Please don't report those anymore. If you do have extra info or solutions, please post.
I've tried to group the bugs.
Not Bugs (Explanations by SimGuruLily)- Excessive Puking
This is due to Sims being near Vampires, it scares them.
--> Might still be an bug cause it's too much puking.
-->
My theory on this bug: I have learned that they puke when around a Vampire that was out in the sun too much. Since there seems to be a problem with Sims not taking care of themselves and Vampires being out all the time, this is probably just a follow-up bug and not the main problem.
Remark: There is already a mod that stops this:
Stop Puking When Around Vampires by blugenjutsu@CrazyTown
- Certain sims can't start a band
Your Sim must have at least 1 skill point in one of the 4 instruments before they can start a band. They must also do it by starting it with another Sim who they have a decent relationship with and who is also not already in another band. If this is behaving differently, please explain the problem further.
--> If you are using any hidden trait mods or MC, don't set the band skill for them. It should only be set for people that are already in a band (thank you to
bluegenjutsu for finding that).
- Sims change into formal wear on several inappropriate occasions.
Are they Insane? This is intentional if so.
--> NO. They actually change cloth when not supposed to and do not have the insane trait.
- Can't dance on tables.
Right, they should only be able to dance on counters and the special bar table (and only if the route is not blocked).
- Muscle definition does not change when working out
Correct, this can only be set while in CAS when creating your Sim. Working out will not affect it. If you still cannot see it in CAS, consider removing custom skins.
- Ghosts hunters job cannot be completed for ghost would go behind walls (elevator) and stay there
If you can't reach a certain ghost, another one should spawn in an appropriate location so you can complete the job.
@Kryldost: Uses moveobjects on and put a speedy pole under a pool if you climb it then reach/stand on the pool floor.
We kindly refer to this as a “Don’t do that.” So, don’t.
- Plasma spoils very fast and cannot be placed in a fridge.
This is because it’s technically a “Quick Meal” which can’t be put back into the fridge. Thankfully you can get an infinite supply out of the fridge anyway, so just get rid of these if they start to stink.
- Dancing on tables is not available all the time
There are a lot of requirements to meet to get this to become available, I’ll detail them:
-Sim must be a Party Animal OR Inappropriate OR have had at least 1 Drink from a professional bar
-Music must be playing
-The interaction is only available on Counters and the bar-style table (Paddy’s Irish Pub Stand)
--Sim must be at a bar venue OR at a party
-The path up cannot be blocked
-There must not be any hanging ceiling object above the bar that they would hit their head on
- Sims don’t do the new dance moves
They must “learn” the new moves after doing the regular old dance for a while.
- Vampires can go out the in Sun most of the time and not get a negative moodlet!
It takes a little bit for it to show up. You have a grace period.
- Sims change their favorite food when turned into a Vampire
This is intentional. Vampires like Plasma.
- Business Career has different hours now
This is intentional if you are living in Bridgeport.
- My Sim suddenly has a relationship with his car
That is a feature that came with the fast lane patch (you don't need the addon to get it). There is a mod over at MTS by Buzzler that cures that.
Issues with Custom Content- Custom Skins (the non-default kind) seem wonky atm and should not be used. If you have any in your game that you did not download, you will need to delete the sim it came with.
- Quite a few windows seem to make problems. Either they disappear in the wall or thy crash the game. You should check for updates.
--> The Cellar Arch and the Bahaus transparent window from the Store seems to be affected by this too. Pics can be found on page 78, beginning. Post by Pary.
- In my opinion, Sims 3 does not like CC very much, especially the old one. If you have ANY kind of problems, take it all out. If you do have the patience you can start sorting through if. If not, play without or get new stuff. Don't go overboard. Only leave the stuff in you really need. And remember:
If you download from the exchange, you have cc. It's in the sims3packs. There is a lot of bad cc around. Check this thread: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/234888.page for further info on that.
Issues with Store ContentList of Faulty EA ItemsReported IssuesEdit Town / Town view- Bulldozing removes the lot from the world.
--> SimguruLily: What lots is this occurring on?
--> Zeekslider: Empty lots. Lots with NOTHING on it. If there is a single title or one piece of a wall, bulldozing works properly. But if there is NOTHING on the lot and you bulldoze it, that's when the lot gets removed.
- The distance of lots to the side walk is very difficult and not functioning correctly. When placing a lot on an area the lot is either too big or cannot reach the side walk.
- Houses homes manors and what not are sinking in to the dirt.
- Moving to an Empty Lot is impossible. The game reads it as if there are no lots available to move if you select that option. Instead, Empty Lots come up under the House button.
- Fountain & Pool Curves are not working right. Paintings won’t move up and down --> Remove all old savegames
- Old house is show instead of current one. Zooming in shows the right house
- Houses disappear from town view
- Disappearing map tags
- Camera doesn't work well.
CAS- Default for Chin slider is all the way to the left.
- Ghost Mummies are brown almost black instead of grey like they used to.
Build/ Buy Mode- Wall Speakers only play classical Music --> Use shift/ctl-click to change.
- When moving the saveguard gates they leave behind black poles. --> Pics to this problem can be found on page 60, upper half, post by amberwaves
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Terrain paints: the "light dirt" has turned to just plain grass- Only one usable item is usable if you use the up/down feature. Info by ZeekSlider on page 91 towards the end.
- On Banzai Fusion the parking spaces cannot be deleted --> Public markers are hidden in the elevator shaft.
- Terpsichore Studios has two extra invisible floors above the roof --> Missing Skip Level Markers.
- In penthouses with balconies, furniture can only be placed with
moveObjects on.
- Buggy basement ceiling tiles sticking up through the ground. Seems related to changed in ground elevation.
xifu wrote:
If you find that you are unable to change a community building, parking structure/garage, or apartment in Edit Town -> Build/Buy mode, it is because there is a Public Room Marker on the lot somewhere (some are hidden in the elevators or foundations.) The Public Room Marker is a silver orb that can only be seen by activating these three cheats:
1. testingcheatsenabled on
2. buydebug on
3. restrictbuildbuyinbuildings off
After these cheats have been set, you can now see the Public Room Marker. You can also see two other silver orbs called Hidden Room Marker and Skip Level Marker. If you move out a household to make an apartment bigger by removing the Hidden Room Marker, the cost of the apartment goes up because of the extra room available. This is not a bug! It is meant to do that!
People can find more information about using these three markers at these places:
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/283202.page
http://www.simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Tutorials:TS3_Sims_3_Apartments#Marking_rooms_Public.2FPrivate.2FHidden
Soundproblems and Music problems- Sound from a certain action does not shut of
- Sound does not play at all/ suddenly stops.
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Sound from one mode, plays in another-
Stereomusic not working properly- Public Speakers can't play custom music
- Buy/Build/CAS Mode Music not playing or staying (go to Options and choose a song)
- Sound locks up when Kids ride a bike (CPU usage very high)
Graphic Issues--> SimGuruLily: Try removing CC and any custom skins. These seem pretty odd.
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My baby has a 'head patch'. Looks weird.- All kinds of strange Animations
- Pop-Ups flicker
- Blocky Hair or holes
- Black, Red or blurry windows.
- Blocky trees
- Animations are out of Sync
- Ghost sims have ghost hair and eyes while changing cloth --> Pics to this problem can be found on page 39, towards the middle, post by Aprilise
- Grass patches on road: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=242046
- Stairs with railings have a blue box around them.
- Windows are missing if zoomed in. Just holes in the wall.
- Instead of walking, Sims slide a little bit.
Problems with Skills, Meters, Wishes & Moodlets- Moods and Skills Meters are static
- Making friends got a lot harder
- Sims don't gain experience from playing the guitar --> Might just be the bar not showing (see below)
- Missing moodlets
- Moddlets that don't go away (Hunted, disgusted, new home for Sim that already lived in a house when someone new moved in) --> Use
testingcheatsenabled true and shift-click on the moddlet. If you're lucky, it stays away.
- Blue skill bar not showing up when watching cooking channel on the new TV or the Iconic Jam Guitar
- Strange wishes that cannot be fulfilled or don't get fulfilled even though they are.
- Teddy bears make socials go down faster.
- Charisma learning gets canceled
- the job performance meter barely moves up or down, if at all.
Problems with the ServiceNPCs--> SimGuruLily: Service NPCs are notoriously lazy, but this sounds excessive. Check for any mods and remove them. We’re not seeing anything nearly this bad.
If you have any missing ServiceNPCs, check if the are maybe stuck in front of some building (see above)
- No bouncer or mixologists on duty -->
Actually stuck somewhere ?
- Butler never comes or leaves -->
Actually stuck somewhere ?
- 50 or more ServiceNPCs show up
--> Caused by Chaavik-ChildrenCanReadSkillBooksAndAllBuyableBooks-AM.package (Mod)
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Maid, Babysitter & Butler are super lazy and never do anything. They just stand around until it's time to leave.
- ServiceNPC cars are stuck in front of the house --> Delete them with testingcheats. See above.
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Repairman does not repair salvaged items any more --> Probably a fixed bug. People want it back
- ServiceNPCs with roles get replaced frequently, making it impossible to complete certain opportunites.
- Butlers go up and down and up and down. No Reason.
- Repairman only repairs stuff when watched or not at all
- Butlers get stuck on counters
- Hottub kills Repairmen (when they try to fix it)
- General butler wonkyness.
- Butler throws laundry on the floor instead of putting in dryer or line.
- Butler constantly making group meals.
Elevator problems--> Use Twallans DebugEnabler to reset elevators: NRaas --> debugenabler --> option --> Objects --> Force Reset
- Sims get stuck in the elevator (see above)
- Sims freeze when woohooing on the elevator
- Sims get in each other's way while going on the elevator
- Elevator never comes because it seems broken (esp. Aquarius)
- House with elevator keeps catching fire.
- Elevators take too long and the sims are never on time.
- Fire can spread into the hall of your apartment building, making the elevator unusable.
- Strange behavior after birthday in an apartment house. Details can be found on page 72, toward the end. Post by rebekahtownsend.
- General elevator bugginess.
There is a mod that helps reducing the waiting period for elevators:
Faster Loading and Moving of the Elevators by blugenjutsu@crazyTown
Problems with Clubs/ Bands- Cant get into the clubs even though I have enough stars
--> SimGuruLily: Perhaps that’s a matter of opinion. Maybe you really do need more stars?
- Public speakers stop playing and people stop dancing. Speakers still enabled. Need to be disabled and enabled again to play again.
--> This is caused by the overwatch mod which stops the music for all stereos (including speakers) at 3 am in the morning as part of a nightly cleanup to avoid other issues. It will be changed in the next phase, for now just use a overwatch tuning file to stop the nightly cleanup.
- Can’t interact with another sim cause that one is watching the piano player. Piano playing has to be interrupted.
- Switching the music does not seem to have any effect
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My band can't get a gig- Sims can only JAM or play blues --> Not a bug. They can play the other options only in gigs.
- Cannot ask someone to join the band
--> might be connected to a mod.
--> Sincerbox: Celebs with less stars can't invite a Sim with more stars into a band.
--> See also section
Not bugs - Sims can't start a band)
- Hotspot has to be reset manually
- When you ask someone to leave the band, it's not registered correctly that they have left.
- Sims can't rejoin a band.
Problems with Challenges / Lifetime Awards-
The Professor of Drinks challenge fails to add the new special drink (could be mod related, so if anyone vanilla game can confirm this)
- "Super Friendly" charisma skill challenge does not seem to work any longer --> Might be connected to Vampires.
- Sim mastered her skill in piano and read all the piano books 5-9 but for some reason won't get the master tracks.
- After finished Amateur Rock Finder challenge and Awesomest Rock Collector in the Universe challenge while Unique Rocks Analyzed reached 100%, saved the sim to library, and then used this sim to start a new game, the percentage of Unique Rocks Analyzed became a random number, and the states of two related challenges became unfinished.
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Can't take pic of theater (again ?)
- Long Distance Relationship does not work
- Outing LTA does not work
- No Jealousy Award does not work right for normal Sims (it does for Vampires)
- Vacationer does not work
- If there is a drink challenge the Mixologists, they run away and leave the building before my sim can order a drink
Money troubles- Musicians & mixologist don't get tips or the tips are not added to the household funds.
- Sims payment is not added to the household funds anymore.
- Cannot purchase any of the venues
- Sim can't collect venue money (maybe only Celebs ?)
- Coupons don't work properly anymore.
- Money from selling sculptures is not added to the funds.
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Suddenly getting lots of moneySubway System- Sims show a very irrational way on how to use it (take cab/limousine to subway station, take sub to station (sometimes the same one), take cab to destination)
Problems with celebrities / parties- Sim reaches level 5 Celeb status on her name plate, but not on her status bar. It stays at about 4.9.
- Celeb Sim that was at the spa at time of work begin, stayed at spa but was shown at work
- Celeb can't go to the lounge anymore
- When invited to a party, there is no host or the party is over shorty after cause all already left.
- Getting lots of invitations and even when declining them getting messages for missing them.
- Party End Message not appearing.
- Paparizzi can't be asked to leave and are a major pain --> Aren't they supposed to be a major pain ?
- Can't get in the house a party is held. Counts towards attending anyway.
- No food when invited to a party.
Problems with Vampires--> SimGuruLily: Try again with no mods, please.
- Vampires don’t turn but just float in the air forever
- Animations for Vampires don’t work (Hunt, Turn)
- Vampire can’t run --> Mod that makes mummies and Simbots walk normally.
- Cured Vampire still gives have the negative moodlet ‘hunted’
- Vampire Lounge isn’t working
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Vampire skins are not showing in Live Mode--> Try turning of 'Enable Advanced Rendering'
- Vampires don't sleep longer when told too
- Vampire children learn SUPER fast (supposed to be twice as fast, but it seems faster)
--> Happens to lots of people. No mods involved. They seem to go from 1 to 10 in less than an hour.
- Vampires have no teeth
- Vampires pass out randomly
- Vampires freeze easily, resetting them seem to make it worse.
- Celeb Sim disappeared after a Vampire read their mind.
- Reads minds wrongly (about being single or not)
- Vampires die and spread very fast. They don't seem to take care of themselves at all.
Silver16 wrote:
Drinking the vampirism cure only works half-way:
all the motive bars turn green, the purple haze around them does not go away, Thirst does not turn back into Hunger (though it works as Hunger from a mechanical perspective), the Hunt interaction does not disappear, skin/eyes turn back to normal, can't be sure about fangs as mouth no longer opens, vampire "bite mark" on neck does not disappear, vampire "bed" is disabled, can ask other sims to be turned into vampire again, read mind interaction is available at night time, vampire moodlets for sleeping long/night time are still around, vampirism cure is not available for purchase...
Laundry/ Cloth troubles- Washing machine becomes unusable and has to be replace frequently
- Sim can't change his cloth. Does die Animation but nothing happens
- Washing machines are spitting the cloth out
--> SimGuruLily: Try placing a new copy of the washing machines if you are on an old save. If that doesn’t help, can we get some more details on these? For instance, what does “spitting the cloth out” actually mean?
- dirty laundry appears on the roof out of reach of Sims when they change clothes or bath.
Career/ Job Problems- Stylists and ghost hunters have troubles getting into houses where they are supposed to do a task --> might be connected to houses with gates
- Check-Up Action got canceled, now there is no interaction and crowd still thinks sim is sick --> might be connected to a mod
- PI can't rummage through trash
- Meeting Held Meter drops to 0 every time sims goes to work.
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Teleport to work does not work for the Multirabbitholes
- Sims don't change into working cloth properly. Work outfits show up as
miscallaneous 1 instead of
work cloth- All kinds of troubles with the fireman career (existing problem)
- Sims wear random cloth to work (even naked) --> probably not cc related.
- Sim can't win any of his games. The score always ends up being 5-9 and it's really not helping with getting him to lvl 10 in the profession sports career track.
- Stylist portfolio is still in inventory even after switching jobs.
- Research on Computer was not fulfilled in Science career even tough it was done.
- No money and the work experience bar does not go up for Film Career
- After completing the Ultimate Invention Opportunity to the point the Sim is to actually create a simbot, one is unable to select the option on the invention bench
- Moving/ Switching families resets the solved cases for a PI to 0 (existing bug)
- Sims start working as soon as they get into the car and even when they are standing outside the building the tab says they are working when they are in fact not.
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Mystery Invention not showing up
- Pregnant Sims have to go to work.
- Carpool not showing up.
Aging Problems- Age get reset when using tattoo chair or stylist
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Sims won't age up anymore. They just stand there forever and then go about their business
--> Temp workaround:
Aging bug quick fix- A certain sim won't get older (mostly with Sims created in CAS)
- Toddlers age resets when using mirror and dresser
- Twins are 2 days apart in age.
- Elders not dying.
Problems with groups- Sim can't play the piano while in a group
- Sims that are invited either don't come over at all or come in groups and then leave immediately, saying they are bored. Sometimes they are stuck in front of the house.
- General wonkynes
- Going on group outings with bikes / motorcycles the Sims in the group tend to just stand around and not go in a club/bar/whatever.
- Groups don't take the same car when moving from one place to another.
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NPCs in groups social drop when on outings.
Problems with LN features in other hoods- Apartments are not recognized as home. The whole building is taken into account.
- No vampires or stars in other hoods --> Turn Story Progression on if you want them. If you are using StoryProgression Mod, that normal. Will be changed in the next phase.
- Ceiling too low problem in Barnacle Bay --> Windows ?
- No mixology classes in SV.
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In Barnacle Bay, everyone is a Star.
Relationship / Friend Problems- Marrying a sim makes them be only friends
- When getting married, Sims still wish to move together altough they already live together.
- Teens getting the option to get married.
- Sim in the friends list are suddenly not in the list anymore.
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Try for baby got harder and the jingle does not play anymore
- Romantic interactions don't go to alluring and stay at flirty, always going back to friendly between actions.
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Can’t Marry or Date Bug (existing problem)
- Sims suddenly being married.
Traveling Issues- Getting no adventures or only simple ones
- Travelling corrupts family trees (existing problem)
- Sims not arriving in vacation towns when traveling (existing problem)
- Travel time does not advance
- No French food in France
- Family has no access to vacation home.
- Explorer with obsessing cloth changing.
- Vendors act are taking pictures and want autographs non-stop
- Music instruments are lost from your inventory when you are playing when you have to leave for home.
Problems with needs/interactions/actions- NPCs don't take care of their needs at all.
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Sims wake up at 4 am or 6 am without having their energy bar full and have to be told to go back to sleep.
--> for a possible solution, read page 3 and 4 of this thread:
Why is my sim waking up at 4 am every day?-
Clean out bad food does not always show up
- Sims no longer clean up everything when told to clean all the dishes. They pick one at the time and choose a random sink
- Hand out interaction persists on Sims even though the opportunity is completed
- Sim can't use certain tiles anymore. They stomp and can't reach stuff. Might some invisible object that cannot be removed.
- Actions are get cancel without a reason or drop out of the queues. --> Photo request, freaking out, fires, celebrations .. are all events that have sims drop everything they are doing and forget what they were supposed to do.
- Interaction with ONE sim not possible
- Woohoo Interaction in the hot tub makes Sims get out of the tub.
- Toddlers can't be reached if they are sitting on top/bottom of the stairs
- Serenading on the piano breaks the piano (first sound and then when the action is canceled the piano is still in use.
- Asking for Sign resets the romantic interactions to
thinks they're okay if they are compatible.
Troubles with shown texts- Missing text for the new features in the interactions and more.
- Sims with guitar skill before LN are now missing the names of the songs to play. The options are there but empty --> Seem to come back after a while
- Popups have text missing text--> Might be due to a unnamed lot
http://i51.tinypic.com/1z4ids3.png
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Townies have strange names --> Might be conected to a mod
Problems with lights/visibility- Windows are not recognized as light source.
- Blacklights cannot be turned off or the make all light into black lights.
- Only ground floors of apartments can be viewed
- New fish are invisible in the HELS aquarium and the bowl (this is NOT related to NoMosaic for it's not all fish. If it's Mod related, it's all the fish).
Inventory- Stuff gets stuck in Inventory
- Suddently tons of cars in Inventory
- Stuff disappearing from Inventory.
Misc- Food truck are rare an drive off very fast
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Sim goes missing after being sent to jail.- Teens go missing after being caught by the police
- Random Sim come to the lot, stay there and use everything (not paparazzis).
- Musical instruments and books disappear off community lots because NPCs like to take them home (not clepto sims)
- No books for the new fish in the bookstore
- Tons of books lay around the front door of the apartment buildings.
- Leftover Pizza is disappearing from the fridge
- Sims run everywhere (Running bug, existing problem, seems not to be fixed)
- Neverending moving mode. Game just loads and loads and loads --> could be related to too much stuff in house/inventory or certain CC.
- Story Progression not working (again ?)
- Sims says that bookshelf is empty and he cannot read although it's not
- Gems have all the same structure and can't be cut (pre-patch existing ones)
- Stereos go missing if placed on a hot tub (seems like the sims 'steal' them when getting out of the tub).
- Graveyard ghosts wake up, get in a car and go to a "home" instead of haunting the graveyard
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Omniplant seeds can't be ordered anymore- Hot tub placed on a field with not tiles spawns water that cannot be cleaned.
- Stuff in fridge that is still good, immediately spoils when taken out.
- When inviting sims they say they are coming and then immediately cancel (existing issue).
- Female Sims turns into a Man after showering (actually the butler)
- Loosing bladder control seem contagious.
- Two Sims in a family suddenly seem to 'share' traits and moodlets.
- Game still thinks Sim plays music even if they don't. Others sims can't sleep and get the
enjoying music moodlet.
- pre-made NPCs (even the muscular bouncers) always become thin-skinny after changing clothes and stay that way.
- Sim can turn on TV that is not in the same room.
- Somehow a 9th family member was added that was the boyfriend (ya) of one of the household members (teen).
Missing Game Objects- Tattoos
- The Dulclnea from the store and the Das Kauker R86 from High-end Loft Stuff no longer appear in the game --> Apparently those two guitars are no longer seen as public items. If you try to make a band venue, you'll only have access to the base game guitar for that community lot. If you are in a residential lot/appartment, you can still buy those two guitars for your Sims (thanks to
ZeekSlider for that Info) or you could use the cheat
buydebug to find them.
- Food trucks/ food truck parking spaces.
Older bugs can be found in this thread:
TS3 + EPs & SPs - Known Glitches & Causes
