Hello,I have encountered a problem with one of my Sim's traits in-game today. I was playing a tweaked version of Caleb Vatore and when he was at work, got moodlets from his original traits (Materialistic, Foodie, Ambitious) after the fact the I had changed them by saving the family in CAS, deleting the original and moving in and playing with the tweaked version. I changed Lilith's original Creative trait to Bro and have not encountered this issue on her, only Caleb. Plus on Lilith's relationship panel, Caleb's original traits are shown as well. What, if anything, can be done to fix this issue?PS- I had download issues with the game and tried a repair before all EP/GP/SPs were installed, could this have borked my game somehow?

Traits tend to linger if you change them on existing Sims, even if you go through saving them in CAS and such. You need to cheat to remove the traits permanently.But I don't know what the exact cheat is. But I think we can ask @rosemow :)

"MDianaSanders;c-16117949" wrote:Traits tend to linger if you change them on existing Sims, even if you go through saving them in CAS and such. You need to cheat to remove the traits permanently.But I don't know what the exact cheat is. But I think we can ask @rosemow :)Hello The cheat to remove traits is : Type into the cheat bar testingcheats true Press enter Type in traits.remove_trait ( name of trait to remove ) without using the brackets.

I have had this same problem several times! Nice to know there is a cheat to fix it! I have been going into CAS, making a twin of that sim, giving them the traits I want, and then deleting the original. This will be much easier lol

Hello @Chazzzy You probably have done this but the name to enter into the cheat is “active” not “ athletic” .You probably already know this but I just wanted to post in case it helped :)

I got this too with Creative. I didn't mind as much though, as I simply changed traits to a Sim I made myself - I did initially choose the Creative trait for a reason, I just found another one I liked better, so I don't mind him "Feeling uncreative" sometimes as it still fits his character. I think it applies to the negative (tense) buffs that come with (some) emotional traits. I've also changed traits like Childish and Self-Assured and in those cases they were just gone for good. The tense moodlets that come with Active, Creative, Genius, Romantic, and I'm probably forgetting some here - but those emotional traits. Those will linger. I don't know an actual fix for this, but you can use cheats to remove these buffs when they come up.

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19 Replies

MDianaSims
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
Traits tend to linger if you change them on existing Sims, even if you go through saving them in CAS and such. You need to cheat to remove the traits permanently.
But I don't know what the exact cheat is. But I think we can ask @rosemow :)
rosemow
Hero
8 years ago
"MDianaSanders;c-16117949" wrote:
Traits tend to linger if you change them on existing Sims, even if you go through saving them in CAS and such. You need to cheat to remove the traits permanently.
But I don't know what the exact cheat is. But I think we can ask @rosemow :)

Hello
The cheat to remove traits is :
Type into the cheat bar
testingcheats true
Press enter
Type in
traits.remove_trait ( name of trait to remove ) without using the brackets.
madelynsims95
8 years ago
I have had this same problem several times! Nice to know there is a cheat to fix it! I have been going into CAS, making a twin of that sim, giving them the traits I want, and then deleting the original. This will be much easier lol
rosemow
Hero
8 years ago
Hello @Chazzzy
You probably have done this but the name to enter into the cheat is “active” not “ athletic” .
You probably already know this but I just wanted to post in case it helped :)
Fierande
8 years ago
I got this too with Creative. I didn't mind as much though, as I simply changed traits to a Sim I made myself - I did initially choose the Creative trait for a reason, I just found another one I liked better, so I don't mind him "Feeling uncreative" sometimes as it still fits his character.

I think it applies to the negative (tense) buffs that come with (some) emotional traits. I've also changed traits like Childish and Self-Assured and in those cases they were just gone for good. The tense moodlets that come with Active, Creative, Genius, Romantic, and I'm probably forgetting some here - but those emotional traits. Those will linger.

I don't know an actual fix for this, but you can use cheats to remove these buffs when they come up.
kaeyresky
8 years ago
cheating the traits away doesn't solve this issue, that's a myth
either make a twin to replace the caleb or clear his traits and clone him
Anonymous
8 years ago
"CyrusTheLoser;c-16118865" wrote:
cheating the traits away doesn't solve this issue, that's a myth
either make a twin to replace the caleb or clear his traits and clone him

Well, tonight my hubby surprised me with a copy of the base game so I'm currently playing a fully fresh save with a human Caleb and no issues so far but I have not actually played that sim. I may just take your advice to prevent issues lol.

Edit- I went ahead and did the twin thing to save myself a headache on another new save. Thanks for the advice :)
thatsme_ever
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
I can't find a more appropriate thread to post my question in, so I hope this one is okay.

In the Relationship Panel of the UI, when I choose a certain Sim, some of his/her family members don't appear with the right traits. For instance, I've chosen a father and when I go to the Relationship Panel, his daughter, who is a child, still appears with the "Angelic" trait, the one she had when she was a toddler.

I don't know if it's considered a "normal" bug, I noticed it during the last few days in my game and thought it would be useful to make the problem known here. Thank you for your time!
AineOfMay
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
As annoying as this bug is, I kinda like it because it's like the sims get extra traits and more complicated personalities. Have anyone tried to remove a trait and then add an opposing trait to see what happens? :D
rosemow
Hero
8 years ago
"gothprincess4ever;c-16120814" wrote:
I can't find a more appropriate thread to post my question in, so I hope this one is okay.

In the Relationship Panel of the UI, when I choose a certain Sim, some of his/her family members don't appear with the right traits. For instance, I've chosen a father and when I go to the Relationship Panel, his daughter, who is a child, still appears with the "Angelic" trait, the one she had when she was a toddler.

I don't know if it's considered a "normal" bug, I noticed it during the last few days in my game and thought it would be useful to make the problem known here. Thank you for your time!

Hello @gothprincess4ever
You may like to post feedback on this AHQ EA thread that refers to the issue.
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Sims-still-show-toddler-traits-in-the-relationship-list/m-p/5838241#M33284