Re: All conversations between sims default to awkward encounter

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.