Are you at the correct career level? My style influence just got to level 3 and now has the photo impression option available on the phone, which wasn't available before at lower levels.
I think I have a higher level style influencer in another house that can sketch impressions, but that was after they got high enough career level to get the free sketchpad.
My sim is at level 6 in her career and I'm having the same problem. The pie wheel only gives me the option to paint from reference or put in inventory/place in world.
@StilettoSims@crinrict - Sometime after I posted my pics of the sketchpad menu, my digitalistic sketchpad stopped working and went to the same issue that you're having - only the option to "Paint from Reference" or "Place In Inventory/World" was there. I don't know what made it happen, but buying a new sketchpad did solve it. I tested both selling the old one and keeping the old one in personal inventory & in household inventory. In all cases, the new sketchpad works properly and the "old" sketchpad stays bugged.
Crin - I don't know what you mean by "have a reset on them". I had another glitch on a different Sim, where that Sim was listed as "at work", but was home. However, I went back through the saves and was able to see that the sketchpad stopped working correctly before I "fixed" the at-work-when-at-home problem. I see someone has posted something similar on this problem, I will reply with those details in that thread.
I have base game and romantic garden installed, plus Grim's ghoulish guitar and the holiday celebration pack. No mods or custom content / never used. This glitch happened after updating to the Dec 20 hotfix, so if it was supposed to be fixed in the December patch, I am sorry to report that it seems to not have worked. Game version 1.48.94.1020
Crin - I have several game save files showing the before and after, if you'd like a link.
The game logged a last exception error when it apparently broke - text in the spoiler tag:
<?xml version="1.0" ?><root> <report><version>2</version><sessionid>7cad3c1195a08e975c1d5a2f</sessionid><type>desync</type><sku>ea.maxis.sims4_64.15.pc</sku><createtime>2018-12-21 21:39:43</createtime><buildsignature>Local.Unknown.Unknown.1.48.94.1020-1.200.000.377.Release</buildsignature><categoryid>carry_postures.py:677</categoryid><desyncid>7cad3c1195a08e975c1d5a2f</desyncid><systemconfig/><screenshot/><desyncdata>Exception in Sim Timeline: Exception resuming Element (RuntimeError: Unable to retrieve slot variable: StackVar: Found: Local Var var_map = _sims4_collections.frozendict({HAND: <Hand.RIGHT = 2>, INTERACTION_TARGET: object_Sketchpad(0x01e9089aa17d0438), CARRY_TARGET: object_Sketchpad(0x01e9089aa17d0438)}) Local Var dest_state = PostureState(stand:1403, posture_CarryNothing:1279, posture_CarryNothing:1404) Local Var slot_var = PostureSpecVariable.SLOT (<PostureTransition: posture_CarryObject:1381 to posture_CarryNothing:1404>😉._interaction = running sketchpad_Staging_SketchImpressionLoot:51974 on object_Sketchpad:0x01e9089aa17d0438 (guaranteed) Not Found: 
😉 Traceback (most recent call last): File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\scheduling.py", line 217, in simulate File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\elements.py", line 385, in _resume File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\postures\transition.py", line 412, in do_transition_animation File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\carry\carry_postures.py", line 677, in append_exit_to_arb RuntimeError: Unable to retrieve slot variable: StackVar: Found: Local Var var_map = _sims4_collections.frozendict({HAND: <Hand.RIGHT = 2>, INTERACTION_TARGET: object_Sketchpad(0x01e9089aa17d0438), CARRY_TARGET: object_Sketchpad(0x01e9089aa17d0438)}) Local Var dest_state = PostureState(stand:1403, posture_CarryNothing:1279, posture_CarryNothing:1404) Local Var slot_var = PostureSpecVariable.SLOT (<PostureTransition: posture_CarryObject:1381 to posture_CarryNothing:1404>😉._interaction = running sketchpad_Staging_SketchImpressionLoot:51974 on object_Sketchpad:0x01e9089aa17d0438 (guaranteed) Not Found: rtim=0</desyncdata></report> </root>
Basically, Sims resets on using sketchpad = broken sketch pad and you need to buy a new one.
There was an issue with the pool that was fixed but it's possible that the sketch pad still has another issue. It did seem related to the pool at the time. Def. not the same exception though.
Basically, Sims resets on using sketchpad = broken sketch pad and you need to buy a new one.
There was an issue with the pool that was fixed but it's possible that the sketch pad still has another issue. It did seem related to the pool at the time. Def. not the same exception though.
Gotchya. I've never used a pool, so this time it isn't related to that. I uploaded save files from before and after the sketchpad broke, along with the exception file. lmk if there is a better post that I should report this, or if you want me to start a new one. Thanks!
As far as I am aware, there was no reset before it broke. I will do some testing and see if I can reproduce it, and start a new thread. (Might not be able to get to it for a day or two, given the holidays.)
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