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HuhFaceSus's avatar
5 years ago

Paparazzi Are Ruining The Get To Work Expansion

  • So im going to keep this brief but honestly this **** is so annoying I could go on for hours about it.

The Paparazzi from the Get Famous Expansion are broken, especially if you have the Get to Work expansion.

1. Because they all seem to have the klepto trait, which would be fine if I was in a mansion and could lock them out.

2. This klepto trait causes them to walk into your business and literally steal EVERYTHING, and there is nothing you can do about it.

3. You can't get them to leave, you can't ask for your stuff back, you can't exclude them specifically from coming in the door (I tried no solicitors). Once you open up (you don't even have to open for business as long as your doors are unlocked they do it) they just come in a start pillaging

4. They don't stop coming and they don't stop coming. Once one paparazzi leaves with their stolen goods ANOTHER immediately spawns on the lot to continue the cycle of theft. I've had up to 4 thefts happen simultaneously just to then have 2 more spawn on the lot after they all left.

Let it be noted: the objects they keep stealing are paintings. But when paintings aren't available to snatch ive seen them steal the bloody counters.

This is more than an annoyance THIS is game breaking. Honestly I might copy this over in the bug report section because it's really that game breaking for the Get to Work expansion. I'm attaching a video showing them walking into MY CLOSED STORE and stealing stuff.

Suggestion: if you can't take away the klepto because they're supposed to steal celebrity stuff then do 1 of 4 things

1. Stop making them spawn on every lot all the time even when there's no famous people.

2. Add a way to hire security that will confront people who take "for sale" objects without paying

3. Add a way to lock paparazzi outside of doors.

4. Make it do there klepto does not register on business lots or at least on items on business lots.

System Notes: I'm playing the Xbox one edition and am going for achievements which is why I won't use the console window to remove them.

Edit By Crinrict: Removed all-caps from title

3 Replies

  • @HuhFaceSus

    I've never seen Paparazzi show up anywhere that didn't have a famous sim. Maybe one of your customers was famous? If it's a save you've been playing for a while, you'll likely have a NUMBER of them in the world.

    As for the stealing thing, they either had the Klepto trait or you were in a neighborhood that had the "Sharing is Caring" ECO Lifestyle NAP. If you have multiple people stealing things, it's likely the NAP and not the Klepto trait.

    NAPs are all severely broken and it's HIGHLY recommended to turn off NPC voting and repeal the NAPs until EA can get around to fixing the darn thing.

    • The problem with the famous person theory is that they would come in and steal stuff when no one else was there. I will check to see about the neighbor hood votes although its in the Magnolia district (the one thats shops only)so I don't even know if people vote on stuff there
  • Psychotps's avatar
    Psychotps
    Seasoned Ace
    5 years ago
    @HuhFaceSus Did the sims stealing have the tag "Paparazzi" above their names? Or were they just the same sim? If they actually had the tag, then that sounds like a completely different bug. There shouldn't be any sims with that tag above their names on a lot without a famous sim.

    If it was just the same sim that you've seen as a paparazzi but didn't have the tag, then it seems like its just a coincidence.

    Sounds like you have several bugs there. Paparazzi on a lot without famous sims, sims entering a closed retail store, and the broken NAP.