@KatastrophicSim I assume you mean the book help interaction on the bookshelves for toddlers ?
Are there actually any toddler books in the bookshelves still ?
Not aware of children having that option at all on the bookshelf. Do you actually have that interaction on new bookshelves for children ?
As we didn't have toddlers in 2014, I don't know what you're referring to. To my knowledge you always had to use the parent to read to children (unless they changed that somewhere along the way) but if you have it for children on new bookshelves, could you post a picture ?
It's in the title mate, I mean the "read with an adult" aspiration thing for children.
It's crazy, and no it has nothing to do with the bookshelf itself. It's the books. You're supposed to be able to click on childrens book, as an adult, and the "read to child" action will pop up. However if it doesn't you literally have to buy a new bookcase in order to do it. It makes no sense but it's what happens.
I only know it was a bug in 2014 because I searched it up on a thread on this very website, to figure out how to deal with it.
@ribovirian Yes, that's literally the problem. I open the bookcase, lookat the books take them out the inventory, literally everything I can think of to do with the children's book BUT the option just isn't there until I buy a new bookcase. (Might also work if you just buy a new book too, haven't tried it)
@MeltingPenguins Yes, I have done all that, but the option wasn't availiable until I bought a new bookcase for some reason. Now every time this bug happens im going to have to buy a new bookcase (or i'm guessing a new book, but I haven't tried that yet)
@KatastrophicSim Do you have the issue in your own house as well ?
I can duplicate this on the vacation lot but if I buy books there, it works fine so it looks like it has something to do with ownership of the book.
If it's in your own house, at what point do you loose the ability on the book ? Does it work form Sims inventory ?
EDIT: Could you link to a thread that you're referring to ? There was a lot of issues in the past with knowing where the find the interaction in the first place.
@KatastrophicSim That thread was more a misunderstanding of things and the solution post is about medicine so I don't think that's still the same issue.
I do believe it has something to do with ownership. It seems you can't use books that don't belong to the Sim (which just as well might be a bug) but it's strange that for you it stops working at some point in your own house.
I wasn't able to read to children at libraries either cause they didn't own the book. I'm unsure if that was possible at some point.
Any idea when it stops ? Any specific interactions ? Could you try if it works if you buy a new children's book ?
If it happens again with bookcases in your own home, could you share your save ?
Buy a new book while on vacation worked for me... even though I had children's book in my inventory...
Thanks.
Is it possible that your sim sticky-fingered books from vacation and that's why they don't work at home? I realized recently that my Sims had plundered the bookshelf of their favorite Selvadoradan vacation rental, leaving it with a single book. I'd previously noticed they had extra books and that some of the duplicate books didn't work for "read to child."
