New Sims 4 update prepares the game for fairies but breaks things for another occult, leaving all my vampires starving as every Sim is wrongly marked as "pregnant"

The Sims 4 Vampires — (Image credit: EA)

Fairies are coming to The Sims 4 tomorrow with new expansion pack Enchanted by Nature, and as usual, EA has prepared with a pre-release patch – a patch that hasn't exactly gone to plan.

While the game boasts plenty of new features now, including some stunning glass roofs and plants to decorate with, there's also a plethora of pesky bugs – the most annoying of which relates to pregnancy. As fans have noted in online threads, Sims are no longer able to take pregnancy tests and are wrongly being categorized by the game as "pregnant." One player's screenshot showcases as much, with her Sim incorrectly labeled as such.

I assure you she is not from r/Sims4

The issue doesn't just stop there, though. It's more than a label – pregnant Sims aren't able to partake in certain activities and interactions. For instance, as the poster points out, their Sim can't "Make a Wish" while pregnant… even though the Sim isn't actually pregnant. That's not all, either. Sims can't "Try for Baby" anymore as the game deems them already pregnant, and vampire Sims can't drink the plasma of any other Sims as they're all "pregnant."

It's a bug I've had to grapple with myself recently, as someone who almost exclusively plays with occult-aligned Sims. I've had to get creative and cheat my vampire Sims' thirst levels to full so that they don't starve and die, and I'm not alone. In other words, the pre-release patch that's supposed to help prepare the game for a new occult (fairies, in the case of Enchanted by Nature) seems to have broken another – the vampire occult.

Announcement regarding new bugs from r/thesims

Thankfully, EA is aware of the pregnancy problem and is on the case. There are bug report threads on the official EA Forums flagging the issue, and an announcement was posted in the game's official Discord server stating that developers are "actively investigating issues related to Sim pregnancy, including missing pregnancy tests, baby bumps, and interactions." Here's hoping the storm of "pregnant" Sims calms soon, and our vampires can once again eat.

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After spending years with her head in various fantastical realms' clouds, Anna studied English Literature and then Medieval History at the University of Edinburgh, going on to specialize in narrative design and video game journalism as a writer. She has written for various publications since her postgraduate studies, including Dexerto, Fanbyte, GameSpot, IGN, PCGamesN, and more. When she's not frantically trying to form words into coherent sentences, she's probably daydreaming about becoming a fairy druid and befriending every animal or she's spending a thousand (more) hours traversing the Underdark in Baldur's Gate 3. If you spot her away from her PC, you'll always find Anna with a fantasy book, a handheld video game console of some sort, and a Tamagotchi or two on hand.

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