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Mysteek220065
6 years ago
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[ARCHIVED] Power shut off despite paid bills/ shut off to early

Product: The Sims 4 Platform:PC Which language are you playing the game in? English How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%) What is your current game version number? 1631361010 What e...
  • EA_Cade's avatar
    EA_Cade
    4 years ago

    Hey all, 

    Echoing what @SimQARobo and @crinrict have said, this thread has made apparent that there are multiple issues being discussed within it. As such we'll be locking this one and creating a new thread for each issue for tracking purposes as well as clarity. 

    This post will be marked as the solution in this thread to help guide players to the correct post for their issue.

    Thanks!

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jmliew
4 years ago

To continue to add to what I have discovered on this issue: I thought I might be able to "reset" the lots if I evicted my families and replaced my apartments with the original versions, which I saved to the gallery. When I first moved my families back in, their lights were on, and I thought I may have solved the issue, but they left the lot and came back to no power. I think these power outages are permanently attached tot he lot in some way. 

Would love to try @PureMemetic 's suggested fix, but you can't delete the mailboxes in apartments and I have never had this problem occur on a non-apartment lot.

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queenofsprinkle
4 years ago

I can confirm it does happen in non-apartment lots and that it permanently ruins the lot.  Repairing game files did not help.  I did not see the response about mailboxes until after I already rebuilt on a different lot, so I won't be able to test it.

  • senquestia's avatar
    senquestia
    4 years ago

    This bug started in my game last night.  I got the phone call from Nancy. No power since then.  I changed all my lights to off grid.  I cannot cook.  I do not have the option to add ice to an off grid fridge. So frustrating. I am going to try the mailbox delete tonight. I hope it works.

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    jmliew
    4 years ago

    I can now confirm that this bug permanently ruins the lot as well. I tried moving out my Sims and moving in a new family. Initially, the lights were on, but when the new family traveled to a community lot and returned to their apartment, the lights were out even though they never received the prank call from the Langraab Power Company themselves. I now have 4 apartments permanently ruined by this bug, which makes me leery of playing any apartment lots or answering my Sims phones, which definitely impacts my gameplay. 

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