Moving the butterfly spot
Magicmoon:
I once had 'moveobjects on' while doing some remodeling and accidentally picked up the butterflies. I just put them back where they were, but I wonder if you moved them to another spot they would stay where you put them?
And not to hijack the thread, but there are a couple of other things whose 'Spots' I would like to move. Like where the pets decide to do their business. Some like the front porch next to the door. Burninating these spots don't help any more than burninating butterfly spots. The pet is technically peeing outside, so you can't even scold the pet for peeing in a dumb place. Then there is the invisible spot on Comm lots that every new visitor must go to before anyone can interact with them. Of course, the favorite spot is in the kitchen to get in the way of the cook staff. There is another "spot" that was bothering the dickens out of me last week, but for some reason I can't remember it just now.
So is there any way to Burninate these "spots"? I've tried "Nuke Attraction Markers" on the lot debugger. Evidently, these spots are not attraction markers. So I wonder what I actually nuked?
Quote from: jsalemi on 2007 August 09, 18:18:46
You won't get a hand -- you only get the little star-like icon that appears when you're going to tell a Sim to 'go here' or 'watch clouds' outside. When you click on the ground under the butterflies (or fireflies at night), a menu option is added to 'catch butterflies/fireflies'.
Mine won't turn into a 'star' like it does when you point to an object. It remains the 'footprint' but instead of just 'go here' or 'run here' on the menu, the 'catch butterflies/fireflies' is added to the menu. Having the cursor turn into a star would be better so I know I'm in the right place. So does everyone else's cursor turn into a star? Is it just my game that is weird?
jrd:
Seems to be butterflies spawn near flowers or bushes, on the first patch of land with one land tile free on at least three sides. Therefore no floor tiles or lawn decorations can be placed too close to the flowers, or the flutterbys are shifted away.
My cursor becoms a star when I can catch them. Perhaps this is tied to the snow cursor?
Gwill:
God knows I've tried picking up the darned butterflies.
My butterflies are definitely on paved ground, and nowhere near any flowers or bushes.
It also seems like my butterflies absolutely refuse to be caged in. The butterfly spot is always outside the fenced in garden.
This is not just one lot either, it's five.
jrd:
A fully fenced garden could do it. A caged in area (even with the steppable fences) is not always considered outside. Make sure at least one side (like a lot edge) is not fenced.
You can use water (a lake) as a border and still have butterflys,
Zazazu:
My main issues with the butterfly spot is that they tend to spawn immediately on lot load with a bare lot (no floor tiles, no bushes or flowers or anything but the sims, mailbox, trashcan, and sidewalk) and a newly arrived family, during the video, before I can press pause. They then proceed to spawn right where I need foundation. And I can't pick them up in build mode. My only solution is to have someone catch the dratted things. Then I have to go back into build/buy mode, move the dumb sims who have decided to pelt each other with pillows or waterballoons and the jars of bugs, save and proceed.
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