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5 years ago

[OPEN] Trash Cans Stop Working on Some Lots

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:Mac
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? 1.64.84.1220
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? University, Cats and Dogs, Realm of Magic
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Play a variety of different households in one save game, switching between them. Eventually, one or more will either start having the outdoor trashcan bug mentioned here: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-External-Garbage-Cans-filling-up-without-needed-lot-Trait/m-p/9202592#M139104 or, far more annoyingly, you'll return to them to find their lot has stopped acknowledging the existence of trash cans at all. If this second option happens, it's permanent for that household.
What happens when the bug occurs? Trash cans that were previously in use and are still completely accessible are now unusable. If you click on trash, you get a greyed out message saying you need a trash can. No matter how many you buy or where you put them, you get that same message. Clicking on the indoor trash cans tells you you need an outdoor can to empty them, even if they're brand new. No matter how many outdoor bins you buy or where you put them, you still get this message.
What do you expect to see? Trash cans working like trash cans and allowing you to throw stuff out.
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. It was after the base game update when Eco Living launched. I didn't buy Eco Living.

I've tried removing mods (only had a few CAS ones) and repairing the game. I chose "often" for how often the bug occurs because while I've only had it happen to 2 households so far, but once it happens, it happens to them 100% of the time.

It has not yet happened to a household without pets, but that could just be because most of my households have them. I'm particularly annoyed about the Brindleton Bay household where I was trying to become a vet and now her house is covered in cat fur piles I can't get rid of. The other household was in one of the base game worlds and I'd mostly finished with him anyway so I just stopped playing that one.

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