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 here it goes.BUILD MODE/ BUILD ITEMS: 1] when all the new furniture that slot together are on a wall and the screen is in "walls cutaway view" items (like TV or stereo) that are interactive disappear as well, and are only viewable in "walls up view". Also if TV is on a new furniture TV stand; it doesn't happen when it's on a different TV stand from other packs/only base game. It's not the end of the world, but for laptop players who can mainly only play in "walls cutaway view" like myself is fairly annoying.LIVE MODE: my home decorator sim (and I have tried different and several sims, in different saves) 1] one sim in one save would only get negative outcome of the gig and earn zero simoleons no matter what. 2] another sim in a different save would not be able to host reveal renovation event, although the event starts and tasks appear at the top left corner of the screen; as soon as home decorator sim and clients enter the house the outcome (either positive or negative) would appear and the event abruptly ended. This doesn't always happen, sometimes 2 reveal renovation events in a row are interrupted, another time it carries on smoothly.This is so far what I have encountered. Overall I absolutely love the pack 🙂

I hopped on DHD right away, because I was specifically super excited to finally have chaises-longues (a must-have for lux builds, in my book), but usually I try to give packs a good six to eight weeks after release, simply because there are inevitably wrinkles in the implementation of new features.I try to take bugs philosophically. At least I am learning how the gigs work, and getting practice with the system, so when it is patched, I know what I am doing. Even my guesswork builds have been fairly well received - maybe I have been lucky.

@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 HQIn 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 HQHowever, 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 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 🙂

@Psychotps 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.

@Psychotps 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.

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16 Replies

jpkarlsen
Hero (Retired)
5 years ago
@Psychotps
Just pick a simple consistent style for the bathroom that does not include something purple and don't put something there that does not belong. Do not add too much clutter either. Just as in real life they tend to not like that. If you post the before and after photos (in your screenshots folder) I can be more specific.
Psychotps
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
That's what I've BEEN DOING.
Since I have to GUESS at the decor, I usually just pick one and go with that. Most of the time I fail because I didn't randomly pick the decor they liked.
I don't think I'll be continuing it. Since ALL the high-paying gigs are all "Addition" gigs, and since ALL addition gigs are BROKEN, I only have the $300-600 gigs to choose from. I can get twice that much from writing a single book, painting, or garden harvest. It's just not worth the hassle. And I HATE having to rely upon "Guessing".
jpkarlsen
Hero (Retired)
5 years ago
@Psychotps
Well you are the only one claiming that it is too hard while several others I have seen says it is too easy. That should tell you something. I have offered to help but you do not seem interested in that.
Psychotps
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
@jpkarlsen Unless you can remove the "Guesswork", fix the sim profile panel bug, and re-program the "Additions" gigs so they actually work... there isn't anything you can do.

I'm gonna just leave it until its fixed. And seeing the state of the older packs that never got fixed... I won't hold my breath.
Sindocat
Rising Scout
5 years ago
I hopped on DHD right away, because I was specifically super excited to finally have chaises-longues (a must-have for lux builds, in my book), but usually I try to give packs a good six to eight weeks after release, simply because there are inevitably wrinkles in the implementation of new features.

I try to take bugs philosophically. At least I am learning how the gigs work, and getting practice with the system, so when it is patched, I know what I am doing. Even my guesswork builds have been fairly well received - maybe I have been lucky.
PugLove888
Hero (Retired)
5 years ago
@Psychotps you mentioned getting conflicting likes and dislikes in a gig.... was that from a lone Sim or from a household with multiple Sims? If you are getting conflicting likes and dislikes from the same Sim, then something is indeed wrong😓 . But if it is for a household that is very realistic (it happens all the time on design shows in real life!!! Even with my own parents it was a problem! 🤭 😅 )

My first gig was for the Heckings of Brindleton Bay. One loved gray, the other hated gray. So I decided it was best to ignore gray altogether. That only left me with Loves Snowboarding. So I put one snowboard and one winter sports rack in the bedroom and just redid a normal bedroom with out using gray. They loved it! Here are the pics of the before and after>>>

You can see the aqua colored snowboard on the floor in front of the winter sports rack.

My next clients loved Mid Century, loved orange, and hated something I don't even remember what it way now. Thee kitchen items for Mid Century weren't classified as orange, even though they certainly looked orange to me, so they might have been tagged as red or brown. So to make up for that I put in a lot of orange clutter, which was my mistake! Just like real life, clutter alone isn't going to make a room. ( If you have your big ticket items in French Country, sprinkling a few Modern items won't make your room suddenly modern!) Here is my failure:

You can see all the clutter that is just lining the right wall. ( @jpkarlsen was the one who told me that a lot of clutter doesn't work, and after following his advise on that I've been sucessful! 🙌) They hated it! They hated it so much they sent me several mean letters! 😮😱🤦‍♀️🤣
I still had fun doing the gig, and it was a good learning experience!

After that I didn't put nearly as much clutter and have been successful each time! Even when I redid a room for the Spencer-Kim-Lewis family from the base game... there are 5 people to please in that household! But the gig was for a kid's room, so I concentrated on the little girl to fill up the icons... She loved pink, yellow, and rocket science. But then I noticed I could ask the other people their likes and dislikes and wrote them down. Mom also loved pink, Dad hated white, Grandpa hated something irrelevant, and Grandma loved black. So, I concentrated mostly on pink and yellow, with some bits of black. Avoided white, Avoided the irrelevant thing grandpa hated, and used the bb.showhiddenobjects cheat to unlock a completed rocket science project (from Parenthood) and the level 1 Rocket Science skill book that I put on her desk! I don't know if those last 2 items counted, but they didn't hurt since the gig was a success! That was a very hard gig since I had to please 5 people! 😅

You can kink of see the rocket project in the center of the room!

I also did a successful renovation for some of the people in Glimmerbrook, with just a few choice items. I hardly touched their budget -- in fact I hardly did anything! 🤨 But they loved it! 😂
I did another kitchen makeover for the Landgraabs (I wasn't sure if they would count the dinning room or not since it was kind of open to the kitchen so I did that too just in case. They all liked it and Geoffrey even hugged me and cried for joy! 💗

I also think it is fun not knowing exactly if your clients will like your work or not! Kind of thrilling! 😅 However, if I was starting a rags to riches play and failed that wouldn't be as fun, to be sure! But I do enjoy the element of surprise! 🥳

@Sindocat there is an element of luck to it, I'm sure, but there is also some logic as well. We are all just learning right now anyway. I think the important thing is to not take it too seriously and have fun with it! 😉 Also, I'm sure there will be people who will play this pack with the intent of giving their clients what they don't want! 👿😅