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LunarBritney
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago

[FR] Exploit Allowing Tenants to Modify Outside Owned Space

Product: The Sims 4
PlatformPC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Everytime (100%)
What is your current game version number? v 1.107.112.1030
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All up to Crystal Creations
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Play as a tenant on a residential rental lot
What happens when the bug occurs? Tenants, despite owning only the unit areas, are allowed to modify the entire property, therefore allowing exploits like selling property owners entire space to earn money.
What do you expect to see? I expect tenants to not be able to modify outside owned spaces just like in City Living.
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

This is not meant for feedback and is clearly a bug because there is a function that doesn't let you edit other units and because the developers said these rentals are meant to be in line of consistency as the San Myshuno apartments, we should not be able to cheat money by living on a rental that we do not own and selling everything outside owned space! The property owner is the only one who should OWN the PROPERTY and shared spaces!

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  • True, this is very much an exploit that goes against the main purpose of the pack. The system literally exists in the game too, so I don't understand why it hasn't been applied to this situation. 

  • This 'exploit' goes both ways in that the tenant can improve the shared space, and expand their living space into shared areas, which also requires them to pay for those renovations. Given that a landlord can't modify a tenant's space, and that modifying the lot from manage worlds can cause save corruption, I view this as a work around to let us actually modify the lot, either as the landlord or as the tenant. 

    Best regards,

    Jennifer

  • EA_Cade's avatar
    EA_Cade
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    9 months ago

    Hello all,

    If any of you are still encountering this on the latest game version (without mods), would you be willing to share your save file(s)?

    If so, please send me a private message with a link to the file. Instructions can be found here: http://x.ea.com/74420

    Thanks!

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