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crinrict's avatar
8 years ago

[OPEN] [CL] NPC played Sims sell/buy their stuff at flea market

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Often (50% - 99%)
What is your current game version number? n/a
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Play rotationally and have lots of stuff in the inventory of your currently non-played Sims. Then attend a flea market and check how they sell the stuff there.
What happens when the bug occurs? Played but currently not active NPCs sell the stuff from their inventory at the flea market
What do you expect to see? Played Sims not being picked as vendors or if they are, selling generic stuff and not stuff from their inventory.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Never used.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Neutral/Not Sure 

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  • manzana0807's avatar
    manzana0807
    Seasoned Ace
    8 years ago

    I had this happen in my game a few days ago, but I got lucky and found the items in the household inventory. This definitely needs to be fixed. In the meantime, I'm moving things out of the personal inventory of my Sims into their household inventory when I switch households. This really hurts rotational players.

  • ra7orrat's avatar
    ra7orrat
    8 years ago

    Same here but on Xbox One.

    I only started noticing this after parenthood + kids room stuff have been installed, since I usually don't like keeping much in my sims inventories I rarely check, but I started because of the voidcritters to often go into the kids inventory...

    • Do you play rotationally ? Yes
    • If you do, did you have a flea market happening while you were playing another family ?  I don't know, I certainly didn't visit one...
    • What were you doing when you noticed the stuff missing ? After a vacation in GF or S ? Did you travel with your Sim ? Once I had just loaded the household the kid was in and the other time the kid had just come home from school.
    • Are you playing an kind of active career ? Not for the children only for the father of one of the households this happend with.
    • Which items (type) do go missing ? Only collectibles or other stuff ? voidcritter cards, journals, homework and an a toy.
  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    8 years ago

    Hi @ra7orrat

    could you please create a new thread for console. Like to keep it separate.

    Thank you.

  • dolldrms1's avatar
    dolldrms1
    Seasoned Ace
    5 years ago

    @crinrict 

    I guess a very late response to your question is better than none at all. I had not seen it before tonight.

    I haven't seen one of my played sims, currently not active, selected for a vendor's table NPC in a very long time. Don't know if the issue was fixed, or, if a played sims selection is just a rare occurrence. I hope fixed since I was a really unhappy camper to have a played sim develop missing inventory during rotational play because of this issue.

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