got married she was an astronaut (before it was business). Story progression doesn't seem to work correctly when it comes to relationships for some reason. Does it matter if it's a played or favorited household? are relationships culled from sims in the other household category, if the relationships aren't with someone in the My household tab? When I switched over to the Itos Megumi only knew her family and the two sims in my household. I'm gonna go back to the pre engagement file, add the Ito's and Partihaus to my favorites, and see if it retains relationships.

Edit: So I went back to the old save file... and Megumi and Paolo were in a relationship (or romantic interests at least). So at some point between the old save file (which was saturday night in-game) and the new save file (which was monday evening) Megumi and Paolo completely forgot each other existed... and apparently Paolo hit on Kayden or vise versa. I don't know if that bugged phone call affected their relationship, or something else (my sims went to the sunday flea market and then went to work monday) or maybe every week on sunday/monday relationships are culled.

Edit 2: I managed to pinpoint a more specific time. At some point between 2:00 AM and 6:00 AM Paolo and Megumi forget each other. I think favoriting both household (Even one might work) can be used as a workaround to preserve relationships. I'll play more and see if they get engaged properly (I have received engagement phone calls pretty consistently, with the blank name bug)

Edit 3: Favoriting works, and I got the phone call to work properly.

Edit By Crinrict:  Adjusted Title to better reflect the issue

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  • candiecoatediv's avatar
    candiecoatediv
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago

    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? 1.89.214.1030
    What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Almost all except star wars, my wedding stories, a few kits and werewolves.
    Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? enable stories for your other households. Turn off adoption (this is how my settings are). follow prompts to get other households together.
    What happens when the bug occurs? This is the first time I have experienced anything like this.
    What do you expect to see? Sims form relationships. Usually my sims will get a call when someone they know is expecting. My sim never got a call. I would also expect the relationships I am trying to get my sims to engage in show up an actually work. Whether this be due to the other sim option when engaging in person or through the phone calls.
    Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Yes
    Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Neutral/Not Sure 

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    My situation is similar. My sim performed either talk up another sim or try to hook them up. She got notification that the sims were “going out” but there’s not relationship in the panel. Or this could the sibling that called my sim to ask if she should go on a date with someone. Confirmed they had a great time but there’s no relationship (my sim has four sisters all trying to date). Either scenario she’s pregnant with no relationships. I guess I’ll have to wait to see what the game tells me about the child’s father. I thought maybe it was an issue because I’ve turned adoption off in my save due to so maxed out households and I thought maybe the game was just having sims get autonomously pregnant. I have no gameplay mods installed. 

  • candiecoatediv's avatar
    candiecoatediv
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago

    @SimGuruNickI've just sent you a message. I have never attached files to share for my saves before so hopefully I did it correctly.

    **update**

    The sim is alive! Once the sim was born I was able to look at the family tree and I was the sim her sister asked about going on a date with via the phone! They must have had a random hookup! She said they had a great time. The relationship still does not show up under her sisters relationship panel which is frustrating but at least it’s not a mystery anymore. 

  • j00lah's avatar
    j00lah
    3 years ago

    Product: Sims 4

    Platform: Xbox
    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? 1.62.39.2310
    What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Everything except Spooky Stuff, Batuu, and some kits.
    Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Approach a friendly sim and tell them to Hook Up With another sim outside of the household. If successful and they say they're going out, log in as that sim and check their relationships.
    What happens when the bug occurs? The sim has never even met the sim that they are supposedly dating.
    What do you expect to see? Previously, the sims would get a romance bar and start dating. It was my main method of matching up NPCs because Neighborhood Stories didn't put sims into relationships, but this interaction did. 
    Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? No.
    Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? I'm not sure, but I'm pretty sure it was working 2-3 months ago. 

  • MzMelonz's avatar
    MzMelonz
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago

    I’m playing on console and had this happen twice. I played one sim week with a household. During that week I had two phone calls about friend Sims going on dates and I recommended they go. Then I get a call back saying it went well. A few days later I went to play each of those households but neither had the person they went on the dates with in their relationship panel at all and I couldn’t ask to go out on a date with them either. The only thing that actually works with the phone call is to announce when babies are made from what I’m seeing. 

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