A different problem with converting a bonsai shrub.

[grimsoul]

I've seen others mention not being able to convert a bonsai shrub at all but my problem is a little different. I can convert it but at the same time I can't convert it.
If I click on the bonsai shrub with one sim there is no option for him to convert it but if I switch to the other sim in the household and have her to click on the bush the option is there and she can convert it without a problem.
As far as skills go they are both the same. They are both maxed in gardening and both have the green thumb reward. About the only thing different about them is on is male and one is female. But I wouldn't think that would matter.

The shrub


When he clicks on it the is no option to convert


When she clicks on it the option to convert is there.

[dodi90]

Well the bug in question only occurs if the bonsai in question is past excellent quality (even though the tooltip say you need at least excellent or more to be able to convert it). Your bug is different however, who did plant the bonsai tree? who did evolve it last?did both sims ever cut the decorative bonsai plant bought via buy mode?

[grimsoul]

He's the one that planted it and has done all the evolving when it needed done. And I've never bought one of the decorative bonsai's with these sims so neither one has ever cut on one of the bought ones.
I thought of another difference between. He's the original sim made in CAS and she was a random NPC sim he fell for and married.
I've sense harvested buds from the bonsai tree and planted 4 more and he doesn't have the option to convert any of them but she does have the option on all of them.

[dodi90]

Well another thing I would like to ask then, is the original sim is made straight from CAS into the home? or you made this one in the past, save it to gallery and later use it in new game? I sometimes notice my original sim made from saved gallery have "hidden trait" like Good (I noticed because he got sad when an evil sim is nearby), even though I have clearly change all the traits.

[grimsoul]

He was made in CAS and moved straight onto a lot. I made him just for this garden challenge.

[grimsoul]

I don't know what changed but after planting 8 more bonsai shrubs he was able to convert those for some reason.

[Playalot]

I guess this skill is really buggy! I've never managed to convert a bonsai shrub... I always forget to convert it before it's evolved to excellent! 

[grimsoul]

@Playalot It has to be evolved while it is excellent. The option is greyed out before and if you evolve it to superb the option is greyed out again.
But it is easy to forget and evolve it up if your going through your garden doing several plants at a time. I moved my bonsai that I use to get buds from away from the main garden to help prevent me from evolving it to superb by accident.

[Playalot]

Oh.. that's strange, I have a bonsai shrub that is excellent quality now and I have no option to convert it at all! I thought you had to do it before it became excellent... I give up on converting them... so annoying! Gah! It's nice to see that it actually is possible! 

[grimsoul]

@Playalot It is a excellent shrub for sure. If your look at my first picture in the thread it shows that I'm using a excellent bonsai to convert.
I was wondering if maybe the sim your trying with has the same problem that my one sim had when I started this thread. Do you have another sim in the household that could try or if not maybe save and invite someone to move in and get them some gardening experience and see if they can evolve the bonsai.

[Playalot]

@grimsoul I do have other sims but in a fit of mild 'rage-quit' I sold all the bonsai bushes lol. I'll grow some more and try with another sim.

[dodi90]

I guess the bug kicks in if you use it on bonsai that is evolved from great(or lower) into excellent. The check of plant seems to be different from the one who plant and other people. If the one who plant the bonsai in question planted it from lower quality and evolve the plant, the game didn't even offer the convert option since there are two contradicting conditions on plant. My guess is the code thought that the bonsai is both excellent and not excellent for the sim who plant it, and this might result the interaction is missing ,but the interactions work fine for other people who did not plant it since the game only check for the plant to be excellent.

[grimsoul]

Found a mod that fixes the bug of converting a bonsai that's better than excellent. Bonsai "Convert to Decorative" fix.