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RoseQuartz724's avatar
RoseQuartz724
Rising Veteran
15 days ago

Is it safe to play apartments anywhere and/or visit San Myshuno yet?

Due to fear of corrupted saves and from experiencing issues after For Rent, I haven't played in San Myshuno for years now and long ago deleted a 6-unit Residential Rental I had built in Willow Creek because it was causing spawning and/or visibility of spawned and inventory items (like too many of the same flower spawn and also groups of stuck bikes, etc.). A bug fix seemed to fix it at one point but I won't play them in case it starts again.

Has the "should be invisible in the sky but were stuck visible due to RR lots" really been fixed or are you still experiencing that?

So is it safe yet to play apartments of any kind (Residential Rental or ones built by EA) or to visit San Myshuno even if you just visit? I feel like a big part of my Sims 4 experience is lost by not being able to feel I can safely visit San Myshuno in particular; I really love those apartments and the stories you can tell there. I also don't feel comfortable visiting Evergreen Harbor due to its apartments.

I think the "being able to play apartments" issue is something that EA has said they're working on fixing but that it will take some time. Is that still the case? I haven't heard about it in a while. 

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  • RheaFallout's avatar
    RheaFallout
    Seasoned Ace
    13 days ago

    I'm in the same predicament as you, I haven't taken my sims to SM in ages because of all the bugs there and fear of my save being corrupted again, I don't own For Rent either so my corruption was caused specifically by the city living bugs, but I do really miss visiting the city and attending the festivals and flea market and it would be nice when my sims get invited to attend the festivities my sim can say yes again, rather than just ignoring the invitation! so my plan is to visit there when I move my sims daughter out of home and into her own save file as a test file, that way if anything goes wrong I'll still have her in her family save as I make two save files for every household (one as a back up) and can just delete the new save if it corrupts and I won't have lost anything really important and it won't impact my main legacy save in any way, I can just revert back to the save before she split from the household as if her moving out never happened 😁

  • CGrant56's avatar
    CGrant56
    Hero+
    15 days ago

    RoseQuartz724​  The short answer is:  it depends.  Thousands, maybe millions, of people are still playing the game despite its bugs.  The thing is, no computer game, including TS4, these days is 100% bug free, particularly big open-ended games like TS4 that have added dlc packs.  And some of those bugs cause things like corrupting saves.  That bug happening always has been there from the day the game was released.  It can happen to any player at any time.  So, you have to decide if the risk of corrupting your save at some point is worth the ongoing entertainment value for you.

    I have lost 2 long term saves in the last 3 years due to corruption.  But I continue to play because I simply enjoy playing the game.  I'm not going to let fear of corrupting a save stop me.  Yes, it's a pain when you lose a save that way and it takes a lot of time and effort to salvage what you can and start a new save, but I'd rather do that than not play.  So, my advice to you is don't let the fear of losing a save to corruption stop you from playing.  Just keep in mind that something can go wrong at any time and be prepared for it eventually happening by having backups of your saves, your sims and lots ready to go if you need them.

    Hope this helps.

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