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alanmichael1
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
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[FIXED] [GTW] Free restocking in shop

Product: The Sims 4 Platform:PC Which language are you playing the game in? Deutsch How often does the bug occur? Often (50% - 99%) What is your current game version number? n/a What expansio...
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    alanmichael1
    7 years ago

    Not mentioned in today's patch notes, but it looks like this bug has been completely fixed. Restocking costs from shop owners are now correctly subtracted from the business funds - even after the shop has been closed!! I still have to test mannequins, but I already say thank you to the team. This is great!

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alanmichael1
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago

Yes, but this seems to be fixed. The employee is the only one who restocks correctly. But no matter who does the work - at the end of the day when I close the shop, I keep the whole surplus without any costs.

Perhaps it's only a big glitch. I have repaired the game and will try again tomorrow. Is the retail money system working correctly for anybody else?

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alanmichael1
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago

I played another day in my shop and looked closely at the money transactions. Only the salary of my employee was substracted when I closed the shop. When my household Sims restock mannequins, the restock cost seems to be payed back immediately - the red and green 175 $ appear on top of each other. But I have no such perk for the shop.Perhaps it has to do something with my Sims' traits - they are frugal and business-savy. Otherwise it looks exactly like this old bug:

https://forums.thesims.com/en_us/discussion/857613/free-restocking-bug

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    alanmichael1
    Seasoned Ace
    8 years ago

    So ... I removed my Sims 4 folder, started a new game and let the Villareal household buy a premade shop in Magnolia Promenade. The bugs remain exactly the same:

    While shop is open:

    Household members restock all goods except mannequin outfits -> No effect in the shop management panel 

    Household members restock mannequins -> Costs (175 $) are shown correctly in the panel. But the "flying red 175 $" in the air is immediately overlapped by a "green 175 $". If your Sim has the wealth aspiration, restocking a mannequin will thus be shown as earning in his aspiration panel

    Employee restocks goods -> Restocking costs are shown correctly in the shop panel

    WHEN YOU CLOSE THE SHOP -> only your employee's salary is taken away from the profit. Restocking costs are shown but have no effect on the overall shop budget. When you re-open the shop the next morning, they are simply reset to 0.

    While shop is closed:

    Restocking by your household members is for free, no effects in the shop panel

    So in my game the retail system is completely broken.

    • alanmichael1's avatar
      alanmichael1
      Seasoned Ace
      8 years ago

      Was anybody able to replicate my bug? I would like to know if am the only one and I have to search for other repair measures 🙂 

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        crinrict
        Hero+
        8 years ago
        It wasn't exactly the same for me but, yes, basically. That's why I changed it to [TO ADD]
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      Stubbs2000
      7 years ago

      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? 1.46.18.1020
      What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All of em
      Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Restock an item and it won't charge you 99% of the time.
      What happens when the bug occurs? The game lets you restock your items for free.
      What do you expect to see? I expect them to cost money.
      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? No

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      How is this bug still in the game? It's been 3 years!  

      • alanmichael1's avatar
        alanmichael1
        Seasoned Ace
        7 years ago
        Hello, as far as I see 50 % of this bug have been fixed some weeks ago - restocking by employees works properly. Shop owners still restock for free. The team is aware of this issue.

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