looks like it doesn't metter who it is that comes to visit from the lift
be it anaya or baako
(it appears to depend on whos first to get there)
i quickly went to give a friendly introduction, and then select sit and chat here - to which this caused her to just stand there and wave path blocked
<will update>
once baako appears ill be able to find out finally who/what/when/how the bug? is being triggered
<Final? update>
ALRIGHTY!
ok...
i finally find out the trigger/cause of what blocks out/prevents the invite neighbour option from showing up...
If salim benali knocks first - works perfectly fine, options appear, they come in.
if anaya/baako appears first - they wont knock on, will just stand outside the door, waiting on baako/anaya to appear and knock on.
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as far as im aware now, nothing causes an issue, as long as
a single visitor knocks first
or
the last? member of a group knocks last
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will have to do some more testing to figure out if :-
1.the option gets blocked if i wait for all 3 to appear before answering the door
2. double check to see if invite neighbour bugs out after talking to anaya/baako first before baako/anaya appear
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and again,,, thanks for dealing with my rambleing on,
and sorry for my rabbiting on lol
<got a bad habit of if i do something i go hard or go home lol.....>
<final report>
waiting on all 3 people to appear - works fine
couldn't find out if talking to first jang member causes it to get blocked, (as it appear that as long as someone knocks on the door, doesn't metter who) the invite option appears.
it appears that as long as the the knock knock animation plays it doesn't matter whom you click onto the invite in opinion will appear.
so i would hazard a guess and say the option gets prevented if you talk to them before they ring knock on the door (presuming at that point they would switch from a
"oh i'd like to say hi and come in"
to a
"oh i've talked to you in the hallway so i dont need to come in or be invited in what so ever, ill knock on next time, till then you can talk to me in the hallway"
path of events.
sorry for the spam xD, and once again thanks for the assistance. 🙂
---------- i'd just like to say sorry to anyone who is curious about this issue and came here to find out about to and be filled with despair when seeing my wall of text..... xD
when i attempt to do a bug test,,, i do it hard,,, my bug reports... however...... as ya'll can see.... need a lot of work :P 😛
Yes, as I wrote in my previous reply doing any kind of introduction also count as a Invite in so that option will disappear.
@jpkarlsen
i hear ya, if that was the case i kinda find it weird that they wont come into my apartment they'd reather just stand in the hallway doing nothing.
thats why i presumed it might be a
oh ill say hi to you but i dont want to come in because i spoke to you in the hallway or a ill come in but i have to knock on your ...(3 times 😛 if you get the ref) before ill come in XD
ill have to do some more testing and try to say hi to the first group visitor before the 2nd one appears
which as of this moment isn't an way task...
i know it works if the same floor neighbour knocks on,
i know it'll work for the first group visitor, if nextdoor knocks on first,
i know it'll work after the for the group after the 2nd group visitor as knocked,
what i need to try catch is speaking to first group visitor before next door or the 2nd visitor appears
(because thats when it would appear to trigger and they wont come in nore allow me to invite them in after speaking to lift visitor 1)
Right, after ...27?...28th reloads trying to catch the first lift bound visitor,,, i can confidently say ive locked it down to what time they start making an apperance and when the invite in doesn't appear, and the npcs turn mindless... (for leak of better words)
did both the following and tested both to see if there is a different outcome :-
1. preventing salim from knocking on my door by using debug reset object everytime he moved (not reseting him would allow him to continue onwards to knocking on my door, to which the invite neighbour(s) would work perfectly fine.
2. some how be lucky enough that lift visitor 1 (i use the term lift visitor 1 because its easier then switching between baako then anaya or anaya then baako) gets to what i shell now call "its waiting spot" then walking to him.
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upon managing to catch lift-visitor 1 and talking to them before salim knocks on or appears causes the following effects
* cancels out lift visitor 2 from making an appearance and then turning both salim and lift 1 into mindless hushs
(both will not move, or speak to each other, unless my sims start a interaction with them, upon finishing interaction they will return to standing around doing and sayying nothing.
* speaking to them and then selecting the sit here and chat option would leads to my sim(s) going to said location, and npc sims waving their arms to indicate path blocked
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Actions that do work are as followed :-
most of the "on the spot interactions" like asking about their day and such, send home.
Actions that dont lead to anything are as followed :-
most if not all "movement based interactions" like call over here, sit here and chat.
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Unless maxis managed to find out the trigger thats causing this, im presuming the only work-around is to make a backup save for before any visitors appear / knock on your door,
figure out just how many visitors will be making an appearance then wait for one of them to start knocking on your door,
if i remember rightly its fine if a solo visitor knocks on you invite them in then the group knocks on and you invite them in.
as long as you dont break the "string of events" (i.e speaking to group visitor 1 before group visitor 2 or onwards appear) they shouldn't blue screen on you
<sighs>
and here comes another headache lol....
all this faffing around just to figure out whats causing one thing to bug out everything else lol
...this should absolutely be my last time "reporting" and spamming your screens with this issue <cough> headache <cough>
as far as im hopefully aware... i've tested all the possible things i can think off that could trigger or not trigger this brain-fart to happen.
so now ill hopefully be able to leave all this mess of information to someone at maxis or a modder who could better figure out what the root cause is and maybe toss out a fix for it
<for some reason my last post was deleted, due to post flooding ? .... sorry about that ☹️
i had wanted to also add that it would seem after finally testing
with both salim knocking at my door and inviting in, then baako and anaya appearing would automatically allow them in,
and testing after salim, baako and anaya appear then knocking on would work...... as long as you didn't interupt the npc with the "knock on door" task,,, then the visitors wouldnt bug out and stand there for hours doing nothing at all
