No general store in Shang Simla.

[nickynick]

I have no general store in Shang Simla. While it is there I can't browse any goods when I click on the register. I think the NPC who was suppose to work there is my rare items woman. Now I can't get training boards or dummy. Anyway, did anyone else have this problem and anyone know how to fix it? Maybe reassign the general store worker or the special goods worker somehow? Any ideas?

[Pam]

If I understand you correctly, you're saying you can find the general store with no problem, but you can't buy anything?  What exactly happens when you click on the register?  There are odd times when the shops are closed during your vacation for no apparent reason except that maybe it's something the game throws in to challenge you.  If that's the case, then all of your stores would be closed with nobody attending them.  Your special merchant won't be a merchant of any of the stores.  They are all assigned one merchant each.  If it's the case where the stores are closed, you'll have to return to that country another time.  They will likely be open the next time.

[nickynick]

When I click on the register, It shows a faded pie menu with browse as my only option. When I try to click it, the game says the store is closed. My special merchant is always in or around the general store during the day and there's no one behind the register. So I'm thinking it has to be her store. I've been on vacation a bunch of times to Shang Simla but the general store is always closed. Someone must know how to rest NPCs. Anybody?

[Pam]

That's a strange situation if the store is closed every time you go to Shang Simla.  What about the other stores?  Are the book store, cafe, and relics store also closed every time?  There's actually a way to replace the register, which will generate another merchant to tend it.  It's written somewhere in the forum and I'll see if I can find it.  If I don't get back quick enough with the link, try doing using the search function on this page.  You might turn up some information about how to put in a new register.

Edit:  Here's one of the threads I was thinking of: http://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/forum/index.php?topic=223.0

[Carl]

It's on the cheats page as well as the thread Pam linked. You need to do some cheating, delete the cash register then find one of the same kind under buy mode's sort by function.. there will be a new section under the ? symbol in the bottom corner of the item types.

[nickynick]

Well all the other stores are open and running fine. I don't know about other locations yet because I'm trying to do everything in Shang Simla first. I tried using "testingcheatsenabled true" to duplicate the register but nothing happened. Never tried deleting it and putting a new one though, trying that now.

Edit: I forgot to say thanks for the help so far. I wasn't expecting such fast reply's.

[nickynick]

Bah, I tried deleting it and putting in a new one but nothing happened. I even tried deleting can going back to live mode then putting a new register, still bubkes. Bah.

[Metropolis Man]

nicky, try just leaving China completely and playing your main town for a few days and then returning.

[nickynick]

AHAH, finally I fixed it, but now every time I try to move furniture in buy mode it only swivels. It seems to be glued to the floor unless my sim is intersecting the object making it red up and freeing the object.

Thanks for all your help guys. What did it was I deleted the register then left Shang Simla for about a week, came back and added a new register. Once again thanks.

[RockinRobin]

Another thing that often helps in such situation is to delete your cache files before starting the game again. That forces the game to rebuild game functions and it often fixes little bugs like this.

[Pam]

I wasn't expecting such fast reply's.

We aim to please! 

[nickynick]

Everything seems to be in working order now. Last thing on my mind is is there a deed manager or some sort of download so I can put the deeds to my vacation houses and owned businesses on the wall or at least put them in one stack? The first 2 rows of my backpack is full and it's getting quite annoying.

[Pam]

I'm not aware of any such download from Electronic Arts.  So, if one exists, it's probably third party custom content and we never recommend that sort of thing.  If the deeds won't allow you to click and drag them into a stack, then I doubt it's possible.  Sounds like you must have a lot of vacation homes!

Has anyone else run into this problem and found a solution?

[missy28]

I thank you all for this thread! I was having the same issue everytime I went to China. I am going to try this. Glad I wasn't the only one.

[samoht04]

It's on the cheats page as well as the thread Pam linked. You need to do some cheating, delete the cash register then find one of the same kind under buy mode's sort by function.. there will be a new section under the ? symbol in the bottom corner of the item types.

If you go into edit mode and edit the Lot with it on and go to the Community Buildings picture in buildmode then it opens a tab with a Misc option, the Registers can be found there so you don't need to cheat at all.