Actually, I used cheats to add Bits & Pieces after Used all up.
So it's the cheat that's not adding them ? Does it work if you get them the proper way ?
There's a known bug that they revert to 0 when you move: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-INPUT-ECO-Bits-and-pieces-disappearing-after-moving/m-p/9185853
Questions to everyone
My bits and pieces reverted to zero with the patch. Was coming here to find out if anyone else had complained yet. I had over 1,000 of each, and I don't use them very often. They were fine prior. It's not a huge deal, but it could be to someone who fabricates a lot!
@wildirishbanshee Do they keep disappearing if you get new ones like on reload or travelling ?
@gac4sims Merged your post
Crincrit, mine has nothing to do with that bug. I have not moved any of my characters. When September 2020 update was installed it defaulted all bits and pieces that each Sim had to 0. Most of mine had 1000+ but one had over 5000 and all show 0 now. I do not use cc or mods, never have and am running Windows 10 PC. Origin is a current software also. So it is an issue with the patch that is separate from the previous bug.
@crinrict wrote:
There's a known bug that they revert to 0 when you move: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-INPUT-ECO-Bits-and-pieces-disappearing-after-moving/m-p/9185853
Questions to everyone
- Can you get new ones ?
- Do they disappear again after loading/travelling ?
The patch seems to have reset the display of how many bits & pieces you have, but they're still there. I resurrected a couple of my backup saves to see how many I had before I traveled, but every one of them said I have zero bits & pieces on my home fabricator. So I don't think you need to travel at all. I had several thousand of each before the Sep 3rd patch.
So, to answer your questions - Yes, you can get new ones; And no, they're not really disappearing after loading/traveling, but the display will always say you have zero quantity.
Here's how I came to that conclusion -
On my home lot, the Fabricator said I had zero bits & pieces. After traveling from home lot to the Community Garden lot, the Recycler also said I had zero:
I did 3 batches of recycling at the Community Garden; each time it registered that I was receiving bits & pieces in the bottom left corner of the screen (my screenshots only captured both amounts once, but I got both bits & pieces each time)
I was able to choose & fabricate the Outdoor Trellis, even though the Fabricator also said I had zero bits & pieces in the hover; it did show that I had enough to do them in the fabricate menu. (Side note - as usual, my sim was unable to complete the fabrication because of another bug & so I had to reset the fabricator. It may have returned the bits & pieces to my inventory, but did not show any refund)
When I traveled back to the home lot, the fabricator hover showed zero bits & pieces, but the fabrication menu says I have enough to fabricate the trellis again:
So, it appears that the Display is not counting the bits & pieces, so it looks like they've disappeared. However, there is nowhere that I can find to tell you how many you actually have. I know I had at least 8,000 of one and maybe 4,000 of the other, but since I had so many I really never paid much attention to it. I can find nowhere that tells me how many the game thinks I have right now, so it's possible that I have lost some, but I haven't lost all of it because I can still fabricate everything. That's why I'm concluding that the display is wrong, but the parts are still there.
All testing in Win 10; Base Game + EL, NK, DD & freebies; no CC / Mods, never used
I can attest to this being accurate as well. Im having the same issue with a family I started yesterday, and just now began using the recycler after deciding one of my sims would start fabricating. After trying the recycled a couple times the b/p remained 0/0, yet I am still able to use the fabricator. I had no b/p before starting today so the recycler must be working and the numbers not showing, just as blackjack said.
