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Offline Schipperke

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Re: Can't read Medical Journal ?
« Reply #15 on: January 26, 2011, 09:44:15 AM »
You can't open a Sim's Inventory in Buy mode.

You might not realize it from my previous post, but I knew that you can't get at a Sim's personal inventory in Buy Mode.  Honest, I did!  ;D  Anyway, I've just restarted my game, and I still can't do anything with the medical journal.  When I mouse over it, the pointer shows up as a hand and I can't read it, remove it from the inventory, or anything.  Unfortunately, resetting the Sim didn't fix the problem.  So I guess this is my opportunity to find out how much her performance will be harmed by her not reading the journals.  It's a shame, though, because she's a Bookworm and loves to read.
 
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Re: Can't read Medical Journal ?
« Reply #16 on: January 26, 2011, 09:54:06 AM »
Schip, I wonder if the Moveobjects on cheat would unlock the journal in Inventory?



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Re: Can't read Medical Journal ?
« Reply #17 on: January 26, 2011, 10:19:35 AM »
Schip, I wonder if the Moveobjects on cheat would unlock the journal in Inventory?

Another excellent suggestion!  Thanks, Metro.  Running off to try it ...

Edit:  Nope, didn't work.  By now in the game, a couple of days have passed.  The title of the journal keeps changing but I can't do anything with it.  The good news is that her Research metric (is that the right word?) hasn't dipped below Normal.  Yet.
 
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Re: Can't read Medical Journal ?
« Reply #18 on: January 26, 2011, 10:34:32 AM »
If she's not a challenge character and you would not be breaking any rules by doing this extreme suggestion — move her out of the current household. Her inventory items would be transferred to someone else, and then you could move her right back.

Even if she's a Dynasty character, I'll sign off on you giving that a shot.

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Re: Can't read Medical Journal ?
« Reply #19 on: January 26, 2011, 10:40:56 AM »
Thanks, Metro.  She's not part of a Challenge or Dynasty - I just wanted to try the Medical career because I haven't done it since Ambitions came out.  Perhaps I will try moving her out temporarily - I'll let you know how that goes.
 
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Re: Can't read Medical Journal ?
« Reply #20 on: January 26, 2011, 10:45:57 AM »
Great. Aside from that suggestion, I'm fresh out of ideas.  :D

Oh, you know what? It just occurred to me that I've experienced a similar bug with the consignment store. I remember canceling old consignments once and they were sculptures. The sculptures were placed in inventory and not family inventory like they typically are. I could not get them out. Does this character have anything on consignment? Has she ever been to the consignment store?

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Re: Can't read Medical Journal ?
« Reply #21 on: January 26, 2011, 12:03:17 PM »
No, it can't be the consignment issue because she's never been to the consignment store.  All she has ever done in her short life is play chess, read, and fall in love with her boss.  She's very poor, and I was looking forward to those medical journals helping to meet my little Bookworm's need for reading material.  The only thing in her inventory is the glitched journal, the beeper, and a book that I removed and put back (as you suspected, removing the book didn't make any difference).  I will likely try moving her out, but first I think I'll just leave things alone for a while.  If she can get away with not reading the journals - if that performance indicator doesn't drop below Normal - I may just leave it.
 
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Re: Can't read Medical Journal ?
« Reply #22 on: January 26, 2011, 04:00:38 PM »
I have run into this bug before too Shipperke, and I decided to ignore the journals and keep playing. In the end, it did not stop my Dr. from reaching the top of their craft. After all it is *only* one measure for promotion, and if the others are kept high, it doesn't matter that much.

Good luck!

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Re: Can't read Medical Journal ?
« Reply #23 on: January 27, 2011, 05:16:32 PM »
I have run into this bug before too Shipperke, and I decided to ignore the journals and keep playing. In the end, it did not stop my Dr. from reaching the top of their craft. After all it is *only* one measure for promotion, and if the others are kept high, it doesn't matter that much.

Good luck!


Thanks for the encouraging message, muddawg.  I'm glad to hear your Doctor managed to reach the top of their career despite this annoying bug.  It makes me feel more optimistic that my sim, too, will succeed.
 
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Re: Can't read Medical Journal ?
« Reply #24 on: January 27, 2011, 08:46:36 PM »
 :P  Too bad you can't blow it up.   I really hate it when something gets stuck in the inventory, like those skeleton keys.  And they keep transferring to the next sim after they die like a bad penny. 

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Re: Can't read Medical Journal ?
« Reply #25 on: April 24, 2014, 12:01:45 AM »
Hi I had the same problem I dont know whether its been solved yet but just a thing that worked for me I'm not sure if it will work for everyone is:
* I quit the job completely it gets rid of the book
* then used the cheat (teastingcheatsenabled true)
* then shift clicked on my mailbox and set my career back to what it was
*theb went to work and it gave me a new book that I was able to read
hope this was some help to anyone and I hope it works for you guys too :)