Nasty glitch

[Mrs Lovett]

Sticks head up cautiously.

Hi all. Sorry first post and all but I did search first and got no answers.

My problem is this. I have all EP's up to BV. None beyond as I am a mac-user. I have a Legacy family with two cars. On one day the job start-times coincided and the car the wife was driving became stuck, greying out buy and build modes.

Her icon is still there with her needs falling rapidly but nothing I have tried unsticks build/buy. She and the car are stuck in the driveway and I just don't know what to do.

Please help.

[Mrs Lovett]

Please?

[snowbawl]

Try forcing an error and reseting.

[Mrs Lovett]

How do I force an error? I know I can do it with a lot debugger but there isn't one on the lot.

[EsotericPolarBear]

How do I force an error? I know I can do it with a lot debugger but there isn't one on the lot.

Look up the cheat mode code, enter it, then shift click the offending objects/personages and force error.  If you're not running in debug mode, they'll reset automatically.

Also, look up debug mode and start running your game with it on all the time.  It's too buggy not to.

[Mrs Lovett]

Sorry you can call in the Idiot Police if you like but I don't understand. What cheat mode code? To what do you refer?

Do you mean boolprop? I tried that

[snowbawl]

So you enabled the testing cheats, yes?  But did you then force an error on the car or your sim (if you can shift-click on her)?

You could always exit without saving.

[Mrs Lovett]

I  tried boolprop.

No options that can help

[witch]

1) It is not called boolprop, it is called 'debug mode'

2) Turn on debug mode

3) Shift click on sim, or car, choose 'Force Error'

4) Try choosing 'Reset'

[Mrs Lovett]

Sorry how to turn on debug mode?

[witch]

CTRL Shift C

[snowbawl]

CTRL Shift C

then type:  "boolprop testingCheatsEnabled true" without the quotes, but including the spaces where indicated.  Shift-click (pressing the "shift" key while clicking your left mouse button) on either the car or your sim (or both, if necessary, just not at the same time, duh) and choose the option "force error" then choose "reset"...if that does not work, "delete" will (do not worry, your sim will not go "poof" and vanish).

[witch]

I figured the poster knew the command as she previously stated 'boolprop' didn't work.

I should start misunderestimating people.

[snowbawl]

I figured the poster knew the command as she previously stated 'boolprop' didn't work.

I should start misunderestimating people.

Yes, but then the confusion, so I thought I would spell it all out for the Mrs. simply because I was having a difficult time believing that she had tried "boolprop" but not found any options that could help.  My only other thoughts were that maybe she looked at the multitude of options and panicked, without so much as looking for the "force error" option.  If that is the case, a walkthrough is necessary just to reassure the OP of the fact that she is definitely on the right track.

[Mrs Lovett]

I did try the boolprop "force error" command.

Nothing happened (as it never seems to with that command)

Never mind. I'll just have to move the family out before the wife dies in the stuck car.

[witch]

Nothing happened (as it never seems to with that command)

Your doing it wrong.

[Gwill]

I did try the boolprop "force error" command.

Nothing happened (as it never seems to with that command)

Never mind. I'll just have to move the family out before the wife dies in the stuck car.

Why don't you read the fucking advice people give you!

[Liz]

For some reason, my brain escapes me at the moment... if B/B is greyed out, are you still even able to exit the lot? I thought that option vanished during car departure. If you're able to exit without saving in order to move out, is there any point to moving out?

To be sure there's no confusion, once again, the process for entering debug mode:

Hit the Shift, Ctrl, and C keys all together.
This will bring up the 'cheats' window at the top of your screen (the small window, which looks like a search bar).

In this space, type the following: boolProp testingcheatsenabled true
Hit Enter.

You will not see any immediate indication that you've entered debug, but you will now have additional options. One of these will be to "force error" on an object and/or sim.

While holding down the Shift key, use your left mouse button to click on the car.
Look through the menu that pops up until you you see the Force Error option.
Click on it.

This will bring up an error window on your screen. Two of the options will be Reset and Delete.
Select either.

If one of these options does not work, try again, this time selecting the other.
If neither option works on the car, try zooming in until you can click on the sim without clicking on the car.
Force error on the sim instead.

If this process is not working for you, please tell us specifically at which point it "didn't work".

[witch]

*witch awards Liz a medal

[snowbawl]

*witch awards Liz a medal

Haha...indeed.  I gave up. 

[Liz]

*witch awards Liz a medal

Haha...indeed.  I gave up. 

Ooh, shiny medal!
You guys looked a little tanked; figured I'd tap in and take my lumps.

[fatkitty]

Once you've enabled the testing cheat, shift+click on the car, "force error" and select "reset".  Your sim should pop out of the car and be standing on the sidewalk.  Then shift+click on the car, "force error" and select "delete".  If you don't get rid of her car, the other car will not be able to return.
It's a NL bug that happens when 2 cars are tyring to use the garage door at exactly the same time. 

In order for it not to happen again you're going to either need to make a side by side parking arrangement or have someone park outside the garage. 

[Marhis]

(hi everybody! somehow back here and there, out of the little time I have to play or hang out on the net; better greetings and hugs [or kicks/stomps if preferred] later in more appropriated places)

There may be an additional problem for the OP: since she states she's a mac user, for some reason only Aspyr and their gods know, forcing an error on mac version does not work. Neat feature, uhu?

[J. M. Pescado]

...I could make it work. Who has a Mac and wants to find out?

And I see you seem to have managed to be alive. I was just about to allow your sim to die off in Awesomeland. SHOW UP MOAR!

[fatkitty]

forcing an error on mac version does not work. Neat feature, uhu?

That's incovenient.
As a Mac user can you still enable the testing cheat?  Errors (in this situation) should pop up all by themselves without having to force them.