My Patchy isn't becoming Alive
I've been playing Sims 4 for over a week now, I have a friend who had been playing longer and he had been guiding me and giving me advice whenever we play together. He told me the abilities Patchy ha...
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@Player_goq0p7lw How is everything else working with him? Are you able to unlock the Scarecrow outfit? Are you able to "Ask for Gardening Tips" and "Check Pockets for Seeds"?
- @Player_goq0p7lw Is your Patchy in a fairly open area? I keep mine in the middle of my yard with not much else in that area. Tbh I really don't know if this helps or not but I've never had any problems with my Patchy. Btw- I also use the 28-day seasons :D
I have my garden all in planter box and there's no much space and I put patchy in the middle. Does patchy only work if he's in a open area and does my sim need to be at work for patchy to come alive?
@Player_goq0p7lw Your Sim does not have to be at work for Patchy to come alive and I am only guessing about him needing space as he has always worked fine for me. Here's a pic of where I have Patchy placed in my test save:
In this pic, my Sim is standing at the edge of the lot with her garden in the background. There is at least one square of open space on each side of Patchy's tree stand, so not a large area but not super small either. Again, I am only guessing as to whether this is necessary or not. It took only one game-day after I maxed out the friendship level with this Patchy for him to come alive. He "wakes up" every day around noon and goes back to his tree stand around 5 p.m. The next time I play I will try to make his space smaller to see if this has any affect on him.
I always place my garden plants directly in the ground (I rarely use planter boxes or pots) so as an experiment maybe you can try planting at least one plant directly in the ground? To be honest, I'm not 100% sure that you even need a garden with Patchy. If there are no plants to take care of he will generally try help out around the house in other ways (i.e. clean things, take out the trash, etc) or he'll find some harmless way to entertain himself like watch TV or play with a computer. He'll never do anything bad as far as I've seen.
OT- Curiously enough, I think he counts as a household member when it comes to having enough beds to advertise for roommates. My roommate ad was cancelled shortly after he came alive. I need to test further on this.
I hope this helps & that we can find a way for Patchy to work in your game! :D
