Bugs
Known Bugs with solutions or workarounds
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Game freezes when checking into resort
Problem Whenever my Sim wants to check into a resort, the game freezes and all I can do is to kill the game. Cause This problem is caused by a self-employed Sim (gardener, painter, angler, ..) The diving career is affected by this too If you check in with another Sim that also has a self-employed career, the freeze will also happen. Solution Don’t check in into a resort with those Sims or change their career. They can be unemployed. Mods that help with the issue Overwatch V101 and higher has a fix for the issue
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Moving to a new town
Functionality The option is recycling World Adventure and University Live code and we all know how well that works. The option only allows you to move the active family. All relationships to other Sims, all wishes and opportunities and also jobs if they are not available in the new town, are lost. All traits and skill remain intact. Problem Patch 1.55 gives us the possibility to move to another town from within our game. Unfortunately, there are issues with it. Sim(s) stay in town even after they’re supposed to moved but the game can’t be saved anymore and edit town doesn’t work…
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Professional bars don’t work
Problem My sim can’t order anything from the professional bar. He’s jumping back Cause Seems Patch 1.55 broke professional bars in existing games There could be more factors. Solution Replace the bar with a new one from the buy menu.
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Unroutable Rabbitholes
Problem My sim can’t use the bookstore (or other Rabbitholes) anymore. The command falls from the queue Cause This error affects all rabbitholes which doors are placed 3 tiles or less withing the edge of the lot. A change in Patch 1.55 seems to make those rabbitholes unroutable. In EA worlds, the following rabbitholes are affected Bookstore in Monte Vista & Twinbrooks All rabbitholes except the science center in Lunar Lakes. Solution Move or turn the rabbithole so that there are enough tiles in between the door and the edge of the lot. In Lunar Lake you will need to…
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Sim learn skills insanely fast
Problem My Sim only just started learning a new skill and has already maxed it out within a day. Cause The cause of this is a change EA had to make in the skill manager because of the new protest system. Protest can add a Increased Understanding moodlet to your Sim and while you have this, they learn faster. To make sure this skill gain is retained when you save and reload your game, EA had make a change in the skill manager and … messed up. They changed a field that is responsible for the skill gaining when your Sim has…
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Precautions for University Life
Introduction After a week of doing the Bug Thread at the official Sims 3 forum, I have to say that UL has some major bugs that make the game unplayable for many. I did fear this could happen, since EA did recycle their fault WA code. There are more reasons for the problems many are facing but a few were identified by now What precautions should you take ? Especially if you have a savegame that you have been playing forever, you should make a backup before installing UL or at least before you go to university for the first…
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Smartphone won’t stop ringing
Problem My Sims smartphone won’t stop ringing. There is no incoming call to answer Cause Unclear. Probably a stuck sound Solution The Ringing should stop once you get a real call (but you can’t trigger that) Move Sim out and back in via Edit Town (won’t work at University) Silence the phone and then unsilence. Restart the game (maybe even delete the cache files) Change world by either going to/from Uni or going traveling Mods that help with the issue Reset the Sim with MasterController (not cheat) Reset the phone with MasterController or DebugEnabler
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Stuck Bills after returning from University
Problem My Sim has several bills stuck in his inventory and I can’t do anything with them Cause The cause of this are love letters that your Sim got at University but were left in the mailbox upon returning to the home world. They turn into bills if the Sim that wrote them is no longer available (which is likely if the letters were from someone at University). How to prevent First thing you do when you get the message that your Sim will be going home in one hour is go back to your home and empty the mailbox.…
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Bugs in University Life caused by Mods
The following issues are caused by mods. This list does not contain all mod caused errors. There could be more. Make sure your mods are updated. Scripting Mods need to be verified by the creator. Remove your mods folder and delete your cache files to fix. No Class schedule No Social Groups –> Caused by a skilling mods (could be others too) New Movie options don’t show up –> Moar Interactions New Parties are missing from List –> MasterController V 109 and older Resetting on sending Sim to the welcome meeting and other reset issues –> ErrorTrap V74 and older Roommates…
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Smartphone photos don’t transfer to homeworld
Problem My Sim took some awesome photos at University but when I returned home, they were all gone Cause Traveling (probably also to and from vacation worlds) erases the photos from the Smart phone Solution Put them from the camera into your inventory prior to traveling home.
