Ever since Island living or perhaps even before I've noticed that children can no longer drown. This is strange because I remember for a fact that they used to be able to. At first I thought maybe it was an ability since I had a mermaid child and that would make sense, but then I tested it with a regular child and both in the ocean and in pools they cannot drown.Not really sure if I even have a point to this I'm just wondering why the change and why wasn't it mentioned in the patch notes?

What?? Why did they change that? Yes children could drown in pools....

Graham demoed a child Sim drowning when they first patched in pools. Someone needs to verify this, they really need to stop nerfing things from this game.

"drake_mccarty;c-17146854" wrote:Graham demoed a child Sim drowning when they first patched in pools. Someone needs to verify this, they really need to stop nerfing things from this game. And especially stop omitting them from us.

Remember when TS4 launched with memory timelines for each individual sim, where we could see the memories/screenshots that were attached to each sim of the household and instead of improving them and their UI, they completely removed them? Yeah....http://i.imgur.com/a15Six2.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eH8ErDqHm8Here it is.At 00:40:07 mins

Children can no longer drown | EA Forums

SamXNE_997
Seasoned Novice
6 years ago
"Sharonia;c-17147026" wrote:
I didn't know they could ever drown so I guess I won't miss it. It seems like an odd thing to be upset about.

Bowdlerisation/censorship is just not a very popular subject, especially regarding TS4. Removing this ability does not help matters.
Purrloin9
6 years ago
I personally don't like that children are able to die, so personally this doesn't bother me if it was intentional. That said, it's really weird that they wouldn't mention this change. I'm personally wondering if it's just a bug.
comicsforever
6 years ago
"Sharonia;c-17147070" wrote:
"Zeldaboy180;c-17147028" wrote:
"Sharonia;c-17147026" wrote:
I didn't know they could ever drown so I guess I won't miss it. It seems like an odd thing to be upset about.

It's more restricting on my stories. Child sims can already only die from very few things. I had a story where someone lost their kid by drowning, while another family had wishes for a kid and that kid's ghost came out of the well. Little things.

fun fact: Toddlers not being able to die from fire is actually explained in the lore. In the sims 2 there is a statue of a woman who was killed in a fire after forgetting her food in the oven for too long. Her ghost actually watches over babies and toddlers and protects their skin from the flames.

I think I just assumed that they were immortal since I've never had one accidentally die in my game. It is weird that they changed it if it's always been like that in the past. Maybe it's just a bug? I swear Island Living introduced more bugs than it solved. :D

it is a bug no sims can die in a pool right now
LiELF
Seasoned Veteran
6 years ago
The bug report is here. If anyone is having this problem, click "me too" or post in this thread.

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-PC/Sims-won-t-die-Drown-specifically/td-p/7965010
jacknifelee
6 years ago
@Lustianicia definitely not the only one, but it's clearly not the place to shame or reform anyone here.
People play the game the way they want - let it be - so long as they don't drown anyone irl.
Luckylunayre
New Spectator
6 years ago
@comicsforlife @MidnightAura My adult sims still drown in both the ocean and the pool. Maybe some people are bugged but I don't think the children part is a bug.
comicsforever
6 years ago
"LiELF;c-17147159" wrote:
"comicsforlife;c-17147073" wrote:
"Sharonia;c-17147070" wrote:
"Zeldaboy180;c-17147028" wrote:
"Sharonia;c-17147026" wrote:
I didn't know they could ever drown so I guess I won't miss it. It seems like an odd thing to be upset about.

It's more restricting on my stories. Child sims can already only die from very few things. I had a story where someone lost their kid by drowning, while another family had wishes for a kid and that kid's ghost came out of the well. Little things.

fun fact: Toddlers not being able to die from fire is actually explained in the lore. In the sims 2 there is a statue of a woman who was killed in a fire after forgetting her food in the oven for too long. Her ghost actually watches over babies and toddlers and protects their skin from the flames.

I think I just assumed that they were immortal since I've never had one accidentally die in my game. It is weird that they changed it if it's always been like that in the past. Maybe it's just a bug? I swear Island Living introduced more bugs than it solved. :D

it is a bug no sims can die in a pool right now

Thanks for letting us know, @comicsforlife . I'm glad it's just a bug.

thank you for posting the link @LiELF
MidnightAura86
New Spectator
6 years ago
I don’t think it’s a bug for everyone. I had a sim drown in the ocean a few days ago. And no i didn’t kill her purposefully for those concerned. The sim drowned whilst her sister was in the cave rabbit hole and I was waiting to see if anything interesting would happen as a result when she came out.
comicsforever
6 years ago
"MidnightAura;c-17147271" wrote:
I don’t think it’s a bug for everyone. I had a sim drown in the ocean a few days ago. And no i didn’t kill her purposefully for those concerned. The sim drowned whilst her sister was in the cave rabbit hole and I was waiting to see if anything interesting would happen as a result when she came out.

the bug is only for pools @MidnightAura
Luckylunayre
New Spectator
6 years ago
"comicsforlife;c-17147278" wrote:
"MidnightAura;c-17147271" wrote:
I don’t think it’s a bug for everyone. I had a sim drown in the ocean a few days ago. And no i didn’t kill her purposefully for those concerned. The sim drowned whilst her sister was in the cave rabbit hole and I was waiting to see if anything interesting would happen as a result when she came out.

the bug is only for pools @MidnightAura

Even still, just tested and my adults are drowning in pools just fine. Seems to only be affecting certain people.