Retail Bookstore Issue Since Toddler Patch

cameronw209

Hi,

Since the last patch my bookstore is having problems. Sims are now able to read books that are for sale and are taking them off of shelves to read them and in some cases, putting them in their inventories (not swiping them) and leaving the store.

I have tested this issue with no mods in my game and it is still occurring.

Is anyone able to verify if it is happening to them too?

rosemow

Hello
Repairing the game may help. To do that, right click on the sims 4 picture in Origin and click repair.

Try resetting your sims 4 folder and see if that helps. To do that, move your sims 4 folder ( that is in Documents -Electronic Arts - then the sims 4 folder is there ) to the desktop. Then start the game, and a new sims 4 folder will be generated. Exit the game and then copy back the "options.ini" or " options " file and the "saves" , "screenshots" "tray" "custom music " and "mods" folders from the desktop sims 4 folder to the new sims 4 folder, replacing the new generated file/ folders with the old file/folders from the desktop sims 4 folder

cameronw209

@rosemow hasn't worked, but thanks anyway

rosemow

Try going to manage worlds, click on the lot where the store is, and have your sim sell the store.
Then have your sim buy the store back again, and see if the issues remain.

cameronw209

rosemow wrote: »

Try going to manage worlds, click on the lot where the store is, and have your sim sell the store.
Then have your sim buy the store back again, and see if the issues remain.

Didn't work Rose

rosemow

Perhaps you can try testing by placing the book store in a new save game file, have sims own the store, and see if the same things occur in the new save game.

cameronw209

Did a clean install of the game and placed the bookstore in a new save. Sims are still reading books for sale. I'll report this as a bug on AHQ.

Thanks, @Rosemow, for your help.

rosemow

I am sorry that you have this issue

cameronw209

rosemow wrote: »

I am sorry that you have this issue

It's really very annoying! I have to micro manage the store now and make sure Sims don't wander off with my books

I also wanted to leave a message of appreciation as I see you've been very busy helping Simmers with their issues since the last update. You're such a wonderful help to everyone and I do hope you eventually take some time out for yourself! You deserve it

rosemow

Thankyou so very much for your kind words

dizzydee_k

I don't have the problem of customers reading or taking books, but I do have a problem with my shop owner reading them. Once she takes them they're no longer set for sale. Very annoying. They did something to the way books are purchased - must have broken the way they work in retail shops.

@cameronw209 you might want to put something about Books" in the title of this thread. Also do you have a link to your AHQ report?

cameronw209

@dizzydee_k

Sorry it took a while, but here is the AHQ link:
http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4-Bug-Reports/Retail-Books-marked-for-sale-being-read-by-customers-owner/m-p/5844168#M33446

rosemow

Other simmers who have this issue can also post feedback on your AHQ EA thread .

dizzydee_k

cameronw209 wrote: »

@dizzydee_k

Sorry it took a while, but here is the AHQ link:
http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4-Bug-Reports/Retail-Books-marked-for-sale-being-read-by-customers-owner/m-p/5844168#M33446

Thank you.

simmerLella

I have a very similar issue. No one's stealing books and they're still for sale. Sims, including my shop owner, pick up the books to browse through/read, and when they're done, have route failure then just drop the book and move on. It's still for sale and sometimes Sims look/browse down at the floor book and maybe even buy, lol.

Sometimes I can drag the book back in place in live mode, other times, I have to place it back in buy mode. Sometimes a Sim carries the book elsewhere and I often have to figure out where the book was meant to be.

The last issue is after this happens the reading Sims have one claw hand for a while, and can only use the one other hand for any tasks. My shop owner looks like she broke her hand! Only slightly funny but pretty annoying. I got bored of playing retail for now anyway, lol, like usual.

I'm guessing this is a patch-introduced bug and hope it will be fixed for when I really want to use the store a lot again. I do have some mods, but I'm guessing it's the other thing. I already repaired and I'd rather just wait instead of go through all those annoying/not usually needed steps. Wanted to contribute my experience here, not ever seeking advice, please!