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WhiteLotussX
6 years ago

Can't access other sim in household

Hi there,

I've combined a sim into my household that was already in the game and started playing with both that sim and my 'main' household sim. I've noticed that, when the sim that joined the household is not in the active game instance, I cannot give the sim commands of what to do while not controlling them like you normally can. The sim is just greyed out, as it should be when not in the active instance, but the control widget is missing. So far I've only encountered this issue with this specific sim. I've included some screenshots for clarification. Any idea on how to fix this?

Edit: I've both tested it with and without mods in my game, and both of the times the issue persisted. 

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  • WhiteLotussX's avatar
    WhiteLotussX
    6 years ago

    @jpkarlsen 

    I checked the thread but its not the same issue as I'm having. When both of the sims are at the same location, say at home, I have access to them as expected. 

    The issue is that with one sim, when that sim is at home, and I am playing another sim of the same household somewhere else I do not have the lightning bolt thingy to call the sim to my current location, switch control etc.

    I've worked around the issue by recreating the affected sims, essentially copying them by creating a twin using the genetics CAS mode. These newly created sims do not show this issue, and I deleted the old ones that did have the issue. Not an ideal solution, as a sim with many skills and contacts takes quite some time to set up again with all the required cheat codes. 

    If there would be another way to fix this issue, that does not require making a copy of a sim, please let me know in case I, or someone else, has the same issue in the future. But the issue has been resolved for me at this time.

  • EA_Solaire's avatar
    EA_Solaire
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    3 years ago

    Hi all,

    This thread is now a bit older, so it's been locked to prevent necro-posting.

    If you're still needing help on this topic, please feel free to create a new thread instead and we'd be happy to take a look with you 🙂 

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