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BeckizZz97
7 years ago

Styleboard and sketchpad bug

Product: The Sims 4 Platform:PC Which language are you playing the game in? English How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%) What is your current game version number? Latest update What e...
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simvasion
Hero
7 years ago
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.
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    7 years ago

    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.

    • crinrict's avatar
      crinrict
      Hero+
      7 years ago

      Hi @StilettoSims

      there was a bug in the game before the December patch that broke the sketchpads like that. If you have a reset on them, they are broken afterwards.

      Could you try selling your sketch pad and buying a new on one ?

      • BlackjackWidow's avatar
        BlackjackWidow
        Hero (Retired)
        7 years ago

        @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:

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        <?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: &#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;StackVar: &#13;&#10; Found: &#13;&#10; Local Var var_map = _sims4_collections.frozendict({HAND: &lt;Hand.RIGHT = 2&gt;, INTERACTION_TARGET: object_Sketchpad(0x01e9089aa17d0438), CARRY_TARGET: object_Sketchpad(0x01e9089aa17d0438)})&#13;&#10; Local Var dest_state = PostureState(stand:1403, posture_CarryNothing:1279, posture_CarryNothing:1404)&#13;&#10; Local Var slot_var = PostureSpecVariable.SLOT&#13;&#10; (&lt;PostureTransition: posture_CarryObject:1381 to posture_CarryNothing:1404&gt😉._interaction = running sketchpad_Staging_SketchImpressionLoot:51974 on object_Sketchpad:0x01e9089aa17d0438 (guaranteed)&#13;&#10; Not Found: &#13;&#10😉&#13;&#10;Traceback (most recent call last):&#13;&#10; File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\scheduling.py", line 217, in simulate&#13;&#10; File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\elements.py", line 385, in _resume&#13;&#10; File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\postures\transition.py", line 412, in do_transition_animation&#13;&#10; File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\carry\carry_postures.py", line 677, in append_exit_to_arb&#13;&#10;RuntimeError: Unable to retrieve slot variable: &#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;StackVar: &#13;&#10; Found: &#13;&#10; Local Var var_map = _sims4_collections.frozendict({HAND: &lt;Hand.RIGHT = 2&gt;, INTERACTION_TARGET: object_Sketchpad(0x01e9089aa17d0438), CARRY_TARGET: object_Sketchpad(0x01e9089aa17d0438)})&#13;&#10; Local Var dest_state = PostureState(stand:1403, posture_CarryNothing:1279, posture_CarryNothing:1404)&#13;&#10; Local Var slot_var = PostureSpecVariable.SLOT&#13;&#10; (&lt;PostureTransition: posture_CarryObject:1381 to posture_CarryNothing:1404&gt😉._interaction = running sketchpad_Staging_SketchImpressionLoot:51974 on object_Sketchpad:0x01e9089aa17d0438 (guaranteed)&#13;&#10; Not Found: &#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;rtim=0</desyncdata></report>
        </root>

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