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wombatilim
Rising Veteran
4 years ago

[OPEN] [CoL] Can only make Pumpkin Conserve from orange pumpkins

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:Mac
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? 1.77.146.1230
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All (BTDK currently disabled via command line options)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Grow a green or white pumpkin, harvest it, then try to make Pumpkin Conserve
What happens when the bug occurs? Option for Pumpkin Conserve is unavailable
What do you expect to see? I should be able to make conserve out of my pumpkins, no matter what color they are
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? No

75% of my pumpkins have turned out white, with the occasional orange or green. Still haven't figured out a way to influence the color, if that's even possible. The only time I'm able to make Pumpkin Conserve, though, is when they come out orange.

  • No mods/CC installed through the lifetime of this save file
  • I've had the issue with multiple households on multiple lots, though admittedly I haven't tried a fresh save yet since they take a while to grow
  • I'm able to cook with the white and green pumpkins, and I can make them into animal treats. I just can't make Pumpkin Conserve from the Canning menu.

The pumpkin in question when I captured these screenshots happened to be green, but it absolutely happens with the white ones too. Seems a waste to cook a single pie or make a single treat out of my oversized pumpkin, when a batch of conserve would last me so much longer, especially considering just buying a small one from the grocery shop is more cost-effective without the canning option.

EDIT: Merged thread with another with 11 me toos

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  • Okay, yes I had no idea that the issue was that my pumpkins are green that is so dumb. Please fix this.

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    Ruzho
    Rising Traveler
    6 months ago

    What galls me about this problem is that it's three years old, easy to replicate, and patch after patch has gone through.  The issue is this:  despite stacking in the same slot, there are three colors and therefore three internal form IDs for pumpkins of each size.  The recipes for the animal treats and pies and scones all use "any pumpkin" which could also be the conserves, but the conserves themselves are specific recipes that need to call for specific ingredients, and whatever intern y'all have sitting on bug fixes can't figure out how to specifically reference all three colors from one recipe without making it require one of each or a different recipe for each color.  Well, here's your fix:  add a keyword to the pumpkins for their sizes, use that keyword.  And then go back to coding school.

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