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kurimisarang
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago

Way to reliably craft low quality Handiness furniture ?

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The "broken" furniture you can make with the Handiness skill is quirky and quite charming in the right house (the normal furniture is in buy mode and frankly, a little ugly) but my sim refuses to make them.
I managed to get 3 chairs and 1 barstool, but even with all possible negative moods she will only make the normal side table. The more skilled she is, the less chance I have to get this elusive item. And I still want the plumbing after that.

Is there a trick ?
If she becomes uncomfortable while crafting can she badly finish the item ? (And why can't we do things with an uncomfortable sim, soldier on, trooper)
Her traits should have no influence, she's squeamish family-oriented and childish.

Yeah I know I can get them in debug mode but this is a no cheat save & there should be an easier way to do it yourself in any case.

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  • Replying to my own question (I wouldn't have needed to post if I had just waited to play, that'll teach me)


    • I managed to craft both the bathtub and the toilet by starting with any other mood, finishing the item uncomfortable. I got them both on the first and only try so it might be just luck and not a foolproof method.
    • I noticed something I knew, but evidently forgot: the tub and toilet don't have a broken state thumbnail, only the quality will tell you if it's the item you want
    • The "uncomfortable finish" does not work for the endtable, despite numerous tries. Unfortunatly my sim is now lvl 10, it doesn't help.
    • I don't know if the poor quality endtable has the correct thumbnail, so for all I know she made it multiple times before and I sold them like an idiot.


    Oh well, I have a bathtub now. Outside of showers while vacationing, I had to do the entire challenge with no shower and only the herbalism deodorizing cream and that was an adventure.
    https://i.imgur.com/F6PpTLEl.png

    Now to wait for the new fundation tool to build an outhouse ... Hang in there, sim.

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