Fear of the Dark will not go away

[lapras751]

Thank you very much, Crin. Seems like this resolved the moodlet issues for now. I had Confident on my Sim when she finally had the Fear appear just to be extra sure.

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@crinrict wrote:

@ThisMicrophoneThe potions seems to be still bugged. It just removes the trait but nothing else.

Try if the following steps work for you.


1. Re-add the trait with the cheat; traits.equip_trait trait_Fear_Dark
2. Wait until you get the fear resolve want.
3. Buy a confidence potion
4. Go outside in the dark and drink it.
5. The fear should resolve for good.

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[crinrict]

@lapras751 Glad to hear it's helping you too.

[Angrypsycho5]

I also had a similar issue but with the fear of the dark. Took the fear be gone aspiration potion, which removed the fear from my Sim's profile, but the moodlet still randomly triggers. Even tried removing the invisible fear with console commands but it still triggers.

[crinrict]

@Angrypsycho5 Moved your post over to the fear thread

Please try the solution in the workaround post.

[iamsweetmystery]

I'm glad this one's still open. Another thread about this said it was fixed. It clearly was not. Been playing the Tinker family today and the daughter has had the Fear of the Dark Moodlet the whole time. Big problem is, I didn't even have Wants & Fears active in the first place. The whole W&F system is broken from the top down. I still get random Wants pop up now and then, even with it off, like a Sim wanting to woohoo with their significant other. Also, this is on PS4 so using a mod to fix it isn't a viable option. The Moodlet has a countdown timer, but it keeps renewing itself, even when she's in school. Currently in my game, it's 3pm and sunny. She just got home from school and has 3 hours on the Moodlet. She's coming very close to being unplayable and about to be abandoned to the unplayed households bin. I had plans for her future, but at this rate, she doesn't have a future.

[crinrict]

@iamsweetmystery I moved your post over to the post for the fear cured/not present. The other thread was about the fear being there in daylight (with the fear present so it was just the time it occurred that was off)

See solution post for a workaround. You will need cheats but they shouldn't disable your achievements as you don't need testingcheats for them.

You will also need to turn fears on :D

[iamsweetmystery]

@crinrict - It's really a bit of both, so whatever you feel is the best spot is fine by me. No worries.

[crinrict]

@iamsweetmystery You don't have the fear present cause you have them turned off, right ?

It could be the same cause for both issues really, just wanted to distinguish between the fear itself being present or not :D

[iamsweetmystery]

@crinrict - So, I did find a bit of a workaround that, at the very least seems to have made the Moodlet go away (for now) based on how you helped me handle the problem a few months ago with the W&F not turning off properly. I activated Wants & Fears, saved my game, restarted, deactivated Wants & Fears, saved again, restarted again. The Moodlet stopped cycling and timed out around 7:30am and hasn't come back yet. How long that will last remains to be seen. Like putting a bandage on a broken leg, really. Doesn't get to the root of the problem, but it makes things a bit better for now.

Edit: Disregard that. The Moodlet just reappeared at 3:13 in the afternoon, just after she got off school. This is just plain broken.

[iamsweetmystery]

@Angrypsycho5  - I had the Moodlet with Wants & Fears turned off, so my Sim couldn't even drink Fear-B-Gone. The "Drink..." option was greyed out and it said they need to have a Fear to use it. Moodlet Solver potions didn't work either. Tried that twice.