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WolfHaile's avatar
WolfHaile
Rising Traveler
3 years ago

Infant had green sparkle effect then disappeared

So…one of my infants was laying on the floor when a green light effect flowed around him and he disappeared, almost like teleporting (it almost looked like an aging up sequence).

He still appears in the family tree but, is no longer in the household.

A little back story so the household is played on a lot with a ley line. It’s just the mother and kids, she had a set of triplets, a set of twins, and was just impregnated. The twins had just aged up to infants and she hadn’t started showing the new pregnancy yet. So, while playing as the father (who lives in a different household) the camera panned to one of the infants, green lights started to glow around him, then he disappeared.

He still shows in the fathers family tree but, when I went to add the father to household to see if the infant was still a member, he was no longer listed as a household member.

I am currently searching through Manage Households to see if I can find him. But, just wondering if this has happened to anyone else?

4 Replies

  • jpkarlsen's avatar
    jpkarlsen
    Hero (Retired)
    3 years ago

    @jdossman613 

    The game will not by itself pan to another household than the one you are currently playing. Are you playing with mods/CC?

    It appears that the infant was removed (culled) by CPS because of having needed a diaper change for too long (Green cloud).

  • PipMenace's avatar
    PipMenace
    Hero
    3 years ago

    I’ve never had one taken just because they were stinky - but if the game wasn’t taking care of the infant it was probably also starving, which would get it taken away…

  • WolfHaile's avatar
    WolfHaile
    Rising Traveler
    3 years ago

    No CC, playing on console. Maybe it I just panned by on coincidence, the household is cluttered, so it seems like the camera moves on it own a lot when I’m in it, lol.

    Ahh, that would maybe make sense. But, I’m sure I had just changed the diapers. For some reason all the infants were in sync, 3 blowouts and 2 regular dirty diapers. A true moment of parental stress.

    All that said, it wasn’t the active household at the time so, I’m not sure what the infants moodlets were.

    This would be the first time I ever had a kid culled for neglect. Wouldn’t they also be removed from the family tree? Or are they treated like deaths?

  • PipMenace's avatar
    PipMenace
    Hero
    3 years ago

    I believe the idea is that they’re taken away by child protective services rather than died, but the game doesn’t pretend they never existed. The remaining family generally gets sad moodlets.

    There was a bug a while ago where the babies in unplayed households weren’t cared for automatically while you visit the lot. Did you get any warning about them being about to be taken away?

    https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-SAVES-Non-active-household-baby-taken-away-for-neglect/m-p/8813801#M125316