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manicobsessive1
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago

Cheat to make plants ready to harvest?

Helloo yet again guys, lol. Sorry to keep springing all these questions on you, but I have one more. Why is it when I cheat a plant to be fully grown, it isn't harvestable? Is there a cheat to make a plant instantly ready to harvest? I keep hearing about this dirt pile bug, and I want to tackle the problem before I come across it, lol. Thanks so much for your help! :)

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  • Try Shift-click to see if the "Spawn Fruit (Debug)" interaction comes up. It should, providing that the plant hasn't been harvested too recently.
  • Thanks for the reply! No, that one has never come up for me. although, I think I've only tried it on vegetables. Is it not possible for veg?
  • It's possible for fruit, veg, herbs, and flowers. The term "spawn fruit" really just means "spawn whatever harvestable this plant makes." :lol: But to the best of my knowledge it should come up if the plant is at the "Blossoming" stage, possibly also at just "Mature."

    Edit: I just remembered that I do use Twisted Mexi's All Cheats mod, so I'm not actually sure if that particular debug cheat is still possible without it. It might be, though.
  • Oh I see. :D Yeah, no I have never seen that interaction. I'm not home right now, so I can't try it, but I am definitley going to have more of a play around with this when I get home. At least I know it's meant to be possible. Thanks!
  • You're very welcome. Also, see the edit I added to my post above. Good luck! :)
  • akl1226's avatar
    akl1226
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago
    You cannot instant harvest I do not believe unfortunately but you can ctl shift on a plant and click growth stage as blossoming which will mean next day it will be harvestable. At least that’s what I do when the dreaded dirt pile bug hits
  • I think you can't actually spawn fruit using the debug unless that particular plant is "in-season". So you can have a full mature pear tree in summer, but you won't get fruit until autumn or winter (I forget which).
    That particular cheat is a godsend for getting decent quality harvestables through evolution, which moves at a snail's pace otherwise. I should get my Sim to fish more but he's too busy.

    I might be completely wrong, certainly try it out just in case I am.
  • "StuffyMarx;c-17977175" wrote:
    I think you can't actually spawn fruit using the debug unless that particular plant is "in-season". So you can have a full mature pear tree in summer, but you won't get fruit until autumn or winter (I forget which).
    That particular cheat is a godsend for getting decent quality harvestables through evolution, which moves at a snail's pace otherwise. I should get my Sim to fish more but he's too busy.

    I might be completely wrong, certainly try it out just in case I am.


    Oh, you're probably right. I don't play with Seasons, so I overlooked that possibility.
  • I hope they fix this bug. It is the most game breaking bug I have had in my game and it has been around so long. Now when I play I am constantly saving, never knowing what is going to cause a plant to revert to a dirt pile, and send me back to start the game over., I have also noticed another problem now, some of my plants now are dark instead of green, that even happened to 3 new vegetables I planted, when they grew, they were very dark.

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