topic Re: Villainous Valentine aspiration help in Bug Reports

[OPEN] Player Trait: Unable to complete Villainous Valentine

kusurusu — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 05:53:52 GMT

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? 1.82
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Base game only
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Have Player trait Sim cheat in presence of their significant other
What happens when the bug occurs? Nothing. No reaction, no progress
What do you expect to see? Counter going up
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Never used.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Neutral/Not Sure

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The following lines (appearing in all three jealousy broadcasters) are keeping Sims who've already completed Serial Romantic from fulfilling new aspiration task:

<V t="trait">
<U n="trait">
<L n="blacklist_traits">
<T>26202</T>
</L>
<E n="subject">TargetSim</E>
</U>
</V>

p.s. same result on XBox (all packs except for a few kits) v1.50

Edit By Crinrict: Adjusted Title, added tag

Villainous Valentine aspiration help

liseylooloo — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 13:40:01 GMT

I’m trying to complete this new aspiration but I’m having difficulty completing the ‘ get caught cheating’ part. It says to perform romantic socials to someone who isn’t your significant other, while your significant other is nearby. I keep doing this but it’s not adding to the aspiration count. Any ideas anyone??! Thanks 😊

Re: Villainous Valentine aspiration help

crinrict — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 17:25:28 GMT

@liseylooloo Merged your post with the bug report. Please click me too on the first post.

Does your Sim have the player trait ?

Re: Villainous Valentine aspiration help

liseylooloo — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 18:37:25 GMT

@crinrict wrote:
@liseyloolooMerged your post with the bug report. Please click me too on the first post.

Does your Sim have the player trait ?

Yes my sim has- is that why? 😔

Re: Villainous Valentine aspiration help

crinrict — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 18:48:25 GMT

@liseylooloo according to OP report yes, that seems the issue.

Re: Villainous Valentine aspiration help

liseylooloo — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 20:33:12 GMT

@crinrict Is there a way to temporarily remove a trait?? I can see why the whole jealousy thing isn’t working with the player trait- it’s kinda obvious!!

Re: Villainous Valentine aspiration help

kusurusu — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 20:58:32 GMT

@liseylooloo("testingcheats on" then) "traits.remove_trait trait_Player" and once you're done with the new aspiration: "traits.equip_trait trait_Player" (as it's currently not possible to complete the same aspiration twice)

Game should, imo, differentiate between merely getting caught (SO being aware of it) and reaping the consequences.

Re: Villainous Valentine aspiration help

liseylooloo — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 21:17:27 GMT

@kusurusu That’s great 👍 many thanks 😊

Re: Villainous Valentine aspiration help

MarleyTheWizard — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 21:41:13 GMT

The whole point of that trait is that the spouse will NEVER get jealous.

a little strange that they didn't add a warning or something that the aspiration is conflicting with that trait or when u chose the serial one that it will conflict with that aspiration

Re: Villainous Valentine aspiration help

LynseyLig — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 21:46:43 GMT

@liseylooloo Have you tried throwing a party, I found that this was the quickest way to complete the get caught cheating part .

Re: Villainous Valentine aspiration help

kusurusu — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 19:11:32 GMT

@LynseyLig Even with Player trait?

Re: Villainous Valentine aspiration help

LynseyLig — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 19:22:47 GMT

@kusurusu My sin does not have player trait, just the non-comittal trait.

Re: Player Trait: Unable to complete Villainous Valentine (Get Caught Cheating t

SqueamishNerd — Sun, 02 Jan 2022 09:47:11 GMT

I see three possible ways this could've been implemented:
- That the Player trait is temporarily inactive while a sim has the Villainous Valentine aspiration
- That Sims with the Player trait get the "Get caught cheating" counting up if they're cheating, but the witnessing Sim doesn't get sad or angry (maybe they could get tense instead?)
- That the "Get caught cheating" milestone is auto-filled for Sims with the Player trait

Re: Player Trait: Unable to complete Villainous Valentine (Get Caught Cheating t

psusenas — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 15:42:02 GMT

@SqueamishNerd I agree with you. I'd choose the second way as better option. If only programmers saw your idea...

Re: Player Trait: Unable to complete Villainous Valentine (Get Caught Cheating t

kusurusu — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 10:25:35 GMT

@SqueamishNerd Player is a passive trait (i.e., it blocks progress by merely existing), so making it inactive wouldn't work here, and auto-filling the milestone seems a bit cheap.

All they need to do to fix this bug is to remove one single trait test from up to three broadcaster files (and it wouldn't even affect anything else).

Re: Player Trait: Unable to complete Villainous Valentine (Get Caught Cheating t

SimGuruRitzy — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 10:07:34 GMT

Hello All,

If anyone of you are still encountering this (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 here: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/INFORMATION-How-to-Send-User-Files-to-The-Sims-4-Team/m-p/6065302

Re: Player Trait: Unable to complete Villainous Valentine (Get Caught Cheating t

kusurusu — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 14:59:29 GMT

@SimGuruRitzy loot_Aspiration_Heartbreaker_TrackCheating is still blocked by trait_Player in all three broadcaster_Jealousy files (and there's no other link to that loot action and thus to event_heartbreaker_cheating)

Re: [NEEDS SAVES] Player Trait: Unable to complete Villainous Valentine

oxKNIGHTxo — Sat, 07 May 2022 23:27:50 GMT

Anything in console? I seem to be having the same issue ☹️

Re: Player Trait: Unable to complete Villainous Valentine (Get Caught Cheating t

kusurusu — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 11:05:26 GMT

@SimGuruRitzy Are you still waiting for saves? And if so, does it matter how a Sim obtained their traits (cheats or otherwise)?

Re: Player Trait: Unable to complete Villainous Valentine (Get Caught Cheating t

SimGuruRitzy — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 05:05:04 GMT

@kusurusu

Hello!

For now, we no longer need save. we have enough saves to investigate it further, however it will take some time.

For your query, about if it matters reproducing. Yes, unfortunately, it does matter and we need saves without using cheats in a fresh game.