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Artemis_713's avatar
5 years ago

Missing fabrication unlocks

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Often (50% - 99%)
What is your current game version number? 1.63.134.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Max out the fabrication skill, but there are things i know are fabricated that dont show up, like the desk and the couch.
What happens when the bug occurs? Just not seeing items
What do you expect to see? Everything the sim gurus say you can fabricate when you max out the skill.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Never used.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. Well, just got eco living, thats where the issue is

Ive seen fhe list of things you can fabricate, and i can find them in debug. But when i maxed out the skill i cant find how to fabricate them. 

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  • BlackjackWidow's avatar
    BlackjackWidow
    Hero (Retired)
    5 years ago

    @HazeMan1990 wrote:

    I have a current issue with the fabrication unlocks from the Civil Designer career, none of the unlocks are being unlocked at all, not even the vacuum thing, I've made drafts using the new tablet that is unlocked in the Civil Designer career and so far nothing is being unlocked, I didn't have this issue in my previous save, but in my new save its a constant annoyance. How do we unlock stuff that is unlockable for the fabrication machine?


    The meat wall, smog vacuum and food fabrication recipes are unlocked starting around level 5 in the Green Technician branch of the Civil Designer career. If you chose the Civic Planner branch, those options don't unlock automatically.

    **Edit: I have played the Civic Planner all the way to level 10 now, and although you don't get the fabrication recipes unlocked as you climb the career levels, I was delighted to find out that you DO get them unlocked. They appear to unlock by having Perfect Design Concepts accepted. For me, this started at level 9, so I can't say if it's tied to your career level, too, as I was never able to submit Perfect designs until I hit level 9. But it's obvious that it has something to do with the acceptance:

     

    There are also several fabrication items available via the "Enthuse about Fabrication" social interaction, and sometimes one of the Master Crafter sims will show up at your door and say they have something for you. If you invite them in, you'll be gifted various things - sometimes actual objects, and sometimes secret recipes for the fabricator. I've also had Master Crafter sims just volunteer the information autonomously during a conversation. So, talk with and make friends at your local community lot. Different Master Crafter sims show up quite often if you have a Crafter's space, but you can also meet Tina Tinker just about anywhere. Make her a friend and eventually she will gift you all the fabrication items.

    Hope this helps! Happy simming!

  • Costa's avatar
    Costa
    Seasoned Veteran
    5 years ago

    I got the fabricated couch and desk from Enthuse about Fabrication iteration .

    I still miss one floor lamp. There are two type of floor lamp, the first one you can learn at lvl 5 fabrication. Someone unlocked the second one?

  • I have a current issue with the fabrication unlocks from the Civil Designer career, none of the unlocks are being unlocked at all, not even the vacuum thing, I've made drafts using the new tablet that is unlocked in the Civil Designer career and so far nothing is being unlocked, I didn't have this issue in my previous save, but in my new save its a constant annoyance. How do we unlock stuff that is unlockable for the fabrication machine?

  • zip_tar_gz's avatar
    zip_tar_gz
    5 years ago

    I got the fabricated couch from the master crafter lady. You can talk to her about fabricating and she might teach you some new things to craft.

  • @Artemis_713 
    After maxing the Fabrication skill I could not find the Fabricated Couch and Fabricated Desk as options to craft using the Store No More Home Fabricator. Also tested with same Sim entering the Civil Designer career. In the Civil Designer Career / Green Technician branch there were additional food items that could be fabricated but not those items. The couch and desk were not available to craft in the Civil Planner branch either.

    Both Fabricated Couch and Fabricated Desk are in debug (used bb.showhiddenobjects cheat).
    I suspect they can be found by diving into the dumpster.
    That would explain them not being on the crafting menu to fabricate.

  • @Artemis_713 Moving this to General Discussion for now as I believe it's a misunderstanding on how it works and not a bug.
  • There's an interaction under friendly, something like "talk about fabrication" with a respective little fabricator icon. When using it in conversation with any sim it sometimes gives a new blueprint. About 50% chance as far as I can tell. You get notification whether you learned smth or not either way.

  • Some are unlocked through the Civic Designer career and others I have learned through the Master Crafter lady. She randomly approached my sim and gave me a few blueprints.

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