can't cure sick pets - is there a cheat?
I opened the game today and one families cat is sick so I took it to vet but the check in machine wont let me click any of the options (they are all greyed out). I also can't give my pet vet treats e...
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Yeah that's what I did. When it didn't work I copied mods back over cause all my Sims were bald and naked.
Anyway I figured it out. I moved this family from one save to another and in the process changed them about including aging down the cat back to kitten. I aged the cat back up and managed to cure her
@spiderrwoman Awesome! Yes, sometimes something within the lot, the sim, an item, etc. can just get glitched, so rolling back to an old save, moving into a new save, or even occasionally just exiting the lot &/or the game can jar/reset the glitch/bug. Unfortunately there are may possibilities, which can make the troubleshooting take longer. Sorry to do all of the clarifying about how you did the process of repair... sometimes someone skips something that is key not realizing it. I appreciate your patience, and am so glad you tried the move tom to a new game save and that part worked. What a relief! :eahigh_file:
I had a dog that I could not cure once and I was so upset. I think the dog and my sim nearly died trying so hard. My sim was a vet. I finally had her take the dog to a different pet hospital and they cured it right away. I found out later that a vet cannot cure their own animal at their clinic. 🤨
I dont have any mods in my game or anything else would i be able to use this same idea just without the whole removing mods bit...it seems to be a issue with the game but i dont know how to do anything else that you listed..
Anyway i think taking my pet to the vet straight up broke my game...i just watched my sim ball up and float around crazily and thrn glitch through the couch...and i have no clue what to do
@Maxhateer0412 Did you do the game repair and other directions aside from the ones that involved Mods/CC? (Game repair, playing in a new game save, etc.). You could also try uploading this household to the library and adding them to the new game save &/or resetting the Sim/pet?
If all else above fails you could try a game reset as follows:
Resetting your game is a more thorough way to troubleshoot an issue. It moves in a fresh install and allows you to overwrite certain files necessary to bring back in the ones you played and saved. ‘Cleaning house’ without moving out.
Make a backup first ( Save a copy of your 'The Sims 4' folder in a safe location. It can be found at: Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 )
Resetting your game without reinstalling:- Exit your game and Origin.
- Move your ‘The Sims 4’ folder ( Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 ) to your desktop. (Save this “The Sims 4” folder for reference.)
- Then start the game, and a new ‘The Sims 4’ folder will be created by the game.
- Exit your game and Origin.
- Re-add a copy of the ‘options.ini’, ‘screenshots’ folder, ‘saves’ folder, and ‘tray’ folder from the “The Sims 4” folder on your desktop into your new “The Sims 4” folder ( Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 ). Replace/overwrite the newly generated files/ folders with the old files/folders from the desktop “The Sims 4” folder.
- Now see if your game will load properly.
- Start a new game save and see if the issue is still there.
Ok the issue was my Sims adult cat was sick when I saved the family to gallery and then added them to another game. When I put the fam in the new game I aged the cat back down to a kitten. I don't think kittens can actually get sick but since it was already sick as a adult it remained sick when I aged it down. I aged the kitten back up got it cured then aged it back down in full edit mode.
Some times reset object/debug will fix stuff like that
@spiderrwoman Sounds good! So I'm assuming your cat's fine now. Thanks for letting us know what worked for you, and why/how it happened. That may help someone else if they check this post and had the pet sickness issue for the same reason. 🙌
