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Broken?
Behappy1st
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Everyday I find something else that has issues. Today green smoke is coming out of all my sims plants, BUT !!! there is nothing wrong. They don't need watering or weeding. My sims work schedule shows no work at 8am, but at 8:45am he's late. His hours are 8-4. Toddlers won't eat food. Mom made chicken stir fry nope, fish and chips nope, now their bar is deep red and I'm getting notices that they will be taken away. How do I know what to make that they will eat. game keeps telling me something was removed but I don't know what or why it keeps happening. I don't use CC. They stand in one spot for what seems like forever.
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My plants play dead when the environment changes even though I have all the eco lifestyle stuff off in options. Repairing your game will fix it but it will happen again at random. Yes, the game is broken!
My toddlers are fine but they do not finish a meal. I have to make them eat the same dish again or sometimes it's just easier to feed them fresh produce from the garden. I just drag it to their inventory. Warning: the fresh produce will fall off the toddler if they play with a Sim. It's like it falls out of their pockets when they are tossed in the air or something even though they ate it. I just drag it back to their inventory so they can eat it again. It sounds gross but it works. Yes, the game is broken.
I had the same issue with the refrigerator. They would not eat leftovers, but that seems to work now. I like growing a garden because it brings in money everyday.
I repair so often now. Every time there's an issue that's the first thing I do in hopes it fixes or at least helps. I put fresh produce in every sims inventory so they always had something to eat. Great for Archeology. But a while back ago something weird happened and if you had them it fresh produce they had to run to the bathroom over and over. It went right through them. Thank goodness they seem to have fixed it but I'm still going slow and making sure they are near a bathroom. I don't trust this game. Anything can go wrong. Soooo annoying.
Sims cooking and cooking but not eating. They don't recognize leftovers anymore.
Lots of standing around doing nothing especially in larger housholds. One family was unplayable for me but the next time I went in they were running fine. Seems to come and go. I'm on ps4.
I can't tell from your posts whether you play on PC or console. I play on PC.
I would also like to add that I do use mods and cc.
Addressing each issue you all mentioned:
I did have the standing-around issue in one house but I discovered it was because my Sim, who was an artist, had tons of paintings and photographs everywhere. Someone on the forum mentioned that the art makes that lot's tray file bloated so I had to move a lot of the art and photos to an "art museum" and that solved that problem. If you have a lot of art and photos in your house, it may be slowing down your sims.
My toddlers eat best when in a high chair. You put them in it then click on the chair and you can give them food and drink directly from there. Works every time. If your toddler's skills are maxed then they will eat the food directly from the counter or table and sit in a regular chair but usually, a living chair.
As for the gardening, since so many people have complained about this, I took a look at my gardens. The only thing I can say is that I don't use the garden boxes most of the time. This is because I found that if I plant them directly in the ground I can organize my garden a little better. Although I don't recall ever having problems with the green smoke, I have noticed that when my plants are out of season, they turn back into little dirt piles. I don't know whether this is intentional or not but I don't care because they are out of season. Check your lot traits. Try using the Great Soil trait and see if that fixes anything and try planting directly in the ground.
If you have a pc, try shutting down other background tasks, especially if you have an older pc.
And my final suggestion, if you are on PC: Move your Sims 4 folder out of the Electronic Arts folder onto your desktop. Repair your game. Start the game, create a new save. Set all your game settings up the way you like them. Save and exit. Go into the Sims4 folder, delete the save and tray files and replace them with the ones on your desktop. Also, your screenshots, videos, and custom music if you had anything in those. Start your game and see if anything was fixed.
My Plumbob is GREEN today
Yes, the standing around forever is driving me crazy to. I'm also having an issue where the sim will only follow one direction and sometimes only half way. Example: Go to toilet and take shower. He drops the toilet part and goes to shower and just stands there. Take shower only. Ok, now go to toilet ,ok. Now get food, just stand there, get food, ok. Now eat it. OMG Stop just stop.
I use a PC and I've never used cc, mods, or cheats. My knowledge about computers is zilch. I plant directly into the ground. As far as background stuff I have nothing open. I just play sims, email, and goggle, that's about it. And because of so many issues I started a new save. So this is just one family in a new save.