Seriously! My Sim scraps a FINISHED painting just to start another one... before I can make her sell it! So annoying. And I'm not talking about me taking ages to get her to sell the painting... I mean... as soon as she has finished painting it, she is scrapping it... making her lose simoleons!!!Please change this! Geez... >:(

Sounds like a bug...? My primary artist never scraps finished paintings and I sold them all for fame/money. It's how she got to 4 star fame status.

I think I've had this happen too. I'll see the sim working on a painting and when I go back to them they are working on a different painting and the first one is no where to be found.

Ya, I watch my Sim finish a painting and then scrap it and start a new one. Frustrating when you are playing without cheats and are using painting as your way to make money.

I've never had this happen. A finished painting remains on the easel until I scrap, frame, list on Plopsy, or sell it.

I've also experienced this bug. I couldn't believe it. I'm so fed up with all the bugs in this game.

Quit scrapping already finished paintings!

logionX
Seasoned Vanguard
4 years ago
I have always used a mod by littlemssam (AutoPutPaintingInInventory) which makes them put their finished painting in their inventory so I have never had this issue...
DonroaAkashu
New Spectator
4 years ago
I have seen it too, recently, on a modless game. Here is the compiled list of reported bugs on AHQ, please look to see if it has been reported; otherwise make a bug report, like said in this thread previously.
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/READ-FIRST-Compiled-list-of-reported-Issues/m-p/3445209#M130065

I agree that it feels pointless; I know that it gives results sometimes.

Please post such opinions about bug reporting here:
https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion-Feedback/Idea-to-improve-the-bug-report-form/m-p/9454368/highlight/true#M36339
Pamtastic72
4 years ago
It sounds kind of like this bug, which was caused by a mod.

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-PC/Sims-started-autonomously-picking-up-paintings-from-easel/m-p/9930185#M204219
rlc77
Seasoned Newcomer
4 years ago
I saw on littlemssam's website that she has a mod to fix this. Apparently it happens if your sim is a perfectionist. I guess they think some paintings are not good enough so they get rid of them.

https://littlemssam.tumblr.com/post/175412067973/random-bug-fixes-a-collection-of-random-small-bug
ChapelParalysis
4 years ago
It’s not a bug. This is how the perfectionist trait is intended to function.
simsimsere
New Scout
4 years ago
"Velveeta;c-17900755" wrote:
It’s not a bug. This is how the perfectionist trait is intended to function.

Yes, I was going to post just the same thing.
simsimsere
New Scout
4 years ago
"Kornipoo;c-17961425" wrote:
I have this glitch also. I like to just add a simple task right after she’s done painting and she just does the task which gives me time to sell the painting

It's a personality feature for perfectionist sims.
Sharooonia
4 years ago
I’ve noticed this happening in my game just recently. I’m playing with the Watson family in Henford. Rhami is a perfectionist so I guess it makes sense for her to do it and it isn’t a glitch?
Melisendre
New Spectator
4 years ago
This happened only once for me when my sim was a perfectionist. Usually I don't play with a perfectionist. When I changed it everything was as usual.
EnkiSchmidt
Hero
4 years ago
This particular change to the Perfectionist trait was made with the update that "improved" several traits. Like Bookworms carrying books noweverywhere they go and Goofball sims choosing mischief interactions more often than before.