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Moozilla13
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
Solved

All conversations between sims default to awkward encounter

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:Xbox Series X
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? 1.65.6.2300
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Vampires
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Initiate a conversation with any sim.
What happens when the bug occurs? All conversations, both between household sims with excellent relationships and with new acquaintance NPCs, automatically default to "awkward encounter," regardless of the sims' moods and the types of interactions happening or socials selected.
What do you expect to see? Appropriate conversation labels between sims and interactions that are appropriate to the tone of chosen socials.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? On console - never used.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Neutral/Not Sure 

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If I do not keep actively queuing up positive socials, relationship meters are negatively affected. I have had to turn off autonomy to make this more manageable. This started happening all of a sudden right after I used a re-traiting potion on one of my sims to give him the loyalty trait. Going back to a previous save file without that trait did not fix the new issue. Now even when I load a save from much earlier in the game where any recent interactions should not be a factor, conversations in progress that were casual will turn awkward within seconds. I saw there was a similar issue years ago that had been marked solved, but the issue has reemerged for me now so I am beginning a new thread. 

  • Moozilla13's avatar
    Moozilla13
    3 years ago

    Update: I discovered a fear a of judgement had popped up as a result of all the awkward encounters with NPCs and that was why my sim's conversation with his spouse was affected. Once I overcame that fear, the issue was solved with household members that also have the loyalty trait. The issue now seems to be specific to NPCs. This being the case, it may be related to the autonomous mean interactions bug we've been seeing since the new patch. 

    Not sure why these behavioral changes carried over into a previous save I had loaded when testing the issue, however. 

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  • Moozilla13's avatar
    Moozilla13
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago

    Update: I discovered a fear a of judgement had popped up as a result of all the awkward encounters with NPCs and that was why my sim's conversation with his spouse was affected. Once I overcame that fear, the issue was solved with household members that also have the loyalty trait. The issue now seems to be specific to NPCs. This being the case, it may be related to the autonomous mean interactions bug we've been seeing since the new patch. 

    Not sure why these behavioral changes carried over into a previous save I had loaded when testing the issue, however. 

  • noodlething's avatar
    noodlething
    3 years ago

    Me too! I was just about to submit my own report, actually. It's really an issue for me because my current challenge relies on flirting with NPCs and my poor sim is striking out 100% of the time. I can't play the game like this :/

  • Elvenlaughter's avatar
    Elvenlaughter
    3 years ago

    The same thing happens with me. Literally every conversation my sim starts almost immediately turns awkward. It doesn't matter how I start it - cheerful, funny, friendly, whatever - it always goes awkward. And I need her to reach 12 friends so she feels like her life is purposeful, but I haven't been able to make any new friends for ages. It's very frustrating. Even if I do keep queuing positive socials, it still happens. I have no mods and no CCs, and I haven't used any potions. I'm not sure if it showed up after a certain patch, because I just returned to the game after several months away and it was there.

    I haven't been able to find any help online for this, and it's been over a month since you posted. How long does it usually take to get a reply? This is my first post, so I'm not sure how this works yet.

  • Moozilla13's avatar
    Moozilla13
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago
    @astropuff90 This should be fixed now with the patch that solved the autonomous insulting interaction players were having thanks to an issue with one of the DLC packs. If it's started happening to you now, your issue may have a different cause than what I was experiencing. If you haven't already, I'd try a couple new games and see if the issue persists, and if it does you may want to open a new ticket.

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