[NEEDS INPUT] [DU] University Exploit- Selling Roommates' Paintings
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? 1.59.73.1220
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Before going to live on-campus at university, have your Sim bring an easel with them in their inventory. Once they've arrived, place their easel in the building and wait. For best possible duplication, do this in a dorm. More roommates present make this more likely to occur.
What happens when the bug occurs? When a roommate paints on your Sim's easel, you can still sell the painting, even though your Sim didn't paint it. This gives your Sim both fame AND Simoleons!
What do you expect to see? Sims should not be able to sell paintings that they did not make themselves.
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? Neutral/Not Sure
Given just how cheaty this particular exploit feels, I get the feeling that it isn't intentional. Basically, if you have your Sim bring an easel with them to university when they go to live on-campus, placing it in the building when they get there, a roommate should inevitably paint on it. Now, the only option you'd expect to be there when this happens is to scrap the painting, or maybe even an option to buy the painting as well. But those aren't the only options. No, you can actually sell the painting, one that your Sim didn't actually make themself! Your Sim can gain fame AND Simoleons from paintings that aren't even their own! Not only that, but for me, these paintings have consistently been worth between 100 and 300-something Simoleons, so it really is a profitable exploit.
