Genetically Created Teen Sims’ Interest Panel Does Not Populate in Sim Profile
I created 3 teen Sims using Play with Genetics on 3 Maxis-created households (Feng, Linh, and Kahananui).
Each Sim was created directly as a Teen, with randomized traits and features (I rolled the dice till I found what I was looking for), then finalized in CAS, including fully setting their likes, dislikes, and interests.
In Live Mode, when using social interactions such as:
- Get to Know
- Ask About Interests
- Ask About Hobbies and Skills
The game correctly displays notifications like:“<Sim Name> has learned the following…”
However, when opening the Sim Profile:
- The entire Preferences / Interests panel is missing
- No likes, dislikes, or interest icons appear
- The panel never populates, even after discovery interactions
This persists after saving, reloading, traveling, and aging up.
The Sims’ preferences are clearly present, as they react correctly to liked/disliked activities and receive appropriate moodlets. This suggests the issue is with Sim Profile initialization or discovery tracking, not preference logic itself. All other information (like Traits and Romantic preferences, etc) populates as expected, it seems to be isolated to Preferences
Fully Maxis-created Sims in the same save display the Preferences panel correctly.
Additional Notes
- Platform: PS5
- No mods or cheats
- Occurs only for Sims created via Play with Genetics → created directly as Teens
- Attaching image showing preferences set correctly in CAS vs what is seen during game play
- Own all packs except Vampires, Werewolves and the last 3 current kits
- The sims in question are not Played Households, I play them as NPCs
