Collectibles aren't re-spawning

[Devin]

Last night I posted about having difficulty catching Red Assassin Bugs. I figured that it would be fine if I went home and then back to China to try again. The problem was that in two full trips, the bugs never respawned! I found the same to be true with seeds, at least in China.

I'm fully expanded and was doing fine before Fast Lane and LN, which I installed at the same time. Any suggestions what could be causing this, or do I just need to wait for a patch?

[Pam]

Are they spawning in your home town?  What about gems and rocks in China?  How much time are you allowing for them to respawn?

[Devin]

He finished out one trip and then went back again, and they hadn't respawned. I restarted the game and went back in, with no respawning. Then he got married and the insects spawned again. Metals were the same, though I'm not sure about gems.

I'm having a lot of problems with WA right now. It was fine before I installed LN and Fast Lane Stuff (at the same time). I also have a new DVD drive, but I doubt that is the problem. The game play is very choppy in Shang Simla but fine in SV now that I've done a disk cleanup. It seems to have something to do with the Temple of Heaven because that is where the problem started and where it is worst. Neither sim in the household is a celebrity, so no problems with paparazzi.

I didn't check the spawning in SV since my sim has been spending almost all of his time in China.

[Pam]

Metals were the same, though I'm not sure about gems.

Metals were the same as what?  And what about other insects?  Are they spawing as they should.  I'm trying to figure out if it's a problem with spawning of all collectibles or just a problem with the Red Assassin bugs.  Did you ever get the 6 you needed for the adventure?  How much time are you giving them to respawn?  I mean, when you restarted the game and went back in, how long did you wait until you decided that they weren't spawning at all?

[TGBlank]

Something curious.

Prior to 1.17 patch (could've been sooner tho, hadn't played a collector since HELS), the behavior i observed was that spawners respawned:
- Every time the lot was 'reset', that's for community lots.
- Some time after a certain threshold number of collectibles have been collected.

So "no red assassin bugs" was just a matter of grabbing the collection helper and grab bugs until the game respawned them.


Post said patch, something rather odd have been happening, at some point at night, all spawned stuff just plain disappears, neither rock nor seed, not even a cockroach on the map. At some point during the morning, they just poofed into existence again.

[Devin]

Metals were the same as what?  And what about other insects?  Are they spawing as they should.  I'm trying to figure out if it's a problem with spawning of all collectibles or just a problem with the Red Assassin bugs.  Did you ever get the 6 you needed for the adventure?  How much time are you giving them to respawn?  I mean, when you restarted the game and went back in, how long did you wait until you decided that they weren't spawning at all?

Let me rephrase. I keep writing when I'm tired and it isn't helping you to help me at all.

Red Assassin Bugs and seeds weren't respawning at all. When I checked, the metals also were not respawning the way that they are supposed to. My sim went back to Sunset Valley and then returned to Shang Simla, and they hadn't respawned. I exited the game, reloaded it, and still no respawning. My sim got married, returned to Shang Simla, and everything had respawned the way it was supposed to. I couldn't complete the opportunity I had before, but I was able to do it later, with the new spouse. At that point it only wanted two red assassin bugs, and she had *no* problem finding and catching them.

I couldn't get the collection helper as I was nowhere near the required number of LTR points at that point in time, but I got it done, finally. I'm just wondering why this happened, and whether or not I should expect it to continue. WA has become incredibly buggy for me, at least in Shang Simla. IIRC, Champs Les Sims was running fine the last time I loaded it, and I haven't tried Al Simhara.

[Pam]

Because they did actually spawn on one of the restarts, I think they should continue to spawn for you.  If they still hadn't spawned, I'd be concerned.

[Devin]

I have been having some computer problems since I upgraded some parts. I think I might take it in. If the restarts are affecting it, I suspect it's my computer and not something related to the game.

Thanks!