I've had several fall on my sim's lot. She can't crack any of them open. The interaction is avaiable and she'll walk a little way toward them and then do the "I can't get there" wave like there's a routing problem. Opening the lot to edit it, I can't move them unless she makes them decorative (tried that with one and was able to move it, the break open interaction was still there but she still couldn't do it) and there's absolutely nothing surrounding them and no reason she shouldn't be able to reach the rocks to break them open.

"luthienrising;c-17125668" wrote:Is this happening without mods/CC installed?As someone who has played since TS1, that should have been the first thing I checked. So, naturally, it wasn't. Time to track down which mod is causing it. Fortunately, I hadn't put all my mods back in so it shouldn't take long. LOL

I have no mods installed whatsoever (nor have I at any time) and I also have this issue with my Sim.

I am also having this problem. The first rock was opened fine, but a few others have fallen and nothing is getting them to work.

I wasn't able to trace it to a mod but, it worked after reloading my game so, there's that, too.

"kalaksed;c-17130234" wrote:did you set the rocks as decorative before you left the lot?i'd always been doing that and then going into build mode to move them (some indoors, some as a sort of fence along one lot wall) waiting for them to get fixed, then i noticed after my sim went to dinner at a restaurant that the rocks were breakable like they're supposed to be from the startalso, it's absolutely not mod-related. i really do think it has something to do with the 'on fire' period, possibly when it cools off it doesn't actually flag itself as cooled off, so the break interaction thinks it's still too hot or somethingI did not because I wasn't sure if you would be able to still break them open or not. I'm restarting my game up because my sim is also not wanting to pick up the trash along the beach, getting that same issue as if they can't get over there. I have the volcano lot trait so I just need to wait till I get another eruption that brings them to try again.

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moxiegraphix
6 years ago
"luthienrising;c-17125668" wrote:
Is this happening without mods/CC installed?

As someone who has played since TS1, that should have been the first thing I checked. So, naturally, it wasn't.

Time to track down which mod is causing it. Fortunately, I hadn't put all my mods back in so it shouldn't take long. LOL
jaded_jae
6 years ago
I have no mods installed whatsoever (nor have I at any time) and I also have this issue with my Sim.
DazzlingRhino
6 years ago
I am also having this problem. The first rock was opened fine, but a few others have fallen and nothing is getting them to work.
moxiegraphix
6 years ago
I wasn't able to trace it to a mod but, it worked after reloading my game so, there's that, too.
alliicat
6 years ago
"kalaksed;c-17130234" wrote:
did you set the rocks as decorative before you left the lot?

i'd always been doing that and then going into build mode to move them (some indoors, some as a sort of fence along one lot wall) waiting for them to get fixed, then i noticed after my sim went to dinner at a restaurant that the rocks were breakable like they're supposed to be from the start

also, it's absolutely not mod-related. i really do think it has something to do with the 'on fire' period, possibly when it cools off it doesn't actually flag itself as cooled off, so the break interaction thinks it's still too hot or something

I did not because I wasn't sure if you would be able to still break them open or not. I'm restarting my game up because my sim is also not wanting to pick up the trash along the beach, getting that same issue as if they can't get over there. I have the volcano lot trait so I just need to wait till I get another eruption that brings them to try again.
luthienrising
Hero+
6 years ago
Is this happening without mods/CC installed?
DionDino19
6 years ago
This is also happening to me, no mods on either. The Rock also is called "Lava rock place holder name" so I kinda wonder if this is an unfinished part of the new expansion?
alliicat
6 years ago
"kalaksed;c-17128725" wrote:
i had this problem as well, but it seems that having your sim go to another lot and then return home lets you crack the rocks open. they might be still listed as 'too hot' for it until you swap lots or something

figured i'd add a few screenshots in:
sim cracking one (of four) lava boulders open:
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https://i.gyazo.com/8bac5a747154fc7e0db4a3d44af6172c.jpg

the cloud of ash when a boulder breaks:
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https://i.gyazo.com/a8e8a65a2ef8a5a89fb514cf299a0773.png

I tried that for mine and it ended up deleting the rocks when they returned home lol. I updated all my mods, so I don't think it could be mod related for me as well. I will try to reload my game when it happens again like what Elisabetta said worked for her.
justme22
6 years ago
I'm going to tag @SimGuruNick on this -- folks might want to post this over at AHQ ( https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/READ-FIRST-Compiled-list-of-reported-Gameplay-Issues/td-p/3445209 ).
KamHow
6 years ago
Ive figured out a way... if you use cheat codes just do that random cheat "set as head" and then your sims head will turn into a gigantic lava rock and then you could crack it open. but the original lava rock won't open, just the one you set as your head.