[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 Wha...
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So I'd been fighting with this for a while before coming on here, and posted it when I didn't see anyone else with the exact same problem - but as a I suspect it's at least related to the full trash cans bug, I read through that thread after, experimented some more, and I think I found a work-around you can try:
1. Get the NanoCan. (I had to use the money cheat to give her enough money to afford one)
2. She still can't throw anything out, but I can drag-and-drop to the NanoCan.
3. Once the NanoCan had eaten a few piles of fur, I was then able to drag-and-drop to the cheaper trashcans I'd had from before. She still couldn't throw anything out.
4. I found and removed (via drag-and-drop to the NanoCan) every bit of trash on the lot.
5. Five minutes later, when the cat used the litter box, she was able to clean it - and has been able to use the NanoCan a few times since (though... I don't think it gave her any money? That's fine though, since she shouldn't have been able to afford it anyway). I haven't played very long to see if this will last, nor do I dare use any that need to be emptied, but at least I'm un-stuck and able to play this lot again! I'd recommend trying the NanoCan & a manual clean-up if you have the same issue.
Edit: Yes, this work-around has continued to work for a couple Sim weeks - it hasn’t gotten stuck again on this lot. I’m just using the NanoCan though.
@PipMenace This is what I had to do with the house that had broken on me. I got the Nano can and switched to the cat box that laser destroys the cat waste. The outside can remained full (mostly of leaves because the father had thrown them away instead of burning them. I could see the bags sticking out of the bottom of the bin. ☹️ But at least I was eventually able to clean up the house.
