December 2017 - last edited December 2017 by EA_Nils
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 expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? all
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Build a house with backyard filled with tile, not grass. Then play a household with a dog and ask to go potty.
What happens when the bug occurs? Dog often pot on inappropriate area. [1]. Backyard, on the tile. [2]. front door(entryway)
What do you expect to see?
There are 2 things you need to change;
[1]. Add a "dog toilet" objects, like cat have. Ask dog owners in your EA office. Hey, dog can use sheet toilet. Why a small dog have to go outside to do this?
[2]. Potting in the backyard or near front door is inappropriate. Just go outside the lot bounds to do it.
In the end. many playes want you to add "dog toilet".
Cat have too many advantages; no need to wash, no need to walk, no need to teach go potty permission, use an automatic laser toilet by themselves.
What, do you hate dog, EA?
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
December 2017
Even if you have placed tiles it is still outdoors. I have never in real life seen indoor toilets for dogs.
Collect the turds they are great fertilizers.
December 2017
[1] Some examples
[2] Similar one I have for IRL pet
https://www.amazon.com/IRIS-Regular-Puppy-Training-Holder/dp/B004MYOINU/
Depends on where you live. If you're living in apartment and in the city like SM, then you'll probably need [2].
December 2017 - last edited December 2017 by EA_Mai
@99publicidentityI live in an apartment. Most people still classicly and "old fashioned" ig take their dogs out. Even in the livestreams, during the whole process of when the Cats & Dogs Expansion was being made the Sims team really explained that in the Cats & Dogs expansion that they really wanted to capture the feels and convey the dog owner or cat owner experience. Cats feel like cats and dogs like dogs. Just like you can't walk your cat on Sims 4, no your dog can not potty inside. Dogs love walks. EA does not hate dogs. [Edited by EA_Mai - removing rude comment]
December 2017
Notice how it says training? These are mainly for training your puppies into eventually doing it outdoors. In older times we used old papers for the same.
December 2017
Ya can't please them all..
December 2017
Lol I did not think it was that rude I know I am weird or we''ll go with unique or different lol... I was js. Lol I didn't necessarily mean it as a bad thing. I didn't call them stupid or nothing. But if you musteth to save someones butteth from being hurteth, possibly. Although, I don't really get it. I think I am pretty nice on the forums. I am not a troll! lol