August 2018 - last edited February 2020 by crinrict
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? 1.46.18.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? all
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? play game, wait for the lottery day to happen, see if a pet wins.
What happens when the bug occurs? a pet, not a sim, wins the lottery
What do you expect to see? a sim to win the lottery, hopefully one day me.
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? Neutral/Not Sure
so 2/3 lottery events a pet has won the lottery.
Just now it was...
The time before that it was Porkchop ... I didn't know this was a pet until I went to the vets and saw him there.
It didn't happen the very first time and that was the original seasons patch, I play a 28 season long game and it's my third time around and here I am losing to a pet again.
Unsure if this is intentional or a bug, I'm hoping a bug because how can a pet use the winnings?
Solved! Go to Solution.
February 2020
Hello.
I've been told that the team is not considering this to be a bug.
I've also been told that the active Sim always has the same (small) chance of winning the lottery, regardless of how many NPC Sims there are. If the active Sim is not chosen to win, then an NPC Sim is chosen (and the NPC pool includes both human Sims and pets).
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November 2018
November 2018
was it Major Whiskers for you too ?
Could be cause he's an actual household that this issue occurs.
I'm tagging this as needs input to see how many people have it and/or think it needs changing.
Good Luck
Crin
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December 2018
December 2018
Had Whitaker dog (from bridelton bay) win the lottery when I went to look in households to see who exactly had won it was a dog. D:
January 2019
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? 1.48.94.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? all
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? enter the lotto.
What happens when the bug occurs? i would say most times, however the chance a non animal wins the lotto happens but it rare.
What do you expect to see? a non pet win the lotto. how to animals even enter the lotto?
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? No
How are pets even able to enter the lotto... if my sims pets can't, why can npc pets? What sense does that make? This happens far too often in my games. some radon dog wins the lotto. I have tested this with and without mods. but it doesn't fix it. I'd really appreciate it if this was fixed.
January 2019
Hi @Abradley745
merged your post with existing thread.
Please click me too on the first post.
Thanks for the report.
Good Luck
Crin
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Please only contact me via PM when asked to do so.
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January 2019
March 2019
We've had trouble reproducing this issue, if anyone sees it again could you possibly share a save file? Thanks for the help!
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March 2019
Had this happen occasionally. Didn't occur to me it was a bug.
https://twitter.com/DizzyDee_K/status/1101197902192566272