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Arthur Gibraltar
Rising Veteran
8 months ago

[FR] [CoL] Unable to purchase chickens or cows on residential rental lot

the forms to add bug/game info didn't show up for me when writing this bug report, so I'll try to copy it from other post

Product: The Sims 4
Platform: Steam-PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? 100%
What is your current game version number? 1.108.289.1030 DX11
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? all
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? 1.create a residential rental in Henford-on-Bagley and add a chicken coop or animal shed in the lot, in a shared space. 2.go to manage households and do a household rotation to another family in the same lot, but in another unit that is rented 3.from now on, the animal shed and chicken coops won't have the options to buy chickens or cows
What happens when the bug occurs? you can't use the animal shed or chicken coops anymore
What do you expect to see? you have to option again to buy chickens or cows and llamas
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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  • EA_Solaire's avatar
    EA_Solaire
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    8 months ago

    Hello @Arthur Gibraltar 

    There were 2 game updates released today, you should currently be on version 1.108.318.1020.

    Please ensure your game is fully patched, and let me know if the issue persists. 

  • my game is fully patched, vanilla. i tested this and it doesnt work for me either; i can buy chickens for the coop, but then if i go to manage worlds, switch to different household on the same rental residence, i cannot buy more chickens. However, if you switch back to the OG household that bought the chickens (coop is in shared space), I can buy more chickens.

  • Arthur Gibraltar's avatar
    Arthur Gibraltar
    Rising Veteran
    8 months ago

    Hello, @EA_Solaire, thanks for the fast answer! My game is in the current version: 1.108.335.1020 DX11

    I can't purchase cows and the problem got worse. I did a workaround that failed which was to buy another animal shed, purchase a cow in it and then send it to the other animal shed which I couldn't buy animals to, I'll call this one the "old shed".

    The result was really problematic:

    1. at first everything went ok and the cow started living in the old shed;

    2. when I changed to another household and came back to the cow's owner household, the cow was no longer owned by any household.

    3. I couldn't sell the cow (Trade it) or remove it, so I put the animal shed ("old shed") in my inventory, and the cow also went into the household inventory

    4. I tried to put the old shed back into the lot and then assigned the cow which was into the household inventory, so my sim used the Assign Animal interaction.

    5. the cow was assigned but became invisible. I could call it out and Trade it. But it was still in my household inventory

    6. I sold the old shed and the cow is now stuck in my household inventory, so:

    7. now I also got the bug: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-CoL-LLama-Cow-placed-into-household-inventory-can-t-be/m-p/10534080#M191205

    The steps 1 and 2 also happen to chickens.

    I got a save file with the bug in the link of my Sims 4 "save cloud" (my "Electronic Arts\The Sims 4" folder) which is in the link I sent to The Sims Direct. The save file is Slot_00000013.save, but you can see my entire The Sims 4 folder.

    I also tried to put the animal shed inside a non-shared space in the residential rental but it did nothing.

  • Arthur Gibraltar's avatar
    Arthur Gibraltar
    Rising Veteran
    8 months ago
    @EA_Solaire I just restarted the game after synchronizing with the "cloud" to send you the save file and the cow wasn't assigned so I assigned it and now the cow is stuck in the inventory and the animal is greyed out if I try to assign again, but I also have the option to buy an animal and the game allows me to purchase it so it'll have an animal capacity of 2/1 (2 animals with the capacity of one)
  • Arthur Gibraltar's avatar
    Arthur Gibraltar
    Rising Veteran
    8 months ago

    I went back in time (restored a save) and I now have another save file with the problematic animal shed (the "old one") which you can use to reproduce the bug with the steps I provided. Its the save slot: Slot_00000015.save/Slot_00000015.save.ver0

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