Many have noticed that with
Into the Future, it's impossible to get a skill opportunity as the Sim auto-rejects the phone as seen in this
video. At first, I thought I was the only one with this issue as no one else on the forums reported problems with answering the phone but I came across two threads on Carl's Sims 3 Guide regarding the bug,
Phone/Opportunity bug and
Can't Receive Phone Opportunities (Beware of ads).
Sadly, I haven't found a mod that corrects this issue. I do like
The Sims 3 and been playing since 2009 but I'm easily bothered by glitches. It's kind of sad that TS3 won't get any new updates as some (or most) of the bugs aren't fixed such as Isla Paradiso lag, the Meteor bug, Sims using Berate Ignorance, the everyday party invites as well as glitched parties considering that many Simmers especially those who don't like
The Sims 4 still play
The Sims 3, even I still play this game as well as The Sims Medieval.
The mod to fix the issue is availible from Mod the Sims:
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=560635
The everyday party invites at Sims University aren't game breaking but they're annoying and there's no way to disable parties without a mod.
What bug in The Sims 3 annoys you the most?
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I wonder if this mod More/Less Opportunities, No Answer Phone, Call Anytime, No auto smartphone tasks would help with the phone opportunities problem?
Make me wonder if this would fix it because no comments mention about the glitch. I tried searching the Opportunity glitch and the only thing I could find was this thread, and other 2 from Carl's Sims 3 Guide. I want to spread this video to show people about the glitch. It's a shame that it won't be patched since EA isn't doing updates.
Also I'm having issues with Sims using Fairy tricks.
There is this bug with the storyprogression of Nraas. Delete him and you should have no problem.
http://nraas.wikispaces.com/StoryProgression+Issues (free registration required to post)
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I don't think a mod causes the problem with the phone Opportunities. The problems occurs with Into the Future installed and it happens whatever the game is modded or not. I've learned in Compiled list of bugs in The Sims 3 that there are ITF Opportunities with a high chance to trigger but the dialog won't appear if you're not in the required town/world which is Oasis Landing. This explains why if you uninstall Into the Future, you will usually get the Opportunity dialog in Movie Stuff when answering phones whereas you get less with Into the Future.
It's probably the Skill Opportunities that trigger from the phone. Into the Future has Opportunities that have a high chance of triggering a dialog but the dialog doesn't appear if you're not in the required world which I assume is Oasis Landing. Even with Into the Future, it's still possible to get some Skill Opportunities and I did get some skill Opportunities.
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It's nice there's a mod to fix the Opportunity issue.
(I know I'm re-necroing an old thread, but this is a new solution to me, and I hope those who also have this ITF issue will see it!)
I am happy the mod is available. It's nice to have if you want the Opportunities fixed.
> It's an EA bug, not an NRAAS one. MTS has a mod that fixes this bug. It works quite well, as my Sim now gets these opportunity calls almost immediately after completing the previous one (or almost immediately upon game loading if it's a new game). It's called Opportunity Phone Call Fix. I highly recommend it.
I downloaded the mod that MoonandStars83 linked to. Works great and really clears up the problem. Thanks a ton MoonandStars!
Thanks for mentioning that! I just recently started playing with that mod because I think it was affecting my band's ability to get gigs in Bridgeport. I haven't traveled to the future since I've installed it. So, if I run into any issues I'll definitely try your tip first.
@IreneSwift I've noticed it since I've gotten University Life but didn't know about the problem. Currently in 1.63-1.69, Opportunities will work properly for non-ITF games (i.e., if your latest Sims 3 game is Movie Stuff or earlier) but I only tested it without University Life. Into the Future will make it worse as most Skill Opportunities will not appear due to a flaw.
The issue is that there are ITF Opportunities with a high chance (about 500) whereas other Opportunities has 5 or 10, in addition, the two Advanced Skill Opportunities have the <TargetWorldRequired>FutureWorld</TargetWorldRequired> tag usually used for World Adventures but doesn't work the same in Oasis Landing. When the game prepares an Opportunity, it checks for the appropriate requirements (such as Skills and Career) and selects the Opportunity based on the chance. Since the ITF Opportunity chances are very high, they're always picked but it also bypasses the aforementioned tag so it'll pick the Advanced Technology skill opportunities. When the phone is answered, it checks the requirements but also checks the tag. Since the Sim is not in Oasis Landing, the game rejects the Opportunity.
That means most of the calls without a dialog in Into the Future are the Advanced Skill Opportunities that game is trying to prepare. However, some Skill Opportunities will still appear but not as much. There is a mod that fixes it but you have to enable mods of TS3 as well as needing an account for Mod The Sims.
For University Life (without Into the Future), It makes me wonder if the rejected Opportunities in UL have a <TargetWorldRequired> tag or something. I don't know if the mod fixes the UL issue as well.
I have a Compiled list of bugs showing all TS3 bugs.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
I am not sure if bug or my computer but I got list of things my sims game does I don't like.
Probably on top of the list is when there is object that I have been using for weeks.
The second most irritating thing I have experienced is the land going all uneven and fixing the land sometimes leads to other issues like making a stove entirely different section of basement not reachable.
Of course the land still doesn't remain stable, I have logged in and had hot tubs sink in really strange ways.
I hate the sunlit tides blue terrain texture interfering whatever it is when I make my sim island lots.
Midnight Falls was so dark, I couldn't really play the world.
Origin has messed with my game, and its patch making my computer crash, basically holding game hostage unless I go through them adding more resources it really fricking doesn't need from my computer.
It refuses to stay offline and will nag and refuse me access to the game unless I let it run in the background online.
That is top of my list.
There small glitchy things like if you're sims living in same home and is a dating/romantic interest they won't sleep in same bed together.
Other strange unknown sims call my main sim for dates, but if my sim tries to invite someone out I get the message that I don't know anyone well enough for a date.
Sims show up that I don't very well and refuse to leave or complain about locked doors.