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PinkiePie618's avatar
6 years ago

Whims not working

I really wanted to post this in the Bugs category, but that was grayed out as an option...not sure why.

Every since I updated my game, most of my whims are not working. I know my sims have caught a fix, earned 50 simoleans (sp?), or cooked an excellent meal. Yet none of those have worked. My work out whim worked and my aspiration is working, but that's it.

I love this part of the game and it's about 1/3 of why I play so for it not work is about to drive me over the edge. I have restarted several times with no success and changed families. It's specific to the whim, not the sim because my same sim completed one whim, but can't complete the excellent meal despite clearly making an excellent meal.

Someone please help!
  • I'm sorry I can't be much help, but I can commiserate at least. I experience the same thing, especially with whims to get married. I just give my sims the reward points and cancel the whim for now. I'm not sure what's causing the issue, but I've been experiencing it for quite a while.
  • I noticed a whim not getting fulfilled correctly last night, never saw it before. My sims hardly travel though, and besides most of my whims are just 25 points, so - I don't pay that much attention to it. I'd try to repair the game on Origin if it was important to me.
  • Oh this is a game bug I thought it was a result of the whim-related mod I have installed not working and was sad I was going to have to remove it (since the more varied whims it brings around is awesome) but since it’s the game and not the mod I shall keep it and hope they have a fix for this soon.
  • 'Two months later and nothing- I already was put off this game for so long, and had just started to see it as an okay "eh I guess I'll play it for a short bit" alternative because of quick load times, but with the AWFUL whim system in place now combined with it not even working... So sad. :( I hope that since it's quite obviously broken, they can maybe use it as a reason to overhaul the whole system!
  • In my game some whims complete and some don't. It happened to me before the patch. It seems to be hit or miss for sometime. Some aspirations are messed up also. My Sim kid has lots of friends and it's not registering for the social aspiration. There are others I had to cheat but can't recall at the moment.
  • "Smellincoffee;c-17323992" wrote:
    "ShadyLady89;c-17263087" wrote:
    I'm sorry I can't be much help, but I can commiserate at least. I experience the same thing, especially with whims to get married. I just give my sims the reward points and cancel the whim for now. I'm not sure what's causing the issue, but I've been experiencing it for quite a while.


    I have never ever ever ever EVER had the "Get Married" whim to be fulfilled. I've tried every-darn-thing.



    You and me both :'( 100 whim points down the drain :neutral:
  • "Sharonia;c-17324147" wrote:
    I wish it could be fixed. I love fulfilling my sims whims. It's so disappointing when I make the effort and it doesn't even register. :(


    I've found if you push the "manage worlds" button and then re-load your sims' house the whims will start working again. So if it's a whim worth a lot of points, I suggest doing this no matter what!