Hey, I can't buy a retail lot in Magnolia Springs, I go onto the computer and select 'Buy a Retail Lot' and then I go over to Magnolia Promenade and it just says "Sims can only purchase unowned retail stores or unoccupied residential lots and there isn't even anyone living on the lot it is just blank, I've tried changing the lot type to Retail and residential and both don't work, please help! x
Edit By Crinrict: Adjusted Title to better reflect the issue
Are you using mods in your game ? Did you try with one of the lots that came with the game too ?
Personally I'm having this problem with all of the pre made lots, even the one that's empty, in Magnolia Springs. The option doesn't even show up, I can either change the lot type or build, but there is nothing else available. I checked to be certain that they were set as retail, there is no indication that they are already owned, but I get the same error on all of them when I go to purchase them
Same question do you. Are you using mods in your game ?
I am getting the same issue, it's the second day of having my store and my store money/points reset to 0. Can't open the store or transfer funds. I am not running any mods or CC. The reward I purchased yesterday did show up in the "family inventory" section of the store, though, so that was not reset. I also no longer have the option to set items as "for sale."
Can you save your game on the lot ?
Yes, I can.
For troubleshooting, I have tried saving/reloading my game, computer restart, repairing game in Origin, having my Sim leave the lot and come back to it, and restoring the game to factory defaults.
Update: I tried a clean reinstall of the game and it did not fix.
Willing to share your save game ? If so, please zip up this folder: documents\electronicarts\thesims4\, upload to mediafire or dropbox and PM me the link.
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Sent, thanks!
It's a bit like you don't own the store anymore. The transfer money under the Sims portrait is gone.
I sold the lot and re-bought and it worked again afterwards but I didn't really play for long to see if it breaks again. You can sell the store through manage world.
Did you never have mods in or did you remove them ?
