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sloanagee
8 years ago
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Bugged Campfire?

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When trying to have my Sim roast a fish he caught on the Rocks of Fire campfire, I discovered that when directed to use the "roast" or "play" interactions, he'll just wave his arms and complain that he can't get to it. There's obviously room for him to perform the action, and just to test it, I moved the campfire to a completely open area. Nothing.

I tried restarting the game, creating a new save file, and still the same results. I'm on the Oakenstead lot in Willow Creek, which I know has had some issues with campfires in the past, but I haven't seen anything for this particular one.

Not sure if it helps, but my Sims were able to do all the interactions with the campfire perfectly fine a few days ago. Since then, I've installed Parenthood and Cats & Dogs. Could that have anything to do with it?

Not using any mods or CC. (I don't even have anything installed.)

Any help would be appreciated! He's an outdoorsy guy, and he really just wants to roast some weenies.

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  • CMeki's avatar
    CMeki
    8 years ago

    @sloanagee

    Do you have chairs "attached" to the campfire that he can sit on? I always do so I don't know, maybe they sit on the ground otherwise, but that could be a problem?
    Don't have the game on my laptop so can't test it, but my little sister's getting Outdoor Retreat tomorrow for Christmas so I can look if no solution is found by then (don't worry she does not speak English) 😉

    Otherwise, try repairing the game? :O

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  • CMeki's avatar
    CMeki
    Hero (Retired)
    8 years ago

    @sloanagee

    Do you have chairs "attached" to the campfire that he can sit on? I always do so I don't know, maybe they sit on the ground otherwise, but that could be a problem?
    Don't have the game on my laptop so can't test it, but my little sister's getting Outdoor Retreat tomorrow for Christmas so I can look if no solution is found by then (don't worry she does not speak English) 😉

    Otherwise, try repairing the game? :O

  • sloanagee's avatar
    sloanagee
    8 years ago

    @CMeki

    Hi! Thanks for the response!

    No chairs were attached, but my Sims before had just been kneeling on the ground instead.

    However, repairing my game seemed to do the trick! Everything's working normally now. Apologies if this was an obvious fix, I'm not used to trying to troubleshoot problems with my game on my own.

    Anyway, problem solved! Thanks so much for your help! 🙂

  • DizzyDee-K's avatar
    DizzyDee-K
    Seasoned Ace
    8 years ago

    I have been having this problem intermittently. Previously repairing my game fixed it, but I've repaired it several times today and reset my The Sims 4 folder. Playing with a clean new game, no mods. 

  • DizzyDee-K's avatar
    DizzyDee-K
    Seasoned Ace
    8 years ago

    It only works with chairs, not without. My sims can't kneel by the fire. Nor can they play a guitar or violin. This has been the case since Cats and Dogs came out. The camp fire will work for awhile and then I get a routing response. It's most noticeable now because I'm playing 2 sims who are living "rough."

  • CMeki's avatar
    CMeki
    Hero (Retired)
    8 years ago

    @DizzyDee-K

    I need to try this out in my game just to see if it works there or not, but I can't today (Valentines day). If someone else reads this and plays there game, a test would be great, otherwise I'll check tomorrow.

  • DizzyDee-K's avatar
    DizzyDee-K
    Seasoned Ace
    8 years ago

    Thank you @CMeki

    The most annoying aspect is that it's intermittent. I play rotationally. One time it will be fine, the next it's broken. I started a clean new game because I wanted to see if I could figure out what I was doing that caused the break. I started with the assumption that it was something in my Mods folder, but no, it broke in a clean new game before I had a chance to test out any of my mods. Ended up by giving myself a headache.

    This is how the OR campfire should work.

  • RangerVegas's avatar
    RangerVegas
    8 years ago

    I am having this same issue in the game. I try to use an action at a campfire and they all give me the routing "can't get there" thing. I've tried a few different campfires around Granite Falls and they all seem to have the same problem. Tried Debugging the campfire, nope, debugged myself AND the campfire, nope. I even turned on the build anywhere cheat and got rid of the campfire and chairs around it and spawned new ones and no dice. I've also tried repairing my game and that didn't work either. I'm pretty much stumped for ideas here. 

    I do have a thought here, when trying to do these things is it necessary to have other people around the campfire? Or can you do actions solo? I'm going to try to test this in my game. 

  • DizzyDee-K's avatar
    DizzyDee-K
    Seasoned Ace
    8 years ago

    Still broken. 

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