When directing my sims to fish (by clicking on local fishing signs that they can access) they simply walk over, stand next to the sign and won't fish. When I try the command again, it shows up in their queue but disappers after a second as if canceled, there is also no direction from my sim showing what the issue is. (ie: no waving arms, or can't walk here signs, no negative moodlets that would make the task impossible.)
I have the same problem. Ive fished with my sim often. This is my first time having this problem.
Hi @TGM-L-TheKillerQ Are you playing with any content in your Mods folder? If so, could you please test without? Exit Sims 4 then drag your Mods folder to your desktop. Then delete the file called localthumbcache from Document > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4. If you think you might accidentally forget to exit without saving after testing, copy your Saves folder to your desktop too, to back it up. Now open Sims 4 and see if you still have the problem.
I'm having the same issue, and also my first time running into this bug: no mods in my mod folder, tried reset object on both the Sim and the fishing sign multiple times, and tried repairing my game. No waving arm animations or anything from my Sim either, and the interaction disappeared in my case as well. He admittedly was Very Tense when I tried (he's a Vampire who had the Dayphobia weakness active at the time, and had a burnout so I tried to send him fishing to lower the burnout moodlet), so maybe I'm just stupid and it's his mood causing that.
But if this is a bug in my case, then it could possibly be caused by a pack conflict. I own most of the packs (the only ones I don't own are Home Chef Hustle, Journey to Batuu, Tiny Living, and most of the kits, but I do own Simstimates), so sorry, but I have no clue which packs exactly would be conflicting here. ☹️ I honestly don't even know in which exact pack this burnout feature that my Sim was suffering under is included: This fishing bug definitely hit me after downloading Horse Ranch and Growing Together, though. I haven't run into it before those two packs were installed.
@MelanieScribbles There could indeed be a mood issue involved. If you run into it again with a different Sim, let us know! Test it completely without the Mods folder deleting localthumbcache too. (We've seen even the most innocuous-seeming CC do odd things.)
IIRC Burnout is a feature with Growing Together.
I've had the issue when my sim was Tense, it didn't grey out the option but the sims would get to the fish sign and just cancel any action. When I cheated away the tense moodlet they could immediately fish with no issue
