“Blast From The Past” event (week 3) - “Repair or Replace the computer” problem
After completing the Time Travel Component interaction on a PC, the computer breaks and the next quest item is to repair that computer. When hovering over the task, the listed suggestions are to repair, replace or hire a repairman service.
HOWEVER, I selected the “insta-repair” option as my sim has level 10 handiness and that doesn’t seem to be compliant with the task. So I have a non-broken PC and this outstanding task.
Planning on putting the PC out next time it rains and see if that breaks it again. In the meantime, any suggestions on what else I can do?
(At the very least hopefully this can be a warning for others who are yet to start this week’s event!)
SOLVED! After a couple of in-game days, the task resolved itself on its own, appearing with a pop up “Computer Back Online” (“Whew! That was indeed close. The computer is available again, and the Time Travel Component is intact and back in place.”)
Repair or Replace Computer Emit challenge work around: So I too had an unbreakable computer when it came to this part of the challenge. Left it outside like suggested, nothing. Finally SOLVED the problem.
- Sell the unbreakable computer
- Buy a non unbreakable computer
- Put it outside on a small round dining room table
- Next to the table Put a garden sprinkler and turn it on. Computer will eventually start to spark. DO NOT move the computer you will have to start all over.
- Sell the sprinkler
- Buy a dining chair to put in front of the table, can't fix the computer without one there.
- Either repair or replace the computer
