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StrudelGR
Rising Adventurer
7 years ago
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Sims 4 Doctor Career Sample Analysis BUG

Product: The Sims 4 Platform:PC Which language are you playing the game in? English How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%) What is your current game version number? 1.49.65.1020 What ex...
  • StrudelGR's avatar
    StrudelGR
    7 years ago

    I fixed it.

    I saw in a post that teens aren't allowed to use Chemical Analyzers. Then I remembered that I saw a mod that allowed teens to do more jobs.

    And indeed. It turns out I had some sort of mod that allowed teens to take on GtW jobs (I don't even know how that ended up in my Mods - I don't play teens). This possibly made (bugged) Adults to be recognized as Teens by the Chemical Analyzers?

    I am unsure of what it did, but as soon as I removed this mod, the Chemical Analyzers work fine. Both "Practice Analysis" and normal samples appear. Will update if something changes.

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crinrict
Hero+
7 years ago

Hi @StrudelGR 

could you try the following

  1. Backup your save by saving it under a new name
  2. Move all stuff that isn't stuck to either a different Sim or to the world
  3. Make sure the Sim that has the samples is active
  4. Open the cheat console and type: testingcheats on
  5. Then type: inventory.purge
  6. Type testingcheats off
  7. Close the cheat console
  8. Everything should now be gone from the Sims inventory
  9. Try if it now works if you get new samples.
  • StrudelGR's avatar
    StrudelGR
    Rising Adventurer
    7 years ago

    I am afraid this did not work. The new samples I acquire are still greyed out on the Chemical Analyzer ☹️

    I am starting to think that this is some sort of bug in the work-lot and the Chemical Analyzers specifically at work.

    For example, just now I got a task to "Practice Bio Analysis". However, on the Chemical Analyzers no such option exists, meaning the task can't be completed. Though, if I do buy a Chemical Analyzer in my home lot, the "Practice Bio Analysis" option is there and can be performed (it also generates Elements and stuff in my Inventory successfully. 

    The only options available at the Chemical Analyzer at work are: Analyse Flora / Analyse Collection (both greyed out) and the Analyse Patient Sample which, after acquiring the sample, becomes clickable because it recognizes the sample, however when the menu opens to choose the sample, all samples are greyed out and can't be chosen. I also tried with 1 sample being the only thing in my Inventory - no luck either.

    • crinrict's avatar
      crinrict
      Hero+
      7 years ago

      Could you start a new save without mods/CC and check if it also happens there.

      You can also use the cheat: bb.enablefreebuild on to edit the work lot. Try replacing the analyzer.

      • StrudelGR's avatar
        StrudelGR
        Rising Adventurer
        7 years ago

        I tried with mods on/off and saw no change.

        I will probably try to quit and restart the Doctor career with that Sim. 🤔

        To be honest starting a new save with no mods, creating new sims, and advancing to career level 3 to get the option to analyze the samples is too much hassle. And in the end, I am playing 100% with CC so I am not going to start a non-CC game. (I have no script mods, only CC - but a lot).

        EDIT: Did NOT work. Quitting the career and starting over brought no change. The samples still aren't clickable from the Chemical Analyzer and the "Practice Bio Analysis" interaction still doesn't appear.

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