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Re: [FIXED] [S] Can't tend to plants that are out of season despite requiring

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? 1.103.250.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All except a couple of kits and the newest EP.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Have your sim plant some things. I have soybeans and pear trees planted right now. No option to water, weed, or spray for bugs.
What happens when the bug occurs? Whenever I click on the plant/tree
What do you expect to see? The option to tend to my plants so they don’t die. I’ve even hired a gardener and they’re not weeding or spraying the plants for bugs.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Never used.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. Most recent patch.

I expect to be able to tend to my plants but not having the option to do so. I’ve been hired a gardener and they are not weeding nor spraying the plants for bugs. 

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  • candiecoatediv's avatar
    candiecoatediv
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago
    @crinrict I believe so I’ve noticed it mostly with the out of season plants. The in season plants when my sim comes back home I have the notification that the gardener was there but I’m not seeing any weeds on them just the out of season ones. I thought maybe it was due to access but even the ones that were completely accessible still have not been tended to or my sim is unable to tend to them.
  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    2 years ago
    @candiecoatediv Merging this with the out of season plant weed thread and adjusting the title to include other tending stuff.
  • candiecoatediv's avatar
    candiecoatediv
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago

    @crinrict update : I looked at the in season plants and there is an option to water and harvest. It’s greyed out as it’s not necessary but I just wanted to let you know. 

  • Heautontimoru's avatar
    Heautontimoru
    Hero
    2 years ago

    Me too!

    That's probably not intendeed to work like that. As you can see, if you have a "repaired"/"covered" (?) (in Italian it is riparata) and try to "Take care of the garden" (available for the high level of the garden ability), the sim stucks trying to remove the weeds from a repaired/covered plant (if there are other plant out-of-season in the garden) and he is not able to complete the operation.

    From 09:51 to 10:16 he keeps trying to remove the same weed (animation completed and restarted again and again). During summer he was able to take care of garden without any kind of matters.

  • RandomBuzziness's avatar
    RandomBuzziness
    Seasoned Hotshot
    2 years ago

    This has happened twice in my game since installing the last game patch (Dec. 5, 2023). Both were out-of-season trees: a cherry tree that grew weeds, and an apple tree that had insects. On both occasions, it happened as my game was exiting a loading screen (I'm pretty sure that both were from loading a save rather than a travel related loading screen). It was not something that happened at 5 a.m. during regular overnight game-play.

    As a workaround, I used the shift + click cheat "Set Gardening State" to alter their state.

    The "Weed Free" option worked for me, but I think the "Mulched" option should also work. I realize that using the Shift + Click cheat is less than ideal, but it's something to consider until this bug gets fixed.

  • RandomBuzziness's avatar
    RandomBuzziness
    Seasoned Hotshot
    2 years ago

    @candiecoatediv Do you remember in your game if the weeds sprouted overnight or if it happened after the game exited a loading screen, like it did in mine. For me, the weeds/ insects were not there on the last time I had played. They only randomly appeared on the next time I started the game and loaded a save. For this last one, it wasn't even morning in the game, it was late afternoon. It hasn't happened very often for me, like once last week and a second time earlier today. I don't even know if this detail is important, but it might help the devs recreate the bug, or to help them fix it.

  • candiecoatediv's avatar
    candiecoatediv
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago
    @RandomBuzziness Honestly I can’t recall I think it was daytime when I noticed it and the gardener had just been there. But what I have noticed is when my sim returns to the lot the weeds and insects are not there then after a few seconds they appear.