Quicksand? Sinking pets and more!!!

[timberario]

I went into a neighborhood that I made after installing Seasons and I had my people adopt a cat.  Unfortunately, when the cat arrived it look like it had sunk halfway into the ground.  No it was not snowing.  It was Summer in fact.  But the poor cat was stuck in the ground.  I used the move object cheat and it was still sunken anywhere I moved it.  I played another neighborhood right after installation two days ago and I sdopted a dog and the dog was fine.  It was winter btw.  So um... has this happened to anyone else?? :sad3:

[killerkane]

it intially happened to me, that is a family I created with sims Pets and after I installed Seasons the animals appeared to be sunken in the ground.  It seemed to correct itself once I started playing.  I will add that I removed all custom content and started with a clean install when this happened.

[Innocent]

You need to run clean installer and take your hacks out. I did that when I first got pets and it solved that problem.

[timberario]

got it... good!  thanks!

[marilynj72]

it intially happened to me, that is a family I created with sims Pets and after I installed Seasons the animals appeared to be sunken in the ground.  It seemed to correct itself once I started playing.  I will add that I removed all custom content and started with a clean install when this happened.

I had this same thing happen, but I didn't take out my hacks or other custom content and it still went back to normal. Well, I did at first take out my hacks and custom content when I first installed seasons, but before playing or anything I put all my hacks and custom content back in.

[timberario]

oh... so are hacks in or out?

[SlinkyFoxx]

I had something similar happen to me. When I first went into my self-sim's lot my dog is half buried in the floor, but luckily once she moves the problem corrects itself.

[timberario]

see mine couldn't move at all.  it was about to die before i realized what was happening!

[Pendu]

It happend to me to and she just got out by herself. Maybe this is a maxisbug because I don't have any pet related custom content at all!

[timberario]

well geeze.  i think the bug obviously has to do with the snow.  but oh well.

[caffeinated.joy]

Well, first question: did you remove you custom content/hacks before you installed Seasons? If not, this could possibly be the root of your problem.
It's always a good idea to pull your downloads folder out when installing a new ep, and after the installation, make sure the game runs fine before putting the folder back in. Even then, I wouldn't reinstall any mods before making sure they're compatible.
 
I pulled my Downloads folder out (always do before installing an ep) and I still had a similar problem (the dog's front half was stuck in the floor from the chest down, but the backside wasn't), but once the game got going the problem fixed itself.

[timberario]

definitely a maxis bug.  the end.

[BeosBoxBoy]

timerario - this is a known problem - it has been discussed in many threads on this and other forums; I will try to locate the other threads here on InSIM and merge them

[m327]

I posted this somewhere else. Before Seasons, I had the sinking pets issue & they wouldn't move, were starving to death. So I researched & found it could be "OFB Sleep on Community Lots" hack. Took it out, & could play Pets like crazy! Then I got Seasons & OH NO! Sinking Pets again! Researched again and found out some trees were giving problems. So by intuition, I took out ALL the recolored snowy trees that I had: snowy trees at the NEIGHBORHOOD screen & also every snow recolored tree, bush, & flowerbeds on the lot. IT WORKED! Actually, when I got on the lot & deleted them, my pets popped right out of the ground!  Hope this helps someone else as a shortcut to narrow it down!  I have almost 3 gigs of CC and cringe at the mere thought of weeding out!!

I have an InSimenator prob that I'm researching --saw this post & wanted to share.

[timberario]

okay... i took out all my snow trees.  lets see what happens!



it worked!  it worked!  thank you ever so much!  i just removed all snow related custom content including my trees!