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mandymiseryy
4 years ago
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[FIXED] Plants reverting to dirt pile (Patch 1.76.81)

Product: The Sims 4 Platform:PC Which language are you playing the game in? English How often does the bug occur? Often (50% - 99%) What is your current game version number? 1.76.81.1020 What...
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libbysf
4 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? 1.77.131.1030
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Seasons, Get Together, Cottage Living, City Living, Tiny Living, Parenthood
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Plant a few seeds on a residential lot and wait a couple days after tending to them numerous times and they will reset back to a pile of dirt like they have just been planted.
What happens when the bug occurs? The plants reset back to a pile of dirt like they have just been planted, even if they are in season. This happens to all plants, and ones that are even evolved. It seems to be triggered more frequently if the plants are tended to e.g. Watered, weeded, spray for bugs or harvested.
What do you expect to see? For my plants to not reset to piles of dirt when they are in season.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Never used.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? No

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This bug has been happening for too long now. I know this has been a major bug for a long time that the Sims team believe they have fixed in numerous patches but it has made no difference. It's even more frustrating now with Cottage Living having been released and the whole idea is 'living off the land'. My sims that are gardening-focused aren't as fun to play because after all the effort being put into their allotments they just disappear and by the time they're harvestable again the season is over and the sim has made no money/harvestables from the crops resetting.

  • ResidentZ0mbie's avatar
    ResidentZ0mbie
    4 years ago

    I've just had it happen to me again, the strange thing is that both me and my partner have a TV each in the living room, both with a PC each, each of us have a separate account and it happened to us both that all of our plants reverted at almost exctly the same time, but of course happened at the same time in real time, but completely different times, season and situations in game.

    I only have roses at the moment in planters in a green house and they all reverted my partner had a mix of old and new CL plants in the new CL plant bed things plus a couple of trees in the ground and were also under cover all of hers reverted too.

    Could it have something to do with a signal that the game is sending out a certain times of the day and it's affecting people at the same time?

    • EsperAngel's avatar
      EsperAngel
      Seasoned Vanguard
      4 years ago

      Everytime I exit the lot and occasionally whenever there are action done to plants,they wil revert to piles of dirt and grow much slower.
      Does anyone know if shift-clicking and setting them to "In Bloom" lets the plants resume their cycle? Please answer if you can confirm.
      My farm is failing because there is literally no harvest and whenever plants are ready to bear fruit they revert.
      How could a farming expansion release when plant mechanics are still completely broken since seasons?

      • EsperAngel's avatar
        EsperAngel
        Seasoned Vanguard
        4 years ago

        And by the way, did anyone else notice that there are bugs and weeds everywhere? sometimes you need to fertilize,spray bugs and weed 2 times in a single day,it was way less frequent before and honestly I miss that

  • MatureContentx's avatar
    MatureContentx
    4 years ago

    This is my first post here, so please excuse me if this was done incorrectly. I am having issues with my plants reverting to the planted stage and have been for quite a while now. 


    Which packs do you own ?
                  I own all of the available packs including the newest, Cottage Living.

    Which plants are affected ? Please list them all

              I have had this problem for quite some time and, as far as I can tell, it affects all plants but in this most recent save it's affecting parsley, sage, strawberry, garlic, carrot, mushroom, and morel mushroom.

    Does it happen after fertilizing or what's the trigger for you ?

              This happens in the morning when I do anything to my plants. It happens in the middle of harvest and also while weeding or watering. There doesn't seem to be a specific trigger, except interacting with the plants. 

    Were those new plants or plants planted before the patch ?

              These are all new plants planted after the most recent patch.

    If you have Seasons: Are the plants sheltered/inside ?

              The plants are outside.

    If you have Seasons: Are the plants in Season ?

              The plants are in season.

    Are you using mods/cc ?

              I have the latest version of and MC Command Center installed, but no CC.

    What's your game Version ?

              1.77.131.1030

    What lot type are you playing on ?

              50x40 Residential Lot in Henford-On-Bagley.

    If you own ECO, does it happen when the footprint changes ? If not, what's your current footprint ?

              I haven't noticed any direct relationship to the footprint and plants reverting. It is currently disabled in my game. 

    Are you getting any LastException files in your doc folder when the revert happens ?

              I'm unsure how to read these files to see if they are related, but there are quite a few LastException files in my doc folder that are time stamped around the same time this is happening in game. 

    Are you using a bee box ?

              No. 

    Does the lot have any lot traits ?

              Homey and Great Soil. Challenges enabled are Simple Living and Wild Foxes.

    What kind of fertilizer have you been using ? Does it happen to plants that have never been fertilized ?

              I have not fertilized any of these plants. 

    • ResidentZ0mbie's avatar
      ResidentZ0mbie
      4 years ago

      Hello back again, just an update, after I posted last my roses have not regrown until tonight, in game about 2 weeks went past and nothing grew, except weeds!

      In the second image I shift clicked the rose bush in the bottom right to bring it back to life, it lasted about 2 days before reverting again, in fact the roses are taking that long to regrow they never bare flowers as they are reverting long before becoming harvestable!

      My partner's have been the same, the old plants have all taken a LONG time to regrow, but the CL plants regrew almost over night!

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