Dream Home Decorator
Sul Sul! 🙂 I'm here to report a few issues (bugs?) with the latest DLC Dream Home Decorator. I have tried to search up if anyone was having the same problems, but I couldn't find the specifics so he...
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@Elferose , I noticed your first problem as well. 😉
This is just the General Discussion & Feedback section. What you need is the Bug Report section:
The Sims 4 | Forum | Bug Reports | EA Answers HQ
In the Bug Report section there is a thread pinned to the top that has all the compiled bug reports that are being looked into so far. Here is that list:
[READ FIRST] Compiled list of reported Issues - Answer HQ
However, Dream Home Decor is not on that list yet because it is too early... the list for that is still being compiled. When it does finally make it to the list it will be under Game Packs (Click on Game Packs and then click on the title of game pack you want and it will take you to the bug reports on that pack.)
In the meantime, you can look through the first page or two of posts in the main Bug Report page to see if anyone has posted with your problem. If they have not, then you can fill out a Bug Report of your own! Just click the "New Topic" button underneath the banner but above the Top XP Authors section and answer the questions and include any extra descriptions that might help (or pictures if those help explain!) 🙂
However, you will need to make a separate Bug Reports for each of your problems (unless someone has already posted one of them). Never combine issues on a Bug Report.
Also, please note that if you play with Mods or CC, you should test your game without them first to see if it is a conflict with outdated CC/Mods before you fill out a Bug Report. Many people think their problem is a bug but it is often outdated Mods/CC. Also, when you do this be sure to delete the localthumbcache.package file in your game folder (found by going to Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 folder).
The localthumbcache.package file often can hold corrupted data, so anytime you update your Mods/CC you will need to delete the localthumbcache.package file! 🤨
Update: your problem with the gig giving you zero simoleons and failing the gig might have to do with you relying on too much clutter to fulfill your clients likes. This happened to me as well.😅 Thanks to @jpkarlsen for pointing that out to me earlier! 💗
Feel free to update us on your situation!😇
Happy Simming! 🥳
- @PugLove888
About the 0 simoleons, I'm not sure that's entirely the problem. I think we need to put down objects they LIKE and none they DON'T. Problem is, since the simology panel is completely BROKEN, we can only see what few things the game sees fit to put in the gig panel. And that appears to be random.
I ended up getting a living room reno with "Dislikes Queen Anne", "Dislikes Organ Music", and "Likes DJ mixing". That's it. Not much to work with. I made sure I removed all queen anne, didn't put an organ (not hard there) and put in a DJ mixing booth... The rest I had no choice but to guess at.
Ended up getting "0" and that I "Didn't follow their preferences".
The whole system is broken.@Psychotps , yes, that is what I thought at first too -- that I was just accidentally hitting their dislikes without knowing it. But for my next gig I followed @jpkarlsen 's advice about not relying on a lot of clutter to satisfy their Likes, and my next clients loved what I did! Maybe that was a coincidence, but on the first gig I did I didn't rely one a lot of clutter either (they wanted snowboarding items and I could only find a snowboard and a decorative winter sports rack, so I couldn't rely on clutter at that point!) and I passed with flying colors (pun totally intended! 😉) So I think there is also something to what @jpkarlsen suggested.
Also, I wouldn't necessarily call this "broken" per se because I think it might be more along the lines of "oversight". But the result is the same either way.
Ironically, this reminds me of a lot of real life TV renovation shows! 🤣 I've seen many a time when I client hated something and failed to tell the decorator they hated something:
Decorator: "we are then going to save space you you can have a proper laundry room by having the access to your master bath behind these beautiful barn doors!"
Client: "Oh no, that won't do! I hate barn doors!"
Decorator: "You never told me that. You just said you don't like modern decor. I can find another way of saving space but that would mean making pocket doors and those would break your budget. So either you expand your budget so I can keep the design, or else you will have to keep your laundry in the basement."
🤦♀️😅
And the flip side is that sometimes clients ask for "must haves" much later in the renovation, after a good chunk of the budget is already spent on giving them the things that they actually mentioned. 🤦♀️😅
So you might not like how the pack was implemented, but at least there is an element of realism in it! 😉- @PugLove888 Well, at the very least it needs severe modifications. Like gigs to add a new "Room" in apartments? How's that even possible? Likes and Dislikes that totally contradict themselves.
They should iron it out so it chooses 1 decor like, 1 decor dislike, 1 color like, 1 color dislike... and such. Give us actually something to work with, instead of it being just "random".
One gig all I got was "Likes Red, Purple, Grey, and Yellow". Nothing about decor and no dislikes at all. Ended up failing that one too.
If we could just SEE the simology panel, there may be more there to go on, but since we can't see what they "dislike"... it's 100% guesswork and IMPOSSIBLE to do properly.
@PugLove888 thank you so much for taking the time to reply so extensively to my message... I'm clearly a newbie here! Also: I don't have any CC nor mods. I will follow your advice 🙂 thank you so much again 🙂
