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Heddelviven
Rising Ace
3 years ago

Children can't dig for collectibles in dirt patch

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? 1.98.127.1030
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Almost all
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Select a child sim Try to click on a dirt patch
What happens when the bug occurs? You can't click on a dirt patch with the child
What do you expect to see? That children can dig in dirt patches like they can dig in rocks/stones.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Not now. I've removed them.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. Some patch years ago that replaces some rocks with dirt patches?

Child sims can dig for collectibles in rocks, but not in dirt patches.

Rocks were present at the start of the sims 4, but dirt patches came later. (I think around cats & dogs).

Now it seems random whether a rock or a dirt patch appears in a specific location.

Unfortunately, it seems that EA forgot to make children be able to dig in dirt patches like they can dig in rocks.

To me it is quite annoying, because I want to send my child sim out in town to find some collectibles but they can dig just the rocks and.(and digging rocks seems much harder to me for children than some loose dirt)

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  • Are they supposed to be able to? I just thought it was some weird restriction - like they can collect rocks, but not do an extended excavation. Though it did seem a little odd. But if this is a bug, I've had it for at least a year or two.

  • Children have never been able to dig in the dirt patches ever since they added them (before they were added there were only the regular dig sites, which of course children can collect from), so I just thought it was by design, though it does limit what children can collect from. 

    Best regards,
    Jennifer

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    Heddelviven
    Rising Ace
    3 years ago

    I don't think it's a bug in the sense that it worked for some time and not any longer.

    But it is a bug because children can dig in stone, but if it would randomly be a dirt patch in the same pot they are not able to.

    It was just never implemented. That is not necessarily the same thing as 'by design'.

  • @Heddelviven This seems like something that should have been but they forgot. It doesn't make sense systemically - if kids can dig fossils, they should be able to dig these dirt piles too.

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