July 2021
Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? 1.77.131.1030
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All packs up to Cottage Living.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Ice Cream and Popcorn can be made with no ingredients which makes no sense if the Simple Living lot trait is active.
What happens when the bug occurs? Sims can make Ice Cream or Popcorn despite having Simple Living lot challenge.
What do you expect to see? Sims should not be able to make Ice Cream and Popcorn without having ingredients to make them.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Not now. I've removed them.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? No
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January
July 2021
The Kava Bowl, which lists kava as an optional ingredient, is also not affected by the lot challenge.
September
Not sure if reviving the thread or creating a new one is preferred, but this issue is made more apparent with the addition of home chef hustle, and the mod to fix it is now broken.
October
Yeah, the issue is definitely much more prominent due to the updates for the ice cream machine and the whole recipe overhaul, yet still no milk for ice cream. It is truly disappointing how inconsistent everything is
October
For the Icecream machine you're totally right. There's a menu, so it would be easy to add milk and other ingredients.
For the popcorn maker, there's no menu (it's like a microwave) so I don't know if it would be possible to add ingredients, and we don't have CORN in the game...
I still clicked Me too.
October
October - last edited October
Hello @GiardiniDiMarzo, @LunarBritney,
If any of you are still encountering this on the latest game version (without mods), would you be willing to share your save file(s)?
If so, please send me a private message with a link to the file.
Instructions here: http://x.ea.com/74420
Thanks!
EDIT: There was a misunderstanding. We no longer need saves. Thank you.
October
This isn't a save-specific issue. The recipes just don't have ingredients assigned to them in the game code as they should've been, because the whole point of the lot challenge is to not allow players to make food without having the required ingredients. Right now, ice cream, popcorn (don't know how that one is going to get fixed considering there is no actual corn plants in the game), kava bowls, hot pots, firepits, and the cupcake machine (the Get to Work baked goods recipes) do not use any ingredients and just take simoleans away, which goes against the entire design of Simple Living lot challenge.
October
October