I'm playing on Xbox One X and whenever a kid gets scared by a monster under the bed he has the option to ask a parent to spray the monster.Asking a parent to spray the monster does nothing. The parent just ignores the kid. I then have to switch control to the parent and manually get him/her to spray the monster.Sometimes the option to ask to spray monster is listed twice in the option wheel and it doesn't matter which you choose the parent just ignores it.

This issue has been on the PC version for a long time. I wouldn’t expect a fix anytime soon.

Whenever a child wakes up they seem like they have had a nightmare even though they haven’t. Is anyone else having this problem?

"NorthDakotaGamer;c-16390930" wrote:Not a bug, you have to control the parent and select that action. It is not an autonomous action. It is the same thing via PC. Also, kids hace been waking up with the "nightmare yell" via PC for a while now, even without having one. I assumed it was same on console.This is a bug. When the monster was first introduced selecting the ‘ask to spray monster’ interaction resulted in the target sim spraying the bed. You can choose to select ‘spray monster’ from the parent, which still works, but the interaction from Child -> Parent does not.

yeah...some of my parentsims now just randomly spray the monster under the bed without being near a bed (in the kitchen, in the living room...), curiouser and curiouser.

Exactly. PC players have been experiencing it for about half a year by now.

BUG: Asking parents to spray monster under bed does nothing.

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drake_mccarty
8 years ago
"NorthDakotaGamer;c-16390930" wrote:
Not a bug, you have to control the parent and select that action. It is not an autonomous action. It is the same thing via PC. Also, kids hace been waking up with the "nightmare yell" via PC for a while now, even without having one. I assumed it was same on console.

This is a bug. When the monster was first introduced selecting the ‘ask to spray monster’ interaction resulted in the target sim spraying the bed. You can choose to select ‘spray monster’ from the parent, which still works, but the interaction from Child -> Parent does not.
stormsview
8 years ago

Let's add to your bug, correction the Bug, The latest News :D now The Butler and all Nannies will go to any half bed even if the bed belongs to the Butler. with no kids in the home. they stay in the room all day talking to the monster and spraying. Done as a group effort lol. So, I just removed all half beds. Report it? best not to. If they work on the bug, next we may see the Butler and Nannies sitting on the floor eating the monsters under the bed. :D
ra7orrat
8 years ago
yeah...some of my parentsims now just randomly spray the monster under the bed without being near a bed (in the kitchen, in the living room...), curiouser and curiouser.
Simsfan991111
8 years ago
There is a special base game wall light you can place that also stops the monster showing up completely. Coolala, the Defender Wall Light priced at $60
ra7orrat
8 years ago
"Simsfan99111;c-16600794" wrote:
There is a special base game wall light you can place that also stops the monster showing up completely. Coolala, the Defender Wall Light priced at $60

I know, I got that one (actually two, one for each child), but the option to spray the monster/ask to spray the monster still comes up.
stormsview
8 years ago
I do not think the parent listens to spray the ~~bug~~ monster when the child asks, But I think if the child asked to be put to bed the option comes up and at the time the parents will spray the bugs. new parenthood night lights work perfectly for me. but could be because I no longer have kids in my game lol.?
EA_Cian
EA Staff (Retired)
7 years ago
I'm closing this out as the thread's been brought back to life a couple of times now and we do ask that bugs get posted over on AHQ. You can learn a bit more about that over at https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/944811/update-on-the-sims-4-help-center#latest

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