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Antheiaaa
3 years ago
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fulleditmode cheat not working for relationship edits

Product: The Sims 4 Platform:PS4 Which language are you playing the game in? English How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%) What is your current game version number? 1.70 What expansion...
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  • JonaO703's avatar
    JonaO703
    3 years ago

    @Antheiaaa    Hello!  It looks like your original post was merged with an existing bug report.  The issue appears to be caused by a "phantom parent" that appears in your sim's family tree once you've played that sim, as explained by @crinrict in the thread.  They provided an image of what it might look like.

    When you are in live mode and check the family tree, do you see a generic icon like that for what should be a parent slot above Leo?  If so, unfortunately, there is no way to get rid of it without saving the family, then deleting them and replacing them from the library, as explained in the "solution" post in the bug report here.

    https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/WORKAROUND-Cannot-edit-pre-existing-sims-Family-relationships/m-p/9771254/highlight/true#M164855

JonaO703's avatar
JonaO703
Hero
3 years ago

@Antheiaaa    Hello!  It looks like your original post was merged with an existing bug report.  The issue appears to be caused by a "phantom parent" that appears in your sim's family tree once you've played that sim, as explained by @crinrict in the thread.  They provided an image of what it might look like.

When you are in live mode and check the family tree, do you see a generic icon like that for what should be a parent slot above Leo?  If so, unfortunately, there is no way to get rid of it without saving the family, then deleting them and replacing them from the library, as explained in the "solution" post in the bug report here.

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/WORKAROUND-Cannot-edit-pre-existing-sims-Family-relationships/m-p/9771254/highlight/true#M164855

Antheiaaa's avatar
Antheiaaa
3 years ago

Hi! I do see a single phantom parent in his genealogy, but I assumed that the phantom parent problem was for one of the parents specifically and that the fact I could make a mother and a father separately meant it couldn’t be the phantom issue, I can see I was wrong!

If my only solution is to delete Leo, could you tell me what exactly I will/won’t lose by doing this? If it’s just relationships and inventory I think I could consider it, but will he lose his job (as he’s at lvl 10), his degree, his skills I’ve built up, and reward traits (he has one for master of the sea related to his job)? 

  • JonaO703's avatar
    JonaO703
    Hero
    3 years ago

    @Antheiaaa  When you save the sims to your library, they only lose their relationships and inventory.  They keep careers, degrees, skills, traits and money.  If you're still unsure, I suggest saving your progress and then make the changes.  Then, when you save again, save the game to a new save slot.  This will keep your old save preserved in case you decide to go back before you deleted and replaced the family.  You may want to check that you have an empty slot before making any changes.

    • Antheiaaa's avatar
      Antheiaaa
      3 years ago

      I just did that and quickly grinded the relationships back so it wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought, and now their parents both work! Thank you for your help!! 

      • JonaO703's avatar
        JonaO703
        Hero
        3 years ago

        @Antheiaaa   Excellent!  I'm glad you were able to fix your family and get your game back.  Happy Simming!  :-)

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