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KatastrophicSim
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6 years ago

[NEEDS INPUT] 'Read To Children' interaction disappears on certain books

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? 1.62.67.1020 What...
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KatastrophicSim
Rising Hotshot
6 years ago
@crinrict Yeah, once the issue occurs the only way to rid of it is to buy a new bookcase, and as I was on vacation at the time I couldn't do that, but yes, when I got home it didn't work there either until I bought a new bookcase.
I'm pretty sure it didn't work before I went on vacation too because I don't remember seeing the interaction before when childrens books are left out.

When the bug happens it doesn't work at all, ever. In the inventory, out of the inventory, on the floor, in the adults inventory, in the child's inventory, on the floor but near the child and adult. It just doesn't exist until you buy a new bookcase.

The thread is here: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-PC/adult-sim-read-to-child-sims-4/m-p/3463029/highlight/true#M8746

That's how I knew I could do it after I bought a new bookcase.
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crinrict
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6 years ago

@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 ?

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    KatastrophicSim
    Rising Hotshot
    6 years ago
    @crinrict Well I kept reading after the "solution" post and saw someone say "buy a new bookcase" and that fixed it.

    It seems to reset somewhat after saving and exiting (meaning after you exit and come back it'slike a 50/50 chance of whether the books will be readable to children after). Also after finishing a book it sometimes activates. I saw after finishing a book with the kid I could no longer do it with that same book. I did it again with a different book and I could totally read it to the kid again after. It seems completely random.

    I did try the "buy a new book" thing and yea that works too. If you buy a book again, you can read that book, but the previous books will still remain unreadable (to children).

    How do I share my save? Because yeah, at the moment some books are readable to children and some just aren't, all childrens books, all doing the same process, some just don't want to be read to children.
    • crinrict's avatar
      crinrict
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      6 years ago
      @KatastrophicSim I tested your save and could find one book that I couldn't read to the child.

      It was also impossible to put it it any Sims inventory and it said it's now owned by the family. So that points to the ownership issue again.

      All other books in the book case did have the option to read to the child for me.

      Some cc was removed when I loaded your lot so maybe there's a conflict with that ?
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        KatastrophicSim
        Rising Hotshot
        6 years ago
        @crinrict Did you check the duplicates though? Also soooo now is that book you found readable for you or not?

        The CC is purely cosmetic, and none of the mod CC I ever used has anything to do with books. Just bug fixes.

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