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  • MahjiraMahjira Posts: 3
    edited October 2012
    Forgive me, my first time posting - not sure if I am doing this right.

    I have a problem with my garden. I am level 10 in gardening and have an existing garden. It was going fine until the 'next day' when I go out to weed, harvest and water my plants. It keeps coming up that 'something is in the way' when there isn't. I can click to weed, harvest or water, but she won't go to the garden, even though the yard is free and clear. I thought she was stuck so I tried the 'unstuck' code and she still won't go into her garden. I even restarted the game, and still the same problem. Why can't I get her to move and work in her garden?

    Thank you for any help you can give me. I am at my wit's end. :/
  • RubysimRubysim Posts: 5,811 Member
    edited October 2012
    I have had this problem for a while now, before Supernatural, its my sim will know someone, like live with them for a while, If I move that sim out into the world in their own house and the two sims don't talk for while, they stop knowing each other, I am not sure if this is a glitch or not??

    I have no CC or mods, only store content and some CAP patterns
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  • Writin_RegWritin_Reg Posts: 28,907 Member
    edited October 2012
    Crinrict - okay I just went and downloaded Overwatch - I will be putting it in the mod folder and leaving it there, believe me I depend on the gardening feature too much to keep dealing with this for sure.

    As for the full moon issue - I knew it reset with each play session, I have seen that since SN came out, but my problem was during the play session - I play 3-4 hours at a time and not one full moon since the zombie fix patch. I had no issues with the moon or zombies before this patch or even the gardening - all of this happened after that darn new patch. It is plain silly we even have to install a patch we don't need - but it is real annoying when we have no choice but install it, and then it breaks the game.

    Oh well I guess it won't be the first or last time a patch has created more havoc than it fixed.

    And yes, I did post about both my issues in the CAW forum in the thread a bunch of us hang out on. But it seems both gardening and weirdness with the lunar cycle was not affecting the simmers there as everyone - but me and one other simmer had OW and other of Twallans mods for their own game play, so naturally they were unaffected seeing OW apparently fixes those issues. I still thought you needed to know though that the new patch most definitely was respsonsible for messing up my game - as it did not have these issue before that patch - or any issues I could see. I had never gotten the zombie problem and the full moon was alway working. I usually only saw a couple of zombies on a full moon. But seeing the full moon also affects other magical beings - my fairies kept saying they missed the moonlight and such - I needed to get it back and the gardening too - big time.

    Anyway, thank you so much for the info and confirmation that OW will fix it. As it is going in and staying there. hehehe

    Bless you for getting back to me. Big hugz.

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  • luckyheatherluckyheather Posts: 19,716 Member
    edited October 2012

    Hi crinict I have not DL the new patch as do not have a zombie problem and no mods in game, but do have 3 problems, firstly yesterday I made a Grey coloured Witch and she uploaded a normal colour and is in game too.
    Second problem I have is I took loads of pictures to the Consignment store and played that household for days and I heard nothing from the store as to sales so they are all gone with no money back.
    Third problem is that sims seem to change clothes/hair, I know the magic mirror can do this, but I made a Male witch in a black coat outfit and when came out of CAS to map view he had different clothes on in his picture, I put him on a plot and he was wearing a hooded sweat top and trousers.

    Thanks for all your help. Hilary


  • SpiderCrowWolfSpiderCrowWolf Posts: 1,380 Member
    edited October 2012
    crinict, I talked with EA yesterday about the Sims3 stopped working error and I told the representative that I did not have a problem with the full moon resetting and zombies were not spawning, in fact I had the opposite problem of no zombies showing at all. He warned me then if someone is not having a problem with the full moon or zombies spawning do not under any circumstances download Patch 1.39. The patch is only for those who had the problem of the zombies spawning. I didn't post here right after because we got some bad storms moving in and I had to turn off my computer. Sorry I didn't catch others who may have had issues. Just wanted to let you know.

    And I resolved my problem. I had to run as administrator which seems to be a problem with the Windows 7 I have.
  • KairiandNamineKairiandNamine Posts: 11 New Member
    edited October 2012
    I had a problem with the alchemy shop, here's what happened after I followed the given instructions.

    I deleted everything and checked for the seeds (which there were none), still didn't work. I deleted the shop and put the same one back in place, didn't work. Just started a new game with completely newly created sims in Moonlight Falls, I'll see if it'll work now.

    I also have a problem with the zombies, they don't appear anymore. They used to be everywhere, all over the yard, but suddenly there's none. I've used the cheat (testingcheatsEnabled true -> mailbox -> control supernatural -> more zombies), and there were a few nearby NPCs that turned to zombies, but the next time I saw them they were normal again. So no zombies for me too.
  • crinrictcrinrict Posts: 18,771 Member
    edited October 2012
    crinict, I talked with EA yesterday about the Sims3 stopped working error and I told the representative that I did not have a problem with the full moon resetting and zombies were not spawning, in fact I had the opposite problem of no zombies showing at all. He warned me then if someone is not having a problem with the full moon or zombies spawning do not under any circumstances download Patch 1.39. The patch is only for those who had the problem of the zombies spawning. I didn't post here right after because we got some bad storms moving in and I had to turn off my computer. Sorry I didn't catch others who may have had issues. Just wanted to let you know.

    And I resolved my problem. I had to run as administrator which seems to be a problem with the Windows 7 I have.

    Well, I would not give much on what that rep said. If you can't updated, you can't login and can't use newer store stuff cause that will need the patch.

    It makes no sense whatsoever. The problem was in everyones game and the patch did not fix borked games so what would be the use to not download ? With 1.38 you get the bug if you saved (and probably quit the game) on a full moon.

    I don't think your issue was directly related to the patch but that's just me :)

    I'll get some playing time this weekend to check stuff myself.
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  • SpiderCrowWolfSpiderCrowWolf Posts: 1,380 Member
    edited October 2012
    I think I need to uninstall and reinstall everything. However I am not going to touch my registry. Last time I did that I had to restore my computer to factory conditions and will never do that again. I have 400 Gigs of data I need. So is there a utility that will do this for me? Thanks.
  • ANGELAMERMAIDANGELAMERMAID Posts: 4 New Member
    edited October 2012
    Hi. I have a fairy. When she is selected as the Active Sim, I can't click on her anymore, no interactions. So she can't generate auras.

    She is also a Singer. I just sent her on tour via Simport. When she came back, her Lifetime Wish was gone (Golden Fingers, she hasn't achieved the skills to fufill). And she hasn't generated any new Wants since coming back.

    I don't have any mods installed.
  • stargurustarguru Posts: 2,115 Member
    edited October 2012
    Hi Crin, and thanks so much for keeping up with this.

    I wanted to relay some information about the previously reported bug concerning the When Dreams Come True opportunity for making IF’s real. I also was unable to progress further after sending the rainbow gem in the mail, since no option would become available to pick up the Friend Metamorphium potion at the lab. This was the case in both my old Starlight Shores save and my new Moonlight Falls save.

    However, the opportunity did work in a new Sunset Valley save, where the hospital and science lab are separate rabbitholes. So I bulldozed the combined rabbithole in a new Moonlight Falls save and replaced it with separate hospital and science lab rabbitholes, and was able to complete the opportunity again this way.

    Thought this might be a possible workaround for those who would prefer to make their IF’s real utilizing the gem method, rather than only having the chemistry table option to create their own potion (which also does still work).
  • luckyheatherluckyheather Posts: 19,716 Member
    edited October 2012

    Hi so sorry to bother you again so soon but I have a problem I have never had before, a build I went to share today has no picture on map view, library or launcher. Its for a contest so it is a worry and my other entry is fine.
    No mods or CC or the new patch so I am confused by the problem, I did reboot the comp and went into game again, still no pic. I hope you have an idea for me. Thanks again. Hill
  • janvel831janvel831 Posts: 140 Member
    edited October 2012
    Hi Crinrict
    Since getting rid of the gatherer trait, the gardening in my game has worked fine. Thank you.

    Traveling does not hurt her gardening trait once she is back, but she can not bring anything back with her. I had an quest that required her to get frogs which she did, but when she got back home they were not in her inventory. While she travels, her collection journal does not work, but is fine when she returns.

    The problem I am having now began once I installed the new patch.
    My game lags badly. I had to actually close without saving and put in an old save to continue playing.

    The game not only lagged, but things were happening that I had no control over. Somehow a pot of macaroni and cheese stared cooking on my stove, I did not tell anyone in the house to make it. I found baby bottles all over the house, none of which I could clean up or delete. It was very bizzare.
    With the new save, things were better, but it has once again begun to lag badly. I contacted tech support by phone which was a waste of time.

    Basically what they said was that my computer far exceeds the requirements of the game and I should not be having the problem. They could not tell me how to fix it.

    I am hoping this gets better somehow because as it is now the game is not going to be playable for me.

    What happens is one of two things: It either lags for 30 seconds, then I can play for 30 seconds and then it lags again or the game stops for up to 3 minutes before anything happens and then it comes back very slowly.

    I'm not sure that you can help, but I wanted to let you know since you seem to keep track of the problems people are having.
    I am using no mods, no CC other than what I have purchased from the EA Store, I have the latest patch and am playing in Moonlight Falls.

    I forgot to mention also that when I went into the new saved game, all of my game settings were back to the default settings. All of my Sims aged up when they were not supposed to and when I checked, I realized that all of the settings were at the default settings.
    Luckily I was able to give them the young again potion which fixed them and I changed the settings back to the way I wanted them.

    Another thing that I noticed, is that when the game saves it does not always save a backup. The few times it has, the date of the back up is generally 3-4 days behind the actual date of the save. I always back up my games anyway, but I thought that was odd as well.

    Thanks again.
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  • BunnyFatBunnyFat Posts: 199 New Member
    edited October 2012
    crinrict wrote:
    @BunnyFat: No, I do not have a solution for that. Are they all 'multiple' or single rabbitholes you're trying ?

    I am pretty sure that all were multiple rabbit holes - I know the police station in Moonlight Falls was one where I couldn't get the opportunity to work (and it is also the Town Hall and Military I think). The grocery store in Moonlight Falls too - it is also the Diner I believe. I think it was the City Hall/Police in Appaloosa that also gave me problems.

    Oddly enough - reinstalling my mods fixed the issue. I am going to try removing them all again and see if the problem persists (with another new save).

    Edit to clarify - original issue on page 77.
  • TojaxTojax Posts: 5,076 Member
    edited October 2012
    Hey :) I'm not sure if this has been already mentioned, but there seems to be a fix for one of the fairy issues, namely the one where fairies lose some of their magical interactions after using drawers (enkeli63 and welshierox wrote about it in this thread).
    I have Twallan's Master Controller mod, so what I did was click on my fairy and use "reset sim" through one of the mod's options. As a result, my magic meter refilled and my fairy can play tricks again. She can also use more fairy-related interactions in conversations and in the fairy house.
  • KairiandNamineKairiandNamine Posts: 11 New Member
    edited October 2012
    The alchemy shop works just fine in the new game, don't know what the problem was with the previous save.
  • blueeaglesgirlblueeaglesgirl Posts: 6
    edited October 2012
    DCExplorer wrote:
    My Hubby and I just got the Supernatural ep and he is playing his game in Starlight Shores and is trying to add the Aleister's Elixirs and Sundries store to his town but even though the lot is big enough it will not let him place it no matter what community lot type he chooses, any tips?

    I had this happen when I was trying to place the Lucky Palm casino after playing in the town for awhile. Apparently, if you don't place buildings down right after loading a new game, maybe spawners (or who really knows what) pop up on the empty lots and create issues when trying to place buildings on these lots.

    First, make the lot a community lot with visitors allowed. Then, click on the lot once with the bulldozer. This should reset the lot to community lot with no visitors allowed and fix whatever glitch the lot had. Now, you should be able to set down the Elixir building on it without any problems.

    If that doesn't work, you can bulldoze the entire lot and then place a new lot of the same size. Hope that helps!


    My husband tried this and it didn't help but thanks for the suggestion, he went ahead and started a new game but this might help others.
  • ZeekSliderZeekSlider Posts: 5,831 Member
    edited October 2012
    So my Legacy game is officially corrupt.

    I can't move my household. I can't export them. I can't travel to WA locations.

    Here's what happened that caused the bug to happen:
    Bind a Ghost with Philosopher Stone
    
    Used the Summon Spell from TS3 Store Spellbook DLC
    
    Results:  Summon Spell did successful animation, but no Sim was summoned to lot.
    
    Results:  Bind Ghost disappears from lot.  Icon becomes unclickable.  ResetSim cheat does not work with Bind Ghost.
    
    ERROR:  Cannot move, travel, or export.  Game believes someone in the household is dying.
    

    What I think happened was that the game tried to summon a Sim that was already on the lot and messed up.

    EDIT: Also, I didn't update to the new patch because, heh, that "patch" didn't fix a thing.
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  • ANGELAMERMAIDANGELAMERMAID Posts: 4 New Member
    edited October 2012
    I have an update on my issue - the fairy who lost her Lifetime Wish after coming back from SimPort. When next I logged in, the LTW was back and she had wants again. But I still can't click on her and get anything like her Auras back.
  • HaywireHakazeHaywireHakaze Posts: 28
    edited October 2012
    Hi crin:

    No updates as far as mods go (still running the same), but I stumbled upon something new. I'm going through and getting all the collectables, and though I've obtained at least 3 Soulpeace, it's yet to show up in my Collectables Journal. It still reads as 0 found.
  • crazycraftycajuncrazycraftycajun Posts: 4
    edited October 2012
    Another problem, sigh.

    My ghost hunter gets called to scan for spirits. He finds them but none show up to evict
  • crinrictcrinrict Posts: 18,771 Member
    edited October 2012
    @SpiderCrowWolf: Your games seems to have many issues right now. My suggestion would be to either open a thread at the AnswerHQ or in Tech and work from there (if you haven't done so). It's kinda hard to help you on the myPage so if you have a thread, please link me to it. Don't think this is the right place for it.

    @Mahjira: Have you tried moving her out and back in via edit town ?

    @Rubysim: If you don't interact with Sims, the relationship steadily decreases. Once it reaches level 0, the Sim is removed from your relationship panel. They changed that a few patches back, probably to save on data.

    @luckyheather: How did you change ? Dresser ? Cheat ? Reports of stuff not sticking is already reported. Added the consignment store issue.

    As for your picture issue, that happens if your house has a tent stored in a chest. Remove the tent from the chest and you'll have pictures again (you need to re-export)

    @KairiandNamine: Did you delete all consignments you had at the store ?

    @ANGELAMERMAID: That is a bug that occurs since ST came out. It has to do with steady gigs. It's on the list in the ST bug thread.

    For the wishes, try resetting her.

    @starguru: This seems to be true for most opportunity issues.

    @janvel831: The fish thing is a bug that has been going on for a while now. Other than using errorTrap or placing the spawners in the homeworld, there's no solution to it.

    For the lags: Did you try resetting all sims with resetsim * ? If it does not work, please post in tech.

    @BunnyFat: Depending on what mods you are using, one of them might have a fix (especially if you are using OW or ET). The problems with the opportunities seem to be cause (again) by the multiple rabbitholes.

    @ZeekSlider: Only solution that will help with this is Overwatch, I'm afraid. I've added.

    ---

    Ok folks, this concludes my involvement in this thread. You are alls till welcome to post but I won't be checking back.

    If you have an issue that needs solving that is not covered, please post in technical or if you want my help, post here: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims/ct-p/the-sims (an answer is not guaranteed though).

    If you do post, please continue to post as much info as possible. You'll find some guidelines here: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/537610.page

    See you all very soon in the Seasons Bug Thread :)
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  • KairiandNamineKairiandNamine Posts: 11 New Member
    edited October 2012
    All the things I had put to sale were deleted, yes. I started a completely new game, so the shop was brand new too. But when I placed the shop in the old game, deleting the things on sale didn't work.
  • crinrictcrinrict Posts: 18,771 Member
    edited October 2012
    All the things I had put to sale were deleted, yes. I started a completely new game, so the shop was brand new too. But when I placed the shop in the old game, deleting the things on sale didn't work.

    Did you go traveling with your Sim ?
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  • luckyheatherluckyheather Posts: 19,716 Member
    edited October 2012

    Hi crinrict the clothes problem...I had just created the Male sim in CAS and he had changed clothes in the picture before I even put him on a plot and his hair was diff as well.

    I am grateful for the Tent info as I think I did put 1 in a chest in a bedroom! I definately will not do that again, I will check tomorrow to see if you are right. Thanks so much for your help and knowledge of the sims. :-)
  • SozkiSozki Posts: 10 New Member
    edited October 2012
    I'm having some problems with concert organizers (don't know if they are called that in game, my game is in Finnish). After Supernatural there has been tens of concert organizers in lots where your sim can perform. I'm playing in Starlight shores. In that big park where is that big stage I saw around 30 concert organizers at a time. There is also SimFest going on, but there are no performers and SimFest doesn't go on because there are so many organizers trying to go to the stage at the same time.
    Here is link to a picture I took from my game. All of the sims there are concert organizers. And those in picture weren't all in the lot.
    http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff423/_sonju_/Screenshot-69.jpg
    I have seen couple of concert organizers in other lots too, but this many only in that big park.


    I found another. It's about supernatural children and I don't know if it is a bug or not.
    I have a couple. Man is werewolf and woman is regular sim. The problem is that I want them to have also normal sim children but they are all werewolves. I have a fear that when I have their children have their own children in time with regular sims they are also werewolves.

    1. Are you using any Custom Content or mods ? No mods, I have things from Store and other sites
    2. If you are using mods, are you using any of the 'big ones' like Awesome Mod or Twallan’s mods Don't have
    3. If you're not using mod, did you never use them or did you take them out for the EP (as you are supposed to do) Never had
    4. Did you update the mods you put back with a compatible version ?
    5. Do you have Supernatural or just the Patch ? Supernatural
    6. Which Patch Level are you at ? 1.39
    7. Did you start a new game or are you playing an existing ones ? The first issue is in existing one. Last is in new game.
    8. Did you transfer an existing Sim over or are they new/Pre-Made ? First issue is with new sims. The werewolves are transferred from Starlightshores to Moonlightfalls (before they were werevolves)
    9. What town are you currently playing ? EA or Custom ? Starlightshores and Moonlightfalls.
    10. What is your Operating System (Mac, XP, Vista, Win 7) Vista
    11. Do you have the download or DVD Version of the game. Some are DVD and some are downloads
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