Reporters that can't be interacted with...
Marvin Kosh:
....thus resulting in them eventually spinning around like the Wicked Witch of the West until they give a bad review :P
This can also happen with regular customers. I haven't done enough testing to confirm what is causing it, but I forced an error on the reporter in case the error log is useful.
Marvin Kosh:
I tried starting up The Sims 2 with custom content disabled. I saved before forcing an error on the reporter so that I could try various things out.
Again, when I loaded up the save game the reporter Sim was unclickable (the old 'There are no actions available' comment appears when I try) and the only way to make him clickable was to use testing cheats - Make Selectable.
After having done the 'May I Help You?' routine with him, I made him unselectable again, and he continued to be clickable until he'd finished his review of the shop and gave me a nice shiny Best of the Best award.
This is in contrast to my earlier attempt with custom content switched on, in which he became unclickable again shortly after being made unselectable, which resulted in the 'I'm melting' sketch :) However, consequently, even with custom content switched back on, I was able to repeat the procedure and get my award. Which is very confusing to say the least.
Given that the test is not conclusive proof of any malfunctioning within hacks that I have installed, and that in fact Sims spawning in as uninteractable could be something caused by a clean installation, all I can ask is, has anyone else come across this problem?
Marvin Kosh:
I did a search of the TS2 boards and as it turns out at least one other person has.
What would actually be really handy is a debug feature to spawn in a reporter or a customer who is lost, because at the moment they crop up rather infrequently and this makes it difficult to pin down the cause - to, in fact, duplicate the problem under controlled conditions.
radiophonic:
I've only had this issue with "Business Runs You" being used on a lot. Are you using that particular hack?
Marvin Kosh:
Quote from: radiophonic on 2006 April 17, 04:00:08
I've only had this issue with "Business Runs You" being used on a lot. Are you using that particular hack?
I am, but I'm not saying that that proves anything, because when I replaced the controller on the lot I was still able to interact with 'I am so lost' customers, and I was still able to get the reporter to interact after some blatant fiddling. While it's true that I haven't run into this problem while not using the controller at all on a lot (a home business) the small customer base and randomness of reporters makes it hard to draw any definite conclusions.
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