Supernatural Bug Thread

List of reported bugs

Invisible Sims issues
- Thought bubble over ground. Suggestions don't work (DFGuy, ferret9005)
- Sims perform in the ground (LaBlue0314, Silverwerehog, creatorZ, bratzgirle, Snapdragon, Hana)
--> Use reset everything on MasterController
--> Use edit town to edit the lot they are on (jacqpinks)
--> Change the outfit of the Sim to everyday
--> This bug is caused by the game forgetting to display the outfit. It's mostly career outfits
--> Invisible Sims

Zombies
- Social Zombies ? (JayTheWolf)
--> Probably related to the saving on full moon bug (see above)
- No Zombies at all (SpiderCrowWolf)
--> If you have the SP mod, they are cleaned out as homeless (if you have that option on)
--> Turn options to full moon and then back to dynamic after a day (roflblah)

Supernaturals

- Active Witch randomly turns into a werewolf (nathanbanks3)
- Magic Meter does not refill when completely drained (ZeekSlider)
--> If you have set your needs to static, the magic meter stays empty. Set them to dynamic to refill. Isn't always the cause.
- Turned Witch has no broom in inventory (AvisCantrix)
- Iced Sims pop out of the ice shell (bunbunnyny)
- Witch can't use magic by hand properly (staronfire22)

- Werewolves randomly freeze while moving (BernardD)
- Werewolf clothing/shape randomly changes (The_Wolfman_Jake, Darkling, gray_mouse)
--> Using Dresser and Mirror make werewolves change their appearance.
- Werewolf loose their sparkly eyes on restarting the game (Darkling, Darkling, crinrict)
- Werewolves change during the day and not on full moon itself (Iloveferrets11)
- Voices of female werewolves become very low (Bonabopn)

- Promise to protect with Vampires has strange effects (KuniaShazune, ecoju)
--> Reaction depends on traits (StarlingGray)

- Fairies can't play tricks (welshierox)
--> Does using the dresser loose them their ability (enkeli63)
--> Resetting the Sim on MC fixes the issue.
- Fairy child sim super stretched when talking to a tree (HayHay74)
- Fairy can't be saved to the bin (carla70)
--> Connected to head fairy LTR ?
- Fairy gets stuck in fairy house (Kestris)
- Casting of inner beauty makes all Sims in the household not being able to be mean whether they are affected by the spell or not (EatChees)

- Problems with ghost households (Richard0092)

- Supernatural children have weird skin and hair color (BernardD, BernardD)
- Supernatural turn screw-up (CorporalRutland, GurlGamer05)
- Children of SN have human children (HeidiMary, Kestris)
--> Issue with StoryProgression but also seems to happen on vanilla.

Alchemy

- Elixir store cash register does not work properly (RanaAurora, GurlGamer05)
-"Culinary Librarian" is very easy to achieve at level 5 (SeriphinaFyie, Darkling, RDorothyO)
- Mix fail clears queue and makes skill unusable for a while (SeriphinaFyie)
- Sim can't create Skill Booster Potion (xVee)
- Potion vanish on re-arranging (Sim2Blade)
- Alchemy station adds extra spawners to the lot when Sim research Alchemy (max of 3) geminiagre)
--> Potential lag issues
- Fertility potion does not work properly (staronfire22, FrusturatedUser)
- Potion throwing gets stuck (Joolster)
- Vial of enlightenment affects relationships (Creamycheese)

Bonehilda

- Bonehilda is obsessed with children & pets (AvisCantrix, KuniaShazune, crzykiller_, salivacocktail, geminiagre)
- Bonehilda likes to disappear
--> Click on the coffin and choose Dismiss Bonehilda. This gets her back in there you can then get her to start working again.
- Bonehilda does not do the laundry (salivacocktail)
- Bonehilda gets a new outfit added to her wardrobe each day (BionixWV)
--> Fixed in Overwatch 73 and above
- Bonehilda stops working after a while (Mandie997)
- Bonehilda can't exit the fenced lot (Joolster)

New Objects

- Maid and butler are obsessed with the beehive (peoinee, SeriphinaFyie, AnguaUK)
--> beehive is never clean (SeriphinaFyie)
- Spectrum mood lamp makes Sims not able to age or change appearance anymore. Color stays (SolitaryGround)
--> Mood Lamp – A source for Issues
- Pile of Gems cannot be cut with gem cutter (Stormfeather. daystar07)
--> Gem cutter doesn't cut gems
- After hit with the tragic clown potion, Llama traveling changes Sim into tragic clown (lsnishi)
- Sliding Bookcases seize to work when saved to the library and replaced (garthand)
- Canceling the gem cutter interactions makes gems stuck in inventory (tbone25)
- ServiceNPC try to interact with the sliding bookcase but can't (DRaKe6900)
- Failed Bind a Ghost with Philosopher Stone causes permanent dying Sim situation (ZeekSlider)

New features

- Collection Journal has plants/fish missing (mona1996, ewilson1114)
--> Plants missing: Happens to exiting Sims that already have a collection skill (see gardening problems above)
--> Fish missing: Issue with Overwatch
--> Both are fixed in Overwatch V69 and above
- Moon is not showing up (bunbunnyny)
--> It's sometimes high up and can only be seen by using the tab key (SpiderCrowWolf)

Gardening & Cooking

- Mushrooms show up randomly like collectible stuff. They don't appear in the Sims inventory (Nanajin, Neonivek, userkitty1969)
--> Moving family out and back in via edit town makes the mushrooms appear.
- "Sweeten It Up!" interaction causes jumping (Zeekslider)
- Issues with spoiled food (GabbyGirlJ, GabbyGirlJ, Meganne79)
--> Only happens to pre-existing food. Clean out any food you had before the patch.
--> Also happens on new games (AnguaUK)
--> Moon Cycle resetting influence on the food (Kikionparas) ?
--> Connection to Restoration Ritual (chopin27)
- Plants die instead of going to harvest (sylergcs)
- Omni plant does not give fairy damsel or luminous salamander (LionessInMN)
- Plants start wilting as soon as sprinklers are turned off (gonz10)
- Bloom lowers plant quality (Skyte100)
- Quality of the plants don't change or change randomly (Skyte100)
- No mushrooms growing around town (Emairelhd)
- Plants having a full grown state on the second day called mycelium (Patch only)
--> Cause for the mycelium state identified by velocitygrass. It's not game breaking since the plant goes back to normal after the initial state.
- Plants don't grow anymore. Stuck at a certain state (janvel831, RDorothyO, gonz10)
--> Omni Plant seizes to grow if it's feed the new fish (Stormfeather)
--> Money trees conflict with the gatherer trait
- Honey and beewax quality reverts to normal on moving (saieden)
- SN plants can't be planted (SimsFreak2005)

Traits

- Sims can't learn supernatural traits of other Sims (Combaticon)

Hobbies, Skills and collecting

- Jumping Issue with writing (Charicharn)
--> Horror and Poetry need SN and don't work with Patch only despite being there (velocitygrass)

- Gem in pictures have different sizes (HazzaPlumbob, SabreMel)
- Collection helper quit showing where things are when zooming out to map view (bored_1)

LTW, LTR & Wishes

- visit arboretum wish is not being fulfilled (Nintendo277)
--> Gets registered if the Sim leaves the rabbithole after touring the arboretum (snapdragon)
- Wishes come back immediately after being canceled (Wesmaster70, StarlingGray, peoinee, creativegal16, StarlingGray)
- Lifetime Wish disappears ingame on aging up (luckyheather)
- Fairy wings LTR converts back (Kestris)

Opportunity

- Opportunities get not registered as completed (janvel831)
- Can't complete any opportunities at the school in Moonlight Falls (Spiderzzzzz)
- When Dreams Come True opportunity can't be completed (Stormfeather, gonz10)
- Opportunity at the school for after-school activity ceremony can't be completed (ecoju, mslele33, Enchant7676, Mandie997, TemptressUK)
--> Replace the double rabbithole and build single ones (goes for all opportunities that can't be completed).

Relationships

- Unflirty Sims have random relationships (cadaverc)
- Sims hate each other without a reason (catloverplayer, 3DJ4)
--> Existing cheating issue (Stormfeather) ?
- Autonomous love spell casting ruins relationships (shadowmel333)
- Sims that fell in love through means of a spell don't know each other after spell wears off (SpiderCrowWolf)
- Married Sims are not married anymore after the love spell (45rpm)
- level 10 in the mystic branch gives blue aura that ruins relationships (revgrv)
- Sims don't get pregnant (Motherboard, and others throughout the thread)
- Try for Baby option does not appear (Spunkeh-87)
--> If your Sim has the moodlet from the mood lamp, he can't try for baby (EiraRose)
--> Mood Lamp – A source for Issues

Misc Issues

- Missing notifications for common, uncommon, or rare seed (foreverbmw)
- Pop up about random sim without active Sim doing anything (Nanajin)
--> Might have to do Sims autonomously using the magic mirror (Snapdragon)
- Selling items through inventory makes them re-appear on the ground (DCExplorer, Snapdragon, CupcakeCorner, cadaverc, simsolated)
--> Only happens if you sell in paused mode. Item disappears if you unpause --> Confirmation ?
--> Also happens on unpaused games (casualangst)
--> Inventory stuff also multiplies
- Sims get a burned moodlet and the burned skin/ hair look when they weren't burned (bobbleheadsmommy)
- Magically enhanced sprinkler does not auto sprinkler (Sim2Blade)
--> Turn on, let run for a while, turn off, then it should work (ewilson1114)
- Insurance pays way to much money for damage done by fire blast (thesims3boy)
- Everyone gets crying baby moodlet when the baby cries even if the baby is two floor away (3DJ4)
- Teens do homework within seconds (gonz10)
- Two Burglars showing up at the same time (bunbunnyny)
- Clicking on the mailbox while offline freezes the game (catloverplayer)
- Skin randomly changing to the point where it crashes the game (AstraAlvina)
- Careers that have work hours at night have going to work instead of working listed (Stormfeather, Snapdragon)
- Random bus notices for no-longer ensorcelled child (HaywireHakaze)
- Doors need re-locking when a new member is added (Mandie997)
- Birthday cake not clickable (newrichardson)
- One mystery gnome spawns multiple dead ones (GrandmaSnoodle, crinrict)
- Sims that have written Horror Books can't order their books online (luckyheather)

World Adventure

- number of unique combinations reset on traveling (existing bug)
- Inactive Sims cannot use the nectar racks in Nectaries (Snapdragon)
- Fairy can't travel (carla70, daystar07)
--> Sims can't travel if they are under a mystical transformation or mood lamp influence) (Schokomonsta89)
--> Mood Lamp – A source for Issues
- Display cabinet reseting and duplicating (dorenwithcats)

Ambitions

- Consignment symbol in the skills journal has disappeared (ec1ipsse, Snapdragon)
- Ghost Hunter: Ghosts are not spawning (BernardD, Jeansoo, KaikazePanda, leep45508, Damienf519)
--> Ghost Hunter Career is broken atm
--> Connected to the fixed ghost behavior ? (Snapdragon)
- Ghost Hunter opportunity gets not fulfilled (krimsonnox)
- Read to leads to jumping (chevronfox)
--> Maybe connected to the Drama/Poetry issue.
- PI's cases closed often due to non-availability of the client/target (Textor)
- Freezing issues with haverster (Sim2Blade)
- Turned Simbot looks normal but walks like a Simbot (martys15, crinrict)
- No random items when digging through scrap (foreverbmw)
- Witch firefighters cast spell to extinguish fire which does not count (darktennyo)
- Consignment store does not give pay (=http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/1170/581172.page#9580926luckyheather)

Late Night

- Butlers only cook when instructed to do so and are obsessed with books (casualangst, casualangst)
- Sims don't perform their instruments (ec1ipsse)
- Visitors are labeled as Paparazzi (AvisCantrix)
- VIP Velvet Barrier does not have proper labels for other occult sims (Baaleos)
- Toad Stool bar throws you out at 1 am although being open till 3 am (FadedRose)

Pets

- Animals have fairy wings (Gabbryrose, Mandie997, Crinrict)
- Can't befriend birds anymore (existing issue) (mausigirl)
--> Remove any special seeds from your inventory
- Dogs stretch with the hidden door (Akila906)

Showtime

- Invasion of Showtime performers (snapdragon)

Store Items

- Metals created with the magic cauldron can't be smelted/cut and leads to jumping (chevronfox)
--> Happens to ever metal if the first metal of that kind wasn't collected the usual way.
- Spell book causes jumping (Delvianseek)
- Pea Shooter: Can attack anyone. Feature ? (Rubysim, ems0309, SeriphinaFyie, masamune73, geminiagre)
--> Minigame ? (Snapdragon)
- Pea Shooter won't attack celebrities (Rubysim)
- Winning on slot machine gives negative moodlet (daystar07)
- Tree of Prosperity takes a lot longer (Joolster)
--> On purpose ?

Unclear if bugs

- Where are the new vampire moodlets and interactions ? (samsonkflai)
- Should we get an option to customize supernaturals when they were turned ? (Ludov)
- Why are there no space rocks and animals in the collection journal ? (CMWarren)
- Werewolves need longer to fill their energy while sleeping (Nirar22, gray_mouse)
--> Seems on purpose. They don't gain the same energy amount in werewolf form.
- Alchemy Career not progressing (yoshi_dragur2012)
--> Only advances through consigning ?
- Progressing in careers takes a long time (geminiagre)
--> On purpose ?

Not bugs

- Opportunity to bring insects to science center did not get fulfilled (mausigirl)
--> It's an opportunity that consists of several steps
- Dog is having a bad hygiene icon and bad odor when is destruction need is low (thevampyresade)
--> Hygiene motive is not visible, nevertheless do they need a bath from time to time.
- Unable to complete the Mystic Healer lifetime wish. Count doesn't get bigger (DCExplorer)
--> Only SN creatures count Use reset everything on MasterController
- Two set of fangs in CAS (DOLLDRMS1)
--> One is for werewolves, the other for vampires. Does using the dresser loose them their ability (enkeli63)
- Fairy child sim super stretched when talking to a tree (HayHay74)
- Fairy can't be saved to the bin (carla70)
-- Potential lag issues
- Fertility potion does not work properly (staronfire22, FrusturatedUser)
- Potion throwing gets stuck (Joolster)
- Vial of enlightenment affects relationships (Creamycheese)

Bonehilda

- Bonehilda is obsessed with children