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Household items breaking...
Ok first of: is it really necessary that Household items break as often as dinnerplates in the hands of a hyperactive toddler?? it is useful for leveling handiness yes...but my stereo breaks almost every day which is a bit too often imo.
that aside (like i said, its great for easily maxing handiness plus free upgrade items) here is my gripe:
is there really a point to make stuff unbreakable?? because stuff will still break even with the upgrade and here is the thing: it causes you to be stuck in the fix animation if you try to repair an unbreakable item! in other words, the unbreakable upgrade on electronics is utterly useless and will even end up costing you lots of cash to replace those items because you can't fix it yourself anymore! in other words: you're wise to AVOID doing the unbreakable upgrades on items unless you want to burn cash ofcourse
that aside (like i said, its great for easily maxing handiness plus free upgrade items) here is my gripe:
is there really a point to make stuff unbreakable?? because stuff will still break even with the upgrade and here is the thing: it causes you to be stuck in the fix animation if you try to repair an unbreakable item! in other words, the unbreakable upgrade on electronics is utterly useless and will even end up costing you lots of cash to replace those items because you can't fix it yourself anymore! in other words: you're wise to AVOID doing the unbreakable upgrades on items unless you want to burn cash ofcourse
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Maybe if you have a stereo outside that is unbreakable and it rains then it will break? That's the only other thing I can think of that would make sense.
If you're into it, there's a mod you can download that will let you decide which objects you want to allow to be breakable and the odds that it will break too I believe.
i am fully aware of all of that… wouldn't be posting this if those causes were the reason for my stuff breaking. but a stereo which i gave the veraxium wiring upgrade breaking even tho it's indoors and not on a lot with any lot trait but ocean Paradise? that ain't normal. pretty sure this is yet another glitch in the game.
It is an interior stereo, fully upgraded, by a Sim with Handiness 10. And as often as it ever did - which, with stereos, is every day or so - it still breaks. Once broken, one can select "Repair", but the interaction doesn't progress, and doesn't complete on its own. I have avoided letting other Sims upgrade stereos to that extent, since.
I'd have to go by old screen-shots to pinpoint when I first was encountering this (I know which Sim I was playing). But I am pretty sure it was before the June 18 patch.
I have a sim who's handiness I'm trying to get to L10 so I have her go round fixing things, but it does kind of distract from my gameplay. It's something every single day, maybe several things in one day (certainly in the upstairs bathroom!)
I wonder if there's a link between the traits of the sim breaking things and the amount of times something breaks, but I haven't noticed anything. If that was the case my clumsy Sim's apartment probably should be burnt to the ground by now!