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Anonymous
7 years ago

Spraying plants for bugs stopped working?

Product: The Sims 4 Platform:PC Which language are you playing the game in? Norsk How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%) What is your current game version number? 1.45.62.1020 What expa...
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crinrict's avatar
crinrict
Hero+
7 years ago

Moving this to tech issues for further troubleshooting and info 

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dpolicar
7 years ago
I don't know what the convention is here for posting on old threads, so I apologize if this is inappropriate... I just got here through Google.

I'm having the same problem. Sims 4, no mods, no expansions, nothing special (and never have had).

It used to work OK, but now the bugs don't go away when sprayed, and Tend Garden just keeps spraying over and over until eventually the plant dies. The spraying animation is weird, also... it's like the Sim is interrupted before being able to actually complete the operation. If I try to spray two plants, it kind of runs back and forth between them frantically.

Quitting and restarting doesn't help, resetSim doesn't help.

Trying a different Sim on the same plants DOES help, though. Thanks for the suggestion!

That is, Sim A can't spray the plant for bugs, but Sim B can. And I'm gardening in a collective plot, so that works OK... a little annoying, but workable.
  • kreatora's avatar
    kreatora
    Hero (Retired)
    7 years ago
    @dpolicar
    Maybe sim B will be OK after this also.
    Delete localthumbcache.package file in the game folder and fix the game in Origin.
    Origin/Library - right click on TS4 - option "Repair game"
    I don't work for EA
  • dpolicar's avatar
    dpolicar
    7 years ago
    I think this might be a bug with Tend Garden? I will let you know if it recurs when I get a second Sim to the proper level of Gardening.
    • kreatora's avatar
      kreatora
      Hero (Retired)
      7 years ago
      @dpolicar
      I don't think so. I have a garden in each new game and never had this bug.
      Always save your game option "save as." Overwriting old saves which you have played by long time by simple "save and quit" option can result such errors.
    • crinrict's avatar
      crinrict
      Hero+
      7 years ago

      Hi @dpolicar 

      Do you have this issue on all plants with that one Sim ? Have you also tried moving the Sim out and back in ?

      If that doesn't help, would you be willing to share your save with me ?

      If so, please zip your saves folder and upload it somewhere like dropbox,, googledrive or OneDrive and PM me the link.

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