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Lirranlus's avatar
Lirranlus
4 years ago

pet can't move or interact sims 4

I recently downloaded Dogs and cats expansion pack for TS4, but I can't get it to work properly. I made a household with two cats and everything works normally with the human sims but they can't interact with the cats. Also there is a weird glitch where the cats stretch out and stands up almost like human sims, and they can't move as if they're stuck. I have tried restarting the game, updating and repairing the game and also resetting the cats with the reset cheat as well as using the bb.moveobjects cheat, but nothing is working. I also tried installing the simulation unclogger mod from turbodriver but that didn't help either. 

I really want this expansion pack to work for me since I of course spent money on it, but I have no clue how to fix it ☹️((( 

8 Replies

  • GiardiniDiMarzo's avatar
    GiardiniDiMarzo
    Legend
    4 years ago
    @Lirranlus You can't control the pets, it's by design. Your Sim only can interact with them. They can autonomously reach to your Sim when they feel bad about something (need to eat, feeling sick...) but the rest of the time they are free to do what they want.
  • Lirranlus's avatar
    Lirranlus
    4 years ago
    @GiardiniDiMarzo yeah I know 🙂 my problem is that my sim can't interact with the cats at all. If I try to call for them or pet them nothing happens, the action just gets cancelled and my sim does the same animation when it can't reach something or something is in the way.
  • GiardiniDiMarzo's avatar
    GiardiniDiMarzo
    Legend
    4 years ago
    @Lirranlus Oh my bad, I read that wrong. So, have you tried to test the game without mods? Move the Mods folder to the Desktop, delete the localthumbcache.package file from the main The Sims 4 folder, and then repair the game from Origin. Restart the game and see if the cat interactions work.
    If they do, then it's definitely a conflicting mod, so all you have to do is find out which one is not working or needs to be updated.
  • Lirranlus's avatar
    Lirranlus
    4 years ago
    @GiardiniDiMarzo no problem! I will definitely try that! I have used some mods and cc in that household, will it be a problem if I remove the mods and try to start the game like you said?
  • GiardiniDiMarzo's avatar
    GiardiniDiMarzo
    Legend
    4 years ago

    Removing mods temporarily (because you move them to the desktop) does not erase saves, but it's better if you do a backup of them before testing without mods. Clearly if for example you have cc hair installed on those certain sims, you will see them bald.
    So proceed as I said above, once restarted the game load that save (you will get the message that some items are gone, but it is normal, since you have removed the mods) and as first thing try to interact with the cats and see what happens (don't save, or if you want to, it's better to create a new save). At that point, if without mods the interaction with the cats worked, you have a tedious task ahead of you, which is to find out which mod conflicts.

    Here's a link with the current broken/updated mods

    Broken/Updated Mods & CC: Jan. 2022 Patch 

  • PugLove888's avatar
    PugLove888
    Hero (Retired)
    4 years ago

    @Lirranlus , do what @GiardiniDiMarzo , but also delete the localthumbcache.package file. 🤨 This file can retain bits of corrupted data even if you remove your Mods/CC! 😞 The file is found in Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4. 

    Mods/CC often become outdated when the game is patched like it was a few days ago.  Fortunatly most Modders and CC creators are quick to update their products to work in the game! It is a good idea to do these steps if you have a problem in the game , or when you know the game has been updated  to check to see if it is Mods/CC related or not. 😉

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