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5 years ago

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Product: The Sims 4 Platform:PC Which language are you playing the game in? English How often does the bug occur? Rarely (0% - 9%) What is your current game version number? 1.60.54.1020 What exp...

gameplay issue

CGrant56
5 years ago
@alswilliams_7873 I'm pretty sure now what happened. The items you mentioned are all items that are normally hidden in the catalog and are collectables. The only way to see them in the catalog is through one of the unlock cheats (I forget atm exactly which one it is, there are several which unhide different things). Some of the items can be seen and accessed in build mode when you go into a lot with no sims on it to build. Those are typically just the career reward objects, not the collectables. But I haven't done that in a while so something may have changed that allows you to see more of the normally hidden things. The devs gave players access to a lot of things that we couldn't get to before some time around the time Moschino came out I think. Can't remember if it was before or after. It was in either a pack demo or one of the garage videos.
But most of the things you mentioned are collectables which can only be unhidden by using one of the higher level unlock cheats that pretty much show almost everything in the game including stuff that is only used in the worlds. Those usually also require testingcheats to be on as well. You can find a list at the Carl's Sims 4 Site. Just google that term and it's get you right there.
For instance, the skulls are the Sugar Skulls collection. Bird statues are the Feathers collection (they assemble into bird statues once you have all of them). And so on.
I'm not sure what caused them to show up, could be a glitch or maybe you did something that caused the cheat to activate. Doesn't really matter. All the items are still there, just hidden so you can find them again with one of the unlock cheats if you really want to get to them again. All those items can be gotten through gameplay too.

alswilliams_787

5 years ago

All I know is, that I saw a bunch of items in build mode that wasn't there before. For example, a bunch of crystals, a bird statue, some new artwork, some colorful skull heads, and so much more. I put the bird statues in one of my homes and they are still there but not in the build mode menu. It was strange. I just recently added Tiny Living, Discover University, and Island living. I wish I could explain it better.

CGrant56

Hero+

5 years ago

@alswilliams_7873 I'm pretty sure now what happened. The items you mentioned are all items that are normally hidden in the catalog and are collectables. The only way to see them in the catalog is through one of the unlock cheats (I forget atm exactly which one it is, there are several which unhide different things). Some of the items can be seen and accessed in build mode when you go into a lot with no sims on it to build. Those are typically just the career reward objects, not the collectables. But I haven't done that in a while so something may have changed that allows you to see more of the normally hidden things. The devs gave players access to a lot of things that we couldn't get to before some time around the time Moschino came out I think. Can't remember if it was before or after. It was in either a pack demo or one of the garage videos.

But most of the things you mentioned are collectables which can only be unhidden by using one of the higher level unlock cheats that pretty much show almost everything in the game including stuff that is only used in the worlds. Those usually also require testingcheats to be on as well. You can find a list at the Carl's Sims 4 Site. Just google that term and it's get you right there.

For instance, the skulls are the Sugar Skulls collection. Bird statues are the Feathers collection (they assemble into bird statues once you have all of them). And so on.

I'm not sure what caused them to show up, could be a glitch or maybe you did something that caused the cheat to activate. Doesn't really matter. All the items are still there, just hidden so you can find them again with one of the unlock cheats if you really want to get to them again. All those items can be gotten through gameplay too.