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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@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.
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.
Some of the rooms in Apartments are big enough to be divided up but going over the list of possible gigs there are only few that says add room and one add level. None of these were in Apartments the rest are renovations. You seem to think that you only have one client but that is not the case. The entire household are your clients and just like in real life there tend to be different likes/dislikes. I see way more postings saying it is too easy than it being hard. In fact you are the only one who comes to mind. So let me give a few pointers for people that just started the career or have trouble getting what they have done accepted by the clients.
When it just says renovate room walk around the house before asking questions and settle on a room that you think should be easy to renovate. Now start asking the Sim that you think will be the primary user of of that room for likes and dislikes until the three bubbles are filled. Talk to the rest about it and make a notion of any dislikes. You are now ready to send the hosts away and start renovation after taking before pictures. Start by selling everything that are not on the likes list. Then add any items that are the main sims likes (if any). I find it best to start with wallpaper and carpets then add other items that belong in that type of room you work with avoiding dislikes.
the above goes for all types of gigs but if it calls for a specific room you renovate a room of that type or if such a room does not exist for instance a walk in closet repurpose another room for it or divide a bigger room up. You do not necessarily need to put up walls.
By the time one gets to the few gigs that require a new room nobody that has done the other renovations should have any problems with that.
That's kinda the problem. Most gigs you only get three "bubbles" of what they like or dislike. I try asking several people to "even" it out, but with only three to go on... I WISH I had the simology panel so I could just look at everyone and see ALL their likes and dislikes, but like I said, it's BROKEN. In the end all I have to go on is the THREE listed and most of the time, they don't help.
Like a bathroom and all I get is "Likes violin", "Hates bowling", and "Hates Purple". What the heck am I supposed to do with that? Since there's NOTHING about decor I can't "Suggest" a new one so I am sure to fail even IF I put a "violin" in the bathroom.
Only a few additions? You've GOT to be kidding. I have like 20-30 gigs on my UI list and HALF of them are "additions". Maybe because I've been skipping them all because the game is broken for them. Edit: Just counted them, I have 37 gigs and 17 of them are "Additions", so just under HALF.Edit: Just tried ANOTHER "Addition", a "Level Addition". Said "Restricted to top level". Top level had 3 roof pieces, I could delete ONE but not the other TWO. (And they were all on the same level) I tried creating walls and got the same error I always get. I tried creating walls EVERYWHERE on EVERY level and still get the same error. I'm forced to cancel the gig, lose the money and a TON of reputation. The whole system is FUBAR.
I can DO the gigs and get paid every time IF I skip "Addition" gigs and somehow am lucky enough to get some decent "likes and dislikes" during the RANDOM selections...Just like all other packs that have come out the past year, it's COMPLETELY BROKEN.
Why do I keep buying these? I REALLY need to stop. They simply aren't worth it.
@Elferose , no problem! 💗 We were all Newbies once! 😅 Hopefully this helps with your problems that you have.
One thing I forgot to mention is that if you find a Bug Report with the same problem as yours, be sure to click the "Me Too" button at the bottom of the first post! This is very important because it shows how prevalent a problem is, and the more people who click Me Too alerts those trying to sort out the bugs that this is a topic that is very common , which would mean that it gets looked at quicker! 😃
Also, if you have the same problem, it can be helpful for you to add to the thread by clicking the Reply button and listing your experiences! (For example if the Original Poster of the Bug report saw the problem on a PC, but later another person adds that they saw the same problem on a console, then the people who deal with the bugs now know this is a problem on either platform!). The more information they have, the more likely they can find what is causing the problem and hopefully fix it! 🤞
Also, a person with the title of Hero named @crinrict is the person who takes care of the Bug Reports section. (Crinrict is a volunteer and not an employee of EA). Crinrict might have difficulty reproducing a certain problem, and might ask for people's saves so they can see the problem. So don't worry if Crinrict , any other Hero, or an EA employee asks for your save to help with a bug. 😉You can only see the active sims simology panel. Mine works fine. Since you only see the active sims I don't see how that would help you. Are you thinking of something else?
I don't know why on earth you would place a violin in a bathroom. It should be evident that noone in their right mind would like one there. So I'm not surprised you got a fail on that. May I suggest that you in the future give some thought to if a given item belongs in the room you are redesigning. You wouldn't place a toilet in the living room would you. You say hates purple that one is easy make sure that the tiles and appliances are not purple.
Simple things like that goes a long way to success with a gig.
I mean If I that have never been accused of being a good interior designer can make the entire Caliente household be ecstatic about a simple redesign as this living room then you certainly should be able to pass your Gigs.
Likes Island decor and Garden decor. Dislikes Bowling.
Wall covering doors and rug from Island Living and a Collection of Small Garden Planters at the far wall and a cowplant poster plus a few plants to add just a hint of gardening. No hint of Bowling in sight the rest are mainly from DHD.
If you post before and after pictures of a failed gig thegig description and any likes/dislikes you learned I may be able to give you some specific pointers I haven't done any full levels yet so can't help you there.
Well, If I had those to work with, that would be easy. But if the only options I have are Likes Violin, hates purple, hates bowling... what else can I do but put a violin in the bathroom? Everything else is guesswork besides not using purple or bowling stuff. I suspect that a violin as a single "like" isn't enough. Maybe they like island decor? I don't know because I CAN'T SEE the sim profile panel! All I can do is GUESS. and since there are what... two DOZEN different decor styles... The chance of me randomly guessing the right decor is remote.
If I can get even ONE decor style "like", and preferably one color "like" then I have that gig locked down. Guaranteed. Problem is, most of the time we don't even get "LIKES", let alone DECOR likes. You need both. As I said, I got one gig with nothing but four color likes and NO decor. I failed because I had to GUESS on the decor and I guessed wrong. Just choosing the right colors isn't enough.
