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pinkkeewee
8 years ago
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Sims 4 Cats and Dogs - Cats not using scratching post

So I have the Sims 4 cats and dogs expansion pack and I have been playing it for a while but I've noticed that my cats won't/can't use the scratching posts or jump on counters. I have made multiple households and different cats but none of them use the scratching post or jump on counters at all. When I hover my mouse over the scratching post, it doesn't do anything. Its almost like its just a piece of furniture that has no function. I didn't realise that cats were able to jump on counters as well until I saw a youtuber's Sim cat jump onto of the fridge. There are no other glitches that I'm aware of with this expansion pack and I hope this issue is resolved quickly. Thank you for taking the time to read this. 🙂

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  • CMeki's avatar
    CMeki
    8 years ago

    @pinkkeewee

    If you want to, just to make sure what could be wrong, you could do this test that I just did. Create a sim with 7 cats in a household, and on the lot, only place a few counters and scratching things, and the cats should interact with them within a few sim hours (turn up speed).

    The jumped up on my counters right away but it took a bit longer until they scratched 🙂

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    CMeki
    Hero (Retired)
    8 years ago

    @pinkkeewee

    If you have mods/cc in your game, remove all of them to see if the game works as it should.
    For example, move the mods folder from C:\Users\Username\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4 to your Desktop and start the game.

    The scratching port will still not be something that your sim can interact with though.

  • pinkkeewee's avatar
    pinkkeewee
    8 years ago

    @CMeki

    Unfortunately I have already tried that. My cc's are not the issue as far as I'm aware. I would really like to find a way to make the scratching posts intractable with my cats. Thank you for you reply. 🙂

  • CMeki's avatar
    CMeki
    Hero (Retired)
    8 years ago

    @pinkkeewee

    Is it the same for the big scratch post/tower-thingy's that the game has for cats?

    You could also try repairing your game 🙂

    Open your Origin client and go to My Game Library, right-click The Sims 4 and choose Repair.

  • pinkkeewee's avatar
    pinkkeewee
    8 years ago

    @CMeki

    Yes the scratching posts are all from the expansion pack itself, i don't have any custom content scratching posts. I will try to repair my game, hopefully that will do the trick. 🙂

  • CMeki's avatar
    CMeki
    Hero (Retired)
    8 years ago

    @pinkkeewee

    If you want to, just to make sure what could be wrong, you could do this test that I just did. Create a sim with 7 cats in a household, and on the lot, only place a few counters and scratching things, and the cats should interact with them within a few sim hours (turn up speed).

    The jumped up on my counters right away but it took a bit longer until they scratched 🙂

  • pinkkeewee's avatar
    pinkkeewee
    8 years ago

    @CMeki

    Wow than you so much! I repaired my game and then made a lot and had a sim with 7 cats. It worked! Although I noticed that at first the cats interacted with the scratching posts (which was amazing!) but after that they didn't really take any notice of the big scratching posts. Also I figured that the cats (at least for me) would mainly go on the counters (which they did as well!) when I out food on them. But I am so relived that my game isn't broken although I'm hoping that the cats take more interest in the larger scratching posts. Thank you so much for the help 🙂

  • CMeki's avatar
    CMeki
    Hero (Retired)
    8 years ago

    @pinkkeewee

    No problem! :eahigh_file:

    Yeah, They will eat human food if you leave it out there until you train them not to (if you want, you can also just let them eat the human food) 🙂

    In my game, I have some cats that use the scratching post more than other cats, and some of the scraping posts seem more popular. Unsure if the cats have preferences or if it's just that they're closer. Pets like to be close to your sim and each other, so if you put a scratching post close to where your sim usually hangs out when awake and home, they might use it more often! Good luck with your game! :D

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