Have a good week, Gem!
About the spawners: I did see about two seeds, and a two rocks/gems, plus deer and racoons and 4 wild horses. I haven't seen too many minor pets but can't say that I've looked for them, either!
I cheated to get enough life-time points to get the Collection helper because I wasn't having much luck finding rocks. The collectibles are one of my favorite things to do in the sims - I don't always look for them with all my sims but sometimes I enjoy doing that - and if it were my world, I would add some more to it. They do seem to be a little difficult to find, plus the minor pets usually spawn next to them. I wouldn't go overboard with it, but a few more per type might be enough to make them a little less rare to find.
I did have a couple of wild horses get stuck - they were just frozen in place. One of them was on the lot next door so I was able to reset it by going to edit town and picking up the house and setting it back down again. But the second horse was in that small space between lots so there wasn't anything I could do. When I looked at it's status with Mastercontroller his mood was "sad". That made me feel really bad! :( After that I tried (again) getting my sim to go interact with it and it suddenly vanished. I suspect it just got reset by the game but I have no idea. :?
Thanks for the info on the bug, WR, and Summer I hope you and your daughter feel better soon!
I'm going to go play some more; I hadn't yet checked out the junk yard so I will go take a look at it too. I will also look around a bit more for the minor pets to make sure all those are spawning.
