Hello Crinrict, Thanks for getting back to me, it's appreciated. 🙂
I was just able to start a game in a Fresh Save and everything was fine with the Coffeemaker - had my sim make several batches of coffee and all worked as it should. 🙂
I'm guessing the issue in my Old/Original Save must be coming from a CC Toaster I had at one point and recently removed due to 'issues' that started with it not working right. I know that the 'coffee issue' came up after the 1.71.86.1020 patch and when I removed the Toaster in some houses, the coffeemaker worked fine for awhile until it started with the 'issue' it's having now.
I just hope that the issue in my old/original save that I actually play works this issue out and my sims can drink coffee again normally without my having to put the coffeemaker in and out of the Household Inventory so they can. I did make sure to remove the Toaster and (I think) all of its files, but oddly I'm still seeing the toaster in some places and delete those as I find them; I didn't put it in too many places, but don't exactly recall all the places, so when I find them I delete them. I'm guessing that may be the culprit and the reason for this 'coffee issue'.
Hello Crinrict, 🙂
Yes, I've deleted the localthumbscache file; I do that before startup each session as a 'precautionary' step. 😉
You know, the idea of it being the 'area' around the coffeemaker makes sense. I remember early on with this 'toaster / coffee issue thing', that I was shuffling around the kitchen appliances because some appliances, such as the microwave, didn't want to work properly IF it was near that toaster, so I ended up putting the toaster by itself on a counter section across the kitchen! haha
OH MY! I just rechecked my files again to make absolutely SURE I deleted ALL the files and guess what? I missed the ACTUAL Toaster file itself! : O All the files for the toaster (the food files) had the same type of 'file name' and the toaster itself had some obscure file name that didn't match the 'file naming scheme' of the other files, so I completely missed the actual toaster when I deleted the files from the Mods folder. :\
Well, hopefully now all will be rectified and back to normal. My poor sims Need their regular morning coffee to start the day and it's been troubling for them and me! haha
I will test this out when I get a chance and I will report back to let you know if the 'coffee issue' is gone. 🙂
Many Thanks Again, 🙂
~Miska
Hello again Crinrict, 🙂
OK, after some rather extensive 'testing', it seems that the issue with the coffeemaker has to do solely with Completely Upgraded Coffeemakers and doesn't happen with Coffeemakers that have not been Upgraded in any way.
I've tested this in different situations in both residential/home and apartment lots. Also, on one Home Lot I noticed issues with a few surrounding Counters near a Coffeemaker that was having the 'issue'. I also Completely Rebuilt a Kitchen, remembering one of your comments to me on this issue and thought that might help, but no, the Fully Upgraded Coffeemaker still had the issues I've described.
I've purchased Multiple Coffeemakers, of varying types and upgraded them and on All the varying types, once they were Upgraded in Any way (either just 1 of the available upgrades or BOTH) the issue occurred. I've found the best way to go is to NEVER upgrade a Coffeemaker, but at the end of the day, what Sim just wants NORMAL coffee? haha
At this point, I'm really not sure what else I could 'do'. I guess if my Sims want 'excellent' coffee I'll just have to get used to putting the coffeemaker into the the Household inventory and pulling it right back out. Even then, I've noticed that sometimes Excellent Coffee will turn to Normal Coffee once it's been placed and then removed from the Household Inventory.
In addition I did also find that this 'issue' was occurring with the Tea Brewer and only with those that were Upgraded in any way, so this is not just an issue 'isolated' to the Coffeemakers.
Not sure what else I can do to 'test'. This is a very Strange situation. : \
Many Thanks for All Your Help, it's appreciated! 🙂
~Miska
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