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Offline skipsmooth

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Sim cannot use smartphone
« on: September 03, 2016, 04:46:13 PM »
Hello,

I have a problem where my Sim cannot make calls.  This just started recently.  I want my Sim to call for services or travel.  But each time I click on the phone in the inventory, options no longer display.  Has anyone had an issue like this?  Any solutions?  Thanks in advance!

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Re: Sim cannot use smartphone
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2016, 05:02:22 PM »
I have had this happen in my game. Basically something glitches in the game and causes the phone to be wonky. There's a couple of tips to try to fix this, (and more below this). You can either try resetting household, evicting the household and moving them back in or use MasterController to reset everything.

If that doesn't work you can go back to a previous save, if the problem just happened fairly recently and you have a save from before the problem started happening.

Reset Town, Individual Sims and/or Evict Household
http://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/forum/index.php?topic=20732.msg401812#msg401812

Go Back a Previous Save File
http://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/forum/index.php?topic=20732.msg433992#msg433992

On further searching on the problem I have found some other tips:

1. Have Sim change clothes via the dresser or take a shower.
2. Visit a rabbit hole like the bookstore, movie theater, gym etc.
3. If the Sim has a Showtime gig, see if it can be canceled. As it seems the proprietors either don't exist any more or have glitched in some way.
4. If it just happened, don't save the game. Exit the game without saving. Load the game again to see if the problem is still there. *If you've been playing for a long time, it's recommended to restart the computer to help refresh it's memory.
5. Check to make sure it's not a conflict with a mod by going through the mods you have.
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Offline skipsmooth

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Re: Sim cannot use smartphone
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2016, 05:31:29 PM »
Thanks for the suggestions, Mrs. Flynn.

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Re: Sim cannot use smartphone
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2016, 05:33:58 PM »
One question - what is a rabbit hole?  I've seen references to it, but I don't know what it is.

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Re: Sim cannot use smartphone
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2016, 05:39:52 PM »
Like the bookstore, grocery store, movie theater, gym etc. Thanks for asking... I'll go note that above. :)
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Re: Sim cannot use smartphone
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2016, 07:46:00 PM »
Mrs. Flynn, thanks for clearing that up!

 

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