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crinrict
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6 years ago

Re: Harvestables and House Decor Disappearances/Fish in Aquarium invisible

@LostOne20 Did a quick test on your save by fishing new fish and putting them in the aquarium and everything was still there after saving and reloading. It's of course hard for me to tell if anything else went missing.

There's this issue that's similar: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-INPUT-Items-collected-in-personal-inventory-are/td-p/6772837/ but that's mostly about inventory and not stuff around the house.

Does it only happen on the legacy save or on the others as well ?

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  • LostOne20's avatar
    LostOne20
    6 years ago
    @crinrict The one I mostly noticed it on was the Alpha Household. Its the one where the fish disappeared from the tank and the front door disappeared. Not sure if fish normally disappear after a set time though.
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    crinrict
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    6 years ago
    @LostOne20 I think there's still a bug where they get foul if you don't name them but disappearing, no, haven't heard of that one.

    Does it happen on the other two saves as well ?
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    LostOne20
    6 years ago
    @crinrict I havent played the May Household in a while so I'm unsure but I haven't tried fishing in the Lega Household yet as I had just created it. I can test it out now since I'm playing the Lega household. I guess I'll have to name a fish and not name another for science, lol. I will let you know what happens if it happens in my attempts.
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    LostOne20
    6 years ago

    ok so interesting new development, I got 3 new fish in the Lega Household (Bass, Tilapia, Betta). I named the Tilapia and not the other two. I save and exited then restarted the game and lo and behold the fish were gone. I noticed i needed to feed my dog and cat so as my sim walked through the living room (auto-lights on) and entered the mud room (auto-light off) I saw the fish disappear. I'm going to head over to my other households and test this out as well. Maybe its just a graphic bug then?

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    crinrict
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    6 years ago
    @LostOne20 Do they visually disappear from the tank only or also if you check the tank's inventory ?
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    LostOne20
    6 years ago
    @crinrict It appears that they are still in the inventory and they only disappear visually. I made a short video. I'll send you then drive link.
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    crinrict
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    6 years ago
    @LostOne20 Yeah, i don't think it's an issue with the card or anything.

    Can you set the aquarium to be always lit (would need to check) ? Do they disappear when you leave the room but the lights in the aquarium are still on ? Do they also disappear if you stay in on the lot and turn off the lights ?

    I think they might simply not be visible when there's no light.

    The door is a bit of a different issue though. Did you have that happen again as well ? Other stuff that's disappears ?
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    LostOne20
    6 years ago
    @crinrict The door only disappeared the once and I have no idea how it happened but it hasn't happened since. As for the tank I turned on the light of the tank and had my sim leave the room and the fish disappeared, the tank light was still on. I had her go back in the room and they were in the tank. I can make a video later but I'm about to head to work for now.
  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
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    6 years ago
    @LostOne20 I will need to test this in my game but taking a break this weekend.

    Will get back to you on Monday.
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    crinrict
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    6 years ago

    @LostOne20 So I tested this with my game and yours and they don't visually disappear for me.

    It's for all your saves, right ? What about fish in bowls ?

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    LostOne20
    6 years ago
    @crinrict Sorry for the late reply, it does happen in all my saves. I've turned the lights on in the tanks with/without sim in the room and when the sim is outside the room the fish disappear.

    As for the fish in fishbowls they don't seem to be effected.
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    crinrict
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    6 years ago
    @LostOne20 Someone else reported the same in the bug forum now.

    Could be a graphics thing. I don't want to move your whole post over as your initial post is about all kinds of stuff disappearing.

    Might just move the converstion about the fish but will need to do later.

    Could you post a picture of your ingame gaphics settings ? (think we haven't covered that yet)
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    LostOne20
    6 years ago

    sorry for slow replies, dealing with a death in the family and funeral stuff. I'll try to get you as the info as you need it but i haven't played much recently (within the past week).

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    crinrict
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    6 years ago

    @LostOne20 I was FINALLY able to duplicate the issue. It actually only seems to happen in one of your saves and I tested the other one.

    The aquarium in your legacy save seems to be broken. It lighting is neither on nor off. If you click on it, you will notice it has a lights on as well as a lights off option.

    If you turn it OFF it will repair itself. If you turn it on, it will completely break (fish no longer visible at all).

    You can also just rebuy a new aquarium. That should also fix it.

    Let me know if that works for you.

  • LostOne20's avatar
    LostOne20
    6 years ago
    @crinrict I gave it a go and it seems to have done the trick. Thank you for your hard work and figuring this out. I was completely lost on if it was the save or just the game itself.
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    crinrict
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    6 years ago
    @LostOne20 Glad that worked for you too.

    Hope you have no more other weird disappearances. If you do, let me know.

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