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LaniLaniCakes's avatar
8 years ago

Cat stucked dying, reaping never happens.

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Rarely (0% - 9%)
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? I have everything except a couple stuff packs (kids room, perfect patio, cool kitchen, n luxury party).
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? I'm not sure. Let your pet die of Old Age.
What happens when the bug occurs? The pet doesn't die, the grim reaper is unresponsive, none of the house sims "know" what's going on, cannot save, reload or anything because there's a death occurring.
What do you expect to see? I expected my cat to finalized dying, my sims to be sad, and the reaper to get a move on with reaping.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Not now. I've removed them.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Neutral/Not Sure 

Here you can see the reaper chilling outside my house, and the cat lying dead on the floor. All my sims walk around, over the corpse, unknowing. Cannot reset, reload, save the game because the game is waiting for the reaping to occur. My teen when to school, and my adult went to her science lab job without asking me if I wanted to come along (had hoped it did, so it would reset the lot). https://gyazo.com/7d50e391bb0844295ad879ec0bbcad6e

4 Replies

  • Hi @LaniLaniCakes

    have you tried resetting the cat with the cheat resetsim firstname lastname ? You can also try resetting the grim reaper even if you don't see him anywhere, that sometimes unstucks the whole process.

  • I did attempt to reset each of the sims in the lot, including the cat, and nothing happened. Didn't know I could reset the reaper. -- I decided to exit the game without saving, since it wasn't too long since last I saved. And immediately bought an Age-Down treat for my cat. My solution for now, don't let the cat die. 😛
  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    8 years ago

    Did it occur repeatedly ? Most of the time, glitches like this don't occur the second time.

    If it occurs repeatedly would you be willing to share your save (preferably before you bought the treat if you still have that ?

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