[BY DESIGN] Ordering parts missing from computer
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? 1.52.100.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Every released pack installed
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Check to see if you can buy upgrade materials
What happens when the bug occurs? I cannot buy upgrade materials at all
What do you expect to see? The option to buy upgrade material
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? No
I cannot buy upgrade materials at all. Every time I click on an option to buy them on my sims' computer, it lists everything (pretty much I think), but the upgrade materials
This might be just the intentional way it works.
As far as I can see in the tuning files, the restrictions for whether or not it appear include:
1) your sim must be at least level 2 in handiness skill
2) your sim must OWN the computer they are trying to order it from
This means public computers at the library wouldn't work, but computers at your home while your sim bought or at a owned business your sim bought will work. Or possibly if you have the portable laptop and took it to a library, that would work because you own it.
The purchase medicine also used to work this way too, before they removed the "you must own the computer" restriction. You'd have to ask the developers why there's the difference. Maybe because they think you wouldn't normally be away from your home ordering parts to upgrade stuff that isn't at your home? I know now with the new off-the-grid lot trait, you might need this restriction gone, so that you can order parts from a public place.
