Generations Bug Thread - Please see compiled list on first page before posting.

If you are seeing any kind of Sim Corruption as decribed below, please post in this thread:
Blank or Missing Sim Icons, Missing UIs, Missing Interactions and Clones



Sim/Neighborhood Corruption
Sim Corruption comes in all kinds of flavors and has been going on for a while. Sims get stuck (on objects, on beds, on each other), jump out of interactions, turn invisible and as a ultimate corruption you loose your UI. There's a loooong thread on the issue in the technical forum: Lags & Invisible, Frozen & Stuck Sims. I can't help out over there right now but there are lots of people with long time experience with the issue. You also find some info on it linked in the first post.

What can you do when it happens to you ?
First thing you can try (if you are not opposed to mods that is) is try if Twallan's ErrorTrap or Overwatch can save anything. It's important that you are patch level 1.22 to use ErrorTrap. You might find ScriptErrors after that in your documents folder. Post them in Twallan's forum. He can help you out. NOT here, I can't really read most of them.

That didn't work
If you are attached to your family/town, I would suggest, moving everything to a new town. Unfortunatly with the EA approach you loose all your relationships this way (you won't loose any skills this way). You could also use the Twallan's Porter to achieve the same AND keep your relationships.

Na, still nothing
Then I would suggest, resetting your user data and start a brand new game. I can be hard, I know but sometimes it's the only way to still enjoy the game.

The corruption might come back after a while so I do recommend using Overwatch to prevent most of the causes of this corruption.

If really nothing helps at all, you might need to reinstall your game, clean your registry and defrag your computer.

Reports on that
- MitserPhooka,chattyaholic, Stumbleduck, Minous
- Resender1
--> Connected to false resource.cfg in c:\programs\electronicarts\outdoorliving\ (not game\bin that one is required).

Blog Entries on Corruption
BUG: Sims reset / jump out of actions
BUG: Invisible Sims
BUG: Social Interactions are missing
BUG: Missing UI
BUG: Sims missing from the portrait panel

Sims standing around doing nothing

--> Please see this post over at Twallan's forum for a possible cause:
A Test For Slow Responding Sims

Symptoms
- Sims just stand around and are not doing what they should
- Sims take hours to do an action
- Sims don't to actions automatically anymore (no free will)

Explanation / Solutions
This issue is usually seen on slower computers with little RAM (2-3 GB is not a lot if you have all EPs/SPs). Upgrading to more RAM and a 64 bit system usually helps this problem a lot. Also try to turn off all background programs that you don't need.

If the Computer is busy with something else or trying to process stuff in the game, that can lead to other actions being held up.

This problem can also be connected to bad routing. If you have a house with a lot of furniture the game might be busy trying to find the best way. A routing fix mod can help with that.

--> Possible Cause by ZeekSlider: NPC Sims won't join in activities if their needs aren't full.

Reports on the issue
smalltownteddy, becca_xo,jwise9ej, judynjo, ZeekSlider, XxNiqhtAc3xX, Bagelbaker,PlexiglassPrism

Sims resetting themselves out of actions (jump bug)

It seems this is the first sign your hood is about to explode.

Explanation / Cause
Could be because of a unhandled script error that fires or an incompatible mod.

--> Theory for jumping out of make-out interaction by snapdragon.
--> Possible solution for jumping out of bed by Blysscia
--> Abra9867. Jump out of bed problem might be caused by missing/corrupt sleepwear. Give them new sleepwear.
- Sim getting reset from rabbithole --> Try replacing the rabbithole with a new one.

BUG: Sims reset / jump out of actions

Reports on that
Kita5399, Several reports, WingedArc, Resender1, Shan, http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/825/377927.page#5477699, Sim3Gal1013, PolarBabe, butt_bunn: , jacqpinks, MiyuEmi and many more.

Interactions not working correctly
- Missing interactions are to some extend mod related but only if you are missing the interactions on ALL your Sim
- Sims are being reset when doing an interaction --> might also be mod related for some interactions.
- Kamb64: Missing interactions after falsely accusing of cheating.
- sirona66
- catloverplayer: Trait-based interactions not available early anymore.
- buckeygirl80: One Sim resets himself out from date activities.
- butt_bunn: Pillow fight not working.
- Lizzzie350

--> Solution for unclickable Sims by Conclue: Move out and in.
--> For those who don't mind using mods, try if Twallan's ErrorTrap can solve the issue. You will need patch 1.22. This mod does NOT work for 1.21 or 1.19.
--> BUG: Social Interactions are missing

Aging is messed up in an all new way

BUG: Aging troubles

--> If you have any troubles with aging, try moving the sliders all the way to the left, then all the way to the right and then settle them where you want them.

Reports so far on this issue:
- KelMarCos: Age bar suddenly full
- Nokuoro: Random age jumping
- Sgizzle09: Aging up still occurred when the sliders were changed mid-game. There was no birthday message just yet when the sliders were changed.
- NocturnesRequiem, Cororon: Age bar won't budge although aging is on.
--> Might be connected to pre-existing games that had aging off at the time of patching/installation of GEN.
- DamagedGoods: Wrong aging pop-up without the actual aging.
- Stylist station and tattoo chair still reset the age.
- Mellowsnowy2002, eilian: Sims age up with aging off.
- Debeeby
- PnkGdAngl: Aging and SP stops working entirely for the whole neighborhood after a while.

Camera / photography skill issue

BUG: Sim freezes while taking pictures

- The skill tab is empty
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/sullen_embers/missingskill.jpg
- DOLLDRMS1 (and many many more): Taking pictures is not possible --> Sim freezing
- RaceTheDream: Pictures blury even with good camera.
- clubers: Photographs do not save and every photograph in camera is gone.
- Details by dk4ofjoshuayhyu

--> Correlation to opportunities ?
--> Some people claim that fully patching the game and all EPs (especially WA) fixes the issue for them. Try manually updating all your games according to this table: http://www.simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Patch_Table (click on the 11 to get to the actual patches).
--> Try buying a new camera.
--> ivinian: Quit the game. Restart, choose a new active household, test the new household, camera works.
--> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/390501.page

Inventory Problems

BUG: Stuck inventory items

- Stuff is stuck in the inventory (especially gems, bugs, etc).
--> Take them out before installing the patch/generations.
--> Use the Option Sort Inventory on MasterController to unstuck
--> Go traveling to unstuck.
--> Removing your cache files: http://crinrict-help.blogspot.com/2011/01/faq-delete-your-cache-files.html
--> How to prevent by orangeplumbob
--> Theory by DulceMell
- Stuff shows as empty squares in inventory
- Wrong inventories showing up upon switching Sims.
- Inventory items flashing madly
--> Might be connected to cameras in the inventory before updateing.
- Books get stuck after a Sim reads a bedtime story to a little one.
- betty_me13: Group of gems not clickable.
- RuthC: Newspaper gets stuck in inventory all the time.
- RuthC: Certain relicts from dig site spawner don't show up in inventory.
- BlazeMasterwort: Celebrity gifts not added to family inventory.
- Freckles_Filigree: Not only inventory items are lost but also known recipes, skills, etc.
- Resender1: Stuff taken out of the family inventory are invisible when placed on lot.
- DOLLDRMS1: Cars get stuck in inventory after traveling.

The After-Traveling-Clone-Bug
BUG: Clones
This issue is actually an existing issue that just got a whole lot worse with the Gen Patch. I do believe that some of the symptoms seen by several people and listed in the posts below can actually be accounted for by this problem.

Twallan implemented a fix for this in Overwatch V28 or greater.

Memory-Bloating-Savegame-Bug

FAQ: How do I turn off the memories ?

Alarming Memories Space?

Unfortunatly the new memory system seems to bloat the savegames making them double the size they used to be. Make sure to delete memories you don't need for active and inactive families from time to time.

A Word on Twallan's Mods

There were some bug in Overwatch and ErrorTrap. Both mods have been updated so make sure to get the current version at Twallan's place.

Both StoryProgression and MasterController are not set up to handle the new features of generations just yet. This includes the age sliders as well so you might run into problems here.