I wanted to report, what I think may be some kind of bug or glitch. I created a thread in General Discussion to see if any other players were having the same issue I was. When a NPC dies, if your Sim knows the Sim (regardless of relationship type....acquaintance, friend, enemy, etc.) your Sim receives a notification message that the Sim died & then your Sim is hit with a 2-Day Sad moodlet. I didn't see this in the patch notes as new feature. I know Sims that are roommates can get sad moodlets and when pet rodents die.
I actually think it's a great idea for the notification if it only occurred for friends, family members, etc.....actual NPC Sims that our Sims have relationships with. But getting hit with a 2-day Sad moodlet when an acquaintance or enemy dies is a bit much. Can someone please help & see if this is some type of glitch? I've posted the link to the original thread I posted.
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/16549764#Comment_16549764
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Is this occuring with the death of each NPC that passes away? It may be related to the changes to reaction to death that was made in the latest patch.
Also try testing without mods/cc to see if this still occurs with a NPC death.
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I didn't see anything in the patch notes about Sims reacting to any NPC's death. Am I missing something? I don't really mind that Sims are reacting to NPC's death. My concern is the type of NPC. I don't want my Sims reacting to someone they didn't know or were enemies with. That just wouldn't make sense to me for them to be sad.
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There wasn’t anything mentioned in the patch notes about Sims reacting to the death of a NPC. I just meant that with the changes in the game code with the death of room mates and rodents, it may have perhaps carried over to what occurred in your game.
There does seem to be an issue with the length of the mourning moolet that is occurring in your game if the sim doesn’t really know the NPC or they are enemies,
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What I'm referring to is that my Sim is receiving a phone call notifying them that someone has died & a notification pops up. The NPC's that are dying aren't on my lot or anywhere in the vicinity. I've never had that happen in my game. Other Simmers are experiencing it too for the first time, so I think it's a new feature. I just wasn't sure if it was a bug or not, as it's any NPC Sim your Sim knows, at any relationship type....they get a phone call and a 2 day sad moodlet.
Thanks @rosemow for the response. I just thought it was odd. In my older Saves my NPC's are started to die off so that's how I caught it.
You’re welcome .It doesn’t seem quite right what is happening in your game.
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Totally agree. I LOVE this idea, and when it's a sim my sim actually cares about it's great. But it's frustrating that someone really close dying gets the same basic treatment as, "wait...who is that again?" There should only be notifications for family members and sims with strong relationships, and the reaction should be adjusted based on HOW strong it was too. A parent their super close too with a full relationship bar should be different than a work friend you get drinks with once in a while and are on friendly term with.
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The quickfix I came up with is giving myself 500 satisfaction points with a cheat (testingcheats on + sims.give_satisfaction_points 500) and buying a Moodlet Solver in Rewards Store. But this is one time use only, and you have to keep doing it when you're getting new phone calls. And it shouldn't be necessary to cheat like that to play the game.
I hope EA fixes it soon or that someone comes up with a permanent fix.
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Almost every night, my sims still get a call about someone they barely know.. it's been frustrating and has really affected gameplay ):
I don't have any mods in my game, so neighbourhoods stay pretty stagnant until they all pass away from old age. It would be great to have more variety in NPCs; that way I don't think there would be nearly as many old age deaths in a row
For simmers who are having this issue, you may like to post feedback on this AHQ EA thread
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Sim-gets-quot-phone-call-quot-amp-notice-about-another-sims/m-p/6891985#M65892
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/817478/hello-come-and-introduce-yourself
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I am sorry that sim is continually sad
It would be good to post feedback or press “ me too” on the AHQ EA thread about the issue.
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You may like to press “ me too” and/or post feedback on the AHQ EA thread about the issue
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Sim-gets-quot-phone-call-quot-amp-notice-about-another-sims/m-p/6891985#M65892
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/817478/hello-come-and-introduce-yourself
http://tinyurl.com/OneRoomOneWeek
http://tinyurl.com/rosemow
My Showcase thread https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/948861/rosemow-s-rooms-showcase