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Anonymous
8 years ago

[UNCLEAR] [GTW] Doctor Career: Guaranteed Diagnosis Was Incorrect

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Rarely (0% - 9%)
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? I have all expansions and stuff packs except for the upcoming toddler pack.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? I'm not sure. This was a one-time bug, but it was still a very unusual bug nevertheless.
What happens when the bug occurs? The analysis machine "strongly indicated the presence of an illness" and the patient turned out to not be sick at all.
What do you expect to see? You'd think that the analysis machine would give more accurate results.
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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A while back, I encountered a very unusual bug in the Doctor career that, so far, has not occurred again since the first time it happened. I still think it's worth bringing up, though. Who knows, maybe someone else on here experienced the same issue at some point?

Okay, so my Sim was going about his work day at the hospital as usual, right? I go through all the basic tests first, and then I have him swab the patient for a sample. When he analyzed the sample, a bubble popped up which said that the results "strongly indicated the presence of an illness." As my Sim was logging the analysis results, I clicked on the patient again. Now the only diagnosis options were "Bloaty Head" and "No Illness." Logically, since the analysis results said that the patient was sick, I assumed that I basically had a guaranteed diagnosis. So I go over, diagnose the patient, and give him his shot.

Guess what happened?

The patient fell asleep! A bubble popped up saying that the treatment was ineffective, and my Sim's performance took a hit. So, you're trying to tell me that the patient wasn't sick, even though the analysis results clearly stated otherwise??? Any other time for me, when a patient turns out to not be sick, the sample results come back inconclusive. I was so dumbfounded by this that I quit without saving, and had to really think about what exactly just happened. Needless to say, when I reloaded the save, I just ignored that patient.

TL;DR: Analysis machine told me that the patient was sick. The patient was not sick!

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  • jpkarlsen's avatar
    jpkarlsen
    Hero (Retired)
    8 years ago

    Though the result said that there was a strong possibility that there was an illness you should continue testing till you have a guarantied diagnosis or at least look for the telltale signs of the illness. Bloaty head air occasionally comes out of the ears. Starry eyes patient occasionally tries to swat imaginary stars in front of him.

  • simvasion's avatar
    simvasion
    Hero
    8 years ago

    That's not what a guaranteed diagnosis is though. If you perform enough diagnoses, the menu option will change from "weak diagnosis" to "compelling diagnosis" and then eventually to the actual words "guaranteed diagnosis".

    If the analysis machine indicates an illness present, you still need to do more testing on the patient to find out what it is for sure - just because the only option was bloaty head and no illness doesn't mean that was what you needed to pick. There probably wasn't enough results to suggest any alternatives.

    Through observation of symptoms and experience I almost always get a correct diagnosis now. for bloaty head, the only sure indicator is the steam from ears symptom or a headache (as no other illnesses have those as symptoms).

    I'm going to suggest that what you've posted is not actually a bug.

  • Pinehill_121's avatar
    Pinehill_121
    3 years ago

    Bug no bug, i'm unsure as the other suggested, but the whole concept is bugged, showing rashes before u take them in from the que, and then they have no symptom at all. I belive the devs have failed to sort out what's fun and challenging to a rock paper shotgun game, witch is the worst game ever. Sometimes the symtoms dosent show, like rashes, until you run thrue all the optional testes... this is not fun just to hide the symtomes so anyone with a little to quick decissions are failing. Very frustrating anfd since im on PC  it will proberbly end up in a cheat code to the higher levels just to see if it's any better.. doubt it.

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