[CD] Cat is Always Listed as 'Missing Pet' on the Map Screen

Hi SalaBimSim​ 

do you have the family in your gallery still ? What's their name ? If not, could you upload them ?

crinrict​ Thank you for your reply. I have added him to the gallery. The household name is "Patches Dixon" and my username is "The_Reddest_Mage" on the gallery.

As some further information, whatever glitch that is affecting him affects more than I originally thought:

 Whenever he uses a litterbox, he gets stuck on it for a really long time. Using "reset object" will remove him, but he'll usually hop right back on and be stuck again. If left long enough he will eventually come off, but it takes a long time. This happens every time. I think he also gets stuck when playing with ball toys. He has the Playful trait so I didn't notice it at first and thought he just liked playing with the yarn and balls, but it seems like if left unbothered, he'll just spend hours playing with such without stopping which he didn't used to do before.

It also seems as if he doesn't have needs and doesn't age as a result of the glitch. It had been suggested that maybe if he ran away and came back, the problem would fix itself. So, I tried to make him run away by using cheats to make his relationship low with everyone in the household, only using Mean interactions on him, and neglecting him of any affection or play and not having any toys, food, or litter box in the house, and even going as far as giving him illnesses so he was sick too. This went on for multiple in-game weeks and he still didn't run away. Not only this, but his mood also almost never changed from "Fine." Usually when neglected of food or a litter box pets would become Uncomfortable, but he remained at Fine almost the whole time. The only times he became Uncomfortable is when he had illnesses.

I then thought that maybe if he died and then was brought back, the problem would clear itself up. But I discovered that it seems like as a result of this glitch he won't age or die on his own. I made sure aging was on and set to shorter lifespans. The other Sims and pets in the house aged, but the cat did not. So I gave him an Age Up Treat to make him an Elder, but even after more than two in-game weeks at the Elder stage he didn't die nor get any notification that he didn't have much time left. I tried using cheats to manually turn him into a ghost but didn't fix the problem.

Finally, I tried making a twin of the cat using the Genetics function in CAS but found the twin brother had the same "Missing Pet" glitch as well. Whatever problem that is affecting the original seems to get copied when making a twin. However, if making a non-twin sibling, or making a child, the glitch does not copy.

Anyhow, that's all the relevant additional information I could think of. I'm on console so I'm unable to use mods. I'm hoping something can be found to fix this problem. I don't know what caused it and I fear that it could happen again to other household pets (fortunately this isn't affecting any other pets in the save file). I also hope at the very least if a fix can't be found, there is a way to make an exact copy of the appearance of the cat without copying the glitch.

HI SalaBimSim​ 

for some reason the cat does have a hidden trait related to having run away.

Removing the trait this way worked for me 

Since you can't select the pet, you need to remove the trait by adding the SimsID. The number from my game won't work for you as I placed them from the gallery and I can't check your save as your on console.

traits.remove_trait trait_Pet_Missing_Pet 

You need to get the ID for the pet in your game first with the following cheat: sims.get_sim_id_by_name Patches Dixon.

Write down the number you see in the cheat console somewhere. You'll need it again.

after that type: traits.remove_trait trait_Pet_Missing_Pet <SimsID>

I don't think you need testing cheats for either cheat. 

This should fix the missing pet issue and hopefully all the others too (I didn't test the others)

I wonder if the cat was supposed to run a way and then the interaction was somehow canceled, leaving you with the trait.

crinrict​ Thank you so very much, that indeed worked, not only has the "Missing Pet" tag been removed, but all the other glitches I mentioned have also been resolved as well. Thank you again, you have my gratitude. Patches is very special to me so I'm glad he's back to normal now. Much appreciated.

Glad to hear that Patches is back to her true self :D