The following Premium Content Items are reported as broken.Disclaimer wrote:This list was compiled during Patch 1.63. Unless reported otherwise, assume all Premium Content Items listed here can potentially exhibit the same issues in the most recent patch released as reported.The intent of this list is to give the Store Team information as to which objects have broke since ITF's release in the hope to fix it. It is not intended to discourage the purchase of these items. Please simply use this list as a kind of "Buyer Beware" warning.The Wishing WellMeeting new Sims at the Wishing Well sometimes results in the GUI either disappearing or turning all black. When this happens, interactions options do not appear for the player. (Original Report)Head Start Playpen/Local Motion Toddler WalkerFIXED WITH PATCH 1.66Both of these items allow toddlers to learn how to walk and talk, but their additional features cause resets and freezing of Sims. Toddlers are unable to learn the Logic skill from playing the abacus due to a reset. Adults that use "Play with..." interaction on the playpen are stuck in a loop that can only be stopped by manually cancelling the action.Toddlers who gain/max their Handiness skill from playing on the walker or Charisma skill from playing with the mirror end up getting reset and/or frozen. This cannot be fixed with the "resetSim" cheat, and no adult in the household can interact with the toddler should this bug trigger.FIX: This script mod restores all functionality to the playpen and walker. It is a scripting mod, so it may or may not affect other mods you may have installed. This mod may also become obsolete if and when a Store Patch is released. (Link)SwiftGro Garden StationThis item does not water or fertilize plants that are potted or put on the ITF Soil Rug. (The megaphone and the seed table still works, from what has been reported.) If plants are placed on terrain, the object works as normal.Tree of ProsperityFIXED WITH PATCH 1.66Lunar Lake's Premium object causes severe lag in your game. Worst still, it has been reported that the lag is viral, spreading to other saved games played during the same session. (Sims in Slow Motion)Auto-Noms Automatic Pet Feeding StationThe automatic refill is very picky.If the following actions are taken, this is the result:Add Smart Sensor > Fill = Bowl is always empty -OR- Fill > Add Smart Sensor = Bowl is always emptyFill > Turn On > Add Smart Sensor = Bowl fills only once and then doesn't refill once emptyFill > Turn On = Bowl fills automatically at the designated timeSo it looks like the Smart Sensor Upgrade is broken now.Dead Man's Hand Poker Table/Let it Ride Roulette Table/Hit 'em Harder Blackjack TableAccording to this post, the tables are being treated like bistro tables on a Future Lounge lot. Sims who get hungry while at these tables will fail to address the need and will continue to sit at the tables complaining about how hungry they are.Frost-Bite Pro Ice Cream Machine/Sizzle Baby Pro Deep FryerThese two items don't seem to like certain lot settings.The Ice Cream Machine doesn't like Festival Lots and will be summoned in an invisible state. NPCs can use the the objects, but playable Sims cannot.The Deep Fryer only produces Horrible/Terrible quality food on Community Lots no matter what the cooking level of the Sim who uses it.Sharper Sim’s Super SleeperThis Premium appears to function as a normal bed instead of performing an accelerated regeneration of the Energy motive. Soundwaves selection and upgrades work fine, but the primary function doesn't appear to be any different than a normal bed.The Not So Routine MachineThis one has issues with the "Get Ready and Go to Work/School" command. Sims will automatically perform this action at the start of the hour before their class/shift, but if their carpool/bus shows up, they teleport to their respective lots... AND THEN RUN BACK HOME TO USE THE CARPOOL!This is similar to an issue that exists with the LTR Teleporter Pad if your Sims work at/go to school in a Multi-Rabbit Hole.Grandpa's Grove TractorIf the player tries to Harvest Money Trees with this object, the tractor ends up resetting off the track/parking space and becomes unusable. (Original Report, Confirmation Test)Wood Fire Oven/Chun Co. Teppanyaki Grill/Baker's StationThe Wood Fire Oven & Teppanyaki Grill (and maybe even the Food Synthesizer from ITF) seem to cause fridges to become unusable if present on a lot. Once removed, the fridge becomes usable again.Also, Group Servings from these items disappear/turn invisible on Community Lots. The Chun Co. Teppanyaki Grill especially has a bad case of this bug, as meals/servings that are prepared on a Community Lot cannot be cleaned up/thrown away/recycle for some reason. Food made on the Baker's Station cannot be picked up as well.

I think this system works in a slightly different way: it is not dependent on the presence of same sex couples but on Sims with a positive value for the same sex in their gender preference statistics.All Sims usually start with a gender preference of 0/0. Now every interaction that is considered romantic will shift the gender preference by the values +x and -x/2. Example: a male Sim asks a female Sim whether she is single. This will shift his gender preference towards females by 2 and lower his preference towards males by 1. Starting with 0/0 he now has a gender preference statistics of -1/2 after the interaction. If he then goes to another male and asks the same question the resulting gender preference will be 1/1. If then he asks that male Sim his zodiac sign the preference towards males will be raised by another 2 points and the one towards females lowered by another single point to 3/0.I can't remember the exact integers but the rule is always that gender preference is raised by a certain value towards one gender and lowered by half of that value towards the other gender and that there seems to be a difference whether romantic interactions were done autonomously or by user direction where user directed interactions grant more points than autonomous ones.As far as I know the Wishing Well checks these statistics when you Wish For Love and if it finds positive values for one gender chances are that you will receive a Sim of that sex. If the Sim is still undecided (0/0, 1/1, 2/2 etc.) it's a 50/50 chance to receive the same sex.If you think that there is a bug in that system you will need a mod like MasterController that allows to see the gender preference values of a Sim. If the value for the same sex is clearly negative but that Sim receives the same sex nevertheless then there might be a problem. If you find a positive value, even though the other one might be higher even, then I'd say the system is working as intended.

My playpen is glitched now, too. Toddlers can learn to talk in it, but only one of the other skills works properly. Quite frustrating, as I just got triplets. And they can only learn to walk in the walker, the play interaction is broken. Guess I'll just have unskilled children when they age up :roll:

I'll age my baby up to see how the pci's function in my game. So far the swing works fine.I did not experience the meteor shower glitch after my sims left dystopia. Things were fine in present world. I am now playing their relatives and will check it out some day. Right now they are in the regular future. I'll test the baby pci's there.

The only PCI I'm pretty sure isn't broken is the Wind Chimes... unless the sound it makes has gone missing.I know the Uber Toilet also works fine, as I've used that since the big change where you have to upgrade it to self-cleaning in order to get the animations to run.I don't have any pets in the household (yet), so I can't test out the Auto Feeder to see if that still works or not. Last time I used it, I had to upgrade it so that it filled the bowl automatically until the food ran out, but I forgot the specific steps you had to take to upgrade it so that it would do the action. If you didn't do it exactly, the object broken. I don't think they ever fixed that either.Oh, and I just remembered: The Composter no longer waters potted plants... :(

Is that why my auto feeder doesn't work? :shock: How do I fix it? Delete and place a new one? And then what?I just figure when things don't work, I'm doing it wrong. :/

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zeekslider

11 years ago

BROKEN Premium Content List - What else is broken now?

The following Premium Content Items are reported as broken.

Disclaimer wrote:
This list was compiled during Patch 1.63. Unless reported otherwise, assume all Premium Content Items listed here can potentially exhibit the same issues in the most recent patch released as reported.

The intent of this list is to give the Store Team information as to which objects have broke since ITF's release in the hope to fix it. It is not intended to discourage the purchase of these items. Please simply use this list as a kind of "Buyer Beware" warning.

The Wishing Well
Meeting new Sims at the Wishing Well sometimes results in the GUI either disappearing or turning all black. When this happens, interactions options do not appear for the player. (Original Report)

Head Start Playpen/Local Motion Toddler Walker
FIXED WITH PATCH 1.66
Both of these items allow toddlers to learn how to walk and talk, but their additional features cause resets and freezing of Sims.

Toddlers are unable to learn the Logic skill from playing the abacus due to a reset. Adults that use "Play with..." interaction on the playpen are stuck in a loop that can only be stopped by manually cancelling the action.

Toddlers who gain/max their Handiness skill from playing on the walker or Charisma skill from playing with the mirror end up getting reset and/or frozen. This cannot be fixed with the "resetSim" cheat, and no adult in the household can interact with the toddler should this bug trigger.

FIX: This script mod restores all functionality to the playpen and walker. It is a scripting mod, so it may or may not affect other mods you may have installed. This mod may also become obsolete if and when a Store Patch is released. (Link)

SwiftGro Garden Station
This item does not water or fertilize plants that are potted or put on the ITF Soil Rug. (The megaphone and the seed table still works, from what has been reported.) If plants are placed on terrain, the object works as normal.

Tree of Prosperity
FIXED WITH PATCH 1.66
Lunar Lake's Premium object causes severe lag in your game. Worst still, it has been reported that the lag is viral, spreading to other saved games played during the same session. (Sims in Slow Motion)

Auto-Noms Automatic Pet Feeding Station
The automatic refill is very picky.

If the following actions are taken, this is the result:

-OR-

Fill > Turn On > Add Smart Sensor = Bowl fills only once and then doesn't refill once empty

Fill > Turn On = Bowl fills automatically at the designated time
So it looks like the Smart Sensor Upgrade is broken now.

Dead Man's Hand Poker Table/Let it Ride Roulette Table/Hit 'em Harder Blackjack Table
According to this post, the tables are being treated like bistro tables on a Future Lounge lot. Sims who get hungry while at these tables will fail to address the need and will continue to sit at the tables complaining about how hungry they are.

Frost-Bite Pro Ice Cream Machine/Sizzle Baby Pro Deep Fryer
These two items don't seem to like certain lot settings.

The Ice Cream Machine doesn't like Festival Lots and will be summoned in an invisible state. NPCs can use the the objects, but playable Sims cannot.

The Deep Fryer only produces Horrible/Terrible quality food on Community Lots no matter what the cooking level of the Sim who uses it.

Sharper Sim’s Super Sleeper
This Premium appears to function as a normal bed instead of performing an accelerated regeneration of the Energy motive. Soundwaves selection and upgrades work fine, but the primary function doesn't appear to be any different than a normal bed.

The Not So Routine Machine
This one has issues with the "Get Ready and Go to Work/School" command. Sims will automatically perform this action at the start of the hour before their class/shift, but if their carpool/bus shows up, they teleport to their respective lots... AND THEN RUN BACK HOME TO USE THE CARPOOL!

This is similar to an issue that exists with the LTR Teleporter Pad if your Sims work at/go to school in a Multi-Rabbit Hole.

Grandpa's Grove Tractor
If the player tries to Harvest Money Trees with this object, the tractor ends up resetting off the track/parking space and becomes unusable. (Original Report, Confirmation Test)

Wood Fire Oven/Chun Co. Teppanyaki Grill/Baker's Station
The Wood Fire Oven & Teppanyaki Grill (and maybe even the Food Synthesizer from ITF) seem to cause fridges to become unusable if present on a lot. Once removed, the fridge becomes usable again.

Also, Group Servings from these items disappear/turn invisible on Community Lots. The Chun Co. Teppanyaki Grill especially has a bad case of this bug, as meals/servings that are prepared on a Community Lot cannot be cleaned up/thrown away/recycle for some reason. Food made on the Baker's Station cannot be picked up as well.

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Siboto
11 years ago
I think this system works in a slightly different way: it is not dependent on the presence of same sex couples but on Sims with a positive value for the same sex in their gender preference statistics.
All Sims usually start with a gender preference of 0/0. Now every interaction that is considered romantic will shift the gender preference by the values +x and -x/2. Example: a male Sim asks a female Sim whether she is single. This will shift his gender preference towards females by 2 and lower his preference towards males by 1. Starting with 0/0 he now has a gender preference statistics of -1/2 after the interaction. If he then goes to another male and asks the same question the resulting gender preference will be 1/1. If then he asks that male Sim his zodiac sign the preference towards males will be raised by another 2 points and the one towards females lowered by another single point to 3/0.
I can't remember the exact integers but the rule is always that gender preference is raised by a certain value towards one gender and lowered by half of that value towards the other gender and that there seems to be a difference whether romantic interactions were done autonomously or by user direction where user directed interactions grant more points than autonomous ones.

As far as I know the Wishing Well checks these statistics when you Wish For Love and if it finds positive values for one gender chances are that you will receive a Sim of that sex. If the Sim is still undecided (0/0, 1/1, 2/2 etc.) it's a 50/50 chance to receive the same sex.

If you think that there is a bug in that system you will need a mod like MasterController that allows to see the gender preference values of a Sim. If the value for the same sex is clearly negative but that Sim receives the same sex nevertheless then there might be a problem. If you find a positive value, even though the other one might be higher even, then I'd say the system is working as intended.
lovelylisac
11 years ago
My playpen is glitched now, too. Toddlers can learn to talk in it, but only one of the other skills works properly. Quite frustrating, as I just got triplets. And they can only learn to walk in the walker, the play interaction is broken. Guess I'll just have unskilled children when they age up :roll:
SimsBarbie
New Spectator
11 years ago
I'll age my baby up to see how the pci's function in my game. So far the swing works fine.

I did not experience the meteor shower glitch after my sims left dystopia. Things were fine in present world. I am now playing their relatives and will check it out some day. Right now they are in the regular future. I'll test the baby pci's there.
zeekslider
11 years ago
The only PCI I'm pretty sure isn't broken is the Wind Chimes... unless the sound it makes has gone missing.

I know the Uber Toilet also works fine, as I've used that since the big change where you have to upgrade it to self-cleaning in order to get the animations to run.

I don't have any pets in the household (yet), so I can't test out the Auto Feeder to see if that still works or not. Last time I used it, I had to upgrade it so that it filled the bowl automatically until the food ran out, but I forgot the specific steps you had to take to upgrade it so that it would do the action. If you didn't do it exactly, the object broken. I don't think they ever fixed that either.

Oh, and I just remembered: The Composter no longer waters potted plants... :(
Mystyrys
11 years ago
Is that why my auto feeder doesn't work? :shock: How do I fix it? Delete and place a new one? And then what?

I just figure when things don't work, I'm doing it wrong. :/
zeekslider
11 years ago
Mystyrys wrote:
Is that why my auto feeder doesn't work? :shock: How do I fix it? Delete and place a new one? And then what?
If I remember correctly (which may be wrong), you're suppose to upgrade it to Auto-Fill BEFORE you put food in it. After that, I think you unlock the options to turn on how often it fills up. You then put the food in last.

If you only have one pet, it takes a good while before you have to refill the Auto Feeder. The Auto-Fill option is just there to make sure the bowl isn't empty as long as there is food in the tank. Two pets can eat out of the same bowl (unless that broke too), which can speed things along if you want to see if it works properly.
YellowJane
11 years ago
Hi zeek, sorry you're having these problems. The gurus really need to stop making items that break something else in the game... They don't seem to think that possibly some people have both!? :roll:

I dont think it's a problem you can solve until they patch it in a Game Update :(
zeekslider
11 years ago
Mystyrys, I hate to say it, but I think the Auto Feeder is, indeed, broken.

I did a test after you posted. I had two running. One with the Smart Sensor installed, one without. Neither one of them refilled the bowls after the five (yes, five) dogs ate them clean in one Sim day.
Mystyrys
11 years ago
Awww, that's too bad. I like the look and intended convenience of the auto feeder. I had another regular food bowl I was refilling, thinking I just hadn't figured out the auto feeder yet.

Thank you for testing it. At least now I know it's broken and I can remove it and hope it gets fixed soon.
SimsBarbie
New Spectator
11 years ago
lovelylisac wrote:
My playpen is glitched now, too. Toddlers can learn to talk in it, but only one of the other skills works properly. Quite frustrating, as I just got triplets. And they can only learn to walk in the walker, the play interaction is broken. Guess I'll just have unskilled children when they age up :roll:

So far my toddler is in the future and is able to play and learn to walk in walker, and play with abascus(sp) and learn to talk in playpen. I will test other things later.