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Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? Français
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? 1.76.81.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Expansion packs = Every packs but Island Living Game packs = Every packs but Journey To Batuu, Jungle Adventure and Spa Day Stuff packs = Paranormal, Nifty Knitting, Tiny Living, Moschino, Laundry Day, Vintage Glamour, Kids Room, Romantic Garden, Movie Hangout,
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? --
What happens when the bug occurs? Vampires don't break in. At night when my sims are sleeping, a vampire will show up and then just stand by the front door and will get inside the house and act like any other visitors. Vampires act like normal visitors and never break in, never bite.
What do you expect to see? Vampires breaking in, doing the creepy walk, biting the sim.
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
Svp aidez-moi !
I have that problem too, for a long time now. I don't even know whether it's a bug at all or if it is gameplay as intended. I can't remember when I've last seen a vampire actually breaking in. Vlad always arrives when I start a new family, but he never breaks in. It's quite unfortunate.
There's a difference between an actual vampire break-in event and a visitor at the door (who just happens to be a vampire).
The game will have random door knockers, usually throughout the daytime these will be random sims that give you a chance to make a new friend or meet a stranger. The game still has these in the evening too, and some of these might be vampires, because they're allowed out during the night. They are still just rando door knockers and aren't there to break in.
A true vampire break-in event will start with them creeping on to the lot, and they won't bother to knock, they just come in, mesmerise your sim and then drink plasma. These can be easily aborted - a vampire will only break in if all sims in your house are asleep by a certain time when the event begins. If any sims are awake, or if you have a pet or a roommate NPC that are awake, the vampire will turn around and leave. You might not even realise an event even happened if the vampire spawned in at a spawn point far away from the lot, detected your sims were awake and then turned around and left without you even seeing them.
That's why I see vampire break-ins easier in San Myshuno apartments - because the spawn point is the elevator in the lobby, you have a greater chance of seeing them arrive and then leave (or proceed and break in).
I don't think there's a bug here if all the stuff above is happening - that seems to be the intended gameplay to me. For a break-in to be successful and actually happen, you need the perfect conditions (all sims in the house asleep at the right time). Ignore random door knockers - that's a totally separate thing.
