Cats and dogs never sleep on pet bed. [ Edited ]

[Zack4358]

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? 1.60.54.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All expansion packs except Uni and Island Living and every game pack except StrangerVille.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Have a cat or dog in your household.
What happens when the bug occurs? The cat / dog won't autonomously sleep on the pet bed. Instead, the dog passes out every time on the ground and the cat will simply sleep on the ground or on an available sofa.
What do you expect to see? The pets should autonomously use the pet bed.
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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[crinrict]

@Zack4358 Merging this with a similar thread. Sounds the same.

QA is looking for saves for this issue.

[SuperDawner]

Hello, 

I have been having this issue, pretty similar experience as the other, removing CC doesn't change it. It doesn't happen on every game. My game is updated so I guess it hasn't been fixed. I don't know if anyone sent their save files, so here ismine :

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dveeTIXjPTnQHq8hogXZ61iG6JYfFr_V?usp=sharing

I've never done this before, I'm sorry if it isn't the right way. 

[crinrict]

@SuperDawner Thank you. I'll make sure it gets to QA

[johlietz]

@crinrict 

Hi there,

I'm having the exact same issue as OP at the moment. I have a household with 2 dogs and both dogs (they both have different traits as well) will attempt to go to sleep when they are tired, then get up off the bed/sofa and stand either parallel to the sofa or with their hind legs on the pet bed and stay like that the whole night.

They continuously pass out during the day as well because they're tired, and when I direct them to go sleep in the dog beds it's 50/50 whether it works. Sometimes it works and they lay down for a bit, but most of the time they swivel their heads like their confused and my Sim stamps in frustration. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EnocaJSKOOpys9ir8JR2cRrWzWjhUOtd/view?usp=sharing

Above is the drive file for my save.

Thanks,

[DreyAssasin]

Hi. 

I also seem to be experiencing this problem.  I have a single dog in a house with a sing sim.  The lot is considered a small house from the tiny living expansion.  The first nigh, my dog slept in his bed.  My sim woke him in the morning so she could put the bed in her inventory to save space.  After placing the bed back where it was, my dog now refuses to uses to the point of only passing out now.

I don't know how to do the drive sharing thing, but I hope this also helps with finding a solution at some point.  

Thank you.

[mh4515]

I am seeing this problem in my game as well. When all sims in the households are sleeping and the game starts speeding up time, the pets are going to their beds, then they immediately get up and just stand still during the rest of the night. When the sims wake up in the morning, the pets are exhausted because of lack of sleep and will mostly run out of energy during the day.

[MsMaeve92]

I am also experiencing this issue. I play on PlayStation.

[alakurielle]

This is happening with my cat, too. I'm playing on PC, have all the packs, and no mods/cc.

[Anya_The_Rager]

I just made a new game and both my dogs are doing this. I'm on PC and I don't have any mods so I don't understand why they're broken