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mourningdove163
Seasoned Rookie
2 months ago
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[LS] Played Sims satisfaction changing when not active household

I originally thought this bug was fixed in  1.116.202/2.14 because of this bug's description saying a symptom of the relationship decay outside of your active household was from the fear of being alone, however after updating I can see that this is still an issue.

Platform: STEAM/PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Every time
What is your current game version number? 1.116.240.1020 DX11
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All EP's, All GP's but Journey to Batuu, All Stuff Packs but perfect patio and luxury party.


Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Rotate playing through played sims households who already have romantic satisfaction a few days at a time


What happens when the bug occurs? Romantic satisfaction of played sims households and unplayed households decays despite not being actively played


What do you expect to see? When playing rotationally, I expect the satisfaction of sims outside of my active family to stay in place unless sims perform negative interactions while loaded onto a lot I'm playing on or experiencing romance or friendship changes via neighborhood stories. 

Like how other things work in the game, like promotions or being paid, I don't expect these things to change unless I get a prompt, neighborhood stories, sims being loaded on an active lot, through a call, or through a pop-up. 


Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Yes, but I removed them and am still experiencing this issue. 


Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Happened from the beginning of Lovestruck's launch

It was previously reported in AHQ but I do not see an open bug report for it here so I am creating a new one. Unlike some folks, I enjoy the challenge that Lovestruck's romantic satisfaction gives, but this oversight takes the fun out of rotational play and I wouldn't recommend others who play with more than one active household purchase Lovestruck until this is addressed since there is no way to turn off the satisfaction feature. 

Edit By Crinrict: Adjusted Title fit migrated bug report. Archived thread had 33. Please use the same titles when re-reporting an archived issue.

cc or mods removed
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4 Comments

  • JuniperWhimsy's avatar
    JuniperWhimsy
    Seasoned Veteran
    2 months ago

    While I can't comment on romance satisfaction declining fast in non-active households as I've not played rotationally recently, I am still experiencing a rapid decline in the romance bar and romantic satisfaction.   (If this needs to be moved to a separate thread please let me know; I'm adding it here because the previous report covered both.)

    I started a new vanilla, mod and cc free, save after the 1.116.202/2.14  patch and have a couple living together in a romantic partnership.  I get them to 'Very Satisfied', which should mean their bar drops slowly, however if I play a sim day without any romantic interaction between them the romance bar has dropped about 20% by the end of that day, sometimes to the point where they are no longer very satisfied.

    I played with sim couples in other older saves before the 1.116.202/2.14 patch and in my opinion the drop in romantic satisfaction for sims who are 'very satisfied' in their relationship and their romance bar post-patch is at the same rate as before the patch, so it doesn't feel like it has been fixed at all to me.  Neither sim in this new save has the 'fear of being alone' fear (the sims I played with in older saves who lost romance and romantic satisfaction very quickly also didn't btw - it's one of the few fears I haven't experienced in my game yet!).

    Happy to share my save file if it would help.

  • onemorekayaker's avatar
    onemorekayaker
    Rising Hotshot
    10 days ago

    Romantic satisfaction in an unmodded game decays over time for all sims in romantic relationships, including sims entirely outside of your household that none of your sims are seeing. So, EA-created couples like the Goths or Landgraabs, or player-created couples that you're not playing have romantic satisfaction that decays over time.

    If these sims do not load into the world and have enough romantic interactions, their romantic satisfaction will zero out over time and when you go to play the household they will automatically be in a troubled relationship and might autonomously divorce.

    This is a problem for anyone who plays rotationally and owns the Lovestruck pack.

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