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JNarz19's avatar
JNarz19
Seasoned Traveler
6 years ago

Single Sim Household University Moving Bug

Hey Simmers,

I'm not sure what to call this bug but if you've found other threads discussing the same thing please link them or let me know.

I have a one Sim household who went to University. She had several collections going and much going on in her house. I'm uncomfortable that it makes her "sell" her home to live in a dorm or anywhere on campus for one week, but did it from excitement.

SIMS TEAM please make this process more clear:
I didn't select Sell Furniture because I was afraid all of my collectibles would be gone with it. When I went to move my Sim back into her home, it showed that I can not put her back there and select Furnished. I moved her into another lot to discover; every single item from the home is safely in her household inventory.

However; This is truly awful as now once I move her back to the original lot that I built and decorated by hand, I have to put back every single piece of furniture and collectible. This is EXHAUSTING and there's no way around it as that happened many saves ago.

Please explain the ins and outs of moving as blatantly clear as possible in the game, not just online on a thread.

And for fellow Simmers, If you could please chime in or support me with some added information, that would be sparkling.

-Really Really Really Distressed Simmer
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  • janyses's avatar
    janyses
    Seasoned Ace
    6 years ago
    Here's what to remember: always use 'Sell Furniture' rather than keep furniture unless you want every single item from the house to be moved into inventory.

    When you choose Sell Furniture, you receive money from the sale but all items actually remain in the house. It's more like a 'pretend' sell. If you had done that, you could've moved your sim back in to the fully furnished house.

    The best way to handle a move is to transfer specific items that you want to keep into inventory, (such as your collectibles,) then select the Sell option. You shouldn't lose anything that way and the house stays furnished.

    I agree that EA should make this more clear from within' the game because currently, you'd have no way of knowing beforehand how it works.
  • simmerLella's avatar
    simmerLella
    Seasoned Ace
    6 years ago
    Yes, I've agreed for a long time. That confused me at first but I drilled it into my head, actually I have to slow down and mentally remind myself each time (more to make sure I'm not clicking wrong). (This is for 4 AND 3.) I feel ya!
  • JNarz19's avatar
    JNarz19
    Seasoned Traveler
    6 years ago
    "IceyJ;c-17344086" wrote:
    Here's what to remember: always use 'Sell Furniture' rather than keep furniture unless you want every single item from the house to be moved into inventory.

    When you choose Sell Furniture, you receive money from the sale but all items actually remain in the house. It's more like a 'pretend' sell. If you had done that, you could've moved your sim back in to the fully furnished house.

    The best way to handle a move is to transfer specific items that you want to keep into inventory, (such as your collectibles,) then select the Sell option. You shouldn't lose anything that way and the house stays furnished.

    I agree that EA should make this more clear from within' the game because currently, you'd have no way of knowing beforehand how it works.


    THANK YOU! To clarify on Collectibles, if my Sim is going to Uni do I have to put all of the collectibles into the household inventory? What would occur if I just sold them and re-bought the house?
  • Simmerville's avatar
    Simmerville
    Legend
    6 years ago
    Regardless of Uni, I too find the moving out full household a bit hard to understand. Sell furniture to the next owner, or sell it to the market? Keep furniture in my sim's inventory, or keep it in the house that is sold? I'm more interested in where the furniture will go, than if they call it a sale or whatever. I did wrong several times on this, because I expected something else to be the outcome,
  • janyses's avatar
    janyses
    Seasoned Ace
    6 years ago
    @JNarz19 I'm not sure if collectibles remain in the house, that's why I suggested moving them to inventory first. You could give it a try and see what happens, only don't save your game just in case.
  • Nekia33painter's avatar
    Nekia33painter
    5 years ago
    @JNarz19 If you want the house to stay furnished select the evict from household option. After you've done that you can move them into a temporary house hold and then move them safely onto the uni lot. I don't know if you can just plop them into uni lot from manage world. So you may not even need to place them in temporary household.
  • GalacticGal's avatar
    GalacticGal
    Legend
    5 years ago
    "JNarz19;d-970249" wrote:
    Hey Simmers,

    I'm not sure what to call this bug but if you've found other threads discussing the same thing please link them or let me know.

    I have a one Sim household who went to University. She had several collections going and much going on in her house. I'm uncomfortable that it makes her "sell" her home to live in a dorm or anywhere on campus for one week, but did it from excitement.

    SIMS TEAM please make this process more clear:
    I didn't select Sell Furniture because I was afraid all of my collectibles would be gone with it. When I went to move my Sim back into her home, it showed that I can not put her back there and select Furnished. I moved her into another lot to discover; every single item from the home is safely in her household inventory.

    However; This is truly awful as now once I move her back to the original lot that I built and decorated by hand, I have to put back every single piece of furniture and collectible. This is EXHAUSTING and there's no way around it as that happened many saves ago.

    Please explain the ins and outs of moving as blatantly clear as possible in the game, not just online on a thread.

    And for fellow Simmers, If you could please chime in or support me with some added information, that would be sparkling.

    -Really Really Really Distressed Simmer


    Save your lot before you Sim(s) move to your My Library. Then replace the lot with the saved one before you have you Sim(s) move back in. Everything should be as it was. I know this because I saved the Wright Way House decorated for Christmas, since it took me hours to finish it. I didn't add the tree as I like my Sims to decorate that. This will save you time and grief.

    @IceyJ Yes, collectible are saved, if you move your house into My Library before you remove your family. I saved the Legacy Challenge house, and continue to use it for my Rock Star, since he was my Legacy Founder in the Challenge. ;) There were all of those frogs in the downstairs bedroom! LOL Row upon row of them. Oi! Also, if you keep furniture, everything should come with your Sim family. I found this out and learned that even the planted things end up in the family inventory. Easier than starting the garden all over again.
  • kwill_bee's avatar
    kwill_bee
    5 years ago
    For anyone with this problem, do not sell the furniture of the place you are leaving, when you move out of the dorm back into the original place don't worry that it says you can't move in with it furnished, all your things will be in the inventory when you go to build mode

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