Sharks?

YEP~
https://i.imgur.com/AOF0h5F.png

If you're usually hanging out in the water with your sim in the deeper part you may be lucky to see one. Earliest I've seen one is being in the water for about 2 sim hours longest about 4 to 5 sim hours.

There's also a dramatic chord of music when a shark does show up. It stills startles me. This is pretty much your only warning if you don't get your sim back to shore ASAP as it's a precursor to their demise. :#

I have.

https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/64915055_1301082550042037_2421178007986110464_o.jpg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_eui2=AeG1wyjRLnkzlsBbFtTUs6cRJWb8yLI_pGNZZDMlvzLioMUbMiGbpOaIaSjWWeKKKOBSXP6Sqw98B0KWvYzusGm_IPUTL-zKxVxqIKsyPZ6FvA&_nc_oc=AQkqZetOjqa3jFo7-H2r4CV7bj2eSYhSjToe2zWpwXymnqZDZFy9XRQNKAtannNKIdHEPPlmencmZKFi2nG-vVtp&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=ab6a4349f0003c388b2d81f894765e1c&oe=5D7C39EE

My sim was swimming out to one of the buoys, she got about halfway there when this guy showed up. She screamed out loud, and then turned around and swam back to shore.

"LaBlue0314;c-17141563" wrote:
I have.

https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/64915055_1301082550042037_2421178007986110464_o.jpg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_eui2=AeG1wyjRLnkzlsBbFtTUs6cRJWb8yLI_pGNZZDMlvzLioMUbMiGbpOaIaSjWWeKKKOBSXP6Sqw98B0KWvYzusGm_IPUTL-zKxVxqIKsyPZ6FvA&_nc_oc=AQkqZetOjqa3jFo7-H2r4CV7bj2eSYhSjToe2zWpwXymnqZDZFy9XRQNKAtannNKIdHEPPlmencmZKFi2nG-vVtp&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=ab6a4349f0003c388b2d81f894765e1c&oe=5D7C39EE

My sim was swimming out to one of the buoys, she got about halfway there when this guy showed up. She screamed out loud, and then turned around and swam back to shore.

That's a great white but it isn't the only shark in this pack. Their are other species of shark as well. I've also seen a blacktip reef shark.

"LaBlue0314;c-17141563" wrote:
I have.

https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/64915055_1301082550042037_2421178007986110464_o.jpg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_eui2=AeG1wyjRLnkzlsBbFtTUs6cRJWb8yLI_pGNZZDMlvzLioMUbMiGbpOaIaSjWWeKKKOBSXP6Sqw98B0KWvYzusGm_IPUTL-zKxVxqIKsyPZ6FvA&_nc_oc=AQkqZetOjqa3jFo7-H2r4CV7bj2eSYhSjToe2zWpwXymnqZDZFy9XRQNKAtannNKIdHEPPlmencmZKFi2nG-vVtp&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=ab6a4349f0003c388b2d81f894765e1c&oe=5D7C39EE

My sim was swimming out to one of the buoys, she got about halfway there when this guy showed up. She screamed out loud, and then turned around and swam back to shore.

I saw your screenshot on another thread awhile back but it’s just the coolest possible picture ? I can’t believe it was so close! I’ve only seen one fin so far but I think once my sim is established with a family he’ll spend all his time in the deep water so I can hopefully find out how dangerous the sharks really are. For research purposes only, of course (and definitely not to try and kill him so I can see the new death type) ?.

My first shark sighting happened at the same time I met my first dolphin:
https://66.media.tumblr.com/d7d16359f05585df3b7ca88ccd9dfdb9/tumblr_ptgv753eNn1t1fm14o1_540.jpg
Afterwards I've had four occurences of sharks when my sims were occupied with the dolphins, in which case both shark and dolphin just dive away. Love the animation they are doing, the distressed expression and the arm waving!

The only time a shark swam by without a dolphin nearby was when one of my favorite families was swimming in deep water, but it didn't attack. Poor thing must have known I wouldn't let it eat a member of that particular household (ambrosia or reload).

Ok. I did an experiment.
I sent 8 sims swimming in Mua Pel'am neighborhood (one of them was a vampire). I tried to keep them together, but they kept getting caught in currents. Using cheats I maxed out their needs and froze them.
They had many shark encounters. Vampire was first to drown due to their vampire energy need being empty (sunlight you know). After many hours sims started to be pulled underwater by a black mass.
Every time a sim was randomly pulled underwater by black mass, the victim drowned right after. When I looked at sim's moodlets, after resurfacing sims got an uncomfortable moodlet (instead of tense when a mermaid summons the ocean threat). That moodlet immediately disappeared when the sim began to drown. Waited until every sim had drowned, all caused by that black mass.

So shark encounters are harmless (and not rare). Being pulled underwater by black mass is rare and will result in death (I don't know if sim always drowns after it or not) unless it was summoned by a mermaid.

"jacknchloe;d-962090" wrote:
Has anyone seen one? If so where? I have taken my Sim scuba diving multiple times around dusk and still haven’t seen one.

You don't have to go Scuba diving to see one. I sent my SIM snorkeling in the deep and saw one. Happened twice. The second time was when she came back up from scuba diving.

So I posted about this on the help forum, and they suggested I'd set my object details to high instead of medium. And that worked. I could see the sharks as well as turtles and dolphin swimming in the water. Unfortunately, my graphics card gave out and I had to set it back to medium. So now I've ordered a stronger graphics card and also more ram. My CPU should be sufficient, as I have an Intel 5. This game is costing me so much money.

There isn’t a kraken in the game. Sim Guru Lyndsay and the new community manager who’s name eludes me confirmed it at EA play. The mysterious dark shadow is just that - a mysterious shadow.

Sharks are really disappointing. I’ve had sims swim/dive/snorkel all over and the best I get is the fin moodlet.

Oh okay, but you do see the fin. That means it works fine. When you are in more shallow water you can see the whole shark, and out in deep water just the fin.