[FIXED] Cowplants Don't Dance Anymore [ Edited ]

[Abradley745]

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? 1.69.57.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Place a radio in from of a mature cowplant and watch
What happens when the bug occurs? cowplants should or used to dance to music. this no longer seems to be the case.
What do you expect to see? I expect to see my cowplant dance to music, maybe not all the time, but eventually.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Not now. I've removed them.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Neutral/Not Sure 

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I planted a cowplant, waited till it was mature, and placed a radio playing various stations in front of it.. after about a full 2 sim weeks I never saw the cowplant dance. The last time I heard this ability worked was sometime in 2017. I would really love this to be fixed as I have not found any info that this was removed. The ability is even still in the coding.

Edit By Crinrict: Added Tag to Title

[crinrict · Accepted solution]

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Now this is one that made my day, Cowplants are now able to dance again when Sims
play music in front of them. Dance Cowplant, Dance!

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Fixed in Patch 1.77.131/1.44

If you're still experiencing this issue, please create a new thread.

[osiazul]

@Abradley745  I've waited for the devs to fix it for years. All my houses with a cowplant still have their little table and their radio. It's not a big bug, not bad for gameplay, but the little details make the game beautiful. I hope they can fix it this year 

[AprilTheSimmer96]

@osiazul Wow, no wonder my Cowplants never danced to the radio even after a Sim hour of playing music (I tried it maybe about a month after getting the game and somehow finding online that Cowplants can dance to music). 😕 I also hope it gets fixed because I've seen it on videos and it looks cute. 😊

[ImKersha]

Cowplants stopped dancing to the radio years ago, and the issue was never addressed. I hope The Sims Team fixes it

[83bienchen]

This is actually really easy to fix. The dancing broadcaster got missing with some update. It can be easily added back in though in the object tuning of all stereos.

This is what the tuning has to be changed to:

            <L n="client_states">
              <U>
                <T n="key">24383<!--SterenOff_On--></T>
                <U n="value">
                  <V n="audio_effect_state" t="leave_unchanged" />
                  <V n="broadcaster" t="apply_new_value">
                    <V n="apply_new_value" t="start_broadcaster">
                      <U n="start_broadcaster">
                        <L n="broadcaster_types">
                          <U>
                            <T n="item">159374<!--broadcaster_Fear_Pet_Stereo--></T>
                          </U>
                          <U>
                            <T n="item">174075<!--broadcaster_Pet_Stereo_Vocal--></T>
                          </U>
                          <U>
                            <T n="item">97932<!--broadcaster_SetCowplant_DanceIdle--></T>
                          </U>
                        </L>
                      </U>
                    </V>
                  </V>
                </U>
              </U>
              <U>
                <T n="key">24384<!--SterenOff_Off--></T>
                <U n="value">
                  <V n="audio_effect_state" t="apply_new_value" />
                  <V n="broadcaster" t="apply_new_value" />
                </U>
              </U>
            </L>

Best regards

bienchen

[KleinNici81]

@83bienchen can you tell us where the file can be found? i would like to fix it. thank you

[crinrict · Accepted solution]

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Now this is one that made my day, Cowplants are now able to dance again when Sims
play music in front of them. Dance Cowplant, Dance!

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Fixed in Patch 1.77.131/1.44

If you're still experiencing this issue, please create a new thread.