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Hawksdaughter's avatar
Hawksdaughter
Seasoned Hotshot
3 years ago
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Question about the game making two sims engaged when you don't want them to be,

I get the notification from a friend sim, that they found a ring in their romantic sim's bag, and want to know if they should say yes or no. No matter the response, the two end up engaged whether or not I, as the player, am ready for them to be. WHY?? And how can I stop this? Is there a game fix or a mod to stop this from happening? In both times this has happened to me, I already planned on the engagement happening, but the timing to be at my choice and timeline. It really spoils a special time/event for the said sims, and my plans for them. Anyone have any ideas, and think this is wrong?

  • mzda_grl's avatar
    mzda_grl
    3 years ago
    @Hawksdaughter
    Here's a workaround that you could try. Have the sims "get married instantly" by being in control of one of the engaged sims, and click on the other and find that option under Romance. They will instantly be married.

    Then type CTRL + SHIFT + C to open the cheat console, and type "testingcheats on" without the quotation marks, and hit enter.

    Now you can shift + click on your sim and choose "Clear Marriages" and you shouldn't lose the full status of your relationship that way, making it easier to get engaged again and do it the way you want.

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  • Hawksdaughter's avatar
    Hawksdaughter
    Seasoned Hotshot
    3 years ago
    @xochiquetzl_xkvn Thanks, I finally found that, but apparently it hasn't been updated in quite a while. I'd try anyway if I wasn't already having issues since HSY came out, as well as recent patches. This bites, but I will keep looking.
  • daikoyu's avatar
    daikoyu
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago

    It should work, not all mods need an update after a patch. Because it is a package mod it will normally not harm your game on a deeper level, self it is outdated. She conformed that her mods still work in the broken/update Mods & CC forum thread (official sims4 forum -> The Sims4 Modding & Custom content by luthienrising)

  • Hawksdaughter's avatar
    Hawksdaughter
    Seasoned Hotshot
    3 years ago

    Thanks everyone! I did find and look at the mod, still not sure it will do what I need without disabling other things that I don't mind or like. I really want to see this issue fixed, which it isn't. despite claims that a patch did. I hate that it spoiled plans (again) for a special date for my sims to become engaged. Now if only I could find a way to just cancel the engagement without dumping their relationship levels to zero. 

    It has been said that Neighborhood Stories is to blame for this issue, and that if turned off, it won't happen. Well, I never liked it and have had it turned off for a long time, and this still happened. Just an FYI that it has supposedly helped some.

    Thank you all for your help though! 

  • mzda_grl's avatar
    mzda_grl
    Seasoned Hotshot
    3 years ago
    @Hawksdaughter
    Here's a workaround that you could try. Have the sims "get married instantly" by being in control of one of the engaged sims, and click on the other and find that option under Romance. They will instantly be married.

    Then type CTRL + SHIFT + C to open the cheat console, and type "testingcheats on" without the quotation marks, and hit enter.

    Now you can shift + click on your sim and choose "Clear Marriages" and you shouldn't lose the full status of your relationship that way, making it easier to get engaged again and do it the way you want.
  • Hawksdaughter's avatar
    Hawksdaughter
    Seasoned Hotshot
    3 years ago
    @mzda_grl Thank you again!! That did work out fine, I and the two sims involved are very happy, lol! Now if only they would fix that so it doesn't continue to happen. 🙂