Can we no longer visit other households?

[Lailantie]

I had my two sims travel to another houshold for a visit, but it was not possible to knock on the door. There was just the option to switch to the other household. I finally did this and my two travelling sims were no longer on the lot. How do we visit other households without switching over to them?

[Xeriath]

No issue here, are you using any mods?

[Lailantie]

Yes, a handfull of gameplay mods for them to eat, drink and walk faster, the rest is hair, clothing and furniture. Nothing that should interfere with visiting other households without switching to play this household...

[James3157]

I started my game without issue after testing it and after update by being given permission to knock, but I have not turned my mods back on yet. If you locked the neighbor's door while playing as them at one point (assuming you did since it is fairly easy to switch between households) before the update then of course you cannot enter obviously without changing the lock first so that way anyone can enter.

[Piperbird]

Do you still have the issue after removing all mods?

[Daiska]

I haven't tied other worlds, but in San Myshuno, doors have no menu other than to play household. No knocking to visit, and even worse, you can't bang on the door so your sim can sleep. It was like that before I turned mods back on. Maybe it's only happening to people who have the City Living EP. As far as I'm concerned, the game is unplayable until it's fixed.

[James3157]

Originally posted by Daiska:

I haven't tied other worlds, but in San Myshuno, doors have no menu other than to play household. No knocking to visit, and even worse, you can't bang on the door so your sim can sleep. It was like that before I turned mods back on. Maybe it's only happening to people who have the City Living EP. As far as I'm concerned, the game is unplayable until it's fixed.

I just tested San Myshuno apartment and can officially confirm I experienced no issue while testing it out with a sim who visited an apartment and was able to knock. If it really is a bug I do not think it is dlc related. That household you were visiting have you played it before? If yes did you forgot to unlock household before switching to a different household? I have had that problem before at one point of not being able to knock when visiting someone's house, but that was not recent, only because I had the lot locked previously for household members only, and me unlocking a door when switching to the other household helped resolve the issue.

[Daiska]

No, I always only play one household in every save. Maybe you need to be living in an apartment there to get the bug? I don't know. It just seems they needed to rework existing apartments, since new structure with it's incoming. Something must be triggering the problem anyway, since it's only some people.

[Lailantie]

For me it was in Sulani. What exactly do you mean by "unlocking the household before switching to another household"? The door of that household which I wanted to visit was not locked. I'll try without mods when I get to it and come back later. Thanks for your replies!

[Xeriath]

Originally posted by Daiska:

No, I always only play one household in every save. Maybe you need to be living in an apartment there to get the bug? I don't know. It just seems they needed to rework existing apartments, since new structure with it's incoming. Something must be triggering the problem anyway, since it's only some people.

The only problem with this statement is that only people which used mods in the past have this issue. I read from this problem, but every single report always used mods in it and of course if you asked if they removed their mods inclusive delete cache or try it to get in a new vanilla game, SILCENCE. So, I ask you the same start a completely fresh game prefer with a new create Sims 4 Folder (just rename your old) and reply if you still get this issue.

I couldn’t reproduce this issue in a modless game. I test it as first in apartment in San Myshuno, because I was thinking it was an apartment issue. I tried both living in an apartment/house for a while to trigger this. Even banging on door because my neighbor was too loud worked without issue (sexy time + music loud event). If you still get this issue with a new created sims 4 folder inclusive new game(+modless) its maybe trigger because you don’t have a specific DLC (Yes, this shouldn’t happen but happen enough. The mean bug was trigger too because people don’t owned Snowy Escape)

[Daiska]

I've put the game down for a while and moved on. If it's still happening next time I play, I'll follow the suggestions to see if it stops, but if I can't play with the few mods I use, It's not really a game I'll enjoy. In the case of dark mode UI, it's not even possible for me to play without it. (I'm legally blind) That's probably why people don't reply when you tell them how to fix it. A lot of people don't want to play a modless sims, when it's the only way it'll work.
I did play without them when the update first came came out. But they were still installed, just not enabled. And it was a new save. That was the first time I noticed the issue.

I do understand now that it's 99% odds that it's not a game issue. It's a mod issue, and that isn't EAs problem.