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5 years ago

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Sims Won't Use Countertop Front, Can Only Use Back

Product: The Sims 4 Platform:PC Which language are you playing the game in? English How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%) What is your current game version number? 1.65.77.1020 What ex...

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zanthiathemysti
5 years ago
Hi sorry late reply;
I managed to get the counter to work after I deleted the floor and put it back in. I'm still convinced it was the fire that caused the issue. I noticed my sims were still doing the "ew this place is filthy" action, but there was no rubbish, water, unclean surfaces or dirty burned floors to take care of. Perhaps it was invisible???
I do now have a NEW problem since the game update. The shower can't be cleaned??? Either by scrubbing or by magic and it does not matter where I move the damn thing. I can't can't cheat it clean because if I shift-click on it to "make clean" it just says "make dirty" as if it's already clean. I have chosen the "make dirty" option and then the option to "make clean" appears, but it does not work. I can only delete the shower and buy a new one....
And yeah I've removed my mods, cleared the cashe and repaired the game, nothing is working :V
This is an issue for another thread though I'd imagine.
Thank you for helping me with the countertop issue what an odd problem xD invisible dirt

zanthiathemysti

5 years ago

Yes of course!

Annoyingly after a full gaming session of my Sims refusing to use the front, when I moved the counter out to get a screenshot of them choosing the back... they chose the front twice.

However, they still cannot use the front while it is placed in this section [image 1] but are perfectly fine using that exact spot when the counter is turned backwards [image 2]

As you can probably see, it's a regular countertop and not of the barstool-using variety (I don't know the name either). It's the one from the Jungle Adventure pack. Can't imagine what the problem is tbh

crinrict

Hero+

5 years ago

@ZanthiatheMystic I tested what I think is this counter top and have no issues.

Could you test if you have issues with all counters or just this particular one ?

If you can duplicate it with other counters, does it happen in all your counters or just this particular one ?

zanthiathemysti
5 years ago
It happens with all the counters I've tried;
Perfect Patio
Parenthood
Vampires
Base Game S Cargeaux Counter and Tall Order Vintage Counter
Here's the topdown view of the counter location. To me it looks like there's nothing wrong, nothing blocking the path. It wasn't placed with MoveObjects, nothing in the kitchen was aside from the cauldron. There was a time when the counter placement was working just fine (in the playtest) but come to actually play in the house, it's got issues xD
- crinrict
  Hero+
  5 years ago
  @ZanthiatheMystic Did you test a different house too ?
  - zanthiathemysti
    5 years ago
    So I went back into my other household (same save) added the same Jungle Adventure countertop and it worked fine in that household.
    I then visited the Goth family in a new save and their countertops work fine also.
    I went back into the problem household and had a look where I noticed the floor was still charred from that magic-induced fire one of my spellcasters accidentally caused while trying to fix the sink, I got them to clean that area thinking that might be the problem, but it wasn't.
    It's clearly the location. Something happened between the playtest and now and it might still be the fire tbh