Hi, I know this used to be an issue, but it was fixed, once upon a time. Well, it now appears to be back. My Sim was busy raking his front yard and somehow he managed to shove a pile beyond his gate, and in truth, just beyond his property line. :open_mouth: (How'd he do dat?) I can do NOTHING with it. At one time, all we had to do was either have our Sims visit another venue, or wait about three Sim days and it would disappear. Well, I have done both. The pile is rotting, lots of green clouds over it, and I can't even delete or move it in buy/build mode. I have thought about either moving my Sims out, briefly, and placing a copy of this lot in its place, but I may end up with another group of chickens in the Household Inventory, which I cannot delete, either. Nor do I seem able to set them in the yard.Please HELP.Thank you, in advance.sign me Confounded in Millcreek City,~GalacticGal

"Clousinators;c-17989084" wrote:So I came across a similar problem recently. I thought placing leave piles (from build/buy mode) all over the yard would be a pretty fall aesthetic.... I didn't know they could expire so man was I surprised when I had stinking piles of trash all over my yard (and in my house *facepalm*). My sim could reach all but one that I ended up just leaving there for the time being.....Have you tried dragging and dropping it into your sims inventory while in play mode? I didn't try it but I have used it with other items in similar situations.I have tried dragging it and it won't budge, let alone trying to place it in an inventory. I'll give it another try, though. I'm in the process of getting rid of all chickens so that once I have them move out and replace the lot, I won't have even more chickens in the household inventory. He's paying over §6000 every week in lot taxes as it is. :open_mouth: There is good reason to remove the one chick. She has been a chick for ages. All the other chicks hatched after her have fully grown. She's just in permanent chick mode, I guess. How odd? Maybe signs the lot is bugged?

I enabled it through mccc. If you feel up to it, Go to your sims computer, select mccc, then Mccc.settings,select notifications, console, menu settings. Then select debug commands in cheats, then select enable. You will probably also have to enable testing cheats and enable that too. It’s all in the same list. You may have to restart your game and I know it’s a pain but I love it. It helps get rid of things without the hassle.ETA: Also with this enabled, I can shift click on my sim and heave him/ her abducted by aliens on the spot, which o have done. Lol

It doesn't give you the option to burn the leaf pile?

"Sadiesue;c-17989088" wrote:I enabled it through mccc. If you feel up to it, Go to your sims computer, select mccc, then Mccc.settings,select notifications, console, menu settings. Then select debug commands in cheats, then select enable. You will probably also have to enable testing cheats and enable that too. It’s all in the same list. You may have to restart your game and I know it’s a pain but I love it. It helps get rid of things without the hassle.ETA: Also with this enabled, I can shift click on my sim and heave him/ her abducted by aliens on the spot, which o have done. LolYay! This worked the stinky pile is gone, gone, GONE! Thank you so much for clarifying the tip! I am happily again. :)

He's a bit of a smart cookie really, he raked them outside his property :D He didn't want to clean up the mess. Then he prayed for a higher being to come and remove it hehehe

How to Eliminate That Stinky, Rotting Pile of Leaves …HELP RESOLVED!

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GalacticGal
Legend
4 years ago
Oh, that didn't work either. I discovered once I moved my family out and replaced the lot, that the pile of leaves is still there. But, while my family was on a vacant lot I opened up the household inventory and was able to move the chickens out onto the lot. I decided to exit without saving. Once I got back into my game, they were still on the original lot. I moved the chickens out of the household inventory and sold all but one of them. I also got rid of the forever-chick, for good measure. Once this round of Starlight Accolades is over, I will move all of my families into another new game save to get rid of the rotting pile of leaves, hopefully without losing any of Erik's progress in the Acting Career. If that doesn't work, I'm throwing my hands up. Or I'll have to once again go back a save to one before Erik decided to rake the leaves. What a dweeb he is. LOL
GalacticGal
Legend
4 years ago
"SweetieWright_84;c-17989089" wrote:
It doesn't give you the option to burn the leaf pile?

No, sadly it doesn't. They can't even play it it. They can do nothing with it. It's an eyesore, to say the least.

"Ellupelluellu;c-17989116" wrote:
"GalacticGal;c-17989075" wrote:
Oh, man, neither worked. The only shift-click was Reset (debug) or set as head. When I enabled bb.enablefreebuild there was 'nothing to delete'. Nor could I move it. I was hoping to at least place it onto the lot. Face/palm. Now, what should I do?

When you did the shift click, you had testing cheats enabled, right?

Yes, I did. I may see if the MCCC thing can do the trick. I hope it does. The notion of moving all seven households again wears me out.
GalacticGal
Legend
4 years ago
"Sadiesue;c-17989088" wrote:
I enabled it through mccc. If you feel up to it, Go to your sims computer, select mccc, then Mccc.settings,select notifications, console, menu settings. Then select debug commands in cheats, then select enable. You will probably also have to enable testing cheats and enable that too. It’s all in the same list. You may have to restart your game and I know it’s a pain but I love it. It helps get rid of things without the hassle.

ETA: Also with this enabled, I can shift click on my sim and heave him/ her abducted by aliens on the spot, which o have done. Lol

Yay! This worked the stinky pile is gone, gone, GONE! Thank you so much for clarifying the tip! I am happily again. :)
sablesasha
Seasoned Veteran
4 years ago
He's a bit of a smart cookie really, he raked them outside his property :D
He didn't want to clean up the mess. Then he prayed for a higher being to come and remove it hehehe
GalacticGal
Legend
4 years ago
"Sablesasha;c-17989932" wrote:
He's a bit of a smart cookie really, he raked them outside his property :D
He didn't want to clean up the mess. Then he prayed for a higher being to come and remove it hehehe

LOL, you must follow his antics on the thread: What Happened In Your Game Today: The non-serial version. He is a Believer, but in this case, it was an Epic fail. It was right in front of his mailbox, just outside of his dual-gates, just a smidge beyond his property line. The game doesn't offer a street sweeper, so there you have it. But, then again, I was given the proper steps to employ a mod I already use to a more full extent. Problem gone. YAY!

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