Detective career broken?

I'm hoping they fix this problem by the end of the year. But I'm not particularly optimistic.

"TheLibrarySim;c-16068030" wrote:
Yep, it's still borked. That doesn't mean you can't have fun with it, or beat it. Colonel Lilith Vatore has solved 7 crimes so far.
Sometimes the crook won't match the clues. Sometimes the clues will contradict one another. If you Save the game when you arrive at the crime scene, you can arrest the wrong person, get out, and get back into the game without any penalty. Then just repeat till you get the right person (if they show up).
It does seem to get easier as you gain rank. Sometimes you'll arrive and the person matching all the clues will be standing right in front of you. You'll never know, which I think is part of the fun.
Some people say: "The game is borked. I'm not gonna play it."
Other people say: "The game is borked. I have to be more creative."

Thanks. I will make a new save before heading out then.



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Just got my own little noobie-cop out on patrol. First time she went to the station she wondered to herself, are there only female cops, young female cops in this place. Some of them are sure pretty. Second day on the job she goes to say hi to her new boss.... Don Lothario.

Well, I think I can have fun with this. My little sim is a peaceloving little unflirty do-gooder. We will see what happens.

I had a whole string of clues today. Only one of them matched.

Clues; Adult, female, brown hair, evil trait, wears jumper, wears skirt.

The criminal: Yuki Behr! A teen, female, blue hair, good trait, wearing a tshirt and trousers.

I have a few community created houses and a few community created Sims, but Yuki wasn't one of them.

What's going on? :S

"INeedAVacation;c-16091035" wrote:
I had a whole string of clues today. Only one of them matched.

Clues; Adult, female, brown hair, evil trait, wears jumper, wears skirt.

The criminal: Yuki Behr! A teen, female, blue hair, good trait, wearing a tshirt and trousers.

I have a few community created houses and a few community created Sims, but Yuki wasn't one of them.

What's going on? :S

Relax, Yuki Behr is a walkby Sim. The game will pull Sims for different needs. In this case, she became the suspect. I learned the hard way that these walk by Sims aren't actual Townies that you can expect to appear in each game save in the same neighborhood. Unlike Sims 2 & 3, certain Sims were always there, no matter what. Unless they died. I lost my Founder's wife and my Founder on the very same Sim day, just hours apart. Their three sons carried on without them. My chosen Heir took the reigns, but I stumbled in my Legacy Challenge, when I didn't have a male Sim, who generated the chosen Trait, to make him the actual heir. I had the parents have a second child, another boy, but again lacking the Trait needed. I had them try again. Twin girls. Suddenly, since my heir's younger brother still lived with them, I found myself running out of room. Moved out the brother, moved out the eldest son. He could no longer be the heir, since I moved him out. Face/palm. Then I reread the rules for the Challenge and realized, I didn't have to move him out, nor did I need to have the parents try again. I could have just selected him. (Always good to check out that codicil. I could have saved myself a bunch of grief.) Then I got it into my head to simply go back, recreate the couple and have them have kids. Just restart with chapter Two, if you will. That's when it hit me. Since I couldn't find her anywhere, (and then I think I came here to the forums for confirmation) — the walk bys are randomized, unique. Only the ones living in the houses in the neighborhoods are in each new game save. Had I thought about it long enough, I would simply have used a photo of her to recreate her. But, I waited about a year and then started anew using the same Founder, complete with the same backstory. Unfortunately, the first story (mostly taken from what happened in the game), was quite a story!

Whee!! I made my first arrest and all the clues fit!! :)

Ok, there were very few clues because I was less stellar in finding them in the first place but now I have scouted the internet a bit for what to look for next time I have to sweep a crimescene. Very happy that I had made that save in case the clues did not fit.

"SilentKitty;c-16100150" wrote:

Whee!! I made my first arrest and all the clues fit!! :)

Ok, there were very few clues because I was less stellar in finding them in the first place but now I have scouted the internet a bit for what to look for next time I have to sweep a crimescene. Very happy that I had made that save in case the clues did not fit.

I always waited until I had all five clues or is it six before I accused anyone and it always worked but the game has bug where they may never show up at all since the gender patch way back.

"GalacticGal;c-16101639" wrote:

"Cinebar;c-16101615" wrote:

"SilentKitty;c-16100150" wrote:

Whee!! I made my first arrest and all the clues fit!! :)

Ok, there were very few clues because I was less stellar in finding them in the first place but now I have scouted the internet a bit for what to look for next time I have to sweep a crimescene. Very happy that I had made that save in case the clues did not fit.

I always waited until I had all five clues or is it six before I accused anyone and it always worked but the game has bug where they may never show up at all since the gender patch way back.

I watch a lot of mystery and suspense shows, so this career is right up my alley, so to speak. I have my Detective photograph and then collect the evidence. I believe I discovered the 'sweeping' action by accident, in that I clicked on a hallway once and it gave me the option to search for clues. I do that every time now. I also photograph the objects, if there are any, that need to be fingerprinted. I have him check every room plus the outside perimeter, if it's at a house.

I had all kinds of clues stacked up in the notebook. The A.P.B. brought me to a place where no one met the criteria. Then one time I was astonished to find an elderly man dressed as the suspect should be. I arrested him. I never got a chance to interrogate him (my favorite part), but he didn't threaten to sue, either. Sometimes being a detective requires outside the box thinking.

I will be attempting this career again, once the child Sim in question becomes an adult.

Good luck because last time I played ( a few months ago) it was still broken.

Well, since I have completed this one in the past, I will just use the MCCC mod to advance my Sim, no worries. I don't like following Sims to their work when there are toddlers in the household. I don't like the loss of time.

"Cinebar;c-16101615" wrote:

"SilentKitty;c-16100150" wrote:

Whee!! I made my first arrest and all the clues fit!! :)

Ok, there were very few clues because I was less stellar in finding them in the first place but now I have scouted the internet a bit for what to look for next time I have to sweep a crimescene. Very happy that I had made that save in case the clues did not fit.

I always waited until I had all five clues or is it six before I accused anyone and it always worked but the game has bug where they may never show up at all since the gender patch way back.

Think I had four clues this time. Since it worked so well the first time I am just going to hope that the career has been fixed. Hope springs eternal.

I really do not like the idea of older things in the game being left broken and then adding new things on top. However I have encountered this before in other games I have played.

"SilentKitty;c-16101727" wrote:

"Cinebar;c-16101615" wrote:

"SilentKitty;c-16100150" wrote:

Whee!! I made my first arrest and all the clues fit!! :)

Ok, there were very few clues because I was less stellar in finding them in the first place but now I have scouted the internet a bit for what to look for next time I have to sweep a crimescene. Very happy that I had made that save in case the clues did not fit.

I always waited until I had all five clues or is it six before I accused anyone and it always worked but the game has bug where they may never show up at all since the gender patch way back.

Think I had four clues this time. Since it worked so well the first time I am just going to hope that the career has been fixed. Hope springs eternal.

I really do not like the idea of older things in the game being left broken and then adding new things on top. However I have encountered this before in other games I have played.

It is a bit naughty when the content thats broken is still being sold and physically advertised to sell the pack as a whole, theres a detective on the box art.