Any warnings? Haven't played in months...
There just hasn't been any new content that has interested me in several months (basically since Werewolves), so I've fallen out of the habit of playing, but I'm feeling nostalgic today, so thought I ...
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So. Patch 1.92-1.93 introduced a few annoying (very) bugs. You did not say if you play on Console or PC, but if you're on Console, I would stay away until they fix it, as they ARE "game breaking" bugs.
1. The Mean Bug-
* This bug, makes all your Sims autonomously do the mean interactions to each other. It doesn't matter if you have Free Will on or not.
I played my Vanilla family for 2 Sim days immediately after this update. They were 99% friends and 60% Romantic partners when I
started my 2 days. After 2 days, they were -20 romance and -10 friends. After TWO DAYS. I have read other Simmers reports, That this
bug makes their game unplayable." and I would have to say, I completely agree with them. My Sims, when having a conversation
together, would choose the mean interactions (argue, insult, yell at, etc) 3 times in a row. It would sometimes override interactions I had
chosen, and I was unable to counter them with enough "nice" interactions to balance it out. As you see in my end relationship results, it
completely destroyed their relationship. I tested this with and without Mods, with the same result.
** There is some hope. Modder BossLadyTV has a Mean Bug mod, to temporarily address the problem. You can find it on CurseForge.
2. Need Bar Color Bug
* This bug is nothing if not annoying. When playing with your Sims, you know they have need bars, and its typically by the color that we
realize they need something. Well. The need bars are going down, but then staying the color they went down to. So, my Hunger for
instance, instead of slowly decaying throughout the day, it goes down to yellow, and then the whole bar will remain yellow. Other
Simmers have reported, "Their Sim's needs bar, not showing the correct color of their Sim, and that Sim dying or having an accident."
This has not been my experience, and I have been managing their bars with MCC for this reason. I have tested this with and without
Mods.
3. High School Student School Performance Not Increasing
* This might be tailored specifically to the new expansion pack, High School Years that just came out. I am not completely sure. I just bought this pack tho, (on Black Friday) and noticed that my Teen Sims, no longer gain any performance increases at school. It doesn't matter how much homework they do, how many notes they take, how many classes they attend, or how many exams they take. It remains the same. I have been cheating it with MCC. I have tested this, without and without Mods.
4. Aging Bug
---I did not personally experience this in my gameplay, and the claim was made that patch 1.93 fixed it, but I have seen reports from
other Simmers, that it is still a problem.
* Basically, you leave your lot, your Sim ages up. And you cannot stop it. Reports initially said it was only when playing with Aging
on. I play with aging off, so this might be why I never experienced it. I am not sure. Its a risk to take tho, if you play with aging on.
Initial reports from other Simmers were, "I left my lot, as an adult, aged into an elder, and the next time my Sim died." I've also seen,
"My Sim had a birthday as a child, left their lot for school, and immediately aged into a teen." -The "fix" was to play with aging off
until a fix could be established, then again, it also could have been fixed with patch 1.93, I did not experience this in my own
personal gameplay, and cannot really give you more on it personally.
That's all I know of for now. Some are very concerning, but the Mod Community has come thru until EA can for most of them. If its really a deal breaker for you, you can always play in Offline mode. I sometimes do this for months personally. I was on patch 1.89 prior to Black Friday when I bought the HSY expansion. XD
Happy Simming!~
1. The Mean Bug-
* This bug, makes all your Sims autonomously do the mean interactions to each other. It doesn't matter if you have Free Will on or not.
I played my Vanilla family for 2 Sim days immediately after this update. They were 99% friends and 60% Romantic partners when I
started my 2 days. After 2 days, they were -20 romance and -10 friends. After TWO DAYS. I have read other Simmers reports, That this
bug makes their game unplayable." and I would have to say, I completely agree with them. My Sims, when having a conversation
together, would choose the mean interactions (argue, insult, yell at, etc) 3 times in a row. It would sometimes override interactions I had
chosen, and I was unable to counter them with enough "nice" interactions to balance it out. As you see in my end relationship results, it
completely destroyed their relationship. I tested this with and without Mods, with the same result.
** There is some hope. Modder BossLadyTV has a Mean Bug mod, to temporarily address the problem. You can find it on CurseForge.
2. Need Bar Color Bug
* This bug is nothing if not annoying. When playing with your Sims, you know they have need bars, and its typically by the color that we
realize they need something. Well. The need bars are going down, but then staying the color they went down to. So, my Hunger for
instance, instead of slowly decaying throughout the day, it goes down to yellow, and then the whole bar will remain yellow. Other
Simmers have reported, "Their Sim's needs bar, not showing the correct color of their Sim, and that Sim dying or having an accident."
This has not been my experience, and I have been managing their bars with MCC for this reason. I have tested this with and without
Mods.
3. High School Student School Performance Not Increasing
* This might be tailored specifically to the new expansion pack, High School Years that just came out. I am not completely sure. I just bought this pack tho, (on Black Friday) and noticed that my Teen Sims, no longer gain any performance increases at school. It doesn't matter how much homework they do, how many notes they take, how many classes they attend, or how many exams they take. It remains the same. I have been cheating it with MCC. I have tested this, without and without Mods.
4. Aging Bug
---I did not personally experience this in my gameplay, and the claim was made that patch 1.93 fixed it, but I have seen reports from
other Simmers, that it is still a problem.
* Basically, you leave your lot, your Sim ages up. And you cannot stop it. Reports initially said it was only when playing with Aging
on. I play with aging off, so this might be why I never experienced it. I am not sure. Its a risk to take tho, if you play with aging on.
Initial reports from other Simmers were, "I left my lot, as an adult, aged into an elder, and the next time my Sim died." I've also seen,
"My Sim had a birthday as a child, left their lot for school, and immediately aged into a teen." -The "fix" was to play with aging off
until a fix could be established, then again, it also could have been fixed with patch 1.93, I did not experience this in my own
personal gameplay, and cannot really give you more on it personally.
That's all I know of for now. Some are very concerning, but the Mod Community has come thru until EA can for most of them. If its really a deal breaker for you, you can always play in Offline mode. I sometimes do this for months personally. I was on patch 1.89 prior to Black Friday when I bought the HSY expansion. XD
Happy Simming!~
