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Pick-a-boo_doo
Seasoned Ace
10 months ago

[TLSP] Items in Storable objects disappear when moving (Sell Furniture)

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? 1.109.207.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Now playing without EPs. Owned DLCs: EP: All excluding Hight School Years, Growing Together, For Rent, Lovestruck GP: All excluding Journey To Batuu SP: All excluding Luxury Party, Perfect Patio, Movie Hangout, Kids Room, Home Chef Hustle, Crystal Creations Kit: Industrial Loft, Blooming Rooms, Moonlight Chic, Desert Luxe. Pastel Pop, Bathroom Clutter, Greenhouse Haven, Basement Treasures, Book Nook, Modern Luxe
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Try to move household from Tiny home Lot type selecting Sell Furniture but keep storable objects,- like fridge,bookshelf,storage box-, in household inventory.
What happens when the bug occurs? After move, and place the storable object, you'll see the empty in the objects.
What do you expect to see? Objects keep items in them.
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. From Update for For Rent EP and it's still ongoing after update on 10/01/2024.

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For workaround this bug, we must to move the items in the storable object into Sim's personal inventory or household inventory from the storable objects.

This symptom is same as following thread, but it seems trigger is different, I think. So I posted this.
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-FR-Items-in-Fridge-Bookshelf-amp-Toybox-Disappear-on-R/td-p/13318785

Before Move Household (fridge)

After Move Household

Edit By Crinrict: Adjusted Tag to fit naming conventions in this forum. Also adjusted title to fit.

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  • CGrant56's avatar
    CGrant56
    Hero+
    10 months ago

    @Pick-a-boo_doo 

    We have never been able to move a household and have things in the storage containers (fridge, toy box, chests, DU chest.)  They will always disappear when you do that.  It's been happening since TS4 came out and not anything recent.  So, the work around is as you said, clear out all the containers and put the items in a sim's inventory or place them on the ground/floor or directly into the household inventory.  It happens because all those items are seen by the game as "owned" by the sims.  Moving breaks that connection if they are not in the sim's inventory or as separate items in the household inventory.  Even if you place them on the ground/floor, that connection gets lost, but it gets reestablished when you pick them up and place them in a sim's inventory.

    Bookcases act a little different though for some reason.  If you move and leave the books in a bookcase behind, they will show up in the household inventory on the new lot although sometimes, they will disappear when you take them out of the household inventory and place them on the ground/floor.  If you go back to the old lot, the bookcases will be empty.

    Hope this helps.

  • Pick-a-boo_doo's avatar
    Pick-a-boo_doo
    Seasoned Ace
    10 months ago

    @CGrant56 

    Hi there

    Thanks for the detailed explanation.
    I didn't know this bug existed before the update for For Rent EP.
    I always kept the furniture when I moved, but after the update for For Rent EP, I was no longer able to do that (here), so I started moving after manually putting the furniture in the household inventory, and that's when I noticed this bug.
    Until now, books have never disappeared after moving to a new house, so I'll be careful. Thanks for the new information.
    As you mentioned, this bug behaves as if the ownership of the object belongs to the game or the lot, not to the purchaser.

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