I have never had this happen before, so I can't help but think this is something from Growing Together. My Rock Star's firstborn aged to Toddler as a Top-Notch Infant. He also managed by doing his homework and the two school projects he's had, to be labeled a genius. So, I'm really curious to know if it comes from the new EP, or why this hasn't happened in my game, previously.
"GalacticGal;c-18273360" wrote: I'm uncertain it was a Self-discovery thing. I seem to recall it being a Trait he acquired.
Yes, most likely. You got a pop up right? That’s a self discovery. Children can 100% get them. It’s normal.
Sorry, I don't think it's normal. Here's a picture from the in-game Lessons panel (which is written by the developers):
As it specifies, only young adults, adults, and elders should have those self-discovery moments. That's like at least two stages after child stage. In addition, trying to add a trait to a child with a cheat didn't work, leaving them still with one trait. Trying the same cheat on an elder did work, giving them their fourth trait. Replacing child's trait with cheats did work. The trait in question was Geek.
"itsTheSimsGuy;c-18274678" wrote:
"83bienchen;c-18273158" wrote: I also do think the issue Must be mod related. I've seen Simmers having self-discovery notifications for their dogs.
I don’t use mods, I get them for pets, children and up. It’s meant to be like that.
Animals change change personality due to worldly experience so it makes total sense. It’s not a bug.
While in real life I wouldn't disagree, looking into the tuning files, there are no self-discovery moments for pets in game. The main reason might be that they aren't controllable. So these supposed animal self-discovery moments should add sim-traits to pets, not pet-traits.
So for now, I say both of them are a bug. If you get one for children or teens, refuse it as otherwise you'll waste a self-discovery moment. If you get one for a pet, refuse it as I don't know what effect it may have.
I don't believe any of the mods I use would alter the Traits or Self-Discoveries, for that matter. Unless MCCC had a default set for such, I don't often tweak the settings with it.
