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Patch #4 (since the release of Seasons) and major bugs are STILL being ignored!
Lustianicia
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Today marks the FOURTH patch since 'Seasons' was released... and yet, there are STILL major bugs that are being ignored! The developers aren't even at least ADDRESSING these bugs!
1) The bug that causes Sims to leave school/work early during a holiday when another Sim travels to a different lot.
2) The bug that causes Sims to suddenly freeze and just sit/stand there, despite time progressing.
3) The bug that causes pets to become extra needy and constantly fill up our Sims' queues (this was claimed to have been fixed, but still occurs).
4) The bug that causes Sims to teleport around the lot when performing certain tasks (such as washing the dishes).
5) The bug that causes Sims to constantly stand up and hug each other whenever they try having a conversation (especially during meals).
6) The bug that causes Sims to wear completely random accessories when at the spa.
These are just a few bugs that I can come up with from the top of my head... mostly because these are the ones that basically make the game impossible to fully enjoy... some even make the game unplayable! This is ridiculous... and this is the FOURTH patch since these bugs started occurring... and the developers won't even mention them at all!
The first one I listed literally makes a major feature that came with 'Seasons' useless and pointless... why give us the option to choose whether or not our Sims get to stay home from school/work during a holiday if they're just gonna end up coming home anyway!? Also, if you have 'Parenthood' installed, that makes this bug even worse! Because the children and teens lose responsibility whenever this happens!
The second one makes the game unplayable... the fact that our Sims will just randomly stand/sit there and not do anything is highly annoying. And there doesn't really seem to be many fixed (except for leaving the game and coming back in). The "resetSim" cheat won't even work.
The third one is probably a bug that I'll just stop trying to get them to fix... especially since they claim to have already done it, but it still happens anyway... whatever.
The fourth one doesn't necessarily make the game unplayable, but it definitely looks RIDICULOUS when it happens! Also, sometimes a Sim will drop everything they're doing. This especially happens when washing the dishes. Sometimes Sims will just drop them somewhere.
The fifth one makes the gameplay annoying and impossible to fully enjoy. We used to be able to make our Sims simply chat at the table during meals and stuff... but now each Sim literally needs to stand up and hug each other before doing so. This never happened before! It doesn't just happen during meals... it happens everywhere else as well.
The sixth one is more "minor", but still highly annoying. I certainly don't care for my Sims wearing completely ridiculous hats when they're at the spa... one of my Sims is defaulted to wearing the beekeeping hat when she wears a towel! She looks ridiculous! And it can't be changed... because technically the outfit "doesn't exist".
Instead of focusing on adding new content, I really wish the developers would start working on fixing these major bugs! Especially since they've been here for nearly two months... and with absolutely no signs of them being fixed at all! This is getting ANNOYING! I paid a lot of money for this game... I have the right to actually ENJOY the things I pay for! However, that's simply not possible when this game is filled with bugs.
1) The bug that causes Sims to leave school/work early during a holiday when another Sim travels to a different lot.
2) The bug that causes Sims to suddenly freeze and just sit/stand there, despite time progressing.
3) The bug that causes pets to become extra needy and constantly fill up our Sims' queues (this was claimed to have been fixed, but still occurs).
4) The bug that causes Sims to teleport around the lot when performing certain tasks (such as washing the dishes).
5) The bug that causes Sims to constantly stand up and hug each other whenever they try having a conversation (especially during meals).
6) The bug that causes Sims to wear completely random accessories when at the spa.
These are just a few bugs that I can come up with from the top of my head... mostly because these are the ones that basically make the game impossible to fully enjoy... some even make the game unplayable! This is ridiculous... and this is the FOURTH patch since these bugs started occurring... and the developers won't even mention them at all!
The first one I listed literally makes a major feature that came with 'Seasons' useless and pointless... why give us the option to choose whether or not our Sims get to stay home from school/work during a holiday if they're just gonna end up coming home anyway!? Also, if you have 'Parenthood' installed, that makes this bug even worse! Because the children and teens lose responsibility whenever this happens!
The second one makes the game unplayable... the fact that our Sims will just randomly stand/sit there and not do anything is highly annoying. And there doesn't really seem to be many fixed (except for leaving the game and coming back in). The "resetSim" cheat won't even work.
The third one is probably a bug that I'll just stop trying to get them to fix... especially since they claim to have already done it, but it still happens anyway... whatever.
The fourth one doesn't necessarily make the game unplayable, but it definitely looks RIDICULOUS when it happens! Also, sometimes a Sim will drop everything they're doing. This especially happens when washing the dishes. Sometimes Sims will just drop them somewhere.
The fifth one makes the gameplay annoying and impossible to fully enjoy. We used to be able to make our Sims simply chat at the table during meals and stuff... but now each Sim literally needs to stand up and hug each other before doing so. This never happened before! It doesn't just happen during meals... it happens everywhere else as well.
The sixth one is more "minor", but still highly annoying. I certainly don't care for my Sims wearing completely ridiculous hats when they're at the spa... one of my Sims is defaulted to wearing the beekeeping hat when she wears a towel! She looks ridiculous! And it can't be changed... because technically the outfit "doesn't exist".
Instead of focusing on adding new content, I really wish the developers would start working on fixing these major bugs! Especially since they've been here for nearly two months... and with absolutely no signs of them being fixed at all! This is getting ANNOYING! I paid a lot of money for this game... I have the right to actually ENJOY the things I pay for! However, that's simply not possible when this game is filled with bugs.
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Sims 4: Strangerville Game Pack
Sims 1: Hot Date
Sims 2: Seasons
Sims 2: Happy Holiday Stuff
Sims 3: Seasons
Sims 3: 70's, 80's, & 90's Stuff
Sims 4: Seasons
Sims 4: Paranormal Stuff
Sims 4: Strangerville Game Pack
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Sim Stuff by Pegasys
The hugging problem IS a bug though. It never happened before 'Seasons' was released.
Also, any bug that literally makes an option that we paid for pointless IS a major bug... so the option to choose whether or not our Sims have the day off from work/school is literally useless, since they're going to come home anyway. Which does happen all the time when there's a holiday going on.
Sims 1: Hot Date
Sims 2: Seasons
Sims 2: Happy Holiday Stuff
Sims 3: Seasons
Sims 3: 70's, 80's, & 90's Stuff
Sims 4: Seasons
Sims 4: Paranormal Stuff
Sims 4: Strangerville Game Pack
However, two words:
Leaf piles.
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/924539/features-that-needs-depth-and-ways-to-improve
Well, I can't say the same for my game... but doesn't that just give more of a reason for them to fix it!? If it's been going on for that long, then there's no reason why they haven't even tried to fix it.
Sims 1: Hot Date
Sims 2: Seasons
Sims 2: Happy Holiday Stuff
Sims 3: Seasons
Sims 3: 70's, 80's, & 90's Stuff
Sims 4: Seasons
Sims 4: Paranormal Stuff
Sims 4: Strangerville Game Pack
I'm not the only one who's been complaining about these bugs... especially #1.
Sims 1: Hot Date
Sims 2: Seasons
Sims 2: Happy Holiday Stuff
Sims 3: Seasons
Sims 3: 70's, 80's, & 90's Stuff
Sims 4: Seasons
Sims 4: Paranormal Stuff
Sims 4: Strangerville Game Pack
At one point I had a mod to reduce these type of greetings. I just did a quick search and found a mod that might eliminate the hugging while eating.
Honestly I always look for mods to fix bugs and/or annoying behaviors in sims. Thank god for the modding community. To be honest, I have been able to fix the majority of things that bother me with mods. Yes I obviously hope/prefer for the devs to fix them, but I know it will take time and if I get a mod that works I am able to move on and enjoy my game.
In fact my game is at a really good point now with the following:
a mod to eliminate the stinky leaf piles from Seasons.
a mod that makes the death phone calls/corresponding moodlets much more appropriate for the sim's relationship.
a mod so that placemats don't disappear when Sims sit down to eat.
a mod so there's a reasonable chance of getting a rare plant when grafting.
a mod so that when Sims ask another sim to leave, they simply wave "bye" instead of acting rude.
a mod so that decorative buffs don't wipe out other emotional moodlets.
and there are more!
Sim Stuff by Pegasys
Okay... but it's honestly kinda disturbing that we would have to resort to using mods as a way of fixing bugs. It's honestly pretty sad how modders are more capable of fixing bugs than the actual developers are. Especially since a lot of these modders didn't even attend college for programming or anything related. That's what's scary about it.
This honestly makes me think hard about who's even working on the development teams for these games... and how they even got these jobs in the first place if random modders are doing a much better job than they are at fixing bugs. If that's the case, then I think EA should just hire the modders to develop the games... lol
Sims 1: Hot Date
Sims 2: Seasons
Sims 2: Happy Holiday Stuff
Sims 3: Seasons
Sims 3: 70's, 80's, & 90's Stuff
Sims 4: Seasons
Sims 4: Paranormal Stuff
Sims 4: Strangerville Game Pack
@Pegasys Where did you get those mods from? Can you please send me a PM? Thanks!
They're still working on the leaf pile issue -- sounds like they're getting near a solution but couldn't get in this patch.
The only issue I've had that I consider gamebreaking is the holiday travel because it ends up affecting the gameplay for the work at home careers. Leaf piles are aesthetically displeasing but I can deal with them. Haven't really seen any of the others (I did have a brief issue with queuing up multiple actios with my cat when my Sim went to hug her, but I simply cancelled out the original "hug" action and that erased the entire queue.) I've also had issues with bird of paradise plants not producing flowers, but I was able to get one from the Romance Festival to finish the gardening collection (been working on that Sim for a while).
And that's the big issue with bugs -- not everyone experiences them, so it can be hard to replicate them on EA's end to track down the piece of code that's causing the issue. I've studied computer programming, and was a pretty good debugger but that was on a way smaller scale than what folks like @SimGuruNick, @SimGuruArvin and @SimGuruIcarus have to deal with.
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Where I cant speak on all of these issues, This issue should have been fixed a couple of patches ago, but that said if you are still seeing it, possible a variation of it is still coming up, if you have a save file with it occurring feel free to send to @SimGuruNick or @SimGuruArvin that would be a huge help in tracking it down.
Sometimes it’s cause my CC/Mods, sometimes it’s cause by save files affected by CC/Mods, and sometimes it’s cause by specs.
As everyone in this thread pretty much confirmed, these aren’t issues that the majority are having so it’s going to be hard for devs to fix, especially if they can’t duplicate the issue on their end.
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I didn't check if Sims can clear the bulletin board now!
That one... yep. I actually sent my save to my EA team and they couldn't reproduce the bug, which boggles my mind, considering that I tried on a fresh game reinstall and it STILL happened for me. They have a thread open for more information but of course I can't find the link anymore...
Many bugs you mentioned have been addressed by the gurus though and they are working on them. The freezing is a universal issue (very rare with me but does happen) and is being worked on. According to the gurus it’s a complicated issue and they are trying to fix it. The teleporting has been tweeted about which says they are aware of it and are probably working on it. They are also aware of and working on the pet queue still being an issue for a few. I believe they are also aware of the holiday and work issue. The hugging I don’t know for sure on, but that is a bit annoying isn’t it? So updates on where they are on fixing these haven’t happened but they are fixing them. We just have to wait it out until they do.
I am very sorry you still have a lot of issues. I know being patient when you want to play the game properly is hard. However, they are aware of almost all these issues from what I have seen on Twitter. They are most likely working on fixes for these issues. Of course it be nice to know when, but they are busy trying to fix the bugs and don’t always have time to update us which is understandable. Also this was a wonderful patch today and we should be grateful for what did get fixed, not what hasn’t been yet. The amount of patches coming out says they are working incredibly hard to fix bugs and issues within the game. I for one am happy when any bugs get fixed.
Don't know if you use mods but here is a link of a mod that supposedly helps with
the leaf piles-->http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=616608
My patience would be better if it appeared that they actually did proper playtesting of all the new content introduced. The impression I have gotten over the last 2 years is that proper playtesting has not been done in any case.
I always attempt a vanilla game file before playing my modded files. It amazes me that the bugs I experienced without my mods and cc on a high powered gaming rig were not noticed on their own equipment. It is one reason I do not have a positive impression of the devs.
I would have a lot more patience if the patches we HAVE been getting didn't focus on such minor issues and new content... and if they would actually work harder on fixing the real bugs. But that's not what's happening.
Sims 1: Hot Date
Sims 2: Seasons
Sims 2: Happy Holiday Stuff
Sims 3: Seasons
Sims 3: 70's, 80's, & 90's Stuff
Sims 4: Seasons
Sims 4: Paranormal Stuff
Sims 4: Strangerville Game Pack
For what it is worth there is a mod on Mod The Sims that stops the hugging. It was driving me insane. I had to turn off free will for meals and have my sims sit there in silence.
I’m sorry no. You have no idea what they are working on!!! You are making a mass assumption that major things aren’t getting fixed and being worked on. Also the only MAJOR thing you mentioned is the freezing. The rest of those are annoyances not major. They fixed bugs today that may be major to some people. And all bugs are real bugs!!!! Don’t be rude because what is wrong with YOUR game wasn’t fixed. I was just trying to help.