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Abandoned Cars & Boats
Problem There cars and bikes in front of lots that don’t move The ocean is full of unused boats There’s a stuck car in my house Inactive Sims collect cars in their inventories All parking lots are filled with abandoned cars. Cause Most cars are temporary items or stuck objects which the game didn’t clean up properly. Solution Use this method to delete the cars/boats/bikes: Stuck Objects & Objects in use see 1 see 1 There’s no use to manually delete those. They’ll be back in no time. Delete all parking spaces in your town. Mods that help with the issue Use…
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Issues with ServiceNPCs
Problem Service NPCs cause of quite a few issues. General Cars are stuck in front of the house ServiceNPC is not showing up ServiceNPC is standing around doing nothing RoleNPCs constantly change which makes it difficult to fulfill opportunities. Butler 50 Butler at onces (and more) Gets stuck Lazy Doesn’t do as told Obsessed by elevator Never comes back Can’t be assigned a bed Maid Doesn’t do job Handyman Doesn’t repair stuff Doesn’t repair stuff from the junk yard Cause Some of the problems mentioned above are caused by stuck ServiceNPCs Lazyness has always been a problem. Some of them…
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Store Lots Missing ingame
Problem l’ve installed a lot from the Sims 3 Store but I can’t find the lot in-game. Cause Store lots can usually be found in the community lot library. If you’ve bought the lot with the Gold Edition of a world, they are not pre-placed. You need to do that yourself. Those lots sometimes just have numbers instead of names and therefore are called 1, 2, 3, …. If you have reached the launcher cap, the lots sometimes are not installed correctly the first time. Check the list below for the file name of the lot that should be in…
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Imported house raises/lowers the terrain
Problem When I place a house on a lot it was not originally built on, I get either mountains they sit on or they sink into the ground. Cause This usually happens for lots that were build on a different lot than you are trying to place it. Solution This problem can be solved with a cheat. You will need to type in the cheat before you place the lot: SetImportedTerrainOffset (value) (value) Is a positive or negative number depending on whether the lot created a hole or a mountain. After you placed the lot, check if the elevation…
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Sim sinks into the ground
Problem My Sim sinks into the ground and can’t climb stairs anymore. Sometimes he’s visible through the ceiling, blocking objects below. Cause This bug is caused by the cheat moveObjects on. Only use the cheat to remove stuck items (not Sims) or to place items in build mode. Moving a Sim with this cheat can have this effect even though the cheat is turned off again. Never move a Sims across multiple floors with the cheat. If every single Sim sinks into the ground in a certain house, it’s not this cheat but the house. Sometimes it’s an unfinished foundation…
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Blue Lots
Problem I suddenly have blue (or black at night) lots instead of the actual buildings build there Solution This issue is caused by faulty custom content. You can read all about it here: Game Help:Sims 3 Blue Lots Issue If your town has the issue and you saved your game, the town cannot be saved. Try restoring a backup game. Since quite a few files got converted into Sims3packs, you will need to check those with Custard before you install them into your game. Find a list here: BAD CC: TXTC Fehler (Blaue Felder/ Blue Lots). There are probably more…