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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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crinrict's avatar
crinrict
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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 ?

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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>
  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    7 years ago

    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.

    • BlackjackWidow's avatar
      BlackjackWidow
      Hero (Retired)
      7 years ago
      @crinrict wrote:

      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!

      • crinrict's avatar
        crinrict
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        7 years ago

        Unfortunately, @BeckizZz97 hasn't come back to tell us what their actual issue so I think, new thread would be in order.

        Did you have a reset that broke it ? Can you reproducibly break it again ?

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