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Fairy_Maie
New Traveler
3 months ago
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[CD] 'Congratulated/praised for....' pets has disappeared

 

I have played with animals a lot and I know that I could, for example, praise them for getting on furniture or eating food, just as I could scold them for these behaviours. This gave depth and other possibilities for stories, as it meant that animals could have traits such as "learned to get on furniture" or "learned to eat human food". For example, I could adopt a spoiled dog who wouldn't eat his kibble but would only eat human food because he had the trait "has learned to eat human food" and had been "praised for..." or "congratulated for..." (I don't know how to say this in English).

My problem is that this interaction (and the associated traits) has disappeared from the game. We can no longer "congratulate them for something." We can only "congratulate" them, and this interaction does nothing except increase friendship. I can't praise them for their good behaviour, I can only reprimand them when they do something wrong.

I'm playing without mods. I removed the "localthumbcache.package" file and repaired the game, but the interaction is still missing. 

I also created a new save by creating new Sims and news pets twice, but the interaction is still missing. 

Can you help me ?

Edit By Crinrict: Added Tag to Title, Adjusted Title

9 Comments

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    3 months ago

    I put it on review that means it's up to Maxis to look into this further.

    Saves are only needed when asked for. Please read the sticky threads for further info on the bug forum.

  • Very interesting! I had a feeling something was missing as well, but I think this has already been for years.

  • Fairy_Maie's avatar
    Fairy_Maie
    New Traveler
    3 months ago

    That's sad. I'm surprised no one noticed it before. I guess we don't play with animals very often. I hope they will fix it because I feel like the whole pack is broken since I've seen other bugs like animals disappearing and animations not playing properly.

  • crinrict​ I also noticed that you can no longer see learned behaviors or commands. Behaviors are no longer visible at all, while commands are only visible if you want to give one: visible only in the dialogue options between Sims and no longer in the animal profile in the contact list. This makes training complicated. We don't know where we stand with the animals. Before, their profiles had a kind of gauge that showed what behaviors they were leaning towards and how long we still had to praise or reprimand them (similar to the Sims' personal traits), but we no longer have any of that since it has all disappeared and their profiles don't display anything. And for animals adopted over the phone, it's even worse because we have no idea what behaviors they've learned. I'm talking, of course, about “learned to eat pet food,” “learned not to scratch furniture,” “learned to jump on furniture,” etc. Before, we had that information when we clicked on their image, still in the adoption window. But it's as if everything related to animal training has disappeared from the pack. All we can do now is yell at them without knowing where they stand. Should I make another bug report or add this information to the one I already made? I have a feeling that this entire pack is broken.

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    4 days ago

    Do you have a screenshot of what you are referring to that's been there and now gone ?