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{{For|redirect=Bugs|the activity|Bug collecting}}
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|caption = AThe dreadedinfamous [[Save game error]] glitch occurring after installing ''[[The Sims 3: World Adventures|World Adventures]]'' before [[The Sims 3/Patch 7|it was patched out]].
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[[File:IconTS4 widgetgear cogs wheelsicon.png|left|48px]] '''Glitches''' (or bugs) are errors in a game or program that cause unexpected problems or unwanted behavior.
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|1 = There's already A LOT of info on glitches, how to fix, how to report them and more on [[Electronic Arts|EA]]'s [http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/forums/show/208.page Possible Bugs forum] and [https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/bd-p/The-Sims-4-Bugs Answers HQ]. [[The Sims Wiki]] recommend that you check there first.
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[[File:Glitchy Sim|thumb|300px|right|A video showing a Sim full of glitches.]]
 
Glitches in [[The Sims (series)|''The Sims'' series]] can be caused by any of the following:
*Faulty codingProgramming fromerrors and/or oversights in the game itself.
* Changes caused by a patch.
* Use of some [[cheats]] (notoriously [[Testingcheatsenabled]] and [[Moveobjects|Moveobjects on]]).
*Installation Improper installation of official game [[patch notes|updates/patches]].
*Use of [[modMod|gameBad modificationsmods]].
*Use of [[Custom content|downloadedBad objectsCC]].
* Hardware and driver problems: A malfunctioning computer component or, a computer that does not meet minimum game requirements or even driver issues.
* Game/neighborhood corruption. (''[[The Sims 2]]'' only)
If your game will not start after installation of a new SP or EP, or you are having problems updating your game after installation of a new EP or SP, follow this link [http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/175477.page Instructions for Cummulative Manual Update] from ''The Sims 3'' official site to get help updating your game.
 
==Severity==
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===The Sims 3===
 
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|+Confirmed ''The Sims 3'' Glitches
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| rowspan="3" |[[File:Icon red beetle bug.png]]
|'''[[Create a World]] is unable to start and crashes.'''
|Patch [[The Sims 3/Patch 12|12]]
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| rowspan="2" |Unable to use CAW after ''Ambitions'' and Patch 12. [[Electronic Arts|EA]] has confirmed the bug.<br />'''Temporary fix:''' Uninstall ''The Sims 3'' and re-install ''The Sims 3'' and ''Create a World'', but do NOT install Patch 12.<br />'''Fix:''' Download [[The Sims 3/Patch 14|Patch 14]] and then a new [[Create a World#Patches|Create a World patch]].
|[[File:Caw leftgraphic ver808032.png|32px]]
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|<ref>[http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/225014.page Create a World Issue] at [[TheSims3.com]] forum.</ref><ref>[http://www.simprograms.com/serious-caw-issue-still-not-fixed/ Serious CAW Issue Still Not Fixed] at [[SimPrograms]]</ref>
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| rowspan="3" |[[File:Icon yellow beetle bug.png]]
|'''Unable to open tomb door or loot adventure item.'''
|Patch [[The Sims 3/Patch 5|5]]
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| rowspan="2" |This can happen if you go too far into a tomb or teleport there without having the appropriate adventure.<br />'''Note:''' It is unlikely that this will be fixed by official [[The Sims 3/patch|patches]].<br />'''Fix:''' [[AwesomeMod]] fixes similar issues, but if you are already experiencing the bug there is a guide in the references.
|[[File:TS3WA Icon.png|32px]]
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|<ref>[http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,17571.0.html Small issue: Dungeons/tombs reset, and missions cannot be completed] at MATY forum.</ref><ref>[httphttps://modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=394648 Jean Necteaux's Secret Nectar Recipe] at [[ModTheSims]] forum.</ref>
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| rowspan="3" |[[File:Icon yellow beetle bug.png]]
|'''Unable to capture certain motives with the [[Photography]] skill.'''
|Patch [[The Sims 3/Patch 5|5]]
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| rowspan="2" |The 'Town Theatre' and the [[Riverview]] spa and school were impossible to capture, but [[Electronic Arts|EA]] fixed that in [[The Sims 3/Patch 9|Patch 9]]. Motives which continue to be uncaptureable are the Dropa Stone relic collection.<br />'''Fix:''' Follow the link for a mod which fixes this glitch.
|[[File:TS3WA Icon.png|32px]]
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|<ref>[http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php?topic=17436.0 Fix for photograhy issues] at [[MATY]] forum by [http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;u=28256 Goggalor]</ref>
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| rowspan="3" |[[File:Icon greenyellow beetle bug.png]]
|'''A corrupt package file infects [[The Exchange]] and causes game to slow.'''
|''N/A''
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| rowspan="2" |{{main|Corrupt file on The Exchange}}
|[[File:Custom content star.gifpng|32px]]
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|<ref>See [[Corrupt file on The Exchange]].</ref>
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| rowspan="3" |[[File:Icon green beetle bug.png]]
|'''Unable to open [[Consignment store]] buy menu.'''
|Patch [[The Sims 3/Patch 12|12]]
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| rowspan="2" |The game is supposed to return items to you which haven't been sold within 5 days, but it does not work. Instead the items start counting down into the minusses, preventing you from opening the buy menu.<br />'''Temporary fix:''' This can be fixed temporarily by cancelling your consignments. You will need to repeat this step every 5 days.
|[[File:TS3A Icon.png|32px]]
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|<ref>[httphttps://modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=405471 consignment store won't let me sell items?? ambitions] at [[ModTheSims]] forum.</ref><ref>[http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/212001.page Consignment store issues] at [[TheSims3.com]] forum.</ref>
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| rowspan="3" |[[File:Icon green beetle bug.png]]
|'''Unable to excavate since ''Ambitions'''''
|Patch [[The Sims 3/Patch 12|12]]
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| rowspan="2" |People with ''Ambitions'' cannot excavate if the site is on a slope, the terrain has to be completely flat.
|[[File:TS3A Icon.png|32px]]
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|<ref>[httphttps://modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=407695 help excavating] at MTS forum.</ref><ref>[http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,18646.msg539407.html#msg539407 Re: Ambitions: What's borked] at MATY forum.</ref>
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| rowspan="3" |[[File:Icon green beetle bug.png]]
|'''[[Cemetery]] [[ghost]]s behave differently since ''Ambitions''.'''
|Patch [[The Sims 3/Patch 12|12]]
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| rowspan="2" |Since ''Ambitions'', ghosts appear to rise from their graves and then drive off in cars. This is possibly related to the new [[Ghost Hunter]] career.
|[[File:TS3A Icon.png|32px]]
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|<ref>[http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/150/208098.page Ambition bug thead] at [[TheSims3.com]] forum by [http://www.thesims3.com/mypage/Sphire_Ziemia Sphire Ziemia]</ref>
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| rowspan="3" |[[File:Icon green beetle bug.png]]
|'''Challenges and wishes with numbers reset when going on vacation.'''
|Patch [[The Sims 3/Patch 5|5]]
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| rowspan="2" |Some challenges and wishes which require a number of items or tasks to be done have been known to reset when going on vacation. Most notably the 'Vizard of Vine' challenge in [[Nectar Making]].
|[[File:TS3WA Icon.png|32px]]
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|<ref>See [[Talk:Nectar Making#Vizard of Vine challenge]].</ref><ref>[http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/968933-the-sims-3-world-adventures/52997076 A question about Nectar Making Skill Challenge: Vine Vizard] at [http://www.gamefaqs.com/ GameFAQs]</ref>
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| rowspan="3" |[[File:Icon green beetle bug.png]]
|'''Cursor hand grabs something and cannot let go.'''
|''N/A''
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| rowspan="2" |The player hand would sometimes get stuck holding an object, unable to let go.<br />'''Temporary fix:''' Exiting to main menu and reload your saved game seems to clear it. Switching between game modes does not.<br />'''Note:''' This may have been fixed in recent patches [[The Sims 3/Patch 11|11]] or [[The Sims 3/Patch 12|12]] {{fact}}.
|[[File:TS3 Icon.png|32px]]
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|<ref>[http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php?topic=17408.0 "grab hand" in Sims 3 glitching] at [[More Awesome Than You]] forum.</ref><ref name="gf big">[http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/936498-the-sims-3/49916634 ***OFFICIAL*** TS3 Bugs/Glitches TOPIC (FINAL VERSION)] at [http://www.gamefaqs.com/ GameFAQs]</ref>
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| rowspan="2" 3|[[File:Icon green beetle bug.png]]
|'''Sim(s) (Teens and above and/or Toddlers) freeze after finishing or cancelling Teach to Talk.'''
|''N/A''
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|After finishing, or after cancelling Teach to Talk, it will either never end, or the action, even with an X, will not disappear and the Sim(s) will freeze.<br />'''Temporary fix:''' Open the Cheat console and reset the Sim(s), or (if you didn't save the game) just go to the Main Menu or Quit without saving and reopen the file.
|[[File:TS3 Icon.png|32px]]
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| rowspan="3" |[[File:Icon beetle bug.png]]
|'''The neighborhood is red'''
|N/A
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| rowspan="2" |The entire neighborhood (or part of it) is bright red.<br />'''Fix:''' There are five things that are known to have caused this: outdated graphics drivers, unsupported graphics hardware, The Sims 3 Mod Manager, an old or corrupt Resource.cfg file, or a corrupt savegame or game installation. First, check to see if you have the Mod Manager. If you do, '''uninstall it'''. If the problem still is not solved, delete the file '''Resource.cfg''' from your TS3 install directory (default is C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3). Failing this, update your graphics drivers to the latest version. Next, try reinstalling your game, and if the neighborhood is still red, delete some (or all) of your save games from C:\Users\*your username*\Documents\Electronic Arts\Saves and then adding them back one by one until the problem recurs. If that does not fix it, then the game is incompatible with your graphics setup.
|[[File:TS3 Icon.png|32px]]
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|<ref>http://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2011/03/bug-neighborhood-tinted-in-red.html</ref>
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|+Old/Fixed ''The Sims 3'' Glitches
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! width="50px" align="center" |Severity
! width="592px" |Info
! width="32px" align="center" |Notes
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| rowspan="3" |[[File:Icon red beetle bug.png]]
|'''[[Save game error]] in ''World Adventures'''''
|Patch [[The Sims 3/Patch 5|5]]
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| rowspan="2" |Save game errors 12, 13 & 16 which prevents games from saving in ''The Sims 3''. This was introduced in ''[[The Sims 3: World Adventures|World Adventures]]''.<br />'''Fix:''' [[The Sims 3/Patch 7|Patch 7]] was released to fix this problem and [[The Sims 3/Patch 8|Patch 8]] introduced a recovery prompt for already corrupted games.
|[[File:TS3WA Icon.png|32px]]
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|<ref>See [[Save game error]].</ref>
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| rowspan="3" |[[File:Icon beetle bug.png]]
|''''A Great Lecture' [[moodlet]] has no icon.'''
|Patch [[The Sims 3/Patch 12|12]]
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| rowspan="2" |The moodlet has no icon and is an empty frame.<br />'''Fix:''' Install [[The Sims 3/Patch 14|Patch 14]].
|[[File:TS3A Icon.png|32px]]
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|<ref>See [[Talk:List of Moodlets (The Sims 3)#Ambitions]], comments by [[User:Duskey]] & [[User:LuisaaaPlayer]].</ref>
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| rowspan="3" |[[File:Icon beetle bug.png]]
|'''"Try for Baby" with the [[Grim Reaper]] results in pitch black children'''
|Patch [[The Sims 3/Patch 2|2]]
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| rowspan="2" |The 'Try for Baby' interaction was available with the [[Grim Reaper]] in the base game and produced children with a pitch black skin color.<br />'''Fix:''' The interaction was made unavailable in [[The Sims 3/Patch 2|Patch 2]].
|[[File:TS3 Icon.png|32px]]
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<!-- confirmed sims 2 bugs here -->
 
{| class="wikitable heading-blue collapsible collapsed" width="100%"
! colspan="6" |''Sims 2'' glitches.
|-
! width="50px" |Severity
! width="200px" |Glitch
! width="40px" |Game
!Description
! width="100px" |References
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| align="center" |[[File:Icon beetle bug.png]]
|'''Sim's face is replaced with flashing blue light'''
| align="center" |[[File:The Sims 2 Icon.png|32px]]
|Changing appearance from mirror can fix this glitch.
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| align="center" |[[File:Icon beetle bug.png]]
|'''[[Class performance]] bar does not open fully even when Sim has all required skills.'''
| align="center" |[[File:Gamehas ep1.gif‎gif|32px]]
|A [[young adult]]'s [[class performance]] may not open fully even if he or she has all the required skills for that semester.<br />'''What to do:''' If the Sim is sent to a community lot, the bar will usually open up while he or she is there. The glitch will often resolve itself when the Sim moves onto another lot.
|
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| align="center" |[[File:Icon green beetle bug.png]]
|'''Drama professors keep losing best friends memories every time they interact with non-best friend Sims.'''
| align="center" |[[File:Gamehas ep1.gif|32px]]
|Drama professors will always have 100/100 romantic relationship with everyone they know, causing them to always use autonomous romantic interaction and lose best friends memories.
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<!-- confirmed sims 2 bugs that have been fixed here -->
 
{| class="wikitable heading-blue collapsible collapsed" width="100%"
! colspan="6" |Old/Fixed ''Sims 2'' glitches.
|-
! width="50px" |Severity
! width="300px" |Glitch
! width="40px" |Game
! width="40px" |Patch
!Description
! width="100px" |References
|-
| align="center" |[[File:Icon yellow beetle bug.png]]
|'''Sim becomes stuck in the [[The Eclectic and Enigmatic Energizer]] with ''Seasons'' installed.'''
| align="center" |[[File:Gamehas ep5.gif‎gif|32px]]
| align="center" |1.7.0.158
|With ''Seasons'' installed, a Sim may become stuck when using the [[The Eclectic and Enigmatic Energizer]].<br />'''Fix:''' This was fixed in the subsequent [[The Sims 2: Seasons/patch|''Seasons'' patch]].
| align="center" |<ref name="seasons patch">See [[The Sims 2: Seasons/patch]].</ref>
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| align="center" |[[File:Icon green beetle bug.png]]
| align="left" |'''Can not move Dream Date object rewards'''
|[[File:Gamehas ep8.gif]]
|1.16.0<br />{{confirm}}
| align="left" |Dream Date objects and [[genie]] lamp could not be moved since they are placed outside the [[apartment]].<br />'''Fix:''' This was fixed in the [[The Sims 2: Apartment Life/patch#dream date objects|Apartment Life patch]].
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| align="center" |[[File:Icon green beetle bug.png]]
|'''Sims would continuously go to the window to check the weather.'''
| align="center" |[[File:Gamehas ep5.gif‎gif|32px]]
| align="center" |1.7.0.158
|They would even queue up multiple actions of doing so. A user-created [[mod]] was made in order to fix this behaviour. [http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/ffs/seasons/hacks/antiweatherreaction.zip AntiWeatherReaction] at [[More Awesome Than You]].<br />'''Fix:''' This was fixed in the subsequent [[The Sims 2: Seasons/patch|''Seasons'' patch]].
| align="center" |<ref name="seasons patch" />
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| align="center" |[[File:Icon beetle bug.png]]
|'''[[Patricia Wan]] would be connected to the [[Ottomas family]]'''
| align="center" |[[File:Gamehas ep5.gif‎gif|32px]]
| align="center" |1.7.0.158
|'''Fix:''' Download [[The Sims 2: Seasons/patch]]
| align="center" |<ref name="seasons patch" />
|}
 
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There is a glitch which can cause the [[maid]] to get stuck in the shower while cleaning it.
 
Shower/tubs from ''[[The Sims: Vacation|Vacation]]'' and ''[[The Sims: Unleashed|Unleashed]]'' can get stuck in a dirty state.
 
If someone bulldozes every house in a neighbourhoodneighborhood, there may be save game errors and promotion (or job) stalling.
 
Building a certain, unusual kind of house may (or '''will''') lead to all computer-generated artificial intelligence to grind to a halt, even if Free Will is turned on.{{confirm}}
 
For an unknown reason, all Sims living in a neighbourhoodneighborhood may be "wiped out," quite literally. Although the empty houses will still have objects inside, there will be no signs of life left (unless one creates more Sims). However, tombstones will spawn family members of families in the Family Bin instead of actual ghosts at night.{{confirm}}
 
Sometimes, the rake may stick to a Sim's hand after gardening and follow him/her along all daily activities. Exiting to the neighborhoods may fix this, or you can evict that Sim and move he/she to new residential lot. However, if you save the game after the rake stuck, you may only evict him/her.
 
It seems that hiring the [[Butler]] and having [[Servo]] in your house may cause the [[Gardener]] to become immobile as soon as she appears on the sidewalk. The [[Gardener]] usually becomes static for a period of time before leaving.
 
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==See also==
* [[Talk:Glitches]]
* [[Patch notes]]
* [[Crash To Desktop]]
* [[:Category:Glitches]]
* [[:Category:Glitchy Sims]]
* [[Bad Mood glitch]]
* [[List of glitches (The Sims 3 era)]]
 
==External links==
* '''[http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/forums/show/208.page Possible Bugs] at [[TheSims3.com]] forum. <--← Use this link!'''
* [http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/12822.page A list of unofficial bugs and issues with The Sims 3] at [[TheSims3.com]] forum.
* External ''Ambitions'' links:
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krUKQSqM3QA
** [http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/208098.page Ambition bug thead] at [[TheSims3.com]] forum.
** [http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,18646.0.html Ambitions: What's borked] at [[MATY]] forum.
** [httphttps://modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=405223 Issues after installing Ambitions or patching to 1.12 / 2.7 / 3.3? Try these fixes!] at [[ModTheSims]] forum.
** [http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/377927.page Generations Bug Thread] at [http://www.thesims3.com The Sims 3] forum.
 
==References==
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