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| [17] Bugs |
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The purpose of this section is not to point fun at the game or to insult Maxis
for the bugs found, but to make players aware of something that has the
potential of screwing up your game, forcing you to revert to a previous save,
or to even delete a whole family/neighborhood. If it was my desire to insult
Maxis or The Sims, I wouldn't make a 400KB+ guide, now would I? I haven't
tested or tried to duplicate any of the bugs sent it by people, so if it turns
out one of them is not actually a bug, and just something the person did by
accident, please let me know, and I'll remove it.
Baby/Toddler Gets Kidnapped
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If you have a baby or toddler, and a visitor goes to play with your baby or
toddler, there's a chance that the visitor will decide to leave right then,
taking your baby/toddler with them. It won't be returned to you; you will lose
it forever. When you call the person who kidnapped the kid, they will come
over, but they won't have the baby/toddler.
Submitted by: TownRanger
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Sim Moves Out, but Is Still Inside the House
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Two Sims I created who were living in different houses got married. Female Sim
proposed, so male Sim moved in with her when they tied the knot. On my
neighborhood screen the house where male Sim lived shows no green plum-bob
thingy (to be expected). But when I click the lots and houses button, and then
click into that house to work on it in build mode, male Sim is still there, all
his belongings are there, and I am able to control him like normal gameplay.
I've exited and saved the entire game several times, and the two married Sims
have been living together for a while now.
Submitted by: racheljane9
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Stove that Won't Stop Smoking
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I had a fire while cooking; my fire alarm rang and firemen arrived. They
extinguished the fire but the food remained on the stove. After this, it was
impossible for anyone to cook anything and, if I clicked on the stove, the
option "get the grilled cheese sandwiches" appeared, but it was like this
command was unrecognizable for the Sims. No one went there, no one could
remove the food, and no one could eat.
Submitted by: Silvia
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Be Bright after Drinking the Elixir Forever
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1 - Check if your Aspiration level is green or platinum first.
2 - Put the Elixir of Life close to a bed.
3 - Pause the game and tell your sim to drink and go to bed.
3 - Put the game on speed 3 and you sim will bright forever.
If you drink another Elixir of Life without doing this, or if you change your
clothes, your Sim will lose it's bright glow.
Submitted by: Raiiel
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Buy Clothes, and Have Your Money Returned
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In Pleasantview (I didn't test it in other neighborhoods), if you go to a
community lot with clothes and buy some, then go to another community lot, all
your money will be returned to you.
Submitted by: Adidasic
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Wall Around Connecting Stairs
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When you place the stairs that stretch (ie. not the custom pre-set stairs) on
top of one another, they build a wooden wall around them so it looks like the
lower set of stairs are covered up, however you can still go down the lower
set of stairs.
Submitted by: Brad W.
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Guests at Your House, but Still Calling?
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Occasionally, if you have a guest over to your house, you may get a phone call
from that person, even though they are in the house with you.
Submitted by: Kyle
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Children Being Taken Away
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I created a same sex couple, who adopted two children. One child was baking a
muffin when both of the children were taken away by a social worker! The same
sex couple were unable to have kids and the social worker wouldn't let me have
any more either. Because the oven item can only be used by kids, I couldn't
sell/delete the child's oven item until I enabled the moveobjects cheat.
Submitted by: Felicity
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Never Leaving Social Worker
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When you choose to adopt a child, and you greet the social worker who delivers
the child before she rings the doorbell, the social worker will be unable to
leave, and you'll have to revert to a previous save to get rid of her.
Submitted by: Felicity
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Nanny from Hell
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Occasionally, when you hire the nanny to look after your baby/toddler, she may
not leave. At all. She'll eat your food, complain about things, get in the
way, steal money (from the Money Tree), and basically cause havoc. The only
way to get rid of her is to use the "moveObjects" cheat and delete her.
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Maid Doesn't Take Out Trash
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When you hire the maid, he/she will do everything except take the trash out of
the trash compactor. Even if they've only been there a while, they won't touch
the trash compactor.
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Engine Noise
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Occasionally, after the maid, gardener, repairman or school bus leaves, you can
still hear the engine noise from it. It won't go away until you leave the lot
and re-enter it, or it comes back.
This also occurs with the remote controlled car you can buy, even if you later
sell that object. (Thanks to Jo)
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Invisible Sim
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When you reach the top of the Politics career, you get dropped off and picked
up in a helicopter. If your Sim brings home a friend in the helicopter, the
Sim will appear invisible, but he will still exist, which is evident when the
Sim uses a hot tub, watches TV, or other Sims talk to him/her. This will also
occur in any career that picks you up and drops you off in a helicopter, such
as Military.
Submitted by: Warren L.
Jason B. (for info on the bug occuring in other careers)
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Unable to Cook with Maximum Cooking Skill
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If you max out your Cooking skill, you may become unable to cook anything
besides what you could normally cook with a skill of zero. This will also
happen if you have seven or eight Cooking points, and then receive a career
chance card that increases your Cooking.
Submitted by: Mark
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Teleport Stops Sims from Using Bathroom
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If you meditate in the bathroom and then teleport out into another room,
another Sim wanting to go to the bathroom will still think you are still in the
bashroom and will refuse to go to the toilet or bath.
Submitted by: Dan
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