Shopping for Groceries Borked?
coconnor:
I have noticed a strange shopping glitch since installing the patch. At least, I believe it only occurred after installation. I do not seem to have the option to "shop for groceries" at all hours, and was previously under the impression that "Everfresh Delights" was a 24-hour operation. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
In addition, when they are able to shop for groceries, the purchases end up in the family inventory as opposed to their personal inventories, which adds another very annoying step to actually putting the groceries into the refrigerator. It further seems that when you click on the refrigerator to prepare a meal, it still indicates there will be a charge involved when the needed ingredients are in the family inventory. I do not recall this being the case when the groceries were placed into the personal inventory of the Sim who had done the shopping. I've also noted that, in the case of purchased fish I am unable to select the fish and drag them out of the family inventory, since it appears you cannot place fish on any surface, i.e. counters, floors, etc. This, of course, defeats the whole purpose of buying fish at the supermarket, since they appear to be useless when stuck in family inventory. Were there an option to just "put away groceries from family inventory", as there is for "put away all books from family inventory", this would be considerably less tedious.
Please advise if anyone else has been experiencing these issues, or if there is something I am missing here.
I do have a couple of mods "Buy All Fish", "Buy Life Fruit", etc., but these are not core mods, do not show up as incompatible using the Indie Stone Mod Checker program, and have never caused these issues in the past. I'll try taking them out anyway to see if that changes anything and report back.
pbox:
I have no idea about the rest of your problem, but this
Quote from: coconnor on 2009 August 04, 05:51:11
It further seems that when you click on the refrigerator to prepare a meal, it still indicates there will be a charge involved when the needed ingredients are in the family inventory. I do not recall this being the case when the groceries were placed into the personal inventory of the Sim who had done the shopping.
is because for cooking, sims will always use stuff in their personal inventory first, then from the fridge, then insta-bought (via the fridge). So what you see here is merely a symptom -- when the food doesn't go in their inventory anymore, they have to buy it (they don't look in the family inventory).
CheritaChen:
Good grief, that's annoying. I can confirm that the grocery store is still a 24-hour business in my un-patched 'hoods, and that purchases go into Sim inventory, not family inventory.
I had a case of "grounded fish" when I married up two Sims and moved the previously non-played one into the current household: he was an angler, and apparently the fish from his refrigerator or something got stuck in family inventory along with all his old furniture. I couldn't sell them because I couldn't figure out how to switch tabs with something in the pointer-hand, and I couldn't put them down anywhere. They've just got a box full of permanent, useless fish.
So, fish not removable from family inventory = old problem.
Purchases going straight into family inventory, including fish = apparently new problem.
kuronue:
You can drop things on the sim's portrait, the sim itself, or the fridge, without having to switch tabs.
coconnor:
Quote from: kuronue on 2009 August 05, 01:50:49
You can drop things on the sim's portrait, the sim itself, or the fridge, without having to switch tabs.
Thanks so much, kuronue! It worked by dragging and dropping the fish right onto the Sim ... I was then able to place them on the floor and from there move them to the refrigerator. Since the family inventory is only accessible through Buy Mode, there was no portrait of the Sim available within that UI, and neither are you able to click to "open" the refrigerator. I'm very glad I was finally able to get the approx. 20 fish out of inventory, even though this is a strange and convoluted path to have to take.
So far I have not had the chance to remove all my mods, but earlier this afternoon I tried removing just those related to shopping and that had no effect. So, next I'll try anything associated with gardening. I really don't have that many mods since I don't want any conflicts with AwesomeMod, so it shouldn't take long once I have the time to spend.
Thanks for this, though! I never would have thought of it!
Quote from: CheritaChen on 2009 August 04, 13:12:52
Good grief, that's annoying. I can confirm that the grocery store is still a 24-hour business in my un-patched 'hoods, and that purchases go into Sim inventory, not family inventory.
I had a case of "grounded fish" when I married up two Sims and moved the previously non-played one into the current household: he was an angler, and apparently the fish from his refrigerator or something got stuck in family inventory along with all his old furniture. I couldn't sell them because I couldn't figure out how to switch tabs with something in the pointer-hand, and I couldn't put them down anywhere. They've just got a box full of permanent, useless fish.
So, fish not removable from family inventory = old problem.
Purchases going straight into family inventory, including fish = apparently new problem.
CheritaChen: If this is in a current game, the work-around is above, courtesy of kuronue. Thanks for your response!
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