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Re: Cannot harvest alien plants on sixam (sims 4)

@jpkarlsen @PugLove888 You know, I didn't even think of this, but if you noticed in that video I linked to when adding the 'greenhouse' room, I tried to just drag over those plants (from the Science Lab's plant room) and found they could not be placed anywhere else - with or without the pot. I thought it was something involving some aspect of the new room, but perhaps that also had to do with them being bugged. In my game's science lab I just left the new greenhouse room and created an opening to the other plant room, but maybe I should just tear down that whole room and move the new one over top of it. Either way, I will do what you said and replace the other plants and pots. Good catch, @jpkarlsen and @PugLove888!

Just out of curiosity... have you tested if they plants still work for the purposes requested in the lab? So far I think I had to water and maybe take a micro-sample for a slide? Is there any chance that this behavior is intended and is some type of protection from them dying from multiple interactions you need to do on them (or from if they are not watered, etc.)? (Although the only interaction that will kill them if done over and over is grafting, right, and I'm not sure if you even need to graft in the lab.)

While I was in there for that day I added a small break room behind that receptionist area. They all seems thrilled, as I added a little table, coffee maker, microwave, fridge, dishwasher, and sink. I was tired of my sim needing to walk all the way to another building in the rain for a snack from the machine, plus I couldn't easily find the coffee maker she was supposed to 'tinker' with. We'll see how that goes. Initially all seems fine. Kinda nice that the place can be edited.

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PugLove888
Hero (Retired)
7 years ago
@jpkarlsen, thanks for looking into this. 🙂 I'll have to see if new plants from home can grow here. 🤔 I have some grafted ones, but they are all grafted from the plants in the lab.
@SheriGR, that could be why you couldn't' replace those plants! 🤨 It is possible that, like you said, this could be intended to prevent plants from dying when you weren't assigned to take care of them. However, they used to grow and produce, so something is clearly broken! 😞 As for them working for the lab tasks, the only one that I can think of that wouldn't work is harvesting them, since there would be nothing to harvest 😉 (except for if they were harvestable at the time of the update, in which case they would only be harvestable that one time). Usually a task will have you either harvest a plant, water a plant, or clone a plant. The last 2 interactions can still be done, so that is good!
Also, the coffee pot that you were supposed to "tinker" with is located in the breakroom upstairs! but it is a pain to go up there, so it was probably for the best that you built another breakroom.😎 I also have built a extra bathroom off the corridor between the two buildings. This has been a huge help! 😉😃 The one upstairs is a pain to get to and the one by the receptionists desk is also far! The one I built is kind of in the middle of everything! :eahigh_file: