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coloncocon
Seasoned Ace
2 months ago
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[CoL] Chickens never show up inside the coop

I found from other gameplay reviews that when it's 5 AM, Rooster will show up for a wake-up call. But in my game, it never appears. Only has the sound of a rooster.

Moreover, hens never come to sit and lay eggs in the place I drew red circles.

This pic is 5 AM when the rooster should appear, but it still has only the sound.

They still show up walking outside the coop. My problem is that they don't show up relaxing in the coop.

This issue was tested in the new save of the new game folder without mods. I also asked in The Sims 4 Gameplay Questions & Issues, but no response. So, I asked people in DM and General Discussions to check, and they couldn't see the chicken in the coop either.

Because it's the first time I had chicken, I didn't know when this visual bug happened. But I think it may be after the latest EbN patch (1.116), because I still saw the chicken appear properly before that.

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If it's not a bug or there is a workaround to fix this, please let me know. Thank you so much!

EDIT by Crinrict: Added missing thread tags from another post in this thread. Please always add mods and platforms tags when creating a bug report. See this for details: [PLEASE READ] Information/Questions about the bug forum | EA Forums - 11850203 

8 Comments

  • I have the same issue in my save too.  I don't know precisely when the chickens and rooster stopped appearing either, since I currently have two chicken coops in a barn.  I do also have the audio of the rooster crowing but the rooster doesn't appear, and even though I can't see the chickens in the coop, they do exit from the coops in the morning to walk around.

    I play on PC and have never used mods or cc.

  • coloncocon's avatar
    coloncocon
    Seasoned Ace
    2 months ago

    Thank you so much for confirming this issue! My main save is modded, so I worried that it may be only in my save. But after trying without the mod, I'm sure that it's a thing.

    I might not have realized this issue if I hadn't watched YouTubers' reviews about chicken before. I want to see the rooster crowing, so it's so upsetting not to see it.

  • I'm playing with chickens in my current save and I noticed the same thing. Chickens never incubate the eggs, roosters don't show up on the blacony. The only animation that is working correctly is going into the coop, cause the animation of getting out of the coop is also broken. Chickens spawn underneeth it and walk though it instead of using the stairs. 

     

  • coloncocon's avatar
    coloncocon
    Seasoned Ace
    7 days ago

    Right, that's because the graphics of the chicken when they stay in the coop are missing. So, not only missing the rooster at 5 AM, but also no chicken incubates the egg as you said.

    I'm upset about this because I just had the chance to play with chicken first time when this bug already happened. I hope that it's not broken forever, because I still want to see those cute moments in our own save as well.

  • OlafSim98's avatar
    OlafSim98
    New Veteran
    7 days ago

    Hopefully it won't take long, but knowing EA they'll probably take like a year or two 🙃

  • coloncocon's avatar
    coloncocon
    Seasoned Ace
    6 days ago

    Just recheck your comment and realize that you talked about another visual bug...

    the animation of getting out of the coop is also broken. Chickens spawn underneeth it and walk though it instead of using the stairs.

    I haven't noticed this because there are many missing animations in this game. But right, when I summon them, they pop up on the ground like your post. Animation of going to the coop is still fine.

    The bug in this thread may not be as critical as others, but I hope that when this bug is fixed and also resolve this issue.