[BY DESIGN] [S] Sims dripping in summer/no rain [ Edited ]

[momentyne]

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Often (50% - 99%)
What is your current game version number? Seasons Patch
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Cats and Dogs, City Living, Get to Work, Get together, Seasons, Dine Out, Outdoor Retreat, Parenthood, Spa Day
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Have an Non-Active Household Sim turn up, or just an area where they will be.
What happens when the bug occurs? It's summer, and they're dripping? Like they've been out in the rain
What do you expect to see? Some Sims have umbrellas, shouldn't they all get one so they aren't uncomfortable and dripping?
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Yes
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. Installing Seasons

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‌Every time a non-active sim turns up to my active sim house, they always seem to be dripping, like they've been standing out in a rain shower. It also means they're always uncomfortable when visiting. Is it something where I need to go into each and every non-active household and provide them with umbrellas, as unused Sim households and homeless sims all seem to have umbrellas...

[SimGuruNick · Accepted solution]

I believe this concern is by design. When loading up the saves provided by @mh4515, before the NPCs had received the Uncomfortably Wet buff, they were all located in San Myshuno where it was raining. When I traveled to Oasis Springs, where it wasn't raining, the Sims were still dripping but that makes sense, they still had the Uncomfortably Wet buff. I waited 2-3 Sim-hours and they stopped dripping, which also makes sense, the buff had expired naturally. There are certain interactions that can decrease the time remaining on Uncomfortably Wet, such as warming yourself near the fireplace, but travelling isn't one of those interactions. I verified this with the technical designer and engineer who implemented this feature and they agreed. 

If you suspect that the Uncomfortably Wet buff is lasting longer than 2-3 hours, or perhaps the timer on it is somehow resetting, that seems potentially like a bug. But I was unable to reproduce that, in my own experience the buff goes away after a few hours, as expected. 

[crinrict]

Did you test this on an umodded game as well ?

[crinrict]

Tagging @momentyne for feedback

[momentyne]

Hiya

Yeah I did and unfortunately still with the soggy Sims

Thanks for coming back to me!

[crinrict]

Hi @momentyne

sorry for not getting back to you earlier.

For me it seems some use the umbrella, others don't. Might be depending on their traits ? You def. don't need to go round giving everyone an umbrella. NPCs should have one on their own.

Has it not been raining at all when they come around dripping ? Do you only see this when they come to your house or also on community lots ?

[momentyne]

I thought that may be the case, with giving them all an umbrella. It's on community lots as well, but only households I've actively played.

I noticed it but disregarded when it was raining on my current lot, but then noticed during a heatwave/warm weather they were dripping (they don't sweat do they?) But I thought it may be raining in one of the other worlds they live in/came over from.

And not to worry about the delay I appreciate your help on this!

[crinrict]

Hm, maybe they are sweating ? Really unsure.

Tagging this as Needs input for now and see if I can get some more info from other users as well as QA.

[momentyne]

Thank you! Really appreciate it - maybe I just have super sweaty Sims!  

[crinrict]

Apparently sweating isn't a thing: https://twitter.com/TwistedMexi/status/1012333998008406017

Would you be willing to try TwistedMexi's mod for extended cheats and try his suggestion here: https://twitter.com/TwistedMexi/status/1012334249784037376

@momentyne

[momentyne]

Thanks for looking into this, I'll give it a go after work and report back!