Product: The Sims 4Platform:PCWhich language are you playing the game in? DeutschHow often does the bug occur? Often (50% - 99%)What is your current game version number? 1.63.136.1010 (64bit)What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? all ep, all gp, a lot of sp Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? testplay the game.What happens when the bug occurs? when dumpster diving for ingredients 80% of the stuff i find are meals not ingredientsWhat do you expect to see? i expect to find ingredients when dumpsterdiving for ingredients (or maybe nothing, or maybe sometimes a surprise, but not mainly meals when there is an extra option to dive for meals).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? YesPlease describe the patch or change you made. new EP when dumpster diving for ingredients 80% of the stuff i find are meals not ingredients i expect to find ingredients when dumpsterdiving for ingredients (or maybe nothing, or maybe sometimes a surprise, but not mainly meals when there is an extra option to dive for meals). Edit By Crinrict: Added Tag to Title, Adjusted Title

@rottenmeier For me it's the other way around. Diving for meals gives me ingredients / harvestables most of the time. I get it, they're edible, but one mushroom doesn't really qualify as a meal, does it?

@IIvoryy Wonder if they are switched.@rottenmeier what are you getting when you dive for meals ?

I don’t even have the option for ingredients... I just have deals/meals/compostables/recyclables :/ I thought perhaps they changed it, does anyone else not have that option? I’m playing the game in English.

Could anyone encountering this issue possibly share a save file with me? You can DM me the link to your save, thanks so much for the help! Instructions for sending me your save: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4-Bug-Reports/INFORMATION-How-to-Send-User-Files-to-The-Sims-4-Team/m-p/6065302

[OPEN] [ECO] Dumpster Diving: Meals/ingredients diving not working

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IIvoryy
6 years ago
@rottenmeier For me it's the other way around. Diving for meals gives me ingredients / harvestables most of the time. I get it, they're edible, but one mushroom doesn't really qualify as a meal, does it?
crinrict
Hero+
6 years ago
@IIvoryy Wonder if they are switched.

@rottenmeier what are you getting when you dive for meals ?
rottenmeier
New Hotshot
6 years ago
i got also meals
IIvoryy
6 years ago
Actually, yeah... They could be. But I still get the right thing about 30% of the time. Shouldn't you just get either one from doing the appropriate action?
crinrict
Hero+
6 years ago
@IIvoryy Don't know, really.
Supermeringue
6 years ago
I don’t even have the option for ingredients... I just have deals/meals/compostables/recyclables :/ I thought perhaps they changed it, does anyone else not have that option? I’m playing the game in English.
crinrict
Hero+
6 years ago
@Supermeringue It might be related to some trait you need to have. I haven't played much but haven't seen it either.

You might wanna use this thread instead: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/UNSURE-Dumpster-not-having-all-options-availble/td-p/9187079
Lainaia
6 years ago
I also have those issues. When diving for ingredients, almost 100% of things I find is food (usually also of better quality than those found by diving for meals). When diving for meals, around 70-80% are harvestables. Also, not sure if this is related, but I only find bits&pieces, dyes, and upgrade parts when diving for deals, never when for ingredients (which I would expect to be in this category).
SimGuruNick
EA Staff (Retired)
5 years ago
Could anyone encountering this issue possibly share a save file with me? You can DM me the link to your save, thanks so much for the help!

Instructions for sending me your save: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4-Bug-Reports/INFORMATION-How-to-Send-User-Files-to-The-Sims-4-Team/m-p/6065302
canelacaliente
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
@rottenmeier Does your Sim have the Freegan trait? Dive for Meals is the same thing as Dive for Ingredients. Dive for Ingredients is only available to Sims with the Freegan trait. The possible bug is Sims with the Freegan trait get both the options to Dive for Meals and Dive for Ingredients when both allow the Sim to either get meals or plants.

See the images below. Note: I have the reduce and recycle trait on both lots.

Here are the options available to a Sim without the trait:

@SimGuruNick Are the tuning files for the Dive for Deals and the Dive for Ingredients supposed to be the same?

@Supermeringue Dive for Ingredients is only available if the Sim has the Freegan trait. Does your Sim have the trait?

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