⚠️ MAJOR Bug Fix for Social Autonomy
Edit (06/30/2026): The romance bug has been fixed and this mod is no longer needed if you play on patch 1.125.59 or higher.
The Adventure Awaits patch previously broke autonomy for players who didn’t even own it. And now the Royalty & Legacy patch has completely broken Romance autonomy for everyone.
If you’ve noticed your Sims are no longer autonomously using non-modded romantic interactions, here’s why: EA added new autonomy tests to ALL romance interactions that require Sims to be in-laws or step-siblings in order to autonomously use them. 😭
If you own Royalty & Legacy, it’s even worse. There’s a second autonomy test that now requires Sims to be secret lovers. Combined with the in-law/step-sibling requirement, romance autonomy will essentially never fire for 99% of Sims.
I’ve created an all-in-one fix for both the new issues and the Adventure Awaits mess. The fix is included in my Deeper Social Autonomy mod, but if you don’t use it, you can grab the standalone fix at the bottom of this post. A lot of the Adventure Awaits bugs were previously discovered by OneMoreKayaker (many kudos to them and please check out their other mods).
Important
• If you do not own Adventure Awaits, you must install Lot 51 Core Library for the fixes to fully take effect.
• If you do own Adventure Awaits, you only need the bug fix package.
Comments (33)
Hiya, i downloaded the most up to date file here a couple of days ago, but my sims are still not doing any autonomous romance interactions. I do not own the Royalty & Legacy pack.
is this still needed with the latest updates?
Yes, unfortunately
Hey! Does this work if I don't have the last few updates? My game is at the update just before the Marketplace one, since I don't want that in my game. I have all packs and also updates for Royalty and Legacy. So I have these issues but no way to fix them since I can't do the EA update that just came out. I hadn't played much after getting the pack, but now I see that all my romance between sims is horrible.
It should work with the patch dating back to the initial release of Royalty, since that’s when the issue was introduced.
Hi! Unfortunately, even with this mod, my sim aren't able to engage in autonomous romantic interactions with each other. I used your mod before, and everything was fine, but then suddenly everything changed. I haven't updated the game, and the mod version matches my version. This applies to all families, not just my main one. I've already tested the game with and without the mods and a version without mods and only with this fix in the folder—the result is the same. I also adjusted my preferences and moodlet settings so that nothing interferes with romance between my sim. The only romantic interaction that happens consistently, and which is, to put it mildly, annoying, is the serenade. Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong? And can the dynasty my sim belongs to affect this? Although my dynasty's skills and ideals don't affect romance in any way.
Try redownloading it again, I've made some changes that will hopefully help you.
My Sims still don't do autonomous romantic interactions. I do have both the EP and Lot51 library, but I need it for other mods, including their own. Does the fix work if I have both?
Yes, the fix works if you have both!
Hello. I found a weird issue with this. I noticed my vampire club was totally ignoring their Drink Plasma club activity. I did the elimination method with my mods and narrowed it down to this. Without this they started doing the club activity again. I don't own Royalty & Legacy nor Adventure Awaits. Game has the latest patch. Thank you for all your work.
This is fixed now. Thanks for letting me know!
My sims are no longer siblings because I erased the relationship bit with MCCC but they can't romance. They can only give massages to each other. I don't own the R&L pack, the only thing I did was update the game.
Do they show as siblings on the family tree?
someone recommended this mod to me because i'm having a slightly different issue of my married or partnered sims constantly being mean to their partners for no discernable reason. will this mod fix that or not quite?
Yes, it should fix it
Just a note for those suffering the grayed out Infatuate spell, this fix takes care of that as the spell apparently uses the same checks EA uses for flirting. Maybe I was last to put 2 and 2 together here, but in case I wasn't... Thanks for this fix - I burned most of a day trying to figure the problem with the spell.
lmao i also had problems with my spellcaster's mischief spells ,all of them actually and i thought i done something wrong
When I get the chance, I’ll definitely be downloading this mod. I’m still looking for one to keep couples from turning into siblings/siblings turning into couples.
thank you so much! so just to make sure, does this fix act as a partial bandaid fix to this annoying bug: https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/partnered-sims-turn-into-siblings/4943482?topicRepliesSort=postTimeDesc I really want to play my lesbian couple but i don't want them to accidentally turn into siblings again now that i also have royalty and legacy and from what i gathered sims have limited romantic social options as its connected to the siblings bug, but of course i could be wrong
I'm not sure why they would turn into siblings, but this fix wouldn't solve for that. Unless the issues are somehow related. Try it and see?
Will the BorkedSocialAutonomy package be compatible if I do not yet have R&L or the patch that came before it? My game is parked at the last January update, and I'd like to use this to fix the AA/basegame stuff but am unsure if this or OneMoreKayaker's fix is better for my (pre-R&L) situation. Thanks in advance!
If you have AA and you haven’t updated to the Royalty patch, you won’t need this fix. If you don’t have AA then you can use either mine or OneMoreKayaker’s fix.
Thank you for this fix! It's not clear to me one thing, though. Do I also need OneMoreKayaker's fix as well or is this one including it?
You don’t need OneMoreKayaker’s fix if you download this all in one fix.
Thanks for working on this fix, so much needed! Have you maybe thought of improving the secrets as well? There are lots of complains on reddit regarding the fact that scandals actually have no consequences or a scandal with a secret child lasts only for 7 days, which is super limiting for many story lines.
The scandal system definitely intrigues me, but I have a bunch of ideas and things I've promised that I need to get through first before I can even begin to explore it.
Hi! i have a question. i need to eliminate something first or just put this file? thanks!
Eliminate what?
Thank youuu so muchhh!!! I'm really loves all your mods, make the sims game more reality and nice gameplay. Just want to say thanks for everything you made for us.
Would this be okay to use if I don’t have Royalty & Legacy?
Yes! It’s a fix for everyone.
Thank you for all that you do! 💗
Man ea is seriously dropping the ball on fixing bugs and making sure their packs are functional before release 😵💫😵💫😵💫 Thank you ty for your contribution and effort to make the game more playable 🙂🙌🏻✨💛
