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Psychotps
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago

[OPEN] [SE] Large Bills on Mt. Komorobi lots due to high power usage

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
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? 1.68.154.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All except knitting.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Play the game.
What happens when the bug occurs? All lots on Mt. Komorebi have a very large latent power draw. It more than doubles the bills each week.
What do you expect to see? On a fully bulldozed lot, latent power draw should be 0.
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? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. Patch 1.68.154.1020/Snowy Escape.

Only occurs on Mt. Komorebi. Latent power draw is as follows:

5-1-1 Kiyomatsu -36.37
5-1-2 Kiyomatsu -36.37
Kiyomatsu Point -36.37
Izakaya Ippai -72.74
Hanamigawa Koen -72.74
6-4-1 Hanamigawa -72.74
5-6-1 Shinrinyoku -72.74
5-3-1 Shinrinyoku -72.74
2-4-1 Wakabamori -36.37
2-4-2 Wakabamori -36.37
2-4-3 Wakabamori -36.37
2-5-1 Wakabamori -36.37
Hazakura Lounge -36.37

These numbers are on fully bulldozed lots with absolutely nothing on the lot except for a mailbox. It causes a large bill for every lot.

Also makes it impossible to use an off-the-grid lot on that town.

Tested on a new game, no mods, cleared cache.

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  • Product: The Sims 4
    Platform:PC
    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? 1.77.146.1030
    What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All except Bust the Dust Kit and Throwback Fit Kit
    Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Make any sim (new or existing) move into 2-4-1 Wakabamori (empty lot) in Mt. Komorebi
    What happens when the bug occurs? The lot has an automatic electricity rate of change of -36.37, even when there is literally nothing on the lot and it has off-the-grid
    What do you expect to see? A lot with no electrical appliances should have a 0 rate of change for electricity
    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

    I don't know if a specific patch added this, as this is the first time I've lived on this lot. I am doing a rags-to-riches challenge and am using the off-the-grid lot trait (now lot challenge) and I have been getting power bills every week despite having no electronic appliances, a windmill, and a solar panel. Moving to an empty lot in Newcrest showed a rate of change of 0, but I don't want to kick anybody out, bulldoze an existing home, or live in a different world. I wanted to be sure it wasn't an issue with my save file, so I made a completely new sim and the same thing happened- there is a rate of change of -36.37 for power despite there being nothing on the lot other than the mailbox. I have not tested the bug on other lots in the game other than 2-4-1 Wakabamori (the problem lot) and a random empty lot in Newcrest.

  • @Psychotps This is happening in the new world Henford-on-Bagley too. I tried going off grid on cordelia’s secret cottage lot and had 5 wind turbines and 2 solar panels and still had -86 power with no electronics. Bulldozing the lot had the same -86 power drain. Very frustrating.
  • paradiseplanet27's avatar
    paradiseplanet27
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago
    @ameliajade This may also tie with the fact that the Green Eco footprint level also drops significantly way down if you have both Eco and CoL so when you enter the two rural neighborhoods in HoB they both start out in the Green zone but quickly drain, prob bc there's some mystery power drainage that brings the footprint closer to Industrial...
  • babuchas01's avatar
    babuchas01
    4 years ago

    Is this going to be fixed someday? I just started playing in Mt. Komorobi, a house with TWO lights and 1 fridge, lights are set to autolights, power dain -197 per day...I have played in massive 64x64 mansions with all lights on in other worlds and i do no spend even half that amount. C'mon, its been at least 2 years since it was reported, it cannot be that difficult to fix this...

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