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?