What pets related glitches or oddities or weirdness you had encounter?

[emino]

I figure we should compile a list of known glitches or anything that doesn't feel right. So that maybe the lurking modders or EA people can figure something out.

Here's mine:

1. When kitten running around, they will forget other motives decay. They will keep running without eating or peeing or do anything without dropping the run from queue.

2. This is not exactly a glitch, but just odd. My sim seems to mourn the death of her hamster/womrat a lot more than her own ex-husband. :P

[Srikandi]

Large dogs and horses need to back and fill to turn around, like a truck, because they don't bend in the middle :/ This is the thing that bugs me most.

[disneydolphins97]

I can't adjust markings or layers in the whole custom mode thing! It doesn't work! :help:

[heaven]

This is not exactly a glitch, but just odd. My sim seems to mourn the death of her hamster/womrat a lot more than her own ex-husband. :P

It's an EX-husband. Maybe she had something to do with it. :rofl:

[Zokugai]

If you move out half a household including a horse while someone who's supposed to remain is riding the horse, he goes with them. And disappears or something.

Learned that one the hard way. I tried to split up the cowboy family while the guy that was staying was riding the other's horse, and ended up with a household consisting just of the mare Shadow. Whoops? Oddly enough...I can't find the household that moved out. They just vanished.

[christmas fear]

It's an EX-husband. Maybe she had something to do with it. :rofl:

Or she just likes pets a lot more than humans. I know what that's like. :Pint:

[XXDeidaraXX]

For some unknown reason, when I get close to my cats or dogs, it turns them into a weird green and black color. When I back up a bit, they turn into their normal skin again. It does that for all cats and dogs I've seen, not just mine. And it doesn't affect horses, which I find weird, but whatever:P

[Zokugai]

For some unknown reason, when I get close to my cats or dogs, it turns them into a weird green and black color. When I back up a bit, they turn into their normal skin again. It does that for all cats and dogs I've seen, not just mine. And it doesn't affect horses, which I find weird, but whatever:P

Sounds like a graphics settings thing. I had a bug like that at first where the cats and dogs rendered all doubled and pixelated onscreen but the horses were perfect. Mucked around with the graphics settings and I think advanced rendering fixed it.

[meowcatmeowkitty]

This:
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/300066_2257805919316_1073408572_2035802_1521076077_n.jpg
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/306433_2257806279325_1073408572_2035803_613986745_n.jpg

It only happened once and seems pretty harmless as they went back to normal about a sim minute later. Just so you know, the second cat's coloring isn't a glitch. He was made to look like candycorn.

Also, in that same game (not a glitch), the icecream truck stopped at the graveyard at 3 am. Do they serve ghosts too?

[Zokugai]

Oh yes, let's not forget how the icecream truck parks outside your house for hours on end plotting your kidnapping.

[Srikandi]

It only happened once and seems pretty harmless as they went back to normal about a sim minute later.

That looks like a case of pets using the sim rig, a bug that Twallan said was associated with some versions of some of his mods. Are you using any of them? If so you might want to check for an update (several have been updated more than once this week).

If not, I bet it is still the same issue, only triggered by something else.

[Zokugai]

That looks like a case of pets using the sim rig, a bug that Twallan said was associated with some versions of some of his mods. Are you using any of them? If so you might want to check for an update (several have been updated more than once this week).

If not, I bet it is still the same issue, only triggered by something else.
No, I've had it too, and at the time I had no mods installed. I think it's some sort of bizarre pathing thing, it was happening when my horses tried to rotate.

[aUserName]

When I loaded the new world, it was completely unpopulated. No sims or pets at anywhere. I haven’t had the chance to load a new version to see if it happens again. Anyone else have this problem?

Large dogs and horses need to back and fill to turn around, like a truck,
because they don't bend in the middle :/ This is the thing that bugs me most.
Big dogs do this too then? I thought it was really strange when I saw my horse do it. I thought the same thing you did.
A part of me likes the absurdity of it though. I kind of wanted a beep beep sound effect to go with the action. :D
It must look a whole lot stranger when a dog does it.

[meowcatmeowkitty]

That looks like a case of pets using the sim rig, a bug that Twallan said was associated with some versions of some of his mods. Are you using any of them? If so you might want to check for an update (several have been updated more than once this week).

If not, I bet it is still the same issue, only triggered by something else.

I had removed all cc in my mods folder, including all of Twallan's mods, so I don't think it was caused by that. Maybe it was another piece of CC that I did leave.

[emino]

Or she just likes pets a lot more than humans. I know what that's like. :Pint:

B-b-but... Its a WOMRAT! :lol:

[MaidenM]

I've seen a few broken meshes from afar but no lasting problem except... my pets can't learn any skills D: They learn them just fine on their own, my horse learned how to jump by practising on its own, but while interacting with a sim they can't learn anything. The experience bar doesn't rise :( Sooo... no tricks and no hunting for me.

[Axe Gaijin]

I figure we should compile a list of known glitches or anything that doesn't feel right. So that maybe the lurking modders or EA people can figure something out.

Here's mine:

1. When kitten running around, they will forget other motives decay. They will keep running without eating or peeing or do anything without dropping the run from queue.

2. This is not exactly a glitch, but just odd. My sim seems to mourn the death of her hamster/womrat a lot more than her own ex-husband. :P


1. Not just kittens, had a dog do it all the time, she had the hyper trait.

2. Had a variation to that happen too. I made a family of two to test the new EP. The woman found a Chinchilla and I kept it in it's tank for about 4 game weeks until it suddendly died around 3am. Her boyfriend gets out of bed and starts mourning, then goes back to bed, gets up again to mourn... rinse and repaet 4 more times, all the time his girlfriend is vast a sleep, she being the one that caught it, played with it and watched it all the time, he only gave it some food every now or then...
Sims... :rolleyes:

[emino]

1. Not just kittens, had a dog do it all the time, she had the hyper trait.

2. Had a variation to that happen too. I made a family of two to test the new EP. The woman found a Chinchilla and I kept it in it's tank for about 4 game weeks until it suddendly died around 3am. Her boyfriend gets out of bed and starts mourning, then goes back to bed, gets up again to mourn... rinse and repaet 4 more times, all the time his girlfriend is vast a sleep, she being the one that caught it, played with it and watched it all the time, he only gave it some food every now or then...
Sims... :rolleyes:

Yeah. The womrat was also raised by the dead husband. The wife barely even look at the thing. But now she mourning it like its the end of the world. XD

[Srikandi]

Seems like a funny thing to complain about, but I feel that riding skill and pet skills (hunting) go up too fast. My horsey sim keeps getting skill levels in riding just from riding to the equestrian center and back.

There's something odd about motive display with my horse... when I select her, she often has a couple of very low motives, which don't pop back to the proper display value for a couple of seconds (and only when the game isn't paused). This seems to happen with hygiene... which horses don't HAVE (they have exercise in that slot)... but she'll get stink clouds as if she DID have low hygiene. Something funny going on there, but I can't put my finger on it.

[dominoes]

I have no pet related traits. They are all the human ones... Help!

[HystericalParoxysm]

dominoes - Game Help:Sims 3 Game Problem

[dominoes]

Sorry... :(

[Shhh]

It doesn't take long to teach a cat to hunt in real life, they do it naturally and a short time on a horse can make a huge difference, my riding lessons are only 30-90 minutes (lesson, more ponies in the school).

[tangie0906]

The first time I saw a deer, it was black in color. I zoomed in on it and it turned brown. Now everytime I see a deer, from any distance, it is an appropriate brown color.

This isn't a glitch, but I hate the way deer run. They aren't kangaroos, EA! I get that they were going for that bounding motion that deer make, but the animation is just too choppy or something. They look silly!

I've seen the oddness with the horses and their motives. As soon as I click on my horse, I see the exercise bar is way low and then it pops right back up to near full, where it should be considering that the horse just went running all over the lot. I wonder it this could possibly be intentional? Maybe this makes the horses more likely to want to go ride or race when you're controlling your other household members? Then again, maybe it's just a glitch!

[cameranutz2]

That looks like a case of pets using the sim rig, a bug that Twallan said was associated with some versions of some of his mods. Are you using any of them? If so you might want to check for an update (several have been updated more than once this week).

If not, I bet it is still the same issue, only triggered by something else.

I also had this happen with no mods or CC installed. I saw it at the Cat Ladies house when the cats "cleaned self". It only lasted for a second then they were normal again. I have not seen it on another lot.

...This isn't a glitch, but I hate the way deer run. They aren't kangaroos, EA! I get that they were going for that bounding motion that deer make, but the animation is just too choppy or something. They look silly!...

Totally agree and thought the same thing! :faceslap:

[StrangestWords]

I've seen a few broken meshes from afar but no lasting problem except... my pets can't learn any skills D: They learn them just fine on their own, my horse learned how to jump by practising on its own, but while interacting with a sim they can't learn anything. The experience bar doesn't rise :( Sooo... no tricks and no hunting for me.

I'm seeing the exact same problem; none of my pets are learning any skills. The experience bar pops up, but it never fills, even if the pet is practicing on its own. ;_;

[CinderEmma]

Okay, beware of the scariness of my mutant pets. Silly graphics card, why can't you just magically morph into the proper one for this game? *shakes my fist*
I want to play so badly, but I just don't feel right playing with a pet that has gapping holes and crazy stretchy chins...
If anybody sees this in their game, they PROBABLY have an outdated graphics card, that's the cause of my problems. For most people, replacing the card is the solution, which is good for them. *glares at my all-in-one computer*

[Shhh]

Don't have Sims 3 Pets ( :cry: ) So I took a look for myself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=xhFffV5QrRU

[DigiBlue]

I've got weird routing issues since installing pets. I realize the game didn't have the best routing to start with, but this is ridiculous! When I moved a sim into a home in Appaloosa Plains, a few neighbors came to visit. Which hasn't happened for me in AGES might I add.. The two sims promptly walked into the bushes and got stuck. They stood there until I reset them. My sim and his pet are constantly getting stompy with me.. "I CANT GO THERE" they shout. Well, why the hell not?? Its an empty space! I have to direct them to walk right in front of the object they're trying to use before they will even think about using it. I told my sim to take his dog to the dog park, WHICH IS LOCATED TWO SECONDS AWAY, DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET. So, what do they do? Walk all the way around the outside of the park, get nearly to the entrance that is directly across from his home, turn around and go all the way back. They get to the entrance, see a tree, queue stomp, and throw a fit that the tree is in the way.. He finally squeezed himself between the tree and the fence, opting not to walk along the ample sidewalk. They also often walk right through trees and bushes and things.

Honestly, its never been this bad before.

Edit: Forgot to mention that object textures have started to not load. His sink and fridge are stuck as that ugly grey color they are while textures load..

[Srikandi]

It doesn't take long to teach a cat to hunt in real life, they do it naturally and a short time on a horse can make a huge difference, my riding lessons are only 30-90 minutes (lesson, more ponies in the school).

From a realism perspective, you're right, of course. I was thinking more of a gameplay challenge perspective ;) Relative to the rate at which other skills level.

Though I will say that my REAL cats took a few years to work their way up from the small mice, beetles and lizards they used to catch, to the large rats they like to bring home now and eat in the bathtub :p Hunting skill does develop on its own, but it's not an overnight process.

I sometimes wish my actual cats had the bathtub teleportation bug that CC tubs have with pets ;)

[jessica x gore]

I posted this in the help section but I guess no one knew how to fix it.

My horses have a weird blue tint on their back. It just started doing this after I made a new game and started over. I took out all CC and mods and they still had it. So I'm not sure what is going on.

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m481/jrock727/Sims%203/Screenshot-166.jpg

[lewisb40]

I thought EA objects, in-game or store is suppose to work with pets, but a cat playing in this tub from the store: Micro Onsen Tub (http://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?&productId=OFB-SIM3:22705&categoryId=&scategoryId=11535&ppcategoryId=&gender=female&startAt=0) will kick the cat out and the queue will drop or kick the pet out to the other side of the world. There is a discussion here: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/453193.page.

[Zokugai]

I don't see what you mean in that photo. Does it still look that way inside a well-lit barn? I think you may be seeing a reflection from the light, it can be quite blue sometimes.

[jessica x gore]

I don't see what you mean in that photo. Does it still look that way inside a well-lit barn? I think you may be seeing a reflection from the light, it can be quite blue sometimes.

It looks like that all the time, in a barn or outside. It looks way too shiny, like someone poured baby oil all over my horse. Lol. Maybe I'm just nitpicking. But I've seen other people's black horse photos and they are actually black not weird like mine. But even tan horses have this weird reflective coat. It's annoying but I'm trying to get use to it. It could be a LOT worse. (See photos of deformed cats, dogs and horses. Lol.)

[mcrsims2]

If I've selected a sim, he/she can't select the pet to interact with it. The pets' traits also seem to have not been installed. They're just blank. Even in CaP, no traits.

[Velve]

The only glitch I've seen that hasn't been mentioned already is if you mount a horse at your home, go to map view, zoom in to the horse training grounds, and select one of the race training poles, your sim will ride the horse down to the training center, run around the track once, teleport back home, and ride back to the training center for another lap. This repeated five or six times until someone was standing in the way of my horse on the track, then the glitch went away and they ran around the track normally.

Edit: Also, being able to pick up the little green arrow markers that come with the jump training things and put them in your inventory...

[HarVee]

These two below have been annoying the hell out of me, and no, it is not CC related. I do not have any CC installed currently.

In CAS/CAH (whatever), when choosing your Sims traits, the little trait-related animation will play, after that animation plays, the Sim will become frozen in place and will not revert back to the idling/breathing animation. This has never happened before until I installed the 1.26 patch.

When in CAS/CAH (again, whatever) and I begin to use the create-a-style tool, the patterns don't seem to load correctly, and sometimes (not always) some of the patterns won't even load at all. This started happening after I installed the Pets EP and the 1.26 patch.

I've also been having routing errors such as DigiBlue stated.

[Zokugai]

It looks like that all the time, in a barn or outside. It looks way too shiny, like someone poured baby oil all over my horse. Lol. Maybe I'm just nitpicking. But I've seen other people's black horse photos and they are actually black not weird like mine. But even tan horses have this weird reflective coat. It's annoying but I'm trying to get use to it. It could be a LOT worse. (See photos of deformed cats, dogs and horses. Lol.)

I'd say mess around with your graphics settings, especially lighting and reflections, and see if you can't figure out what's caused it. If nothing else maybe you can change the settings enough you don't notice it.

[simbalena]

Cars coming and going from the equestrian centre drive straight through the horses and people standing out the front.

Once when I had two people on horses trying to enter the equestrian centre I heard a woman's voice complaining but it was coming from the horses mouth!

[Srikandi]

Cars coming and going from the equestrian centre drive straight through the horses and people standing out the front.

Well, that is how TS3 cars have always worked :/ Though I guess you could say it's a bug in lot design to make it so obvious.

[simbalena]

Well, that is how TS3 cars have always worked :/ Though I guess you could say it's a bug in lot design to make it so obvious.

Yes that's what I meant.

[strandedinaber]

I've discovered that when I have the relationship panel open for my kitten, and then switch to a sim, the panel information panel (including LTW, or rather lack thereof) gets stuck on the kitten default. The information within the panel changes, including moods and needs, but it's now within the kitten layout and therefore I can't see LTW, opportunities or job information. Is anyone else getting this problem?

Might try ditching the kitten and switching to a new pet. But he's a cutie, and I don't want to get rid of him :(

[ziizii]

I've discovered that when I have the relationship panel open for my kitten, and then switch to a sim, the panel information panel (including LTW, or rather lack thereof) gets stuck on the kitten default. The information within the panel changes, including moods and needs, but it's now within the kitten layout and therefore I can't see LTW, opportunities or job information. Is anyone else getting this problem?

Might try ditching the kitten and switching to a new pet. But he's a cutie, and I don't want to get rid of him :(

I had the same problem with my horse, but it fixed itself after restarting the game.

[death12337]

First biggest glitch..

Styling the pets.. Sims thinks you can style the pets in the stylist career, which you get missions for, but cant.

BIG Blooper!! And mega Annoying. :( :faceslap:

[Kestie Freehawk]

Large dogs and horses need to back and fill to turn around, like a truck, because they don't bend in the middle :/ This is the thing that bugs me most.
*LOL* I had a cutting horse that could turn on a dime by wheeling around and a cob pony that had to back and turn, the description made me think of watching the cob pony trying to run in a circle after riding the cow pony that could pivot on her back legs.
My bloodhound and rotweiler had different tolerances for turning space, is it universal? I mean the horses and dogs were roughly the same size. but there is a blood hound and an appy in the game. Do they have the same flaw?

[Volvenom]

I had a house I just finished for upload before installing pets. Then I took a complete reinstallation of all sims3 and pets, did the fix on downloaded cc in sims3packs and package files before I installed them into the game. Then I uploaded the lot from exports.

I was very keen on keeping it all separate. I don't want 3GB in my game from the start. That was part of my plan. So I now have only the cc I needed for my upload. It's all cc that worked fine before. I even managed to keep track of where all sims3packs comes from this time. Took it out of downloads after installation and put in a creator file in a backup file I have made. I did the fix in sections. 1 creator at a time. I now have only 6 creators with sims3packs.

Mods: whiterider fogemitter mod and treeag auto testingcheatsenabled.
CC In the house: Armiel's columns DIY, hazuitokage windows with corapntr fix, BahHaus windows EA store, Awesims designer kitchen.

This is probably too much information.
Small problems: Had to replace bed, to make them sleep under the blanket. Problem was they slept during the night. No showing they were feeling fit and ready for a new day. When I replaced the bed, they went to bed again and slept as usual. The meter is now moving as it should.
Big problem: Had to use mmo to place them upstairs to go to bed. I replaced the EA spiral staircase. They still won't use it. '

Question: Is EA spiral staircase broken? It's called something like the carpenters something. You do the translation.

PS: I only tested the game yesterday, made a farm for myself with horses. Had my favourite sofa from Cemre. The dog started eating on it and slept in it. So the fix for sims3pack is working.

There's something odd about motive display with my horse... when I select her, she often has a couple of very low motives, which don't pop back to the proper display value for a couple of seconds (and only when the game isn't paused). This seems to happen with hygiene... which horses don't HAVE (they have exercise in that slot)... but she'll get stink clouds as if she DID have low hygiene. Something funny going on there, but I can't put my finger on it.

My dog got lice - lyse - what do you call it. Probably from interacting with another dog. He had to wash it. My horses was very happy about clean hooves and being brushed, so was the dog ... about being brushed :giggler:

[Shimrod101]

I replaced the EA spiral staircase. They still won't use it.
Question: Is EA spiral staircase broken? It's called something like the carpenters something. You do the translation.

If sims can't use the spiral staircases you can try this mod fix:
http://gnautylilgnomes.com/forum/index.php?topic=4523.0

[Volvenom]

If sims can't use the spiral staircases you can try this mod fix:
http://gnautylilgnomes.com/forum/index.php?topic=4523.0

This mod fixes the issue with 'Use Stairs' on spiral staircases, this option to click on the stairs disappeared with the 1.26. This mod re-enables the option. If you have the Pets EP I don't think you need this fix.

I didn't need it before, testing it out.

That woodcutter staircase is not working, have restarted the game twice. Got a suggestion to run it through the fixer, but don't know how to do that, where's the file?

[gambitty]

Large dogs and horses need to back and fill to turn around, like a truck, because they don't bend in the middle :/ This is the thing that bugs me most.

For horses, I think that's okay. From my experience at least they actually prefer backing up for a little and then turning to bending in the middle. When I was still riding and I wanted to turn around, I either had to turn my horsie in a circle when in an open space, or actually back up a few steps and THEN circle if I was in a narrower space. Horsie's head and front end would get in the way of turning, so I had to create distance from the obstacle. Maybe I just had a really unflexible horse (turning circle like an oil tanker, I tell you), but it seems to me that they really don't bend all that well ^^ Plus they're BIG animals.

Dogs, however? Jeez. I've seen German Sheperds sleep in positions I would never wake up from. They definitely can bend.

Weirdness :D

[cherry85]

I had the same problem with my horse, but it fixed itself after restarting the game.


I have the same issue and have restarted my game 3 times.

[strandedinaber]

I had the same problem with my horse, but it fixed itself after restarting the game.

It didn't for me, unfortunately. It fixed itself when I restarted but kept happening every time I clicked on the pet relationship panel (I kept forgetting). Eventually adopted the cat out and replaced it with a dog and I've had no problems since. Looks like it was just a glitch for that particular kitten.

[Nauthiz.]

I had a deer who thought itself to be a kangaroo - it moved foward in jump after jump. I even thought bad about EA programmers for a while, but then I saw another deer who was trotting properly, so the first one must have been a weird glitch :-)

[ziizii]

I'm not sure if anyone mentioned it before, but:
Wedding gifts! My sim who befriended quite a few strays around town... has gotten wedding gifts from them! That's just SO weird. Animals just shouldn't do it imo :L

[Briboy7894]

Whenever I enter Create-A-Pet, my Pets are transparent! Basically, they are a very skinny and black pet with a transparent coating around it that whatever I'm actually trying to create. What also makes this situation very weird is that the face area of the pet isn't transparent, but rather empty.

[Volvenom]

Whenever I enter Create-A-Pet, my Pets are transparent! Basically, they are a very skinny and black pet with a transparent coating around it that whatever I'm actually trying to create. What also makes this situation very weird is that the face area of the pet isn't transparent, but rather empty.

I think that transparent glow is EA's attempt at making fur with no bone. Someone help me out with the missing words *sigh*

Have been struggling with download and rigfixing all day. I'm exhausted.

[bassoon_crazy]

I can't tell whether this would be graphics card related, or if it is actually an oddity with just the bulldog breed (I haven't played any other breeds).

Normal:
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c104/BassoonForLife/Screenshot-236.jpg

"Stretched" (only happens during interactions):
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c104/BassoonForLife/Screenshot-235.jpg

[charmedqueen]

I'm not sure if anyone mentioned it before, but:
Wedding gifts! My sim who befriended quite a few strays around town... has gotten wedding gifts from them! That's just SO weird. Animals just shouldn't do it imo :L

I got that as well. My sims got married, and I was expecting gifts from their parents or friends. No, instead I only got gifts from animals. o.O

[Shhh]

The only presents my real cat has given me, are:

1 live vole (in house)
1 live mouse (in house)
2 dead mice (in house)
1 dead mouse in slipper
100+ dead rodents outside

Maybe my cat is just mean.

[tangie0906]

I found myself wanting to add "and a partridge in a pear tree". :rofl:

I haven't tried hunting with cats but the only thing the dog found so far was a feather!

[cherricatplayer]

I noticed a weird thing, I went and bought a horse at the center. I wasent sure how to get him home so I clicked go home button and the silly horse walked all the way across town backwards!!!! he only did it that first time, when I ride him he nolonger does that....I have also found that none of my custom content works???? I do not know what to do about this...any ideas
Thanks

[Briboy7894]

I think that transparent glow is EA's attempt at making fur with no bone. Someone help me out with the missing words *sigh*

Have been struggling with download and rigfixing all day. I'm exhausted.

That could be true, but pets I see from screenshots and Youtube don't have that problem, and it doesn't explain the soulless black face that has apparently eaten my real dog's face.
This is really troublesome because it essentially makes Pets useless. Should I just reinstall my games?

[Volvenom]

Question: Is EA spiral staircase broken? It's called something like the carpenters something. You do the translation.

I managed to solve this problem by turning the staircase.

This solution is unroutable:
http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/162/screenshot12ff.jpg
By skaribanan (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/skaribanan) at 2011-10-23

This solution works fine:
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/4139/screenshot20xz.jpg
By skaribanan (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/skaribanan) at 2011-10-23

EDIT: I have pictures showing playtesting before pets, but no to show sims upstairs or in the staircase.

[simbalena]

I think it's weird that a cat can carry carrots around in its inventory. What does a cat need carrots for?

I had a deer who thought itself to be a kangaroo - it moved foward in jump after jump. I even thought bad about EA programmers for a while, but then I saw another deer who was trotting properly, so the first one must have been a weird glitch :-)

Oh that's good to know, every deer I've seen so far jumps like a kangaroo. Will be useful when modders want to make a kangaroo though!

[keb911]

Every time my sim is around my cat, she will constantly feed it treats or at least try to. This only happens when I make needs static, though.

[simbalena]

My horses started to randomly spew food from their mouthes even though they hadn't eaten recently and it was food they've never eaten. Anyone know why they do that?

And the BFF system seems very strange, eg my sim met a puppy and never saw it again, then about one sim week later I got the message that the puppy had chosen my sim as it's BFF. I hardly even know that stupid puppy!

And even though a sim will have max riding skill they still accidentally sit on the horse backwards. That does not make sense.

[cameranutz2]

GNOMES, GNOMES and more GNOMES!!!

18 of the buggers on one lot now, 17 of them horses. Is there an end in sight?!?!

[Vorpal]

I guess this cat has some hidden talent I don't know about? Either that or fish are in the stones.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6053/6273579555_ba726b03bf_b.jpg

@cameranutz22: I get upwards of 3-6 horse gnomes daily. My sims will be rich if this keeps up.

[Srikandi]

I have also found that none of my custom content works???? I do not know what to do about this...any ideas
Thanks

Read this thread: http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=458126

Basically there are two fixes now, one from Granthes and one from TSR. They will fix... MOST objects ;) Beds take a little more work http://sims3.the-prof.net/forums/index.php/topic,1472.0.html , and there's still an issue with cats and custom tubs.

[Nanabobo]

I've got weird routing issues since installing pets. I realize the game didn't have the best routing to start with, but this is ridiculous! When I moved a sim into a home in Appaloosa Plains, a few neighbors came to visit. Which hasn't happened for me in AGES might I add.. The two sims promptly walked into the bushes and got stuck. They stood there until I reset them. My sim and his pet are constantly getting stompy with me.. "I CANT GO THERE" they shout. Well, why the hell not?? Its an empty space! I have to direct them to walk right in front of the object they're trying to use before they will even think about using it. I told my sim to take his dog to the dog park, WHICH IS LOCATED TWO SECONDS AWAY, DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET. So, what do they do? Walk all the way around the outside of the park, get nearly to the entrance that is directly across from his home, turn around and go all the way back. They get to the entrance, see a tree, queue stomp, and throw a fit that the tree is in the way.. He finally squeezed himself between the tree and the fence, opting not to walk along the ample sidewalk. They also often walk right through trees and bushes and things.

Honestly, its never been this bad before.

Edit: Forgot to mention that object textures have started to not load. His sink and fridge are stuck as that ugly grey color they are while textures load.. I've been having these two problems, as well. I haven't said anything about it, since there are so many other people having such worse problems. I also have this odd problem where when customizing a horse, its base fur color will change to the color of whatever pattern I'm putting onto it at the time. It only happens with horses, and didn't happen in the demo.

[Zokugai]

The only presents my real cat has given me, are:

1 live vole (in house)
1 live mouse (in house)
2 dead mice (in house)
1 dead mouse in slipper
100+ dead rodents outside

Maybe my cat is just mean.

What, no turtles? Clearly my virtual cat loves me more than your real cat loves you.

[ziizii]

GNOMES, GNOMES and more GNOMES!!!

18 of the buggers on one lot now, 17 of them horses. Is there an end in sight?!?!

It seems the gnomes appear when ur horse licks the salt lick.

From sims wiki:
There is a chance this gnome will spawn whenever a horse licks a salt lick for 80 minutes. The chance increases by 0.2% for every 20 Sim minutes the horse licks the salt lick.

[Limogi]

I like the way the horses gain fitness (or whatever) skill by just moving around. I always felt that it should happen to peole too, not just when you let them "jog". And isn't that jogging style sooooo prissy?

[Axe Gaijin]

The only thing I've noticed since Pets is that Create a Household and sometimes building mode is laggy as hell, it takes forever for the clothing to load in after switching outfits.
Weirdly enough patterns load up much faster then before.

[Skittle]

My horses also have a blue glow to them... and sometimes a small block or dot hangs just above the bottom of their neck... and it moves around with them as their heads tilt... see picture...

[katierose33]

Large dogs and horses need to back and fill to turn around, like a truck, because they don't bend in the middle :/ This is the thing that bugs me most.
I know ROFL its like Beep Beep Beep Beep Ok back it up boys.

[cameranutz2]

It seems the gnomes appear when ur horse licks the salt lick.

From sims wiki:
There is a chance this gnome will spawn whenever a horse licks a salt lick for 80 minutes. The chance increases by 0.2% for every 20 Sim minutes the horse licks the salt lick.

Good to know, Thanks!

Looks like it's time to check on modding that salt lick! :lol:

Of course the Sim has made a bit of money from selling them off!

[emino]

Sims with ghost dogs can walk them through walls. :lol:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2iekPyyQ4d8/TqVvm-nqH2I/AAAAAAAAB-8/BAbMUGzXj6U/s800/Screenshot-180.jpg

[laceyharkness]

I don't know if this got posted here or not, but I realized last night in order to interact at least with a baby, you have to first hold them. I tried using the other interactions directly and they dropped from the que. I think it has to do with the new guard object choice on the crib. At first I thought all my cribs were broken including base game ones until I realized what was going on.

[Ladyhawke976]

I don't know if this got posted here or not, but I realized last night in order to interact at least with a baby, you have to first hold them. I tried using the other interactions directly and they dropped from the que. I think it has to do with the new guard object choice on the crib. At first I thought all my cribs were broken including base game ones until I realized what was going on.

I've noticed this too.

Also, I told my sims dog to fight a racoon that was outside tearing through the garbage...

http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd435/Ladyhawke976/Screenshot-30.jpg

http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd435/Ladyhawke976/Screenshot-31.jpg

They just bobbed up and down like that. It was quite odd to behold.

[Loeneke]

We didn't see too much odd things in the game, except this: my sim is best friends with her car?? And it looks somehow strange how large dogs and horses don't bent their backs when they have to make a turn.

[BGatot]

My sim was just relaxing in the house when an announcement suddenly appear saying she's just won an equestrian competition.... with her long dead horse! Seem like a long lost message kind of like a long lost letter that suddenly arrived decades later.

[psivampyr]

I have only had a few issues, dog has routing issue to dog food bowl, and the fact it takes an hour for a sim to mount a horse. They seem to just stand there for forever until the horse puts on his saddle and then the sim stands there idle for longer. Also releasing horse to roam free takes forever. And I had a cat walk on the spiral stair railing instead of the steps. Also if you make needs static, exercise/claws/destructive still go down.

[emino]

I've noticed this too.

Also, I told my sims dog to fight a racoon that was outside tearing through the garbage...

http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd435/Ladyhawke976/Screenshot-30.jpg

http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd435/Ladyhawke976/Screenshot-31.jpg

They just bobbed up and down like that. It was quite odd to behold.

I take it you have a no censor mod isit? Because fights are usually covered by dusts and smokes and if you dint get that, it means your no censor mod is outdated.

And yeah, they never have a proper animation for fights in sims apart from the Sim-Fu, which is why they covered it in smokes.

[keb911]

I noticed in one of my towns, the grim reaper didn't pick someone up after they died. The body was just laying in the middle of the park. Same thing happened later when a wild horse died.

[Zokugai]

So what breed of kitten is this, pray tell?

http://i.imgur.com/GoYjz.jpg

[tomboy]

My Adult male Sim keeps dropping through the floor into the foundations and gets stuck on certain areas of the yard, even though there is nothing in his way and the lot os all level ground. Any one have any clue why?

[vickster]

So what breed of kitten is this, pray tell?

http://i.imgur.com/GoYjz.jpg

Pterodactyl Kitten.

[Scarity]

My Adult male Sim keeps dropping through the floor into the foundations and gets stuck on certain areas of the yard, even though there is nothing in his way and the lot os all level ground. Any one have any clue why?

that happens if you move a sim from one level with moveobjects sometimes

[Zokugai]

Pterodactyl Kitten.

Haha, the best part is, that's not his limbs going all melty on the side, that's his actual body doing it.

http://i.imgur.com/med5C.jpg

EDIT: So, another thing I noticed. I'm not sure if this is a bug or just something I don't understand, but the cat playground thing (the $1000+ item you can buy) raises social, even when they're playing by themselves.

[emino]

Haha, the best part is, that's not his limbs going all melty on the side, that's his actual body doing it.

http://i.imgur.com/med5C.jpg

EDIT: So, another thing I noticed. I'm not sure if this is a bug or just something I don't understand, but the cat playground thing (the $1000+ item you can buy) raises social, even when they're playing by themselves.

Does your cat has Independent trait?

[Zokugai]

Does your cat has Independent trait?

Nope, although that's a good possibility. Neat, quiet, and I believe proud. Oh, and nondestructive.

[jessica x gore]

My horses also have a blue glow to them... and sometimes a small block or dot hangs just above the bottom of their neck... and it moves around with them as their heads tilt... see picture...

If you figure out how to fix the reflective, shiny horses please let me know! I feel like my Sim could have the "gussy up" option while looking at her horse.

[Rockerduck]

Ohhh yeah. The shiny horses are disturbing!

Moar glitches:

- "invite inside" completely messed up the foundation in front of my house's front door when used on a stray cat. Said foundation couldn't be bulldozed or deleted because the game insists there's an invisible "sleeping spot" (that blue pillow thing which looks like a puddle at first), and I couldn't ever fix the tile.
- My Sim's cats continue to sleep at the old - now empty - lot after I moved the home lot to a different location. Their motives go red frequently because the game obviously failed to acknowledge the move.
- "Try for Foal" is a real hassle because of routing issues. It *may* work if you have lots of free space around your stall but most of the time it's just "route fail".
- Markings don't properly inherit. My horse had a white stripe on his nose (not the premade face marking) that was completely skewed on his foal. That said, I'd much appreciate a genetics update for pets that isn't entirely random but based on ... you know, genetics . -_-
- Oh yeah ... also, my Sim has turned invisible several times now. Not sure it's just the EP or if it's due to custom content but I thought I'd mention. All that remains is a plumbbob. I can still use the mirror to change her appearance but it won't do anything. I've previously resolved this issue by loading a new world (aka travelling) because even reset sim or a full town reset via Master Controller won't bring her back. *rolls eyes*

[CocoMouse]

Horses' white markings often don't look exactly the same on their foals in real life either, maybe it's like that on purpose to give you more unique babies? Anyway, why would pets have proper genetics when sims don't either...

[Srikandi]

My Adult male Sim keeps dropping through the floor into the foundations and gets stuck on certain areas of the yard, even though there is nothing in his way and the lot os all level ground. Any one have any clue why?

I've had that happen sporadically pre-pets. Seems that a particular house will get bugged that way. Sometimes exiting the game and restarting fixes it. If it persists you should try the Help forum :) Don't think it's a Pets thing.

[tomboy]

I also had the alien pet body, My problems were caused by an non-compatable Default Nude Body file.

Since removing the old file and and replacing it with a compatable one, all three problems have stopped and my game is playing well.

[edejan]

Can pets ride in the car? Every time I have my sim go to a community lot, my poor pet has to run all the way there while his/her master takes the car. That's so wrong!

[maven2379]

Can pets ride in the car? Every time I have my sim go to a community lot, my poor pet has to run all the way there while his/her master takes the car. That's so wrong!

Yes, pets can ride in cars. I had the crazy cat lady take all of her cats to the cat park today, and they went in a taxi.

Coming home is another story, I just "teleported" them back home because pets walk waaaayyy too slow!!

[xx_pinkster_xx]

My game is freezing in Map View at Appaloosa Plains. It seems to happen if I stay in Map View for longer than 15-20 seconds. I had my family go on vacation to France, no freezing at all. After returning home I played for about 1 hour, did some remodeling in Buy Mode, no problems. Went into Map View and froze after about 15 seconds.

[Nyami]

Not a glitch or anything, but I thought this was sort of funny/sad. An elder horse named Bramble Fox was visiting my sims' lot. It became night and I heard this music, and I had no idea what it was about. I went to check my my horses and I saw a pet tombstone. Bramble Fox died on my sims' lot. :blink:

[Jasumi]

Apparently, horses can use the metro:
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/8845/98126321.jpg
Rather than trotting through the woods like she's supposed to, Baby took me downtown through the metro :rolleyes:

Getting out is just as weird:

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/4513/outsp.jpg

And for some reason I can't get this parrot off this girl's shoulder:
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/2999/parrots.jpg

She will try to put the bird in the cage, but then another parrot will actually walk out of it and sit in the cage instead O_O Meanwhile, the original parrot is still stuck on her shoulder >_> It's like the parrot has an evil clone that does all the boring stuff like eating and sleeping.

And now nobody can socialize with her except for one option: "Ask Gender Preference."

And the notification will show up with the parrot (instead of her face icon) saying, "Tiffany's orientation is bisexual." Kinda strange and precocious to have a parrot say that, you think?


I really hope EA fixes this. It is just too strange, even for me :rolleyes:

[Axe Gaijin]

Not really a glitch but a "WTF were you thinking EA", moment.

Pets can't cross gender specific doors, as in male pets can't cross "female only" doors and visa versa.
I had my teen girl take the male kitten to the Cat Jungle and after a while she got home alone, later that evening I noticed the kitten still had not returned so I pressed the little arrow button on it's portrait, it showed the going home action in the action queue, and then it dropped it again. Clicked again, same thing, clicked again, same.

Went to look what the problem was, and found the male kitten sitting in the ladies bathroom, unable to get out, I presume the teen girl had carried the kitten and put it down there. I ended up using "edit town" to clear all actions to that lot and get my kitten back. (by now it was the middle of the night and I wasn't going to wake a sim up to go rescue the now very hungry and armed with very itchy sharp claws little kitten.)

Really EA?

[HystericalParoxysm]

The "Ask Gender Preference" thing is added by Twallan's Woohooer, which required updating - and not everyone's getting that issue - so I'd say that's outdated-mod-related, rather than something EA needs to fix. It's possible the other stuff is mod-related in some way too.

[Jasumi]

I only have a few mods, they're all updated (including Twallan's).

It could be an awesomemod issue. Some people are still finding bugs with it, just so everyone knows...


Be wary lol

[wickedblue]

I haven't seen anyone mention this so I'm curious if this is universal. It seems the equestrian competitions are messed up. A few times now, I've clicked on the center and it tells me the next competition is at 12:00 pm, so at 12:00 pm, with my sim mounted on her horse, I select the center and it tells me there is no competition at this time and the time for the next race has changed. This happened twice on a game-day-Saturday, with the next competition being set for 12:00 Sunday. The first time it happened, the Sunday competition worked fine but the second time it happened, it did the same thing on Sunday. Then on Sunday after the 12:00 competition vanished, it said the next one was at 5:00 pm, so I had her go back at 5:00 pm only to have it again tell me there is no competition and the next one is tomorrow at 5:00 pm. So what in the world is going on? And this did happen before I put any of my CC in as well, so I don't think that's the problem. Anyone else?

[Elven_Ranger]

For me sometimes the faces of the foal's shoot off into the air. Its rather horrific, but thankfully they seem to be attached via a bungie rope as they bounce back into place.
Oh and my adult horse can apparantly use the taxi service .... the mind boggled when I saw her getting out and appearing on the sidewalk!

[Rockerduck]

Oh and my adult horse can apparantly use the taxi service .... the mind boggled when I saw her getting out and appearing on the sidewalk!

The very same thing happened to me, too. It was rather hilarious, really.... *snickers*

[Elven_Ranger]

The very same thing happened to me, too. It was rather hilarious, really.... *snickers*


Either we have very bright horses or a very strange game! lol

[AmandaEscoto25]

Hi Everyone, I haven't played sims 3 in awhile but recently bought a bunch of expansions including pets and ran into a problem. Everytime I play a new household the first night my house gets hit by a meteorite, destryoing more stuff than I care to fix and the whole fiasco takes so long to be over that my pets needs keep getting red and the next thing I know the social worker comes and takes them away so I have dead sim and no pets.. How can I stop the meteorite from coming and keep the social worker away?

[Elven_Ranger]

Hi Everyone, I haven't played sims 3 in awhile but recently bought a bunch of expansions including pets and ran into a problem. Everytime I play a new household the first night my house gets hit by a meteorite, destryoing more stuff than I care to fix and the whole fiasco takes so long to be over that my pets needs keep getting red and the next thing I know the social worker comes and takes them away so I have dead sim and no pets.. How can I stop the meteorite from coming and keep the social worker away?

Sounds like an old hack that has not been updated for the latest ep to me. Remove all hacks ( and CC as even that can cause an issue now) and see if it still happens without. Re-DL all your hacks and add them back slowley, 1st making sure that they have been updated for pets.
Good luck!

[Zokugai]

If your unicorn in Hidden Springs spawns on the waterfall lot, he winds up buried beneath the decorative rocks you can place in edit town. I had to go in and remove them...and then it turns out there's no route for him to walk out of that little corner. So if yours spawns there, expect to have to go into buildmode and change the shape of the pond to give him room to walk out.

Also, at the Appaloosa Plains graveyard, there's a couple of pet ghosts that spawn. Every time my sim tries to interact with them (so far just those specific ghost pets) they disappear and he teleports back home.

By the way, one of them is blue and one is bad, so there seems to be something to this whole "good/bad blue/red ghostpet" idea.

[tairourou]

My unicorn cannot use her magic powers at all. It's been maybe 2 sim weeks and it says it needs to charge. Also, I'm having routing issues preventing her from mating. Ughhh.

[porkypine]

When I loaded the new world, it was completely unpopulated. No sims or pets at anywhere. I haven’t had the chance to load a new version to see if it happens again. Anyone else have this problem?


Big dogs do this too then? I thought it was really strange when I saw my horse do it. I thought the same thing you did.
A part of me likes the absurdity of it though. I kind of wanted a beep beep sound effect to go with the action. :D
It must look a whole lot stranger when a dog does it.

I figured they didn't made the mesh joints for bend in the middle. However, I just take them as cow ponies going through the motions of opening and closing a gate. lol

The most annoying thing for me is that my game tanks after they go to China for vacation. I took a liking to this family and would have lost them completely if I hadn't made so many backups and put earlier versions of them into the bin. I had to go back to an early backup the last time.. Twallan's mod helped to get their skills and relationships back to previous levels so I didn't have to retrain everyone again. I lost the last house because the backups were bad... I had to rebuild the house. I'll see if it will bin properly...


....waiting for fix-it patch..... I have to say though, this is the first time I've played the game or any family at length in a long while.... Usually I just test my stuff.

[eskie227]

Here's an oddity. My sim became friends with several stray horses (none were adopted, short on room). One evening up pops a message "Stray Horse is getting old. Now might be a good time to visit Stray Horse". :blink: Kind of hard to arrange a last goodbye with a "Stray Horse". Next I'm expecting a bunch of elder Stray Cat and Dog notices to pop up.

[phll363]

my sims dog was able to take up a job in the diner lol the carpool never turned up though and he ended up getting fired

[Just_Ducky]

I had all kinds of weirdness when I first loaded Pets. In Appaloosa I either couldn't control the Sim--it went off on it's own. Or it would just stand there frozen (and the family icons wouldn't show up.) In my Ambitions town, the control panel where you view friends, careers, needs, etc. wouldn't pop out. The town in Night Life didn't seem affected. All towns, trying to rotate the view slowed down greatly. I thought it might be a one of the hacks...it was, of sorts--the problem is with one or two custom objects.

I've narrowed it down to either cmomoney's cmomoney_OpenableWindowColonialDoubleHung1 (http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=437087) or Buzz_ScribblingPad (http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=422974) writing tablet. (The pad has been updated recently, so I will download and try that.) It wasn't the behavioral hacks as I first thought it might be. When I took those two out, the game worked perfectly.

[Asuka123]

So far, I've seen :
- both my sim and her dog unabled to chase racoons, when comanded to it just makes the racoon freeze and unable to interact with
- my newborn puppy stretch annoyingly all the time, even when idle, that really ruins all the cuteness out of it
that's about it, I'm lucky I haven't encountered any serious gameplay related bugs. Of course I yet have to try playing with a horse and many other things, I keep my fingers crossed.

@Just Ducky : it's not the first time the scribbling pad causes serious gameplay issues, I had to take it off from my game when I got Generations, I find it weird though because it doesn't look like a mod at first glance (but then I never actually checked how it was made) (it's still a great object anyway, I'm glad the creator updated it!)

[Just_Ducky]

For me sometimes the faces of the foal's shoot off into the air. Its rather horrific, but thankfully they seem to be attached via a bungie rope as they bounce back into place.
Oh and my adult horse can apparently use the taxi service .... the mind boggled when I saw her getting out and appearing on the sidewalk!

I had stray animals suddenly rise up on two legs (not just rearing up) and the pixels went all funny, like they were morphing into an alien creature--somewhat similar to the horse in the subway pic above, except these where outside. Not sure if that was something with the mods I removed, see post above, an EA problem or something else. Or if the animals are really aliens! :lol:

If I see it again, I'll snap a photo and share.

[Rockerduck]

Not sure if this is a glitch but I've had several pets taken away from my Sim by the social worker because my kitty's social need bar was red. That household has two horses, a dog and a cat and the silly cat doesn't seem to want to interact with them, so the social worker took them all. Several times now. 0_o

I don't know about you, but I am convinced a feline should possess enough intelligence to socialise on her own, and the psychic social workers should leave her alone! Bleh.

[Elven_Ranger]

I had stray animals suddenly rise up on two legs (not just rearing up) and the pixels went all funny, like they were morphing into an alien creature. Not sure if that was something with the mods I removed, see post above, an EA problem or something else. Or if the animals are really aliens! :lol:

If I see it again, I'll snap a photo and share.

Oh I know what you mean Ducky, I occasionally have that happen to

[Rockerduck]

Oh, and my dogs can use the subway on their own. Which is very useful, actually. *grins*

[Just_Ducky]

So far, I've seen :
- both my sim and her dog unabled to chase racoons, when comanded to it just makes the racoon freeze and unable to interact with

I was worried to get my sim or pet around the raccoon--that it might cause some type of disease! :blink:

[wickedblue]

I had stray animals suddenly rise up on two legs (not just rearing up) and the pixels went all funny, like they were morphing into an alien creature--somewhat similar to the horse in the subway pic above, except these where outside. Not sure if that was something with the mods I removed, see post above, an EA problem or something else. Or if the animals are really aliens! :lol:

If I see it again, I'll snap a photo and share.

That happens in my game sometimes and the first time I saw it was when I was playing a vanilla game. I haven't seen it with the pets I control but the strays that wander onto the lot sometimes morph into aliens. Maybe that's EA giving us the aliens we've been wanting since the base game. :giggler:

[brothamann2010]

I had a pretty comical glitch just a few minutes ago...

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k250/kitty_kats06/Screenshot.jpg

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k250/kitty_kats06/Screenshot-2.jpg

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k250/kitty_kats06/Screenshot-3.jpg

After that, a raccoon successfully tore my trash out. :)

[Zokugai]

From what I've been told the animals stretching and twisting is a sign your graphics card can't completely handle Pets. It's much more graphics-intensive than it used to be.

[CinderEmma]

I agree with Zokugai, mine didn't stretch or twist as much as become "wavy" and had bunches of holes. I would go on the help section with your specs to see if this is the case.

[XXDeidaraXX]

Since the second time I started the game, from then on, whenever I get near any cat or dog, their skin does this:
http://i40.tinypic.com/xfb2qf.jpg

Just cats and dogs. Doesn't do it for horses, small pets, deer, or raccoons.

Their skin goes back to normal when I zoom out to a certain point. And when I call the adoption for pets and the screen pops up, all the pets coats are that color.

I have advanced rendering on. I don't really know what to do about it.

[moogloo88]

ok i don't think I've seen anyone with the same glitch i have but here is my post...all my pets look weird in CAS!

http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=459573&goto=newpost

[CinderEmma]

Try without advanced rendering Deidara? What is your graphic card like? Are you having any other graphic problems with your pets?

[Srikandi]

Heh, just had a new one. I'd directed one cat to the scratching post while another cat was using it. That cat broke it. That didn't stop the other cat from scratching the non-existent post, though:

http://www.modyourpanties.com/hosting/31315_111030032831Screenshot-103.jpg

And yes, that's a dark room, makes for an eerie screen ><

[XXDeidaraXX]

Try without advanced rendering Deidara? What is your graphic card like? Are you having any other graphic problems with your pets?

I turned off advanced rendering and the skins went back to normal, but when it's off advanced rendering, the fur and skin of the dogs and cats are missing pieces, so to say. That's the reason I switched to advanced rendering in the first place. And without it, ponds lag and other weird small things happen.

I don't have any other issues with the pets besides this.

[kampffenhoff]

I made over a house in the new pets neighborhood and my Sims couldn't use the toilet. They just sank through the floor. I didn't actually alter the bathroom so I guess it was an EA glitch. Also, none of my horses can use barn doors. I have to delete all the barn doors and replace them with arches. The last barn door I changed even my Sim couldn't use it. He just stood behind it waving his arms with the no route stuff above his head. Are barn doors glitched?

[simbalena]

I haven't seen anyone mention this so I'm curious if this is universal. It seems the equestrian competitions are messed up. A few times now, I've clicked on the center and it tells me the next competition is at 12:00 pm, so at 12:00 pm, with my sim mounted on her horse, I select the center and it tells me there is no competition at this time and the time for the next race has changed.

My sim was racing daily and the races only ever happen once a day at 5pm. On a Sunday it said the race was at 5pm but when my sim went to race at 5pm it said there were no races until Monday. I thought maybe there aren't supposed to be races on Sunday?

Do you normally have races at 12pm and 5pm each day? I only get them at 5pm.

[Ketsu_sama]

It's 5pm weekdays, 12pm weekend days.

[wickedblue]

My sim was racing daily and the races only ever happen once a day at 5pm. On a Sunday it said the race was at 5pm but when my sim went to race at 5pm it said there were no races until Monday. I thought maybe there aren't supposed to be races on Sunday?

Do you normally have races at 12pm and 5pm each day? I only get them at 5pm.

The noon race is only on weekends and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. It seems you had the same thing happen to you as happened to me.

[Chellliie]

I've had a few.

1 If I'm not zoomed in on my horses there is a change in the way they look. The skin goes crazy. Its hard to describe. (Somewhat like this, but in game and only with horses so far. (http://mimg.ugo.com/201102/9/2/0/176029/cuts/sims-glitch_144x144.jpg) )

2 Colts, in the sidebar, turn black. The action face stays normal though.

[Elven_Ranger]

odd about the race times. My single teen makes her money on the race's, always at 5pm even the weekends.

[thepantherprincess]

I've noticed that sometimes on weekends it will say the race is at noon and I'll show up at noon and it'll tell me to come back at five.

If you get there early enough, you should be able to enter two competitions. At least, I usually have time for two when I actually pay attention to the time and get there on time.

I wonder if it would be possible to alter what time the races are at or even just make it so you can race at any time but can only race twice per day...

[wickedblue]

I've noticed that sometimes on weekends it will say the race is at noon and I'll show up at noon and it'll tell me to come back at five.

If you get there early enough, you should be able to enter two competitions. At least, I usually have time for two when I actually pay attention to the time and get there on time.

I wonder if it would be possible to alter what time the races are at or even just make it so you can race at any time but can only race twice per day...

I agree it would be really nice to be able to enter a race whenever you choose since it takes like 2 sim hours to mount a horse. It's like, well gee, would love to do other things with my sim-day buuuttt nevermind, I'll just sit here watching you scratch your butt for 2 hours before you get on the horse. Backwards. :blink:

[maven2379]

Today I learned you don NOT want to try and "edit in CAS" a kitten or a puppy!!

Before
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv267/Maven2379/Screenshot-8.jpg

After
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv267/Maven2379/cbc12df0.jpg

http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv267/Maven2379/5fa199f0.jpg

[Elven_Ranger]

OMG Maven, I didnt have any trouble at all with that function (even the cheat version of it) for any of the 3 creatures. How odd!

[Zokugai]

What might be nice (in a mod OR ea patch) would be if the races could be held at any time, but once you had one that day you couldn't run again. Sort of like fatigue from exercise except with a 24hr countdown.

[sweetcadi]

I also only have races at 5 pm.

Plus, my horses look like they have capes when I zoom out. Super horses!!

Does anyone have a unicorn that only runs one or two laps and then quits? I have other horses and unis with the same traits that don't do that.

[zooba007]

For me, the game just freezes randomly sometimes when I click neighborhood map view. I've had to start saving every time I go to click that. This just happened with the Pets install and my game is up to date with zero CC.

Also, one of my sims was basically attacked by three wild horses. They charged her, ran at her, and two ran through her and then ran away. Bizarre.

[Jasumi]

For me, the game just freezes randomly sometimes when I click neighborhood map view. I've had to start saving every time I go to click that. This just happened with the Pets install and my game is up to date with zero CC.

Also, one of my sims was basically attacked by three wild horses. They charged her, ran at her, and two ran through her and then ran away. Bizarre.

I noticed this happened when one of my lots were corrupt.

[Arisuka]

I'm not sure if this was a glitch or not, but aw man, look at that cuteness! Two stray dogs sleeping in the sidewalk... so adorable.

http://www.modyourpanties.com/hosting/31377_111101123649Screenshot-1273.jpg

[Honshu Wolf]

One of my sims worked in the Ghost Hunter profession and apparently the people at City Hall considered him to be very hard-working nada-nada and decided to give the guy a public award ceremony at the Politics-Police-Military compound. The strange thing was that it never happaned. My sim was sent there and all I saw was the mayor giving numerous shoulder-shrugs of being unable to go to a certain point to begin the ceremony. The same thing happaned when my sim was directed to 'Received Award' so the ceremony was always moved to the day after that.
Compromising tactic at its best here.

In addition, the Ghost Hunter career is almost impossible to do in houses with Late Night parties for the reason that, unless you are a well-known superstar, the host will most likely kick you out most of the time. Lol, they hired my sim to banish troublesome poltergeists and I couldn't enter their lot without being famous? :wtf:

It seems that any profession I turn to in Apaloosa Plains, there's gonna be some weird glitch stopping me from enjoying it. Freaky events like Maria Lionheart the cat wanting a 'grownup wardrobe' to wierd entrance-arks main entrances preventing P.Is from picking lock. :|

Gonna move on to Firefighter and Architectural Design to see if there are anymore of those glaring glitches.

[BlindingEchoes]

ok i don't think I've seen anyone with the same glitch i have but here is my post...all my pets look weird in CAS!

http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=459573&goto=newpost

I think the stretchy CAS thing is caused by custom sliders, that is, if you have any installed. I did and the animals did the same thing, once I removed the sliders, they stopped stretching out. It's because the animals have new sliders for their shapes, that are obviously very different from the human sim shape, and some custom sliders like chest, neck, leg, etc, don't read the animal as different than the human sim which mucks with the shape of the animal. At least, that's what I got from it, I could be wrong, I'm just spit balling here :)

[minimogut]

See through fur. All I'm gonna say is see through fur on cats and dogs.

[kmas]

I have see through fur on cats and dogs. tried turning on advanced rendering, deleting caches and updated graphics drivers..nothing works!!! :faceslap:

[HystericalParoxysm]

Those of you experiencing see-through fur:

Compare your system specs to the game's system requirements. I think you'll find you are likely running on unsupported and/or very very weak graphics that are simply not made to be gaming.

http://www.modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:System_Specs
http://www.modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:TS3_System_Requirements

If you need more help, please post in the Help section.

[Rockerduck]

Argh, that sounds terrible. I notice a slow down when my game has to work with dog or cat fur. My computer isn't the best there is but I got a semi-decent vid card at least. I know it's probably not what you wanna hear but my only advice is for you to get an up-to-date vid card. There's only so much you can do and in order to have a pleasant gaming experience you're gonna need a semi-powerful vid card. That's just a fact. :/

[Tsuarn]

how bout this one. Sims magicly flying in a hottub :P

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/6692/screenshotmum.jpg

happens to all the hottubs.


Also encounterd Horses walking in my house... wich is odd...

and while playing with mods i noticed my female sim can get pregnant of her dog... Think of the babys!! :O

[Rosewind]

happens to all the hottubs.


Not all hot-tubs, I find the ones that came with late night are fine it's the "newer" ones that are stuffed, because I get that problem as well (or it could be the six seater ones).

[captmartian]

Those of you experiencing see-through fur:

Compare your system specs to the game's system requirements. I think you'll find you are likely running on unsupported and/or very very weak graphics that are simply not made to be gaming.

http://www.modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:System_Specs
http://www.modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:TS3_System_Requirements

If you need more help, please post in the Help section.

I still see my card and other system specs are between required and recommended. My problem of not having cat/dog fur but having all the fuzziness on horses remains an issue I am not going to chalk up to being on my side.

I am also experiencing a lot of sims going through objects like walls or windows and getting suck. I've watched my butler go to empty a potty and go right through the adjacent wall. Needless to say I've been using reset sim a lot this expansion.

[crazydarling2k6]

Pets as an expansion pack is fairly bad. Not only can my dogs and cats not learn to hunt nor my horse to race, but stray pets keep coming on to my lot for the sole purpose of dying. 3 dogs and 2 cats so far have come up to the mailbox then passed on?

Also, how did my horse manage to buy me a dishwasher for a wedding gift? Who sold it to her? :|

Anyone else have this sort of problem?

[KajaB]

Crazy, the pet skill bug is a known one, from what ive read its caused by the Magic Spellbook from the Store.
One of Nraas' mods fixes that :)
http://www.the-isz.com/nraas/index.php?/topic/2013-the-overwatch-phase-five-version-43-updated-2011-oct-23/

[Missy_J]

My games started randomly freezing for anything from a second to a minute but it's not just frozen, some things keep going like the plumbob keeps spinning but the sims and time stop, seems to be worse when i first start the game and gets better the longer i play but it can be pretty unplayable for a while, it's only started since i installed pets and only from the second time i played, i have no hacks only clothing cc mostly store and some tsr and stuff but no game changing stuff.

[eskie227]

Pets as an expansion pack is fairly bad. Not only can my dogs and cats not learn to hunt nor my horse to race, but stray pets keep coming on to my lot for the sole purpose of dying. 3 dogs and 2 cats so far have come up to the mailbox then passed on?

Also, how did my horse manage to buy me a dishwasher for a wedding gift? Who sold it to her? :|

Anyone else have this sort of problem?

3 dogs and 2 cats?? Any ghosts? I'd say you're the leader in the race to adopt Glint 2.0 :rofl:

Hey, at least you got a dishwasher. All I ever get from my "hunting dog" are snake skins, candy wrappers, and fire hydrant pieces. I've yet to get a human or dino bone.

[mystressspydyr]

My games started randomly freezing for anything from a second to a minute but it's not just frozen, some things keep going like the plumbob keeps spinning but the sims and time stop, seems to be worse when i first start the game and gets better the longer i play but it can be pretty unplayable for a while, it's only started since i installed pets and only from the second time i played, i have no hacks only clothing cc mostly store and some tsr and stuff but no game changing stuff.

Its funny you should mention that...ever since installing pets, my girl, (who is a ghost buster) has been "frozen" while trying to exorcise a table. shes been there for 3 sim-days now, and everyone else is moving around her normally, the posessed table is behaving normally, and she has probably peed herself 6 times, yet she continues to shoot at the posessed table and i cant make her stop. i even closed out of the game without saving, and went back into it, and there she was, standing in a puddle of her own pee, shooting at this table...lol...dont know what to do....
:lol: :faceslap:

[calisims]

Also, how did my horse manage to buy me a dishwasher for a wedding gift? Who sold it to her? :|

Anyone else have this sort of problem?

Before Pets, since Generations, I regularly get wedding gifts from dead relatives. Long dead relatives. So, it's not the Pets EP that broke this, it was broken in Generations. The game seems to not have any check for appropriate gift givers, and just sends gifts from dead Sims and now pets as well.

[CinderEmma]

^ I find getting a gift from a pet a bit creepier, I mean, where do they get the money? Did they raid the stores? At least the dead people can be ghosts, and in sims, ghosts can touch things so they could use money :)

[Missy_J]

Its funny you should mention that...ever since installing pets, my girl, (who is a ghost buster) has been "frozen" while trying to exorcise a table. shes been there for 3 sim-days now, and everyone else is moving around her normally, the posessed table is behaving normally, and she has probably peed herself 6 times, yet she continues to shoot at the posessed table and i cant make her stop. i even closed out of the game without saving, and went back into it, and there she was, standing in a puddle of her own pee, shooting at this table...lol...dont know what to do....
:lol: :faceslap:

None of mine move at all, just things like the plumbob and the first time it happened was when i was playing my brand new family for the second time, the mother was watering the plants in the garden and the water carried on coming out of the watering can but she, her daughter and the pets were all frozen and the time on the clock didn't change. I think ever since generations there's been times when i tell a sim to do something and they just stand there for ages and won't do it, sometimes i end up cancelling the action and clicking it again cos they take so long just standing there.

@Have you tried resetting the ghost buster? That should shift her.

[Srikandi]

Had a dog go right past the toy box and the wall on the other side of it, and stand with the toy he retrieved in midair. After that happened, she was never able to route properly again... and I couldn't fix her with resetsim or NRaas debug options either. Wound up killing her and getting another dog from the shelter :/ The new one hasn't had any problems, so no idea what caused this.

http://www.modyourpanties.com/hosting/31503_111103212025dogstuck.jpg

[Tsuarn]

Had a dog go right past the toy box and the wall on the other side of it, and stand with the toy he retrieved in midair. After that happened, she was never able to route properly again... and I couldn't fix her with resetsim or NRaas debug options either. Wound up killing her and getting another dog from the shelter :/ The new one hasn't had any problems, so no idea what caused this.


I have the same problem when my sims Time travel :p
7/10 times they appear behind the machine and not infront of it.... wich is annoying.
They are then stuck behind the basement wall :faceslap:

[charlottenickolawinter]

Ok i am probably one of many with this issue but its so frustrating because i only brought this EP for the horses.

I cant view any thing horse related the game will freeze anytime i get close to creating a horse or viewing a horse. i have to completely reboot and relaunch the game.

i have uninstalled cc, i have reinstalled the games countless times, my iMac meets or exceeds system requirements and is completely up to date.

really hope a patch is released soon as its infuriating!

[Tiinii]

Nothing too interesting or new, but maybe to add some more to the routing problems many have reported already: I've got them, too, but the extent seems to vary.

In the beginning, I took a pre-made family to Appaloosa Plains and built a house there. When it was done and I started playing with the little fellers, basically nobody could walk anywhere, neither in the house nor on the lot outside. Every move, literally EVERY move, resulted in route failure. I didn't even have any pets in that family at the time, just two people. They couldn't even open the fridge or anything, because "no go there". I had a small panic attack, because this reminded me of a problem I used to encounter in Sims 2 vacations, where out of the blue things like invisible road blocks would appear that one could only see in map view I think, locking everyone in. Don't know if any of you had that problem, too ... Anyways, after the panicking, I used moveobject on the sims and put them somewhere else, and after I'd done that a couple of times on all the floors of the house and also outside, the route failures stopped. They could suddenly go anywhere, just like normal. Still don't have a clue why.

I'm playing with a custom made world now, Plunder Island which is just lovely, and I do get some routing issues there as well. But I think most of them are due to the horses' strange inflexibility which has been commented on before. The thing with no one being able to move on the lot at all has not repeated itself.

I've also used the moveobjects cheat in situations where sims wanted to interact with wild horses but couldn't because of - naturally ;-) - route failure, and that usually fixed the problem, everyone became free again. Resulted in the horses running away, sadly. Well I would, too, after being stuck for hours and hours ... ;-)

[mystressspydyr]

None of mine move at all, just things like the plumbob and the first time it happened was when i was playing my brand new family for the second time, the mother was watering the plants in the garden and the water carried on coming out of the watering can but she, her daughter and the pets were all frozen and the time on the clock didn't change. I think ever since generations there's been times when i tell a sim to do something and they just stand there for ages and won't do it, sometimes i end up cancelling the action and clicking it again cos they take so long just standing there.

@Have you tried resetting the ghost buster? That should shift her.

dont laugh, but what do you mean resetting her? ive tried cancelling the actions numerous times, tried sending her home, tried giving her new actions....etc. None of this seems to work. I'd hate to lose all the work shes done, she's like a level 8 or 9, so i am waiting for a patch to see if this un freezes her. BTW....this is the only major problem im having aside from the usual wonky cc behavior and i know i just have to update my cc for that to be fixed. :)

[Zokugai]

dont laugh, but what do you mean resetting her? ive tried cancelling the actions numerous times, tried sending her home, tried giving her new actions....etc. None of this seems to work. I'd hate to lose all the work shes done, she's like a level 8 or 9, so i am waiting for a patch to see if this un freezes her. BTW....this is the only major problem im having aside from the usual wonky cc behavior and i know i just have to update my cc for that to be fixed. :)

Bring up the cheat console and type "resetsim ghostbustersfirstname ghostbusterslastname" without quotes.

[Missy_J]

dont laugh, but what do you mean resetting her? ive tried cancelling the actions numerous times, tried sending her home, tried giving her new actions....etc. None of this seems to work. I'd hate to lose all the work shes done, she's like a level 8 or 9, so i am waiting for a patch to see if this un freezes her. BTW....this is the only major problem im having aside from the usual wonky cc behavior and i know i just have to update my cc for that to be fixed. :)

Open the cheat box (ctrl shift c) then type in reset sim, then a space, then her first name, then a space, then her last name. That will reset her, she will probably reappear at home, you'll probably fail that particular job or you may have to go back to the house and you can try again but it might be worth just not doing that one if she's only going to get stuck again.

[Jasumi]

Had a dog go right past the toy box and the wall on the other side of it, and stand with the toy he retrieved in midair. After that happened, she was never able to route properly again... and I couldn't fix her with resetsim or NRaas debug options either. Wound up killing her and getting another dog from the shelter :/ The new one hasn't had any problems, so no idea what caused this.

http://www.modyourpanties.com/hosting/31503_111103212025dogstuck.jpg

The horse that went through the metro (http://modthesims.info/showthread.php?p=3680516#post3680516) had the same problem when I loaded her in a new save. This seems like a routing bug EA might have to fix...

My problem of not having cat/dog fur but having all the fuzziness on horses remains an issue I am not going to chalk up to being on my side.

I read that this seems to be affecting ATI cards...

[eskie227]

I had my sim go to hug his wife, and his hands went straight out, and went threw her, coming out her back :wtf: . Reminded me of a Terminator scene.

Oh, and there was one scene where my dog was lying on his back, playing with the toy bone, and the bone floated about 3 feet above him as he was supposedly "biting it". And no, I don't think he was kicking it either, as it was freely floating in open sim air.

[paintTHISpicture]

Experienced my first glitch the other night. Both of my sims decided it was time to sleep so went to bed. All was great and fantastic until it was time to get up, apparently they were STUCK to the bed and no matter what I pressed they would NOT move. I had to shut the game down so my horse wouldn't be taken away for neglect. :[ It wasn't MY fault, the sims were stuck! lol

[Missy_J]

Forget what i said about the freezing getting better the longer i play, it's now pretty unplayable no matter how long i try to play, freezing up every couple of seconds for anywhere from a second to somewhere close to a minute or something, there goes my favourite family.

[Srikandi]

Forget what i said about the freezing getting better the longer i play, it's now pretty unplayable no matter how long i try to play, freezing up every couple of seconds for anywhere from a second to somewhere close to a minute or something, there goes my favourite family.

That is probably the routing issue, keep an eye out for a routing fix mod from Ella :) In the meantime try using Twallan's Master Controller to reset all sims. That should clear it up temporarily.

[mykke11]

For some unknown reason, when I get close to my cats or dogs, it turns them into a weird green and black color. When I back up a bit, they turn into their normal skin again. It does that for all cats and dogs I've seen, not just mine. And it doesn't affect horses, which I find weird, but whatever:P

perhaps your graphics card is heating up. from map view do you ever see your lots turn to blue squares?

I use a laptop with embedded graphics, i3 - is not for gaming. i believe delphy has a thread about how your computer is your car. and Sims is a game that will grind on it.

to help, i set my windows 7 graphics to best performance, and play the game on lowest recommend settings.

i debate getting a desktop - but its not possible - due to technophobia. a love/hate relationship.

take xare.

[omastewin]

when my sims try to go to france china or eygpt, the world loads but my sim is gone and my saved game is corrupted. The mailbox and bulletin board in the worlds load, then they sparkle but no SIm is there or in the menu, and then the screen changes and goes to the startup where it wants you to choose a household , create a sim or move someone in. So for now I cant use world adventures with pets


****UPDATE****

Used Delphys Dashboard and found 6 object mods that were conflicting with themselves, weird, these items were newly downloaded and were said to be updated for pets . but after I deleted them, world adventures is working again.

[sorchar]

In my house (one of the Maxis-built ones in Appaloosa Plains,) I put the really nice cat bed on the second floor. Every time my kitten wanted to sleep in that bed, he'd eventually give up and just sleep on the first floor. Once I moved that bed to the first floor, he could sleep there. My human Sims can use the stairs just fine. Are kittens not able to use the spiral staircases?

[omastewin]

In my house (one of the Maxis-built ones in Appaloosa Plains,) I put the really nice cat bed on the second floor. Every time my kitten wanted to sleep in that bed, he'd eventually give up and just sleep on the first floor. Once I moved that bed to the first floor, he could sleep there. My human Sims can use the stairs just fine. Are kittens not able to use the spiral staircases?

i noticed kittens and puppies in my game have to be picked up and carried up and down stairs.

[Srikandi]

Are kittens not able to use the spiral staircases?

Kittens and puppies, like toddlers, can't use stairs -- correct.

when my sims try to go to france china or eygpt, the world loads but my sim is gone and my saved game is corrupted. The mailbox and bulletin board in the worlds load, then they sparkle but no SIm is there or in the menu, and then the screen changes and goes to the startup where it wants you to choose a household , create a sim or move someone in. So for now I cant use world adventures with pets

Try Twallan's Traveler mod.

[sorchar]

[QUOTE=Srikandi]Kittens and puppies, like toddlers, can't use stairs -- correct.



Thanks, Srikandi!

[desco]

Kittens and puppies, like toddlers, can't use stairs -- correct.


Personally I found that to be extremely annoying. I adopted a kitten and couldn't even get it inside my house because of the stair issue. If I told my sims to pick it up so I can have it inside, they'd put it down immediately after. It seems the only way I could get the kitten into the house was by using moveobjects on.


On top of that, none of my real life kittens ever had a problem using stairs so I don't see why they cant in game either.... :(

[CinderEmma]

Same with toddlers though, my niece has been able to climb stairs since she was 18 months old (though she's a bit advanced for her age). And toddlers can have baths, even babies have baths!
Sometimes the age restrictions reek of laziness on EA's part :P

[edejan]

I finally tore myself away from Appaloosa Plains and started a game in Bridgeport. My sim's ambition was to be a movie star but no matter how good her mood was and her constant attendance and butt-kissing the director, she has never been able to advance out of the first level. Her work performance is always slightly in the red no matter that she goes to work happy every day. This has never happened before Pets since I've always loved playing movie stars in Bridgeport. Anyone else have this problem?

[Srikandi]

I finally tore myself away from Appaloosa Plains and started a game in Bridgeport. My sim's ambition was to be a movie star but no matter how good her mood was and her constant attendance and butt-kissing the director, she has never been able to advance out of the first level. Her work performance is always slightly in the red no matter that she goes to work happy every day. This has never happened before Pets since I've always loved playing movie stars in Bridgeport. Anyone else have this problem?

Not I, and I played a movie actress recently. She got promoted on schedule. You try the basic steps for CC issues?

[edejan]

Not I, and I played a movie actress recently. She got promoted on schedule. You try the basic steps for CC issues?

No, I had just finished adding everything updated back. I can't seen anything on the surface which might affect it (I don't have any career mods or such) so I guess I'll take it out and start all over again...lol. It never ends....

Turns out it was a setting on NRAAS Master Controller which I had to change and she got promoted immediately.

[juiceebabixo]

ever since i got pets none of my sims change their clothes anymore! they just shower with their clothes on and go around town in their sleepwear. it's pretty funny actually :lol: but i miss seeing them in their real clothes :(

[Katie-ryn]

This is more Pets weirdness than glitch... My pets gave me wedding presents, and they have expensive taste! My dog gave me a $4000 sculpture... I also got presents from my dead parents, too. Now, maybe it is a glitch and they're not supposed to send you anything.

I've never gotten presents from dead people in any of my games before Pets, but maybe that's a known glitch...

[BGatot]

Yes pets do give wedding presents in Pets! I got those hideously expensive jet fighter statue from my horse once. Those were like tens of thousands simoleons! Maybe my horse was moonlighting in the race track.

Another weird occurence: There's a house in my city that's flagged as having animals to adopt, but when I clicked it says no one lives there! Also this one time my musician sim stays at work long past her working hours. The job performance did not go up either. Finally I cancelled the go to work action as she's dead tired, hungry, and smelly. Thankfully when she showed up to work tomorrow it was as if nothing happened, her job performance go up as normal. Phew!

Another weird thing: My sims send two of the kids to boarding school (actually they were both imaginary friends of the kid!) But then a family member (the dad's sister) got married, thus we had another sim joining the family. Lo and behold, those two that were supposed to be in boarding school showed up back home! And they never returned to the boarding school, yet magically their appropriate skills still go up as if they were still in the boarding school. Also, after they grow up they can't seem to get a job. Can't imaginary friends get a job once they're young adults and have been made real? I mean, they did go to school and all.

[SpikesSerenity]

Oh yes, let's not forget how the icecream truck parks outside your house for hours on end plotting your kidnapping.

Oh good...I was begining to think the ice cream truck man was stalking my sim. Nice to know he's an equal opportunity stalker! :)

[somethingelse]

the icecream man stalks us all. no matter who i seem to be playing, the icecream man wants to sell them a frozen chunk of happy.

maybe the icecream truck is driven by cheech and chong

[BionixWV]

City officials for Appaloosa Plains still claim that the nuclear reactor accident was not that bad & had no residual side effects on wildlife....

[eskie227]

Has anyone else noticed that when caring for your horses, you only clean the left sided hooves, front and back, and only brush the left side of the body? The horse seems happy, but those right hooves and body must be pretty grimy by now....... :wtf:

[QueenJimmyIV]

Occasionally, my pets will sleep themselves to near death in that huge green and white pet bed. Then, when I'll cancel the sleep action, they'll be awake (no more floating Z's) but they'll continue to lay in the bed for a long time before they get up out of it. Only then will they immediately pee on the floor and go to the nearest sim or pet bowl.

My deer occasionally spawn completely black.

Upon opening a new game in Appaloosa, the fireman will immediately go to the small park with the huge spooky tree.

There's this orange icon on my map that says "Neighborhood Pet Adoption" but when I click it, it just gives options to visit the Darnell (or whatever) house. I mean, it isn't the pet shop's lot or anything, so why is it there? I haven't yet registered my game to get the pet shop, though.

I had a sim randomly switch traits. She lost the Ambitious and Flirty traits and gained the Insane and Hates Art trait. I had to use Master Controller to switch the traits back.

I'm also having a lot of problems with cats and clipping/misplacement issues. For instance, a lot of the time, a cat will walk through the door rather than have it open. When a cat sleeps on a sofa, it will clip into the back of the couch so that only the head and paws are visible. When a cat eats out of the food bowl, it will stand in the food bowl and eat out of the air next to the food bowl. I'm getting cats that make X's because one cat crosses through another at a 90 degree angle.

Cats get stuck a lot during grooming and will groom one another until one almost starves to death.

The bell on the cat collar will not jingle as the cat goes up the stairs.

[desco]

Since I've installed pets, the paparazzi show up to my house and never leave. They just stand outside of it forever unless I reset them. And even if I do reset them, they just come back again. I seriously wonder how they don't pass out, pee on the floor, or die from starvation. :|

[Sandranym]

There's this orange icon on my map that says "Neighborhood Pet Adoption" but when I click it, it just gives options to visit the Darnell (or whatever) house. I mean, it isn't the pet shop's lot or anything, so why is it there? I haven't yet registered my game to get the pet shop, though.

You have to visit the house and then look for the seller ... One of the family members sells the pets to you, don't know why there's no direct way.

Sometimes such "Neighborhood Pet Adoption-Opportunities" pop up so you can buy a little kitten/puppy/foal there. It has nothing to do with the pet shop (there you could buy only items for your pets).


I'm also having a lot of problems with cats and clipping/misplacement issues. For instance, a lot of the time, a cat will walk through the door rather than have it open.

Do the doors work with sims? If they don't, they may be borked CC - after the patch many, many things didn't work correctly anymore.

[Lutale]

when my sims try to go to france china or eygpt, the world loads but my sim is gone and my saved game is corrupted. The mailbox and bulletin board in the worlds load, then they sparkle but no SIm is there or in the menu, and then the screen changes and goes to the startup where it wants you to choose a household , create a sim or move someone in. So for now I cant use world adventures with pets


****UPDATE****

Used Delphys Dashboard and found 6 object mods that were conflicting with themselves, weird, these items were newly downloaded and were said to be updated for pets . but after I deleted them, world adventures is working again.
I had same problem , but it seems to be gone then I started to use Twallans mods.
Also, I have this weird problem that after my pet gives birth everyone just keeps cheering on them and does not want to stop. Tis happened to my horse and cat. I have placed cat for adoption and then after that I adopted her and everything seems to be fine now. :blink:

[calisims]

One of my neighbors was hosting a pet adoption for two puppies her dog had. Unfortunately, the lone human in the house died of old age before the adoption opportunity thing was over. The woman's dogs and puppies have disappeared completely from the game, and her empty house still has the 'neighborhood pet adoption' tag over it. I went into the empty house in Edit World mode and changed some things, and when I went back to my family in live mode, the pet adoption tag was still there. Another Sim, with no pets, moved into her empty house (via story progression), and the adoption tag still remains over the house, even though there are no pets there to adopt.
I've reset the world (for reasons not related to the adoption tag issue, but I did think the reset might fix that as well) and the adoption pet tag still remains.
I'm playing a legacy in this town, so I'm looking forward to seeing if this house still has a neighborhood adoption tag when I hit generation 10.

[QueenJimmyIV]

Do the doors work with sims? If they don't, they may be borked CC - after the patch many, many things didn't work correctly anymore.

My sims are walking through items as well, such as doors and they're clipping into counters and are able to shake hands with my cat's pancreas because their hands are clipping through them so badly. This is also happening with small dogs (not sure if large dogs) because my chihuahua just walked through my door a little bit ago.

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p47/casilena/Screenshot-26b.jpg

This is how my cats eat their food a lot of the time. :(

I don't have any CC furniture. The only CC I have are for CASim (hair, makeup, etc) and twallan's mods (downloaded them on Monday). Everything else came with the various SPs and EPs that I have or the Store.

[faithrocks310]

I am after a mod to sell dogs and cats (or all types for that matter) not just horses.Anyone know if they are working on one at all?

[CinderEmma]

I am after a mod to sell dogs and cats (or all types for that matter) not just horses.Anyone know if they are working on one at all?Twallan is awesome :)

http://www.the-isz.com/nraas/index.php?/topic/2009-the-consigner-phase-three-version-12-updated-2011-nov-05/page__pid__37143

[BGatot]

Kittens and puppies, like toddlers, can't use stairs -- correct.



It's all and well, if the game engine acknowledge this. But they did not seem to be aware of their own rules. Frequently when I had my sim pickup a child or read with him/her, the sim and the children would start to go to a different level, of course the kid can't follow, so the interaction failed. This happens even if there are plenty of room upstairs (even in the room they're in) to do the action. If you want to put a restrictive rule, your game engine should know about this also! :faceslap: In fact the pathfinding engine seem to do the weirdest thing, like sims going to the opposite side of the house, far away, to sit down and eat or read a book, when there are more comfortable chairs nearby.

[HighPriestessLitAngel]

Experienced my first glitch the other night. Both of my sims decided it was time to sleep so went to bed. All was great and fantastic until it was time to get up, apparently they were STUCK to the bed and no matter what I pressed they would NOT move. I had to shut the game down so my horse wouldn't be taken away for neglect. :[ It wasn't MY fault, the sims were stuck! lol
Had that happen to me also don't know what to do. Have you figured out how to get them up.

[eskie227]

Well my foal was playing chase with Glint 2.0, when they both ran through the house into the living room. Not a problem for Glint, but Charlie was kind of screwed. :wtf: Went with resetsim rather than knock down a wall just to let the horse out.

[BGatot]

Had that happen to me also don't know what to do. Have you figured out how to get them up.

Did you try resetsim? Sometimes sims would go stuck in a place for some reason, though I've never have them stuck in bed. These are why resetsim exist, and should fix that with no problem. You might want to also reset the horse as well, I think their needs would reset also.

[Arisuka]

http://www.modyourpanties.com/hosting/31652_111111072025PetsGlitch.png

And yet the most shocking thing was the placement of that... tail...

[eskie227]

And yet the most shocking thing was the placement of that... tail...

and what breed was that...................

[birdyfly]

I didn't want to make a new thread for this, so I will add it here.

This is a solution for those who are having their pets be deformed: http://exterminadordownload.blogspot.com/2011/11/solucao-para-deformacao-no-sims-3-pets.html

Hope this helps some people. :bunny:

[mykke11]

Had that happen to me also don't know what to do. Have you figured out how to get them up.

sorry, is a bummer. mine oonce got stuck behind elevator of highrise when bringing home new baby.

this always helps -on your sims and npc sims

-press - ctrl+shift+C

this opens user command line at top of screen - in blue

type : testingcheatsenabled true

again press ctrl+shift+C

type: resetsim [firstname] [lastname]

for example resetsim Holly Alto

don't need brackets - this brings sim to home base with neutral motive.

for a list of more of the testingcheats

press ctrl+shift+c

type: help :llama:

[mykke11]

i uninstalled pets - it was bothering me.

after uninstall- my sims ate dinner at bistro - one loved her gourmet fish food.
:faceslap:

[LadyKombucha]

i finally got pets this week! traded in about 50 xbox games so that we could get pets, skyrim and saints row the third. so i excited loaded it up, and played it for 5 minutes, tried al the little tricks before finally getting it running by running with ZERO custom content. which makes me sad. but when i could finally play, i thought the new furniture and clothing and everything was AWESOME! so that was ok.
except now, 2 things:
1) any attempt at household management, i.e: split/merge household on edit town screen, or the move in interaction or sometimes, create a family, result in the game crashing about 60% of the time. which is incredibly frustrating, especially if i've just spent ages making a nice family, like the first time it happen on CAS. :(
2) my pets have gone ghosty! the horses seem ok but the dogs and cats fur has gone transparent.

i was so excited when i got this game, now i just feel let down by EA again :(

[Scarysecrets]

Now I know this doesn't exactly belong here because it isn't directly about a pet...but it is about a glitch I'm experiencing since installing Pets...so lemme know if it's okay to post it here...and if not, where on earth I should post it. :P Thanks! Every onward ...

So, ever since I installed Pets, my cribs have been problematic. When I put my baby into the crib...they just kind of "sink" into it and disappear. They are still there, just hidden. When I have a parent click on them all of the interactions are there.

It's very bizarre and wasn't doing it before Pets.....so I consider it a very odd pet-related glitch.

Anyone else develop this problem?

[Elanorea]

Don't know if it's been mentioned before, but I've found that cats frequently run through walls when doing the "Run Around" interaction.

[Challe]

Am i the only one who can't breed small dogs? They only act as if they don't know eachother well enough even though they are best friends....I can only breed big dogs, theywork perfectly fine.....

[wickedblue]

Now I know this doesn't exactly belong here because it isn't directly about a pet...but it is about a glitch I'm experiencing since installing Pets...so lemme know if it's okay to post it here...and if not, where on earth I should post it. :P Thanks! Every onward ...

So, ever since I installed Pets, my cribs have been problematic. When I put my baby into the crib...they just kind of "sink" into it and disappear. They are still there, just hidden. When I have a parent click on them all of the interactions are there.

It's very bizarre and wasn't doing it before Pets.....so I consider it a very odd pet-related glitch.

Anyone else develop this problem?

Pets broke custom content. If you have one broken cc bed in your game, it will affect animations on all of them. This thread has more info: http://www.modthesims.info/t/458126 :)

[Milosh]

This:
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/300066_2257805919316_1073408572_2035802_1521076077_n.jpg
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/306433_2257806279325_1073408572_2035803_613986745_n.jpg

It only happened once and seems pretty harmless as they went back to normal about a sim minute later. Just so you know, the second cat's coloring isn't a glitch. He was made to look like candycorn.

Also, in that same game (not a glitch), the icecream truck stopped at the graveyard at 3 am. Do they serve ghosts too?

That has actually happened a few times with me, I don't know what causes it, and I really would like to find out how to fix it

[Milosh]

My kittens "disappear" straight out of the game, the sims and other pets still have them in the relationship bars, but they are greyed out, any idea why this happens? Also, wtf with the gnomes popping up all over the place? :faceslap:

Another thing I've noticed is that if you leave your active family and play another family for an extended period of time, when you get back to your old family, the game would automatically add sims/pets to that household, sometimes exceeding the maximum allowed members in said household... Anyone else have that glitch? :wtf:

[claudiasharon]

Also, wtf with the gnomes popping up all over the place?

It's attack of the gnomes, dontcha know. ;)

[skyisland21]

An interesting little thing.. In on of my homes, the dog was able to walk through a wall. I couldn't make him do it, but he was able to do it autonomously. He'd stick his head through the wall as if looking through a window, and if he wanted, he'd walk right through the wall. I haven't seen it since, but it was pretty weird.

And I'm also not sure if anyone else has noticed this, but whenever a little dog, or maybe even a big dog, or even any animal, turns their head, it... ever so slightly distorts? It's weird, very weird...

[Scarysecrets]

Pets broke custom content. If you have one broken cc bed in your game, it will affect animations on all of them. This thread has more info: http://www.modthesims.info/t/458126 :)

Thanks so much! :)

[Sims_Lover]

Basically lagging. I am going to do a clean re-install soon.

[brittaney90]

I've had what looks like a lil weiner dog/gnome thing (a weiner dog wearing a shirt and cone hat) :wtf: just appear in 2 different households and it gives me the option for my dogs to chew on it. Just really random and weird and when I go to buy mode I can sell it for over $1000. Anyone else get this thing on their lots??? Next time it shows up I'll take a pic

[somethingelse]

it's the dog gnome. i forget his name. you can buy him for 1000 if you unlock buydebug. there's a unicorn gnome too. i havent bothered with buying the gnomes. i keep meaning too, but i hate money cheating. i can justify mood and motive cheating to a degree, but money cheating feels too cheaty to me, so i havent gone gnome shopping. besides, i keep hoping i'll discover how to get them all without cheating, but it's never gonna happen

[theycallmemellowcello]

I think this is my first post here, so bear with me!
When I started playing with pets, I started hearing the Inspired noise that is similar to the one that plays in the background on The Sims Social. Does anyone know what this is from? I haven't figured it out yet. :s

[terrapin28]

Help! Not sure if this be posted here. I installed pets and now they shift back and forth from looking normal to stretched with is annoying, but something weird happened after that. My Sims went to cuddle on the couch suddenly appeared on porch. Problem is, they cannot go back into the house! I use "go there" and they both stop at the same point and give the bubbles like something is there blocking them. How can I get them back in the house? I removed the custom content and still they are stuck outside. Any help would be appreciated.

[terrapin28]

I didn't want to make a new thread for this, so I will add it here.

This is a solution for those who are having their pets be deformed: http://exterminadordownload.blogspot.com/2011/11/solucao-para-deformacao-no-sims-3-pets.html

Hope this helps some people. :bunny:

I tried to download the files from the link and use the password but it keep saying there was nothing in the zip file. Please let me know if anyone else has a fix or a copy of this one.

[Kathwynn]

I do not know if this happened to any one else.

My simies old cat finally died. The simmies were out and about after the death. When thewy got back the game for reasons that will probably never be known dropped a necter making machine the bed room..

After a few tries of trying to delete the thing. I used a cheat code. Moveobjects. Was able to grab it and delete it..

[VampireSim]

I'm playing some sims with 3 horses on the lot. The doors are locked for animals. I switched to another family for a few moments, came back and one of the horses stood in the bathroom. :lol:
Darn horses are more teleporting through the neighborhood than running.

[eskie227]

OK, I understand the principle of trait incompatibilities. Good sims vs. evil, flirty vs. unflirty, are pretty self explanatory. I can even understand (which can occur in RL) dog lover sims vs. cat lover sims.

But why are animal lovers (who can enthuse about dogs, cats, and horses) incompatible with all dog/cat/horse lover sims? :wtf:

[Dragonshy]

The first baby born in my game since I installed Pets might actually be a demon baby.

First, she came with her own giant shoe.
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n554/starglowmlp/Fun/Screenshot-149.jpg

And then I noticed that she was haunted, Insidious style.
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n554/starglowmlp/Fun/Screenshot-148.jpg

[Zokugai]

OK, I understand the principle of trait incompatibilities. Good sims vs. evil, flirty vs. unflirty, are pretty self explanatory. I can even understand (which can occur in RL) dog lover sims vs. cat lover sims.

But why are animal lovers (who can enthuse about dogs, cats, and horses) incompatible with all dog/cat/horse lover sims? :wtf:

With the extra help they get working with animals I think EA was trying to keep it from being absurdly easy.

Dragonshy, the last time someone posted that I think they "diagnosed" it as being broken clothing CC.

[amanda.virus]

My sim was trying to use a cc bath (probably not updated for pets) and this happened: :rofl:
http://i700.photobucket.com/albums/ww2/AmandaVirus/Screenshot-56.jpg

[treeag]

And then I noticed that she was haunted, Insidious style.
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n554/starglowmlp/Fun/Screenshot-148.jpg

That head-in-crotch thing reminds me of Duck Sauce music video "Big Bad Wolf" :wtf: Strangest thing I've ever seen.

[Dragonshy]

Zokugai - sure enough, you're right! Seems some adult-sized clothing CC was mislabeled for toddlers and children and the random clothing given to my kids makes them look like this. I'll try to see if I can fix it in the package editor. I don't need random NPC kids around town looking like this. O___o

treeag, that comparison alone will make me avoid anything Duck Sauce on youtube from now on. There are some weird music videos out there....

amanda.virus, that picture is amazing. I love how the horse is staring at her like wtf and yet thinking about the dog.

[eskie227]

amanda.virus, that picture is amazing. I love how the horse is staring at her like wtf and yet thinking about the dog.

The horse was trying to think of an answer to the dog's question of WTF is our owner doing in your water trough?

[Zokugai]

Zokugai - sure enough, you're right! Seems some adult-sized clothing CC was mislabeled for toddlers and children and the random clothing given to my kids makes them look like this. I'll try to see if I can fix it in the package editor. I don't need random NPC kids around town looking like this. O___o

Thought so. I knew I had seen it around somewhere on the forum before. Good to hear you figured out which it was. If you can remember where you got it from, might be worth letting the creator know so they can fix it for other downloads.

[allburningup]

I had a pretty funny glitch when giving my cat a flea bath. The tub was placed outside, near a foundation, so the cat was floating up above the tub and my sim's arms stretched up to bathe it there. But the blow-drying was directed down into the tub, under the cat.

You can see it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfzks0uBLoE

[Yurusumaji]

I had a Pomeranian whose bone would always be off somewhere else while the dog was trying to play with it.

[noxnoxnox]

I have a lot of horses stuck in the front porch:
http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/nox_nox_nox/horsesstuck.jpg

[Zokugai]

So, this is a Pets top and pants I like quite a bit.

And every time the sim steps into her living room it turns seethrough.

Whoops?

(naughty bits censored out of image)
http://i.imgur.com/cSv9J.jpg

[huubthesims]

i've got a big problem with my sims 3 horses..
al my horses are black.. i can't give them one other color except the horses his feed and manes..
Even the wild horses and the unicorn are black..
Can anyone help me? because i am going to be crazy..

sorry for my bad english, i'm dutch ;)

[Zokugai]

i've got a big problem with my sims 3 horses..
al my horses are black.. i can't give them one other color except the horses his feed and manes..
Even the wild horses and the unicorn are black..
Can anyone help me? because i am going to be crazy..

sorry for my bad english, i'm dutch ;)

Screengrabs? There's a difference between horses which are black-colored and a particular graphics error that usually affects the deer, where they have no textures or some such thing. And I don't know which you're talking about.

[huubthesims]

sorry, i don't have got screen pic's.. but they are black all blackness without textures.. but the deer is fine ;)
the eyes are red.. very strange..

[Zokugai]

Like this guy but with horses?

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/3741/blackdeer.jpg

[huubthesims]

yeah! a little bit, but without the shadow ;) but i've update my sims 3 (patch) so i am gonna look if it works fine ;)

[huubthesims]

it was a nice try.. but the horses are still al black without any textures.. but with red eyes.
i'm really angry about this..

[Zokugai]

That's not actually a shadow. The deer is sort of glossy. That's the shine you're seeing, like it was dipped in melted chocolate.

It's a graphics issue tied into how well your graphics card can handle the game, but I unfortunately don't know of any fixes other than the obvious replacing the graphics card or updating the drivers on it. You could look around, though, and see if someone found something out. I've never heard of it happening with horses (although I do see mention of it happening with dogs and cats), but I bet if something fixed it with the deer it'd fix it for you too.

[swankifiedyero]

Not sure if this was mentioned yet, I don't have time to read all the pages right now, but the only glitch I've encountered that really bugs me is that in Create a Sim/Pet mode when I go to create a pet I have this funny shadow version of the pet in the background. It doesn't look like a normal shadow so I'm pretty positive its not an intentional part of the game.

[minimogut]

Like this guy but with horses?

I have seen that so many times, but with the deer. I can't figure out what's going on... I think the grim reaper has possessed all of the deer in my towns...
And my graphics card can handle quite a bit. I guess I'll cut back on some things...

[eskie227]

Well, here's an odd one.

We all know that IRL, the birth of a new baby into a family can cause some disruption to the behavior of other young children in the house. Still, I wasn't prepared for this one.

After the happy and safe delivery of a new daughter into my sim household, the mom decided to workout after the birth to get back into shape. The young son, however, developed the sudden need to follow the mother around. I mean, the child had a "follow" interaction in his queue, just like a pet has, when following a sim. It wouldn't cancel. The son tried to follow his now stinking mother (after her workout) into the bathroom where she needed to use the toilet and take a shower. :wtf:

He couldn't be "shooed" from the room. The "follow" interaction remained in his queue. :faceslap:

The mother was pissed. The child was pissed. The cat, who was originally "following" the child, was pissed. I was pissed.

After manually dragging the mother's bars back up to clean and happy bladder, I sent her to bed. The child finally decided to stop following his mother and go to bed. The baby slept through the whole ordeal. Now I'm waiting for the kid to want to sniff and chase his parents, instead of playing tag.