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simvasion
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7 years ago

Re: Sims won't try for baby

Are you sure the bed is accessible to both? If they can't woohoo either, then that suggests its caused by the same thing.

My sims aren't having any problems with this, so it sounds like something specific to your setup.

- Is this something happening to every sim couple in your game across multiple households? Have you tried a new vanilla save file to see if it happens there too?
- Is the bed against a wall on one side? While sims can apparently scoot to sleep, this doesn't work with WooHoo.
-Try removing any obstructions beside the bed, such as end tables with stuff on them that were placed with MoveObjects on
- Is there some kind of modesty thing going on? Such as a toddler in the room with them. They won't do it with a youngster in the room, except for babies because they're objects.

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  • IronKnight442's avatar
    IronKnight442
    7 years ago

    The bed is definitely accessible, I've moved it to the centre of the room with nothing around it and they don't indicate they can't reach it. It's happened to every couple I've tried, across multiple save files and households, with user controlled and townie sims, there's nothing like toddlers in the household at all. I wouldn't expect it to be common since if it were a major issue it'd have been fixed months ago but I'm hoping there's something easy to fix behind it. 

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    7 years ago
    Did you try renaming your user folder as well or just reinstall the game ?
  • IronKnight442's avatar
    IronKnight442
    7 years ago

    I'm not sure, I don't know how to rename the users folder but I uninstalled and reinstalled the sims on origin.

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    7 years ago

    Try resetting your user files as described in the factory reset described in this post: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4/FAQ-Troubleshooting-Steps-amp-Known-Issues/m-p/3621199

    You won't loose anything. Just make sure to not delete any files  and make a backup.

    After renaming, repair your game by right clicking on the game in Origin.

    Try on a new game with nothing added back first (start new game). If it works, put back your save game and try again. If it still works, you can start putting stuff back.

    • Options.ini (or just re-set all your settings manually)
    • Tray Folder
    • Screenshots/Videos/Custom music
    • Rest of the save games (leave out slot_00000001.save which is the autosave and no longer needed - if you still have it)
    • Custom content like clothing, hair, skins, make up ....
    • Mods (one by one, making sure they all still work)

    The rest does not need putting back, cause they are mostly cache files that recreate or log files that are not needed for the game.

  • Sid1701d9's avatar
    Sid1701d9
    Seasoned Ace
    7 years ago
    sometimes if you save a game when sims sleep in a bed the bed gets bugged and thinks the sim is still in bed, if you delete the bed in build mode and than click the undo button it will sometimes reset the bed and make it useable again. Also make sure all doors and steps are not blocked by objects like the projects on the floor from schools, If you have seasons and have holidays with the gnomes active they may be spawning in the place your sim wants to walk to, but can't complain because game don't know the path is blocked, wait until holiday is over than try again. Sometimes if a diary is in the bed it may have gotten repositioned so that the book is interfering with woohoo. Remove the diary from the bed and try again. If the grim reaper is on the lot or the gnome that looks like death will also sometimes prevent woohoo. Make sure no other sims are pregnant in your household or woohooing at the same time, I tried that once and I got puzzled results one try for baby would fail and the other would succeed passed on who got done first, since a pregnant sim can have up to 3 kids at once, it blocks the others in the house from having kids until the sim that is pregnant has the kid or kids.
  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    7 years ago
    Moving this to tech as OP never came back to say if this is solved or not.
  • OsumDagN's avatar
    OsumDagN
    5 years ago

    Thank you so much, you just saved my sanity. My bed was in the corner.

  • turtledream101's avatar
    turtledream101
    3 years ago

    Hello, I have the same problem with my sims not trying for baby. I have deleted mods and CC that I had recently downloaded to see if that was what was wrong, but they still wouldn't try for baby. Also I have moved everything away from the bed, so there is nothing in the way. Can you please help me?

  • Kara_flame_'s avatar
    Kara_flame_
    2 years ago

    i had this problem up until just 5 minutes ago when i figured it out. its so annoying but heres how i 'fixed' it:

    1. i moved the bed to a bigger room
    2. click the sim you want to try for baby with 
    3. choose the try for baby option (stay with me here)
    4. once the sims have failed to do anything, click on the bed and select woohoo (with the sim you want to have a baby with)
    5. for some reason, the sims will then go to woohoo but when they enter the bed to start the queue of actions will first say "try for baby" then "woohoo" which will make the sims try for a baby!!

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