Children Can't Take Medicine?

iamsweetmystery

One of my child Sims suddenly took a Sick Day from school. I tried to have him take medicine, but there's no option for it and his parents can't give it to him either. Can Child Sims not take the Medicine bought from the computer? If not, what are my options?

MadameLee

does the sim have a moodlet?

foxx_fennec

Children can only take medicine while they have an illness moodlet. If he doesn’t have one, then try having him take it again next time a moodlet shows up.

Evie0602

You could also make the child drink orange juice to cure their illness.

iamsweetmystery

He didn't have a Moodlet at the time, but he was showing symptoms (acting dizzy and stars swirling around his head. No clue why no moodlet showed up then.) Later, I had him drink orange juice, he got a home remedy Moodlet but then showed symptoms again shortly after. Then he had the illness Moodlet and I was able to have him take Medicine. Strange sequence of events that don't really make sense. Also, if they're sick, why doesn't the Moodlet last the whole sickness? It disappears so fast it's easy to miss it. The Moodlet should stay until the illness is cured. It just makes sense.

iamsweetmystery

Is there no way to curb all this illness nonsense? I know it's Winter, but enough is too much already. After I cured the boy, his mother got some itchy disease, his big brother got a rash, his sister got a fever, and now the boy is taking yet another sick day already. This is making me completely mental. Oh, and the cat is sick now too and I have to take it to the vet. Madness! Utter madness!

foxx_fennec

If you have testingcheats enabled, you can shift-click a Sim and select the illness menu; there’s a “Remove Illness” option in there (as well as “Remove Symptom”, which has to be done first if there’s any symptom moodlet present). I’m not 100% sure it’s possible without a cheats extension mod (like UI Cheat Extension or MC Cheats), though.

iamsweetmystery

I'm guessing it needs the mod. I've never seen an Illness menu and I Shift+Click my Sims frequently. Sometimes to debug a stuck animation as well as the Needs cheats. Disable Need Decay seems to come undone every time they travel, especially for anyone left behind. Since I can't see my pets' Moodlets, the Make Happy cheat is the first thing I try when I see they're out of sorts. I'm sure I would have seen it by now if it was there.

foxx_fennec

Do you have “Change Sim Info... > Remove Moodlets” in your shift-click menu? If it’s there, you can use that to remove the hidden illness moodlet. It’s the one with the name of the illness (e.g., Llama Flu).

iamsweetmystery

No. Change Sim Info isn't in the menu either. Now you mention it, though, I do have this cheat... sims.remove_all_buffs
Maybe that will work. Then again... maybe they'll just still be sick without a corresponding Moodlet. I've had something similar happen with this cheat. I can always try it I suppose.

foxx_fennec

That cheat used to work, but it got removed with the latest patch.

iamsweetmystery

Ack! What!? Has it been replaced with anything? I know the modifyrelationship cheat was patched a while back. I hope there something to take the place of remove_all_buffs.

foxx_fennec

Nothing I’ve found, unfortunately. The devs disabled a bunch of cheats because apparently us players can’t be trusted not to break our games with them. There’s a full list here: https://simsvip.com/2018/06/26/the-sims-4-list-of-cheats-that-dont-work-and-have-been-removed/

Most of the disabled cheats are ones I’ve never heard of and have no idea what they do. That’s fair, messing with cheats that don’t have all that information out there is risky.

But removing all the buff cheats? Completely unnecessary IMO. Pretty sure you’re more likely to break something using Set as Head.

iamsweetmystery

What do you mean by game breaking? With all the mods out there, and Custom Content, plus the fact you can cheat everything from Aspirations, to Skills, to Needs, to Careers, to you-name-it, I can only guess you mean things like causing glitches and stuff, rather than some unfair advantage some games discourage cheating about.

iamsweetmystery

I just browsed the list you posted. I wish the complete_achievement one was still good. I hate doing Social Events and some of the Achievements are for those. I'll probably never get those Achievements on my own.

foxx_fennec

I’m not sure how remove_all_buffs could be game-breaking. I’ve never had anything go particularly wrong as a result of using it.

iamsweetmystery

Nor I. Same goes for modify_funds. I've been wondering why it wasn't working. I like that cheat so much better because it gives you so much more control than motherlode. You can set the exact amount or raise or lower it by any denomination. What a thing to take away.

foxx_fennec

The other money cheat still works (“money x”, sets household funds to equal whatever x is).

GalacticGal

iamsweetmystery wrote: »

One of my child Sims suddenly took a Sick Day from school. I tried to have him take medicine, but there's no option for it and his parents can't give it to him either. Can Child Sims not take the Medicine bought from the computer? If not, what are my options?

I found this out some time ago. The child must have a sick moodlet in order to take the medicine. For now, stick with the orange juice.

Evie0602

nvm ..

iamsweetmystery

@foxx_fennec - Thanks for the alternate cheat. That will save me a fair bit of PITA.

AquaGamer1212

foxx_fennec wrote: »

Nothing I’ve found, unfortunately. The devs disabled a bunch of cheats because apparently us players can’t be trusted not to break our games with them. There’s a full list here: https://simsvip.com/2018/06/26/the-sims-4-list-of-cheats-that-dont-work-and-have-been-removed/

Most of the disabled cheats are ones I’ve never heard of and have no idea what they do. That’s fair, messing with cheats that don’t have all that information out there is risky.

But removing all the buff cheats? Completely unnecessary IMO. Pretty sure you’re more likely to break something using Set as Head.

I’m pretty sure set as head doesn’t work either as I tried to get my poor sim to take some of the food in the park. After setting it as head and resetting the game allows sims to take it. But it no longer works...at least in my game

iamsweetmystery

I think the Set As Head cheat is worse off than that now. I saw a video on YouTube that showed setting an object as the Sim's head would duplicate it and could it be sold once removed, but I tried it with a Plastic Pumpkin Eater and it didn't even duplicate. It just vanished. I'm guessing the whole thing got patched.