Re: [ARCHIVED] Sim Gets Fear of the Dark After Being Cured (Patch 1.97.42)
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? 1.98.158.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? High School Years, Island Living, Get Famous, Seasons, Cats and Dogs, City Living (Expansion Packs),; Realm of Magic, Vampires (Game Packs); Cool Kitchen, Romantic Garden (Stuff Packs)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? My Sim when child gained the Fear of the Dark Scared moodlet, with a connected Whim telling me to go outdoors while Confident and it's dark outside. I did that a couple of times and while the moodlet disappeared, the Whim would still appear on occasion - and never got properly resolved despite all of my attempts to send him out with the required conditions. He should have that moodlet issue when he grows into a Teen, even when he doesn't have the Trait for Fear of the Dark.
What happens when the bug occurs? There's an Afraid of the Dark Moodlet all the time on my Sim, without a secondary Looming Dread moodlet. This means that when outdoors, the moodlet is stuck to him for 4 hours, and while it can be superseded with other moodlets, this is harder to accomplish when he's at High School. It just refreshes when he goes outdoors, such as for Jogging, and also regardless of time of day.
What do you expect to see? To at least have the Fear of the Dark trait on my Sim so that I can cheat it out in-game without needing to install mods, or for that moodlet to go away when I disable Wants/Fears.
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've come back to the game after exactly a year, and have raised a Newborn to a Young Adult before - never saw either the Top-Notch Toddler Trait bug out (which can at least be cheated in) and these new Fears Whims and such pop up, which I'm assuming are a new addition to the game. I'd like to play without these random small moodlets appearing and ruining experiences (such as my Sim's high school performance being affected because he was Scared during classes), and hopefully without needing to install mods because I've never done so and don't understand how to. Cannot say which expansion is causing this problem because I bought the High School Expansion Pack before I aged him up to Teen. I found threads for this issue but they were for older game versions requesting there be a new thread for bugs that reappear in later patches.
