New Painting Bug?

[Pam]

Has anyone experienced a new bug with paintings where they are invisible when you try to put them on the wall after moving to a new house?  It's happened to both me and my husband.  The paintings show up in the family inventory, but when I grab one and try to put it on the wall, it's just invisible.  The green arrow shows up on the floor, but no painting.

[samoht04]

I have had that with awards (Mastery Certificates) as well, but I have no idea what happened to them, like they just disappeared off the wall as well.

[pallyndrome]

My framed paintings disappeared when I moved neighbourhoods. I don't think they were still there though (just invisible) because I replaced them (by using a random sim to transport them from the old house). I am in the middle of moving house right now and just tried to put a painting from my sims inventory on the wall, and it worked like normal.

[ParrotGirl]

I'm having the same problem with paintings disappearing when I place them on the wall, from my inventory. Did you find a way to get them to show up again, without moving?

It is my first time doing a legacy and I'm doing the Immortal Dynasty so I need the portraits, and went to place my first one in the new basement "museum" and it just disappeared. However, it seems that it is still there (because I can't put any other painting on that spot) however, I cannot figure out how to get it back or to show?

Thanks!

[Pam]

Hi ParrotGirl.

As far as I know, nobody has found a solution to this problem.  I had hoped that the bug was fixed, but if you're having it happen, then obviously it's not.  Are you patched all the way to the most current update?

[TheChronicR]

I just want to note that I had this bug, with both photos and sculptures. This happened when moving towns, and the art pieces were in the family inventory. Alas, all my work (and my Sims' work) turned into, uhh, not even ashes, lol.

[kiko94]

same for me, my paintings are always invisible after moving to a new house, I didn't Install the 1.24 tho

[ParrotGirl]

Uh oh....so I guess there is no way to work around this? Sorry for your "loss" ChronicR and kiko94 - that is such a bummer.

Thanks Pam, yes I am patched up to the current updates.

I'm trying to figure out a way around this since I really don't want to loose this Immortal Dynasty just because of the paintings... 

Any ideas?

Thanks for the comments!

[Saltypaws]

I noticed this a couple of weeks ago, that my sims paintings were all gone.  It is just the ones they painted though.  I have not tried from the inventory yet.  So this started happening even before the update came out.   Always something, lol

[Figwit]

Think yourselves lucky.  At one time they would have turned into question marks.   

[Figwit]

I have just read this answer to the invisible paintings.

'Moveobjects on/ Place the pictures in the middle of the room, not on a wall. Then go into buy mode and place them.'

I haven't tried it myself.

[MoonsAreBlue]

I have the same problem. It's completely random, though. The best thing to do is when your sim completes a painting, go to buy mode and put it in your family inventory. That way, if you place it on the wall and it disappears while is buy mode, you can still hit undo. I was trying to decorate the museum for my Immortal Dynasty and had to restart due to this specific bug. It's been around for a while, though, before this latest patch.

[athena]

I'm glad to hear I'm not alone. My painter Sim moved house, and some not all of the paintings she made become invisible when I place them on the wall, it was hopeless so I just cashed them in.  The paintings were in her inventory when they moved.  Some of the paintings do not become invisible, but turn blank - i.e., only the frames can be seen, not the painting when I put them on the wall.  moveobjects on did not work to solve this. Some paintings are OK.

[Seabody]

Uh oh....so I guess there is no way to work around this? Sorry for your "loss" ChronicR and kiko94 - that is such a bummer.

Thanks Pam, yes I am patched up to the current updates.

I'm trying to figure out a way around this since I really don't want to loose this Immortal Dynasty just because of the paintings... 

Any ideas?

Thanks for the comments!

What I'm going to do is leave the paintings on the easels. Just pay §300 to buy a new easel.

[Jancy]

I am all patched up. This has happened to me also prior to the new patch and generations.
There are some paintings that my Sims painted and if I leave them hung on the wall and save the house and household to the bin and move my Sims to either another town or lot, there are a few that are missing after the move.
Before I move again or save household and house to the bin, I now have to put these paintings in their inventory. 
One specific painting never appears in the new game or lot if left hanging on the wall unless I save it to the family inventory first.