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Zaryne's avatar
8 years ago
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Problem with social events for bars pointing to residential lots instead.

Problem: I've replaced almost all of the default lots with ones I've created myself, and the lot type was changed successfully in the game, so that's not an issue. What previously was a bar lot, is now a residential lot. However, all in game bar events such as "ghost night" or "alien night" still point towards the old bar lot (which is now a residential lot). No matter how many times I remove the lot, replace it, or just leave it empty as a generic lot, every bar event still points to this one bar lot. There are other bar lots available for play (both default, and my created ones), but any social event trigger will always point to this bar lot that is now a residential lot.  Is there a fix for this?

Troubleshooting thus far:

- I've created a new save just to test this, and it happens in the new save as well.

- I play with no CC (that includes no mods, no scripts or anything else that touches the core data files). 

- This happens when any of the 'default' social rabbit holes are removed and/or changed. Whatever script controls the social event triggers, still point to the old rabbit holes that have now been replaced with residential lots.

- Changing the lot type, razing the lot, saving the lot, going back in to rebuild/replace the lot, none of this effects the bug. Most bar social events still point to the same old bar lot that is now a residential lot.

- My last option was to reinstall the game completely, from scratch. So I wiped the game, removed the leftover floating data, and reinstalled it. 

- After the fresh reinstall, I razed the bar lot in WIndenburg and replaced it with a residential house. I double check the lot flag to ensure it is set to residential, and it is. I saved. I created a brand new family, and waited for a bar event to trigger. Once again, the bar event pointed to the residential lot (previously bar lot). 

So... is this a known bug?? I tried searching the forums and either my google fu just isn't that good or no one else has run into this issue before. The problem is because it takes my sim to a residential lot instead of a bar, it is impossible for my sim to complete any of the social event tasks. I have to fail almost every single social event that points to a residential lot, when it should be at a bar lot or nightclub lot. Are rabbit hole locations preset? Where it points to just one lot specifically or does it search for a lot type and then apply the event to it? Is it just Windenburg? All my bar events seem to trigger in Windenburg, despite having ample other bar locations. I have no clue so I'm hoping someone can shed some light on this issue. 

  • Zaryne's avatar
    Zaryne
    8 years ago

    This is new and only started happening after the most recent patch. I'll repost in bugs. Thanks. 

2 Replies

  • Haven't heard of this one.

    Has this always been the case for you or is this new ?

    You might wanna make a post in the bug forum.
  • Zaryne's avatar
    Zaryne
    8 years ago

    This is new and only started happening after the most recent patch. I'll repost in bugs. Thanks.