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Anonymous
10 years ago
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PLEASE HELP ME Sims can't travel, don't interact, NPC's don't appear

Hello all 🙂

I'm having 2 problems in the game, actually 3....   One of the last times I played, I sent my sims to travel and their sim panel never appeared. They would do everything, but I couldn't see their moods, their inventory and such. I just went back home.

After that, everything seemed normal. I saved and left.  The next time I played, I sent the "husband" to do some inventions and he caught fire. My solution for him not to die, was sending the "wife" (a witch) to give him a freezing spell, saving him.  Again, I saved, and left. Yesterday I went to play, and everything functions normally except that the wife and husband can't interact. They interact with other sims, objects, dogs, cats, etc, but not with each-other.

Every-time I order an action (talking, kissing, whatever) the action simply disappears when they arrive next to the other one....  ☹️  I need a solution that doesn't involve starting over, or changing sims. They have all the abilities, wishes, life rewards, etc almost to the max....

Second problem - when I try to travel, the button appears faded and says "can't travel while a sim from your family is dying" .

This is why I explained that the husband was burning to death and I saved him with a spell, maybe the problems comes from there? some kind of bug....?!  I tried resetting the sim with "testingcheatsenabled true" but it didn't work.  I have onlt one mod in the game, the gardening gnome. Other than that, all my content is from the EA store. I ocasionally use "testingcheatsenabled true" for some emergencies, but after using it, I turn it off....

I also still don't know if my sims panel appears when I travel, because I can't travel right now.... but probably that problem is also still there.

So, in a nutshell - when i travel the sims panel disappears * Husband and wife don't interact * can't travel because a sim is dying (?) *

Pleeease.....  help :P

  • Which version of the Gnome are you using ? Dolphins' or the new one ? Dolphon's is no longer compatible with the game.

    Other than that, sounds like your game corrupted. I would add the ErrorTrap and Overwatch mod and see if they can save anything. You need to google them as I'm not allowed to link.

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Something else I just noticed - the services of magician, mixologist, DJ, acrobat ans singer all got stuck since my last party. I was going to hire them again now, and I can't because it says they are "still active". All of this happened after I tried to travel and my Sim "near-death" experience.

    If you know of any code, mod, or anything that can clean the bugs out, please let me know ☹️

    My NPC's don't work also. The grim reaper doesn't appear when people die, my butler doesn't appear, i get no newspapers, no maid, no DJ, no nothing. There are no NPC's in my game....

    Please.... I really don't want to reinstall the game and lose my house and family ☹️

    From what I gather so far, everything except the travelling bug (sim's panel) started after I killed someone and the ghost just stayed there floating. I used "testingcheatsenabled true" to delete her, because she was there since a full day and the Grim Reaper never came. I now tried to kill someone else and the Grim reaper still doesn't come. Also none of the others NPS appears in my house, or in the city.... I tried clicking the mail box to force NPC's but the mailbox doesn't give me the usual options. Also the mailbox doesn't work, I sent tons of metal to be fused and it never came back, I also don't receive any bills or anything.... ☹️

    Please, anyone, I really don't want to lose this family.....

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    crinrict
    Hero+
    10 years ago

    Which version of the Gnome are you using ? Dolphins' or the new one ? Dolphon's is no longer compatible with the game.

    Other than that, sounds like your game corrupted. I would add the ErrorTrap and Overwatch mod and see if they can save anything. You need to google them as I'm not allowed to link.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Hi there, thanks very much.

    I already removed the gnome mod and the problems persisted. I will try those mods you told me and give an update after.
    If at least the mailbox worked with testingcheats I would force the NPC's, but even the mailbox is "broken".  I went crazy and used buydebug and added another mailbox, now it's even worse lolol  I can't even save the lot, to start over, or move the family to a different house because "a sim is dying" and the grim reaper is gone... Damn mess!!

    Anyway, I'll try those mods. Thanks again 🙂

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    I had 147 erros lolol  Ok. all the NPC are back, people died already, the mailbox works, I can travel. Everything is fixed, exept for the couple. They still can't interact with each other except for the mean/scare option and the spells.

    Anyway, from 7 problems, I only have that one now. If by any chance you know anything that can fix it, it would be amazing.

    If not, I'll keep searching, and thank you SO MUCH, for your idea :D

    Best regards and happy simming

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    10 years ago

    You might need to let the game run through the night(Sims Night)  so Overwatch can fix the relationship as well.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Hi 🙂

    I spent several hours playing yesterday but the couple never got the relationship normalized. What I did was I took the husband out of the family and made him visit and then they she could talk to him normally. I added him to the family but HE still couldn't speak to her, so then I did the same with her (took her out and back in) and now everything is normal :P

    I keep receiving error "reports" from those mods... tons of bugs in my game :/ Hopefully I'll be able to keep playing without problems 🙂

    Thanks again 🙂

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    10 years ago

    You might wanna run those errors by the people in the NRaas Forum. They can help you better with those.

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