Money Trees don't harvest?

Mine do produce some money but very small amounts of it.

I have the same problem but I have not got the swiftgro gardening centre. Think the problem started after one of the last expansion packs, either supernatural or seasons.

Well I'm relieved to see I'm not the only one! I think you might be right, PLSTRONG, about it starting after either Supernatural or Seasons.

I guess it's another one of those minor issues that EA are unlikely to ever get around to fixing.

I have the same problem with potatoes, onions and carrots. The next time I load up the game some of them appear on the ground near the plants. I don't have the swift gro gardening station either, so I don't think it's that.

I dont think its swiftgro, that may just be a coincidence. Ive had money trees grown under the swiftgro and on their own in the open and both have gotten bugged at some point. You can see that the tree is ready for harvest but it does not harvest.

I do know that I did not have this issue in November as thats when I started playing again after a long break, and I had money trees then that I harvested until they died.

I have certainly noticed this problem in the last couple of months though, so it may be one of the recent patches that have caused the issue.

This happens to me sometimes but it doesn't matter what plant it is. It seems to be related to talking to the plants or having a plant sims commune. I avoid that and it helps MOST of the time. I also quit identifying seeds.

Hope that helps!

The money tree has a bug since SN. It has to do with the gatherer trait.

http://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2012/09/money-tree-cant-be-harvested.html

crinrict wrote:
The money tree has a bug since SN. It has to do with the gatherer trait.

http://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2012/09/money-tree-cant-be-harvested.html

Yep - I had this same problem and had to use Chicken's mod fix for it (over at TFM's site), and it was fine, until University. Then, it started up again, and the fix didn't work anymore. I even removed the gatherer trait and reset everything (including planting new money trees) and it still freaked out!

After some researching over at twallan's site (nraas industries), he determined that EA made the same coding error with the new Science skill from University - so if your sim has the science skill - it will still result in Money Tree episodes whether you have the gatherer trait or not.

So, I basically just stopped dealing with money trees at this point, LOL because it wasn't worth all the aggrivation and I can use the gatherer trait without a mod fix now.

BTW, Crinrict, thank you so much for your help site and the bug threads you do here on the forums - I have used them many times to figure out whether I am alone or not with my sims blowing up with glitches, etc. and I really appreciate all your hard work and dedication!

I have a sim with level 10 science and she just cloned a money tree. I wonder if it will grow with the harvest bug. Likewise, I wonder if having another sim in the family plant it will result in an empty tree... hmmm

crinrict wrote:
The money tree has a bug since SN. It has to do with the gatherer trait.

http://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2012/09/money-tree-cant-be-harvested.html

I was wondering the other day if this bug was fixed. Guess not. Do you know if they plan to fix it at some point? I really wish in the meantime OW could fix this, if it's possible.