Bugs I've found, and workarounds. 'Lo, all. I'm not exactly "new" to the forum, but I don't say much. I've been reading some of the great stories people have posted here, and all I can say is I WISH I had that kinda stuff happening with MY sims. :/ Basically, all that happens with my Sims is what I specifically order them to do. I don't get aliens, kidnappers, ANYTHING out of the ordinary commands that you tell your Sims to do (very boring). It could be that I just don't know enough about how the systems work. Is there a tutorial somewhere that has a list of all the "unusual" things that happen and how to go about them? Anywho, back on topic... 1st: My female Sim at one point was talking on the phone, and went to hang it up. Now what exactly happened next, I'm not sure. With the phone "X"ed (meaning she was going to hang it up) I saved the lot at that point. It's possible that her husband had tried to make a call at the exact time, too, but I'm not sure exactly what happened. At any rate, she became "locked" in that position, and wouldn't move, hang up the phone, or anything. She just stood there in the middle of the floor. The hubby would try to interact with her, and eventually get bored and walk away. She stood there until every stat was in the red (I'd hoped she'd die, and could maybe be resurrected. Unfortunately, I'd saved while she was "broken.") Eventually, I used the moveObjects cheat to try and move her. She would run back to the same spot in the middle of the floor, and continue to stand. Since I couldn't delete the phone while it was "in use" I then tried deleting the phone with the moveObjects cheat, and still no dice. So I moved her a SECOND time, but this time, since the phone no longer existed, instead of running back to the middle of the room, she died. SUCCESS! I was able to have her husband plead for her life, and ressurect a badly beaten down sim. (She's fine though, and is now a General. She managed to put the past behind her.) 2nd: At one point, a fire broke out and I didn't have a smoke detector, and wasn't paying very much attention. Nearly the whole kitchen was in flames before I realized it, and had the fire department put it out. However, there's now "something" on a certain tile of the floor. Whatever it is, it's invisible, and just happens to be right in front of the refrigerator. Even with moveObjects I can't grab the invisible object, and nothing can be placed there, and the sims can't move there. I've no idea what this one is, or how to fix it. 3rd: While developing my Sims' careers, I was making LOTS of friends for them, and noticed that the "Family Friends" count was b0rked. Some of the friends had met an untimely end (Once I realized that you should NEVER flirt with someone if you want to just remain friends, it was too late for most of the "Pleasant" family, and they had to be "taken care of.") This seemed to glitch out the family friend counter, and no matter HOW many friends/best friends/mutual best friends/etc. they made, their count stayed at 3. Then, one day I had my sim go to make a phone call and ALL OF THEIR FRIENDS had disappeared! They were still shown in the relationships window, but in the call roster they weren't there. I thought maybe if I reintroduced them, it would work, so I took my sims to a public place until they ran across their friends again. They spoke with them, increased their relationships, then went home, but they STILL weren't on the call roster. Then, when I went to do some landscaping, I went to the back yard (which I seldom looked at) and there were ALL the friends (and a good number of other people) standing neatly lined up! I tried having my sims talk to them, but no interaction was allowed. Finally, going back to moveObjects, I just deleted each of the "friends" figuring I'd just have to start over. However, after deleting them, they all showed back up in the call roster, and ever since, things have worked "normally" with the "family friends" count for their careers, phone roster, etc. O.O What is this "Jump Bug" people keep talking about, but nobody seems to be defining? -Javin
click here is the top result of searching this forum for jump bug - that thread gives a full and detailed explanation of what it is and how and why it occurs and also links to a patch that stops it happening.
I have a problem with Invisiblle stairs in my 3rd floor Kitchen. Stairs going from the Kitchen to the Attic just dissapeared and now there is somthing there I cant see. Cant delete it or anything.
The only thing close to any of this I have experienced so far is a couch that claims to be "in use" when no one is on it and it's not in anyone's itenerary. When I use the "Move Objects" cheat, I can move or delete the couch. Problem solved.
I have a problem with mirrors. When I set reflections on, rather than showing the reflection on the mirror like it should, I get a big square (equilatteral) thing five feet away from it (estimated sim measurements) that displays the reflection of whatever's directly in front of it. Any ideas?
This sort of "bug" falls into the category of display problems. What sort of graphics card have you got?
