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4 years ago
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How to stop my Sim from doing autonomous mean interactions?

I have a Sim who, more often than not, autonomously chooses mean interactions with a specific Sim (her BF to be exact). Their friendship and love meters are both maxed out, "soulmates" and all. She is not an evil Sim (he is, though). There are no bad sentiments between them. Well, there were some in the past, but those expired long ago. Other Sims aren't mean to him unless he has a bad relationship with them. I don't get why his GF is constantly picking the insult or similiar options even after I picked a bunch of friendly or romantic interactions with her. In order to prevent this I have to constantly pause the game every time they're in a convo and line up interactions before she picks something from the mean menu. It's starting to annoy me alot. I know there is a way in MCCC to disable specific interactions for ALL Sims, but that's not what I want. I only want this particular Sim to stop using mean (and mischief) interactions because it's out of character and the opposite of how I envisioned her to be. Her traits are: creative, perfectionist, romantic. On a side note, I tested the game without any mods (well, apart from WW) and she was still mean to him the very first chance she got, so it's not like mods are influencing this behaviour. She isn't this way to other Sims. I guess giving her the "good sim" trait is useless since I have witnessed Sims with said trait doing mean interactions with other Sims. Any other ideas or solutions? Is this a case of old lingering sentiments that are still active despite no longer being on their profiles? Are sims automatically mean to Evil sims, even if they're romantic/friendly? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! 

  • I have had this problem for quite a long time.  I noticed it several months ago and stopped playing for a while until recently. Then I remembered this bug and it seems worse now than it was before. I think it has to do with hidden/stuck negative sentiments. I tried everything and nothing worked. In one household the other sim was Evil but it happened in a separate save where nobody was mean or evil. It was because Father Winter flirted with my sim and was accused of cheating by their spouse. The sentiment went away but days later the autonomous mean behavior started between them and these are sims that are never mean to each other, and almost nothing bad ever happens in this household. Then I did a tester save with two new sims, had them go steady, had one cheat on the other and after the negative sentiment wore off,the mean behavior started again. So I think it is related to a lingering/stuck sentiment that we can't get rid of by typing in cheat commands (I tried!). If you're not opposed to mods I found a mod over at MTS called Easy Sentiments Cheats and it works for base game sentiments. As a last resort I tried this the other day and it worked. It got rid of the "invisible" grudges and now everything is back to normal. I don't think I can link it here but that's the name of the mod and where it can be found. Good Luck!

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  • I have had this problem for quite a long time.  I noticed it several months ago and stopped playing for a while until recently. Then I remembered this bug and it seems worse now than it was before. I think it has to do with hidden/stuck negative sentiments. I tried everything and nothing worked. In one household the other sim was Evil but it happened in a separate save where nobody was mean or evil. It was because Father Winter flirted with my sim and was accused of cheating by their spouse. The sentiment went away but days later the autonomous mean behavior started between them and these are sims that are never mean to each other, and almost nothing bad ever happens in this household. Then I did a tester save with two new sims, had them go steady, had one cheat on the other and after the negative sentiment wore off,the mean behavior started again. So I think it is related to a lingering/stuck sentiment that we can't get rid of by typing in cheat commands (I tried!). If you're not opposed to mods I found a mod over at MTS called Easy Sentiments Cheats and it works for base game sentiments. As a last resort I tried this the other day and it worked. It got rid of the "invisible" grudges and now everything is back to normal. I don't think I can link it here but that's the name of the mod and where it can be found. Good Luck!

  • First, you should "Me, too" this thread and send your Save to QA:  https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-SAVES-Sims-autonomously-do-mean-interactions-for-no-reason/m-p/9821620#M167446

    Second, some people in that thread say that they used ShowSimInfo to find and delete hidden grudges. If you're willing to use mods, that might work for you.

    If you're not willing to use mods--and even if you are--I would put both Sims in a club and set "be friendly" as a club activity and ban the "be mean" activity. Turn on the club and never turn it off. (That assumes you have Get Together.)

  • Thanks for the suggestion, Kittybass! I figured I might have to do with lingering Sentiments... I will definitely check that mod out, sounds like a perfect solution.

    @xochiquetzl_xkvn thank you as well for the heads up! I know this might sound odd, but I am completely fine with her BF being mean/evil, hence I gave him those traits. He is an arrogant vampire snob, precisely how I wanted him, haha. It just rubs me the wrong way that his GF acts nearly the same way when she is with him, when I gave her no traits to justify it. By banning the "be mean" activities I suppose that my evil Sim will no longer be evil, which would defeat the purpose of the evil/non-evil couple dynamic I am aiming for. Still, I appreciate the help!

  • @Kittybass So, I downloaded the "Easy Sentiments Cheats" mod and removed the "festering grudge" and "furious" sentiments she had with him. Ever since, she is a total sweetheart; not a single mean or mischievous interaction has been used in the past hour! FINALLY. I can autonomously let them talk while sitting back and enjoying it... What a relief. You helped me out a ton today, thanks!

  • @ZackReturns this is just a side note, since some were talking about sentiments and how non-player characters can act toward a player sim. I once had a funny experience, while being a Vet, well one of the vets hired, turned out to a be vampire somehow. Imagine how funny I thought that was, wondering if he didn't take a job at a vet place to acquire his blood supply. Anyway, but the problem became when he started reacting negatively to other employees and being rude and mean to customers. I had no problem with him being a vampire, but I had to fire him because...a vet place needs customers, and this might happen in retail stores or anywhere when you hire sims. So, he had to go. It was a pretty amusing situation, but I think that was that Makato NPC, or whatever he was called, long black hair and dark clothes. I'm not sure if he was an evil sim or not, but obviously no sim really liked him.
  • @Kittybass I have searched Mod The Sims and for the life of me cannot find the Easy Sentiments mod. I know you can't post the link, but could you tell me if I'm looking in the right place? Mod The Sims dot info.... searching in the bar for Easy Sentiments... keep getting No Results. I'm going nuts because my game is getting worse with these autonomous mean interactions! Thanks so much for any help you could give.
  • Kittybass's avatar
    Kittybass
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago

    @dholland74 

    Yes it's  on Mod The Sims. The name of the mod is Easy Sentiment Cheats v0.8 and the modder's name is Lazurusinashes. I hope that helps.

  • lisaV1999's avatar
    lisaV1999
    3 years ago

    Have you found the link or website for this mod? I'm also struggling to find this

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