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GTW: Detective Career: Not Finding Suspect After APB Goes Out
GalacticGal
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Others have talked about this bug. Originally, back when I was playing my Legacy Challenge Game, my second generation heir became a Detective. I didn't have any issues with this career. In fact, it's one of the very few I was actually able to complete, in the nine full generations I played this family. This time around, however, I've noticed that no matter where my Sim is sent after he issues an APB, the suspect isn't to be seen — anywhere. Not even someone who looks close to the description. No teen in sight. This is problematic to say the least. I also LOVE this career, so I'm disappointed, too.
I used the MCCC mod to give my Sim two promotions, thinking it might bypass the problem. However, I did notice he had to solve 2 cases. So, that's still hanging over this head. I hesitated to join him at work, since his wife and he have small children. So, he went to work a few times on his own. Then I got the hankering to try to solve a case. I used the task bar to guide me, but I also had him run the evidence through the analyzer. Add clues and search the Data Base, even when it wasn't on his task bar. I got more clues. And, he discovered a few on his own. Originally my suspect was a male teen wearing short sleeves and jeans. Suddenly, added to the description, he was an elder with gray hair.
I didn't think it was taking my detective that long to solve the case. I had him issue another APB, after he went out on patrol and returned again. After issuing it about three times, suddenly, that same gray haired fellow was there again. I took a chance and arrested the bum. He was finger-printed and then interrogated. By golly, one case solved! Despite what may still be a bug.
This gives me some hope. If I just keep seeking clues, analyzing the evidence collected at the scene of the crime, perhaps, he can solve that elusive second case. If not, I'll use the mod to promote him anyway.
Just thought I'd share what some of you may already know. If you press long enough, you get a different description, and eventually, the suspect comes along.
I used the MCCC mod to give my Sim two promotions, thinking it might bypass the problem. However, I did notice he had to solve 2 cases. So, that's still hanging over this head. I hesitated to join him at work, since his wife and he have small children. So, he went to work a few times on his own. Then I got the hankering to try to solve a case. I used the task bar to guide me, but I also had him run the evidence through the analyzer. Add clues and search the Data Base, even when it wasn't on his task bar. I got more clues. And, he discovered a few on his own. Originally my suspect was a male teen wearing short sleeves and jeans. Suddenly, added to the description, he was an elder with gray hair.
I didn't think it was taking my detective that long to solve the case. I had him issue another APB, after he went out on patrol and returned again. After issuing it about three times, suddenly, that same gray haired fellow was there again. I took a chance and arrested the bum. He was finger-printed and then interrogated. By golly, one case solved! Despite what may still be a bug.This gives me some hope. If I just keep seeking clues, analyzing the evidence collected at the scene of the crime, perhaps, he can solve that elusive second case. If not, I'll use the mod to promote him anyway.
Just thought I'd share what some of you may already know. If you press long enough, you get a different description, and eventually, the suspect comes along.
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It is helpful to read your feedback on what has happened in your game and what you did to try to help the issue. It is great that your sim was able to solve his first case! I hope that the second case goes smoothly.
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Other simmers are also having this issue.
You may like to post feedback on this AHQ EA thread that refers to the issue
http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4-Bug-Reports/OPEN-Incorrect-suspect-traits-Suspect-doesn-t-show-up/m-p/4486122#M11815
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I had clues that said the suspect was a male, a female, an elder and a young adult. all in one case in the notebook. I ended up arresting a teen and they were guilty so they didnt match any of the clues in the notebook. The career is messed up at the moment. Im going to crime scenes and there are no clues, you can search every room none found.
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You may like to post feedback abut the lack of clues at crime scenes on this AHQ EA site thread.
http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4-Bug-Reports/TO-ADD-GTW-CL-No-evidence-at-crime-scene-in-apartments/m-p/6022426#U6022426
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/817478/hello-come-and-introduce-yourself
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http://tinyurl.com/rosemow
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My second go around has not gone well. I got fed up and decided to arrest a guy. I wasn't allowed to do so. I got a popup warning me that arresting an innocent person could mean trouble. I probably should have arrested him anyway. As it is I've 'joined' him at work three days in a row. He's gotten two more clues, gray hair is one, but it still suggests it's a female teen. The second new clue was that the suspect was insane. I don't like following him to work. The newborn was so hungry the warning she could be taken away popped up. Seems a bit unfair, that if you desire to play this aspect of the game, that the developers don't give you the option to select, care for children for the Sims left at home. In Sims3, if any of my Sims left at home had a orange or red icon, I could pause the game, go back to the household and queue up the necessary tasks to 'fix' the problem. We don't seem to get that option in Sims4, which is problematic.
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These are several tips I've used to play this career despite the bugs with it
1. Whenever APBs are issued and when it loads already to the place where you arrest the suspect PAUSE the game immediately and look around the area. I noticed that there are always 3 sims randomly on the lot when it first loads, and almost ALWAYS one of the 3 sims is the one you should arrest (even though they match 0% of the clues you've collected ).
2. So now that 3 of them are identified, they won't leave the area so now to figure out which of the 3 is the suspect. the "Ask About Suspect" is actually still accurate whenever I ask and they point to one of the other 3 (unless of course the one you ask is the suspect, then they won't help at all.
3. The last way to identify the suspect is to watch the 3 of the original spawned sims closely. I noticed that the suspect will have an idle animation sort of *looking over his/her shoulder*. Almost as if they were hiding from someone, this has always made me arrest the correct sim. However this will not work if they are socializing with other sims (but it's sort of like the Doctor career when you have to watch out for their symptoms in a way.)
So this is how I've been going through this career with relatively no problems. Ans yes, the suspect you arrest most of the time will match 0% of the clues given, hey but at least you get the job done and close all of the cases.
P.S. for a time I tried using the "Show Sim Info..." mod to see if it can identify the suspect from when issuing APBs, and apparently the suspect has a trait_isDectectiveCareer_Criminal on them who should be the one to arrest. BUT, even sims with this info when I arrest them will still lead to UNLAWFUL arrest for some reason, so the tips I gave in step 1-3 should still be the most optimal way to find the suspect to arrest.
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Thank you for the tip! That's partly how I solved case number 1. The same gray-haired fellow. I shall try your tips since case number 2 is elusive and Mama Sim isn't really caring for her brood when Dad is at work!
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@Loanet I still don't think I'll be playing this career again for a while until it is fixed. However, it did make the detective career a more difficult "Guessing Game" gambling career to see if you get the correct suspect, but yes this should definitely help out in the career, I just wish these were not necessary things I needed to do in order to play this career well when it's not suppose to be needed just cuz of bugs/glitches.
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Exactly what ArtsyBanana said. Helped me with my suspect. Parts of the description were correct (hair color and style of shirt) but, their is no way to tell what type of peronality the criminal sim has. When you send your sim out on patrol get to know some of the other sims you see. A peronality trait might appear, linking to the suspect. The biggest factor in making the arrest was, the sim being all shifty and refusing to help.
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