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Larklen1337's avatar
Larklen1337
12 years ago
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Trade Depots not exporting/importing

I export and import a number of goods and everything was working perfectly fine till about an hour ago where it just suddenly stopped working. I get the occasional truck (maybe 1 every 20 minutes in RL, but nothing else).

I also export via rail and that works. This just for trade depots.

Any ideas?

  • tinybigjacko's avatar
    tinybigjacko
    12 years ago

    larklen1337 - have you checked the trade depot/port is fully staffed, and with the right kind of people? You may have to get down and dirty to see them arriving or leaving work, and follow a few of them home. Also check they're not sick, or loafing - apparently sometimes the 'wrong' staff ($$-grade when $-grade is needed) may even skip work early if they're bored or leave as soon as they've picked up their paycheck!

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  • Larklen1337's avatar
    Larklen1337
    12 years ago

    Nope, not traffic. I've already ensured there are not any major traffic james (some are unavoidable), and there are not any on the highway into the city.

    Furthermore, in the Trading tab, it'll highlight vehicles carrying/buying their respective product, they're not coming down the highway at all.

  • JayViperTV's avatar
    JayViperTV
    12 years ago

    It's a serious bug. They just sit in their little truck garage and never leave. This is also an issue with the Recycling Center. it will just stop working. Both are game-breaking bugs that can quickly ruin a city.

  • Larklen1337's avatar
    Larklen1337
    12 years ago

    **bleep**, thankfully my train and recycling centers are still working, just the trade depots for imports/exports.

  • tinybigjacko's avatar
    tinybigjacko
    12 years ago

    larklen1337 - have you checked the trade depot/port is fully staffed, and with the right kind of people? You may have to get down and dirty to see them arriving or leaving work, and follow a few of them home. Also check they're not sick, or loafing - apparently sometimes the 'wrong' staff ($$-grade when $-grade is needed) may even skip work early if they're bored or leave as soon as they've picked up their paycheck!

  • Larklen1337's avatar
    Larklen1337
    12 years ago

    As far as I am aware they are fully staffed. I'll have to watch them, make sure they're not sick. I had to turn my hospital off after they stopped working, was losing oo much money haha.

    Thanks for the info!

  • JayViperTV's avatar
    JayViperTV
    12 years ago

    WHY is this marked as solved? THIS IS NOT SOLVED, THIS IS BROKEN!

  • Larklen1337's avatar
    Larklen1337
    12 years ago

    Because, there isn't anything WE can really do. As long as I know where the issue stems from, I am happy. I know it'll get resolved, so I'm not just going to add to huge number of people bitching. I'll just working on another city in the region in the meantime

  • tinybigjacko's avatar
    tinybigjacko
    12 years ago

    Cool - just bear in mind that if the problem turns out to be staffing-levels, then it's not really a bug (and the 'problem-solved' link to the post about this and the recycling-centre may not be truly accurate anymore). IMHO, the recycling centre's problems also include the self-same staff issue (plus a couple of other interactions) - some folks are missing the whole underlying staff situation (no thanks to Maxis for making it a tad difficult to see staff shortages), and calling 'bug' as a result. Me included, at first. Now my eyes are a little more opened.

    Having said that, there are still some big issues with regards to the over-simplified way that sims find jobs each day (any job, anywhere) and return home to any house, regardless of who 'owns' it - and the fact that this makes everything a tad hollow - but that's another issue entirely! 🙂

    Do let me know how you get on with the staff in your trade-depot - if it isn't that, then I'd be happy to concur we've run out of options, and 'bug' is duly called-for! 🙂

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