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Offline Lady Orc

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Too many sims in household - bug?
« on: August 20, 2012, 11:44:23 AM »
Hello, and thank you for a wonderful site! I'm hoping somebody here might be able to help me fix a rather annoying bug which has come up in my game. I have a PC, with Windows Vista, fully meeting and exceeding the specs to run the game. I have all the expansion packs, no stuff packs, and the game has the latest patch. I have the NRAAS story progression and Overwatch mods, but no other mods or other custom content.

Now for the bug. The family has 5 sims, my original sim, his wife, his son, the son's fiancée (Who started out as an Imaginary Friend) and a genie freed by the original sim. There are no pets, and no currently pregnant sims. However, when I have the son and the fiancée attempt to 'try for baby' the option is greyed out, and I get a message that the fiancée's household has 'too many sims'.

I've searched all over, and as far as I understand the limit should be 8 sims per household, just like in Sims 2, without me having to edit it. Has anybody heard of a similar problem and know what might cause it and how to fix it? I'd rather not have to reinstall the game unless absolutely necessary and would hate to lose the family.

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Re: Too many sims in household - bug?
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2012, 12:21:02 PM »
Is the sons fiance a townie or an NPC. A townies is a Sim who has a home in town if she is a townie her own household may be full. An NPC is a maid,repair person etc has no home and will not be able to get pregnant.

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Offline Lady Orc

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Re: Too many sims in household - bug?
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2012, 12:34:25 PM »
She started out as an Imaginary Friend who was then 'made real', so she has always lived in the same household as the son. Could this be the cause? I had read that Imaginary Friends were fine to marry and have children with, or I wouldn't have picked her as a spouse for him.

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Re: Too many sims in household - bug?
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2012, 01:57:44 PM »
Usually they are. It looks like the game thinks that the fiancee does not live in the house with the rest of the family. Try moving her into a new house by herself and then have the son marry her and move her into the family.

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Offline Lady Orc

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Re: Too many sims in household - bug?
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2012, 04:54:32 PM »
Fixed! :D I found out that the original couple, the parents, got the same error message and so figured it wasn't just one sim who was the issue, but the entire household. I copied the family and moved them all to a new and clean version of the town, and just had twins. Many thanks for help.

 

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