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Anonymous
13 years ago

sim wont use telescope, cant use chessboard, etc...

I bought a new pc, and downloaded my sims 3 game onto it.  I can no longer get my sim to use the telesope, or chess board.  the chess board says you need a chair, and i put several different chairs there and none will work.  when i tell him to use the telescope, he will go to it, and look for a second, then suddenly glitch and be away from it.  Im sure there are other similar items like this that i cant use, but i couldn't progress far enough into the game to find out. (well, i could, but its no fun anymore)  I have 2 copies of this game, and i would like to actually be able to use it, since i spent 140$ on it. (plus the expansion that i have)  I tried uninstalling, and then reinstalling, and that didnt work.  what can i do to get this to work?  I saw some stuff online that indicated that i would have to buy another expansion set.  I refuse to buy an expansion set, to get something to work, when it worked just fine for the past few years.  Is there another patch i can download?  or something else?  i would appreciate being able to play my favorite game again.  thx so much!



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  • The telescope one is a bug which EA needs to fix. Nothing you can do about it.

    As for the chess table, are the chairs connected to the table ? You can find out by grabbing the table. If the chairs come with, they are attached. Make sure the table points in the right direction and the chairs are at the right side.

    Are you using mods in your game ?

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    i cant get the chairs to connect to the table.  and it was pointing in the right direction.  I dont use mods, and its a brand new pc.  Ive been playing sims for years and years, and ive never had an issue with getting the chess table to work.  everything works fine on my old pc, but not the new one.  i think it has something to do with the patch that i unfortunately installed.

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    crinrict
    Hero+
    13 years ago

    I assume you tried different chess tables and different chairs ?

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    crinrict
    Hero+
    13 years ago

    Not sure what could be causing this then.

    Maybe someone else has an idea.

    You should remove your email from the first post for your own security.

  • Same here with telescope.  I also had the chessboard glitch but somehow resolved it with different chairs, possibly a different chessboard.  Now I have a Sim that will not go to work at the lab in Science field.  Refuses and is then soon "missing work" ... very uncool.

    Is there a forum to go to specifically to hear where EA are actually responding and fixing the problems with their games?  I do not play online, I have no apps or downloads and only 1 recent minor patch.  So it's a definate flaw in their program.

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