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Re: [FIXED] [CD] Fitness skill when cleaning LitterBox

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? Deutsch
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? 1.77.131.1030
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? EP: Get to Work, Cats and Dogs, Seasons, Get Famous, Island Living, Discover University, Eco Lifestyle, Cottage Living, Growing Together; GP: Outdoor Retreat, Vampires, Parenthood, Jungle Adventure, Realm of Magic, Dream Home Decorator, Werewolves; SP: Tiny Living Stuff, Nifty Knitting Stuff, Paranormal Stuff; Kit: Desert Luxe
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Let a sim clean the litterbox of their cat.
What happens when the bug occurs? The sim gains a big boost in their fitness skill whenever they clean the the litterbox.
What do you expect to see? Probably not to gain any fitness skill.
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? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. 1.77.131.1030

I assume that the cat poop is not so heavy that any sims should gain the fitness skill from it and keep boosting it with every cleanout.

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  • I put me too. At least I think this could be what happened? This happened a while ago. My family is four people, they are in Sulani.

    Dad 1 is a merperson, Dad 2 is a magic user, and they got an affectionate and playful kitten when their two babies became toddlers.

    The litter box is the second to fanciest kind, the one that self-cleans and stores, and my sims empty the storage container. It's not the one with lasers.

    The kitten was adopted through the phone/agency interaction.

    At first I thought the skill was increasing fast because Merperson Dad went swimming a lot, but in retrospect it didn't make sense, because both dads gained fitness skill very quickly while dealing with an affectionate and playful kitten and caring for two toddlers. Merperson dad maxed his physical skill, and mu dad got up to 7 or 8. I remember thinking it was weird because I hadn't worked on the skill at all. I started the aspiration for both dads after they had leveled up.

  • PipMenace's avatar
    PipMenace
    Hero
    3 years ago

    They've always gained fitness skill while cleaning the litter box - at least if they do so physically. If a Spellcaster Sim uses scruberoo they only game magic skill. I think it's intentional? Though shouldn't be a large boost, usually just a little bit. I suppose it adds up over time.

  • @PipMenace My sims maxed out his fitness skill playing with a cat wand and cleaning the litterbox, lmao!!. I'm not complaining. I don't think I've ever maxed out a skill while I was totally focused on something else. It was a nice surprise. Later, when they went on vacay to Mt. K, MerDad was the one who dealt with the vending machines.
  • @PipMenace That is weird. My sims never got the fitness skill from that beforehand. Either way, the boost is pretty big. Always half of the skill bar, so after cleaning the litter box twice I was already on level 2.
  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    3 years ago
    @WingedSnek I merged this with the existing thread on the issue. Please send your saves to SimsDirect.
  • Gingerxyz's avatar
    Gingerxyz
    New Hotshot
    12 months ago

    Popping in to give a big Me Too to this one.

    Game version: 1.105.345.1020

    Packs are: EPs: Get to Work, City Living, Cats & Dogs, Seasons, Get Famous, Island Living, Discover University, Eco Lifestyle, Cottage Living, High School Years, Growing Together, Horse Ranch
    GPs: Outdoor Retreat, Parenthood, Jungle Adventure, StrangerVille, Dream Home Decorator, Werewolves
    SPs: Luxury Party Stuff, Romantic Garden Stuff, Backyard Stuff, Laundry Day Stuff, My First Pet Stuff, Moschino Stuff, Tiny Living Stuff, Nifty Knitting Stuff, Paranormal Stuff
    Kits: Fashion Street Kit, Desert Luxe Kit
    And the free Holiday Celebration Pack

    It happens every time, for as long as I've had Cats and Dogs installed (late 2023). Seems bizarre that my sim would be on level 6 fitness skill purely from emptying litter boxes, but here we are. No CC of any kind installed, happens every time in all households. Not a game breaking bug, but definitely weird.

  • espeon9466's avatar
    espeon9466
    Rising Adventurer
    12 months ago

    I'm doing 100 baby and can confirm they still get Fitness for cleaning toddler potties. XD my teen recently got to level 3 of fitness from helping Mom clean their younger siblings' potties.

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    3 months ago


    • Sims no longer gain Fitness skill when cleaning the litter box.

    Fixed in Patch 1.112.481/2.05
    Please create a new thread at the EA forums if you're still experiencing this issues

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