Saturday, November 21, 2009

Um...weirdness

I just logged into my Wyatt and Marta game having left them both at home with young Wade after a successful overseas trip was completed by Mr. Walker.

I see this...



I looked at the family tree and he isn't dead.  I look at all her relationships and Wyatt shows but he's kind of greyed out.  She can call him long distance.  I had Marta invite Wyatt (who is now a foreign visitor?) to the house.  He's supposed to arrive the next day.  We'll see.  This is very very odd.  I hope I can get him back!

Edit:  I got him back. He came back as a foreign visitor and I had to use the add to active family cheat to keep him.

Here's Marta and Wyatt together again as she still mourns his "death".



But he is now unemployed. *sigh*  He has to start all over in his career.  He lost everything he had in his personal inventory and in some places they show as husband and wife while in others they don't.  The family tree is borked.  I'm just happy I got him back!!

And some serious story progression happened.  Couples have changed, other people have hooked up, lots of moving around...weirdness.

 New pic of Wyatt in his sleepwear that changed on it's own when the Lost Wyatt glitch occurred. 

Nice underwear...


31 comments:

  1. Oh, man, that's so weird. Bad weird. I'm just glad she got him back. Made me feel sad looking at that broken heart/Wyatt thought bubble.

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  2. She even slept on his side of the bed. Their relationship still shows as married when you look under their friend tabs but they don't show as married on the family tree. Also, they'll sleep together but the bed is now called either Wyatt's or Marta's bed.

    He's starting all over in his career, poor guy. Plus, I think when other Sims ask them Marta and Wyatt say they're single...

    Ack! The moodlet was so odd because it's the moodlet from seeing your loved one die. I saved the game under another name and I hope when I get back to it all will still be okay.

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  3. That is the strangest glitch I've ever seen.
    It's sad. I read that and saw the pic and my jaw dropped.
    I hope you get it all worked out.

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  4. That is really weird! That bubble is only used for a 'death' right? Or is it also used for 'cheating'? I can't remember?

    At least you got him back.

    What is the add to active family cheat btw? I wrote it down but I think I did it wrong, as I could not get it to work the other day with my switching hh glitch?

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  5. That's the death of a loved one bubble. I always, out of habit now, use the testingcheatsenabled true command before I enter my game. Then it's just shift click on the non-household sim and you can select add to active household.

    I also noticed that some of Wyatt's clothes have changed. His sleepwear and swimwear are different. It's so bizarre. Her moodlet was the "witnessed the death of a loved one" as if he'd died in front of her.

    The family tree will always be glitched now and other sims seem to view them as singles rather than married. But, when I view their individual friends listing it shows them as husband and wife.

    He's back now and he's got to start all over again with his career. I need to check his skills as well. He was level 10 in athletics. I forgot to see if he still was or if he retained the martial arts skills he'd acquired.

    The first thing he did when he got "home" was to pick up his son, Wade. It was very sweet.

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  6. Marta's everyday top and her gym wear had changed after I installed the patch. It seems like something else changed but I can't remember what it was. I don't know yet what may have changed on the other sims.
    I was going to ask you last night if he lost his skills too.
    I still haven't tried entering all the hh since I patched. Still have to check that out. I've only entered a couple of them.

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  7. Wyatt still has his skills including the MA skills he acquired. Their relationship is sooo screwy now. Under Marta's relationship tab when I view Wyatt it shows the little wedding rings next to his picture. It lists him as husband but on the detail it shows no partner.

    On the opening screen of the game, Wyatt now stands separate from Marta and Wade. Also, Marta just had the wish of have a child with Wyatt.

    How can the game be so confused about their relationship? I can't "remarry" them because in some instances they still are tagged as married.

    Poor Wade is going to be very confused.

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  8. That sucks. But not losing his skills is good. Building those skills can be a pain sometimes.

    I don't understand how the game could have become so confused. Maybe if this happens to enough people then they will come up with some kind of patch for that.

    I am so glad that he did come back.
    Even if you started over with them there is no guarantee you would have had another Wade.

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  9. I just played for quite a bit. I'm going to have to lay off for a while until I catch up my blog. This spouse/not spouse thing is going to be a bigger problem than I thought. The other sims think the pair are fair game. Wyatt even developed a romantic interest while my back was turned and I had to nip that in the bud.

    If only I could remarry them. Their relationship is still the highest it can be but I can't marry them again because they're still husband and wife, sorta. The little rings are besides their names, they're listed as hubby and wife but still they show no partners!

    It actually ticks me off to log onto Sims and see the picture for their game. Marta is holding Wade and Wyatt is off by himself instead of having his arm around her. Bah!

    At least this glitch should spice up the blog. I hope it does anyway.

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  10. You might try getting them to officially break up if that is an option then get married again.

    Him standing on the other side of the screen sounds like you might have a doppleganger Wyatt. The one there isn't the one who had once married Marta. As long as my Sims are officially a couple, they stand together with the baby.

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  11. I know there is nothing funny about this and please don't be upset with me, but all I could think of when reading PiB's reply was mad scientist.
    Did my mad scientist land in one of thos WA countries? Is he/she sending back clones?

    I really do hope you find a way to get this fixed.

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  12. Heehee. Dee, that's funny especially because I happen to have that extra large space rock sitting in their front yard...*cues Twilight Zone music*.

    You know, that's an excellent idea, PiB. I wonder if there is an option to break them up. I also wondered if he was a clone. Her moodlet when I found out he was "dead" was the witnessed a loved one's death as if she'd seen him die.

    Well, it can't hurt to try! What do I have to lose? I've already considered starting completely over as it's really driving me bonkers. Darn that Mad Scientist and his evil scientist ways!

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  13. Look under the mean interactions, it should show up there. They may have to argue a bit first.

    And I promise, it wasn't Thomas that did it! He had a full recovery from mad science syndrome.

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  14. It shouldn't be too difficult to break them up as she saw him flirting his butt off with Monika Morris in front of their house. She was pissed.

    *raises an eyebrow* You sure Thomas is fully recovered? He might be having a relapse and hiding it from his Sammy.
    Sam: What have you been doing, Thomas? These are people's lives you're messing with!
    Thomas: *takes out Zappy rifle and shoots Sam* What were you saying, Dear?
    Sam: You look hot today, Thomas.
    Thomas: Thank you, Sam.
    Then Thomas looks at the camera and gives us a knowing wink.

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  15. Thomas only has to give Sam that look and Sam will forgive and forget *everything*. No need for zapping with experimental rays. Flirty Sims have a real advantage that way. LOL

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  16. Flirty Sims are the best.

    Breaking them up was an immediate option for Marta. I guess she was still pissed about Monika. But, within five minutes they were "remarried". Now, I have to decide whether or not to include all of this in their blog or just ignore it all.

    Anyway, the family tree is now fixed! And they show as hubby and wife in all their relationship tabs. Yay! Thanks for the suggestion, PiB.

    I could stand them being not married or married but the weird in between stage was such a pain!

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  17. I just wrote, hope it works, and then saw that it did before I posted. I am so happy for you.
    Laughing at the previous comments.
    That mad scientist didn't get his way after all.

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  18. I was commenting from my email and just saw the pic with the new undies. LOL.
    I have taken some pics of the way our sims clothes changed after the patch.

    Looks like Marta and Wade are welcoming him home.

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  19. Thank goodness they got married again properly. I was worried for them. Isn't that dumb? Worried about little pretend people in a game.

    I agree, flirty sims are a blast. If either Travis or Zayne wants to go abroad, I may let them. I have to remind myself that my other games aren't true free will games and I can actually make them do things if they have a wish to. I'm getting my playing styles confused.

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  20. I bet PiB was right and this Wyatt is a clone. I think I'm going to ignore all the glitchy shenanigans instead of incorporating them into the story. Although, I did have a reason worked out for their spouse/non-spouse status and it was all Vita's fault!

    This game is suddenly on a killing spree and no one is safe. The Walkers received a phone call that Ethan Bunch had burned to death. I've never had any Sims get a call like that before. And, the game killed off a toddler with the lightning method. I read about that in the paper.

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  21. I'm glad that the break-up and marriage worked. It would have been frustrating to have a married/not married couple.

    I love flirty Sims too. Which is why I am very fond of Thomas and he has a big tribe of children in his first game.

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  22. I have never had a sim receive a phone call telling them that someone had died. Must be something new.

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  23. I am so glad you ironed that problem out Crysame. I saw some posts on the blog after your comment about ppl saying that their couples were not married after a trip somewhere. So it's not isolated.

    LOL Dee, maybe your mad scientist is out and about in the WA... *creepy music* lol...

    The clone theory is very interesting. When I had to keep filling Riverview with townies in gen1 and 2 of Crinklewinkle, often when I went to edit town I would see 2 or 3 Jon and Millicent Abrahams's.

    Maybe that post is going somewhere logical with the idea that the game is getting confused about who the real one is in relationships?

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  24. ooooh Sue, I just saw the one about Travis and Zayne going abroad. Wonder if woohoo is possible in any of those community lots. They would really enjoy that.:)

    Worsie, I wonder which place the "mad scientist" ended up in.
    Who knows, maybe he sneaked into EA.

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  25. re: Zayne, et al. Zayne and Avi haven't done anything REMOTELY interesting in AGES for me to take pictures of or write about. I'm going to have to smack them. Zayne and Travis did have traval wishes, but they went away. Next time they come back I'll just have to let them go and not try to free will it.

    I read you can woohoo in a sarcophagus. *wiggles eyebrows*

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  26. ... and here I was feeling sort of apologetic towards Zayne because I sort of forced her to stalk Travis, and then I made her accept his proposition to live together because I was afraid he'd never ask again. So here she is with all these potential lovers all over the globe, and now that she's in a live-in relationship I won't let her be unfaithful. Zayne, what have I done to you?

    But the thought of woohooing with her her baby in a sarcophagus just perks me (and her) right up.

    (and him) ;)

    way too off topic, sorry

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  27. I can just imagine them climbing into that... thing, and seeing it bouncing all over the place.

    I doubt Chrysame will mind us being off topic. Besides, it's all fixed now.

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  28. I don't mind at all! I miss Zayne and her "antics". Heehee.

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  29. "... and here I was feeling sort of apologetic towards Zayne because I sort of forced her to stalk Travis, and then I made her accept his proposition to live together because I was afraid he'd never ask again."

    I don't think any of my Sims get much choice of a love life outside of the free will game. Sam certainly doesn't. Flirty Thomas is ever faithful to Tamara in his original game, etc.

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  30. But the thought of woohooing with her her baby in a sarcophagus just perks me (and her) right up.

    (and him) ;)

    HAHAHAHAHA!!!! LOL

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