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crinrict's avatar
10 days ago
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Under Investigation

[GTW] Scientist: Plants at science lab don't produce harvestables

Repost of the current AHQ  thread (c/p)

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? Deutsch
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Everything but my first pet stuff
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? visit the science lab in the scientist active career
What happens when the bug occurs? The plants on the lot don't produce harvestables
What do you expect to see? for the plants to produce harvestables
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Never used.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. I believe it started after the 2018/06/19 patch

  • This is a direct consequence of the change to the gardening system that was made in that update (UPDATE: 06/19/2018 – PC 1.44.77.1020 / Mac 1.44.77.1220). Prior to that update, plants could produce harvestables at any time of day and did so whenever they finished their growth cycle and/or harvest cycle. All the plants at the Science Lab could be harvested, including the wild plants outside the lab. 

    After the update, plants only produce harvestables during the hour between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. (except for the plants spawned by the City Living festivals) and you have to be on the lot for that to happen. That made it impossible to ever get a harvest at the Science Lab. 

    The Scientist career doesn't start work until 10 a.m., which is much too late for the daily harvest cycle. The work shift ends at 7 p.m. It is possible to work late, but that only adds a couple hours and you still have to leave the lot long before the next harvest cycle begins at 5 a.m. 

    There doesn't seem to be any way for Sims to visit the lot outside of their work hours, which means that the daily harvest cycle never takes place on that lot. That's why it never has any plants ready to harvest. 

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