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maelliepop's avatar
maelliepop
New Spectator
4 days ago
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Under Investigation

Infant/Toddlers loose interactions after Daycare (Nanny/Daycare choice dialog)

Whenever my toddlers/infants go to daycare, the interaction menu completely breaks. The toddler/infant is unable to click on themselves. No menu pops up at all. Other sims are able to click on the affected children, but the menu that comes up is only "More Choice" > "Actions" > "Open Profile". All of the actual interactions disappear. The only way to fix the issue is to close the game and reopen it. I have included some pictures of what shows up for me.

I have version 1.119.109.1020 installed and have no mods or cc currently in use, and this issue did not occur until this most recent update. I have tried the following fixes to no avail.

  • Completely removed all mods/cc from the Electronic Arts folder
  • Deleted all appropriate cache files and repaired the game
  • Tried a completely fresh test save file
  • Uninstalled and reinstalled the game
    • Renamed the "The Sims 4" folder in documents before reinstalling so it would have to create a fresh folder, effectively factory resetting the game

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20 Comments

  • Creeper545548's avatar
    Creeper545548
    Seasoned Ace
    2 days ago

    No it doesn't sadly. Anything with loading screens work. Think of it as reloading the lot. Best to just go in and out of CAS for now if you get this issue.

  • kimberlyaz1992's avatar
    kimberlyaz1992
    Seasoned Adventurer
    2 days ago

    Upvoted. Yes, I'm having this issue as well, in a brand new unmodded game. I found that going into Manage Worlds brought back the ability to interact with my toddler, but it broke again the next time they were sent to Daycare and returned.

  • wexxam's avatar
    wexxam
    Seasoned Ace
    2 days ago

    Oh wow that's very frustrating!

  • This has happened to me now with the new patch update. I'm on PS4. Was able to fix it when it first happen by exiting the game and reloading the save file. It's a fix, but not a fix anyone should have to do. Imagine closing your game after every time you kid returns from daycare?

    Worst part is that the infant returns with all it's needs in red.. like they went to the daycare center from hell.

  • MothSimmer's avatar
    MothSimmer
    Seasoned Observer
    14 hours ago

    I also have this bug! I found a temporary work around if you have mods, and you use MCCC to select another member of the household to modify in CAS, and you change the infants outfit to another, and return to the game, it makes the bug dormant again until it is retriggered.

    The bug also prevents the infant from being picked up and moved at all by the caregivers. For example, if you select the bugged infant to be placed in a highchair/crib, it will show that the adult has a routing error to move the child. Doesnt matter if the caregiver or infant selects it. 

  • Creeper545548's avatar
    Creeper545548
    Seasoned Ace
    14 hours ago

    You don't have to quit the game. The best workaround is to go to manage world, Travel or go into to CAS. Anything involving loading screens fixes the issue until you get the pop up again. No need to quit.

  • Creeper545548's avatar
    Creeper545548
    Seasoned Ace
    14 hours ago

    This might help you more so here's a tip since you don't need to change anything and might be a bit faster for you. Next time Just go into CAS, cancel and it should solve it issue. It seems loading screens will fix the issue until you get the pop up next time it's needed for when all adults are not on the lot.

  • TheaMarie04's avatar
    TheaMarie04
    Seasoned Newcomer
    5 hours ago

    Thank you! Hopefully, this problem will be solved soon.

  • karoschmitz's avatar
    karoschmitz
    Seasoned Veteran
    3 hours ago

    Not sure if it was linked here yet, but Kuttoe kindly made a bugfix mod for it: https://www.patreon.com/posts/143137602