A question about the new kit
Can the new night light keep the monster away from your sim's toddler/children's beds?
Forum Discussion
@simsplayer818 I am on about the bathroom kit.
@jordyou23 I've just been looking at the kit myself this weekend as other players have reported problems with it and asked for fixes on the overall appearance of some items.
I've still had the monsters appear with lights on in the room and looking at the pack info there wasn't a mention of any such effects.
I've still had the monsters appear with lights on in the room and looking at the pack info there wasn't a mention of any such effects.
Only lights marked as nightlight keeps the monster away. Some beds also do.
- @jpkarlsen It looks like the bathroom kit actually does have a “night light” item. But I doubt it keeps monsters away. Even the werewolf nightlight doesn’t (possibly a bug?) and they specifically called attention to that one saying it would in their pre-release livestream. The only light that’s every worked for me is the base game defender light.
I may have a bug in my game then as I've tried everything. I've also had some Sims that have had the monster appear under the bed 2 to 3 times in one night which seems excessive to me. I ended up using double beds instead and then, when I move to the next household to play I sometimes put the child's bed back in the room for design aesthetic purposes.
- @simsplayer818 Oh right I was just wondering because it says that it's a night light. So I thought it may work the same way as the base game night light.
- @jordyou23 None of the night lights work for me. I've just gone through all of the ones I use and I still get monsters. So I think I've identified a bug thanks to your thread. But I have been chatting to someone about this kit and I'm going to see if they can answer your question for you. I'll just link them to this thread and hope they can advise you.
- @simsplayer818 Yes I'm having the same problem it needs fixing it so annoying.
@jordyou23 , @PipMenace , @simsplayer818 , and @gooochyeee , just like @jpkarlsen mentioned, some beds do prevent monsters (all double beds to my knowledge will prevent monsters, mostly because these types of beds are usually only used for teens and adults) as well as some single beds (mostly those that are not geared toward children). Not sure about bunk beds since I have long gotten into the habit of putting in the Coolala light right away, so I keep forgetting to test bunk beds! 🤭
@jpkarlsen also mentioned that only some nightlights will work to keep monsters away, the primary one being the Cooalala The Defender Wall Light (base game) as seen below:
But there are some other nightlights that will also keep monsters away, such as one of these two from Parenthood (not sure which one, and it might be both that work):
The Regular ol' Night Light:
And the Stary-Night Night Light:
These are both very similar but I'm not sure which one works , or if both work. I tried testing which one works before typing this, but of course I could not trigger the monster to show up at all, even though I was using a bed that I know produces monsters🤦♀️🙃😅! I usually use the Coolala Defender because it is easier to find in the Build and Buy Mode catalog . If I find which one , or if both work, I will update you all. Or someone else might find out before I can report back. There might be other night lights that work as well, but I wouldn't know which ones. ( Also, the little night light that doubles as a toy called The Night Owl Toy Night Light does not work to scare off monsters! 😥)Also, the house that I used to take the pictures was made by @SheriGR , and was made recently in preparation for the upcoming update that gives us improved babies , so if you like what you see, download it on the Gallery! 😉
@PugLove888I think it definitely must be broken in my game then, at least it was when I last played families. I use a night light every time. I use them alongside other lights too, although that shouldn't negate their effects I'm guessing. I'm just adding all my Sims back after deleting my game due to the crashing (🤞 so far no crashing but pleeease don't let the next patch upset it again 😰). So I was waiting to add the families and children back again. I'm looking forward to recreating my favourite little Sims but little Andre Lefarge is one in particular that has a bad time with monsters. He had so many each night he just gave up and befriended them, but his dad is an astronaut so I think he wanted to put a brave face on it. I think he had the Coolala light. I've got Coolala night light, Regular ol night light, Starry night night light and Night owl toy night light. I use one of them for each child's room.
I wonder if auto light in the room affects their power? I use that in all my houses on the other lights while leaving the night lights on. I set all rooms to auto light then switch the night lights on again individually.
Anyway I'm adding families back starting in a couple of weeks... this is how seriously I take my Sims lol, I have a schedule. So I'll test it fully then and see about those monsters. The double beds do always keep them away but I'd like to be able to place the cute kids beds and have them actually sleep through the night!
