The Sims 3 Life States Dynasty Challenge

[Lisa46]

I'm sorry, Miss Zoef. I cannot get the one last photo for Shutternut, Garden Decorations, to register. I've tried three plants in eight different combinations. May I continue withou it?

[Nutella]

Garden decorations -- use outdoor decor, not plants.  I normally use the pink bird found in buy mode, forgot the exact name.  A garden gnome will work too.

[Lisa46]

No, it's not that one. It's the one that requires three plants, I believe in Home Decor?

[Shirin]

Garden Decorations is under the Still Life collection, and is the flamingo or a garden gnome or something.

There's no other with that name.

If you're meaning Flowers, you have to use potted flowers from the Home Decor > Plants. So anything in a vase won't count. There should be one, base game I believe, that looks like a short squat barrel with pink flowers.

[Nutella]

Are you talking about Sculpture Garden?  That one requires 3 topiaries, the sculpting level 10 topiaries that you sculpt. 

[Lisa46]

No... I'll look on the guide.

EDIT: It's a nice garden. I looked for other tips but all I got was to just look outside. It's autumn though and all I get is autumn leaves.

[Shirin]

Try community gardens, try going to neighbors' gardens. It can be difficult, certainly, but it is doable (for me, it's usually among the first I complete). Try even going to rabbitholes for some of the gardens.

Sims Wiki notes it requires three plants. Try a combo of three from build mode, and 3 from buy mode. You must make sure the plants from build mode can't do double duty (hydrangea, white roses, red roses, sunflowers) for another shot. You may also want to change the distance and/or angle at which you shoot.

[Nutella]

Try going on a vacation and take picture of a garden in the community lot or some random houses garden.  Seasons doesn't affect vacation, hence you won't be getting "autumn leaves".

[Lisa46]

This file will not travel anymore. I have a major free vacation bug that causes my first two parents to be constantly in "on vacation" mode. Thank goodness I have nectar making stuff! I've tried buy mode and build mode plants. I've tried the seasonal park. Everything is "autumn leaves".

This is so annoying.

[Nutella]

This is the reason why "seasons" is my least favorite expansion pack.  There is literally nothing you can do now, since you can't travel, I suppose we could let it slide and let you count a nice garden for shutternut.

And yes, I do have the same problem like you.  Autumn leaves keep showing up everywhere, instead of nice garden.  And in the summer, i cannot capture "refreshing swim" but keep getting "fun in the sun".  So annoying, so I had to travel to solve the photo issues with seasons.

[Lisa46]

I'd really love to get rid of seasons, but I have to finish first. And not being able to travel, it's the only glitch I've ever gotten with free vacation. Good thing I already had nectar makers and board breakers!

[KRae]

I just completed my life states dynasty, and I have a question. My last heir use a combination of charisma and nectar making skill challenges, and although she had enough without using the Vizard of Vine challenge, it never registered. Only French varietal grapes grown at home in Riverview were used totaling 480 bunches. Is this just the Vizard bug, or do the grapes need to be grown by the nectar maker? I'm asking because I'm planning an Immortal Dynasty and am trying to decide if nectar making is a viable option.

[Nutella]

Most likely a Vizard of Vine bug.  I do know a trick to make it register is that you have to do the harvesting yourself too, also don't travel in between your 480 bunches skill challenge, traveling will reset the counter.

[KRae]

Thanks! No traveling and as long as the nectar maker harvest without any gardening skill, I should be okay.

[Lisa46]

Good job, Krae!