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lindsaylives
New Spectator
2 months ago
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Reviewed

Lots won't load from gallery if uploaded with harvestable plants in the ground

Rather than delete the plants or revert them back to mounds, if a lot is uploaded with harvestables planted in the ground it will not be downloadable. Attempts to download either load half the build items, load and then freeze, or load and then crash. I'm pretty sure this isn't the case for planters and pots, just the ones directly in the ground. I tested this on three builds which were previously crashing from the gallery/library but worked fine on their own save files. Once I saved them with the plants deleted, they downloaded onto a fresh save just fine. 

8 Comments

  • Hi lindsaylives 

    do you have an example of such a lot in the gallery ?

    I just tested this with an lot uploaded to my library (didn't want to upload it to the gallery as it's no my lot) and that downloaded fine.

  • lindsaylives's avatar
    lindsaylives
    New Spectator
    2 months ago

    Yes I do, thank you! If you go to my profile, LindsayLives, and sort by new, I've got one titled "Bug Test - Don't Download" that includes the plants, and the same build titled "English Cottage Version 2" with the plants removed. I just tested it again and the bug test version loaded onto the lot but then froze when I went into Live mode, and from a fresh save the V2 build downloaded and went into Live mode fine. It did freeze when I tried to load it onto the lot with the build already on it, idk what that's about, but it loaded onto a blank lot just fine. 

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    2 months ago

    To be sure, you can place the Don't download one when there's nothing on the lot beforehand, not the V2 one ? Cause that I can duplicate with your lot. Tested mine again with that aspect and it placed fine and I can enter live mode.

    Do you have issues with any other lots ?

  • lindsaylives's avatar
    lindsaylives
    New Spectator
    2 months ago

    Hmm no for me the v2 one is the good one and the Don't Download one is the bad one, I re-uploaded it after deleting it, but it's still doing the same for me, I cannot get the Don't Download one to let me play on it at all, it'll get stuck indefinitely on pause in Live mode if it loads at all. Maybe it's my computer or save files then, weird. 

    I do have this happening on two other lots as well, one for sure, but I deleted the bad one off the gallery, I'll see if I can get it back up.

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    2 months ago

    I didn't test the V2 one.

    For don't download it was: 

    • Worked fine when I placed it on an empty lot (placed from the map)
    • When placing on a lot that already had a house, it wouldn't place from either the map or build mode

     

    Looks like there might be some other factor than just the harvestables. I'll put this on review for Maxis to look into further.