[AA] Children wearing bird masks

Hi cicounek​ 

what scenario are you playing with this ? Does it happen without any ?

Thank you for your interest! I’m not playing any scenario, just my regular free play. I was controlling an adult Sim and exploring the Gibbi Point area when I noticed the children. It wasn’t even on the playground lot, but near some of the play equipment there. I immediately switched to one of those kids (they belong to my played households) and tried “Change Outfit,” but it didn’t help — the child kept the mask on in every outfit. Then I switched to CAS with full edit mode — there, the mask was locked, and the child didn’t have it on their head, but I also couldn’t put any other hat on. Once I went back to live mode, the mask appeared again. It’s ruining the game — the kids have customized faces and hairstyles I worked on, and I don’t want them to constantly look like strange bird creatures.

Could you post a pic ?

Can you try travelling to another world with them to see if the same occurs ? Sounds like some kind of situation going on.

Yes, it happens even when I move the child to another world — it still has the mask. Unfortunately, I don’t have a photo, but if it helps: there were four children, three that I created (all from different worlds) and they all had the masks, and one boy from Gibbi Point — I also play as his family — and he didn’t have it. Also, one of the children not only had the mask but was walking like a vampire… with that vampire walk style. Otherwise, they were using the playground object, and I could talk to them normally.

Wonder if it's related to this issue: Situational and NPC outfits generating with random hats | EA Forums - 12335156 

Asked around on this and CGrant56​ pointed out that they are hats so what you describe sounds like a situational outfit issue.

crinrict​ hmmm I would agree with you but it seems to happen to sims that do not have hats on that outfit, for example I could invite one of my sims over for a chat and she would be wearing that yellow rain  coat hat and I know its not right because that sim I invited over is from another one of my households I play and I know there is no hat with that outfit.

yeah, they have hats whether or not they should have them or not.

It's not a matter of a certain hat being switched for another. They just have random hats on their outfits for whatever reason.

crinrict​ arh yes then!  even the maids are wearing hats now but it seems to be the silly bag on the head everyone is wearing now, ugh it's getting very tiresome all these issues😔

crinrict​ so my new update on this issue is! everytime I invite anyone over or if the maid comes over they have bags on there heads, not when invite people to a social event away from house tho at the moment that seems to be ok. only when invited over and if I ask to see another outfit in the hope it will come off well no such luck, the bag stays on, this also happens if I visit another household.

xAutumnAngelx​ Do you have the we wear bags NAP active ?

crinrict​ whaaa!! I didn't know this was a thing ughhh! I do not like the whole neighbourhood action plan thing I do not like free love and now I see this one ugh thank you for letting me know why this bag wearing thing is a problem, I see I can turn the whole action plan off in settings there, I think I will be doing that, well that solved the whole bag issue thing, lets hope the random hat thing will fix too at some point, thank you so much  😊

Thanks everyone. One more question — if those random hats and accessories appear on someone you’re not currently playing with but who belongs to one of your households, can you remove them from their head? As I mentioned, I can’t — they don’t show up in CAS, and when I use “Change Outfit” in live mode, I can see they’re equipped in every outfit. Luckily, I didn’t save the game and quickly reset it, so they don’t have them anymore. But honestly, I’m now afraid to travel anywhere that has playgrounds or interactive objects.

cicounek​ for me when I go back to that household they do not have them on, its only when I'm not playing with them and they visit or I see them out and about even the NPC have them on when I'm out.

That's been my experience. I've been trying to paint self-portraits of my Sim's various career outfits. But she returns from work wearing her astronaut helmet, and I can't remove it in CAS.

It doesn't seem to affect her interactions with other Sims, but it sure is annoying me.