This pack is *not* Occult Sim friendly in any way.Occult Sims lose all of their powers and interactions. This is deadly when it comes to Vampires, as they can no longer feed at all (Your sims inventory is cleared of everything not originating from Baatu, so you can't bring Plasma Packs with you). There are no actual showers or baths on any of the Baatu lots, just a rabbithole that fills Hygiene/Hydration. It does *not* reset the Mermaid being in water, so your time on vacation there is very limited if you don't want to lose your Occult status as Mermaid.Lastly, on return from Baatu, it seems that if you sim has an Occult Form (Vampires and Mermaids), it automatically applies the 'sync appearance' to your base human form, so if you have it differing by eye type, teeth, hairstyle, hair colour.... you lose it all.All of these should be correctable, so I'm going to assume they are bugs for the time being. Hopefully they will be fixed asap, as it currently makes Journey to Baatu very uncomfortable for Occult Sims.

I imagine that there will be mods to fix that soon. When I do get the pack, a primary interest is having my vampire sample the local "cuisine". His palate is nothing if not cosmopolitan.

I hope this is a bug/oversight and that the devs fix it!

I have way too many Occult sims for this kind of bug :/ I'll hold off on buying for now I guess.

"GracieO312;c-17653094" wrote:I hope this is a bug/oversight and that the devs fix it!I have a feeling that it may be by design. The devs may not want players skipping quests by accessing areas ahead of time via bat and mist forms, like how you can bypass roped off areas in Get Famous.

*Warning* Journey to Baatu seems to really mess sims over...

52 Replies

SimmerGeorge
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
Oh no that sounds awful
OEII1001
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
I imagine that there will be mods to fix that soon. When I do get the pack, a primary interest is having my vampire sample the local "cuisine". His palate is nothing if not cosmopolitan.
GracieFace312
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
I hope this is a bug/oversight and that the devs fix it!
ForbiddenSecret
5 years ago
I have way too many Occult sims for this kind of bug :/ I'll hold off on buying for now I guess.
OEII1001
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
"GracieO312;c-17653094" wrote:
I hope this is a bug/oversight and that the devs fix it!

I have a feeling that it may be by design. The devs may not want players skipping quests by accessing areas ahead of time via bat and mist forms, like how you can bypass roped off areas in Get Famous.
GracieFace312
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
"OEII1001;c-17653103" wrote:
"GracieO312;c-17653094" wrote:
I hope this is a bug/oversight and that the devs fix it!

I have a feeling that it may be by design. The devs may not want players skipping quests by accessing areas ahead of time via bat and mist forms, like how you can bypass roped off areas in Get Famous.

Nooooo! :disappointed:
OEII1001
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
"GracieO312;c-17653106" wrote:
"OEII1001;c-17653103" wrote:
"GracieO312;c-17653094" wrote:
I hope this is a bug/oversight and that the devs fix it!

I have a feeling that it may be by design. The devs may not want players skipping quests by accessing areas ahead of time via bat and mist forms, like how you can bypass roped off areas in Get Famous.

Nooooo! :disappointed:

Yeah, it's kind of a downer. However, it is probably something that modders will take care of for us.
akl1226
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
Oh no hope either a mod fixes it or it wasn’t intentional. I’m not a big occult user but that is terrible for those that are.
BaishunKai
5 years ago
> @OEII1001 said:
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> I have a feeling that it may be by design. The devs may not want players skipping quests by accessing areas ahead of time via bat and mist forms, like how you can bypass roped off areas in Get Famous.

There really aren't areas like this in Batuu.

If it *was* intentional, I imagine it was for balance purposes so you have to put in some work with the locals to get your relationships with them up without using a lot of the the perks and powers from Occult sims to get there too quickly. If so, though, it was a poor decision, since a lot of that relationship-building is a little tedious in a "vacation" setting.
Bluebell23456
5 years ago
Goodness gracious. I have never been so grateful that a bugged pack had not interested me before. This sounds absolutely horrendous.

This being said, I cannot see much of an excuse for this. Balance? Really? Being a celebrity sweeps all that away and I assume it is not disabled in Batuu.