How do I "play" with pet?

Meatbag · February 2018

I just got Cats & Dogs a few days ago. Whenever I select to "play" with my dog my sims shrugs indicating he can't, but it doesn't give a reason why. The action just gets X'd out of the queue. I want to play with my dog, does it have to be in a park or outside? My Sims live in an apartment.

rosemow · February 2018

Hello
You are able to play with your dog in your apartment. It doesn’t need to be outdoors .
If you have cc/mods in your game, move your mods folder to the desktop. Then start the game and see if the issues are still there.

If the issues still remain, repairing the game may help. To do that, go to games library in Origin, right click on the sims 4 picture and click repair

Meatbag · February 2018

Thank you for the response! I don't have any CC or mods. I did the repair and he still won't play with me!

rosemow · February 2018

Meatbag wrote: »

Thank you for the response! I don't have any CC or mods. I did the repair and he still won't play with me!

Try building up your friendship levels with him. Try taking him to the dog park in Brindleton Bay , and see if you can play with him there. If you can play with him when there, try going back to your apartment and see if the play option then works. Make sure that you choose an area in the apartment with a bit of free space , so that they have room to play .

Meatbag · February 2018

He wouldn't play at the park either. A bubble came up with a question mark like he doesn't understand the command.

rosemow · February 2018

Is he scared or fearful or sad?

Meatbag · February 2018

No, he's fine as far as I can tell.

rosemow · February 2018

Try having your sims move to a home in another world. Test there in the hone to see if the play option works. Then move them back to the apartment and see if the issue remains

If the issue remains, try resetting your sims 4 folder and see if that helps. To do that, move your sims 4 folder ( that is in Documents -Electronic Arts - then the sims 4 folder is there ) to the desktop. Then start the game, and a new sims 4 folder will be generated. Exit the game and then copy back the "options.ini" or " options " file and the "saves" , "screenshots" "tray" "custom music " and "mods" folders from the desktop sims 4 folder to the new sims 4 folder, replacing the new generated file/ folders with the old file/folders from the desktop sims 4 folder.

Meatbag · February 2018

I'll try that, thanks!

rosemow · February 2018

You’re welcome

Meatbag · February 2018

I wasn't able to get this to work until my dogs died and the new dog had the "playful" attribute. Now it has play as a special feature and it works fine. My other dogs were couch potato dogs, were they too lazy to play? I haven't tried it with a dog that didn't have one of those attributes.

rosemow · February 2018

Hello
You don’t need to have the playful trait to be able to have the play option to come up. The dog that my sim has doesn’t have that trait but the play option comes up.
Try testing with another dog that doesn’t have those traits and see if the play option appears.

Meatbag · March 2018

I tried this with a new dog and I was able to play with her. So I guess that means couch potato dogs will not play with you.

rosemow · March 2018

I just tested it in my game and it does seem that pets with the couch potato trait are unable to play. The play option is there, but they are don’t want to play.

SimTrippy · March 2018

I actually know exactly what you mean OP, had the same issue recently. Dog was also a couch potato so maybe it is that? Glad I'm not the only one actually, I forgot to further investigate last time

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