No gems/seeds/lizards/turtles spawning

[SigBab]

I'm not sure this happened as a result of University or not, because yesterday I snatched up Supernatural and Generations from Origin (major sale going on there right now). Therefore, I now have every EP/SP except for Master Suite, Katy Perry, and Diesel.

When I first noticed this problem, I had mods installed, so I removed them all to test. I started a vanilla game in Sunset Valley and used testingcheats to give my Sim the Collection Helper. The problem I am having is this:

No gems, seeds, lizards or turtles are spawning.
Fish, insects, birds, snakes, and rodents are spawning, although, besides the fish, there are very few spawned.

I was not focused on collecting when I first installed University, but I seem to remember sending someone off (using a mod) to collect rocks/gems/metals out in the world without issue. Now, there's nothing on the map to collect.

As I said, I just recently downloaded two new EPs with which I'm not entirely familiar. I have read something that seemed to indicate that the same spawners for rocks/gems are used to spawn small animals, so that I may have to wait a few sim weeks (seriously?!) for gems to spawn. This doesn't sound right to me, as I collected a plethora of gems with the Pets EP installed, all the way through Seasons, with no issues.

I downloaded Gen, SN, and a few stuff packs simultaneously, so they all installed back to back.

Is this normal game behavior with these new packs installed, or is there something wrong with my game?

If it's a problem with my game, what do you suggest to fix it?
If this is normal game behavior, what are your suggestions to change it?

[Ricalynn]

If I haven't said it already, welcome to the forum!

I'm moving your thread to the help board as it's not about University gameplay as much as it's an issue.  This way other members know you're having an issue and can give you advice.

My question is - did you remember to remove all caches after taking out the mods?

[SigBab]

If I haven't said it already, welcome to the forum!

You have not (but I haven't introduced myself either), so thank you!

I'm moving your thread to the help board as it's not about University gameplay as much as it's an issue.  This way other members know you're having an issue and can give you advice.

Thank you!

My question is - did you remember to remove all caches after taking out the mods?

Yes, I did. I removed my entire Mods folder to my desktop, then cleared ALL caches before loading the vanilla game to test.

[Wai]

Hello Sigbad.

I haven't had your problem, though, I did have horses failing to appear some time ago.  As you have had cc, it might be prudent to try a factory reset to clean your game completely.  I have no idea if this will fix your problem, but it does not take long and could be worth a try.  See the "factory reset" sticky above.  The only problem with this is that you will need to move your games to a safe file elsewhere on the computer before starting, and you will lose any customised content, such recoloured furniture, fabrics etc. which you have made.

[SigBab]

Well, it turns out that the rumor that the same spawners for rocks/gems are used to spawn small animals is either true, or the effect seems to be true. I have not looked at the vanilla game again, but played a save started a few days ago that went through a few sim days, and metals are spawning now.

I suppose the lesson is, don't count on getting your Sim rich on the first day finding gems!