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turtlbrdr
6 years ago
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[FIXED] [CD] Robot Vacuum not removing messes

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? 1.58.69.1010 What...
  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    5 years ago
    We did some maintenance on all Robot Vacuums so now they will actually clean up messes instead of just roaming around your Lot. Especially those created by Children and Toddlers - Big Yikes! Glad that warranty was still in place though.

    Fixed in Patch 1.7186/ 1.38

    If you're still experiencing this issue, please create a new thread.

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turtlbrdr
6 years ago

Tried several different combinations For some tests I used the Rustic Residence (RR) in Windenburg, the other one is called "Newcrest Starter" (NS) and was made by "SimsOnlineCom" on the Gallery. The Newcrest Starter is the current home in my current save.

Each of the below test are new saves, except where noted.

  • RR No Mods: Broken bathroom sink, produced garbage and puddle, Robot vacuum took 3 tries to find the garbage, cleaning animation played, mess was not removed.
  • RR Full Mod Complement: Broken Toilet, produced garbage and puddle, Robot Vacuum that was upgraded was able to find and move to both garbage and puddle, no cleaning animation played, no mess removed.
  • NS No Mods: Kitchen Sink, produced puddle, no garbage. Removed island countertops, still produced no garbage. Bathroom Sink, produced puddle, did produce garbage. Vacuum cycle was started around 20 times, it did not find the garage once, even after moving both the garbage and vacuum to different spots.
  • NS Smarter Vacuum mod only: (Follow up of NS No Mods test) Vacuum found garbage two rooms away immediately, pathed to it, no cleaning animation played, no mess removed.
  • NS, New Save, Full Mod Complement: Kitchen sink produced puddle, no garbage. Removed island countertops, still produced no garbage, vacuum pathed to puddle, no cleaning animation, no mess removed. Bathroom Sink produced puddle, no garbage, vacuum pathed to puddle, no cleaning animation, no mess removed. Toilet produced puddle, produced no garbage, Vacuum pathed to puddle, no cleaning animation, no mess removed. Placed new bathroom sink in the middle of large area in the main room, produced puddle and garbage, vacuum pathed to both, no cleaning animation, no mess removed. Stove produced garbage, vacuumed pathed to it, no animation, no mess removed.
  • RR No Mods, game repaired through Origin: Vacuum cycle started 10 times, garbage was moved several times. Vacuum only succeeded in finding the garbage after upgrading with Turbo-Charge. Took so long that first puddle dried up. Vacuum eventually pathed to garbage, cleaning animation played, and mess was not removed. Vacuum upgraded additionally with waterproofing. Vacuum took the scenic route for the second puddle I created, played cleaning animation, and the puddle remained.

In relation to the garbage thing, I'll try some more testing in my main game for that later today. I feel like the area allowances for the garbage piles to spawn has changed (the amount of space around the object for it to spawn), but I may just be mis-remembering it, I would swear that I have repaired things in the past in smaller quarters and gotten garbage to spawn.

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turtlbrdr
6 years ago

Small update, I did try the same setup as in my NS New Save, Full Complement test, where I placed a sink in the middle of a more open space in my main save. This did end up producing a garbage pile. So that is a non-issue; it is either my perception of there being enough space for them to spawn, or there has been a slight tweak for the space required to spawn them.

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    6 years ago
    @turtlbrdr Is your vacuum upgraded or not ? I tested with a new one and it removed my puddles fine.
  • turtlbrdr's avatar
    turtlbrdr
    6 years ago

    Main game vacuum is mostly upgraded, with only remaining upgrades being the durability and noise reduction upgrades.

    Vacuums in test, I realized I didn't manage to annotate whether or not I upgraded them directly, were upgraded when I noted that they did not pick up puddles. For some of the tests, I'll admit I didn't upgrade them when they failed to pick up the garbage generated by the repair.

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    6 years ago
    @turtlbrdr OK. Thanks.

    I'll tag this as needs input for now and add to the list as it seems you're not the only one.
  • kkikikiisu's avatar
    kkikikiisu
    6 years ago

    I just tested it with a fully upgraded vacuum. I literally put the dog hair piles in it's path, but it just went right past them. It just drives around and cleans absolutely nothing. It's really frustrating :S 

  • DizzyDee-K's avatar
    DizzyDee-K
    Seasoned Ace
    6 years ago

    Tested the high end robot vacuum in a copy of my regular save. New "The Sims 4" folder. No mods.

    I wanted to see how it worked for my Veterinarian who has multiple dogs plus a swimming pool at home as well as a Vet Clinic. Lots of pet messes. The vacuum at the clinic is completely upgraded. 

    What I saw:  The animation for cleaning plays, but the mess/puddles remain. I tried selling the home lot vacuum, replacing it with a new high end vacuum. Same outcome.

    Next I tried in a new save, new TS4 folder. Bought the Pawspital in BB and added the high end robot vacuum. Same outcome. Animation plays mess/puddles remain.

    Adding: Prior to DU/1.59.73.1220 patch the robot vacuums worked fine.

  • DizzyDee-K's avatar
    DizzyDee-K
    Seasoned Ace
    6 years ago

    (Patch 1.62.69.1220) 

    The robot vacuum seems to work again. 

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