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  • crinrictcrinrict Posts: 18,776 Member
    edited January 2011
    Alexurt wrote:
    crinrict wrote:
    Can't really tell you. Someone in the german forum pointed that out. I don't have the set. I'll go check if there was some extra info.

    Just gifted you the set,..so go figure out whats wrong with it :mrgreen:

    Bad girl! (but thanks so much)

    I was just over at the German forum trying to figure out what the problem was but did not find the post I was referring to. I'll try this tomorrow, promised.

    @Lynds356: Could you posts some pics so we know which shoes/boots you are talking about ?

    EDIT: Got an answer in the german forum. I'll try tomorrow myself. It seems that if you recolor an item with that pattern, it reverts back to the original colors.
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  • Lynds356Lynds356 Posts: 578 Member
    edited January 2011
    I don't what you think but these men's shoes from FL look a little girly to me

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    The pirate swimwear and boots

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    The other pirate swimwear and flippers (Edit: technically this was his sportswear but it's the same as under swimwear). Flippers appear in both male and female in all categories except sleepwear and possibly formal. It's probably meant to be that way but at least 10% of my sims have flippers for everyday without insane or inappropriate traits. That's not proportional to the number of shoe types ... and definitely higher than the average in RL!

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  • SimNowSimNow Posts: 222 Member
    edited January 2011
    When you say the items are faulty are you wanting to include things like expensive beds that give a cheap bed or whatever moodlet?

    Unless they have been changed and I just haven't used them recently I think there are a few items with that sort of an issue.
  • MsrednotdeadMsrednotdead Posts: 9,215 Member
    edited January 2011
    The Checkered Dresser (part of the spy glass set) does nt have a description
  • crinrictcrinrict Posts: 18,776 Member
    edited January 2011
    @Lynds356: I've added the pirate outfits and boots to the Barnacle Bay issues. Not sure what to do about the shoes. I don't have FL, so I can't see how they look in my game. I do think they look kind of girly but that maybe really just a matter of perspective (there are quite a few men hair, especially cc, that I find very girly but others like them).

    Are they only categorized for male or for female as well ?

    @SimNow: There are a few of those on the list already. If you have more, please report

    @Msrednotdead: Added.


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  • SimNowSimNow Posts: 222 Member
    edited January 2011
    crinrict wrote:

    @SimNow: There are a few of those on the list already. If you have more, please report

    I read the list three times and missed those each time, sorry. :oops:

    Those are the two I remember, although I have the impression there were more, I'll see if I can find them tonight.
  • Kikiii101Kikiii101 Posts: 806
    edited January 2011
    Can someone please explain the:

    Causes Routing Failures
  • PamhamletPamhamlet Posts: 5,556 Member
    edited January 2011
    Two issues I found:

    1. There are no flying birds in Barnacle Bay. You can hear them twittering and chirping, but none are flying in the sky---ever.

    2. Two fountains are missing water animations. The one on the left is the "Moroccan Oasis" (part of the Morocco Mystique Set) and the one on the right is the "Spring of Youth" fountain.

    The fountains have water in their basins and the water is buoyant, but there are no trickling sounds or animations from the upper spouts or water exit holes. Really boring fountains if you ask me.

    Also, the "Spring of Youth" fountain (on the right) was part of the "Hacienda Luxury" set, but is no longer found in the store. I don't know why (other than it doesn't work as a fountain).

    Sorry if the picture is dark---hope you can see these okay.

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  • crinrictcrinrict Posts: 18,776 Member
    edited January 2011
    @SimNow: Happens to the best. Not to worry.

    @Kikiii101: It means that the Sims are just waving their arms/stomping their feet but can't access said tile or in case of the T-Mobile item/TV can't repair or upgrade the item.

    @Pamhamlet: Thanks. Will add

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  • VeronicaSim3VeronicaSim3 Posts: 659
    edited January 2011
    Thanks for posting this. I got Flute Forward and it's my favorite type of style dress, but then in the game half of the leg was cut off. I was so sad. :(
  • MSladyTSOMSladyTSO Posts: 2,586 Member
    edited January 2011
    This is a great thread, to have such a comprehensive list of all these things. Thank you again!

    I ran into one today... I went to use the pink "QT Table Lamp" and found that the shade pattern is showing total black. I dont know if others are having this problem, but here is the screen shot:

    qtlampproblem.jpg
  • fleshjennfleshjenn Posts: 4,919 Member
    edited January 2011
    crinrict wrote:

    Sorry for disappearing, The items were actually from barnacle bay not the set. Its the outfits the poster below you showed and the boots that come with barnacle bay as well.

    Also the other day I noticed that a ceiling fan from awhile back is routed(correct term?) to the floor instead of the ceiling, you sim cant walk under it and you cant place an object under it, this issue was never fixed but it looks like the item was removed from the store because I had to look in my purchase history to find it. it was called the Banquett Fan, it shows as a free item i got on 01-17-10 but I cant remember what it was for.
  • fleshjennfleshjenn Posts: 4,919 Member
    edited January 2011
    Trufan1 wrote:
    crinrict wrote:
    Bad Pattern
    TickiTrees01sml_4 that comes with the Full Tiki Set

    What's the problem with it? :?

    If you look at the Beach Party Barstool in this set, It has a pattern with mini palm trees and coconuts that is suppose to come with the set, but it doesnt load into the game, after installing the set, you go into installed content in your launcher and under the patterns tab, you will see the pattern with a box picture, while the others show up. The pattern isnt in game, and I think this is why I have a empty spot in the middle of my pattens list in CAS because this one is suppose to be there.
  • SimbologistSimbologist Posts: 5,287 New Member
    edited January 2011
    The new Banacle Bay mailbox needs to be made available as a build item or as a recolour option for the existing mailbox so it can be used both on new lots and as a replacement on existing lots.
  • airotciv54airotciv54 Posts: 459 Member
    edited January 2011
    fleshjenn wrote:
    theres a pirate outfit that shows up in swimwear, I think it came with the set not the world. buts its rather annoying that half the people swim with boots on now.

    LOL, I don't have the set only Barnacle Bay and I have this problem. It is annoying, but funny at the same time.
  • HarmanHarman Posts: 97 New Member
    edited January 2011
    I don't know if this belongs here, but this item I bought is like a green plant that flowers some times. It is in the decor section on the sims 3 and you can only put it on walls, its sort of like an ivy plant growing up the wall.

    But when I place it in my game I only get a small black ball. Not the plant.

    I just looked for the plant in purchase history and its not there :( I'm looking through the decor section of the sims 3 store now and can't find it :( I will post a picture from my game in a few mins.
  • HarmanHarman Posts: 97 New Member
    edited January 2011
    Here it is in the installed content section:
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    In game preview:
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    Placed in the game, I can pretty much put this anywhere, in a wall even:
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  • Lynds356Lynds356 Posts: 578 Member
    edited January 2011
    crinrict wrote:
    @Lynds356: I've added the pirate outfits and boots to the Barnacle Bay issues. Not sure what to do about the shoes. I don't have FL, so I can't see how they look in my game. I do think they look kind of girly but that maybe really just a matter of perspective (there are quite a few men hair, especially cc, that I find very girly but others like them).

    Are they only categorized for male or for female as well ?
    No, they're just male. When I first saw them I figured they were slippers to go with the cravat and smoking jacket ensembles (but I use the loafers for that as they look better). Maybe they are just awful. No accounting for taste, I guess!

    Something that occurred to me... can you just delete the things you don't like from CAS if they are part of a set? Or do they just reset from cache if they're installed? Not the wrong pirate outfits as this would probably delete from all categories, but things like the flippers that I don't want anywhere. I'm not sure how the categories work. Do I just give it a go?

    Also, I've had problems with recolouring the Cloud 9 counters. When I used them they kept freezing so they couldn't be edited at all or they just reverted to the original colour. Haven't used them in a while so this oculd be fixed and they just need downloading again.
  • Hagfish07Hagfish07 Posts: 430 Member
    edited January 2011
    This door leaves clear lines around it when it is placed, the double door version may as well.

    http://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:17056&categoryId=&scategoryId=11570&pcategoryId=&ppcategoryId=&gender=female&startAt=0

    While we're at it, the dresser from club vaindenburger has a weird item description:

    http://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:20398&categoryId=&scategoryId=11562&pcategoryId=&ppcategoryId=&gender=female&startAt=15

    The explorer's loot dragon vase and ghost mirror from happy halloween set cost 1 simolean in-game

    @harman: Try reinstalling the pack with the K2 ivey, i've had that problem occur with one of the happy halloween set items.
  • HarmanHarman Posts: 97 New Member
    edited January 2011
    Hagfish07 wrote:
    This door leaves clear lines around it when it is placed, the double door version may as well.

    http://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:17056&categoryId=&scategoryId=11570&pcategoryId=&ppcategoryId=&gender=female&startAt=0

    While we're at it, the dresser from club vaindenburger has a weird item description:

    http://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:20398&categoryId=&scategoryId=11562&pcategoryId=&ppcategoryId=&gender=female&startAt=15

    The explorer's loot dragon vase and ghost mirror from happy halloween set cost 1 simolean in-game

    @harman: Try reinstalling the pack with the K2 ivey, i've had that problem occur with one of the happy halloween set items.

    Thank-you hag ( :lol: ) I will give that a go. Makes sense its in a pack now.
  • HatboxHatbox Posts: 1,755 Member
    edited January 2011
    Here's a picture of the wonky store arch ingame:
    FunkyArch.jpg

    Hopefully this picture will be useful to some Simmers,and if someone else has already uploaded similar pics I apoligize for the useless pic spam,I've used this arch for a long time(throughout Ambitions at least)and haven't noticed the weirdness until Late Night.

    Either way,that evil arch has got to go,my game has been randomly dropping to desktop,and I would have never thought it would be an EA store item! :evil:

    I hope EA responds to this obvious customer relations problem,I'm becoming more and more astonished that they expect us to pay our hard earned money for some of this stuff.
  • Trufan1Trufan1 Posts: 4,425 Member
    edited January 2011
    fleshjenn wrote:
    If you look at the Beach Party Barstool in this set, It has a pattern with mini palm trees and coconuts that is suppose to come with the set, but it doesnt load into the game, after installing the set, you go into installed content in your launcher and under the patterns tab, you will see the pattern with a box picture, while the others show up. The pattern isnt in game, and I think this is why I have a empty spot in the middle of my pattens list in CAS because this one is suppose to be there.

    That pattern shows up in my game :?. I'm pretty sure it works but I'll double check tomorrow.
    crinrict wrote:
    EDIT: Got an answer in the german forum. I'll try tomorrow myself. It seems that if you recolor an item with that pattern, it reverts back to the original colors.

    That seems frustrating. I haven't had a chance to recolor this pattern yet, I'll definitely test it tomorrow, it's a nice pattern and it would be a shame if it really doesn't work.

  • crinrictcrinrict Posts: 18,776 Member
    edited January 2011
    @MSladyTSO: I'll check in my game if it's a general problem and if so, I'll add

    @fleshjenn: Added the boots & pirate outfit to the Barnacle Bay problems. As for the Fan - Thanks. I was looking for that and couldn't find it for I had it in my German list. Now I know why. I have put it on the list now.

    @Simbologist: Added to Barnacle Bay Probs

    @Harman: I'll see if I can find it. Someone has a link to those ? Else try what Hagfish07 said.

    @Lynds356: You can uninstall the flippers separately (I sure did). Not sure about the pirate outfits cause they came with a world. The FL shoes you can't (unfortunately without uninstalling FL).

    The shoes could actually be wrong categorized sleepwear shoes (like the bunny ones). It's really hard to tell without having them myself. I'll put a link to your pic on the first page and see what others have to say about it.

    @Hagfish07: All added. Thank you

    @Hatbox: Pic are always great :) Lots of cc windows are broken since LN. It has something to do with the half walls. They SHOULD fix it though.




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  • gobot1236gobot1236 Posts: 569 New Member
    edited January 2011
    Has anyone tried using the Flute Forward dress lately. I had the issue with the missing leg when people first started reporting it, so I stopped using it. Today, however, I was testing a house I'm working on, and in making sure sims can get to the dresser, I noticed my test sim had the Flute Forward dress as her formal wear, so I decided just to look at it. She put it on, and she's not missing any part of her leg.

    http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt257/nate1678/Sims 3/Screenshot-256.jpg

    Link because the image breaks the page... =]
  • tallcoolonetallcoolone Posts: 6,918 Member
    edited January 2011
    Categorization is a problem and I think since we're paying for these, they should be categorized the way we want them. I loaded up my Riverview and there was the new paparazzi there in a WEDDING GOWN! I know we have the stylist to correct these issues, but why can't formals FOR a wedding be attached to an arch and worn only then or in an option for JUST formals.

    Also

    Formidable Suit for boys is just in everyday outfits...normally they're in both formals and everyday, this one isn't where we'd expect it and where it's needed, in formals.

    2 decor items from the Island Villa set are decor items with no environment score. They take up space, we pay for them, the sims pay for them, they are decorative, they should have some Environment score.

    The Barnacle Bay issues are so sloppy, and they charge alot for that!


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