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gaya262
14 years ago

Can't deliver a picture in Egypt - Adventure problem!!

I'm in the middle of the queen Hatsheput tomb thread of adventures, and I have a big problem.
I'm supposed to take a picture of a certain sim who lives in Egypt, and deliver it to him.

I take the picture, and the opportunity bar by the sims' head says that I can now deliver it to Ali Taymur, but when I click on Ali Taymur, the "Deliver Photo" option is unclickable. It says that I do not have all the required items in my inventory (even though the opp' bar says otherwise.)
I've tried different angles, different day, befriending him, with the cellphone, nothing works.
The camera works just fine, when I'm pointing it to him, it says "A friend" or something like that, and I can see the picture if I click "View photos", and I even tried putting that specific photo in my sims' inventory outside the camera, and even having two different photos - one in the camera and one outside it. I've tried dragging it to him, nothing is working.

Am I missing something here? The description of this mission doesn't state that I have to do anything else, just take the photo and deliver it.
Please help, if you can. :(

10 Replies

  • gaya262's avatar
    gaya262
    14 years ago
    I've tried that.
    The second I take it out, the opp' bar says I still need to take the photo. When I try to deliver it after I take it out, it still won't let me, and I even tried having one photo outside the camera, and one inside it. still, nothing.
    I don't know if the problem is with where the picture is, since when I take his picture the opp' bar says that I have it, and it could be delivered, but the delivering is the problem, since no matter what I do, he cannot receive this photo.. :/
  • Dragonfly4242's avatar
    Dragonfly4242
    14 years ago
    It has been awhile since i have done this adventure but I believe that when you take a photo to give to someone else you don't take the photo out of the camera. Take the photo the go to the town view and there should be a maker indicating where you need to deliver the photo that you can click on. You will automatically go there. Sometimes if it is late you have to click on the house and then you can click deliver photo. Also if you see the person you should be able to click on them and you will get the option to deliver the photo. I really don't think you need to take the photo out of the camera. I did check the guide book but it didn't say anything about this.

    Hope you are able to complete the adventure.
  • gaya262's avatar
    gaya262
    14 years ago
    Thank you for your reply, but as I've said in the original message, I've tried clicking the sim himself, but the "Deliver Photo" option wasn't clickable, it said I do not have all the required items in my inventory, even though I do. :/
  • linda8088's avatar
    linda8088
    14 years ago
    GrlEEEEgrl wrote:
    This isn't a process issue - it is a bug. This did not do this before. Previously when I had this installed on another computer (pre-patches) I was able to take the photo and then deliver without moving photos- on this same mission. I have been all over the forums and loads of people are having the same issue.
    Is this the same thing as tourist brochure pictures? I take a picture of a mummy or a floor trap, etc. as the quest requires but it doesn't recognize that I have the picture. It says 0/1. :cry:
  • Barbara917's avatar
    Barbara917
    New Hotshot
    13 years ago
    I found this thread looking for a solution to this problem as well. However, I didn't want to delete the photos in my camera. I had a level 10 photographer with several valuable photos he wanted to take home with him. So... I tried removing the camera from his inventory. It works every time. Taking the camera out of his inventory and replacing it immediately fixes/works around this glitch. At least it does for me. In fact, my photographer had two cameras in his inventory. It didn't matter which one I took out and put back.
  • kashbe's avatar
    kashbe
    13 years ago
    I know this is a dead thread, but for people having this problem in the future: I just had the same problem. All I had to do was take the pic off the camera, put it in my inventory, and rename it the same name as the guy in the pic.
  • vonHentzau's avatar
    vonHentzau
    13 years ago
    The thread may be dead, but the problem isn't. Thanks everyone for putting in ideas; when I get this quest again, I'll give those a shot. I never thought of naming the photo or taking the camera out of the inventory.

    :D
  • MysteryMouse's avatar
    MysteryMouse
    12 years ago
    I know this is an old thread, but I've come across this problem many times, and I think I know the answer to the problem, and its cause.

    The thing is, you need to take out of the camera the *very first* photo you ever took of the person or object of the quest.

    So, if sometime in the past you already photographed them (or it) the game will only accept that original photograph of the subject.
  • masterson34's avatar
    masterson34
    5 years ago
    Hello, problem solved photo delivered, explanation of how I did it?

    After long interactions following readings on various forums which deal with the subject "problem deliver the photo"

    First take the photo of the subject to ask, the title, the title, the name of the photo must be the same that is requested for the mission (ex: A mummy!)

    Photo taken is automatically put in the device to use (phone, camera), view the photos, the device inventory opens, choose the photo that interests us for the mission.

    When I write to choose is to take it and move it on a wall or on a surface. For example my sim has a property in Egypt.

    Close the open inventory. Take the photo move on the wall or on a surface, and place it in the inventory (the same one we have since the start of the base game, bottomless backpack)

    The validation rectangle "Deliver the photo" is available.

    Press "Submit photo" to validate the mission.

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