Product: The Sims 4Platform:MacWhich language are you playing the game in? EnglishHow often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)What is your current game version number? 1.46.18.020What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? AllSteps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Travel with a Bee Box on the home lot, though it may only be tied to my having gone on vacation to SelvadoradaWhat happens when the bug occurs? The bees stay dormant, enraged, with no honey production after vacationingWhat do you expect to see? The bees to at least be active again after 5 days, if still enraged. And honey production, though I suspect the dormancy is causing that one.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 I'd expect it to have gone back to normal after five sim days, and I think I tried to reset it and that didn't even help.

Have you tried replacing the box ?

Yup, that “fixed” it, though you naturally lose the relationship.

I assume it breaks again when you go traveling again ? Haven't had a chance to test

Yup, I just took another trip last night (day trips, haha - I’m experiencing both seasons and Jungle Adventure for the first time). The new o box seems to be stuck at calm/dormant/empty. Perhaps it gets frozen at its state before you leave for a trip? As are the plants, still not harvestable even though a day had passed, but at least they’re back to normal by the next day. And I was worried about keeping the garden alive while on trips.. I assume the temporary freezing of plants is by design, but it doesn’t seem to be temporary for the bee box.

Hi @shadedgrey63 Would you be willing to send your save files? If so, instructions are here: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/INFORMATION-How-to-Send-User-Files-to-The-Sims-4-Team/m-p/6065... That would help us a lot!. Thank you very much!

[NEEDS INPUT] [S] Bee Box stuck in dormant, enraged state after vacationing

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crinrict
Hero+
7 years ago
Have you tried replacing the box ?
shadedgrey63
7 years ago
Yup, that “fixed” it, though you naturally lose the relationship.
crinrict
Hero+
7 years ago
I assume it breaks again when you go traveling again ?
Haven't had a chance to test
shadedgrey63
7 years ago
Yup, I just took another trip last night (day trips, haha - I’m experiencing both seasons and Jungle Adventure for the first time). The new o box seems to be stuck at calm/dormant/empty. Perhaps it gets frozen at its state before you leave for a trip? As are the plants, still not harvestable even though a day had passed, but at least they’re back to normal by the next day. And I was worried about keeping the garden alive while on trips..
I assume the temporary freezing of plants is by design, but it doesn’t seem to be temporary for the bee box.
SimGuruIcarus
EA Staff
7 years ago
Hi @shadedgrey63

Would you be willing to send your save files? If so, instructions are here:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/INFORMATION-How-to-Send-User-Files-to-The-Sims-4-Team/m-p/6065...

That would help us a lot!.

Thank you very much!
shadedgrey63
7 years ago
Actually, it seems they became active again about a wee later while on vacation, first noticed when I switched control to a sim back home for a short time; I was surprised. They were still active when I came back. 🙂 Perhaps it had to do with their status before leaving? 🤔
Save file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_JY4CSxdeXu9yCXz58C6CDDHMQQxuUS4/view?usp=sharing
crinrict
Hero+
7 years ago
Hi @shadedgrey63

I tested this on my save and had no issues with them being in that state. Was that the state they had before you left on vacation ?
shadedgrey63
7 years ago
I believe so, as I left st 3-4am and was amused to find that they give off zzz when dormant.
SimQARobo
EA Staff
7 years ago
@shadedgrey63

We were not able to reproduce this issue. Are you still seeing this issue (without mods)? If so, are there any other info or save files you can provide? The bee box did not seem broken on the save that you sent earlier.
shadedgrey63
7 years ago
No, it doesn’t seem to have happened again, but I had mentioned earlier in this thread that it somehow fixed itself on my second trip as I switched from viewing and controlling the sim on vacation to a sim on my home lot. I could try to retrieve the version of the save with the bugged bee box, as it keeps previous changes to the file, but to do that I need access to a computer, as my laptop likely died the other day and my desktop is not yet usable. So unfortunately I can’t get to it right now.