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Orbital_Speed
12 years ago
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Variety of glitches occurring since installing Island Paradise

Hello. As described in the title, I installed the Island Paradise expansion pack, and am now experencing several glitches in my game while playing on Isle Paradiso. So far, I've had my painter sim...
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  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    12 years ago

    Islo Paradiso does have a lot of problems. Routing issues and the large world with an entire routable ocean are just an example.

    Things you can try:

    • Sims in Slow Motion
    • Delete the Scott Family
    • Use the cheat DiscoverAllUnchartedIslands to make all islands visible. I'm aware that this takes away from the fun but it seems to help some. 
    • Make sure you have no stuck sims in your town (use the cheat resetsim * to reset all sims in your town and put them to a safe location)
    • Use Overwatch and ErrorTrap (those are mods and you'll be using at your own risk. Not supported by EA. Just google to find)
    • Check for any aboandonned boats in your game and delete them by using testingcheatsenabled true and then shift-click on the boat and choose object-delete.
    • If you're playing Hobart's Hideout, be aware of this issue: Routing Issues in the Resort Hobart’s Hideout
    • General tips for lags: Lags & Intermittent Freezes
crinrict's avatar
crinrict
Hero+
12 years ago

Are you using any other mods ? Maybe outdated ones ?

I do believe that painting on houseboats is gltiched.

Orbital_Speed's avatar
Orbital_Speed
12 years ago

Thank you for the fast response.

I went through my mods folder. At the moment, I only have mods from Nraas studios, and they all seem to be up to date. (Either they're for update 1.63 or 1.55-1.63)

I decided to cut my losses and deleted the old save and started a new game, to see if that would solve any issues. I saved my old household, opened up a brand new Isle Paradiso, selected them as the household I wanted to use and picked a regular house for them to live in. Now when I pressed the check mark to start playing, the game stops, the options go gray, and nothing happens.
At that point I figured I should just employ the tried and true method of turning it off and turning it back on, which worked out.

I moved them into a regular house, had her paint a large picture, and she was able to complete it and give me a dialog box on the price. I really want to say thank you for letting me know that the painting skill is borked on houseboats, it looks like to avoid issue I should just avoid those homes. Unfortunately, I've also gone back to experiencing terrible lag, occuring often and lasting for about 25 seconds each time. I have to go back to resetting my game frequently with Master Controller.

I think I'll start saving my pennies and see if I can buy Sunlit Tides to have my island/resort life without the lag. Thank you again for letting me know about the painting glitch and houseboats.

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    12 years ago

    Islo Paradiso does have a lot of problems. Routing issues and the large world with an entire routable ocean are just an example.

    Things you can try:

    • Sims in Slow Motion
    • Delete the Scott Family
    • Use the cheat DiscoverAllUnchartedIslands to make all islands visible. I'm aware that this takes away from the fun but it seems to help some. 
    • Make sure you have no stuck sims in your town (use the cheat resetsim * to reset all sims in your town and put them to a safe location)
    • Use Overwatch and ErrorTrap (those are mods and you'll be using at your own risk. Not supported by EA. Just google to find)
    • Check for any aboandonned boats in your game and delete them by using testingcheatsenabled true and then shift-click on the boat and choose object-delete.
    • If you're playing Hobart's Hideout, be aware of this issue: Routing Issues in the Resort Hobart’s Hideout
    • General tips for lags: Lags & Intermittent Freezes

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