[Paradise Island] Trouble with Tryton/Mermaid's tails and scales

Sandrituky wrote:Please, any other idea, someone? I don't feel like playing with this bug u.u .... and I really want to fix it

Sandrituky wrote:Please, any other idea, someone? I don't feel like playing with this bug u.u .... and I really want to fix it

Hello,

First of all I'm sorry for the delay.  

But if Sephy's suggestions don't help you, this might be an in-game bug, for which there is no solution, I'm afraid. You might want to wait for a "second opinion" on that, though.

I'm sorry I can't help you more with that.

Sandrituky wrote:Hi, thanks for the reply ^^ but it still doesn't works... I don't know what to do, it seems as if the game never installs the mermaid special outfit and neither the scales I think we've tried almost everything...  
I might have an idea, but... someone would have to upload a large file...
Maybe if someone upload to me this: C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 Paradise Island\GameData
Maybe that could fix it, I think is there where the important files of the expansion saves.
Would someone do that for me? >.<

I can try that myself, to see if the same "glitch" happens with me, in the next few days.

Have you tried un-installing the expansion "Island Paradise" ? You can try this, but then re-boot the computer, before re-installing it.

Otherwise, I'll come back to you in a few days, OK ?

Sandrituky wrote:Yes, I have the problem, no matter what family I play, no matter what city I play. Yes, I've reset the town, and didn't work. I think my game is missing files :/ but I've tried diferent sources before, and neither worked T_T

Sandrituky wrote:Yes, I have the problem, no matter what family I play, no matter what city I play. Yes, I've reset the town, and didn't work. I think my game is missing files but I've tried diferent sources before, and neither worked T_T

Hello,

Sorry for the delay, but I haven't really had the time for testing this lately.

So...I actually turned one of my sims into a mermaid with this lifetime reward (don't know what it's called in English), that turns your sim into a mermaid. So my sim ate that "thing" - and she turned into a mermaid. On land, her legs had scales. And in the water (swimming + scuba diving), she got a tail.

I haven't tried this thing with the triton yet, though.

P.S. I'm not sure if this answers your question, but I also saw other mermaids while scuba diving, and on land too (I also interacted with them). They either had tails (in the water) or scales (on land).

//EDIT

Are you using any mods ? Try removing all of them.

And if that doesn't work either, it might sound radical, but try renaming the folder "The Sims 3" (located in My Documents/Electronic Arts). Rename it into anything you like. Re-start the game, make a new savegame for now (don't worry, your old stuff is still there, in the renamed folder). Play on for a while to see if you still get that graphics (?) glitch.

Let us know your result !

Carlos G. wrote:

Sandrituky wrote:Yes, I have the problem, no matter what family I play, no matter what city I play. Yes, I've reset the town, and didn't work. I think my game is missing files but I've tried diferent sources before, and neither worked T_T

Hello,

Sorry for the delay, but I haven't really had the time for testing this lately.

So...I actually turned one of my sims into a mermaid with this lifetime reward (don't know what it's called in English), that turns your sim into a mermaid. So my sim ate that "thing" - and she turned into a mermaid. On land, her legs had scales. And in the water (swimming + scuba diving), she got a tail.

I haven't tried this thing with the triton yet, though.

P.S. I'm not sure if this answers your question, but I also saw other mermaids while scuba diving, and on land too (I also interacted with them). They either had tails (in the water) or scales (on land).

//EDIT


Are you using any mods ? Try removing all of them.

And if that doesn't work either, it might sound radical, but try renaming the folder "The Sims 3" (located in My Documents/Electronic Arts). Rename it into anything you like. Re-start the game, make a new savegame for now (don't worry, your old stuff is still there, in the renamed folder). Play on for a while to see if you still get that graphics (?) glitch.

Let us know your result !

Sandrituky wrote:I've just tried Carlos' solution, renaming the folder. It took me so many time until seeing a mermaid, because with some mods, that expansion lags so much, but I found Salty again, swimming with his legs together, but missing the mermaid clothes ._.
Didn't work ._. this expansion seems to hate me. But I won't surrender, I will try what you said now, Sephy ^^

Carlos wrote:Hello again,

By the way: every time you un-install something, it's recommended that you re-boot the computer afterwards - if you haven't done that already. You can try un-installing and re-installing just "Island Paradise" (re-boot the computer in-between).

Other than that I'm clueless; I'm afraid you'll have to live with that glitch then. In general, I don't recommend un-installing for minor glitches like that, because


1) if you don't do it right, you might end up having bigger problems than before

2) and it's just not worth it. You should never un-install the game because of "annoyances". I can imagine that you feel upset about this glitch, but it's your decision (of course) whether you want to go through the hassle of un-installing multiple times.

ShelbeeStarr wrote:
I am having the exact same problem she is..  And Carlos I believe the 'thing' your sims ate was Kelp. 

I'm going to try some of these suggestions and I will get back to you guys if it worked or not.

Yes, it's called "kelp", thanks for that !

Normally, I would have suggested to you to open a new topic, but since the topic creator hasn't come back to update us on her progress, feel free to stay in this topic. Or make a new one, as you wish.

Carlos wrote:

ShelbeeStarr wrote:
I am having the exact same problem she is..  And Carlos I believe the 'thing' your sims ate was Kelp. 

I'm going to try some of these suggestions and I will get back to you guys if it worked or not.

Yes, it's called "kelp", thanks for that !

Normally, I would have suggested to you to open a new topic, but since the topic creator hasn't come back to update us on her progress, feel free to stay in this topic. Or make a new one, as you wish.

ShelbeeStarr wrote:
Alright ^_^

Well, Basically I found out what my issue was... Kinda. heheh..

Seems I only have this glitch with elder Sims.. 

My 'new' mermaid sim I created ate the 'Mermaidic Kelp' and immediately transformed and showed her scales and in the water she had the fins!

Even though I'm not super worried about the elder's not having scales or fins, I would like to see it fixed.  Just for the sake of it's going to really bother me eventually, when MY Sim becomes an elder. heheh.

Hello again,

You can disable aging in the in-game options menu.  

But seriously, this looks to me like an in-game glitch which has to be fixed with a future patch. If you have any mods or third-party CC, you can of course take them all out (for now) and see if this makes any difference. But beyond that I don't really have an explanation.

My personal taste and opinion: If I were to add more sims to my current 8 (female) sim household, and if they were to be mermaids, then I would actually prefer them not having these scales.   But that's of course a matter of taste. For instance, I also have two genie sims in my household, but I changed their skin color from their default blue to "normal", so that they look like regular sims, but still have the genie powers.