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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 Again, there's no reason for the books to be unowned in the first place. This makes it a bug.

I've already told you exactly what happened. I can't tell you more becaure there isss nooo moreee. He read to the child, finished, put the book in his inventory, then it wasn't readble to children again. I didn't suddenly move house or go on an outing or anything.
The option wasn't greyed out either, it just didn't exist.
After I finished my play session, saved and exited and returned later, the book was readable again.

I'm the same as you too, I can't duplicate the second issue either. If it happens again I'll be sure to get screenshots or something but it seems like a really rare one-time issue.

I feel like these bugs wouldn't even be bugs if EA just let all books be read to children in the first place, no matter where they come from.
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crinrict
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6 years ago
@KatastrophicSim I meant the put into inventory option is greyed out, not the read to children.

As said, I'm trying to get some info on the fact that you can't read unowned books as I do find it inconsistent with toddler books

The other issue you are having I haven't been able to duplicate which is why it would be good to have others that have that say so.

Not much more I can do anyways but I've tagged and forwarded and I hope some other people chime in.
  • KatastrophicSim's avatar
    KatastrophicSim
    Rising Hotshot
    6 years ago
    @crinrict Well for the first issue I'm pretty sure I'm able to put it in the inventory, but for the second I wouldn't know since he put it in his inventory automatically after finishing.

    Just to clarify or anyone new without reading everything - cant' read to children, not can't read at all.

    Thanks anyway. Hope someone can mod all books to be readable to children since EA can't be bothered.
  • MeltingPenguins's avatar
    MeltingPenguins
    6 years ago

    Alright, got the 'you need a new bookcase' bug too now. Had to sell ALL bookcases on the lot before reading to child worked again. (It's a household with four adults and two kids, and not one adult could read to any of the kids before I sold the bookcases)

  • KatastrophicSim's avatar
    KatastrophicSim
    Rising Hotshot
    6 years ago
    @MeltingPenguins It's okay, you can also buy a new book instead of a whole bookcase lmao. You still won't be able to read the other ones but at least you have one to read.
  • MeltingPenguins's avatar
    MeltingPenguins
    6 years ago

    tried that, didn't work either for me

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
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    6 years ago
    @MeltingPenguins Did the book become unowned for you ? Do you still have a save from before you sold everything ?
  • MeltingPenguins's avatar
    MeltingPenguins
    6 years ago

    I have a save from afterwards, I think, but that won't do, will it?

    And i dunno if the book became unowned. I tried it via Open Bookcase and dragged a book from there unto the coffeetable, had an adult and the child sit on the couch and clicked the book with the adult. The option wasn't there until I sold all other bookcases. (it worked for the first book for the aspiration, but the second had this problem)

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    crinrict
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    6 years ago
    @MeltingPenguins Yeah, would need one from before. I take it the automatic backups are also already overwritten ?
  • MeltingPenguins's avatar
    MeltingPenguins
    6 years ago

    Yeah, started a new game since, trying to get the hang of playing vampires

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