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Simmerville
Seasoned Ace
3 months ago

Babies taken away while not playing the household?

I'm in shock. I just entered the main estate of a dukedom. They had a baby born while I played other houses, and it was time to check out the new addition to this family. Finally a boy, which means an heir!

In map view the baby is still in the household. But as I enter the house there is a flood of notifications, including "baby was taken away due to neglect"! Should i not at least get a couple hours after entering this lot to attend to the baby?

So, is it no longer possible to have babies born while playing rotationally? Are there any rules that I am not aware of?

I play with aging off and no story progression etc.  I will now need to go to CAS to recreate their newborn, as this birth was already logged in my "journals".

  • Simmerville's avatar
    Simmerville
    Seasoned Ace
    3 months ago

    I solved my problem. I had the duchess escape via household management with the baby to a manor nearby, owned by the duke. Then I entered the manor and the baby was there, probably reset by the moving. So I managed to age it up from  baby to infant before returning them to the main estate.

    It still feels a tad wonky though. I really hope this might be a baby thing, and will not happen to my many infants and toddlers while I'm out and away on my rotation journey...

    • GalacticGal's avatar
      GalacticGal
      Seasoned Ace
      3 months ago

      Glad you solved it, but wow, I'd be hopping mad myself. That's positively deplorable. I had one of my Sims go visit her brother who had just had triplets. I found all three of them wailing away, so the Auntie, did was most would do. She stayed long enough to feed them. 

      I do hope this was just some kind of glitch, else, you're quite correct, rotational play has just been kicked to the curb. Yikes.

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