Plant Sim: No option to absorb solar energy
I'm trying the plant-a-sim quest for the first time, and my plant Sims (I tried with 2) don't have the option to absorb solar energy from plants. I've tried on many different plants at different times of day, but they don't have the button for the interaction. At first I thought it was the genius trait on the first sim I tried, and that the "collect microscope sample" option was replacing it, but this is not the case, as tested by the other sim. I also tried removing all of my mods, and restarting the game(separately). I'm not sure what's causing the issue but I can't complete the quest without this interaction and can't find any record of anyone else having the same issue online. Edit By Crinrict: Adjusted Title
Stuck In Their Shadow: Promotion skips to Level 6
During this scenario, when you need to be promoted to level 5 of the Tech Guru Career, it automatically skips to level 6. This means you can't complete the scenario step/goal to move forward with the story. I tried to use "testingcheats true" and then "careers.demote TechGuru" but it just automatically fires you, you can't be at level 5, which renders the scenario impossible to complete. Edit By Crinrict: Adjusted Title
[AA] Sims try to cook for themselves in hotels even when a chef is assigned
I built a hotel in the game and assigned a head chef to it. I set it up so the chef should be cooking, and the guests should just eat the meals. The issue is that the three separate interactions — Cook, Serve Food, and Eat — all trigger cooking. Because of this, a crowd gathers in the kitchen, and the chef can’t reach the counters to start cooking. I would like the Eat interaction not to involve cooking. It would also be great if serving food worked more like a service action. Or add a separate interaction for bringing prepared food. I don’t use mods or CC, and I have all the expansion packs installed.Game freezes when Moving in
After the latest update I have tried multiple times to have my sims marry or move in together and every time they start the interaction then freeze just before the action completes then the whole game needs to be force shut down this happens with and without any mods Edit By crinrict: Adjusted Title, merged threads.
Sims not moving/NPCs T-Posing
Since playing the royalty pack and geting the update the sims arent moving ..Im currently on the Darong Beginnings and at the Willow Library and everytime i go introduce my sims to the royal envoy all the surronding sims and my sims included are either t-posed or completely non-moving and its irrating . plus i cant complete this darn quest and now the 3rd week quest is up and i cant start it. also Im playing a complete new save and mods and also reinstall the sims 4 but still have the same problem ..Im about to stop playing but i want all the items during these quest and its not fair. also i keep getting this last exception error .... <?xml version="1.0" ?><root> <report><version>2</version><sessionid>a67882b7c3666f769937b14</sessionid><type>desync</type><sku>ea.maxis.sims4_64.15.pc</sku><createtime>2026-02-16 14:17:48</createtime><buildsignature>Local.Unknown.Unknown.1.121.361.1020-1.300.000.233.Release</buildsignature><categoryid>constraints.py:1588</categoryid><desyncid>a67882b7c3666f769937b14</desyncid><systemconfig/><screenshot/><desyncdata>[manus] Error during initialization of service tuning_instance_manager. This will likely cause additional errors in the future. (AttributeError: 'Somewhere' object has no attribute '_require_carried') Traceback (most recent call last): File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Core\sims4\tuning\instance_manager.py", line 283, in _execute_gen File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Core\sims4\tuning\instance_manager.py", line 304, in _execute_func_and_calculate_time File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\interactions\interaction_instance_manager.py", line 50, in on_start File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\interactions\interaction_instance_manager.py", line 105, in _use_animation_constraint_cache File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\animation\animation_ac_cache.py", line 160, in read_ac_cache_from_resource File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\animation\animation_ac_cache.py", line 188, in _merge_cached_constraints File "interactions\constraints.py", line 1588, in interactions.constraints.Constraint._intersect_kwargs AttributeError: 'Somewhere' object has no attribute '_require_carried'rtim=0 Client Session Time: 27.62 Num Save Errors: 0 Num Load Errors: 0 Current Game State: 0x96d01090 LoadingScreenActiveFlag: 1 Origin Version: 13,639,0,6152 Modded: False SystemInfo: Windows 11 10.0.26200 GPU: Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics igdumdim64.dll 32.0.101.7084, GUID: D7B78E66-E4E1-11CF-3468-602CABC2ED35 </desyncdata></report> </root> I actually have nothing but the vanilla game install so i dont understand this I have pictures of 2 my sims trying to talk to envoy and nothing Please help! Im desperate! Edit By crinrict: Adjusted Title to better reflect the issue Note from EA_Solaire: Hello all, If any of you are still encountering this on the latest game version (without mods), would you be willing to share your save file(s)? If so, please send me a private message with a link to the file. Instructions can be found here: https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/information-how-to-send-user-files-to-the-sims-4-team/5048472 Please also let me know if mods have been used or not in your shared save files. Thanks!
Can't travel with more than 1 or 2 Sims
When I select travel on the phone a window pops up so I could select up to 7 sims to travel with. However I can only select one. I am playing the scenario with the Martínez family. There is the optional task of traveling to the park with the kids. I wanted to take both kids to the park with the mother, but I could select only one. It does not matter which parent I am on. I can select only one sim to travel with. The others are not greyed out, they are available for selecting, but I can not select them if I already selected one. I play on windows, I have all packs and almost all kits. ( I do not have the last two). I do not have any mods or cc. Edit By crinrict: Adjusted Title to fit old bug report.Parenting Predicaments: Complete Child Aspiration Task Won't Complete
As described in the title. In the Parenting Predicaments scenario, I've definitely completed the task to fulfil two child aspirations (several times over), but the task won't register as complete in the scenario tasks panel. I can't seem to find a resolution for this issue. I don't use any mods / custom content etc to my knowledge, and I'm using the base game only - no packs or add-ons etc. Hopefully you can see what I mean in the screenshot (see the panel in the top-left). I'm not techy so need jargon-free answers please! :)No goals during events
I started the Family Fortune scenario and one of the scenario tasks is to Throw a Dinner Party. I made sure to check the box enabling goals before setting it up, but there are still no goals once the event starts. Not sure if it's related, but the last holiday my household should have celebrated didn't have a visible holiday UI, so holiday activities/traditions weren't visible either. After the holiday hours had passed, there weren't any post-holiday individual sim recap notifications like usual, either. I encountered these things on 11/04/25, both during the active Family Fortune scenario.Needs Panel and more disappeared
As of last week, anytime I log into the Sims 4, my Sims have disappeared from the lower left corner. The needs panel also disappeared. I also cannot click on the gallery or exit the game (I have to restart my computer to exit). I have tried removing my mods completely, deleting the cache, deleting recent saves, and repairing add-ons through the EA app and this problem still hasn't fixed itself. A screenshot showing what the game looks like has been added.
